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Month: January 2014
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Capgemini signs major contract with Statoil Norway
PUNE (TIP): Consulting, technology and outsourcing services provider Capgemini today announced that Capgemini Norge AS, has signed a major agreement with Statoil ASA, a Fortune 50 global energy company engaged in oil and gas production, […]
Business & Economics
RANBAXY INKS PACT WITH EPIRUS SWITZERLAND
NEW DELHI (TIP): Drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories has entered into a licensing agreement with Epirus Switzerland GmbH, the Swiss arm of Boston-based Epirus Biopharmaceuticals Inc, for introducing a biosimilar version (BOW015) of infliximab, a drug […]
Business & Economics
HCL Tech, CSC join hands to tap application modernisation market
NEW DELHI (TIP): IT services rivals HCL Technologies and CSC have formed a strategic alliance to tap the market created by the customers’ move to modernise or digitise their applications and shift them to the […]
Europe
Marijuana: Frequently asked questions
Twenty states plus the District of Columbia have enacted laws that allow people to use medical marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation. Two of those states – Colorado and Washington – have legalized marijuana for recreational […]
Other News
Other News
Serena into fourth round after easy win over Hantuchova
MELBOURNE (TIP): World number one Serena Williams scorched past experienced Slovak Daniela Hantuchova in straight sets to reach the fourth round and set a new record of 61 Australian Open wins on Friday. The American […]
Other News
Mary Kom had faced molestation attempt
KOLKATA (TIP): Olympic medal-winning boxer MC Mary Kom on January 17 said she had also faced a sexual attack when she was 18, but managed to overpower the assaulter. The boxer expressed concern over women’s […]
Incredible India
United States
DALLAS WILL DECIDE ON PLASTIC-BAG BAN IN MARCH
DALLAS (TIP): Dallas City Council will finally decide in March, whether or not to ban single-use plastic (and paper) bags.For the first hour of the meeting at City Hall, January 14, it looked as though […]
India
Dr. Jit Chandan – A Game Changer
Most people read history. Few people write history. Very few people make history. Extremely few people change the direction of history. Dr. Jit Chandan is one of those few people whose efforts at making change […]
United States
Personal Injury Lawyers Secure $8.8 Million Settlement For New York Pedestrian Accident Victim
NEW YORK, NY (TIP) : In the case of Fata Krluc v. The City of New York, et. al (Supreme Court, Queens County, Index Number: 20275/11), New York injury lawyers Block O’Toole & Murphy, LLP […]
United States
ITP Kicks off 4th Annual Women Entrepreneurs Festival, January 14-15
NEW YORK (TIP): The fourth Women Entrepreneurs Festival (WE4), a conference developed and produced by NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) will take place on Tuesday, January 14 and Wednesday, January 15 at NYU. The festival’s […]
United States
New Jersey Lane Closings: “I was misled”, says Christie
TRENTON, N.J. (TIP): An outraged New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday, January 9, fired a top aide who apparently helped orchestrate massive traffic jams at a busy commuter bridge to settle a score, saying […]
United States
HIGH-RISE BUILDING FIRE SAFETY
NEW YORK , NY (TIP): On the outside of the high-rise Strand apartment building on 43 Street and 10th Avenue Monday, January 6, crews replaced soot-covered and broken windows from Sunday’s deadly 3- alarm fire. […]
United States
Taxi driver dies in Richmond Hill accident
RICHMOND HILL, NY (TIP): A Kew Gardens man was killed Friday, January 3 afternoon after crashing his yellow taxi into two parked cars, police said. Ved Wadhwa, 56, was driving down 118th Street near 95th […]
United States
Four Years after the Devastating Earthquake, Haiti Still Needs Help
4th Anniversary of Haiti’s Devastating Earthquake MINEOLA, NY (TIP): On the 4th Anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, it is important not to forget the 316,000 victims that tragically lost their lives. Men, women and children’s […]
Pakistan
Bangladeshi Hindu, Budhist & Christian Unity Council, USA organizes Protest Rally against Pakistan
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist & Christian Unity Council, USA organized a ‘Protest Rally’ in front of Pakistan Consulate in NY on Monday, 30th December 2013 from 2 to 4 PM. Despite chilling […]
Europe
UK working on idea to sell visas to highest bidder
LONDON (TIP): Overseas millionaires may soon be able to buy or bid for UK visas in exchange of donations to hospitals and universities. The British government’s proposal in this regard says donors willing to help […]
Europe
Chemical spill brings US city to standstil
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA (TIP): A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia’s capital city stained blue-green and smelling like licorice, with officials saying January 16 it was unclear when […]
Europe
India
KEJRIWAL HOLDS ‘JANATA DARBAR’ AT DELHI SECRETARIAT
NEW DELHI (TIP): Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his entire cabinet held a ‘janata darbar’ at the the Delhi Secretariat on January 11 to hear the complaints of the people and tried to redress […]
India
Vasundhara Raje’s austerity measures to give competition to AAP govt
JAIPUR (TIP): Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party government’s roadside public hearings, austerity drive and brushing aside VIP culture has some serious competition coming from neighbouring Rajasthan’s Vasundhara Raje government. After deciding to cut down her security […]