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Month: February 2014
Business & Economics
HCL CORP MAKES FORAY INTO HEALTHCARE
NEW DELHI (TIP): HCL Corporation, on February 6, announced its foray into the healthcare sector with the launch of HCL Healthcare that seeks to address the entire spectrum of healthcare needs, providing healthcare delivery, innovative […]
Europe
SYRIA: Deal struck to evacuate civilians from Homs
BEIRUT (TIP): The Syrian government reached an agreement with the United Nations on february 6 to secure the evacuation of hundreds of trapped civilians from besieged parts of the central city of Homs, according to […]
Business & Economics
Spectrum auction takes off from Rs 52,689 crore
NEW DELHI (TIP): The third round of spectrum auction commenced for the fifth day on February 7 with Delhi witnessing an upward revision in prices for both the premium 900 Mhz and 1800 MHz band. […]
Europe
Britain deploys Royal Marines to help with floods
LONDON (TIP): Britain deployed Royal Marines on Thursday to help with devastating floods after what officials said was likely the worst winter rainfall in 250 years. Around 40 marines were helping reinforce flood defences near […]
Europe
Wendi Deng’s love note for Tony Blair published
LONDON (TIP): An extraordinary love note has emerged exposing media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s former wife Wendi Deng’s alleged infatuation with Tony Blair’s “good body”. In the undated note, the Chinese-born 44-year-old Deng has written how […]
Other News
THE WORLD’S OLDEST COMPUTER TURNS 70
LONDON (TIP): The world’s first electronic computer created by the British to decrypt Adolf Hitler’s secret messages during World War II turned 70 on February 5. Some of Britain’s best known code breakers who operated […]
Other News
STUDY LINKS SUGAR TO HEART AILMENTS
CHICAGO (TIP): Could too much sugar be deadly? The biggest US study of its kind suggests the answer is yes, at least when it comes to fatal heart problems. It doesn’t take all that much […]
Europe
Egyptian court orders retrial in soccer stadium disaster
CAIRO (TIP): An Egyptian court on February 6 ordered the retrial of 21 people sentenced to death in a politically charged case for involvement in deadly soccer stadium violence in 2012, judicial sources said. The […]
Other News
PLANET DRUNKENLY DANCING AROUND TWO ‘SUNS’ FOUND
NEW DELHI (TIP): It doesn’t get weirder than this in the cosmic zoo: a gas planet that is going around two ‘suns’, one orange and the other red, all the time wobbling drunkenly so much […]
India
GOM SUGGESTS UT STATUS FOR HYDERABAD
HYDERABAD (TIP): In a major concession to the Seemandhra lobby aimed at minimizing the opposition to the passage of the AP Reorganization Bill, 2013, the Group of Ministers that met here on February 6 recommended […]
India
RTI hero Arvind Kejriwal won’t share information
NEW DELHI (TIP): Arvind Kejriwal may have been a champion of the Right to Information Act but his government seems bent on stonewalling requests for information on several key decisions taken by it. It’s been […]
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Now, a syringe to help seal gunshot wounds in 15 second
WASHINGTON (TIP): A new pocket-sized syringe that can seal gunshot wounds within just 15 seconds has been developed by scientists. The syringe Called XStat, developed by Oregon-based RevMedx, injects specially coated sponges into wounds. The […]
India
DECLASSIFY BLUESTAR DOCUMENTS, DEMAND AKALIS
New Delhi (TIP): In the wake of steaming debate on UK’s advisory role in Operation Bluestar, the Akalis on February 6 upped the ante against the government demanding immediate declassification of correspondence between the Indian […]
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SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
GUJRI, FOURTH MEHL, SECOND HOUSE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: Without the Lord, my soul cannot survive, like an infant without milk. The inaccessible and incomprehensible Lord God is […]
India
India
Sibal’s son moves SC against Kejriwal
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday will hear a petition by telecom minister Kapil Sibal’s son challenging a Delhi High Court order asking the trial court to consider applications by Delhi chief minister Arvind […]
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THE BHAGAVAD GITA
Mortal beings are called Adhibhut. The expansions of Divine Personality —such as Naaraayan, Mahaa-vishnu, Ishvar, etc. — are called Divine Beings (Adhidaiv). I am the Supersoul (Adhiyajn) residing inside the body as the supreme controller […]
India
’84 riots: Delhi Cabinet’s go-ahead for SIT probe
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Delhi Government on February 6 gave its nod to a proposal to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The SIT will re-investigate the […]
India
India
Incredible India
THEKKADY, A LUXURIOUS STAY IN THE WILD
Thekkady in Kerala, offers a great opportunity to find animal sightings in the deciduous forests along with some interesting luxury resorts… Around 185 kms from the Kochi airport, a traveler itinerary to Kerala cannot be […]
India
Stormy start to parliament’s last session before election
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress party hopes of pushing through new laws to tackle corruption stalled on February 5 when the parliament’s last session before a general election was adjourned amid rowdy scenes over the proposed […]
India
ISHRAT JAHAN CASE: CBI FILES CHARGESHEET AGAINST IB OFFICERS
AHMEDABAD (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the alleged Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. “CBI has filed a case against three IB officers, especially against Special Director […]
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