Asia
Month: December 2015
Asia
Asia
B’desh ’71 trial prosecutor packs a punch
DHAKA (TIP): She’s one of the most talked-about women in Bangladesh today and also one of the most admired and reviled. Tureen Afroz is the person responsible for sending the 1971 war criminals to the […]
Asia
Featured
Featured
Mock Tale: Ministry to monitor Intolerance
Good morning, good evening or good night! Based on the time, when you are reading this piece. Greeting you as per your time to prove my tolerance of your point of view. Considering the consideration with […]
Featured
Jaitley’s DDCA affairs
The controversy over the CBI searching the office of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal perfectly illustrates why politicians must not get involved with sports administration, especially cricket, which is flush with money and vulnerable to corruption. […]
Business & Economics
ASIA’S BLEEDING HEART
The Heart of Asia Conference (HOAC) in Islamabad last week was bookended by two devastating attacks in Kandahar and Kabul. As Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was being honoured with a 21-gun salute in Islamabad, the […]
Featured
Arts Matter
The power of dance, music, theater, and visual arts can impact our kids tremendously. As a teacher I saw this firsthand in the classroom when I incorporated the arts into my lessons – students beamed and […]
E-Edition
Volume 9 Issue 50 | New York | DEC 18 | Newspaper E-Edition
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Entertainment
Alia Bhatt Suffers Burns at Award Show
New Delhi: Actress Alia Bhatt sustained burns on her arms from a firecracker while performing at the Big Screen Awards in Mumbai on Sunday. The actress was reportedly given first-aid and rushed to a nearby hospital. […]
Entertainment
India
Sheena Bora Murder – Rahul Mukerjea makes new revelation
Sheena Bora wanted to stop pretending as sister of the key accused and her mother, Indrani Mukerjea before her murder in 2012, her fiance Rahul Mukerjea has said in his statement before magistrate. Indrani had […]
Business & Economics
US Fed raises interest rates by 0.25% after 9 Years
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Federal Reserve raised, December 17, interest rates by 0.25 percentage points – its first increase since 2006. For almost a decade money has been cheap – some would argue too cheap. […]
Middle East
India
Kejriwal vs Modi: Vendetta, Politics & Overreaction
NEW DELHI (TIP): The war which began after Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted that the CBI is raiding his office, quickly spilled over to name calling & #politicaljihad. Kejriwal continued with the tweets and then a […]
India
Mother Teresa to be elevated to Sainthood – Report
VATICAN (TIP): Pope Francis has paved the way for Mother Teresa, the Nobel Prize winning Catholic missionary, to become a saint, according to a news report. Pope Francis has recognized a second medical miracle attributed […]
India
India
Indian mother names baby born in taxi ‘Uber’
DELHI (TIP): An Indian woman has named her baby “Uber” after giving birth in a car belonging to the taxi aggregation service. The woman, identified as Babli, told media she called Uber after emergency calls […]
United States
Harendra Singh Jailed & His Bail Cancelled
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY (TIP): Long Island restaurateur Harendra Singh was, on Thursday, December 17, sent to jail until his trial. He was earlier re-arrested by FBI agents Wednesday, December 16, on a charge of violating […]
India
Defence Ministry gets NHRC notice over security risk to Jabalpur
BHOPAL (TIP): The NHRC has issued a notice to the Union Ministry of Defence over security risk to the city of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. The notice was issued after taking suo motu cognizance of […]
Indian Americans
Indian-Origin Official To Lead Multination Initiative
WASHINGTON: Sanjay Pradhan, an Indian-origin World Bank official, has been selected to lead a multination initiative focused on improving government transparency, accountability and responsiveness to citizens. Mr Pradhan will lead the Open Government Partnership Support Unit […]
Americas
Saline Water Cleans Wounds Better Than Soap: Indo-Canadian Researcher
NEW YORK: Although using soap and water has remained the standard practice of wound cleaning before surgery, this method is actually less effective than just using saline water, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin. The findings […]
Americas
Indian Americans
Scholarship Set Up To Honour Indian American
WASHINGTON: The US town of Spotswood in New Jersey will set up a scholarship fund to honour the memory of an Indian-origin emergency medical technician, who died in the line of duty in July this year, […]