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Month: January 2016
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Sensex down over 300 pts as China halts trading
MUMBAI (TIP): For the fourth day on the trot, turbulences in the Chinese market sent global investors, including those on Dalal Street, scurry for cover. On Thursday morning as the CSI 300 index in Shanghai […]
Business & Economics
Govt may roll out Rs 500-cr package for electric vehicles in budget
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a bid to promote usage of hybrid vehicles to curb pollution, the government is likely to dole out Rs 500- 700 crore package for electric vehicles in the upcoming budget. According […]
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Cabinet clears Stand Up India scheme for women and SC/ST
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 5 gave its nod for the Stand Up India scheme that is aimed at promoting entrepreneurship among women and scheduled castes and tribes. Loans under […]
Other News
THE FUTURE IS HERE: 2016 HAS ENOUGH TO KEEP TECH GEEKS EXCITED
There was a time when hoverboards and robots were popularised by sci-fi movies as the technology of the future. Well, that future has now arrived. From robots taking over the world to bots akin to Samantha […]
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Other News
Entertainment
KATE WINSLET GIVES INSPIRING BODY IMAGE MESSAGE TO GIRLS
Kate Winslet may be a stunner at the award shows and celebrity events, but the actress says it is important for her to convey to girls that celebrities do not look pretty all the time. The […]
Entertainment
BECOMING A MOTHER MAKES YOU STRONGER, SAYS JENNIFER LOPEZ
Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez hates being away from her kids due to work and likes to make sure she has a video conversation with them whenever she gets time. The 46-year-old ‘Live It Up’ singer, who is […]
Entertainment
Entertainment
KANGANA: WILL DO ONE FILM A YEAR FROM 2017
For Kangana Ranaut, 2015 swung from one extreme to the other, from the applauded double role in the ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ to the disappointing ‘Katti Batti’. The actress is unfazed, pointing out that her life […]
Entertainment
India
COUNTER TERRORISM
PATHANKOT ATTACK: ARMY CALLS ANTI-TERROR OPS ‘COMPLETE SUCCESS’,
MILITARY ANALYSTS SAY ALMOST A ‘FIASCO’
PATHANKOT (TIP): The Indian Army countered growing criticism of the NSG-led operation against the terrorist infiltration and attack at a Pathankot airbase with the the GOC-in-C, Western Command, Lt Gen Kamal Jit Singh Wednesday calling […]
India
India
India
India
India
India
Govt okays Rs 25 lakh grant for memorials of national leaders
NEW DELHI (TIP): After putting a ban on converting government bungalows into memorials last year, the NDA government has now allowed a concession to trusts that want to set up a memorial for departed national […]
Asia
China must end ‘business as usual’ with North Korea: US
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States called on China to end “business as usual” with its ally North Korea after Pyongyang defied world powers by saying it had tested a hydrogen bomb, while South Korea prepared […]
Middle East
Middle East
Saudi Arabia omitted from UK’s death penalty strategy ‘to safeguard defence contracts’
LONDON (TIP): The British Government left Saudi Arabia off a list of thirty countries to be challenged by diplomats over their continued use of the death penalty – despite executing over 90 people a year. […]