Middle East
Month: January 2016
Middle East
At least 140 killed in Ethiopia protests over state land plan
NAIROBI: At least 140 people have been killed in Ethiopia over the past two months in a crackdown on anti-government protests sparked by plans to expand the capital into farmland, Human Rights Watch said. “Security […]
Middle East
Asia
Middle East
Europe
North Korea Tests a Hydrogen Bomb
NEW YORK (TIP): North Korea’s nuclear program has been a source of great concern for the international community for more than 20 years. The latest test, announced on 6 January 2016, was described by North […]
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Politics
GUN VIOLENCE
Another bloody 12 months in America
There were the six children, their mother and her boyfriend in Houston, Texas. The nine worshippers in a church in Charleston, South Carolina. The 53-year-old father who tried to stop three men ransacking a metalworker’s minivan […]
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A Soldier’s Plaint
This is not a post for the weak hearted and Adarsh Liberals so do not go any further if you are out of your comfort zone. It really pains a soldier’s heart if the blood of […]
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Do we have a choice to talk or not to talk?
The carefully prepared “surprise visit” of Prime Minister Modi on Christmas day 2015 to Lahore created a media-managed near sense of euphoria in the strategic community in Delhi, and also perhaps in Islamabad. The PM was […]
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Ring in the New Year
Ring out the Old; Ring in the New Another year is gone. And here we have a new one. We human beings tend to calculate time too much. Time is money. We keep thinking in […]
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Asia
Nawaz Sharif chairs high-level meeting; discusses Pathankot attack
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on January 7 chaired a high-level meeting and discussed the Pathankot terror attack as he directed officials to speed up work on the leads given by India, sources […]
Asia
Bangladesh to execute top Islamist leader for war crimes
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh‘s top court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence on the leader of the largest Islamist party for crimes during the country’s 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months. […]
Asia
Asia
Afghan Taliban seek leverage in ‘dangerous’ winter surge
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Afghan Taliban have launched an unprecedented winter surge that points to a desire for an upper hand in peace talks, analysts say, while some suggest rogue Pakistani elements may be bolstering the […]
Asia
Pakistan expels Bangladeshi diplomat
DHAKA (TIP): In a tit-for-tat, Pakistan has expelled a Bangladeshi woman diplomat and asked her to leave the country by Thursday, days after a Pakistani woman diplomat was sent packing over accusations of having links […]
United States
Assemblyman David Weprin Supports Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Fight For 15
NEW YORK (TIP): Assemblyman David Weprin (D – Richmond Hill) joined Governor Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Congressman Gregory Meeks & other elected officials at the 1199SEIU United […]
United States
Indian Americans
Record Setting Fund-Raising by Ekal Vidyalaya in 2015
NEW YORK (TIP): “Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation – USA” (known as ‘Ekal-USA’) had record setting fund-raising in 2015. It raised over $6 million in USA aloneand it has satellite Organizations in 10 different countries. Moreover, Ekal […]
United States
Council Member Peter Koo supports Paid Parental Leave
FLUSHING, NY( TIP) Council Member Peter Koo stated, January 7, in a statement to The Indian Panorama that he thanked Mayor Bill de Blasio for his order to provide six weeks of paid parental leave […]
Indian Americans
Politics
Obama State of Union address to focus on ‘big things’ to make US stronger, more prosperous
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama has promised his final State of the Union address next week will focus on issues “beyond the next election” and skip the traditional list of the year’s legislative goals. Facing […]
Politics
Bill Clinton, the subdued spouse, makes his campaign debut
WASHINGTON (TIP): Eight years after aggressively defending his wife during her first presidential campaign, Bill Clinton was unusually understated and subdued Monday during his first solo swing back in New Hampshire for Hillary Clinton, restraining […]