Americas
Month: January 2016
Europe
UK Proposes Visa Fee Hike To Hit Indian Techies
LONDON: Companies in the UK hiring non-European Union workers like Indians are expected to face a new 1,000 pound annual surcharge per employee. The UK’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) used the Indian information technology sector as […]
United States
UN announces first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Davos 21 January – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment to provide thought leadership and mobilize concrete actions aimed at closing economic gender gaps that persist around the […]
India
Indian American 7-Eleven Store Owner Gets $1 Million For Selling Record Jackpot Ticket
WASHINGTON: An Indian-origin convenience store owner in the US has become a celebrity overnight after he sold one of the three Powerball winning lotteries with a record jackpot of $1.6 billion. Lottery officials confirmed one jackpot-winning […]
Asia
India-China DGMO hotline soon
NEW DELHI (TIP): A hotline between the director general of military operations (DGMO) in Indian and Chinese armies is likely to come up within months. “Surveys were carried out to set up the hotlines between the […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
NIA sniffs link between Dinanagar, Pathankot terror attacks
NEW DELHI (TIP): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found similarities in the Pathankot terror attack and last year’s July 27 Dinanagar attack in which militants had attacked a police st-ation. To probe it further, […]
India
India
RAJASTHAN VILLAGE TENSE AS DALIT BRIDE WANTS GROOM TO RIDE A MARE
Barmer (TIP): When she became the first girl from her family to become a graduate, 25-year-old Neetu Meghwal wished that her groom came riding a mare, something that no Dalit in her village had dared […]
Business & Economics
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Business & Economics
Economic crisis is not far away
The next financial crisis is coming. It’s just a matter of time – and we haven’t finished fixing the flaws in the global system that were so brutally exposed by the last one. Massive monetary policy […]
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United States
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Advisory for Indian Students traveling to the United States of America
NEW YORK (TIP): In continuation of an Advisory issued on 23 December 2015 in connection with instances of denial of entry by the US Immigration authorities to Indian students having valid student visas to pursue […]
United States
‘Arts 4 Peace Awards 2016’ Announced Amidst Hollywood Attendees
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Arts for Peace Awards Organization launched the Arts 4 Peace Awards 2016 on Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 hosted by the Edison Hotel in Edison, NJ. Arts 4 Peace Awards are the first […]
Entertainment
Friends Cast coming together for special on NBC
NEW YORK (TIP): The cast of the hit sitcom Friends are to reunite for a two-hour special, according to US broadcaster NBC. The actors behind Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Ross have all signed […]
Featured
Gratitude to Martin Luther King, Jr
Firstly, we the people owe a great deal to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. A majority of us Americans were living with a sense of guilt, a sense of being rotten the way we treated […]
United States
Al Jazeera America to shut down its America TV channel
WASHINGTON (TIP): Al Jazeera America will shut down its news channel despite spending heavily to break into the US market. Al Jazeera CEO Al Anstey said the business model “is simply not sustainable in light of […]
India
Kejriwal inked during Odd-Even success rally
In an unexpected drama at Delhi’s celebratory rally for the Odd-Even plan, a woman threw ink at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today, as he took the stage to address a gathering at Chhatrasal Stadium […]
Indian Americans
Indian American political Star : Reverse Swing: Nikki of America
Nikki Haley is a breath of fresh air; she is a moderate Republican representing the mainstream GOP values, that none of the current front line GOP candidates are able to articulate. I have used the […]
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GOOGLE SEARCH TO NOW SPORT ANIMAL SOUNDS
NEW DELHI (TIP): Google Search has been including a lot of features to make its search engine easier, intuitive and fun to use. After launching the image search option, now the California-based Internet major is […]
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SKYPE FOR WINDOWS IS ALSO A DIGITAL TRANSLATOR
Next time you wan to talk to someone in Chinese Mandarin, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, just call them on Skype. Or text in 50 different languages and the recipient will receive the […]
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