Month: October 2016
PARALYSED MAN FEELS THROUGH ROBOTIC FINGERS IN WORLD-FIRST BREAKTHROUGH
A 28-year-old man left paralysed after a car accident has been able to feel as though he was touching something with his fingers after a robotic arm was connected directly to his brain in a […]
INDIA PAVING ROAD FOR RS 60,000 CRORE PUSH TO INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
NEW DELHI (TIP): An influential section of the government is pushing for an additional Rs 50,000-60,000 crore burst of spending to give infrastructure a big mid-year push through the second supplementary demand for grants. Roads, […]
FORMER F1 DRIVER MARK WEBBER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
LONDON (TIP): Former Formula One driver Mark Webber will retire from professional racing at the end of the world endurance season in Bahrain in November, Porsche said on Oct 13 “The six-hour race…on November 19 […]
Messi returns as Barcelona, Madrid battle ‘FIFA virus’
MADRID (TIP): Argentina’s pain is Barcelona’s gain as Lionel Messi returns for the Spanish champions when Deportivo la Coruna visit the Camp Nou on Oct 10 after being sidelined for three weeks with a groin […]
PV Sindhu signs mega deal with Bank of Baroda
HYDERABAD (TIP): PV Sindhu is on a roll. The rewards for her silver medal effort at the Rio Olympics continue to pour in with the Hyderabad shuttler now signing a deal with Bank of Baroda […]
Trump has no plan B if he loses election
Donald Trump is musing on the possibility of losing the US election in November, an outcome that would render his campaign the biggest waste of time and money in his life. But if the Republican nominee […]
Home of Indian American running for Congress vandalized
NEW JERSEY (TIP): The home of an Indian-American social-worker running for the US Congress in New Jersey was vandalized and painted with large swastikas by some unidentified miscreants, prompting police to launch a probe. “These […]
Indian-American Hindus invite Trump to address their rally on October 15 in New Jersey
NEW JERSEY (TIP): US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will address a rally of Hindu-Americans in New Jersey on October 15 and half of the proceedings from the event will be used for the benefit […]
Indian American Sonal R. Shah complained of being portrayed as a Hindu fundamentalist: WikiLeaks
NEW YORK (TIP): Economist Sonal R. Shah, the first Indian American to be appointed to the transition team of president Barack Obama in 2008, had written in a letter about the “frenzy” Indian media that […]
Donald Trump To Address Hindu-Americans On October 15
New Delhi: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will address a rally of Hindu-Americans in New Jersey on October 15 and half of the proceedings from the event will be used for the benefit of Kashmiri […]
Locker Room Hangover – Know the Republicans who will not vote for Donald Trump
Here’s a list of some of the leading Republicans who have deserted him since the tapes were revealed. But it’s not the first time Mr Trump has lost support from colleagues. Republicans have been deserting him for […]
Indian-Americans Split Support For Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump failed to save his campaign in the crucial second presidential debate. St Louis: Indian-Americans appeared split in their support for the two presidential candidates, with some favouring Republican nominee Donald Trump by calling […]
CTO Zorawar Biri Singh leaves As Internal Exodus Continues at Cisco
In another high level exit at Cisco, Indian American Zorawar Biri Singh is the latest to leave the networking giant in the midst of an internal exodus or restructuring. In addition to being CTO, Singh […]
“Our pride in the Diwali Stamp will be forever, just like the ‘Forever’ Diwali Stamp”: Ravi Batra
Since Ravi Batra is well known to be deeply involved in the Diwali stamp project from the day of the germination of the idea some seven years ago and his enormous effort along with his […]