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Month: April 2017
Politics
Americas
Not Terminating NAFTA, for Now: President Trump
WASHINGTON (TIP): In an apparent reversal of his stated position on NAFTA, U.S. President Donald Trump told the leaders of Canada and Mexico on Wednesday, April 26, that he will not terminate the NAFTA treaty […]
Asia
President Trump to meet Australian PM in New York on May 4
Staff Reporter NEW YORK (TIP): Donald Trump comes to New York as President on May 4. It will be his first visit to New York since moving into the White House. The White House Press […]
Featured
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Amla juice found unfit for consumption and removed from India’s Defense Canteens
Patanjali products have failed tests earlier, too NEW YORK (TIP): The Economic Times has reported that the Indian Ministry of Defense’s canteen stores department (CSD) has suspended the sale of Patanjali Ayurved’s Amla juice after […]
Education
STEM Update – 24-month OPT extension lawsuit dismissed
WASHINGTON (TIP): Encouraging foreign students who graduate with specialized degrees in the United States, the US administration had allowed them, especially STEM F-1 visa students to avail of the extended 24-month Optional Practical Training (OPT) […]
Education
Missouri State University Announces $5,000 Scholarship for Indian Students
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Missouri State University (MSU) in the US announced $5,000 scholarship for Indian students. The university will grant the scholarship on the basis of GPA scores — the students’ cumulative scores in […]
United States
NY AG WAGES A WAR AGAINST HEROIN AND OPIOID TRAFFICKERS
New York State Attorney General launches new law enforcement to crack down on violent heroin and Opioid traffickers Schneiderman’s “S.U.R.G.E” Initiative brings together AG’s Organized Crime Task Force and Local and State Law Enforcement to […]
Europe
French elections: At the crossroads
French voters have defied predictions time and again. In 1995, Jacques Chirac, a Gaullist conservative who had been trailing in opinion polls, won the presidency. In 2002, they sent Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right, Holocaust-denying […]
Featured
Trump’s first hundred days; Democratic voices have slowed presidential recklessness down
The American presidency remains undoubtedly the most powerful office in the world. The man who sits in the Oval Office can mug anyone of his happiness. The relief, if any, of these first hundred days […]
Featured
India
India objects to Pakistan raising Kashmir issue at UN forum
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): India has strongly objected to Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at a UN General Assembly session here, asserting that it is a bilateral matter which should not be brought up in the […]
India
Asia
‘Bangladesh relies on BIMSTEC after SAARC failure’
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh is hopeful of forging regional cooperation through BIMSTEC after the failure of SAARC, a top aide of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday. “In this context coming together in BIMSTEC is […]
United States
Man fatally shoots boss, kills himself in US
HOUSTON (TIP): An unidentified man shot dead his woman boss before killing himself, leading to chaos in a multi-storey building in the northern part of US city of Dallas, police said. The Dallas police responded […]
Middle East
US blacklists 271 Syrian chemists, other experts over sarin attack
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US government put 271 Syrian chemists and other officials on its financial blacklist Monday, punishing them for their presumed role in the deadly chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town in early […]
Asia
Donald Trump: ‘Major, major’ conflict with North Korea possible
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald Trump said on April 27 a major conflict with North Korea is possible in the standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome to […]
United States
FBI chief Comey tried to shield agency from politics, then shaped an election
WASHINGTON (TIP): The day before he upended the 2016 election, James B. Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, summoned agents and lawyers to his conference room. They had been debating all day, […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
French consulate in New York evacuated after bomb threat
NEW YORK (TIP): The French consulate in New York, where thousands of expatriates were registered to cast ballots in their presidential election, was briefly evacuated following a bomb threat, officials said. A suspicious vehicle prompted […]
United States
Astronaut breaks US space record, gets call from Donald Trump
CAPE CANAVERAL (TIP): Astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the US record on April 24 for most time in space and talked up Mars during a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump. The International Space Station’s commander […]
United States
US judge blocks Trump order to restrict funding for ‘sanctuary cities’
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): A US judge on April 23 blocked President Donald Trump‘s executive order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, dealing another legal blow to the administration’s efforts to toughen […]
India
Business & Economics
PAY OR GO TO JAIL, SUBRATA TOLD
NEW DELHI (TIP): Embattled Sahara Chief Subrata Roy today appeared before the Supreme Court which extended his parole till June 19 with a warning that failure to pay Rs 1,500 crore, as promised, may again […]
India
Author Meghna Pant Wins Bharat Nirman Award
NEW DELHI (TIP): Meghna Pant, the award-winning author of ‘One & A Half Wife’, was felicitated with the prestigious ‘Bharat Nirman Award’ for her contribution to the field of literature. The award was given to […]
India