Business & Economics
Month: April 2017
Business & Economics
TRAI FORCES RELIANCE JIO TO WITHDRAW SUMMER SURPRISE OFFER
NEW DELHI (TIP): Reliance Jio on April 6 decided to withdraw its ‘Jio Summer Surprise’ offer after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) advised the Mukesh Ambani-led firm to withdraw the three-month ‘complimentary’ offer. […]
Business & Economics
Blog
MahaVastu tips for an auspicious griha pravesh
Mahavastu is an upgraded, tested and bug-free understanding of vastu shastra that I have distilled from more than 12,000 case studies in the last 25 years. A rational understating helps to maintain equilibrium with nature; with […]
Blog
DID LORD SHIVA REALLY TAKE AVATAR IN DWAPAR YUGA?
As mentioned in Linga Puran, once Lord Brahma asked Lord Shiva as to why he never reincarnated in a human form that involved him living among human relations, like Lord Vishnu? Lord Shiva in all […]
United States
Border Security operations destabilize Texas Budget
AUSTIN, TEXAS (TIP): As a budget shortfall in Texas threatens cuts to colleges and Medicaid, a costly border security operation is proving largely untouchable despite President Donald Trump‘s promises to build a wall and the […]
Other News
“No regrets” in job, says Ambassador Haley
NEW YORK(TIP): Asserting that she has “no regrets” in her job, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said her Indian parents raised her to give her best to whatever job she does. “No, there […]
India
Indian Americans
IAA Women Achievers Awards make a powerful statement
NEW JERSEY (TIP): With all eyes on a beautifully decorated stage, almost 300 guests from New York and New Jersey in audience, the expectations were running high to know the names of 15 women “Honorees” […]
Asia
Reining in the Rogue Regime of North Korea
“Pyongyang’s missile program has progressed over the last few decades from tactical rockets in the 1970s, to short, medium-range ballistic missiles in the 1980s and 1990s. Systems capable of even greater range are under research and […]
Middle East
Asia
US-China Summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping Arrives in the US
MAR-A-LAGO, FL (TIP): US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their high-stakes summit at Trump’s Florida beach resort on Thursday, April 6 evening, with the volatile situation in Syria where Syrian government […]
Politics
Senate Republicans exercise Nuclear option to confirm Gorsuch
WASHINGTON (TIP): Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., set a new precedent in the Senate that will ease the confirmation for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Friday, after 30 more hours of debate […]
Politics
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes steps down from Russia probe
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, announced on April 6 that he will recuse himself from the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, while he faces allegations that […]
Indian Americans
GOPIO Litigation: Ashook Ramsaran’s case against some GOPIO officials dismissed by District Court
NEW YORK (TIP): In early 2016, GOPIO’s former president Mr. Ashook Ramsaran had filed a lawsuit against three current officers of GOPIO (it’s Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham, Vice President Ram Gadhavi and Global Ambassador Sunny […]
Business & Economics
Indian American Pharmaceutical Leader Sanjiv K. Patel named President and CEO of Relay Therapeutics
WASHINGTON (TIP): Dr. Sanjiv K. Patel has been named President and CEO of Relay Therapeutics, a biotech company dedicated to developing breakthrough medicines by focusing on insights in protein motion. Dr Patel brings to Relay […]
Business & Economics
Indian American C.J. Bhalla named Chief Financial Officer of Kaiser Permanente Northern California
SAN JOSE (TIP): Kaiser Permanente Northern California on April 3 announced that senior executive C.J. Bhalla has been selected as its new senior vice president and chief financial officer. Bhalla will oversee the finance strategy […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Senator Harris Urges President Trump to Abandon ACA Repeal Efforts
WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris joined colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump urging him and his administration to abandon their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and undermine the United […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Denounces Trump’s Executive Order Rolling Back American Commitment to Growing Green Technology Sector
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi denounced President Trump’s executive order eliminating President Obama’s climate-change protections as an attack on the growing green economy and as another example of the Trump administration‘s effort to […]
Indian Americans
India
Indian Man Pleads Guilty to Use of False Passport
NEW YORK (TIP): Manish Patel, 43, a citizen of India, pled guilty on April 3 to use of a false passport, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. As part of his guilty plea, Patel […]
Business & Economics
Reforms Will Not Do India Any Good – Only A Revolution Will
The answers to our problems lie outside the system What form this revolution will take, and how much time, cannot be predicted, but what certainly can be predicted is that it is coming. The test […]
Featured
There is no holy cow in the Vedas
Hinduism considers the Vedas as its Supreme Court, whose word is final, and if any of the later Sanskrit or non-Sanskrit writing goes against what the Vedas have said, a Hindu has to follow the […]
Business & Economics
Europe
Pope to wash feet of inmates at mafia turncoat prison
VATICAN CITY (TIP): Pope Francis will wash the feet of inmates at a prison known for housing mafia turncoats in an Easter week ritual meant to show his willingness to serve. The Paliano prison, located […]