Asia
Year: 2017
Europe
Theresa May faces first Brexit bill defeat as House of Lords votes for amendment
Prime Minister Theresa May has faced her first parliamentary defeat over Brexit after Britain’s upper house voted to amend and thereby delay a bill empowering her to begin talks for the UK’s exit from the […]
Europe
Europe
Europe
Islamic State planning attacks in Britain: Anti- terrorism lawyer
LONDON (TIP): Islamic State militants are planning “indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians” in Britain on a scale similar to those staged by the Irish Republican Army 40 years ago, the head of the country’s new […]
Other News
LOWERING SYSTOLIC BP BELOW 120 MAY PREVENT EARLY DEATH
Intensive treatment to lower systolic (top number) blood pressure to below 120 mm Hg can prevent 107,500 early deaths every year, according to a new study. Systolic blood pressure refers to the pressure in the […]
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Walnuts make men more fertile: Scientists claim
Eating a walnut-enriched diet with 75 grams of walnuts every day may improve sperm vitality (movement) and morphology (form) — markers of semen quality, which is a predictor of male fertility — in men who […]
Other News
Other News
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
COURT RESTORES WATER SUPPLY TO PEPSI, COCA-COLA IN TAMIL NADU, BUT RETAILERS BAN IT
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Madras High Court quashed the petition filed to ban water supply to multinational cola makers #PepsiCo and #CocaCola in Tamil Nadu, while the retailers of the state stopped selling their beverages. […]
Business & Economics
JLR UNVEILS RATAN TATA’S PASSION PROJECT RANGE ROVER VELAR
LONDON (TIP): Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled a new model at a grand ceremony here. Gerry McGovern, Land Rover Chief Design Officer, credited the final product to Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata. […]
Business & Economics
NOOYI MEETS MODI, OFFERS HELP TO MEET ‘DEVELOPMENT GOALS’
NEW DELHI (TIP): #PepsiCo Chairperson #IndraNooyi today met Prime Minister @NarendraModi and offered the company’s participation in the government’s efforts to deliver on national development goals, especially in supporting farmers. She also apprised the Prime […]
Business & Economics
World
WOMEN IN THE CHANGING WORLD OF WORK: PLANET 50-50 BY 2030
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FEATURE Across the world, too many women and girls spend too many hours on household responsibilities – typically more than double the time spent by men and boys. They look after younger siblings, […]
Politics
An Untrumpian Trump Asks Congress to End ‘Trivial Fights’ in his first Address to Congress
It was not the Trump Americans have known who addressed the joint session of Congress on February 28 night, He disappointed many by being so untrumpian. It was a different Trump that night whocalled on […]
Politics
Jeff Sessions Recuses Himself from Russia Inquiry
Could this Russian Angle be bigger than just Sessions, or Flynn??? NEW YORK (TIP) : Russian involvement in the US presidential elections and President Donald Trump‘s ties with Putin began during his campaign and is […]
Featured
Time for a frank debate on freedom of speech and nationalism
Bundle of nerves: Are we getting paranoid about freedom of speech? The rise of Modi and the continued Cabinet slots for those preaching sectarian hatred is not much different from President Trump listening to the whisperings […]
Featured
Measured rhetoric: President Trump’s gaffe-less surprise
US President Donald Trump sounded upbeat as he addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time. He condemned the murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in Kansas by a white veteran, […]
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India
Featured
IN PAKISTAN, IT’S MIDDLE CLASS RISING
The contradictions within this class will now set the future course for Pakistan’s economy and its politics Attempts to quantify Pakistan’s middle class, largely based on income and the purchase of consumption goods, show that […]
India
Business & Economics
INDIA MAY HAVE TO WAIT LONG TO GET MALLYA BACK
NEW DELHI (TIP): With the UK legal system providing enough safeguards to industrialist Vijay Mallya take advantage of, India may have to wait long to get him extradited. Though India and the UK have a […]
India