Europe’s painful second coronavirus wave may be starting to ease, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, though its toll continues to be staggering, with someone on the continent dying every 17 seconds from […]
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 57 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.36 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday, […]
US drugmaker Pfizer Inc, which has developed a 95% effective vaccine against coronavirus, is now seeking the emergency use tag from the US government for its dosage. Pfizer has said the emergency use tag could […]
London (TIP): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Nov 20 backed his Cabinet Minister Priti Patel, despite a Cabinet Office inquiry into allegations of bullying concluding that she had breached the Ministerial Code, albeit “unintentionally”. […]
Gaza (TIP): For Naela Abu Jibba, a mother of five who lives and works in the Gaza Strip, taking the road less travelled has become a way of life. The first woman taxi driver in […]
BERLIN (TIP): The German police unleashed water cannon and pepper spray to scatter thousands of protesters angry about Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plans to set a legal framework for enforcing Covid restrictions. Protesters near Berlin’s landmark […]
London (TIP): New York-based Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the prestigious 50,000-pound Booker Prize for his autobiographical debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’, beating Indian-origin author Avni Doshi’s ‘Burnt Sugar’. ‘Shuggie Bain’ is tale of love […]
Kampala (TIP): At least 37 people have died and hundreds have been detained in unrest in Uganda triggered by the arrest of presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine, police said on Friday, as the […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan has reported over 2,500 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of infections in the country to 365,927, the health ministry said on Thursday. The Ministry of National Health Services said […]
Melbourne/kabul (TIP): There is “credible information” that at least 19 serving and former Australian special forces allegedly committed up to 39 unlawful murders during the conflict in Afghanistan, according to a long-awaited military report into […]
Peshawar (TIP): A Hindu temple, believed to have been constructed 1,300 years ago, has been discovered by Pakistani and Italian archaeological experts at a mountain in Swat district of northwest Pakistan. The discovery was made […]
Singapore (TIP): Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s sister-in-law was on Friday barred from practising law for 15 months over professional misconduct in her handling of the final will of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding […]
“Jo abr yahāñ se uTThegā vo saare jahāñ par barsegā” Zafar Iqbal WASHINGTON (TIP): The Aligarh Alumni Association, Washington DC (AAA-DC) organized an international mushaira of legendary poets to celebrate the centenary of the Aligarh […]
Reboot is a collapsible chamber that can be used by survivors of PTSD in moments of panic WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian in the US has designed and fabricated a sanctuary that one can retreat into […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian- origin students contributed $7.6 billion to the US economy in the academic year 2019-20, even though there was a 4.4 per cent drop in the total number of Indian students, according to a […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American Jeremy Cooney has been elected to the New York State Senate from the state’s open 56thdistrict. Cooney, a Democrat, had a lead of fewer than 900 votes over his Republican […]
ATLANTA, GA (TIP): In recent years, Forsyth County has seen tremendous growth in the local Indian population. A testament to the fact, Soorya Foundation for Performing Arts, in association with Forsyth County Arts Alliance are […]
“I believe that if we can generate empathy for others it becomes exceedingly difficult to create barriers. I call this approach ‘Humanitarian Cinema’ and focused my next two films on studying the global refugee and […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Veteran Indian American broadcast producer Chitra Wadhwani has been named editorial director of Washington Post Live where she will oversee and drive the strategy for the “Race in America” series. Announcing Wadhwani’s appointment, The […]
NEW YORK (TIP): ‘Never Have I Ever’, the hit Netflix coming of age comedy-drama television series created by Indian American Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher has won the People’s Choice Award (PCA) for the Best […]
NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): Even Covid-19 couldn’t put a damper on one of the biggest celebrations in New York City’s iconic Times square where on Thursday, November 12th, Diwali was celebrated with pomp and […]
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