Month: July 2022
Theatre of the absurd: On Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest
Zubair’s arrest is another instance of the Centre’s characteristic intolerance Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, is being made to pay for his role in drawing wide attention to the vile remarks made […]
Death of immigrants: 50 succumb to the dream of a ‘better life’ in Texas
The death of 50 people, believed to be illegal immigrants, in San Antonio in the USA is the latest in a string of migration tragedies that have left humanity badly shaken. At least 46 bodies […]
Doom and Gloom Shall Pass
“Is there no virtue among us, if there be not, we are in a wretched situation?” – James Madison The bond between the world’s most powerful democracy and the world’s most populous democracy is so […]
Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn as the 116th Supreme Court justice and the first Black woman to serve on the high court. She was sworn in on Thursday, June 30. The […]
Divested of abortion right
US Supreme Court demonstrates feudal retrogression As I See It “The constriction of liberty has disastrous consequences for women who wish not to deliver an unwanted child due to therapeutic reasons or because the fetus […]
Significance of a global Indian Christian Day -July 3rd
FIACONA (Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North America) has compiled a list of 761 attacks with a large percentage of those being mob attacks. As a Christian in India today, there is an […]
Gov. Hochul Wins Democratic Primary in New York
NEW YORK (TIP): Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York took a crucial step toward winning a full term on Tuesday, easily fending off a pair of spirited primary challengers and cementing her status as the […]
Dr. Vishwa P Adluri and Shri Rajiv Malhotra conferred the ICCR Distinguished Indologist Award
NEW YORK (TIP): President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe conferred the ICCR Distinguished Indologist Award for 2019 on Dr. Vishwa P. Adluri and for 2020 on Shri Rajiv Malhotra […]
Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine even as West pledges enduring support
KYIV (TIP): Russian forces struck at targets in the Mykolaiv area of southern Ukraine on Wednesday and intensified attacks on fronts across the country as NATO members met in Madrid to plan a course of […]