Month: February 2023
FIA’s ‘Dance Pe Chance’ Entices the Audience
TRENTON, NJ (TIP): Over 500 children from 22 community dance academies spread across Four states enthralled a 1000-plus crowd with their mesmerizing performances as they performed to showcase their talent, discipline, technique, and costumes in […]
Hate crime against Sikhs on the rise in US
214 cases in 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Though External Affairs Ministry is pushing at the UN the need to recognize Hinduphobia a crime, facts on the ground in the US indicate that it is the […]
Seattle first US city to ban caste discrimination
SEATTLE (TIP): Seattle has become the first US city to add caste discrimination to its non-discrimination policy, two years after Indian-American counselor Kshama Sawant on Tuesday , February 21 successfully quarterbacked a resolution through the […]
Indian-origin medic Meghana Pandit named CEO of Oxford University Hospitals
LONDON (TIP): Professor Meghana Pandit, a leading Indian-origin medic was appointed the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the UK’s largest teaching hospitals. Pandit becomes the trust’s […]
Indian-origin software engineer Karthik Subramaniam wins top National Geographic photography contest
NEW YORK (TIP): Karthik Subramaniam, an Indian-origin software engineer in the US and a hobbyist photographer, has won the prestigious National Geographic’s ‘Pictures of The Year’ award with his photograph titled ‘Dance of the Eagles’. […]
Indian American Vivek Ramaswamy announces he will run for president
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Vivek Ramaswamy, the multi-millionaire biotech entrepreneur and self-described intellectual godfather of the anti-woke movement, announced on Tuesday, February 21 that he is running for president. “We are in the middle of a […]
Biden’s Kyiv visit
Hardening of battle lines ominous for the world The strategic visit by US President Joe Biden to Kyiv, days before the first anniversary of the Russian war on Ukraine, has only hardened the battle lines […]
Protect the power of ‘the little man’ in a democracy
The real challenge before the nation is how to make citizens, now bystanders, aware of their duties to defend the Constitution The nation stands polarized on religious and caste lines, resulting in the creation of […]
Pakistan in dire straits
Faces political uncertainty, economic bankruptcy and Taliban violence “Pakistan is presently fully engrossed in avoiding bankruptcy and focusing on talks with the IMF. Islamabad has been forced to accept some very tough conditions before international […]
India abstains in U.N. vote underscoring need for just, lasting peace in Ukraine
The resolution got 141 votes in favor and seven against; India was among the 32 countries that abstained UNITED NATIONS (TIP): India abstained in the U.N. General Assembly on February 23 on a resolution that […]
The Indian Panorama Publisher-Editor Prof. Saluja Turns 80
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): The 17-year-old English language weekly The Indian Panorama publisher and editor Prof. Indrajit Singh Saluja turns 80 today. The family decided to celebrate the day with Thanksgiving prayers at Gurdwara Guru Nanak […]
We stand up for the BBC: UK government in Parliament after India’s I-T survey
LONDON (TIP): The British government has strongly defended the BBC and its editorial freedom in Parliament after the Income-Tax department’s survey operations on the UK-headquartered media corporation’s New Delhi and Mumbai offices over three days […]
Biden nominates Indian-American Ajay Banga for World Bank president
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): President Joe Biden on Thursday, February 23, announced that the US is nominating Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, saying the Indian-American business leader is uniquely equipped to lead the global […]
Free sugars linked with higher risk of cardiovascular disease, reveals study
Higher intake of free or added sugars present in sugary drinks, sweets and fruit juice is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, a study has found. The findings, published in the journal BMC […]