NY/NJ/CT
Month: March 2023
NY/NJ/CT
Bihar Foundation (East Coast Chapter) Celebrated ‘Bihar Diwas 2023’ at Consulate General of India New York
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Bihar Foundation of USA (East Coast) hosted the “Bihar Diwas Celebration” on Tuesday, March 21, igniting memories of home for the diaspora and members of the Indian American community gathered here. […]
Cricket
Sports News
Sports News
Milestone Messi hits century for Argentina
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick and surpassed 100 career goals for Argentina with three in the first half of Tuesday’s international friendly against Curacao. The World Cup winners beat the Caribbean side 7-0 in their […]
Sports News
Incredible India
Wayanad: Nature’s abode
Replete with waterfalls, historical caves, comfortable resorts and homestays, Wayanad in Kerala is famous for its spice plantations and wildlife. Walking through the sprawling spice plantations, trekking to the pre-historic caves and experiencing a resort […]
Hinduism
Hanuman Jayanti
Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated on the 15th day of the Shukla Paksha, during the month of Chaitra (the Chaitra Pournimaa). Hanuman, who is also known as Vanara God, was born on this day and Hanuman […]
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
First Citizens acquires Silicon Valley Bank
Washington (TIP)- U.S. regulators said they would backstop a deal for regional lender First Citizens BancShares to acquire failed Silicon Valley Bank, triggering an estimated $20 billion hit to a government-run insurance fund. The deal […]
Business & Economics
Contagion risks loom over Adani Transmission and Adani Ports, says Fitch
Ratings agency Fitch has said that two Adani Group subsidiaries are exposed to heightened contagion risks as a result of governance weakness at the conglomerate’s sponsor level. Adani Transmission Limited and Adani Ports and Special […]
Business & Economics
Asia
Six civilians killed in Afghanistan suicide bomb attack, second blast in 3 months
KABUL (TIP): A suicide attack on March 27 near Afghanistan‘s foreign ministry killed six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry said. Security has dramatically improved since the Taliban stormed back to power in […]
Asia
No talks with Imran Khan unless he apologises: Pakistan PM Shehbaz
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ruled out any talks between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan unless the former premier admits his wrongdoings and issues a public apology. While addressing […]
World
China threatens retaliation if Taiwanese President Tsai, US House speaker McCarthy meet
BEIJING (TIP): China has threatened “resolute countermeasures” over a planned meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Speaker of the United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during an upcoming visit to Los Angeles by the […]
World
Prince Harry accuses UK royals of hiding phone hacking from him
London (TIP) : Britain’s Prince Harry has accused his family of withholding information about phone hacking from him to avoid sitting in the witness box and opening “a can of worms”, a witness statement released […]
Asia
Asia
World
38 dead in Mexico detention centre fire after guards didn’t let migrants out
CIUDAD JUAREZ (TIP): When smoke began billowing out of a migrant detention center in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Venezuelan migrant Viangly Infante Padrón was terrified because she knew her husband was still […]
World
Russian man whose teen daughter drew anti-war picture flees house arrest
MOSCOW (TIP): A single father, who was separated from his daughter and sentenced on March 28 to two years in prison over “discrediting” the Russian army, has fled house arrest, officials said. Alexei Moskalyov, 54, […]
Science & Technology
Scientists find ‘reservoir’ containing substantial quantities of water on moon
Researchers have discovered water trapped in tiny beads spread across the surface only the Moon, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. It is based on samples of the lunar surface brought back by […]
Science & Technology
A supermassive blackhole is directly facing Earth: Scientists
A team of scientists at the Royal Astronomical Society has reclassified a galaxy after they discovered that a supermassive blackhole has changed its direction and is directly facing toward the Earth. The galaxy, 657 million […]
Science & Technology
Science & Technology
Studying continental movement over ‘hotspot’ reveals internal workings of volcanoes
Scientists have learned about the internal workings of volcanoes by studying the northward movement of the Australian continent over a ‘hotspot’ inside the Earth during the last 35 million years, which left behind volcanic relics […]
Health
Obesity risk may be passed on from moms to daughters
According to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism of the Endocrine Society, mothers with obesity may share the disease’s risk with their daughters but not with their sons. Obesity […]