United States
Month: April 2023
United States
IRS wraps up 2023 Dirty Dozen list; reminds taxpayers and tax pros to be wary of scams and schemes, even after tax season
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The Internal Revenue Service wrapped up the annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2023 with a reminder for taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for these schemes throughout […]
United States
IRS unveils Strategic Operating Plan; ambitious effort details a decade of change
42 key initiatives, 190 key projects designed to help taxpayers, the tax community and the nation WASHINGTON D.C. (TIP): Following months of work, the Internal Revenue Service, on April 6, unveiled its Strategic Operating Plan, […]
Breaking News
Breaking News
Trump decries charges against him, accuses ”radical left lunatics” of election interference
PALM BEACH, FL (TIP): A defiant former president Donald Trump denounced the criminal charges against him in connection to hush money payments made to a porn star before the 2016 presidential election and said the […]
Breaking News
Richard Verma sworn in as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Former US Ambassador to India Richard Verma has been sworn in as the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, making him the highest-ranking Indian-American ever in the State Department. “An […]
Breaking News
‘An Independent Press is Necessary’, says Supreme Court; Lifts telecast ban on Malayalam news channel MediaOne
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 5, quashed the Centre’s telecast ban on Malayalam news channel MediaOne and pulled up the Ministry of Home Affairs for raising national security claims in “thin […]
Comments
Open justice: On the Supreme Court verdict in the MediaOne case
The Supreme Court verdict setting aside the denial of broadcasting permission to Malayalam channel MediaOne is one that protects the media against arbitrary action and bars the use of undisclosed national security considerations as a […]
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Comments
Landmark Act: Himachal women get landholding right like men
In a commendable act, the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government on April 4 set right a decades-old wrong through an amendment to an outdated landholding law that discriminates against women. Till now, in grave violation […]
Perspective
USA is a Nation of Laws: Trump Indicted
D.A. Alvin Bragg Unseals 34 Felony Counts “The task for politicians is to give politics a rest, as our nation is undergoing a stress-test the likes of which even Richard Nixon was exempted from. Our […]
As I See It
A very different conception of ‘Ram Rajya’
Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of Ram Rajya — the very idea of Gandhi, one might say — is in danger of being swept aside by prevailing ideological currents, ironically in favor of a very different conception […]
Opinions
The age of toxic politics
Death of critical thinking is what all authoritarian masters cherish “No meaningful teaching/learning is possible if the psychology of fear robs us of our voice. In fact, the toxic politics we see around has created […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Viraj Patel wins Illinois State University’s student teaching award
ILLINOIS (TIP): Viraj Patel, a doctoral student and teaching assistant at Illinois State University‘s School of Communications has received its Outstanding University Graduate Student Teaching Award for 2022. The award for doctoral students who lead […]
Indian Americans
Indian American engineer to head NASA’s newly established Moon to Mars Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Amit Kshatriya, a decorated Indian American software and robotics engineer was appointed as the first head of NASA‘s newly established Moon to Mars Program that will help the agency ensure a long-term […]
Indian Americans
Five Indian American women among Barron’s 100 most influential women in US finance
NEW YORK (TIP): Five Indian American women figure in Barron’s fourth annual list of the 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance honoring “women who have achieved positions of prominence in the financial services industry […]