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Chinese mistresses bringing down officials by exposing them
BEIJING (TIP): A 26-year-old mistress has put up videos and photographs of her paramour, a senior Chinese official, now sacked and facing official investigation. This is part of a rising trend of official probes spurred […]
Europe
Europe
China to train 250,000 journalists before they get work passes
BEIJING (TIP): About 250,000 Chinese journalists will be given on-the-job training under a specially designed program by the government’s media agency, which also implements laws on censoring and “guiding” the media. The move suggests greater […]
Europe
Business & Economics
THE POLITICS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
With the government having lurched into its first shutdown since the 1990s, many commentators are focusing on the potential ill effects that it might have for Republicans. Almost all of these analyses use the shutdowns […]
Featured
The Pivot under Pressure
It’s not just the canceled trip. Other factors are limiting the ability of the U.S. to focus on the Asia-Pacific. Senior U.S. administration officials have been at pains in recent weeks to demonstrate how Washington’s […]
Featured
Babadom in India
The arrest of “Sant Sri Asaram Ji Bapu” on charges of rape has provoked strong reactions. The majority has condemned the conduct of Asaram and his son, Narayan Sain. But then there are Baba’s devotees […]
Pakistan
Pakistan’s new envoy to US was once expelled from India
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistan has appointed as its ambassador to the United States an envoy who was once expelled from New Delhi for “indulging in activities incompatible with his official status.” Typically, that’s officialese for spying, […]
United States
United States
Obama, Republicans continue talks after White House meeting
WASHINGTON (TIP): Republicans offered a plan to President Barack Obama on Thursday that would postpone a possible US default in a sign the two sides may be moving to end the standoff that has shuttered […]
United States
IALI Women’s Forum celebrates Navratri
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): The India Association of Long Island (IALI) recently celebrated through its Women’s Forum its monthly event for October. It was a burst of riotous color and sound as the festive season […]
United States
Hindu Center Benefit Musical Evening Organized
NEW YORK (TIP): Hindu Center, Flushing organized a wonderful musical evening, mesmerizing performance by a great artist Falguni Shah and her husband Dr. Gaurav Shah, on September 29th, 2013 at Hindu Temple auditorium in Flushing. […]
United States
Launch of pioneering nonformal curriculum to end violence against women and girls
UN Women and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scoutsput youth at the center of efforts NEW YORK, NY (TIP): On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, UN Women and […]
Business & Economics
Former Liu associates sentenced for Fund-Raising Scheme
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Two former associates of John C. Liu, the New York City comptroller, managed to avoid lengthy prison sentences on Thursday, October 10, for their roles in attempting to funnel money to […]
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United States
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 has been awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel “for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems”.
Business & Economics
2013 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Canadian author Alice Munro. The Prize Committee hailed her as the “master of the contemporary short story.”
Business & Economics
2013 Nobel Prize in Physics
The 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded jointly to François Englert of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium and Peter W. Higgs of University of Edinburgh, UK “for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism […]