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Serena Williams cruises into French Open third round
PARIS (TIP): Top seed and defending champion Serena Williams cruised into the French Open third round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Teliana Pereira of Brazil. It was a routine victory for the world number one […]
Americas
Brazil faces its own ‘Nirbhaya’ crisis: 16-year-old raped by 33 men in Rio
SAO PAULO (TIP): With less than two months to go before the world’s top athletes and hundreds of thousands of sport lovers head to Rio de Janeiro for Olympics 2016, the city’s reputation has taken […]
Americas
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Pandemic could kill 165 million people in near future: Indian American writer Sonia Shah
Indian American journalist and writer Sonia Shah writes how epidemiologists are bracing themselves for what has been called the next “Big One” — a disease that could kill tens of millions of people in the […]
Americas
Brazil’s Rousseff scores court win in impeachment case
BRASILIA (TIP): Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Dec 17 that Congress must restart impeachment proceedings against Dilma Rousseff from scratch and overhauled the procedure, in a badly needed win for the embattled president. In an 8-3 […]
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Why the Ban on Cow Slaughter is not just Anti-Farmer but Anti-Cow as well
The recent killings of Mohammad Akhlaq, Noman and Zahid Ahmad Bhatt on the claim that they were slaughtering cows is not only an attack on the right to life, livelihood and diverse food cultures but an […]
Europe
Brazil mine mudslide kills at least 17
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): A dam burst at a mining waste site in Brazil, unleashing a deluge of thick, red toxic mud that engulfed a village and killed at least 17 people, an official said. […]
Indian Americans
INDO AMERICAN celebrates its success on the 10th Anniversary, Nov 7th
RUTHERFORD, NJ (TIP): One of the largest distributors of Natural Stones, INDO AMERICAN is celebrating their 10th anniversary on Nov 7th 2015 at the Renaissance in Rutherford, NJ. Felicitating their key associates and partners in […]
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Europe
One million evacuated in Chile after 8.3-magnitude earthquake
SANTIAGO, CHILE (TIP): A strong 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile’s coast on Wednesday, shaking buildings in cities around the country and forcing the authorities to evacuate residents along the 2,690-mile coast after tsunami warnings were […]
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There will never be another Pele or a Maradona: Roberto Carlos
NEW DELHI (TIP): His 100 mile-plus free-kicks earned him the title of the ‘Bullet Man’. The scorer of some of the most spectacular goals in the history of the game, Brazilian star Roberto Carlos was […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Professor R Paul SIngh named World Agriculture Prize laureate
Indian American Professor Emeritus R. Paul Singh who has held dual appointments in the departments of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis, has been named […]
Business & Economics
Business leaders urge G20 to push digital economy, e-commerce
ISTANBUL (TIP): An influential group of business leaders have urged the G20 to improve the global trade system for the emerging digital economy as well as focus on reforms to ensure strong and sustainable growth. […]
India
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Shell to buy BG for $70bn, take on Exxon
Royal Dutch Shell agreed to buy smaller rival BG Group for 47 billion pounds ($70.2 billion) in the first major energy industry merger in more than a decade, closing the gap on market leader ExxonMobil after […]
Business & Economics
HONDA CEO TO STEP DOWN AMID AIR BAG CRISIS
TOKYO (TIP): Honda Motor Co hurt by falling sales and embroiled in a crisis over defective air bags is replacing its CEO. The Japanese automaker said on Tuesday that Takanobu Ito, its president and chief […]
Business & Economics
Reset of a policy of equidistance
Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, an Indian TV channel held a discussion on likely foreign policy reorientation. When the doyen of South Asian Studies, Stephen Cohen, was asked in which direction Mr. Modi […]
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IMF cuts global growth outlook, calls for accommodative policy
BEIJING (TIP): The International Monetary Fund lowered its forecast for global economic growth in 2015, and called on Tuesday for governments and central banks to pursue accommodative monetary policies and structural reforms to support growth. […]
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Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan calls for early Reforms to UNSC
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): “The Security Council is, undoubtedly, one of the most important institutions of global governance,” Sumitra Mahajan, speaker of Lok Sabha, the lower house of India‘s parliament, stated. “If its legitimacy is in […]
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