WASHINGTON (TIP): The first black US president is coming under fire from some of his own Democratic Party for naming a stream of white men to key cabinet and leadership posts in his second administration. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The composition of President Barack Obama‘s second term Cabinet became clearer on January 9, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president’s team deciding to stay on amid […]
THE RISE OF ARVIND KEJRIWAL Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal launchedhis party ‘Aam Aadmi Party’ this December. AAP‘sdeclared manifesto to provide – for the first time in 65years of independence – a totally graft-free government.Crucially, none of […]
In over 40 years since he plunged into social life, there was never an occasion for which Hindu Hriday Samrat (the King of Hindu Hearts) Bal Thackeray lacked an opinion. Whether it was on national […]
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan,Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma Direction: Yash Chopra Genre: Romance Duration: 3 hours STORY: Through a personal diary account a carefree media professional discovers that a Indian Army man who fascinates her has […]
President Obama win in 2008 was a truly historic occasion as the election of a non-white to the presidency represented the far reaching social change that had occurred relatively undetected in the American society over […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Fresh faces and new thinking has been infused into the Prime Minister’s Office. Manmohan Singh has rejiged his office to bring in some of the brightest bureaucrats from the MEA as part […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hundreds of Walmart workers rallied across dozen cities in the US, protesting against low wages and alleged unjust labour practices and have threatened to go on a nationwide strike on November 23, the […]
The number of technology firms in the US co-founded by the Chinese has also gone up to 8.1% compared to 6.9 in 2005 BANGALORE (TIP): At a time when the US has started to see […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Bank of America Corp. is accelerating a broad cost-cutting plan and has set a target of shedding 16,000 jobs by year’s end-cuts that would see the company relinquish its title as U.S. […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Sensex rose more than 2 percent to new seven-month highs on Sept 14 after the government announced a hike in diesel prices and after the Federal Reserve announced a new asset purchase […]
Washington (TIP): California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two bills aimed at battling workplace discrimination against Sikhs and Muslims by shunting workers wearing turbans, beards and hijabs to backroom jobs out of public view. “This […]
NEW YORK (TIP): U.S. stocks surged Thursday, September 6 with all three major indexes closing at the highest levels in years, as optimistic investors went on a buying spree. A combination of stronger-than-expected data on […]
CHARLOTTE, NC (TIP): Closing the first night of the Democratic convention, Mrs. Obama spoke of the vision and values that guided Barack Obama as president. She said it was an “extraordinary privilege” to serve as […]
CHARLOTTE, NC (TIP): The first day’s proceedings built to a rapturously received address by First Lady Michelle Obama, who like the other speakers spared no opportunity to draw comparisons between the president and Romney, though […]
CHARLOTTE, NC (TIP): The US Democratic Party launched its National Convention September 4 as it seeks to convince voters that President Barack Obama deserves a second term. The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie […]
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