Malaysia
PM Modi’s Flight Among Planes Rerouted After Malaysian Airlines Crash
New Delhi (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s flight was among the many planes that were re-routed after the Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17 was shot down in Ukraine on July 17. Modi, who returned last night […]
Malaysian passenger plane ‘shot down’ over Ukraine
All 298 aboard killed, including 5 Indians KIEV/KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Tragedy struck Malaysia Airlines once again, nearly four months after the mysterious disappearance of MH370 in the Indian Ocean. A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane with […]
Saina Nehwal pulls out of Glasgow CWG
HYDERABAD (TIP): In a major setback to Indian badminton hopes at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is learnt to have pulled out of the event. Saina, who shot to fame by winning […]
California man sentenced to 15 years for espionage
OAKLAND (US) (TIP): A federal judge has sentenced a California chemical engineer to 15 years in prison and fined him USD 28.3 million for a rare economicespionage conviction for selling China a secret recipe to […]
GOPIO’s 25th Anniversary Jubilee Convention a historic success
PORT OF SPAIN (TIP): The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO International) concluded its 25th Anniversary (Jubilee) Convention 2014 in Port of Spain in Trinidad & Tobago, with a memorable and highly successful […]
Pirates steal tanker carrying million litres of oil, Malaysia on hunt
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Malaysia is hunting for a group of machete-wielding pirates who hijacked a tanker off its eastern coast, stealing a million litres of oil, in the latest in a spate of attacks in […]
NITIN GADKARI OPPOSES PLAN TO IMPOSE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON SOLAR GEAR
NEW DELHI (TIP): Voices against the government plan to slap antidumping duty on solar panels are getting stronger with Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari asking his commerce counterpart to drop the proposal as it would ‘escalate’ […]
High-speed internet for flyers within EU
LONDON (TIP): Passengers will now receive superfast in-flight broadband wi-fi services while flying within the European Union. British satellite telecommunications firm Inmarsat which has been spearheading the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 announced […]
13 THEORIES OF WHAT HAPPENED TO FLIGHT MH370
Officials on May 29 confirmed what we have feared for some time — that a relatively tiny search zone in the southern Indian Ocean is not the final resting place of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. […]
Malaysia releases satellite data on missing MH370
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s aviation authority released on Tuesday satellite data used to determine that flight MH370 went down in the southern Indian Ocean following demands from sceptical relatives of those on board. The Department of […]
TATA MOTORS LAUNCHES ULTRA RANGE OF TRUCKS
CHENNAI (TIP): With an eye on beefing up its share in the burgeoning intermediate light commercial vehicle (ILCV) segment, Tata Motors has launched a new range of trucks christened ULTRA. Claimed to be contemporary in […]
TATA-AIRASIA GETS LICENCE FROM DGCA
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian flyers are soon going to be spoilt for choice and low fares may make a comeback. The Tata Sons’ JV budget airline with Malaysia’s AirAsia got the licence to fly from […]
Flight MH370: Australia dismisses possible plane wreckage claim
SYDNEY (TIP): The Australian agency heading up the search for the missing Malaysian jet has dismissed a claim by a resource survey company that it found possible plane wreckage in the northern Bay of Bengal. […]
SOLAR GEAR MAKERS TAKE RS 1,000 CR HIT ON US, CHINA DUMPING
NEW DELHI (TIP): Amid ongoing trade battle with the US over domestic content clause in solar projects, manufacturers of PV (photo-voltaic) panels have said they were losing Rs 1,000 crore worth of business annually and […]
Missing Malaysian Flight MH370: What do we know? What will we ever know?
BANGKOK (TIP): At the time – the evening of March 24 – it seemed like the breakthrough the world was waiting for. In a hastily called speech, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that an […]
Flight MH370: Planes, ships race to beat bad weather in search for missing Malaysian jet
SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Aircraft and ships scouring the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were racing to beat bad weather on March 27 and reach an area where new satellite images […]
US rules out Malaysian plane landed at its Indian Ocean base
WASHINGTON: (TIP) The United States has ruled out the possibility of the missing Malaysian plane landing at its Indian Ocean base in Diego Garcia. “I’ll rule that one out,” White House press secretary Jay Carney […]
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Hijacked?
Actions Likely ‘Deliberate,’ Prime Minister Najib Razak States KUALA LUMPUR (TIP) The mystery of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 remains unresolved. Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak declared on Saturday, March 15 that “deliberate” actions […]