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Defense Trade to be the Driving Engine Contrary to the forecasts of doom and gloom and the skepticism surrounding his visit to Washington, the third Manmohan- Obama Summit meeting on September 27 has been quite […]
SLOW AND STEADY RELATIONSHIP
“The PM’s Washington visit is unlikely to produce any dramatic result, but it will serve its purpose by reminding both sides of the high stakes they have in a progressively improving relationship that is undistorted […]
Congressman condemns remarks against Miss America
As a Member of Congress who represents a large population of Americans of Indian descent, I am deeply troubled by the outrageous remarks aimed at the winner of the 2013 Miss America Pageant and a […]
ARMS DEALS WORTH RS 15,000 CRORE CLEARED
NEW DELHI (TIP): The defence ministry on September 13 cleared several arms acquisition projects worth almost Rs 15,000 crore for the armed forces, which included six more American C-130J “Super Hercules” aircraft, 236 Russian T-90S […]
INDIA EYES LOCAL CURRENCY SWAPS
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is planning to go for local-currency-swap deals with trading partners to lower its dependence on dollars to foot the soaring import bills. It is looking at establishing multiple arrangements with […]
Bolt made to work for 100m win at Weltklasse
ZURICH (TIP): Usain Bolt considered it his worst race of the season, yet he still won the 100 meters at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in 9.90 seconds. The world and Olympic champion had the […]
OFBJP Organizes Public Reception For BJP President Rajnath Singh
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Indian American community of tri-state area (New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut) gave a rousing welcome to Rajnath Singh, President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and his BJP delegation Ananth Kumar, General […]
Largest US Hacking And Data Breach Scheme: Russians, Ukrainian Charged
NEWARK (New Jersey) (TIP): Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged in what’s being called the largest hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States. They’re accused of running a […]
G20 Seeks To Chart Recovery Course Amid Choppy Markets
MOSCOW (TIP): The world’s economic crisis response team will grapple with the prospect of more market volatility as finance ministers and central bankers gather in Moscow to chart a course towards recovery. The Group of […]
Vivek Wadhwa named to Time’s List of Top Tech Thinkers
NEW YORK (TIP): Vivek Wadhwa, who holds academic appointments at Singularity University, Stanford University and Duke University, and last year was named to Foreign Policy magazine’s list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers, was named […]
Pew Survey On Attitudes Towards Homosexuality Released
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): “Should Society Accept Homosexuality?” A global Pew Research Centre survey was released June 4, finding a wide variety of regional opinion on the question. Pew found that generally more positive attitudes were […]
Russian President Putin, Wife Announce Divorce
MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced on Thursday they are divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage. The Putins made the statement on state television after attending a ballet performance […]