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Yuva Hindi Sansthan’s Hindi summer program Concludes in Pennsylvania
HATFIELD, PA (TIP): Yuva Hindi Sansthan, a New Jersey based educational organization concluded a two-week summer Hindi program in Hatfield, PA on August 16. The program designed under the strict guidelines of STARTALK, a United […]
India
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Famous Indian nuclear physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha was born on 30 October 1909 in Mumbai. Bhabha played a key role in the development of the Indian atomic energy program. Widely referred to as the father […]
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67th Independence Day Of India Celebrated At The Permanent Mission Of India To The UN
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations celebrated the 67th Independence Day of India. H.E. Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji, Permanent Representative of India to UN hoisted the national flag at the Permanent Mission premises […]
United States
Egypt Violence: World Leaders Concerned;UN Urges ‘Restraint’
NEW YORK (TIP): The ever increasing violence in Egypt which has claimed hundreds of lives and is threatening a bloody civil war in the country has shaken world leaders and the United Nations. The Argentine […]
United States
US Senate Approves Samantha Power As New UN Ambassador
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate easily confirmed President Barack Obama‘s selection for ambassador to the United Nations on August 1. The Irish-born Samantha Power, a former Obama foreign policy adviser and outspoken human rights advocate, […]
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Indian Journalism At Ground Zero
Those opposing Justice Katju’s suggestion of minimum qualifications for journalists are out of touch with reality, argues the author. Some years ago, the journalism entrance test at a career development institute in Mumbai had this […]
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PM Manmohan Singh To Visit US In September, To Strengthen Ties
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will participate in the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) in New York in the month of September but the highlight of his visit will be his bilateral meeting with […]
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Politicization Of Criminals
Need for a preventive remedy. “I am more disturbed by the second judgment holding valid Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which prohibits any person from voting if he is confined […]
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Ethnic-Based Violence Highlights Need For Greater Dialogue: UN OFFICIAL
NEW YORK (TIP): Deeply concerned about the increasing number of acts of violence worldwide based on ethnicity and religion, a senior United Nations official has called for addressing the root causes of such violence and […]
Europe
Europe
Insurgents Kill 8 Laborers, Afghan Officials Say
KABUL (TIP): Insurgents pulled over a minivan with eight young laborers on their way to work at a US base in eastern Afghanistan on july 18, forced them out and then shot them dead, officials […]
Business & Economics
They Thought Bullets Would Silence Us…
On Friday, July 12, the United Nations Assembly listened spellbound to 16-year-old Malala, who was shot by the Talibans in Pakistan for attending school. Malala urged the governments to ensure free and compulsory education. Excerpts […]
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UN Women Partners with Geena Davis on firstever Global Gender in Film Research Study
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): UN Women is partnering with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media on a global study to analyze the depiction and representation of female characters in family films. The Geena […]
United States
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 […]
Europe
Pakistan, Afghanistan Trade Accusations At UN Over Extremist Havens
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Afghanistan and Pakistan traded accusations in the UN Security Council on June 20 over the whereabouts of Islamist extremists on their porous border as the United Nations described increased tensions between the […]
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PMI Organizes Function to mark International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers I.S.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations organized on May 29, a function to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. It was […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Community Organizations Welcome The New Consul General
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), in collaboration with several community organizations and groups in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area, held a well attended and highly successful […]
India
India’s Ability To Articulate Has Always Been Very High ASOKE K. MUKERJI
Q. Can you tell us a few high and low points of your career in Foreign Service so far? I joined the Indian Foreign Service 35 years ago. We were young then. We didn’t realize […]
India
More Than 6,500 Indians Languish In Foreign Jails
CHENNAI (TIP): More than 6,500 Indians are living an uncertain life in prisons in 80 foreign countries, half of them in three Gulf countries. The Gulf countries have the largest number of Indian prisoners, with […]
Europe
Begging becomes business in Pakistan
RAWALPINDI (TIP): The sight of children, the disabled and disadvantaged begging at all hours of the day and night in Pakistan is a grim, constant reminder of the millions who live in abject poverty. Yet […]
United States
Sudha Raghunathan enthralls audience in NY
NEW YORK (TIP): The Cleveland Aradhana committee and Jana Seva hosted the Morning Raga fund raiser concert featuring Padma Shri Sudha Ragunathan and six other renowned artists in New York last week. Jana Seva is […]