New Delhi (TIP) – The Centre has invoked an emergency procedure under the Electricity Act to compel imported-coal-based plants to begin generating electricity. In return, power producers have been allowed to pass through their costs to the consumers, which is not allowed in the existing power purchase agreements (PPAs). The government hopes this will bring … Govt invokes emergency provision to step up power supply
New Delhi (TIP)- India reported 3,805 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday (May 7), 7.3 per cent higher than yesterday, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry. This brings the country’s cumulative caseload to 4,30,98,743. India’s active caseload stands at 20,303. In the last 24 hours, active cases increased by 615. Total recoveries were … India reports 3,805 new Covid cases, 22 deaths in 24 hours
06 MAY 1944 Gandhiji released from Aga Khan Palace in Pune. 1967 Zakir Hussain became the first Muslim President of India. 2010 Ajmal Amir Kasab, convicted for the 26/11 attack in Mumbai, was sentenced to death. 1861 Motilal Nehru was born. 1964 Khajan Singh, one of the famous swimmers of India, was born. 1589 The … India in history this Week-May 6, 2022, to May 12, 2022
WhatsApp is finally getting an emoji reaction feature that will let users react to messages with emoji. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the same on Facebook earlier this week. The emoji reactions feature is already seen on popular communication platforms like Instagram, Telegram and even iMessage, but now WhatsApp users will be able to make … WhatsApp finally rolling out emoji reactions for messages
In a bid to make the web more secure, Apple, Google and Microsoft on Thursday announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. The new capability will allow websites and apps to offer consistent, secure, and easy passwordless sign-ins to consumers … Apple, Google, Microsoft expand support for passwordless sign-ins
As Twitter plans to give its users an Edit button, after a push by its soon-to-be boss Elon Musk, to help them correct errors in their tweets, app researcher and reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong on Tuesday revealed the first glimpse of the new tool. She tweeted a video with the steps needed to edit … This is how Twitter’s Edit button will finally work
Scientists at NASA have developed a theory that explains how explosions occur on the Sun, and help better predict geomagnetic storms and solar flares that can impact Earth. An explosive process called magnetic reconnection triggers solar flares, which can, in just minutes, release enough energy to power the whole world for 20,000 years. Scientists have … NASA scientists crack 60-year-old mystery of explosions on Sun
New Delhi (TIP)- Questioning the modelling methodology used by WHO to estimate 4.7 million deaths in India due to Covid or its impact, top health experts have expressed disappointment over the global health body’s “one-size-fits-all” approach to arrive at the figure. ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava, NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul, AIIMS Director … India’s top health experts question WHO report on excess Covid deaths
Srinagar (TIP)- Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Ashraf Molvi and his two associates have been killed in an encounter with security forces near the route of the annual Amarnath Yatra, in Jammu & Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday, May 6, police said. Molvi (50), who was on the list of top 10 most-wanted terrorists, was among the … Hizbul commander among 3 terrorists killed in J&K
New Delhi (TIP)-The delimitation commission to redraw the electoral map of Jammu and Kashmir on May 5 notified and submitted its much-awaited final report. The completion of the controversial delimitation process will pave the way for holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The former state is without an elected government since June 2018. All … ‘43 seats in Jammu & 47 in Kashmir’: Delimitation process complete in J&K
The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions against the sedition law, Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, on May 10. The top court said it will take a call on whether the matter should be sent to a larger constitutional bench of seven judges. A three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice … Sedition Law Pleas: Centre Asks for More Time, SC to Take Call on Larger Bench on May 10
Hyderabad (TIP)- A young man lay bleeding by a busy road in Hyderabad, his face smashed to pulp with iron rods, while his wife valiantly fought off his attackers, in a horrific killing in public caught on camera Wednesday, May 4 evening. The 25-year-old car salesman was beaten and stabbed to death by his Muslim … Hindu man in Hyderabad killed after marrying Muslim
Costa Rica Mother’s Day, or “Dia de la Madre” as it’s locally known, is a big deal in Costa Rica, where the importance of family bonds is prevalent in every aspect of daily life. It is a national holiday in Costa Rica, held on August 15 every year. This date was selected because it coincides … Mother’s Day Around the World
Mother’s Day is a time to honor motherhood and show our appreciation to moms of all kinds, including wives, sisters, and grandmas, for all their hard work and sacrifice. In the United States, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. This year, the holiday falls on Sunday, May 8, 2022. It’s customary … Mother’s Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Two Indian-American technocrats, Krishna Kumar Edathil from Texas and Nikhil Deshpande from Georgia, have made it to the coveted StateScoop Top 50 2022 list.
DALLAS (TIP): Kashish Dhal, an Indian Engineering Graduate Student, won the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Maverick Entrepreneur Program Award for his business proposal to develop autopilot software for drones. The software will leverage artificial intelligence to assist industry inspectors and first responders by increasing their working efficiency and keeping them out of dangerous … Indian American student entrepreneurs honored by University of Texas
NEW YORK (TIP): Six Indian nationals, aged 19-21 years, were arrested by the US border authorities after they were apprehended on a sinking boat during a failed attempt to be smuggled into America from Canada. The US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Thursday, May 5, that with assistance from the Saint Regis … Indians apprehended on sinking boat in failed smuggling attempt to enter US from Canada
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Indian-American lawyer diplomat Richard Verma, also a former US ambassador to India, as a member of his Intelligence Advisory Board. The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board is an independent element within his Executive Office. A White House statement said Biden has announced his … Indian American Richard Verma to be appointed to Biden’s Intelligence Advisory Board
LONDON (TIP): The wife of leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul, Lady Aruna Paul, passed away peacefully at her home in London on Tuesday, May 3 night. She was 86. “She was full of life and always trying to uplift people around her,” said a close family member, confirming the news of her death. Lady … Indian-origin British industrialist Lord Swraj Paul’s wife Aruna passes away in UK
Prabhjot Singh TORONTO (TIP): An Indian student in San Jose City College in California has taken upon herself the onerous task of spreading knowledge about Dr B.R. Ambedkar. Thanks to Aruna Masoorkar’s efforts, life, history and works of Dr BR Ambedkar have been included in the American curriculum of the college. As the only Indian … Indian Girl Single-Handedly gets Ambedkar in American Curriculum of a San Jose College
NEW YORK (TIP): Ahead of Twitter’s imminent takeover by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, its CEO Parag Agrawal replied to a quip by a parody account — @NotParagAgrawal — “I thought we were fired”, with a “nope! we are still here”. The reticent Agrawal also launched into what analysts interpret as a dare. The … Indian-origin Parag Agarwal takes up for Team Twitter, defying Elon Musk
“Heroes for Life” to Fete Donors, Project Partners for Steadfast Support Through Pandemic HOUSTON (TIP): Even as COVID-19’s Delta variant wrought havoc and tragedy through India last year, there was no shortage of stories about the heroes from near and far who rushed in to help. Bollywood star-power will illuminate some of those heroes this … Bollywood’s Vivek Anand Oberoi to Host CRY America Gala Series Benefiting Children in India
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Federation of Indian Association and the Indian Consulate celebrated Gujarat Maharashtra Day on May 1. 2022 at the Indian Consulate premises in New York as part of the ongoing celebrations of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ commemorating 75 years of Indian Independence. The chief guests to grace the occasion were Ms. … Gujarat and Maharashtra Day celebrated at the Indian Consulate, NY
By Prabhjot Singh The first-generation Members of Parliament have passed on the baton to the second generation of Indo Canadians who are taking to politics very well. After Naranjan Singh Grewall made a beginning in Canadian politics at Mission as first-generation representative, Moe (Munmohan) Singh Sihota played a pioneer for the second generation. Incidentally, both … Second Generation Migrants are Taking to Politics Well
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, New Yorkers have stepped up time and time again to protect each other. Today, over 6 million New Yorkers are fully vaccinated, over 3 million are boosted, and we have more tools than ever before to take on the virus. As the City’s doctor, I want to be clear with New … A New Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic
‘Not all countries are in agreement with the West about the extent of Russian perfidy in the context of Ukraine’. ‘If the two sides were to engage in a nuclear conflict, there would be no victors, and it could only result in a nuclear Armageddon’. Apart from the grave consequences in an unlikely West versus … Third World War talk that could be hyperbole
Pursuit of politics of hate & divisiveness can be disastrous for the country “I am genuinely worried (in fact, convinced) that the pursuit of the politics of hate and divisiveness spells disaster for this country. It will affect the economy, something that the PM is greatly concerned about. When disturbances become a normal feature of … A voice in the wilderness
Performers enthrall, guests thrilled HICKSVILLE , NY (TIP): Arya Samaj of Long Island celebrated Vaisakhi- Punjab’s harvest festival on April 30 at Hicksville Middle School. Though the Samaj has been celebrating Vaisakhi since 2007 it is for the first time that the festival was celebrated on a large scale , Secretary of Arya Samaj of … Arya Samaj of Long Island Celebrates Vaisakhi
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): A vibrant independent press is a cornerstone for any healthy democracy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, observing that the exercise of freedom of expression, including freedom of the press, is facing profound threats in the current time. Addressing a news conference at the Washington Foreign Press Centre on Tuesday, May … Vibrant independent press a cornerstone for any healthy democracy: Blinken
TAKADEME: A SAVVY DECONSTRUCTION OF INDIAN KATHAK DANCE RHYTHMS By Mabel Pais Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America’s beloved cultural ambassador to the world, graces the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) stage once again, May 6-8, 2022. The performances honor the Mother’s Day weekend. The program of Ailey’s extraordinary dancers celebrates Artistic Director … CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY WITH AILEY DANCE