We all love fruits, don’t we? Then it’s time to give a fruity treat not just for your palette but for your skin as well. Strawberries do wonders for your skin. Being rich in nutrients, you can expect Strawberry to perform miracles for your skin. These strawberry tales have been around since Roman and Egyptian … Strawberry face packs for glowing skin
Tokyo (TIP): Bhavinaben Patel continued to script history as she became the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China’s Miao Zhang in a class 4 semifinal here on Saturday, August 28. The 34-year-old Patel beat her world no. 3 Chinese opponent … Tokyo Paralympics: Paddler Bhavinaben Patel storms into final
LEEDS (TIP): Cheteshwar Pujara orchestrated India’s spirited resistance with an unbeaten career-reviving 91 but England remained on course for a series-levelling victory in the third Test at Headingley. Under pressure to save his place in the side, Pujara added 82 runs with Rohit Sharma and 99 with Virat Kohli to steer India to 215/2 when … Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma lead India’s resistance
Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo left an emotional message for Juventus fans as he re-signed with Manchester United in a blockbuster deal on Friday. Ronaldo will be returning to Old Trafford after signing a two-year deal worth 25 million euros. The Portugal captain is headed back to the club where he won eight major trophies from … Cristiano Ronaldo back at Manchester United
Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday said second wave of Covid infections has increased asset risks for Indian banks, but a severe deterioration is unlikely. It said the second wave of coronavirus infections in India has exacerbated stress among individuals and small businesses that were hit the hardest by the initial outbreak. Still, a number of … Second Covid wave hiked banks’ asset risks, says Moody’s
China’s tech shares slumped to new lows on Friday and Hong Kong’s benchmark index hit an virtually 10-month trough, as an unrelenting sequence of Chinese regulatory crackdowns crushed traders’ confidence. More than $560 billion in market worth has been wiped off Hong Kong and mainland China exchanges in a week as funds capitulate out of … Half a trillion dollars wiped from China markets in a week as clampdowns shatter confidence
HONG KONG (TIP): Bitcoin broke back above $50,000 on Monday for the first time in three months as investors piled back into the cryptocurrency on bargain-buying. The unit climbed around two percent to $50,249.15, its highest since mid-May, when it began tumbling on a range of issues including China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies and Tesla boss … Bitcoin jumps above $50,000 for first time since May
Stopping short of fuel supply cuts to disinvestment-bound Air India, state-owned oil retailers have sought the petroleum ministry’s intervention to recover their dues adding up to over Rs 3,000 crore, government officials and company executives told The Indian Express. The national carrier, on its part, has approached the central government to get its dues of … Rs 3,000 crore from AI unpaid, oil companies seek ministry help
NEW YORK (TIP): Mr. Shatrughna Sinha, the Deputy Consul General at the Indian Consulate General in New York who is moving over to New Delhi to take up a new assignment at the Ministry of External Affairs, was given a farewell dinner here on Thursday, August 26. The dinner hosted by Prof. Indrajit Saluja, publisher … Indian American community showers praise and love on the outgoing Deputy Consul General Mr. Shatrughna Sinha
Diminishing farm productivity notwithstanding, Punjab continues to hold aloft its flag of leading the country in political productivity. Acknowledged as a pioneer in coalition politics, Punjab has given to the country not only one of its oldest regional political parties in Shiromani Akali Dal, it has also thrown on national horizon several political outfits, think … Sanjha-Sunehra Punjab is to spread awareness about challenges facing Punjab!!
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”- James Baldwin August 27 Birthday – Charles Dawes (1865-1951) was born in Marietta, Ohio. He served as U.S. Vice President from 1925-29, and is best remembered for his “Dawes Plan” for German reparations following World War I. He received the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize. … History This Week:August 27 to September 2, 2021
By Mabel Pais Veinte por veinte (20 for 20): Celebrating Cinema Tropical August 26 – October 5, 2021 MoMA, Online The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), commemorating the 20th anniversary of Cinema Tropical, the leading presenter of contemporary Latin American filmmaking in the United States, presents 20 debut feature films by key Latin American writer-directors … MOMA CELEBRATES VEINTE POR VEINTE
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Los Angeles based composer and pianist, Raashi Kulkarni, is the first person of Indian-origin to be selected for the 2021-23 Universal Composers Initiative. She is one of the eight diverse composers, five of which are female, unveiled Friday by NBC Universal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion (GTDI) team. The first-of-its-kind initiative aims … Rashi Kulkarni is the First Indian Americanto be selected for Universal Composers Initiative
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Sikhs have met with White House representatives over the issue of evacuation of Afghanistan Sikhs and Hindus. Dr Rajwant Singh, co-founder of the National Sikh Campaign (NSC) and chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, along with Gurwin Singh Ahuja, co-founder of the NSC, apprised key White House officials … Indian American Sikhs seek White House intervention in evacuation of Afghanistan Sikhs, Hindus
SAN JOSE (TIP): Eshani Jha, an Indian American girl from San Jose, California, has won the prestigious 2021 Stockholm Junior Water Prize. for her research on simple and affordable ways to purify water. Stockholm Junior Water Prize is an international competition where students between the ages of 15 and 20 present solutions to major water challenges. With water contamination being … Indian American Eshani Jha wins Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Opposition unity can come only with a more accommodative Congress leadership A meeting of 19 Opposition parties on August 20 confirmed the sense of urgency that they feel to come together and build a united front against the BJP. It was also a demonstration of the challenges that they face in that task, in terms … Bonding rites: on Opposition unity
India does not have the luxury of distance from the ticking bomb in its neighborhood The suicide bombing at Kabul airport which claimed close to 100 lives has shattered any residual optimism the world had that the West pulling out forces and handing the country over to the Taliban, as part of negotiations in Doha, … Near and present: On the Afghan crisis and India
US, other nations must ensure safety of their citizens The death of at least 110 people, including 13 US troops, in Thursday’s bombings near Kabul’s international airport has tragically laid bare the messy evacuation that began after the Taliban captured the Afghanistan capital on August 15. The attacks were certainly not a bolt from the … Chaotic evacuation
The post-American power vacuum in the region will aid China and shape India’s strategic choices and behavior “The return of the Taliban to Kabul has effectively laid India’s ‘mission Central Asia’ to rest. If New Delhi could not find its way to Central Asia with encouraging partners such as Iran and the Hamid Karzai/Ashraf Ghani … The fall of Kabul, the future of regional geopolitics
“The hasty withdrawal projects the image of an inept and bruised America that fumbled and stumbled its way out of Afghanistan after 20 years, in the most unseemly manner. The irony is that US-led external aid, including that by India, enabled Afghanistan to improve its human security indicators. But the attempt at nurturing a democratic … US exit spells fear, uncertainty for Afghans
“In sum, even if facial recognition technology is needed to tackle modern-day criminality in India, without accountability and oversight, facial recognition technology has strong potential for misuse and abuse. In the interest of civil liberties and to save democracy from turning authoritarian, it is important to impose a moratorium on the use of facial recognition … The ugly face of a crime-fighting move
WASHINGTON (TIP): In May, U.S. President Joe Biden asked U.S. intelligence agencies to assess the data and produce a report that “could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion” on the origins of coronavirus. The U.S. intelligence community has failed to reach any firm conclusion on the exact origin of COVID-19 and is split on … COVID-19 origins- U.S. intelligence agencies fail to reach conclusion
NEW YORK (TIP): Hurricane Ida, which is expected to strike Louisiana as a life-threatening Category 4 storm with wind speeds of 140 mph, will be one of the strongest to hit the state since at least the 1850s, the governor told reporters Saturday. Forecasters with the National Weather Service “are extremely confident in the current … Ida will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit Louisiana since the 1850s, governor says
Citing Gurbani, Modi said that happiness emanates from serving others and understanding their pain AMRITSAR (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, August 28, that despite many challenges India is evacuating its people from Afghanistan, asserting that if any Indian is in trouble anywhere in the world, the country stands up to help him … India bringing people, holy scriptures from Afghanistan despite many challenges: PM Modi
We will continue to hunt down, says the U.S. President WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. President Joe Biden said that a retaliatory drone strike he ordered to be carried out against the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan would not be his “last” response to the group for carrying out a deadly attack against U.S. troops and … Drone strike against ISKP not the ‘last’ response, says Biden
India is a diverse country with many festivals that are celebrated throughout the year. One of these festivals is Janmashtami – the day Lord Krishna was born – and is observed with much pomp and fervour. It is also known as Krishna Janmashtami or Gokulashtami. It is marked on the eighth day of the dark … Krishna Janmashtami
Located at the base of the Chamundi Hills about 150 kms away from Bangalore, Mysore is the second most populous and the second largest city in the state of Karnataka. One of south India’s most famous tourist destinations, Mysore is synonymous to royal past and regal remnants. Glittering royal heritage and magnificent monuments and buildings … Mysore: The royal city
WhatsApp seems to be in no mood to slow down as it is adding a lot of new features to its messaging app to offer a better experience to users. The messaging app is soon expected to get message reactions, as per the screenshots shared by WaBetaInfo. Popular apps like Instagram and Twitter are already … WhatsApp to get message reactions
Microsoft on Thursday, August 26, warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world’s largest companies, that intruders could have the ability to read, change or even delete their main databases, according to a copy of the email and a cyber security researcher. The vulnerability is in Microsoft Azure’s flagship Cosmos DB … Microsoft warns thousands of cloud customers of exposed databases