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17 November, 2015

Air India eyes Rs 17,000 crore revenue

NEW DELHI (TIP): Air India is all set to earn its highest-ever passenger revenue — Rs 17,000 crore — this…

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17 November, 2015

RETAIL INFLATION UP FOR 3RD MONTH IN ROW

NEW DELHI (TIP): Retail inflation inched up for the third successive month in October on the back of creeping prices…

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17 November, 2015

International students struggle to find employment | F-1 Visa

International students have F1 visas, which allow them to study, but not work in America. International students are limited to…

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17 November, 2015

How outsourcing companies are exploiting US H-1B visa program

Many of the visas are given out through a lottery, and a small number of giant global outsourcing companies had…

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11 November, 2015

2 Silicon Valley companies owned by Indian Americans have been penalised for violating H1B visa rules

Scopus Consulting Group and Orian Engineers, two companies based in Silicon Valley and owned by an Indian-American Kishore Kumar have…

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10 November, 2015

Indian American launches Global initiative aimed at training high scholars in Microsoft technologies

WOODBRIDGE. NJ (TIP): A New Jersey software entrepreneur has launched a global initiative to train high-school students in Microsoft technologies…

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8 November, 2015

‘Hello Namaste’ – New Song launched in UK to Greet PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be greeted on his maiden visit to the UK by a peppy new song by…

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6 November, 2015

Moody’s to PM Modi: Rein in party members or risk losing global credibility

Rising religious intolerance in India got the world's attention with Moody’s Analytics's report — a division of Moody’s Corporation — as…

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1 November, 2015

Sixth Grader Indian American Sells cryptographically Secure Passwords

NEW YORK:  An enterprising 11-year-old Indian-origin girl in the US has started her own business selling cryptographically secure passwords generated by…

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30 October, 2015

WORLD BANK SEES INDIA GROWING AT 7.5% IN FY16

NEW DELHI (TIP): The World Bank has maintained its growth forecast for the Indian economy for the current fiscal year…

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30 October, 2015

PFIZER, ALLERGAN IN TALKS TO CREATE $300BN DRUG GIANT

Pfizer, Allergan in talks to create $300bn drug giantBotox maker Allergan and Pfizer Inc on Thursday confirmed they were in…

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30 October, 2015

RBI allows NRIs to subscribe to National Pension System

MUMBAI (TIP): To enable Indians living abroad to access old age income security, Reserve Bank has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs)…

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30 October, 2015

Mark Zuckerberg Talks Net Neutrality at Meet With Lawmakers, India Inc Leaders

NEW DELHI (TIP): Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg today hosted a luncheon meeting with political and industry leaders to…

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30 October, 2015

U.S. India Business Council Applauds Conclusion of U.S.- India Trade Policy Forum

WASHINGTON (TIP): Following the successful conclusion of the ninth round of U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum, the USIBC hosted a reception,…

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30 October, 2015

In aviation policy draft, India seeks to make air travel affordable

NEW DELHI (TIP): Incentives to fly to small towns at affordable costs and easing the norms for domestic carriers to…

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30 October, 2015

BARCLAYS NET PROFIT RISES AS NEW CEO APPOINTED

LONDON (TIP): British lender Barclays, fresh from appointing new chief executive James 'Jes' Staley, on Thursday logged rising third-quarter net profit…

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27 October, 2015

Indian American Ex-Goldman Banker to Plead Guilty in Regulatory Leak Case

NEW YORK:  In a rare criminal action on Wall Street, an Indian-origin former Goldman Sachs banker suspected of taking confidential documents from a…

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27 October, 2015

WATCH: Unarmed refugee mistaken for Palestinian shot dead and lynched by Israeli mob

In a viral video circulating on social media, an Israeli lynch mob is filmed beating a refugee to death at…

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27 October, 2015

Disturbing video shows school cop dragging girl from desk

A school safety officer in South Carolina brutally manhandles a 15-year-old female student.  In the video, Officer Ben Fields, who…

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27 October, 2015

Long Island Premiere of On Golden Years

Grammy-nominated Indian American filmmaker Tirlok Malik’s ‘On Golden Years’ has won best feature film USA award at the International Film…

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25 October, 2015

Limited H-1B visas may force companies to skip placement season at IITs

Facebook may not be coming to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year, both for internship and final placement,…

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23 October, 2015

VOLKSWAGEN CHECKING IF LATEST ENGINE CONTAINS CHEAT SOFTWARE

BERLIN (TIP): Volkswagen is looking into whether earlier versions of its latest diesel engine model contained software capable of rigging…

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23 October, 2015

RBI GOVERNOR TO KEEP FINAL SAY ON INTEREST RATES

NEW DELHI (TIP): After months of debate, the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India seem to be converging…

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23 October, 2015

AS CHINA WEAKENS, RECESSION STALKS NORTH ASIA

The slowdown in China's economy, the world's second largest, is sucking the growth out of North Asia and tilting some…

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23 October, 2015

New accounting norms may add to banks’ bad loans

MUMBAI (TIP): There is a new twist to the issue of rising bad loans in the banking sector. Under the new…

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20 October, 2015

China now has more billionaires than US

BEIJING (TIP): Communist China has overtaken capitalist United States in the richie rich list with 596 billionaires to America's 537.…

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20 October, 2015

RBI chief Rajan wants IMF to check monetary easing policies

Mumbai - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should play an active role in questioning the easy monetary policies, or so…

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19 October, 2015

Indian American Doctors subpoenaed over Performing Needless Procedures

As many as 293 patients of an Indian-American cardiologist around a small town in Indiana have filed lawsuits against him…

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17 October, 2015

MERCEDES LAUNCHES SUV GLE IN INDIA

NEW DELHI (TIP): German Luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz launched in India SUV GLE that will be produced locally with starting…

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17 October, 2015

Vodafone CEO sees new India, IPO on anvil

NEW DELHI (TIP): Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao on Wednesday said he is seeing the emergence of a "new India",…

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