India’s Olympic Dreams Quashed
Indian sports received a huge setback and a major embarrassment when the International Olympic Association decided to suspend the Indian…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Worst Natural Disasters Of 2012
2012 saw many natural disasters strike across the globe, killing thousands and inflicting billions of dollars in property and infrastructural…
Read MoreSc Blow To Govt In High-Profile Cases, Death To Ajmal Kasab
NEW DELHI (TIP): Judgements giving a body blow to the government in the highprofile Vodafone tax case and scrapping of…
Read MoreDelhi Gang Rape Case The Beginning Of A Change In The Mindset— A Revolution
A female physiotherapy intern was beaten and gang raped in Delhi on 16 December 2012, and died thirteen days later…
Read MoreWalking The Aisle; To The Altar!
When it comes to big-fat weddings - both in India and abroad, 2012 had quite a few to boast of.…
Read MoreTop 10 Item Songs Of 2012
AA RE PRITAM PYAARE Aa Re Pritam Pyaare is one of the most well choreographed, well executed and enthusiastic item…
Read MoreKingfisher – Not The King Of Good Times Any More
"The King of Good Times' was hit by one crisis after another in 2012. A series of events that led…
Read MoreCap On Lpg Subsidy
With a view to check burgeoning subsidy, the government decided to cap supply of subsidized LPG cylinders to six cylinders…
Read MoreIntroduction Of Gaar (General Anti Avoidance Rules)
Erstwhile finance minster Pranab Mukherjee introduced the highly controversial law against tax avoidance through foreign investments in his Union Budget…
Read MoreMARKET/BULLION ROUND UP
The Sensex has surged 24.90% in calendar 2012 so far (till 17 December 2012). From a 52-week low of 15,135.86…
Read MorePak Strategy: Deny India Nuclear Victory
Pakistan's relations with two of its neighbors-India and Afghanistan - are strained, and a third border, with Iran, marks the…
Read MoreMovie Review : Dabangg 2
Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Vinod Khanna, Arbaaz Khan, Prakash Raj, Deepak Dobriyal Direction: Arbaaz Khan Genre: Action Duration: 2…
Read MoreRAPE – OUTRAGE – RAPE: This Vicious Cycle Must End
The outrage that the Delhi gangrape has triggered across the country seems to be unprecedented.We haven't seen such a display…
Read MoreDelhi gangrape: NYPD and London might offer some solutions
Indian laws against rape are amongst some of the toughest in the world. Owing to regular interpretation of Section 376…
Read MoreIndia-Asean Trade to Reach $100 Billion Mark by 2015, Says Anand Sharma
NEW DELHI (TIP): Inaugurating the 2nd India- ASEAN Business Fair- 2012 in New Delhi today, the Union Minister for Commerce,…
Read MoreBanking Bill paves way for new banks, foreign investment
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Tuesday cleared the decks for the Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) to initiate…
Read MoreReal estate & housing finance cos allowed to raise $1bn from abroad
MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India has allowed real estate developers and housing finance companies to raise funds overseas…
Read MoreMahindra to buy US partner’s stakes in truck JVs
MUMBAI (TIP): Utility and tractor manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has decided to buy the stake held by its US-based…
Read MoreThree countries, one center of gravity
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Australia's Defense Minister Stephen Smith, India's National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Foreign…
Read MoreAn Indian grammar for International Studies
A little over three years ago I wrote in The Hindu that at a time when interest in India and…
Read MoreMovie Review: Khiladi 786
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Asin, Himesh Reshammiya, Mithun Chakraborty, Raj Babbar Direction: Ashish R Mohan Genre: Action Duration: 2 hours 20…
Read MoreVisa on Arrival Scheme Registers A Growth of 25 Percent
NEW DELHI (TIP): The “Visa on Arrival” (VoA) Scheme of the government has become popular with the tourists. The scheme…
Read MoreOctober IIP beats expectations at 8.2%, highest since June 2011
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of October expanded at a robust 8.2% versus…
Read MoreApollo enters Myanmar with telemedicine service
AHMEDABAD (TIP): Healthcare provider, Apollo Group of Hospitals has launched its telemedicine service in Yangoon. This facility will allow Myanmar…
Read MoreIndia and Republic of Korea Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Education
NEW DELHI (TIP): A delegation led by Dr. Lee Juho, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea met…
Read MoreE-learning, the way forward for Gen-next
MUMBAI (TIP): According to industry experts, customised learning path and personalised content are to be the way forward for Gen-next…
Read MoreInder Kumar Gujral A Gentle Statesman Prime Minister
Born on the 4th of December in 1919, in the district headquarter town of Jhelum in the then Rawalpindi division…
Read MoreBad Judgment:The US is waiting for India to mess things up with the Maldives
Salman Khurshid has discovered within a month in his new job that some things have not changed in India's external…
Read MoreIndia: the warped history and geography of Non Alignment 2.0
In the aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Narasimha Rao government reworked India's dysfunctional economic and foreign…
Read MoreMovie Review:Talaash
Cast: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui Direction: Reema Kagti Genre: Thriller Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes STORY:…
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