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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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17 October, 2015

German authority orders recall of 2.4 mln Volkswagen cars

HAMBURG (TIP): German automotive watchdog KBA will force Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million vehicles in the country after Europe's biggest…

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17 October, 2015

Adani’s coal mine project gets re-approval in Australia

MELBOURNE (TIP): Indian mining giant Adani's plan to build one of the world's largest coal mines got a new lease…

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17 October, 2015

RELIANCE CAPITAL ANNOUNCES RS 150-CR ESOP SCHEME

MUMBAI (TIP): Financial services major Reliance Capital on October 15 announced a major ESOP scheme under which select employees across…

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15 October, 2015

Apple loses patent lawsuit over A7, A8 CPU chips, faces $862M Fine

Apple faces a hefty legal bill after a jury found it guilty of using technology owned by a US university…

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11 October, 2015

Audi reports best ever September sales

MUNICH (TIP): German automaker Audi AG sold 170,900 cars in September, a year-on-year increase of 6.8 percent, marking the company's…

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11 October, 2015

AXIS BANK ADDS MOBILITY TO CORPORATE BANKING

MUMBAI (TIP): Axis Bank has become the first lender to offer corporates a mobile-based solution that fully integrates with the…

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