FRIDAY, JULY 03, 2015 23 BBC to axe 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive
LONDON (TIP): Grappling with a 150-million-pound budget deficit, the BBC on Thursday announced it is axing more than 1,000 jobs,…
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Italy Takes The International Arbitration Route On The Marines Issue with India
Rome July 1 (TIP): Italy has decided to enter into international arbitration with India over the case of two Italian…
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Indian shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa win Canada Open
Indian shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won the Canada Open women’s doubles title after upstaging the top-seeded Dutch pair…
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Winners of the 40 Under 40 Emerging Leaders Awards – The M&A Advisor
New York (TIP) July 1: The M&A Advisor, a New York-based advisory firm offering intelligence about merger and acquisition activity,…
Read MoreCanadian woos Punjab for closer ties
“Canada and India share extremely strong relations. Now, we are focusing on trade and agricultural technology in India,” said Nadir…
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Canadian high commissioner promotes India for studies to youths
CHANDIGARH: Nadir Patel, Canadian high commissioner to India, highlighted possibility of greater educational collaboration with not just Indian students studying…
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Pakistan PM, Army chief discuss India’s ‘terror funding’: report
Pakistan's Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday, June 30, discussed with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif India's alleged involvement in…
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Greece crisis hits India – may trigger outflows : Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi
With Greece witnessing a full-blown economic crisis, India’s software and engineering exports may take a hit and the country may…
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Singapore court jails Indian-origin woman for hurting maid
SINGAPORE (TIP): A Singaporean woman of Indian-origin, who tortured her Myanmarese maid over a period of three months, burning her…
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One in every four births in UK in 2013 happened to mothers born outside the UK
LONDON (TIP): One in every four births in UK in 2013 happened to mothers born outside the UK. Britain has…
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Wishing on a shooting star in Japan with man-made meteors
TOKYO (TIP): Fancy a meteor shower racing across the night sky to mark your birthday? One Japanese start-up is hoping…
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Canada police apologize after sex talk broadcast from helicopter
WINNIPEG (TIP): Police in the Canadian city of Winnipeg apologized on June 22 after a lewd conversation about sex was…
Read More1% of Chinese on drugs as synthetic substances sold over internet
BEIJING (TIP): China has admitted for the first time that one out of every 100 Chinese is a drug user.…
Read MoreIsrael’s Netanyahu says better Iran deal still possible
JERUSALEM (TIP): Israel's prime minister says world powers can still insist on a better deal with Iran over its nuclear…
Read MoreISIS re-enters key Syria-Turkey border town Kobani
LONDON (TIP): The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has reportedly re-entered the Syrian town of Kobani, just months…
Read MoreChina says ‘Golden Triangle’ source of most dangerous drugs
BEIJING (TIP): China says Southeast Asia's lawless `Golden Triangle' region remains the overwhelming source of the heroin and methamphetamine used in…
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GREECE NEEDS DEBT DEAL THIS WEEKEND, EU LEADERS WARN
BRUSSELS (TIP): The leaders of Germany and France warned Greece that it must reach a debt deal with its creditors…
Read MoreWoman carrying cocaine in breast implants arrested at Colombia airport
COLOMBIA (TIP): A Honduran woman carrying 1.5kg (3.3 lbs) of liquid cocaine in her breast implants was arrested at the…
Read MoreAfghanistan’s Sikhs feel alienated, pressured to leave
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Afghanistan's once-thriving Sikh community is dwindling fast as many choose to leave the country of their birth…
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Visa-Free Facility for Indians to continue in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong government has reportedly dropped plans to scrap visa-free entry for Indians after representations from Indian officials and…
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Indian Canadian Steve Rai Becomes Vancouver Police Deputy Chief
India-born Steve Rai has been appointed the new deputy chief constable of Canada's Vancouver Police Department. Vancouver Police chief Adam…
Read MoreALL SET FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA CELEBRATIONS AT THE UN
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Massive preparations are underway to commemorate the first International Day of Yoga on Sunday, June 21…
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Secret police detentions of activists on the rise in Egypt
CAIRO (TIP): The knock on the door came just before midnight, a group of plainclothes police demanding that 29-year-old Fatma…
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South Korea’s MERS deaths reach 23
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (TIP): South Korea said on June 18 that 23 people have died and more than 6,700 are…
Read MoreBeijing orders behavioural training for spoilt brats
BEIJING (TIP): More than 70 children of Chinese billionaires attended behavioural training classes after President Xi Jinping called for a…
Read MoreSHEDDING LIGHT ON ROSSELLINI-SONALI DASGUPTA AFFAIR
Sixty years ago this month, an affair between the great Italian film director, Roberto Rossellini, then married to Ingrid Bergman, and…
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Deadline looms for legal status in Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO (TIP): People waited anxiously in long lines throughout the Dominican Republic on June 17, eager to submit applications…
Read MoreIslamic State says shot down Iraqi fighter plane
BAGHDAD (TIP): Islamic State said on June 18 it had shot down an Iraqi fighter plane north of the city…
Read MorePope slams nations which ‘close the door’ to migrants
VATICAN CITY (TIP): Pope Francis said today that those who "close the door" to refugees seeking a safe haven in…
Read MoreBriton pops the question via crossword
LONDON (TIP): It's a case of two down: the aisle. A crossword-loving lawyer hid a marriage proposal in The Times…
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