US Allows Unrestricted Morning-After Pill Sales
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved unrestricted sales of the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill,…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Indian-Origin Broker Fined 1 Million Pounds For Realty Fraud In UK
LONDON (TIP): In the biggest ever penalty on an individual trader, the UK financial sector regulator FCA today imposed a…
Read MoreIndian Arrested In Dubai For Murder Of Wife
DUBAI (TIP): A 24-year-old Indian man has been arrested here after he surrendered to the police in connection with the…
Read MoreNRI Doctor In Bid To Solve Water Problem In Kerala
DUBAI: A Dubai-based NRI doctor who is also an entrepreneur has initiated a campaign in his native state to promote…
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Trade Accusations At UN Over Extremist Havens
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Afghanistan and Pakistan traded accusations in the UN Security Council on June 20 over the whereabouts of…
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Economic Issues Likely To Dominate Kerry’s Visit To India
WASHINGTON (TIP): Economic issues like intellectual property protection, local content restrictions and a continued cap on FDI are likely to…
Read MoreWild Weather Hits Flights Across New Zealand
WELLINGTON (TIP): Air transport across New Zealand was disrupted on Friday as gale force winds lashed much of the country,…
Read More4 Shot, 3 Dead At Kentucky Condo Shooting
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY (TIP): Gunfire erupted on Wednesday in a Louisville condominium building, leaving three people dead and a fourth person…
Read MoreGreek Political Impasse Deepens After Coalition Talks Fail
ATHENS (TIP): Greece's coalition leaders failed to agree to on how to resume state television broadcasts during their third round…
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India Wary As Haqqanis May Join Peace Process
A prospective Afghan political deal crafted by US secretary of state John Kerry and Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Kayani threatens…
Read MoreTaliban Offer To Free US Soldier
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a US soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five…
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BRAZIL PROTESTS RAMP UP, WITH 800,000 IN STREETS
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Brazil on June 20, as a protest movement over…
Read MoreRare Jain Text Declared World Heritage Document
LONDON (TIP): One of the most important documents of the Jain community has been declared a global treasure by Unesco.…
Read MoreChina rejects US report on human trafficking
BEIJING (TIP): China has rejected a US move to downgrade it in the ranking of nations making significant efforts to…
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Flooding May Force 100,000 From West Canada Homes
HIGHWOOD RIVER (TIP): As many as 100,000 people could be forced from their homes by heavy flooding in western Canada,…
Read MoreWikileaks Plane ‘Ready’ To Bring Snowden To Iceland
A chartered private jet is ready to bring US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to Iceland from Hong Kong, a businessman…
Read MoreVictim’s Blink Sends Shooter To 36 Years’ Jail
A man convicted in a murder trial that hinged on a paralysed victim blinking his eyes to identify his shooter…
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Indian Appointed Dean Of Top Singapore B-School
SINGAPORE (TIP): Ravi Kumar, an IIT alumnus, was on June 19 appointed Dean of the Nanyang Technological University's Business School…
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Indian-American Sri Srinivasan Sworn In As Top Us Court Judge
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Chandigarh-born 46-yearold Srinivasan was sworn in a judge in the US Court of Appeals for the DC…
Read MoreWorld’s First Flying Car Up For Grabs For $1 Million
NEW YORK (TIP): World's first flying car, developed in 1949 by an American designer, is up for sale for nearly…
Read MoreAfghan Peace Bid Stumbles, Talks Delayed
DOHA (TIP): A fresh effort to end Afghanistan's 12-year-old war was in limbo on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about…
Read MoreBJP meeting: Party plays down LK Advani’s absence in Goa on Day 1
PANAJI (TIP): BJP senior leader Venkaiah Naidu said that the party's senior leader LK Advani will arrive in Goa on…
Read MoreBritain To Restart Detainees’ Transfer To Afghan Authorities
LONDON (TIP): Britain would restart the transfer of detainees captured in Afghanistan to the local authorities later this month. The…
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Suu Kyi announces bid for Presidency
NAY PYI TAW (TIP): Myanmar's prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said that she aspires to be the…
Read MoreSeven Georgian Troops Killed In Afghanistan Suicide Blast
TBILISI (TIP): Seven Georgian troops were killed and nine were wounded in a suicide attack in Afghanistan when insurgents attacked…
Read MoreIndia, Myanmar, Thailand Trilateral Highway May Start By 2015-16
NAY PYI TAW (MYANMAR) (TIP): The proposed trilateral highway covering India, Myanmar and Thailand is expected to be operational by…
Read MoreBangladesh Miracle Survivor Leaves Hospital For Job In Hotel
SAVAR, BANGLADESH (TIP): A seamstress trapped in the rubble for 17 days after Bangladesh's garment factory disaster in April emerged…
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Queen Elizabeth’s Husband Hospitalized For Surgery In London
LONDON (TIP): Queen Elizabeth's 91- year-old husband Prince Philip has been taken to a London hospital for "an exploratory operation…
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In A First, UK Pays Kenyans £20 Million For The Torture During Colonial Rule
LONDON (TIP): Britain on Ju ne 6 announced its first ever financial compensation for those tortured under its rule. In…
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Heathrow Airport To Name And Shame Noisiest Airlines
LONDON (TIP): Air India flights landing in Britain's biggest airport will now have to watch out how noisy their aircraft…
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