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1 May, 2021

Journalist Rohit Sardana dies of Covid; PM says ‘huge void in media’

Noida (TIP): Senior journalist and Aaj Tak anchor Rohit Sardana has passed away. The 41-year-old died of cardiac arrest while…

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1 May, 2021

Madras HC raps EC, refuses to gag media on oral observations

Chennai (TIP): A day after questioning the Centre on its preparations over the last 10-15 months for tackling the second…

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1 May, 2021

Ex-attorney general Soli Sorabjee dies due to Covid

Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee, one of India's finest legal minds, died of Covid this morning. He was 91. A…

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1 May, 2021

Can’t roll out 18+ vaccine drive, say 13 states

New Delhi (TIP): Ahead of the adult Covid inoculation drive which is scheduled to begin on Saturday, May 1, several…

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1 May, 2021

“India deserves our attention right now”: Sundar Pichai

SAN JOSE (TIP): Witnessing the “heartbreaking” Covid-19 crisis in India amid a deadly second wave, Google’s Indian American CEO Sundar…

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1 May, 2021

Indian American physicians, artists offer India support in Covid-19 crisis

Paramjit Aujla SACRAMENTO (TIP):  For Indian Americans living thousands of miles away from the country of their origin, the past…

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1 May, 2021

Indian American activists launch ‘National Call In Day’ for India Covid-19 relief

WASHINGTON (TIP): Following the Biden administration’s offer to help India, currently in the middle of a cataclysmic Covid surge, some…

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1 May, 2021

India sees record 3.79 lakh new Covid cases, 3,645 more deaths

Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 30,84,814 Caught unawares, India accepts aid from the world for…

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1 May, 2021

Covid-19 surge: Indiaspora raises USD 1 million for India in less than 48 hours

WASHINGTON (TIP): Indiaspora, a nonprofit community of global Indian diaspora leaders, has raised USD 1 million towards COVID-19 relief efforts…

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1 May, 2021

TV journalist Rohit Sardana dies of cardiac arrest after testing positive for COVID-19

NOIDA, INDIA (TIP): Television journalist Rohit Sardana died here of cardiac arrest on Friday, April 30, days after he tested…

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24 April, 2021

Serum Institute fixes Covishield price at Rs 600/dose for private hospitals, Rs 400 for state govts

New Delhi (TIP): The Serum Institute of India (SII) has announced that it will price its Covishield vaccine at Rs…

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24 April, 2021

Second wave will not affect big reform push, says Sitharaman

New Delhi (TIP): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday, April 22,  said the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic will…

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24 April, 2021

UAE, Singapore shut out fliers from India

New Delhi (TIP): At least nine jurisdictions — the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, France, Australia,…

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24 April, 2021

India has administered over 135 million vaccine doses

India had administered over 135 million coronavirus vaccine doses by Thursday, April 22,  evening even as the country registered a…

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24 April, 2021

13 Covid patients in ICU killed in Maharashtra hospital fire

Virar (TIP): Thirteen coronavirus patients who were in the ICU have died in a fire at a hospital in Maharashtra's…

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24 April, 2021

Ready for jabs, but unwilling to abandon stir: Farmer leaders

Farmers on April 21 marched in large numbers from three Punjab borders towards Delhi’s Tikri border despite Covid curbs being…

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24 April, 2021

Hectic activity at Singhu as farmers renew protest call amid Covid crisis

It has been over 200 days that farmers have been blocking the Singhu border and other areas just outside Delhi…

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24 April, 2021

As they queue up to vote, Covid woes on their lips

Kolkata (TIP): Waiting for her turn to vote in the violence-hit Titagarh town of West Bengal, Gauri Kumari like everyone…

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24 April, 2021

Police firing, stray violence in 6th phase polling; 79% turnout

Kolkata (TIP): Isolated incidents of violence, including police firing, were reported in the sixth phase of polling in 43 assembly…

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23 April, 2021

Team led by Indian American Professor finds Covid-19 fighter human genes

NEW YORK (TIP): A team of US scientists led by Indian American professor Sumit K. Chanda have identified a set…

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23 April, 2021

Indian Americans Welcome New Simplified Rules on Overseas Citizens of India Cards 

WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian Americans have welcomed the Indian government's decision to simplify the process of maintaining Overseas Citizens of India (OCI)…

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23 April, 2021

Indian-Origin Billionaire Issa Brothers Buy UK Fast Food Chain Leon 

LONDON (TIP): Indian-origin billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa have acquired a popular British fast-food chain, Leon, as part of what…

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23 April, 2021

Indian American mathematician working with cryptocurrency found floating in Hudson River

NEW YORK (TIP): No foul play is suspected in the death of an Indian American mathematician working with cryptocurrency and…

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23 April, 2021

Indian American engineer behind NASA’s Ingenuity’s historic Mars flight

HOUSTON (TIP): An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras trained Indian American robotics technologist Bob Balaram is the man behind…

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23 April, 2021

Vanita Gupta scripts history as first Indian-American US associate attorney general

WASHINGTON (TIP): Prominent Indian-American civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta has been confirmed by the US Senate as associate attorney general,…

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23 April, 2021

Sikh’s Ninth Master “Guru” Tegh Bahadur’s 400th anniversary: SGPC to telecast live

NEW YORK /AMRITSAR (TIP): The 400th Parkash Purb centenary celebrations were scheduled to be celebrated at Bhai Gurdas Ji Nagar,…

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23 April, 2021

With more than 3 lakh cases, India records world’s highest single-day spike on April 21, 2021

The country reported 3,15,660 infections and 2,091 deaths.  NEW DELHI /NEW YORK (TIP): India set a world record of sorts…

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16 April, 2021

India to import 50,000 MT medical oxygen amid COVID surge

New Delhi (TIP): The government on Thursday, April 15,  said it would import 50,000 metric tonnes of medical oxygen to…

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16 April, 2021

India has administered 117 million Covid doses till now

New Delhi (TIP): India had administered over 117 million coronavirus vaccine doses across the country by Thursday, April 15, evening…

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16 April, 2021

China-India border tensions remain high despite pullback from LAC: US intel report

New Delhi (TIP): A United States intelligence report has said that despite some force pullback from the Line of Actual…

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