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Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Indian, American Scientists Chosen for Environmental Prize

May 1, 2015 - 12:07 pm EDT @theindpanorama 19

LOS ANGELES (TIP): This year’s Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is being awarded to two scientists who have worked for conservation on the land and in the ocean. Madhav Gadgil of India and Jane Lubchenco […]

Hundreds of IT workers at Disney replaced by H-1B, L-1 visa workers from India

May 1, 2015 - 12:05 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): A number of information technology workers who were formerly laid off by Disney have come forward in an interview with Computerworld to describe a system they believe was systematically designed to replace […]

H4 WORK PERMITS HALTED: LAWSUIT FILED BY SAVE JOBS USA

May 1, 2015 - 12:02 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

READ UPDATE ON THIS STORY : [quote_box_center]H4 WORK PERMITS ALLOWED : LAWSUIT FILED BY SAVE JOBS USA DISMISSED[/quote_box_center] WASHINGTON (TIP): The lawsuit, co-led by the Immigration Reform Law Institute, centers not on the H-1B “high-tech” employment […]

India, China win hearts, minds in quake-hit Nepal

May 1, 2015 - 11:59 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

POKHARA (TIP): At Pokhara airport in the Himalayas, Indian soldiers race back and forth loading rice, blankets, tarpaulins and other aid onto waiting helicopters for delivery to Nepal‘s quake-devastated villages. In the ruined ancient town […]

Pakistan sends food with beef masala to Nepal, blames Indian media for row

May 1, 2015 - 11:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on Aprl 30 blamed the Indian media for maligning its relief efforts for survivors of the devastating earthquake in Nepal. According to media reports, the food items in relief aid sent by […]

10 men who attacked Malala sentenced to life imprisonment

May 1, 2015 - 11:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on April 30 sentenced ten men to life imprisonment for attack on child rights activist Malala Yousufzai, the Dawn.com has reported. “Judge Mohammad Amin Kundi in his […]

With aid not getting through, relief trucks looted in Nepal

May 1, 2015 - 11:54 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SINDHUPALCHOWK: Homeless, exhausted and angry, Nepal quake survivors on Thursday began attacking relief convoys as complaints of tardy aid distribution piled up despite a glut of relief material clogging the airport and relief hubs. Wet and […]

New York based eminent attorney Anand Ahuja

Unborn Children and their Constitutional Rights

May 1, 2015 - 11:53 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

A 33-year-old Indian-American woman Purvi Patel has recently been sentenced to 30 years in prison in Indiana for feticide and child maltreatment. The verdict makes Patel the first woman in the U.S. to be charged, convicted and […]

NEPAL CITIZENS GET ON WITH JOB WHILE GOVERNMENT DITHERS

May 1, 2015 - 11:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal was one that many had anticipated, although there was little strategic planning or advance preparation. The youthful tectonic plate wrinkle called the Himalayas was long overdue to shake up the […]

“India’s Land Acquisition Act”

May 1, 2015 - 11:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Dear Mr. Makkar, I appreciate and congratulate you for bringing the facts in India. It is next to impossible to find a man like Mahatma Gandhi who was almost pious and always worrying for the common […]

Narain Kataria and Arish Sahani, President and Vice President respectively of the Indian American Intellectuals Forum have taken exception to Mulla Moin Siddiqui's Fatwa against Subramanian Swamy

Indian American Intellectuals Forum demands imprisonment for Moin Siddiqui

May 1, 2015 - 11:40 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

NEW YORK (TIP) : The Indian American Intellectuals Forum has demanded the immediate arrest and imprisonment of Mulla Moin Siddiqui, President of All India Faizan-e-Madina Council, a radical Islamist organization who has announced a Fatwa […]

At the launch of OVBI website at the Indian Consulate in New York, April 28. From L to R: Anil Sharma, OVBI Board Member, Consul General Dnyaneshwar Mulay, Suresh Vasu, President OVBI , Drumi Bhatt, OVBI Member

Series of Yoga Events in US – 100 Cities to have Yogathon powered by OVBI

May 1, 2015 - 11:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Ahead of the first International Day of Yoga on June 21, Indian Consulates and Embassy in Washington in the United States started a series of curtain-raiser events to raise awareness about the […]

Air India operates additional flights, carries relief material free of cost to Kathmandu

May 1, 2015 - 11:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): “Air Indians along with the people of India grieve for the families in Nepal, India, Tibet and Bangladesh affected by the earthquake in Nepal, April 25″, stated Rishikant Singh, Air India Regional […]

The Sikh community took out an impressive parade in Manhattan, Saturday, April 25

The Sikh community parade in Manhattan

May 1, 2015 - 11:37 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The Sikh community took out an impressive parade in Manhattan, Saturday, April 25. The parade is taken out annually to celebrate the creation of Khalsa (birthday of the Sikhs). The Tenth Master of the Sikhs Guru […]

A massive earthquake killed over 5800 in Nepal and left over Eight million people affected

Nepal a rubble house as the Worst earthquake in 80 years kills more than 5800

May 1, 2015 - 11:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

KATHMANDU (TIP): The April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks have turned one of the world’s most scenic regions in the world into a desolation and devastation. [quote_box_right] More than 5,800 are confirmed dead as per […]

Police and firefighters respond to a building that caught fire on April 27th night

Baltimore in Flames as Anti-racist, Anti-Police Brutality demonstrations go violent

May 1, 2015 - 11:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

BALTIMORE (TIP): Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore is the latest in a rash of high-profile deaths of black men at the hands of police. [quote_box_right] Case Points Gray was arrested April 12 on a weapons […]

Graham is seen pulling her masked son away from a protest crowd

Baltimore woman Hailed Mom of the year

May 1, 2015 - 11:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Baltimore mom Toya Graham has been hailed as mother of the year after she was caught on video smacking her 16-year-old son when she found him participating in rioting that gripped the city. Toya Graham […]

Indian American Scientist Sangeeta Bhatia Wins 250,000 Dollars Heinz Award

May 1, 2015 - 10:50 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American scientist Sangeeta Bhatia at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed artificial human microlivers for drug testing and has won a prestigious 250,000 dollars Heinz award for her work in tissue engineering […]

Kalki Koechlin’s ‘Margarita With A Straw’ wins best feature film at Washington festival

May 1, 2015 - 10:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): Kalki Koechlin-starrer disability drama “Margarita, with a Straw” has bagged the best feature film honor at the recently concluded Washington, D.C. International Film Festival. Kalki Koechlin, 31, plays a cerebral palsy patient in […]

Year: 2015