2015 — Page 121 of 168 — The Indian Panorama

Successful Indian companies fuelling UK economy: Study

Apr 17, 2015 - 3:34 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): The success of Indian companies is fuelling the British economy through job creation and high revenues, states a study. ‘India meets Britain — India Tracker 2015′ developed by professional services major Grant Thornton […]

OLA RAISES $400M, LED BY DST GLOBAL

Apr 17, 2015 - 3:33 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): In one of the largest financing rounds for an Indian internet startup, taxi-hailing service Ola said it has raised $400 million – or around Rs 2,500 crore – led by Russian tech billionaire […]

NASA REVEALS FIRST-EVER COLOR IMAGE OF PLUTO

Apr 17, 2015 - 3:32 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA‘s New Horizons spacecraft, set to fly by the Pluto system on July 14, has sent its first color image of the dwarf planet and its largest moon Charon. “The image reveals tantalising […]

New blood test predicts breast cancer years ahead

Apr 17, 2015 - 3:31 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): A new blood test can predict if a woman would get breast cancer in the next two to five years and could create a “paradigm shift” in early diagnosis of the disease, reports […]

SELF-POWERED CAMERA IS A REALITY

Apr 17, 2015 - 3:29 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The world’s first selfpowered video camera that runs without a battery and can produce an image each second has been developed by researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist. To develop the prototype camera, researchers designed a pixel that can not only measure incident […]

DEVICE TO HELP BLIND BOARD BUS

Apr 17, 2015 - 3:27 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): BEST has introduced on a trial basis a device which helps visually challenged persons board buses. The device helps users to identify the route number of buses at a bus stop and locate […]

Mexico’s ‘New Generation’ cartel takes police head-on

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:52 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

OCOTLAN, MEXICO (TIP): The town still bears the scars from the unprecedented offensive launched by a powerful Mexican drug cartel against government forces: bullet-pocked buildings and blood stains on the street. The March 19 ambush […]

Prosecuting those responsible for MH17 crash key priority: Dutch minister

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:51 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

HAGUE (TIP): Prosecuting those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew —193 of them Dutch — is a key priority for the Netherlands, the justice minister […]

‘Yemen is in flames’, says UN chief Ban Ki-moon, calls for immediate ceasefire

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:49 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called April 16 for an immediate cease-fire in Yemen to spur peace talks and get lifesaving aid into the impoverished Middle East nation. The UN chief addressed “the […]

Queen Elizabeth faces rebellion from Windsor staff

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:48 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON: For the first time in modern times, Queen Elizabeth is facing a rebellion – from the workers at her favourite castle – Windsor. Staff at Windsor Castle have voted to take industrial action in […]

‘41 missing’ in Mediterranean boat tragedy

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:46 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

ROME (TIP): As many as 41 migrants drowned after a small boat carrying refugees sank in the Mediterranean, Italian media said on April 16, days after 400 were lost in another shipwreck.Four survivors told Italian […]

China reviewing policy on Mumbai attack ahead of Xi visit to Pakistan

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:46 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING: China is reviewing its approach towards the 2008 Mumbai terror attack carried out by Pakistani terrorists. It feels “awkward” about its own neutral stance, which has caused grave dissatisfaction in India. The revelation came […]

‘Suicide will soon become India’s number 1 killer’: Vikram Patel

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:46 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): India‘s foremost mental health expert who spends most of his time between Goa and London has now been named as among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Professor Vikram Patel, […]

Journey of an Artist – KRISH SENGUPTA

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:38 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

Krish arrived in USA (Chicago) in the summer of 2009 and it was only in early 2010 that he resumed his ‘hobby’ of painting, after a break of almost 15 years. He was born and raised in Kolkata, […]

Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, shake hands following a joint press conference in Centre Block on Parliament Hill.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concludes visit to Canada with 13 agreements with the host country

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:22 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

VANCOUVER (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s “Initiative sign pacts and agreements” continued during his Canada visit where India inked a deal with Canada for supply of uranium for its nuclear reactors, capping negotiations on safeguards […]

A masked man waves Pakistan flag at a rally to welcome All India Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on his arrival in Srinagar from Delhi. - Photo courtesy PTI

Separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat arrested

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:21 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

SRINAGAR (TIP): Buckling under pressure from alliance partner BJP, the PDP-led government in Jammu and Kashmir on April 17 arrested separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat in connection with the raising of Pakistani flags during a […]

RAHUL GANDHI RETURNS AFTER 2-MONTH LEAVE

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:17 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

NETAJI FILES LOCKED UP IN KOLKATA’S SECRET CELL

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:11 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

KOLKATA (TIP): The Nehru regime snoop reports that have rocked the country are only a trickle from the reams of classified documents on Netaji still locked away in a ‘secret cell’ in Kolkata. Sixty-four files […]

Chinese president to visit Pakistan, hammer out $46-billion deal

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:06 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Chinese President Xi Jinping will launch energy and infrastructure projects worth $46 billion on a visit to Pakistan next week as China cements links with its old ally and generates opportunities for firms […]

Bangladesh: Security lapses during Prez Hamid’s Agra, Ajmer visit

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:05 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

AGRA (TIP): Pointing out a string of security lapses during Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid’s visit to India last December, Dhaka has complained to New Delhi that he was taken to the Taj Mahal in a […]

Over 120 killed in Thailand during Songran festival

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:03 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

BANGKOK (TIP): Over 120 people have been killed and 1,281 injured in Thailand as thousands began their annual journey to their hometowns to celebrate the three-day water festival of Songkran heralding the Thai New Year. […]

Vietnam searches for 2 missing fighter jet pilots

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:03 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

HANOI, VIETNAM (TIP): Vietnamese authorities say they are searching for two pilots who went missing on a training exercise. The Ministry of Defense said in a statement on its website late Thursday that the pilots […]

Former Maldivian defence minister jailed for 10 years

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:02 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

MALE (TIP): A former Maldivian defence minister has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of detaining a senior judge, the same case in which ex-president Mohamed Nasheed has also been jailed under […]

Nobel Laureate Gunter Grass wrote about the rise of fascism and became one of the strongest voices that condemned the aftermath of World War II. He became a voice of conscience for other writers and the intelligentsia by courageously owning up his Nazi past.

The German drum gone silent

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:00 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

The death of Günter Grass on Monday, April 13, a giant German writer of the post-World-War-II era, a novelist, playwright, poet, fine draftsman and a sculptor, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1999, has […]

AAP initiates disciplinary action against rebels

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:00 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Aam Aadmi Party has initiated move to take disciplinary action against rebel leaders who held ‘Swaraj Samvad’ recently. The political affairs committee of AAP has concluded that the rebels have committed indiscipline, […]

Year: 2015

Successful Indian companies fuelling UK economy: Study

OLA RAISES $400M, LED BY DST GLOBAL

NASA REVEALS FIRST-EVER COLOR IMAGE OF PLUTO

New blood test predicts breast cancer years ahead

SELF-POWERED CAMERA IS A REALITY

DEVICE TO HELP BLIND BOARD BUS

Mexico’s ‘New Generation’ cartel takes police head-on

Prosecuting those responsible for MH17 crash key priority: Dutch minister

‘Yemen is in flames’, says UN chief Ban Ki-moon, calls for immediate ceasefire

Queen Elizabeth faces rebellion from Windsor staff

‘41 missing’ in Mediterranean boat tragedy

China reviewing policy on Mumbai attack ahead of Xi visit to Pakistan

‘Suicide will soon become India’s number 1 killer’: Vikram Patel

Journey of an Artist – KRISH SENGUPTA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concludes visit to Canada with 13 agreements with the host country

Separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat arrested

RAHUL GANDHI RETURNS AFTER 2-MONTH LEAVE

NETAJI FILES LOCKED UP IN KOLKATA’S SECRET CELL

Chinese president to visit Pakistan, hammer out $46-billion deal

Bangladesh: Security lapses during Prez Hamid’s Agra, Ajmer visit

Over 120 killed in Thailand during Songran festival

Vietnam searches for 2 missing fighter jet pilots

Former Maldivian defence minister jailed for 10 years

The German drum gone silent

AAP initiates disciplinary action against rebels

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