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F1 Visa | OPT STEM | Court Says USCIS Rule Allowing 17-month STEM Extension is Revoked

Aug 16, 2015 - 12:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Update: DHS Proposes New STEM OPT Extension Rule | F-1 Visa Update | Complete Update – Click to Read Now – Updated October 12, 2015 U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelleon (D.C.) on Wednesday, August 12, […]

Indian American Scientist Discovers Wake-Sleep Mechanism

Aug 15, 2015 - 1:34 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

An Indian-American scientist at Northwestern University in the US state of Illinois has found that a simple two-cycle mechanism controls waking-up and going-to-sleep process in animals during a 24-hour day. Ravi Allada, circadian rhythms expert, […]

The largest democracy on earth is ready to take off : The story so far is a mixed bag

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

As India steps into the 69th year of independence on August 15 this year, it is time to look back and take stock of the situation, to celebrate its successes, to take stock of its failures […]

NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The Non-Cooperation Movement was pitched in under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress from September 1920 to February 1922, marking a new awakening in the Indian Independence Movement. After a series of events […]

FORMATION OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The foundations of the Indian National Movement were laid by Surendranath Banerjee with the formation of Indian Association at Calcutta in 1876. The aim of the Association was to represent the views of the educated middle […]

INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The largest democracy of the world, in 68 years, could well be on its way to becoming the World’s second largest economy, replacing the US, by 2050. “India has the potential to become the second largest […]

Modi has shown little regard for Parliament by keeping himself away, campaigning in Bihar, when it was on fire. Some likened it to Nero fiddling while Rome was burning.

Modi remains in election mode as he offends the opposition

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:11 am EDT I. S. Saluja 0

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, like his predecessor and foe-turned-friend Lalu Prasad Yadav, has an earthy sense of humor. In a recent jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nitish Kumar said, `ek pehle prime minister […]

By Indrajit Singh Saluja - Chief Editor - The Indian Panorama

Indians need Freedom, not just Independence

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:09 am EDT I. S. Saluja 0

Independence is a sweet sounding word. However, mere political independence does not guarantee freedom. The constitution may enumerate freedoms available to a nation’s citizens yet people may not enjoy them. That’s what has been precisely […]

CHINA DEVALUES YUAN THIRD TIME IN A ROW, MARKETS ON THE EDGE

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING/NEW DELHI (TIP): China set the reference rate for its currency more than one percent lower against the US dollar on August 13, the operator of the national foreign exchange market said, its third consecutive […]

India’s economic data brings cheer amid worries over stalled reforms

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): India‘s retail inflation cooled to a record low in July and annual growth in industrial production hit a four-month high in June, bringing cheer to investors fretting that gridlock in parliament is […]

IRCTC gets into medical tourism in a big way

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

KOLKATA (TIP):The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd, East Zone, has got into medical tourism in a big way. The Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) is targeting people from Kolkata, Guwahati and other parts […]

INDIA INCREASES IMPORT DUTY ON STEEL

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:02 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (TIP): A day after devaluation of the Chinese yuan, the government on August 12 announced a 2.5%increase in customs duty on flat and long steel products, amid a growing clamour for protectionism from […]

Astronomers discover ‘young Jupiter’ exoplanet

Astronomers including an Indian American PHD Student discover ‘young Jupiter’ exoplanet

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:00 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

The first planet detected by the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) from an international team of astronomers, which includes two scientists from the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Stony Brook University, is one outside earth’s solar […]

Remote Control Functionality is the Top Driver of Smartphone Upgrades: Peel Global Survey

Aug 15, 2015 - 8:56 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): A global survey by Peel, the California-based company funded by ecommerce giant Alibaba, shows that infrared-based universal remote control functionality has emerged on the top of the list for buyers looking to […]

Indian American Dallas entrepreneur Arun Agarwal to be honored for HIV/AIDS philanthropic work

Aug 15, 2015 - 8:53 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

DALLAS (TIP): Indian American entrepreneur Arun Agarwal will be honored with the Bert Tonkin Gift of Giving Award at Gift For Life’s 2016 gala, to be held in New York City on February 1, 2016. […]

INDIA'S RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

INDIA IN RELATION TO WORLD

Aug 15, 2015 - 8:49 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

India has formal diplomatic relations with most nations; it is the world’s second most populous country, the world’s most-populous democracy and one of the fastest growing major economies. With the world’s eighth largest military expenditure, […]

Global Indians – 13 Global CEOs

Aug 15, 2015 - 8:43 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has all along been appreciative of the struggles and achievements of NRIs. His close association with a number of NRIs all across the world is well known. There is no country in […]

Sikh Asylum-Seekers Freed From US Jail After Hunger Strike

Aug 15, 2015 - 2:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON: Twenty of the 22 Indian Sikh asylum-seekers, who were on hunger strike for over two weeks at a detention centre in Florida protesting against alleged unfair practices by immigration department, have been released on […]

INDIA’S MARCH TO PROGRESS

Aug 15, 2015 - 12:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

While some have a high opinion of India‘s growth story since its independence, some others think the country’s performance in the six decades has been abysmal. It’s arguably true that the Five-Year Plans did target specific […]

US ARMY HELICOPTER CRASHES IN SOUTHERN JAPAN; 7 INJURED

Aug 14, 2015 - 2:00 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

TOKYO (TIP): A US army helicopter crashed during a training mission on Wednesday while landing on a Navy ship off of Japan‘s southern island of Okinawa, injuring seven people and damaging the aircraft, officials said. […]

GERMANY SAYS IRAQI KURDISH FORCES REPORT CHEMICAL ATTACK

Aug 14, 2015 - 12:50 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

BERLIN (TIP): Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq have reported being attacked with chemical weapons in recent days, the German defence ministry has said. The allegations, deemed “plausible” by a US […]

Bihar polls: JDU, RJD to contest on 100 seats each, Congress to fight in 40 constituencies

Aug 14, 2015 - 12:48 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

PATNA (TIP): The JDU and RJD will contest on 100 seats each in the 243-member Bihar Assembly elections, scheduled to take place in September-October, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar announced on August 12 . The […]

Congress can’t do without power, PM Modi says

Aug 14, 2015 - 12:45 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Aug 13 hit out at Congress for disrupting Parliament, saying the party’s tactics demonstrated its dependence on power and the anti-democratic mindset which led to Emergency in […]

India's Parliament building . All is not well within

Parliament’s Monsoon session washed out, GST bill not passed

Aug 14, 2015 - 12:41 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The monsoon session of Parliament, which saw protests between the government and the opposition, has been a complete washout. A day after intensified sloganeering by the Congress party and war of words […]

Shri O.P. Munjal, Chairman Emeritus, Hero Cycles

Hero Cycles founder OP Munjal dead

Aug 14, 2015 - 12:40 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

LUDHIANA/NEW DELHI (TIP): India‘s ‘Cycle Man’ and founder of Hero Cycles Om Prakash Munjal died at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana on August 13 morning after a brief illness. He was 86 and […]

Year: 2015