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Shankar Ehsaan Loy, the musical trio performing during AAPI's Nine City Tour & Regional Conferences in 2013 (File photo)

AAPI plans great entertainment at the 34th Annual Convention in New York

Apr 1, 2016 - 3:01 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Famous Bollywood entertainers Shankar Mahadevan, Richa Sharma, Sunidhi Chauhan, Aditya Narayan and Indian Idol Juniors, are all set to take the delegates by storm during the 34th annual convention organized by the […]

One of the scientists Shiladitya Sengupta who is a principal investigator at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Brigham and Women's Hospital - MITBWH

Indian American Scientists Develop Technology for Effective Cancer Treatment

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:59 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): A team of Indian scientists from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School has made an important breakthrough by developing a nano-technology which will help monitor the effectiveness of cancer […]

Mr. Ashok Kumar Garg, Chief Executive of Bank of Baroda speaks with The Indian Panorama about the bank's innovative approaches and strengths which set the Bank of Baroda apart from many others

Bank of Baroda’s innovative approach to success

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:56 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

PROFILE At a time when majority of foreign banks in USA are struggling to cope with federal regulations, Bank of Baroda is forging ahead with innovative programs to help its customers. Not many banks can claim […]

Scotland and Wales ‘could form own country’ if Britain votes to leave EU

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:51 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WALES (TIP):Scotland and Wales are in preliminary talks to split away from the UK and form a new country if Britain votes to leave the European Union in June. The extraordinary proposal has been discussed […]

EGYPTAIR HIJACKER REVEALS WHY HE TOOK OVER THE PLANE

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:48 pm EDT Agencies | Media Reports 0

CYPRUS (TIP)The man suspected of hijacking an EgyptAir flight and redirecting it to Cyprus has appeared in court and said he acted in a bid “to see his wife and children”. Seif Eldin Mustafa, 59, […]

NORTH KOREA FIRES PROJECTILE INTO SEA: REPORT

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:47 pm EDT Agencies | Media Reports 1

SEOUL (TIP): North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea on Friday, a news report said, hours after US President Barack Obama urged closer security ties among its Asian allies and increased […]

Google’s new Fiber Phone service allows unlimited domestic calling

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:44 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Google has unveiled a new landline telephone service aimed at helping consumers stay connected in the Internet cloud. The new Fiber Phone service will be made available to a few US markets […]

YOUR SMARTPHONE COULD SOON REPLACE YOUR PASSPORT

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:43 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Forgot your passport on way to the airport? Relax as De La Rue, a Britain-based commercial banknote printer and passport manufacturer, is working on a technology that can store “paperless passports” in smartphones. […]

BANKERS UNHAPPY WITH MALLYA’S ‘SWEETENER’ DEAL OF RS 4,000 CRORE

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:40 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

MUMBAI (TIP): Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s proposed ‘sweetener’ deal of Rs 4,000 crore has not gone down well with bankers. Mallya offered on Wednesday to repay more than half of the Rs 7,000 crore […]

GOVERNMENT TO MONITOR UTILISATION OF FUNDS BY PSUS’ MONTHLY

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:39 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): The government has decided to monitor the utilisation and management of capital expenditure by public sector units (PSUs) on a monthly basis. Besides, it is also keeping an eye on the investments of […]

CHINA MANUFACTURING EXPANDS FOR FIRST TIME IN 9 MONTHS

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:37 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): China‘s manufacturing activity expanded in March for the first time in nine months, official data showed on Friday. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which tracks activity in factories and workshops, rebounded to […]

JAITLEY SEES FY16 GDP GROWTH AT 7.6%

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:35 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

CANBERRA (TIP): Pegging India‘s GDP growth rate at 7.6 per cent for the fiscal 2015-16, finance minister Arun Jaitley today said it is “much less” than its potential and expressed hope for better numbers next […]

RBI relaxes norms for firms raising foreign funds for infrastructure

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:31 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank on Wednesday relaxed overseas borrowings norms to help companies raise funds for infrastructure projects in the country. The central bank said it has reviewed the extant external commercial borrowing (ECB) […]

GANGAUR #Hinduism

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:28 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

Gangaur is a festival celebrated in the Indian state of Rajasthan and some parts of Gujarat, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. Gangaur is colourful and one of the most important festivals of people of Rajasthan and […]

CHAITRA SHUKLA PRATIPADA OR GUDI PADWA

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:20 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Gudi Padwa, the first Holy festival which marks the beginning of the New Year, new month and new day for the Hindus falls on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. (8th April 2016) It is known as Gudhi Padwa (in […]

WORLD T20: ‘TODAY WAS MY DAY’ – LENDL SIMMONS

Apr 1, 2016 - 2:01 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

MUMBAI (TIP): “It could have been a different ball game if I were out.” Lendl Simmons called it as he saw it. One line question, one line answer. The reference was, of course, the two […]

World T20: MS Dhoni invites Aussie journalist on stage, engages in banter

Apr 1, 2016 - 1:57 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

MUMBAI (TIP): In what was a surprise move that left the pack of media assembled in the basement of the Wankhede Stadium stunned and clamouring to take photos with their smartphones, MS Dhoni responded to […]

Azlan Shah, CT will serve as Olympic preparations: Sardar

Apr 1, 2016 - 1:45 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

BENGALURU (TIP): With an eye on the Olympics, the India hockey team skipper Sardar Singh on Thursday said that the upcoming tournaments like Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and Champions Trophy will serve as important preparatory […]

Consul General Riva Ganguly Das takes questions from media persons. To her right is DCG Manoj Mohapatra Photo/ Mohammed Jaffer-SnapsIndia

Consul General Riva Ganguly Das chalks out open door policy to solve community issues

Apr 1, 2016 - 1:24 pm EDT I. S. Saluja 0

NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das, who recently took over as the Consul General of India in New York, in her maiden formal interaction with media persons, called upon Indian American media […]

Donald Trump finds Pakistan "a vital problem" in view of the hold of Islamic terrorists who could lay their hands on the country's nuclear arsenal

Trump terms Pakistan as a ‘very, very vital problem’

Apr 1, 2016 - 1:19 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Nuclear-armed Pakistan is a “very, very vital problem”, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said and asserted that the country needs to “get a hold of” its situation. “Pakistan is a very, very […]

Surya Deva, an associate professor at the School of Law of City University of Hong Kong, has been named by the Geneva-based UNHRC as the Asia-Pacific representative of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.

Indian-Origin Professor Appointed UN Adviser on Human Rights and Businesses

Apr 1, 2016 - 11:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): An India-born academician has been named by the UN Human Rights Council as an adviser to one of its working groups on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other […]

Nepal army chief leaves on China visit

Apr 1, 2016 - 11:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

KATHMANDU (TIP): The Nepal army chief, General Rajendra Chhetri left on a week-long visit of China on Sunday, the day Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli returns from his official tour of the neighbouring country. This […]

Htin Kyaw sworn in as Myanmar’s president

Apr 1, 2016 - 11:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NAYPYITAW (TIP): Htin Kyaw, a confidante of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was sworn in Wednesday as Myanmar‘s president, ushering in the first democratically elected government into office after decades of military rule. The […]

Bangladesh court seeks arrest of Khaleda Zia over bus attack