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A New Way to Read This Week’s Print Edition The Latest from The Indian Panorama | New York Desk Reimagined for the Web Volume 9 Issue 36 | Desktop Edition | Sep 11 The Indian Panorama is a South–Asian […]
United States
Harendra Singh’s Indictment
September 09, 2015: A 13—count indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Central Islip charging Harendra Singh, also known as “H. Singh,” with five counts of honest services wire fraud, one count of […]
India
India’s INS Vajrakosh: World’s Largest Naval Base East of the Suez Canal goes operational
KARWAR: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2015, commissioned INS Vajrakosh, the latest establishment of the Indian Navy which is a naval station near Karwar in Karnataka. The commissioning ceremony was hosted by […]
Business & Economics
India Inc raises Rs 17,000 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) route | Jan-July
During January-July 2015, Indian companies raised Rs 17,124 crore (US$ 2.54 billion) through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) route for the purpose of business expansion, debt refinancing and working capital requirements. Qualified institutional placement (QIP) is […]
Europe
UK School Asks Sikh Girls to Remove Turbans, Apologises
LONDON: Two minor Sikh girls in the UK were ordered to remove their turbans by teachers who mistook the traditional religious headdress as ‘fashion’ items, prompting their families to protest. Simranjot Kaur, 13, and 11-year-old […]
Business & Economics
US BUSINESS MAGAZINE HONOURS INDIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN
An Indian-American woman has made it to the list of the top 30 female Business leaders in Austin Business Journal’s “2015 Profiles in Power & Women of Influence”, a media report said. Rina Patel, area president for Wells Fargo in Austin, was recognised […]
Business & Economics
RBI GOVERNOR RAJAN COMPLETES 2 YRS, PRESSURE MOUNTS TO CUT RATES
MUMBAI (TIP): As Governor Raghuram Rajan, known for his hawkish approach to inflation, completes tumultuous two years at RBI on Friday, calls for rate cuts have become shriller with the finance ministry raising alarm bells […]
Business & Economics
OIL PRICES RETREAT AS DEALERS EYE US DATA
SINGAPORE (TIP): Oil prices edged lower in cautious Asian trade on September 4 as investors await the release of a US jobs report for August that could determine the Federal Reserve’s timetable for hiking interest […]
Business & Economics
German carmakers win US antitrust approval to buy Nokia maps
WASHINGTON (TIP): German carmakers BMW , Audi and Mercedes have won US antitrust approval to buy Nokia’s maps business for around 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion), the Federal Trade Commission said. The deal, which was […]
Business & Economics
Cipla set to buy American business of Hetero Drugs for $550 million
MUMBAI (TIP): India’s third-largest drug maker Cipla is buying the American business of Hyderabad-based Hetero Drugs as it seeks to expand its fledgling presence in the world’s biggest pharma market. People close to the transaction […]
Business & Economics
INDIA READY WITH INDIGENOUS MODEL TO PREDICT RAINFALL
MUMBAI (TIP): India is finally ready with an indigenous model to predict long range and seasonal rainfall. In the next six months, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, will be able to operationalise […]
Other News
World’s first supersonic car to be unveiled on September 24
LONDON (TIP): The world’s first supersonic car which aims to run at 1000 miles per hour (1,609km/h) will be unveiled to the world later this month. Speed enthusiasts will for the first time be able […]
Other News
ROBOTIC SUIT HELPS PARALYTIC MAN MOVE
In a first, a robotic exoskeleton device has enabed a 39-year-old former athlete, who had been completely paralysed for four years, to control his leg muscles and take thousands of steps, scientists in the United States […]
Other News
SOLAR IMPULSE CRAFT INSPIRES SOLAR TRAIN FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS
NEW DELHI (TIP): India may soon be able showcase to the world a solar train, which uses a mix of thermal power and solar energy generated from panels on its roof. Science and technology minister […]
Europe
Aunt had tried to sponsor family who drowned off Turkey
ANKARA(TURKEY) (TIP): Aylan Kurdi, whose 3-year-old body was captured face-down in the surf in images that have horrified the world, set out for Europe only after Canada rejected his family’s refugee application, a Canadian lawmaker […]
Europe
Iran’s Khamenei backs parliamentary vote on nuclear deal with powers – state TV
ANKARA (TIP): Iran’s supreme leader said on September 3 he favoured a parliamentary vote on its nuclear deal reached with world powers and called for sanctions against Tehran to be lifted completely rather than suspended, […]
Europe
Migrant crisis could damage ‘idea of Europe’, Germany says
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (TIP): A failure to handle the migrant crisis effectively could adversely affect the “idea of Europe”, Germany’s labour minister said on Thursday, calling for a fairer distribution of refugees within the European Union. Speaking […]
India
Bihar polls: Mulayam’s SP quits Janata Parivar, to contest independently
NEW DELHI (TIP): Jolting the Nitish Kumar-led grand alliance in Bihar, the Samajwadi Party walked out of the fold on September 3 saying it had been “insulted” by the offer of only five seats against […]
India
VHP’s Praveen Togadia wants ‘two children’ rule for Muslims
NEW DELHI (TIP): Amid a growing concern in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) about the changing demographic profile of India, one of the top leaders of its affiliate Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded that […]
India
Classroom gives a sense of mission, PM Modi tells students
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 4 paid rich tributes to the teaching community of the country and hailed the role of mothers in shaping the lives of their children. He also […]
United States
Five Chinese ships in Bering Sea as Obama visits Alaska
WASHINGTON (TIP): Five Chinese Navy ships are sailing in international waters in the Bering Sea off Alaska, the Pentagon said, in an apparent first for China’s military that came as US President Barack Obama toured […]
United States
Murder rates rising sharply in many US cities
MILWAUKEE (TIP): Cities across the nation are seeing a startling rise in murders after years of declines, and few places have witnessed a shift as precipitous as this city. With the summer not yet over, […]
United States
Bartender finds $20 bill, wins $1 million California lottery with it
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): A Bay Area man who found a$20 bill on a street outside San Francisco International Airport used it to play the California lottery and won $1 million, a lottery spokesman said on […]
United States
US ‘That Kissed the Moon’ Has to Pay Russia for Space Flights
WASHINGTON (TIP): A retired NASA astronaut has written an article lamenting that the US, “the country that kissed the moon and is roving Mars” has to pay Russia to be able to get to the […]