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Chinese zoo keeper takes tiger for a walk

Feb 14, 2014 - 7:09 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): An animal keeper startled visitors to a zoo in China’s Henan province when he took a tiger for a walk through the public area of the zoo. It happened on February 11. The […]

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INCREDIBLE COMPLEXITY

Feb 7, 2014 - 6:31 am EST @theindpanorama 1

India’s politics is in disarray at a time when Delhi needs to connect the various dots and come up with a policy matrix of incredible complexity involving several interlocking templates – security situation within Afghanistan; […]

Feds grab $21.6M in counterfeits before Super Bowl

Jan 31, 2014 - 9:44 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Investigators have seized more than $21.6 million in knockoff souvenir football jerseys, caps and other merchandise, shut down illegal websites and made dozens of arrests in a crackdown on Super Bowl counterfeiters, […]

Vikas Khanna Launches Himalayan Cook Book ‘Return to the Rivers’

Jan 31, 2014 - 9:38 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Vikas Khanna, an award-winning Michelin-starred Indian chef, restaurateur, filmmaker, humanitarian and the host of the TV show Master Chef India along with Lake Isle Press, launched his new book “Return to the […]

GOOGLE SELLING MOTOROLA PHONE BUSINESS TO LENOVO FOR $2.9 BILLION

Jan 31, 2014 - 8:12 am EST @theindpanorama 0

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Google is selling Motorola’s smartphone business to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, a price that makes Google’s biggest acquisition look like its most expensive mistake. The deal announced on January 29 will rid […]

Europe

Space tour? Chinese not allowed: UK firm

Jan 31, 2014 - 7:06 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Chinese nationals have been banned from flying on the commercial space flights operated by Virgin Galactic over fears that the rocket technology being implemented will be stolen. This is due to the fact that the […]

Business & Economics

Challenges in Indo-Pacific Region

Jan 31, 2014 - 6:51 am EST @theindpanorama 1

INDIA MUST PLAY A PROACTIVE ROLE FOR LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY It would be in India’s interest to readily join cooperative efforts aimed at maintaining stability. India has acquired robust military intervention capabilities and is […]

FOREIGN RELATIONS OF INDIA

Jan 24, 2014 - 8:18 am EST @theindpanorama 33

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

ENHANCING CAPABILITIES

Jan 24, 2014 - 8:05 am EST @theindpanorama 0

DEFENSE With personnel strength of 1.1 million soldiers (6 regional commands, a training command, 13 corps, and 38 divisions), the Indian Army has kept the nation together through various crises, including four wars since Independence, […]

INDIA: A RISING ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE

Jan 24, 2014 - 7:43 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The India economy, the third largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power, is going to touch new heights in coming years. As predicted by Goldman Sachs, the Global Investment Bank, by 2035 […]

A Panegyric for Arnab Goswami?

Jan 24, 2014 - 7:24 am EST @theindpanorama 1

B.V. Rao, editor of Governance Now, explains the name and the phenomenon – Time’s Now’s Arnab Goswami – to a childhood friend who lives in Canada. Readers will surely find the piece a refreshing reading. […]

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8 arrested after blast in China’s gambling den killed 15

Jan 17, 2014 - 7:24 am EST @theindpanorama 1

BEIJING (TIP): Chinese police said eight people have been arrested in connection to an explosion which killed 15 people at a gambling site in Kaili City of southwest China’s Guizhou Province. It has not cited […]

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Slow and steady tortoise beats rabbit, wins pet ski-off

Jan 17, 2014 - 7:12 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): A tortoise beat a rabbit in a skiing competition held for pets and their owners in China, a report said on January 13. Cats and dogs faced off against a menagerie including a […]

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India offers DGMO-level talks with China

Jan 17, 2014 - 6:36 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The largely unmarked 4,057-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China has peace at hand after both sides accused each other of scores of border transgressions last year.What could make […]

Business & Economics

FY14 marine product exports set to rise 23% to Rs 26,750 crore

Jan 17, 2014 - 5:49 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CHENNAI (TIP): Export of marine products is expected to touch $4.3 billion (Rs 26,750 crore) in 2013-14, an increase of 23 per cent compared to a year ago. The increase comes despite the US, Canada […]

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Night fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in China

Jan 11, 2014 - 6:51 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): A 10-hour inferno has razed an ancient Tibetan town in China’s southwest Yunnan province that’s popular with tourists. There is no immediate report of casualties, and the cause of the fire is unclear. […]

Business & Economics

INDIA BIGGER MARKET THAN CHINA FOR LE CIRQUE

Jan 11, 2014 - 6:14 am EST @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): For New York’s legendary restaurant chain, Le Cirque, India, and not China, is the largest Asian market. With the country’s old and nouveau rich warming up to luxe fine dining, Le Cirque’s scion […]

United States

Chinese tycoon wants to buy Wall Street Journal

Jan 10, 2014 - 7:25 am EST @theindpanorama 1

BEIJING (TIP): Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao has reaffirmed his plans to buy an American newspaper after his failure to acquire the New York Times. “I am going to talk to the Wall Street Journal and […]

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