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Punjab Speaker Charanjit Atwaladdresses. Seen in the picture, from L to R: Deelip Mhaske, Helen Clark, Syed Akbaruddin, Charanjit Atwal, Kalpana Saroj - Photo/ Mohammed Jaffer - SnapsIndia

125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar celebrated at the United Nations

Apr 15, 2016 - 1:16 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

UNITED NATIONS, NY (TIP): A special event to commemorate the 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was organized by the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations on April 13 at United Nations […]

Consul General Riva Ganguly Das gave an overview of Prime Minister Modi’s initiative Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

International Women’s Month celebrated at the Indian Consulate

Apr 15, 2016 - 12:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation and Indian Consulate, New York, on March 24, jointly celebrated ‘International Women’s Month’, focusing on, Women’s Empowerment through education. The event provided the first opportunity for newly […]

Shortage of Primary Care Physicians is a Threat to Nation’s Health

Apr 8, 2016 - 1:17 pm EDT @theindpanorama 2

American medicine has long had the reputation ofbeing the most advanced in the world. But the UStoday faces a looming shortage of the versatiledoctors who form the backbone of its health system -generalists known as “primary […]

Rajender R Aparasuis the first pharmacy faculty member at the University of Houston selected to be the candidate roster of the Fulbright Specialist Program

Indian-American Professor Selected for Fulbright Specialist Roster

Apr 8, 2016 - 1:16 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

HOUSTON (TIP): An Indian-American professor and pharmaceutical department chair at a prestigious American university has been selected for the Fulbright Specialist Roster for his outstanding achievements in the field of pharmacy. Rajender R Aparasu is […]

Doctors put off surgeries in drought-hit Marathwada

Apr 8, 2016 - 12:56 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

LATUR (TIP): In this district, which is one of the worst hit by the drought in Marathwada, a massive health crisis is just 15 days away, doctors there say. The Manjra dam and the Dhanegaon […]

CME Session in progress, attended by hundreds of AAPI delegates during the Global Healthcare Summit in New Delhi on Jan 2nd, 2016. (File photo)

10 Credit Hours of CME offered to Participants during 34th Annual AAPI Convention in New York

Apr 8, 2016 - 12:55 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) that represents more than 100,000 Indian American Physicians, reflects the range of physician specialties seen in the physician community at large […]

World’s first dengue fever vaccine launched in the Philippines

Apr 8, 2016 - 11:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

MANILA (TIP): Dengue fever infects 390 million people each year, and kills as many as 25,000, according to the World Health Organization. The disease could soon see these numbers decline as the Philippines start administering […]

A single shot, long-term male contraception soon

Apr 1, 2016 - 6:26 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): A new male contraceptive injection may provide rapid, durable and potentially reversible birth control for about a year without the need for condoms, a new study has claimed, ahead of its first human […]

DIABETES PILLS UP RISK OF BLADDER CANCER

Apr 1, 2016 - 6:25 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): According to a new study, a drug used in the treatment of diabetes can increase bladder cancer risk. What’s worse is that the risk increases with the rising duration of use and dose. […]

EXERCISE IS YOUR MUSCLE’S FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

Apr 1, 2016 - 6:23 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

You may want start working out to turn back your ageing clock as a recent study has found that oldies, who exercise regularly, end up with metabolically younger muscles. University of Guelph’s Geoff Power showed that […]

COLA WITH MILK? UK BABIES ADDICTED TO JUNK FOOD EVEN BEFORE TEETHING

Apr 1, 2016 - 6:23 pm EDT @theindpanorama 3

LONDON (TIP): Young mothers in the UK are getting babies as young as five months old hooked on junk food even before they learn to chew, scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher, have found. Researchers […]

HOW TO TACKLE BEDROOM BOREDOM

Apr 1, 2016 - 6:20 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Do you find the spark in your marriage fading away but hear other couples with many years of marriage behind them talking about their active sex lives?Does it make you wonder what their secret is? Once you are […]

Why are American Voters so angry?

Apr 1, 2016 - 4:13 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Americans are generally known for having a positive outlook on life, but with the countdown for November’s presidential election now well under way, polls show voters are angry. This may explain the success of non-mainstream […]

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 […]

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 […]

CONTACT LENSES MAY ALTER EYE’S NATURAL BACTERIA, SAYS STUDY

Mar 29, 2016 - 1:02 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

A new study has found that contact lenses may alter the natural microbial environment of the eyes and increase the risk for eye infections. According to researchers, contact lenses make the eye microbiome more skin-like, with higher […]

YOUR BRAIN CELLS MAY HELP YOU KEEP A CHECK ON OVEREATING

Mar 28, 2016 - 10:20 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Do you find it difficult to not overeat? Have you lost the track of diet plans that you almost always fail to implement? Well, stop fretting, for researchers have identified brain cells that can send signals to prevent […]

DEPRESSED? BLAME IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Mar 28, 2016 - 10:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Are you the one who is always clicking new selfies to be posted on Instagram or who updates the tiniest details of life on Facebook? Chances are that you are probably depressed! According to a new […]

Their stars were at war. Indrani (left) and daughter Sheena (right)

INDRANI AMBITIOUS, WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE HER KIDS TOO: PETER

Mar 26, 2016 - 12:03 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Former media baron Peter Mukerjea, an accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, on Wednesday moved a second bail application before the special CBI court alleging that the central investigation agency had […]

Rinki Kapoor, a scientist at Wako Life Sciences Inc., a molecular diagnostics company in Mountain View, CA, along with her PhD advisor and professor Annelise Barron of Stanford University studied novel mimics of antimicrobial peptides or peptoids for their antibacterial activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, also known as superbugs

Indian-origin researcher working to beat ‘superbugs’

Mar 25, 2016 - 2:58 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MOUNTAINVIEW, CA (TIP): Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed novel peptide-like analogs or peptoids that have the similar antimicrobial properties as peptides but more robust. The discovery, paves the way for creation of new […]

Dallas Philanthropists to Provide Microloans for Female Entrepreneurs in India

Mar 21, 2016 - 12:05 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

DALLAS, TX (TIP): Five Dallas-based women have joined forces to create an organization aimed at empowering and mobilizing less fortunate women entrepreneurs on the international level. Called “Mahila,” which is a Hindi word that means […]

Rs 8,000 cr for free LPG set-up for poor women

Mar 11, 2016 - 6:01 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Thursday approved a Rs 8,000-crore scheme to provide free cooking gas connections in the name of women members from poor households, reinforcing the idea of LPG emerging as the […]

Dr. VK Raju addressed the AIMS Delegates in India – PICNEWS

Mar 11, 2016 - 5:45 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

Morgantown, West Virginia based eminent ophthalmologistDr. VK Raju who holds various positions including Chairman, Goutami Eye Institute, AP, Advisor – Indo-US Healthcare Summit, Director, International Ocular Surface Society was recently in India where he addressed the […]

HAB bank officials and Mr. KK Mehta at the event. From L to R: Rizwan Qureshi SEVP HAB Bank, Saleem Iqbal, President HAB Bank, K.K. Mehta, Senior President & Partner KK Mehta CPA PLLC and Zilay Wahidy, EVP HAB Bank.

HAB BANK Hosts Healthcare Professional Dinner on Long Island

Mar 11, 2016 - 5:43 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

GARDEN CITY, NY (TIP): HAB BANK, nation’s oldest and largest South Asian American bank, hosted a dinner for Healthcare Professionals at Akbar Restaurant, Garden City, New York, Sunday, March 6, 2016. The event was organized […]

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