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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 […]

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 […]

First uterus transplant in US has failed

Mar 11, 2016 - 5:22 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 1

OMAHA (TIP): The first uterus transplant in the United States has failed, and the organ was surgically removed March 8, officials at the Cleveland Clinic said on March 9. The recipient, a 26-year-old woman, suddenly […]

Venkateswara Kuchipudi of Illinois became the fifth physician and 10th defendant overall to be convicted for taking part in the massive Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme at the now-shuttered Sacred Heart Hospital.

Indian-American Doctor Convicted in Kickback Scheme

Mar 11, 2016 - 12:12 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

CHICAGO (TIP): A 69-year-old Indian-origin doctor in the US has been convicted of illegally receiving benefits for referring elderly patients to a financially struggling hospital in Chicago. Venkateswara Kuchipudi of Illinois became the fifth physician […]

New Research led by an Indian-Origin scientist suggests Bubbles are key to cleaning teeth

Mar 7, 2016 - 8:37 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

The formation of tiny bubbles around the head of ultrasonic scalers, used by dentists to remove built-up plaque, is key to the cleaning process, researchers including an Indian-origin scientist have revealed. The bubble formation, or […]

Poop test can tell if you are diabetic, say docs

Mar 5, 2016 - 12:55 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Scentists from Madras Diabetes Research Foundation will sequence the DNA of bacteria in the bowel to see if they contain enough ‘good’ bacteria or too much ‘bad’ bacteria that can trigger metabolic diseases. The research centre […]

COFFEE REDUCES LIVER CIRRHOSIS RISK BY 44%

Mar 5, 2016 - 12:54 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

You’ve heard several people tell you to cut down your coffee intake because it is addictive. Now, listen to this–a new study has found that regular consumption of coffee may reduce the risk of liver cirrhosis […]

PRE-LABOUR CAESAREAN DELIVERY MAY UP CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA RISK

Mar 5, 2016 - 12:53 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

A pooled analysis by researchers at Masonic Cancer Centre, University of Minnesota in US, which covered 13 studies, using data from the Childhood Leukaemia International Consortium (CLIC), has concluded that children born by pre-labour caesarean delivery may have […]

UK turns to India to fill doctors, nurses vacancies

Mar 5, 2016 - 12:38 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): UK is turning to India in an attempt to fill thousands of vacancies for doctors and nurses in its state-funded National Health Service, it emerged today, but “unwise regulations” and changing visa regime […]

31m, or 50%, of US children live in poverty: Report

Mar 5, 2016 - 12:03 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): : Nearly half of children in the US live dangerously close to the poverty line and more kids today are likely to live in families barely able to afford their most basic needs, […]

USFDA rejected entry of over 6 Indian products a day since Jan 2011

Mar 5, 2016 - 11:40 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The US health regulator has refused entry of 11,664 Indian products, including drugs, into the American market between January 2011 and February 2016, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. “According to refusal report […]

Budget high on rhetoric, low on action in social sector

Mar 5, 2016 - 11:31 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s budget speech focused on the social sector more than before, but it failed to reflect amply in fund allocation to key ministries such as education, health, poverty alleviation […]

Cell-based immunotherapy may help treat brain cancer, claim Researchers, including one of Indian-origin

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:31 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have shown that a next-generation cell-based immunotherapy may offer new hope in the fight against the most aggressive form of brain cancer called glioma. Despite improvements in surgical procedures, chemotherapy, […]

Manisha Nagrani has been arrested in San Francisco, California, five counts of felony fraud -- for faking to be a blood cancer patient and raising funds through online fundraising sites

Indian American woman fakes blood cancer to raise funds, arrested for fraud

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:04 am EST @theindpanorama 0

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): An Indian American woman has been arrested in San Francisco, California, five counts of felony fraud — for faking to be a blood cancer patient and raising funds through online fundraising sites […]

When your Candidate puts you in a difficult spot

Mar 4, 2016 - 9:46 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Many admire Trump for his audacity to say things that ordinarily a person, especially a career politician, would never say. I jump in support of Trump in our daily conversation if I find someone not […]

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