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FDA approves controversial drug for women with low sex drives

Aug 21, 2015 - 12:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON (TIP): The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, August 18, evening approved the world’s first drug designed to stir a woman’s waning desire for sex, a condition that affects an estimated 1 in 10 […]

CHINA DEVALUES YUAN THIRD TIME IN A ROW, MARKETS ON THE EDGE

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING/NEW DELHI (TIP): China set the reference rate for its currency more than one percent lower against the US dollar on August 13, the operator of the national foreign exchange market said, its third consecutive […]

INDIA INCREASES IMPORT DUTY ON STEEL

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:02 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (TIP): A day after devaluation of the Chinese yuan, the government on August 12 announced a 2.5%increase in customs duty on flat and long steel products, amid a growing clamour for protectionism from […]

Global Indians – 13 Global CEOs

Aug 15, 2015 - 8:43 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has all along been appreciative of the struggles and achievements of NRIs. His close association with a number of NRIs all across the world is well known. There is no country in […]

Shri O.P. Munjal, Chairman Emeritus, Hero Cycles

Hero Cycles founder OP Munjal dead

Aug 14, 2015 - 12:40 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

LUDHIANA/NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s ‘Cycle Man’ and founder of Hero Cycles Om Prakash Munjal died at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana on August 13 morning after a brief illness. He was 86 and […]

US beauty queen fakes cancer, arrested for deception & theft

Aug 14, 2015 - 12:29 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

PENNSYLVANIA (TIP): Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a beauty queen for faking cancer. Miss Pennsylvania champion, Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates, of Bellefonte was charged with theft by deception and receiving stolen property. The 23-year-old allegedly would […]

Explosion near Kabul airport, 4 dead

Aug 14, 2015 - 10:30 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

KABUL (TIP): An apparent suicide car bombing at a busy roundabout near the entrance to Kabul’s international airport on Monday killed at least four people and wounded another 15, officials said. A huge plume of […]

Dr. Amit Pandya, professor of dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern. (utsouthwestern.edu photo)

Indian American Dr. Amit Pandya finds new ways to treat discoloration from Vitiligo

Aug 14, 2015 - 2:43 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

DALLAS (TIP) — Indian American Dr. Amit Pandya of the UT Southwestern Medical Center, has improved a technique to transplant pigment cells that can repair the affected area of skin discoloration from vitiligo. Vitiligo affects about two million people in […]

Indo-Canadian Among 2 Held in Drug Bust in Canada

Aug 11, 2015 - 5:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

An Indian-origin man and his accomplice have charged by the City police after officers located and seized drugs, weapons, cash and a stolen motorcycle from inside a northeast apartment unit. Following a two-week investigation stemming from […]

Indian-Origin Doctor Held for Faking Credentials

Aug 6, 2015 - 1:57 pm EDT Agencies | Media Reports 1

WELLINGTON: An Indian-origin psychiatrist from the US, charged with stealing the credentials of another US-based doctor so that he could work in New Zealand, was arrested and denied bail, a media report said on Thursday. According […]

Cleveland-based Dr. Sumita Khatri thanked by Obama for her research on air pollution

Aug 6, 2015 - 8:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has applauded the role of an Indian-American doctor in researching the health impact of pollution and helping families whose lives are impacted by air pollution. “Doctor, thank you,” Obama said […]

World pays Tribute to India’s ‘People’s President’

Aug 1, 2015 - 8:11 am EDT @theindpanorama 4

Prime Minister Modi salutes the dear departed "People's President" APJ Abdul Kalam, as the body draped in Triclor is about to be taken for burial

People’s President laid to rest with public outpouring of grief

Jul 31, 2015 - 12:59 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

RAMESHWARAM (TIP): This small temple town, with a population of just about 50,000, turned into mini India as one of the country’s most loved sons was laid to rest with full state honors on Thursday, July […]

Jaipur Literature Festival’s 1st US event in Colorado

Jul 24, 2015 - 4:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

BOULDER, CO (TIP): Nearly a decade after its inception, The Jaipur Literature Festival, the world’s largest free literary festival is heading to Boulder, Colorado on Sept. 18-20 to host their first-ever U.S. event for three days of books, ideas, performance […]

PROLONGED SITTING MAY RAISE CANCER RISK IN WOMEN

Jul 17, 2015 - 7:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

Spending more leisure time sitting is linked with 10 percent higher risk of cancer, including breast and ovarian cancers in women, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher. “The higher risk was present even after […]

Companies in India create thousands of US jobs

Jul 17, 2015 - 3:56 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“The 100 Indian-based companies surveyed for the study have made an aggregate $15.3 billion investment in their U.S. operations. That, in turn, has created 91,000 jobs in the U.S., which by any measure is a […]

Jaipur Literature Festival’s 1st US event in Colorado

Jul 14, 2015 - 2:59 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Nearly a decade after its inception, The Jaipur Literature Festival, the world’s largest free literary festival is heading to Boulder, Colorado on Sept. 18-20 to host their first-ever U.S. event for three days of books, ideas, performance art, dialogue and […]