Page 1271 — The Indian Panorama

End of turban trouble in UK

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:31 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHANDIGARH (TIP): In the run up to general elections in the UK scheduled for early May, the 7.5-lakh strong Sikh community there has got a gift in the shape of a new law that allows […]

Dr. Rajani Ganesh-Pillai, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Marketing - NDSU - Photo from NDSU Staff Faculty

Pune-educated Indian-American professor wins teaching award

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:30 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian-American professor who uses a game called “Baffa Baffa” to teach culture’s role in business and how it can affect transactions and relationships has won the prestigious Peltier Award for innovation in […]

Purvi Patel - Convicted to 20 +10 Years for Foeticide

Indian-American woman is at heart of US abortion wrangle

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:29 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): A judge in America’s conservative heartland has sentenced an Indian-American woman to at least 20 years in prison on charges of feticide and child neglect in a case that goes to the heart […]

AL SHABAAB MILITANTS KILL 147 AT UNIVERSITY IN KENYA

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:27 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

GARISSA, KENYA (TIP): Al Shabaab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing 147 people in the group’s deadliest attack in the East African country. Four militants were slain by security […]

‘Lubitz researched suicide, cockpit security online’

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:26 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY (TIP): The co-pilot at the controls of the Germanwings airliner that crashed into the French Alps last week had been searching the Internet in the days leading up to the crash for information […]

Mexico probes deadly oil rig blast and fire

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:24 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MEXICO CITY (TIP): Mexican authorities have launched an investigation into what caused an explosion and fire on an oil platform operated by state firm Pemex that killed four workers and injured several others. The attorney […]

England farm starts growing Naga chillies

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:24 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

DEVON (ENGLAND) (TIP): A farm in southwest England has started growing Naga chillies — Bhut Jolokia – – for the first time on the British soil after years of trial and error. The South Devon […]

US commander accuses China of creating artificial landmass in South China Sea

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:23 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

BEIJING: A US navy commander has accused China of creating an “artificial landmass” in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. “China is building artificial land by pumping sand on to live coral reefs […]

Prince Harry to quit British army in June

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:23 pm EDT @theindpanorama 2

LONDON: It’s a soldier’s life no more for Britain’s Prince Harry. Royal officials said on Tuesday that the 30-year old prince will leave the armed forces in June after 10 years of service that included […]

519 dead in two weeks of Yemen fighting: UN

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:22 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Some 519 people have been killed and nearly 1,700 injured in two weeks of fighting in Yemen, the UN aid chief has said, raising alarm over the fate of civilians. Valerie Amos […]

Explosion near bus station in Gombe, Nigeria; 5 dead

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:21 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

KANO (Nigeria): An explosion near a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least five and injured 15 others, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram. “We had […]

Indiana governor wants changes to religious-objections law

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:16 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS (TIP): Indiana’s governor said Tuesday that he wants legislation on his desk by the end of the week to clarify that a new religious-freedom law does not allow discrimination against gays and […]

California governor orders mandatory water restrictions

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:13 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

ECHO LAKE, CALIFORNIA (TIP): California governor Jerry Brown ordered officials April 1 to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack […]

Test your EYE Q – By Dr. V.K. Raju

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:09 pm EDT @theindpanorama 2

President John F. Kennedy said during his inaugural speech “The greatest obstacle to truth is not the lie, but the myth which is persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” Let us look at some eye care facts and myths […]

When will Rahul return, asks BJP; Soon, says Sonia

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:01 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP on Thursday took a dig at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi wondering when he will return but Congress chief Sonia Gandhi asserted that he will soon be back among the […]

Prof. Sarvjit Singh guided Rohan Arora and Pulin Aggarwal in devising a cheap video based robot. He also guided Shubam Banerjee in developing a low cost Braille printer for the blind.

PANJABUNIVERSITY TEACHER GUIDES STUDENTS IN DEVISING LOW COST ROBOT AND BRAILLE PRINTER

Apr 3, 2015 - 1:00 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHANDIGARH(TIP): Rohan Arora and Pulin Aggarwal, the students of Electronics and communication Engineering department of UIET ( University Institute of Engineering and Technology ) of world renowned Panjab University, Chandigarh have devised a cheap video […]