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HANUKKAH

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:54 am EST @theindpanorama 2

Afestival is a collective celebration of an achievement in a given community. The Festival of Hanukkah is a Jewish celebration, and it is celebrating the recovery and re-dedication ofthe Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 165 […]

INDIA LIKELY TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC GROWTH TO 6.3% IN 2016: UN

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:45 am EST @theindpanorama 1

UNITED NATIONS: India’s economic growth is expected to improve to 6.3 per cent in 2016 with the country leading economic recovery in South Asia, according to a United Nations report. The UN World Economic Situation […]

Spicejet gets a breather: Govt gives time till Monday to clear Rs 200 cr AAI dues

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:44 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Beleaguered lowcost carrier Spicejet seems to have received a temporary breather from the government, official sources told FE. With the loss-making airline making an interim payment of Rs 5 crore on Wednesday […]

HONDA TO RECALL ABOUT 400,000 CARS OVER TAKATA AIR BAGS

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:43 am EST @theindpanorama 0

TOKYO (TIP): Honda Motor Co said it would recall an estimated 400,000 vehicles globally as a precautionary measure to replace potentially deadly air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. The recall follows a similar move […]

Business & Economics

TATA POWER BUYS PLANT FOR RS 3,000 CR

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:42 am EST @theindpanorama 1

MUMBAI (TIP): Tata Power, the power generator led by Cyrus Mistry, is buying a 540-megawatt (MW) thermal power plant in Maharashtra to ramp up capacity, highlighting how a lot of India’s recent merger and acquisition […]

Business & Economics

Germany bans 80 generic drugs for insufficient trials

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:42 am EST @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): Germany’s drug regulator has banned the sale of 80 generic medicines with immediate effect on grounds of “deficiencies” in the clinical trials conducted by domestic pharma company GVK Biosciences. The ban comes after […]

WATER FLAVOR ON COMET DIFFERENT FROM EARTH

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:41 am EST @theindpanorama 6

NEW DELHI (TIP): First results of studies done by the comet-chaser spacecraft Rosetta of its target comet have dealt a blow to the popular theory that water was brought to Earth by comets. Data from […]

Pill to curb obesity a step closer

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:40 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Scientists have made a significant start towards creating an obesity pill. A team of researchers from Imperial College London have discovered the exact brain mechanism that drives our appetite for foods rich in […]

MICROSOFT: WINDOWS 10 TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT YEAR

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:39 am EST @theindpanorama 0

SEATTLE (TIP): Microsoft expects to have its new Windows 10 operating system on the market by autumn 2015, slightly later than previous comments had suggested. Chief operating officer Kevin Turner told Japanese news service Nikkei […]

APPLE, IBM ANNOUNCE 10 BUSINESS APPS

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:38 am EST @theindpanorama 0

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA: Apple and IBM are announcing the first fruits of a partnership aimed at developing new mobile software — and selling more mobile devices — to business customers. One new app, developed jointly by […]

Champions Trophy: India rise to flatten Belgium, meet Pakistan in semifinals

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:37 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BHUBANESWAR (TIP): ‘When you fall down, you gotta pick yourself back up’. This seems to be the Indian hockey team’s motto these days. The critics dismissed them when they lost their first two matches but […]

Other News

Pakistan stun Holland to reach Champions Trophy semifinals

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:36 am EST @theindpanorama 1

BHUBANESWAR (TIP): Putting their disappointing pool campaign behind, an inspired Pakistan notched up their first win over the Netherlands in 16 years, stunning the World Cup and Olympic silver medallist 4-2 to reach the semifinals […]

Indian Aces edge past Singapore Slammers in IPTL

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:35 am EST @theindpanorama 0

ABU DHABI (TIP): Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna got past Bruno Soares and Daniela Hantuchova in the mixed-doubles match as Micromax Indian Aces edged past DBS Singapore Slammers in the UAE leg of the International […]

Nobel Peace Prize for ‘Indian Father & Pakistani Daughter’

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:33 am EST @theindpanorama 0

OSLO (TIP): It was a proud moment for an “Indian father and a Pakistani daughter” to stand together to accept the applause of a gathering of royals, dignitaries, family members and others in the vast […]

Russia provides a leg up to Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign

Dec 12, 2014 - 4:24 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): In what may appear to be a reaffirmation of sound friendly ties with Russia, notwithstanding Russia’s recent military cooperation agreement with Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, December 11, underlined the […]

SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB

Dec 5, 2014 - 9:55 am EST @theindpanorama 1

ONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE || 4 || Those who have not served the True Guru – why did they even bother to come into the world? They are bound and gagged and beaten at Death’s […]

THE RAMAYANA

Dec 5, 2014 - 9:53 am EST @theindpanorama 0

continued from previous issue And our food shall be the wild fruit and our drink from crystal well, We would practise pious penance still on sacred rites intent, Till our souls be filled with wisdom […]

Americans Together organizes Thanksgiving Celebrations and Awards Night

Dec 5, 2014 - 9:33 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson graces the occasion Report/photos by Zia Khan/ 214-207-7922 DALLAS (TIP): Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas presided over the proceedings of the 16th annual thanksgiving celebrations and awards night organized by […]