September 2015 — Page 12 of 15 — The Indian Panorama

RBI GOVERNOR RAJAN COMPLETES 2 YRS, PRESSURE MOUNTS TO CUT RATES

Sep 6, 2015 - 9:56 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): As Governor Raghuram Rajan, known for his hawkish approach to inflation, completes tumultuous two years at RBI on Friday, calls for rate cuts have become shriller with the finance ministry raising alarm bells […]

OIL PRICES RETREAT AS DEALERS EYE US DATA

Sep 6, 2015 - 9:54 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SINGAPORE (TIP): Oil prices edged lower in cautious Asian trade on September 4 as investors await the release of a US jobs report for August that could determine the Federal Reserve’s timetable for hiking interest […]

German carmakers win US antitrust approval to buy Nokia maps

Sep 6, 2015 - 9:53 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): German carmakers BMW , Audi and Mercedes have won US antitrust approval to buy Nokia’s maps business for around 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion), the Federal Trade Commission said. The deal, which was […]

Cipla set to buy American business of Hetero Drugs for $550 million

Sep 6, 2015 - 9:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): India‘s third-largest drug maker Cipla is buying the American business of Hyderabad-based Hetero Drugs as it seeks to expand its fledgling presence in the world’s biggest pharma market. People close to the transaction […]

INDIA READY WITH INDIGENOUS MODEL TO PREDICT RAINFALL

Sep 5, 2015 - 7:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): India is finally ready with an indigenous model to predict long range and seasonal rainfall. In the next six months, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, will be able to operationalise […]

World’s first supersonic car to be unveiled on September 24

Sep 5, 2015 - 7:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): The world’s first supersonic car which aims to run at 1000 miles per hour (1,609km/h) will be unveiled to the world later this month. Speed enthusiasts will for the first time be able […]

ROBOTIC SUIT HELPS PARALYTIC MAN MOVE

Sep 5, 2015 - 7:15 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

In a first, a robotic exoskeleton device has enabed a 39-year-old former athlete, who had been completely paralysed for four years, to control his leg muscles and take thousands of steps, scientists in the United States […]

SOLAR IMPULSE CRAFT INSPIRES SOLAR TRAIN FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS

Sep 5, 2015 - 7:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): India may soon be able showcase to the world a solar train, which uses a mix of thermal power and solar energy generated from panels on its roof. Science and technology minister […]

Aunt had tried to sponsor family who drowned off Turkey

Sep 5, 2015 - 7:12 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ANKARA(TURKEY) (TIP): Aylan Kurdi, whose 3-year-old body was captured face-down in the surf in images that have horrified the world, set out for Europe only after Canada rejected his family’s refugee application, a Canadian lawmaker […]

Iran’s Khamenei backs parliamentary vote on nuclear deal with powers – state TV

Sep 5, 2015 - 7:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ANKARA (TIP): Iran‘s supreme leader said on September 3 he favoured a parliamentary vote on its nuclear deal reached with world powers and called for sanctions against Tehran to be lifted completely rather than suspended, […]

Migrant crisis could damage ‘idea of Europe’, Germany says

Sep 5, 2015 - 7:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (TIP): A failure to handle the migrant crisis effectively could adversely affect the “idea of Europe”, Germany‘s labour minister said on Thursday, calling for a fairer distribution of refugees within the European Union. Speaking […]

JULIA ROBERTS MAKES RARE APPEARANCE WITH FAMILY

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:57 am EDT #TIPEntertainment 0

Actress Julia Roberts made a rare appearance with her three children and husband Danny Moder. She was seen smiling away as she posed next to twins Phinnaeus and Hazel, both 10, and youngest son Henry, […]

HOW DID SONAKSHI SINHA BREAK HER OWN RECORD?

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:54 am EDT #TIPEntertainment 0

Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who is currently shooting for her film “Akira”, says she has broken her own record by reaching the set very early. The “Dabangg” actress, who is also judging the TV show “Indian Idol Junior” […]

KANGANA RANAUT IS CONTENT BEING SINGLE

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:52 am EDT #TIPEntertainment 0

Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut says she is single and is in no mood to enter into a relationship as she is primarily committed to her work. In the past, the national award winning actress was reportedly […]

Bihar polls: Mulayam’s SP quits Janata Parivar, to contest independently

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Jolting the Nitish Kumar-led grand alliance in Bihar, the Samajwadi Party walked out of the fold on September 3 saying it had been “insulted” by the offer of only five seats against […]

VHP’s Praveen Togadia wants ‘two children’ rule for Muslims

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Amid a growing concern in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) about the changing demographic profile of India, one of the top leaders of its affiliate Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded that […]

Classroom gives a sense of mission, PM Modi tells students

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 4 paid rich tributes to the teaching community of the country and hailed the role of mothers in shaping the lives of their children. He also […]

Five Chinese ships in Bering Sea as Obama visits Alaska

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Five Chinese Navy ships are sailing in international waters in the Bering Sea off Alaska, the Pentagon said, in an apparent first for China‘s military that came as US President Barack Obama toured […]

Murder rates rising sharply in many US cities

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MILWAUKEE (TIP): Cities across the nation are seeing a startling rise in murders after years of declines, and few places have witnessed a shift as precipitous as this city. With the summer not yet over, […]

Bartender finds $20 bill, wins $1 million California lottery with it

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): A Bay Area man who found a$20 bill on a street outside San Francisco International Airport used it to play the California lottery and won $1 million, a lottery spokesman said on […]

US ‘That Kissed the Moon’ Has to Pay Russia for Space Flights

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): A retired NASA astronaut has written an article lamenting that the US, “the country that kissed the moon and is roving Mars” has to pay Russia to be able to get to the […]

Report: ISIS Has More US Weapons Than Previously Thought

ISIS fighters flaunt American M16 rifles in new video

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): In a new Islamic State video, jihadist fighters are shown flaunting the American M16 rifles that may have been seized by them from Iraqi soldiers or found in weapons caches dropped by the […]

Pak court rejects bid to send disabled Indian back

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

KARACHI (TIP): A Pakistani court on September 3 rejected a petition to send back to India a deaf-mute woman who lost her family when she wandered over one of the world’s most militarized borders as […]

Bangladesh charges 5 militants over blogger murder

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DHAKA (TIP): Five militants of an al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group in Bangladesh were today charged with murder for hacking to death an atheist blogger who is among the four secular writers killed in brutal attacks this […]

Four months after quakes, Nepal fails to spend any of $4.1 billion donor money

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:20 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): Two months after foreign countries and international agencies pledged $4.1 billion to help Nepal recover from its worst natural disaster, the government has yet to make arrangements to receive the money and has […]

Month: September 2015