April 2016 — Page 2 of 9 — The Indian Panorama

Dr. Sunil Hingorani (Courtesy: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center official website)

Indian American scientist engineers T-cells to treat pancreatic cancer

Apr 20, 2016 - 1:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK: In ground-breaking research, an Indian-American scientist has engineered T-cells — a type of immune cells — to break the pancreatic cancer‘s physical and immunological walls using immunotherapy. Dr Sunil Hingorani, member of the clinical […]

Indian-American Woman Amongst 6 Dead In Houston Floods

Apr 20, 2016 - 12:59 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

HOUSTON, TEXAS: At least six persons, including an Indian-American woman, were killed in “historic” flash flooding in Houston, submerging of scores of subdivisions and several major interstate highways and forcing the closure of schools. Sunita Singh, 47, senior […]

US Responds to India’s Discriminatory Visa Fee Charge

Apr 20, 2016 - 12:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON: The US has told India it is bound by legislation on the recent visa fee hike – which has badly hit Indian IT companies, an issue that was strongly raised by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley […]

Obama nominates Indian-American woman as US envoy to Chad

Apr 20, 2016 - 12:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Geeta Pasi, a career foreign service officer, as the country’s next envoy to Chad. Ms Pasi, who served as US Ambassador to Djibouti from 2011 to 2014, […]

Indian American Engineer among the top 10 New Faces of Civil Engineering

Apr 20, 2016 - 12:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

[inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=“”] An Indian American engineer, Rajan Jha, has recently been named as one of the 10 Best Civil Engineers across the world by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) [/inlinetweet] – an engineering society […]

THE WILD SIDE OF GOA

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:54 am EDT #TIPEntertainment 0

Before you start getting ideas from the heading, let me clarify that we will be discussing a totally different form of wild. Goa is more than just pristine beaches, feni, floating casinos and a happening nightlife. […]

IN FIRST, SPACEX LANDS ROCKET ON OCEAN PLATFORM

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MIAMI (TIP): After four failed bids SpaceX finally stuck the landing, powering the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket onto an ocean platform where it touched down upright after launching cargo to space. Images […]

Google’s Alphabet showcases robot which interacts like human

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Google’s parent holding Alphabet has developed a new walking robot designed to interact with the world like a human. The robot was showcased at the New Economic Summit in Tokyo and was created by Alphabet-owned Japanese […]

Yahoo Messenger now adds support for Hindi

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Yahoo has announced updates to its revamped Messenger service, which include support for non-English languages and sync mobile contacts. The new Messenger service was launched in December last year. The support for the Hindi language will […]

HOW TO UNDO SENT MAIL AND OTHER GMAIL HACKS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): There are few things as irritating as opening your email to find your inbox cluttered every morning when you reach your workplace.You scroll up and down, wondering how much time it’s going […]

In photos, ISIS shows how Brussels terror originated in Syria

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DABIQ (TIP): Somewhere, there is a digital archive containing the portraits of the Islamic State’s network of fighters in Europe. The image of each fighter was stored in this database months before last year’s attacks […]

Subi reef, located in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, is shown in this handout Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative satellite image taken September 3, 2015 and released to Reuters October 27, 2015. (Reuters photo)

China: US-Philippine military ties invoke ‘Cold War mentality’

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:37 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): Responding to what it says are provocative plans for stepped-up US-Philippine military cooperation, China says it will “resolutely defend” its interests and accuses the two longstanding allies of militarizing the region and harboring […]

How Saudi Arabia plans to shake up its economy

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

RIYADH/DUBAI (TIP): In late February, several hundred Saudi officials, company executives and foreign consultants gathered in a luxury Riyadh hotel to discuss how Saudi Arabia‘s economy could survive an era of cheap oil. One company […]

Blacklist tax havens like Panama: 5 EU countries

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Europe’s five leading economies on April 14 called for a crackdown on tax havens, urging the G20 powers to end the secrecy of shell companies that enables tax evasion and money laundering. In […]

Armchair Musings

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Upon arrival for dinner at their residence, I found my friend Shridhar and his wife were havingone of their heated discussions. We plan to name our child’Mumbai”she said”As U know even Jonty Rhodes named his baby […]

Jat stir: Haryana govt ‘ignored’ alerts on possible violence

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): More than 100 intelligence alerts were allegedly ignored by the Haryana government since June last year, leading to large-scale violence in February during a fortnight-long agitation by Jats seeking reservation in government […]

India slams use of ‘hidden veto’ in sanctioning terrorists

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Days after China blocked its bid at the UN to ban JeM chief Masood Azhar, India on April 15 slammed use of “hidden veto” and demanded accountability, saying the world body’s general […]

AIF Atlanta Gala Honors CEOs of UPS, Xylem and Jaipur Rugs

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ATLANTA, GA (TIP): The American India Foundation (AIF) held its Annual Atlanta Fundraising Gala on April 2, 2016 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek area of Greater Atlanta. About 240 guests attended the […]

Toxic poll campaign causing fear in US schools

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The abrasive and at times toxic rhetoric of the US election campaign is having a “profoundly negative impact” on children, a report has claimed. It says the campaign is producing fear and […]

US defence secretary Ash Carter to visit warship in South China Sea, bound to anger Beijing

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MANILA (TIP): US defence secretary Ash Carter will visit a US aircraft carrier transiting the disputed South China Sea on April 15, a move bound to anger China, which has been increasingly asserting its territorial […]

US Visa Fee hike discriminatory; Targeted at Indian IT firms: Jaitley

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed concern over the hike in visa fee by the US, saying it is “discriminatory” and largely affects Indian IT professionals. Mr. Jaitley, who is on an official […]

INDIA UNDERMINING GWADAR PROJECT: PAKISTAN ARMY CHIEF

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:19 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

GWADAR (TIP): Pakistan’s army chief accused longtime regional rival India of seeking to undermine his country’s $46 billion project to build an economic corridor to transport goods from China‘s western regions through the Pakistani deepwater […]

Chief of Staff to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will run to succeed Adriano Espaillat in the 31st District

Micah Lasher announces candidacy for State Senate

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Calling for “fundamental change” in Albany, Micah Lasher announced that he would run in the Democratic Primary to succeed Adriano Espaillat and represent the 31st State Senate District, which runs from Chelsea […]

The Clinton Democratic Club. Malini Shah is fourth from the left

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz Installs Clinton Democratic Club’s 2016-2017 Officers

Apr 17, 2016 - 2:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

QUEENS, NY (TIP): The Clinton Democratic Club introduced its members to the 2016-2017 Executive Board and Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 6 at Trattoria 35 in Bayside, Queens. Queens Borough President Melinda Katz conducted […]

Air Marshal Arjan Singh with former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh

India’s Oldest Serving Soldier, Air Marshal Arjan Singh gets rare Honor

Apr 16, 2016 - 10:38 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): To honor India‘s oldest serving soldier, Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh – who turned 97 on Thursday, April 14, – the crucial Air Force base at Panagarh in West Bengal […]

Month: April 2016