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SUPPRESSING DISSENT – Why Greenpeace is first on the Indian government’s chopping block

May 18, 2015 - 12:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

As Greenpeace India struggles to stay afloat, the real reason why the government wants to shut down the global environmental NGO hasn’t got much attention: Coal, the single biggest source of primary energy in India, is […]

MODI IN CHINA – A high-octane reception

May 15, 2015 - 3:39 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

UP project runner-up at UK award

Apr 24, 2015 - 1:11 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): First the good news – a rural project in the heart of Uttar Pradesh that plans to use abundantly and cheaply available agricultural waste as feedstock to co-produce reliable and affordable electricity and […]

Court denies Pachauri permission to travel abroad

Apr 24, 2015 - 10:54 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Delhi High Court on April 23 denied permission to environmentalist RK Pachauri, accused in a sexual harassment case, to travel abroad to attend the Global Water Summit. Pachauri had moved the […]

Nobel Laureate Gunter Grass wrote about the rise of fascism and became one of the strongest voices that condemned the aftermath of World War II. He became a voice of conscience for other writers and the intelligentsia by courageously owning up his Nazi past.

The German drum gone silent

Apr 17, 2015 - 2:00 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

The death of Günter Grass on Monday, April 13, a giant German writer of the post-World-War-II era, a novelist, playwright, poet, fine draftsman and a sculptor, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1999, has […]

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SMART MOVES – Modi Government on US & China

Mar 27, 2015 - 12:11 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

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India’s emergence as a major player good for world: Ambassador Richard Verma

Mar 15, 2015 - 10:37 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Envoys of six leading world powers — US, Japan, China, Britain, Germany and Canada– hailed, March 14, India‘s emergence as a major player at the “global high table” and complimented the new government for its […]

UN lauds India’s improved disaster risk management

Mar 7, 2015 - 4:24 am EST @theindpanorama 0

UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Lauding India‘s improved disaster risk management and accuracy of its meteorological department, the UN has said timely warnings on cyclones have helped “dramatically” reduce mortality during natural calamities. The global assessment report […]

A paradox: Nuclear weapons are useful only if the threat to use them is credible but, if deterrence fails, they must never be used for fear of destroying the planet

WHO WILL BELL THE NUCLEAR CAT? – Perspective on Nuclear India

Feb 27, 2015 - 5:32 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The world faces two existential threats: Climate change and nuclear Armageddon – and the bomb can kill us all a lot sooner and faster. The nuclear peace has held thus far as much because of good […]

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INDIA’S RELATIONS WITH THE US MUST NOT BE ONE-SIDED

Jan 24, 2015 - 9:10 am EST @theindpanorama 0

‘It is in the interest of both sides that the visit is seen as being successful. Both sides have invested considerable political capital in it…….This rapid exchange of visits and the decisions taken have to be justified, […]

SAARC SUMMIT: ENERGY PACT SEALED, ROAD AND RAIL PACTS ON ANVIL

Nov 29, 2014 - 4:51 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): The 18th SAARC Summit concluded on November 27 in this scenic Nepalese capital with the eight South Asian nations signing a pact on energy cooperation and adoption of the Kathmandu Declaration that called […]

Raising ambition for climate action, women lead the way

Sep 19, 2014 - 4:59 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Focus will be on women’s participation and partnerships that can catalyze climate justice NEW YORK (TIP) : On the eve of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit, more than 130 women leaders will gather in New […]

KERRY EYES US-CHINA partnership despite tensions

Aug 14, 2014 - 7:31 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

HONOLULU(TIP): Improving US cooperation with China is critical to maintaining stability and security in the Asia-Pacific as well as combating the effects climate change, US secretary of state John Kerry said. Wrapping up an eight-day, […]

Kerry Visit: Not Much Expected, Not Much Achieved

Aug 8, 2014 - 6:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Not too much was expected from the justconcluded India-US strategic dialogue and not too much has resulted. Its importance lay in resuming and creating a congenial atmosphere for high level engagement after several US steps […]

US snooping on BJP unacceptable, SUSHMA TELLS KERRY

Aug 1, 2014 - 6:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Alarmed by the disclosure last month that US authorities spied on BJP when it was not in power, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj raised the issue with visiting secretary of state John Kerry […]

Business & Economics

The United States and India: Global Partners in the Global Economy

Apr 26, 2014 - 7:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Remarks made by Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, at Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL on April 25, 2014 Thank you, Dr. Singh, for your warm welcome. It is […]

Business & Economics

Rs 5-lakh-crore investments: PM wants solar energy target advanced

Jan 24, 2014 - 8:19 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has instructed advancing the planned commissioning of 100,00 Megawatt (Mw) of solar power generation capacity to 2027, against the originally envisaged target of 2031. The long-term target for […]

55 airlines accept China’s defence zone amid Biden’s visit

Dec 6, 2013 - 6:12 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): China on December 4 said 55 airlines from 19 countries have accepted its Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea. Beijing’s announcement aims to demonstrate the success of its ADIZ […]

55 airlines accept China’s defence zone amid Biden’s visit

Dec 5, 2013 - 6:03 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): China on December 4 said 55 airlines from 19 countries have accepted its Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea. Beijing’s announcement aims to demonstrate the success of its ADIZ […]

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India-US Partnership

Oct 18, 2013 - 6:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Defense Trade to be the Driving Engine Contrary to the forecasts of doom and gloom and the skepticism surrounding his visit to Washington, the third Manmohan- Obama Summit meeting on September 27 has been quite […]

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Britain opens its nuclear industry to Chinese investors

Oct 18, 2013 - 6:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BEIJING (TIP): Britain opened the door to Chinese investors taking majority stakes in future nuclear plants on Thursday as finance minister George Osborne signed a deal aimed at helping find the billions of pounds needed […]

India, US Seal First Commercial Civil Nuclear Power Deal

Oct 4, 2013 - 7:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): India and the US have reached the first commercial agreement on civilian nuclear power, five years after a landmark deal between the two countries was clinched. Addressing a joint media interaction after talks […]

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SLOW AND STEADY RELATIONSHIP

Sep 27, 2013 - 9:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“The PM’s Washington visit is unlikely to produce any dramatic result, but it will serve its purpose by reminding both sides of the high stakes they have in a progressively improving relationship that is undistorted […]

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US-India ties hit a Plateau

Aug 26, 2013 - 4:57 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

It has now been confirmed that before going to New York to participate in the UN General Assembly deliberations in New York, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be visiting Washington in September for his second […]

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PM TO MEET OBAMA ON SEPTEMBER 27

Aug 26, 2013 - 3:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): US President Barack Obama will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House on September 27 in a meeting aimed at dispelling a common narrative in Washington and New Delhi that […]

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