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US Senate kills bid to block F16 sale to Pakistan

Mar 11, 2016 - 5:34 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Eight US-made F16s have not exactly flown out to Islamabad yet, but well may the engines be fired up and the planes ready to taxi. The US Senate on Thursday rejected by a […]

US man shoots himself dead while taking selfie with gun

Mar 5, 2016 - 9:03 am EST @theindpanorama 0

SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): In a bizarre incident, a 43-year-old man in the US shot and killed himself accidentally while taking a selfie with a gun in hand. The man from Concrete, Washington, who has not […]

OIL PRICES CLIMB AS IRAN ENDORSES OIL OUTPUT CAP

Feb 19, 2016 - 6:42 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

SINGAPORE(TIP) : Crude futures rose in Asian trade on Thursday after Iran welcomed plans by Russia and Saudi Arabia to cap production, although analysts said the move would not lead to any output cuts and […]

History made as Catholic Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embrace to bridge the ‘Great Schism’

Feb 16, 2016 - 3:42 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

With a hug and an exclamation of “Finally,” Pope Francis met Friday with Patriarch Kirill in the first ever meeting between a pontiff and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a historic development in the 1,000-year […]

Oil Prices may rise as Top oil producers agree to freeze output

Feb 16, 2016 - 2:47 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela are ready to freeze oil production at January’s level if other producers do the same. The agreement came after a meeting in Doha on Tuesday. Oil prices have dropped […]

Russian forces ‘could take eastern European capitals in three days’

Feb 5, 2016 - 10:53 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

RIGA (TIP): Russian forces could reach the outskirts of the Baltic capitals in less than 60 hours because Nato lacks the forces to defend its eastern-most members, new analysis has shown. According to several war […]

NETAJI SC BOSE FILES: HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

Jan 29, 2016 - 9:17 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 23 unveiled 100 declassified documents on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at the National Archives of India. The documents are still not available in the public domain, […]

Pentagon defends use of Russian engines

Jan 29, 2016 - 4:17 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON: Senior Pentagon officials have sought to defend the use of Russian-made rocket engines to send US military satellites into space, telling exasperated lawmakers they are moving quickly to end the practice and rely on […]

Hong Kong top, London second, Rio climbs but Kiev falls

Jan 29, 2016 - 12:24 am EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

LONDON (TIP): London has leap-frogged Bangkok and Singapore to be named the second most visited city in the world. Nearly 17.4 million foreigners visited the UK capital in 2014, an increase of 3.6 per cent […]

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Economic crisis is not far away

Jan 18, 2016 - 1:36 pm EST Karan Beri 0

The next financial crisis is coming. It’s just a matter of time – and we haven’t finished fixing the flaws in the global system that were so brutally exposed by the last one. Massive monetary policy […]

Britain colder than South Pole this weekend with snow and ice forecast by met office

Jan 16, 2016 - 2:05 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Parts of the UK are expected to be colder than the South Pole this weekend, forecasters say. Warnings of snow and ice have been issued for some areas, with temperatures set to plunge […]

Battle vs ISIS, battle for the Middle East

Jan 9, 2016 - 8:47 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

ISIS or the Islamic State, also known as IS, ISIL or its Arab acronym, Da’esch, dominated the headlines for 2015. The year saw the terror group spread its hateful and vitriolic ideology beyond the borders of […]

Refugee exodus is seen as logical outcome of Syrian president's survival strategy.

EXODUS: EUROPE, ASIA, AND BEYOND

Jan 8, 2016 - 7:04 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

As the battles raged in Syria and Iraq, millions of innocent civilians have sought refuge elsewhere to escape the dire straits in their home countries. Their prime destination: Europe. They came via planes, trains, ships, […]

INDIA IMPROVES ties with neighbors

Jan 8, 2016 - 4:21 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Building upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s initiative of inviting all SAARC leaders to his swearing-in ceremony in May 2014, the neighbourhood continued to be the primary focus of India‘s foreign policy in 2015. While relations with […]

India's Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar (Right) and U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, December 10, 2015.

2015: A Year of Work-in-Progress for Defense

Jan 8, 2016 - 1:26 am EST @theindpanorama 0

One does not know what the Ministry of Defense (MoD) set out to achieve in the calendar year 2015 or the current financial year that will draw to a close in another three months (in March, […]

RUSSIA, INDIA NEGOTIATING ON MORE PROJECTS

Jan 2, 2016 - 3:11 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

MOSCOW (TIP): Russia‘s decision to open up its oil and gas sector to Indian companies will significantly boost bilateral trade and the two sides are negotiating on some more acquisitions and projects in the hydrocarbons […]

Finding a Niche in the Emerging World Order

Dec 31, 2015 - 7:43 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s apparently impromptu visit to Lahore on Christmas day is readily explained by the need to contain the Taliban and ensure regional stability and connectivity in the ‘Heart of Asia’ after the US-led […]

Saudi Arabia in Recession | Cuts Spending to Shrink Deficit

Dec 31, 2015 - 7:03 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

A glut of oil, the demise of OPEC and weakening global demand combined to make 2015 the year of crashing oil prices. The cost of crude fell to levels not seen for 11 years – […]

Putin rules out reconciliation with Turkey

Dec 18, 2015 - 4:23 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin fired off an angry tirade against Turkey on Dec 17, ruling out any reconciliation with its leaders and accusing Ankara of shooting down a Russian warplane to impress the […]

India to buy Russia missiles for Rs 39k crore

Dec 18, 2015 - 3:27 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on December 17 approved the Rs 39,000-crore acquisition of five advanced Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems, which have even rattled NATO countries because they can destroy incoming hostile […]

Assad Can Stay, for Now | US changes stance for peace

Dec 18, 2015 - 2:08 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, December 15, accepted Russia‘s long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad’s future be determined by his own people, as Washington and Moscow edged toward putting aside […]

Turkey president Erdogan hits back at Russia after being accused of buying oil from ISIS

Dec 4, 2015 - 6:14 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Russia of “slander” over Moscow’s allegations Turkey had bought oil from Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria. “No one has a right to engage in slander against Turkey by saying […]

Russia hits back at Turkey

Dec 4, 2015 - 6:11 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Since the shootdown of a Russian Su-24 by the Turkish Air Force on the 24th of November, Russia has escalated its bombing campaign in Syria against rebel groups in the north of Syria, including ones […]

Russia delivers missile systems to Iran: Report

Dec 4, 2015 - 1:53 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

MOSCOW (TIP): The arms trade adviser to President Vladimir Putin says Russia has begun delivering S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. Tass quoted Vladimir Kozhin as […]

Putin swears to make Turkey regret plane downing

Dec 4, 2015 - 1:51 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin, on December 3, vowed Turkey‘s leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Moscow’s warplanes as the top diplomats from both countries held their first high-level […]

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