Tabla, 10 January 2014

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SfSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MCI (P) 031/11/2013 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 10,2014
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  • 1338 1  -  The current India team has the potential to hold their own in the international arena, say cricket experts HEMANT KENKRE in Mumbai tabla@sph.com.sg Hemant Kenkre, a cricket analyst, is a former Bombay University opener who has captained the Cricket Club of India. THERE were butterflies in the
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 90 2 INDIAN prime minister Manmohan Singh (right) has announced that he will step down after the country’s national elections in May this year. At a news conference in Delhi on Jan 3, he said he “will hand the baton over to a new
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      • 91 2 THE number of smokers in India has grown by almost 35 million in the last 30 years. There are currently 110 million smokers in India, compared to just 74.5 million three decades ago. India had 12.1 million women smokers in 2012 compared to just 5.3
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      • 95 2 THE Delhi Police are looking for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives who tried to recruit victims in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district following last year’s riots. Delhi police, on the basis of input by an intelligence agency, registered in December a case of criminal conspiracy and membership
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      • 66 2 THE Sikh community celebrated the 348th birth anniversary of their 10th guru, Guru Gobind Singh, on Jan 7. Apart from prayer services and celebrations at gurdwaras across India, special seminars were organised in various parts of the country to spread his teachings to the
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      • 70 2 INDIAN officials are in discussions to ease the curbs on the record high import duty on gold and to relax rules on exports, according to media reports. The curbs were imposed last year after overseas gold purchases raised the current account deficit to
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      • 81 2 JUSTICE A.K. Ganguly resigned as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission on Jan 6 following allegations of sexual harassment by a law intern. According to reports in Indian papers, the former Supreme Court judge submitted his resignation to West Bengal governor M.K.
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      • 98 2 THE Indian government expects the country’s economy to remain flat at 5 per cent in the current fiscal year. This was the prediction of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on Jan 8. However, industry expects and economists have a slightly varied
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      • 98 2 A LOCAL court in Kollam, Kerala, ordered a DNA test on a cow to settle an ownership dispute between two women. The cow’s blood samples have been sent to a lab for testing to see whether they match that of its mother
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      • 90 2 THE Income Tax department on Jan 7 conducted raids on 20 properties of the Yash Birla Group in Mumbai and Delhi. The raids are being conducted for suspected tax evasion. There is suspicion that their declared income is not proportionate to their
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      • 73 2 A FIRE in the Mumbai-Dehradun Express train left nine people dead on Jan 8. The fire broke out at about 2.30am and spread to three coaches of the train. The accident happened in Thane district near Mumbai. The train was headed to the northern
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    • Article, Illustration
      328 6 Delhi's worst fog in four years leads to at least 90 flights being cancelled and many train disruptions Indo-Asian News Service DENSE fog in New Delhi on Jan 6 led to the cancellation of at least 90 flights. The Indian capital was hit by its worst fog since 2010
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    • 992 7  -  She turns classic children’s tale Goopi Gawaiiya Bagha Bajaiiya into an animation feature V. RADHIKA Women’s Feature Service TYPICALLY, in an Indian context, the mention of animation films conjures up images of Disney cartoons or its clones thereof. Animator Shilpa Ranade strives to demolish
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 871 3  -  Kootu is a community initiative which promotes cultural exchange and bonding through food GAYATHRI PANICKER tabla@sph.com.sg FOOD is a common language of people around the world. It is a basic necessity that we work to put on the table for ourselves and our loved ones. There
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    • 1053 8  -  How the Pongal and Lohri festivals are celebrated in Singapore NEDIVA SINGAM tabla@sph.com.sg MS ELIZABETH Aruputhasamy remembers when Pongal, the harvest festival celebrated by Tamils, was an elaborate affair. Her grandmother would build a wood fire outside the family’s home in Negri Sembilan and gather all three generations
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    • 925 11  -  Just-B programme for teenagers and pre-teens focuses on mindfulness and coping with stress ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg HAPPINESS and leading better lives are the concerns of adults. In fact, Harvard University’s most popular course in the recent past has been Positive Psychology in which Dr
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    • 179 12 / 13 (above) former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew receiving the Order of Honour at the Istana on Jan 1 from Mr Leonid Moiseev, Russia’s ambassador to Singapore. Mr Lee was presented with the award for his contributions in strengthening ties between the two countries. The
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    • 364 12 / 13 A SEVERE bed crunch at Singapore’s public hospitals has forced several of them into taking some extraordinary measures. Changi General Hospital (CGH), which has 800 beds, started housing patients waiting for beds in a large air-conditioned tent this week. The 1,200-bed Tan Tock Seng
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    • 258 12 / 13 A CARROT-AND-STICK scheme to encourage public bus operators to improve punctuality will kick off next month with 15 services. They are part of 22 services which will be involved in a two-year pilot to measure how far buses depart from their schedule
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    • 148 12 / 13 it has been a good start to the year for some Indian students who received a cash boost at a bursary award ceremony hosted by the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple on Jan 3. The temple, also known as the Chettiars’ Temple, donated $25,000 to Indian self-help group
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    • singapore snippets
      • 145 12 / 13 A REPLACEMENT flight carrying the 467 passengers who were diverted to Azerbaijan on Jan 6 after a Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane lost cabin pressure landed at Changi Airport around 3.40pm on Jan 7. SQ317, which had been bound for Singapore from London, was forced to
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      • 177 12 / 13 FRUIT wholesalers said prices of the festive fruit are expected to rise by 10 to 20 per cent from that a year earlier due to a supply shortage from China caused by droughts. Ms Xie Li Fen, who is in charge of sales
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      • 186 12 / 13 SEVEN in 10 workers in Singapore are looking for a new job but companies are cutting back on their hiring, according to two surveys. Bad bosses and a desire for higher pay are two main factors pushing workers to look
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      • 150 12 / 13 SINGAPORE’S first community-led smoke-free zone started on Jan 5, giving smokers fewer places to light up in the constituency of Nee Soon South. Under a one-year pilot initiative, smoking will be allowed only in six designated areas in Nee Soon South Zone D, which
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    • 89 14 $1 1 million Record amount in donations raised last year by online donation portal SG Gives up from $8.5 million in 2012 2 million Estimated number of brick workers in India 38.28 pornts Average score of Singapore students in the International Baccalaureate diploma exams, higher than the 29.95
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    • 303 14 ”In Singapore, the positivity and can-do attitude were incredible. People think that Singapore has too many restrictions but I felt it was a motivating environment that encouraged me to get up and take risks. Dubai's Emaar Properties chairman Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar, who worked for private equity
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  • BUSINESS
    • 302 4 HE WAS a big name in Singapore before moving to Hong Kong where he introduced the country’s movies and television to Asia and the world. On Jan 7, movie mogul Run Run Shaw died at his home in Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong. He
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    • Article, Illustration
      759 4  -  Psychotherapist owner adds ‘healing touches’ to recently opened Sandpiper Hotel HARPREET KAUR tabla@sph.com.sg SHE wanted her hotel to be a place where her guests could rest. A psychotherapist since 1983, Mrs Preeti Pandit has always helped her clients maintain a healthy mind and organise their time efficiently. The
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    • biz notes
      • 142 5 LIFE Insurance Corporation (LIC) Singapore’s first policy in the country, called LIC’s Wealth Plus which launched on Jan 6, 2014, will close its bond offer when it reaches $5 million or on Feb 14, 2014, whichever is earlier. LIC Singapore’s chief
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      • 141 5 THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Jan 6 announced that it will allow Indian companies to issue non-convertible or redeemable preference shares or debentures to non-resident shareholders from their reserves as bonus. So far, RBI was granting permission for such issuances
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      • 148 5 BANK account holders in India are likely to end up paying the price for additional security at ATMs in the form of fewer free transactions. The Indian Banks Association (IBA) has proposed that the mandatory five free transactions
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      • 95 5 TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest software services firm, will soon be setting up the world’s largest corporate learning and development centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The centre will train about 50,000 professionals every year. Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone
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      • 73 5 AIR India’s Flying Returns frequent flier programme allows members to earn and redeem mileage points on flying airline partners and earn miles on selected non-airline partners. Other privileges of the programme include free additional baggage allowance, separate check-in counters for members at select
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  • EDUCATION
    • 577 9 Indo-Asian News Service THE revived Nalanda University, an international centre of learning coming up in Bihar, is taking a small but positive step towards launching operations this year. The first batch of students, faculty and staff are to move by the end of February
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    • 486 10  -  There’s more to school than homework and exams. That’s why tabla! has this page for students of three Indian schools here to play reporter and photographer. (This page is rotated among the schools. Next week, GIIS) SHWETHA RAVI, Class 11 A Level STUDENTS of Classes 11
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 245 10  -  RUCHIRA BASU, Class 9 ICSE VIBRANT posters, inspiring movies, thought-provoking skits and infinite fun! Our literary week celebrations from Nov 11 to 15 were all these and more. Classes 6 to 10 took part in various activities to make the study of English more engaging and enjoyable.
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      • 175 10  -  VINUTHNA KOVVURI, Class 9 IGCSE LITERARY Week marked a pleasant change in how we learn Hindi and even succeeded in igniting our passion for the language with a welcome break from textbooks. The students of Classes 4 and 5 played games based on grammar
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    • 317 9 Academics is at the forefront of our focus at GIIS in providing a holistic educational experience to our students. We recognise the importance of providing value-based education with a multi-pronged approach. Our curriculum delivery enables students to continually discover, experience and hone their skills in diverse areas, leading to all-round
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    • 59 10 S^NDA Singapore Indian Development Association 1800-295-4554 www.sinda.org.sg EJ facebook.com/mysinda Always work with your child and don’t instruct. For instance, take a reading task or a maths problem and tell your child that you will do it together. It is important that the child knows you are equally interested in the
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    • 122 14 KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE. KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE 444 Serangoon Road Singapore *****6 (Opposite Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple) Tel: 6392 4158 Working Hours: 9am to 8pm. Closed On Mondays. Centre For Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments The fully equipped treatment centre offers facilities for Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments under the supervision of experienced Ayurvedic graduates
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 824 16 Gripping dramas and star-studded casts are expected in this year’s films Indo-Asian News Service BE IT Madhuri Dixit’s comeback films, Salman Khan’s combo of comedy and action or sequels of box-office hits, 2014 is set to woo cinema buffs with a well-packaged line-up filled
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      • 175 17 MALAYALAM playback singer K.P. Udayabhanu, who had been undergoing treatment for Parkinson’s disease for several months, died on Jan 5. He was 77. “For nearly a year he had been undergoing treatment for Parkinson’s disease,” a family source told Indo-Asian News Service. Born
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      • 141 17 ACTOR-PRODUCER John Abraham has tied the knot with girlfriend Priya Runchal (left) in a private ceremony. The actor, 41, confirmed the news with a tweet: “Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed 2014! May this year bring you love, good fortune and joy.
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      • 169 17 BOLLYWOOD heart-throb Vidyut Jamwal and diva Kangana Ranaut (right) have been named PETA India’s hottest vegetarian celebrities of 2013. After garnering thousands of votes, Vidyut, 33, and Kangana, 26, bagged the top spot to be named the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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    • 303 17  -  ANKITA PANDEY VALLIKAPPEN ankitav@sph.com.sg ACCLAIMED Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal (above) and his team are staging their popular play Dear Father in Singapore on Jan 18. The play, which has been staged more than 300 times across the world last year, tells the story of an average family
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  • RELAX
    • 275 18 THE stubborn white flakes on hair cause much embarrassment. But you can kiss dandruff goodbye with help from aspirin, natural oils and other ingredients. Huffingtonpost.com tells you how you can get rid of dandruff: Natural oils Oils like coconut, almond or olive can be
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      363 19 G Khudito Pashaan (Hungry Stones) a dance drama which incorporates classical tracks to which kathak, creative and contemporary dance styles have been choreographed. Based on one of the greatest short stories by Rabindranath Tagore in which he forsakes the real natural to speculate about the unreal supernatural. Tickets:
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    • Article, Illustration
      203 19  -  DEREK O’ BRIEN 1. On television, what kind of creature is Daffy? a) Cat b) Duck c) Dog 2. Which of these was derived from a Greek word meaning “food made from barley”? a) Tortilla b) Lasagna c) Macaroni 3. Which port’s name is actually a Portuguese adaptation of
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    • 27 19 FESTIVAL Thaipusam will fall on Jan 17. Devotees who want to participate have to purchase tickets. Log on to www.heb.gov.sg for details.
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 533 18 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Libra Secrets, long-buried feelings and desires or skeletons in the closet could be revealed. This is also a time when you can easily go to extremes. Aries You are forceful and may overtax your physical and emotional reserves. Your secret need for control emerges and power
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 341 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Impetuous 5 Hoot and holler in the stands 10 Canoodling couple, in the tabloids 14 Storybook beginning 15 Mr (conman in Green Acres) 16 Botanical branch point 17 Be peerless 19 up (becomes hazy) 20 O’Hare and Dulles 21 Some are bookmarked 22 Pictures on the wall
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    • 63 19 SUDOKU The objective is to place the digits 1 to 9 only, once in each of the small 3x3 squares. At the same time, you must create a row of unique digits going across and down over the large grid. DID YOU KNOW India’s first oil refinery was set up
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 28 20 SOLUTIONS sudoku crossword quiz 1. Duck 2. Macaroni 3. Jaffna 4. Eiffel Tower 5. Antarctica 6. Genghis Khan 7. Ruby 8. Big Bash League 9. Nylon 10. Skunk
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  • FASHION
    • 573 21 The vintage look is making a comeback with many Bollywood actresses sporting the style Indo-Asian News Service TAKING a leaf out of the latest red carpet looks of Bollywood actresses Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor, the vintage fashion of high-neck blouses are once
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  • SPORTS
    • 747 24  -  But they can help create the right environment for players star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg SO DARREN Lehmann (below) `is Australia’s new wonder coach! And if you read everything attributed to him you would think he just had to walk across to Old Trafford and Manchester
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