Tabla, 4 April 2014

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    22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY S|il A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MCI (P) 031/11/2013 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, APRIL 4,2014
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    Lock icon Amma’s kitchen
    1490 1  -  Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa winning hearts and votes with her budget food outlets HEMA VIJAY Women’s Feature Service IN THIS election season, where political parties are trying to find novel ways to gain voters, Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, leader of the AIADMK, has figured
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
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        Lock icon Earth Hour participation declining in Delhi
        60 2 ACCORDING to data from New Delhi Power, Delhi saved about 300MW of power during Earth Hour in 2010, but only 250MW in 2013, almost halving the power savings since 2011. The data suggests that Delhites are losing interest in the drive to create awareness
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        Lock icon SpiceJet asked to stop Rs 1 airfare offer
        92 2 THE Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) sent airline SpiceJet a strongly-worded directive asking it to stop its three-day offer immediately. According to the DGCA, such pricing was predatory and amounted to malpractice as the fact that only one or two seats
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        Lock icon Madam Tussaud’s to open in Kolkata
        61 2 KOLKATA’s own version of the UK wax museum will feature actors alongside the “state’s most illustrious sons and daughters” Suchitra Sen, Kishore Kumar, Manna De, Sourav Ganguly and Mithun Chakraborty, as well as personalities of historic relevance. The state-run wax museum is spread over
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        Lock icon Madurai students third in NASA’s international contest
        101 2 A WORK of fiction by five Class XI students of Sri Sarada Vidyalayam Girls Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Madurai won the third prize in the NASA Ames Space Settlement Design Contest 2014, under the Literary Merit category. There is a tie between
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        Lock icon Indian air force investigating fatal jet crash
        99 2 THE C-130J Super Hercules (above) crashed on a riverbank in Gwalior, killing all five people on board. The air force’s most advanced transport plane, specially kitted for special operations and low-altitude manoeuvring, was the newest in the transport fleet. It was one of
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        Lock icon Motorists meet ‘the god of death’ in police campaign
        82 2 STEPPING up its drive against drink driving, the Bangalore city traffic police dressed as Yamaraj, the god of death, and went to different areas in the city advising people against drink driving. The police not only stopped drivers and bikers on
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        Lock icon Odisha towns in grip of heatwave
        54 2 FIVE towns recorded over 40 deg C temperatures due to heatwave conditions with a maximum of 42 deg C recorded as the state’s highest temperature. The state revenue control room said there has been no report of any sunstroke death so far from any
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        Lock icon Engineering students extract bio-diesel from used oil
        84 2 THIRD-YEAR students from Aligarh Muslim University’s diploma in engineering designed a bio-diesel extraction plant as part of the recently developed Alternative Fuel and Combustion Engineering Lab, successfully extracting bio-diesel from refined and used mustard oil. This can help in directly replacing diesel in
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        Lock icon Aamir Khan is Election Commission’s national icon
        87 2 THE Election Commission (EC) has named film actor Aamir Khan (below) as one of its national icons, and recorded video and audio campaigns showing him urging people to vote ethically. The 1.22 minute video campaign has been uploaded on the EC’s website and
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      Lock icon Voting machines and how they work
      560 7 Polling in India has been made easier with them WHEN eligible voters in India numbering more than 814 million go to the polling booths to vote for a new government, they will be using electronic voting machines (EVM) to choose their candidates. On an
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Banking on cord blood
      817 4  -  Pre-school boss ventures into new field PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg CHILDREN have played a big role in Dr T. Chandroo’s life. The chairman/CEO of Modern Montessori International (MMI) had a tough life growing up. He hawked encyclopaedias and children’s books before he took up a franchise of
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        Lock icon Air India flying high
        88 5 INDIA’S national carrier Air India has recorded significant improvements in its performance parameters, estimating a huge 44 per cent slash in its operating losses in 2013-14 and an almost 20 per cent growth in its operating revenue since the previous financial year. The Press Trust of
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        Lock icon Celebrate Easter at Holiday Inn Singapore
        89 5 EASTER is round the corner and Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre is offering a sumptuous buffet spread of international and Asian cuisine by its executive chef Tong Tan and fun perks for diners. He will present holiday specials such as the Chicken Pot
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        Lock icon Indian firms generate 81,000 jobs in the US
        72 5 ACCORDING to a Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) survey, Indian companies through its massive US$17 billion investment in the US have collectively generated employment opportunities for more than 81,000 people in the country. The annual CII survey of 68 Indian companies in
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        Lock icon Piyush on Spring board
        73 5 THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has appointed DBS Group CEO Piyush Gupta (below) as the deputy chairman of Spring Singapore. Mr Gupta is a council member at the Singapore Business Federation and the Association of Banks in Singapore. He is also a member of the
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      13 5 RS59.67 A$1.08 ¤0.72 £0.60 S$1.26 Exchange rates as of April 2, 2014
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Harnessing the power of social media
      588 6  -  The trick is in using it to grow business innovation DR. MICHAEL NETZLEY tabla@sph.com.sg Dr Michael Netzley is academic director (SMU Executive Development) at Singapore Management University. FOR the last several years, social or new media has been all the rage. While such broad
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      175 7 INDIAN PROPERTY FAIR &U1 5-6 APRIL 2014 ypor< SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB: 45 TANJONG RHU ROAD SINGAPORE *****9 0"V jA illitlic "O—c r O—O’ PROPFEST M. 1 THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN FROM 12PM 8PM (Sat Sun) Walk In anytime Lunch Or Cocktail (on the house) O Lunch: 12pm 3pm or Cocktail
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  • EDUCATION
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      Lock icon Making Tamil fun for everyone
      266 9 This year’s Tamil Language Festival promises a month full of exciting activities A HOST of exciting programmes has been lined up for this year’s Tamil Language Festival, to call on all in the community to “Love Tamil, Speak Tamil”. Till April 27, the community can
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      Lock icon Showing ‘artitude'
      459 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) T. DIVYADARSHINI, Class 8 IGCSE TO HELP students explore their artistic talents
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
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        200 10  -  PRASHA MAITHANI, Class 10 IGCSE COLOURS are the basic building blocks of imagination. Applying these colours to paper in assorted shapes and patterns helps a child’s viewpoint to bloom. Keeping these in mind, week-long activities titled “Artitude” were planned for the kindergarten and nursery classes. The first
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        Lock icon Capturing a changing world
        153 10  -  ADITI SOMANI KRITHIKA LAKSHMI, Class 10 IGCSE THE 4th Singapore Biennale promised to be an exciting experience and we were filled with anticipation as we made our way to the Singapore Art Museum. In this exhibition, artists, mostly from South-east Asia, had to interpret the theme
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      304 9 Kuheli Das Gupta IGCSE Class 10 2013 topper with 8A*s IB Year 1, GIIS Queenstown Campus (2014 Testimonial) 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
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      37 9 (^EXCLUSIVE KHAN 9/^KAUR a film by BATRA MR IRRFAN KHAN WINNER. BEST ACTOR ASIAN FILM AWARDS 2014 NOW SHOWING AT GV VIVOCITY GV CITY SQUARE HINDI 8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES lighthousepictures i LI Golden Village^
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      50 10 S^NDA Singapore Indian Development Association 1800-295-4554 www.sinda.org.sg EJ facebook.com/mysinda Encourage your children to speak good English and let them know why it is important for good communication. Reading bedtime stories is an i excellent idea to bond with them and improve their English. GK a §\H from DPS International School
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Six Indians in list of top 50 world thinkers
      474 11 Singapore’s Kishore Mahbubani (top right) and India’s Raghuram Rajan (right) are among them PROSPECT, a leading British current affairs magazine, has six Indians in its list of the top 50 world thinkers for 2014. Apart from recognising leading thinkers with a
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    • singapore snippets
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        Lock icon Jubilee gift for kids born next year
        93 14 / 15 EVERY Singaporean baby born next year will receive a gift from the Government to mark the nation’s Golden Jubilee. And the public will get a say on what it will be. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Grace Fu said the gift
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        Lock icon More new buses over next two years
        99 14 / 15 PUBLIC transport operator SMRT will add 573 buses over the next two years, to renew and expand its fleet. This is the largest number of new buses it has bought. The operator said on April 2 that the new buses will increase bus
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        Lock icon Buildings above roads?
        115 14 / 15 IN WHAT would be a first for land-scarce Singapore, industrial landlord JTC is exploring the possibility of erecting buildings, walkways and communal spaces above major roads. This could be cheaper than going underground, it says of the unprecedented idea to intensify land usage. The landlord might also
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        Lock icon Errant bosses face arrest on the spot
        77 14 / 15 FROM April 1, when a change to the Employment Act kicks in, Manpower Ministry officials will have the power to arrest on the spot bosses who do not pay their workers. This is on top of higher fines that the ministry can hand
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        Lock icon Come back, S’porean managers
        103 14 / 15 THERE are at least a thousand Singaporean managers in hotels and restaurants in China and the Middle East, and the manpower-starved hospitality sector here is eyeing them hungrily. Convinced that getting these Singaporeans to return will lick the manpower problem here, Food and Beverage Managers’ Association
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      349 14 / 15 SINGAPORE students have shown themselves to be world beaters in solving complex and unfamiliar problems. The 15-year-olds here scored almost the same as their counterparts in South Korea, beating students from 42 other places in the problem solving test of the Programme for International Student
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      Lock icon Praise for SINDA...
      220 14 / 15 Praise for SINDA... Education Minister Heng Swee Keat praised the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) on April 1 for its “holistic” approach to education. He was visiting a SINDA tuition centre in Woodlands to observe classes and speak with parents. “I’m very happy to see that the
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      272 14 / 15 THE housing market downturn worsened in the first quarter of the year as loan curbs bit deeper and a possible oversupply of new homes loomed larger. Private home prices fell 1.3 per cent in the January to March period from the three months before, according
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      195 14 / 15 What a fun day... it was a fun-filled afternoon with games, excitement and bonding for many Sikh families at the Holla Mohalla family day held at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park on March 29. Holla Mohalla is a Sikh festival celebrated in March on the first day
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      444 16 “Cricket teaches you patience and it also builds character, just like Carnatic music. Playing a Test match is like performing at a four-hour concert.” Carnatic vocalist and national award-winning playback singer P. Unnikrishnan who also played as a batsman in the Tamil Nadu junior league’s sub-junior league
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      191 16 Rs85,000 Rent AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is asked to pay for staying in a government flat for more than a month after resigning from the chief minister’s post 1In six Singaporean youths face the risk of losing his or her hearing due to listening to loud music on
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      104 11 ISSIONS OPEN 2014 flk THE VELAMMAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Velammal Knowledge Park, Chennai Tamil Nadu, India. Phone: +91 44 3293 9334 26. Email: info@tvis.in I www.tvis.in CBSE-Residential School, Classes ll-XII 100% Results in Class X XII (2013 Batch) Scholars of Class XII A Dharini Parthasarathy 96.8% Kumar Tharuna 94.6% Atiaranea 93.8%
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      113 12 / 13 3, i Air India Boeing 787 DREAM) LINE Fly the Dreamliner to Delhi An amazing flying experience awaits you aboard Air India’s B-787 Dreamliner to Delhi, 20th March onwards. Enjoy the luxury of full-flat beds in Executive class, prsonal TV, laptop power charging port on all seats, gourment cuisine and
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      275 18 Multi-talented Farhan Akhtar and his band will perform in S’pore ONE of the leading actors in Bollywood, who has acted in, directed and produced some of the biggest blockbuster films in recent years, has taken to singing and performing live. And he will be in Singapore
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      Lock icon Still out in the cold
      182 18 Indo-Asian News Service NEHA Sharma, who started her career with southern films, has done a couple of Hindi movies but she still feels like an outsider in Bollywood and says “no one is your friend here”. She was seen in the films Crook, Kyaa Super
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      54 18 N&s, *l A^ 1 Heartiest congratulations to Air India on the launch of daily non-stop flights on the Dreamliner from Singapore to Delhi! Best wishes from your business partners and well-wishers 0 v:A) -^< -Mi':: > uc Wm LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD SINGAPORE A FOUR SEASONS HOTEI RADIO
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      90 20 p. Q U a 'Im A Cast Naseeruddin Shah Rajit Kapoor Written By Lee Blessing Adapted By Faisal Rashid Randeep Hooda Directed By Ratna Pathak Shah Produced By Jairaj Patil Date 12 April, Saturday Time 6.00 pm Venue NUS Hall, University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore *****9 Tickets
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      81 20 friday 3pm LIFE OK: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 3.30pm SONY ENT: Veer Zaara 9pm VTV: Attakathi 9pm SONY MAX: Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge 9.30pm VASANTHAM: Nadodi Pattukaran 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Iqbal Saturday 11am ZEE THAMIZH: Varenda Maduraikku 12.30pm STAR PLUS: Dabangg 2 1pm VASANTHAM: Manalanae Mangaiyin Bhagiyam 3pm ZEE TV: Zee
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      63 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS 9pm VASANTHAM: Paradesi 11.30pm ZEE THAMIZH: Sridhar Sunday 1pm VASANTHAM: Annayum Rasoolum (Malayalam) 2pm STAR PLUS: Son Of Sardaar 3pm ZEE TV: Shaadi Se Pehle 3.30pm SONY ENT: Dhoom 2 4pm VASANTHAM: Ellam Inbamayam 6pm ZEE TV: Mujhse Shaadi Karogi 6.30pm ZEE THAMIZH: Sundattam (above) 9pm SONY MAX:
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      367 20 monday 3.30pm SONY ENT: Benaam 10pm ZEE CINEMA: Satrangee Parachute Mn VTV: Vandhaan Vendraan tuesday 3.30pm SONY ENT: The Great Gambler 9pm SONY MAX: Gippi Mn VTV: Then Mazhai Wednesday 3.30pm SONY ENT: Lava 7pm ZEE CINEMA: Akaash Vani 9pm SONY MAX: Faltu Mn VTV: Kadhalna Summa Illa thursday 3.30pm
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  • RELAX
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      407 21 CONCERT G A.R. Rahman Infinite Love live in concert. Tickets: $98 onwards When: April 30, 7.30pm Where: The Meadow, Gardens By The Bay, 18 Marina Gardens Drive Contact: Log on to www.dmllive.com G Flute recital by Shri Himanshu Nanda, disciple of pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Admission by invitation. When:
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      43 21 PROPERTY EXHIBITION Indian Property Fair Singapore features properties in Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore, Jaipur, Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, Indore and Hyderabad. Free admission. When: April 5 6, 12 to 8pm Where: Singapore Swimming Club, 45 Tanjong Rhu Road Contact: 9337-6712
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      Lock icon QUIZ
      177 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which of these monuments is an observatory? a) Jantar Mantar b) Chandni Chowk c) India Gate 2. Which fabric used for military uniforms gets its name from the Urdu word for “dust coloured”? a) Pashmina b) Silk c) Khaki 3. In which ocean would you find
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      308 21 CROSSWORD DOWN 1 LPs, e.g. 2 Apply hastily, as paint 3 Puget Sound city 4 Part of, as a practical joke 5 Director Howard 6 Wall decor 7 Head off, as disaster 8 Eight, to two 9 Draught drink 10 Billfold kin 11 Bit of drizzle 12 Certain orbital points
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      75 21 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 The string puppets of Karnataka are called
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon A bridge called T20
      855 23  -  The shorter form of the game is democratising cricket, giving smaller nations an equal opportunity to excel star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg IT HAS been a World T20 to remember so far and, while the stars have sparkled, the big teams with the big guns have
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      Lock icon Catch IPL action in high definition on StarHub TV
      220 23 CRICKET fans will be able to enjoy the non-stop action of the 60 Indian Premier League (Pepsi IPL 2014) live matches in High Definition on StarHub TV’s IPL Channel HD (Ch 238). Jointly hosted by India, the United Arab Emirates and
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      301 24 VOTED BEST PAY TV SERVICE VOTED SINGAPORE’S FAVOURITE PAY TV NETWORK HE™" TECH AWARDS 2014 Source: MDA Media Consumer Experience Study 2013 First time in HD! Only on StarHub TV. Fast-bowlin’ hard-hittin’ run-smackin’ IPL action. Ch 238 to 1 June Save over 40% on incredible cricket Hindi entertainment! *For the
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