Tabla, 4 July 2014

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SjSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MCI (P) 031/11/2013 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JULY 4,2014
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  • Article, Illustration
    1585 1  -  Age-old ayurveda’s new-found popularity in Singapore GAYATHRI RAMESH pgaya@sph.com.sg FROM 1947 to the year 2000, there was only one ayurvedic clinic in Singapore Malayala Ayurveda Vaidya Sala. However, according to the vice-president of Ayurvedic Practitioners Association of Singapore, Dr V.C. Ajith Kumar, it was not run by a
    PHOTOS COURTESY OF DR AJITH KUMAR, PINKY KAMAT; PHOTOS COURTESY OF DR VIJEYAPAL J. JONNAGADDLA, DR E.J. JOSHI, AYUSH AYURVEDIC, HERBZALIVE; PHOTOS: KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE, JBS  -  1,585 words
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 63 2 THE pavilion designed to allow free flow of air was discovered following a recent excavation conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India. It was found at the Mughal-era garden Mehtab Bagh located opposite the Taj Mahal. It is said to have been the
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      • 62 2 LATEST data released by the National Crime Records Bureau show that one in four child marriage cases registered in India was in Tamil Nadu. Out of 220 cases registered in India last year, 56 were from the state. West Bengal, Karnataka, Haryana,
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      • 47 2 INSTANT account opening and personalised debit cards are among the services offered at the digital branches. Called sbiINTOUCH outlets, this next-generation banking initiative was launched in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai and Ahmedabad on the bank’s 60th Foundation Day.
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      • 77 2 AL-BIR Foundation is a volunteer group based in Mumbai which bails out poor and non-habitual criminals. The group either pays the bail amount, produces guarantors or both. After collecting a list of prisoners’ names and permission from the prison authorities, the volunteers conduct counselling
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      • 65 2 THE Ministry of Environment and Forests has made Bor Wildlife Sanctuary in Wardha district of Maharashtra a tiger reserve. It is now the sixth in Maharashtra and 47th in India. It was declared a core, critical tiger habitat, and with its close proximity to two other
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      • 42 2 FROM 73 in 2009, the number of cyber crimes reported in the state crossed the 500 mark last year. A CyberDome will be set up in Technopark to help the police combat such crimes and catching the perpetrators.
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      • 56 2 ACCORDING to a census conducted in 2011, India has 43.5 lakhs labourers aged between five and 14. This figure fell 65 per cent, compared to a 2001 census. Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of child workers with nearly nine lakhs, followed by
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      • 67 2 A MAN from Murshidabad handed over his 19-year-old son to the police after the boy confessed to murdering his 16-year-old girlfriend and burying her body near his house. The boy woke up screaming from a nightmare and told his parents about the murder. He said he
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      • 56 2 WORRIED about the lack of rainfall, Hindu priests sit in cauldrons filled with water as they perform Parjanya Varun Yagam (above) at Ahmedabad on July 1, in an attempt to appease the god of rain. The Indian Meteorological Department is hopeful there will be more rain in
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      • 143 2 SINGAPORE’S Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K. Shanmugam arrived in Delhi on June 30 on a five-day visit. He met several Indian leaders, including prime minister Narendra Modi (above) and external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. He extended Singapore’s offer to help India
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  • NEWS
    • 705 3  -  Doing so helps each increase its growth innovation ARCOT DESAI NARASIMHALU Arcot Desai Narasimhalu is director of Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Singapore Management University. ALL Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have an important asset an entrepreneurial founder. These founders have a vision and
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  • BUSINESS
    • 1281 4 / 5  -  The two countries are among each other’s top trading partners and the 6,000 Indian firms form the largest foreign business community here S.N. VENKAT tabla@sph.com.sg S.N. Venkat is senior associate director at the Office of Postgraduate Professional Programme, Singapore Management University. WITH
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 504 6 / 7 THE riot in Little India was triggered by a fatal accident involving a worker from India, but it was a confluence of factors that escalated the violence into the mayhem that shocked Singapore, found a Committee of Inquiry (COI). These are: A misconception
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    • 95 6 / 7 Hands-on lessons on CPR.. school staff learning how to become lifesavers on June 1 as part of the Singapore Heart Foundation’s “Start A Heart” project. Physical education teacher Jasri Bahari, 37, tries to get a mannequin’s heart pumping, as volunteer instructor Tan Choon Siong (right) from
      PHOTO: SINGAPORE HEART FOUNDATION  -  95 words
    • 152 6 / 7 EVERY career and citizen soldier will find it easier to train for maybe even pass his annual physical fitness test, as the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) finalises changes to simplify the Individual Physical Proficiency Test, or IPPT. The highly anticipated move, the first in more
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    • singapore snippets
      • 108 6 / 7 GOOD news for train commuters: Train speeds on the North-South Line (NSL) are set to go up from later this year. Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said this after observing sleeper replacement works along the tracks between Bishan and Ang Mo Kio stations on
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      • 117 6 / 7 SOME 1.6 million Singaporeans will receive letters in the first week of this month informing them of the various Budget 2014 benefits they are eligible for. These include the 2014 GST Voucher (GSTV), the 2014 GSTV Special Payments, the five-Year Medisave top-up and Service and Conservancy Charges
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      • 120 6 / 7 INDIA’S national airline Air India’s connections with Singapore goes back to years before the island nation’s independence. Air India made its maiden flight to Singapore on July 5, 1954, and this year the airline is celebrating the diamond jubilee of its flight operations here. And there’s
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      • 109 6 / 7 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced significant increases in the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fee and the Goods Vehicle Permit (GVP) fee for all foreign-registered vehicles entering Singapore. The VEP fee for cars will be upped from $20 to $35 per day, while the GVP
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    • 158 6 / 7 INDIA’S economy promises to return to good times with a new government in place. And this spells good news for those looking to invest in property. The property market had lost some momentum in recent months and before prices start to go up
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    • 1050 8  -  Scientist A.N. Rao and INA veteran Kishore Bhattacharya died last month NILANJANA SENGUPTA Nilanjana Sengupta is the author of A Gentleman’s Word: The Legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose in Southeast Asia. tabla@sph.com.sg AS I stared at Kishore-da’s photograph for a long while, a few days
      PHOTOS: UMA JAYARAMAN (HINDU CENTRE), COURTESY OF MOHAN KUNNAVAKKAM  -  1,050 words
    • 930 15  -  They are not only used in cooking but also in ayurvedic treatments and medicines VASANTHI GUNASEKARAN 8t GAYATHRI RAMESH tabla.com.sg SPICES and herbs are common ingredients used in Indian food. Many of them are also used in ayurvedic treatment as ingredients in ayurvedic medicines.
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    • 69 17 $4 million To be spent by the Singapore Government over the next five years on subsidies for MediShield Life 64,000km The total length of India’s rail network 22 MRT stations in total when the Thomson Line is fully completed in 2021 99.5% Cut-off required for computer science at
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    • 240 17 “The problem is if you have too many wins you went to the gifted programme, scored straight As, then went to university without having any setbacks what happens when your girlfriend breaks up with you in your first year? We need a bit more resilience.” Chairman of
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    • 150 6 / 7 CALLING ALL OVERSEAS GRADUATES! The Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) will be hosting the 23rd SINDA Excellence Awards (SEA) Ceremony in September 2014. The SEA award is the highest honour bestowed by SINDA upon Indian students who have achieved excellence in their respective fields and this annual ceremony is a
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  • EDUCATION
    • 298 9 SINDA provides study aids for kids from lowincome families ABOUT 70 low-income Indian Singaporeanfamilies with pre-school children aged four to six received free study kits on June 28 under the Singapore Indian Development Association’s (SINDA) new “Book and Shelf” project, which is being supported by
      PHOTOS: SINDA  -  298 words
    • 412 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, NPS) SHREYA TRIPATHI, Class 11 INTO its fourth year, the Sembcorp
      PHOTOS: GIIS  -  412 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 180 10  -  VARUN SHAH RUJUTA ATHALYE, Class 7 YAASHI KHATRI, Class 8 Class 7 Class 8 ON MAY 24 the Tampines East Community Club IAEC (Indian Activity Executive Committee) held an Indian New Year Integration event to celebrate Tamil Puthandu, Ugadi, Vishu, Gudi Padwa, Cheti Chand, Vaisakhi and Pohela
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      • 173 10  -  SAMANA SHREEDHAR, Class 10 OUR group from GIIS East Coast campus took part in the Seashore Life Programme on May 29, with guidance and support from the National Environment Agency. As part of the Social Empowerment through Work and Action programme and green initiatives undertaken by
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    • 263 9 www.giissingapore.org CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CBSE CLASS 12 STUDENTS, 2014 FOR PRODUCING STERLING RESULTS Lekshmi Madhukumar tops with 97.4% 90% above marks scored by 46% students “I have been able to fulfil my academic goals, thanks to my teachers at GIIS. Sadhana Srinivasan CBSE Class 12,2014 high achiever with 96.2% (2014
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    • 45 10 S^NDA Singapore Indian Development Association 1800-295-4554 www.sinda.org.sg EJ facebook.com/mysinda a a Always include positive words and phrases of encouragement when talking to your children. It makes them know that their parents understand them and love them for who they are! from Global Indian International School
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    • 128 12 / 13 KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE. Singapore KERALA AYURVEDA CENTRE 444 Serangoon Road Singapore *****6 (Opposite Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple) Centre For Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments Januvasthi: Improves and relieves knee problems The fully equipped treatment centre offers facilities for Traditional Ayurvedic Treatments under the supervision of experienced Ayurvedic graduates from Kerala. We have
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    • 8 12 / 13 HEALTH BENEFITS OF SPICES AND HERBS: PAGE 15
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 975 18  -  Deaf Singaporean actor Ramesh Meyyappan is based in Glasgow but still returns here to stage new plays, like Butterfly AMITA SARWAL tabla@sph.com.sg I MET Glasgow-based Singaporean Ramesh Meyyappan in late 2011 when the deaf actor had come to stage Snails Ketchup in Singapore. After an evocative, silent
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    • 622 19 Scion of acting family Abhinay Vaddi gets his big break as a maths genius in Ramanujan Indo-Asian News Service NEWCOMER Abhinay Vaddi, grandson of legendary actors Savitri and Gemini Ganesan, agreed to play mathematics genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in the upcoming Tamil-English biopic Ramanujan because he felt it’s
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    • 213 19 NATIONAL Award-winning film-maker Gnana Rajasekaran says that several top actors in Tamil filmdom vied for the role of mathematics genius Ramanujan in the upcoming eponymous Tamil-English biopic. “After my biopics such as Bharati and Periyar, several top actors in the Tamil film industry expressed
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  • RELAX
    • 552 20  -  Artist sets up gallery to spread the art form in Singapore VASANTHI GUNASEKARAN tabla@sph.com.sg WHEN artist Sweta Jha was offered $2,000 for a painting of Balaji a Hindu deity, she refused the money. To her, it was a priceless piece of art. She said: “Nobody
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    • Article, Illustration
      396 21 MOVIE SCREENING The movie Twelve Nights is a documentary that depicts the story of stray dogs that are captured by dog shelters and their 12 days in the shelter before they are put to sleep. It is a social project by Giddens Ko and Sonia Sui to support
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    • 62 21 PROPERTY EXHIBITION HDFC’s India Homes Gallery property show features seven Indian developers and up to 60 projects from Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune. Free admission. When: July 5 6, 10am to 8pm Where: Raffles Convention Centre, Wilberforce
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    • Article, Illustration
      179 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which Somerset village gives its name to a famous cheese? a) Mozzarella b) Cottage c) Cheddar 2. What accounts for 75 per cent of Cuba’s exports? a) Jute b) Barley c) Sugar 3. What is an ornamental design made of small coloured pieces of glass, stone
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 321 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries Be patient in all that you do or you may lose control. You must also concentrate as chances of making mistakes are high. Taurus You will be in a cheerful mood. Using your intelligence to focus and perform well will attract the attention of your
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    • 266 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3pm ZEE CINEMA: Any Body Can Dance (ABCD) 6pm STAR GOLD: Son Of Sardaar 7pm SONY ENT: Badmaash Company 8.20pm STAR GOLD: Ajnabee 9pm SONY MAX: Jab Tak Hai Jaan Mn SONY MAX: Crook Saturday 11am VIJAY: Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru Noon SONY MAX: Sadma 3pm ZEE
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 304 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Whip 5 Recede to the sea 8 Garments for Batman and Robin 13 Corn Belt state 14 Tennessee’s state flower 16 Title fit for a king 17 Ladder unit 18 Apollo gp. 19 Apple piercer of legend 20 Means a lot 23 TV’s Danson 24 Discordant, musically
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    • 67 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 Only 22 of the original 85 temples
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  • 159 22 TAMIL music composer S.S. Kumaran, who recently launched an online voice bank, says he would like to bring aspiring singers with a good command of the Tamil language, to gain limelight through this initiative. Known for composing music for films like Poo and Kalavani, Kumaran
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 27 22 SOLUTIONS sudoku crossword quiz 1. Cheddar 2. Sugar 3. Mosaic 4. The Urals 5. Tendons 6. Germaine Greer 7. Pisces 8. Axis Powers 9. Uranium 10. Whale
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  • SPORTS
    • 562 23 The Integration Cup is back for the third time MASTER of English prose P.G. Wodehouse had this to say about golf: “To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.” Golfers who visit the greens regularly with their buddies know what Wodehouse is talking about.
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