Tabla, 17 June 2016

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JUNE 17,2016 MCI (P) 017/11/2015
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 111 2 INDIAN charity worker Judith D’Souza’s family has written to prime minister Narendra Modi, urging him to do his best in releasing her from kidnappers in Kabul. In the letter, the family members, including her father Denzil (above), who live in Kolkata,
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      • 80 2 ANTI-corruption investigators found about Rs2 crores in cash and parts of wild animals, including tiger and deer skins (right), from two houses in Dhemaji and Guwahati, belonging to a divisional forest officer of Assam. The government has since suspended the officer, Mahat Talukdar, and
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      • 102 2 MAHAYOGAM, a spiritual organisation in Chennai that promotes yoga for a happy life, attempted to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by conducting a 40hour, non-stop yoga performance at the Senate House in the University of Madras (above). The event on June
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      • 95 2 THE Navjivan Trust, an Ahmedabad-based publishing house founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1929, will portray his life story in a comic form. A digital and print publishing consultant with the trust Apurva Ashar said the comic is meant for young adults
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      • 84 2 IN A bid to keep a tab on rising food prices, the West Bengal government will sell vegetables at fair price stalls after buying them directly from farmers. The initiative will keep rising prices of essential commodities in check by removing the
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      • 98 2 THE Railways has started providing baby food at stations and items like burgers which are popular with children between five and 12 during train journeys. The scheme called Janani Sewa will ensure that essential items like hot milk, water and baby food are available at
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      • 99 2 DEATHS caused by AIDS in India have decreased nearly 55 per cent in the last eight years, while new HIV infections have dropped from 2.51 lakhs in 2000 to 86,000 last year a 66 per cent decrease. According to latest statistics presented by health minister
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      • 92 2 JHARKHAND’S tourism department is working to develop closed and abandoned mines in the state into tourist destinations. The move comes after the department studied mining tourism in Australia, Chile, Canada, Norway and other countries. The department’s director Prasad Krishna Waghmare said that
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      • 82 2 INDIA’S first three women fighter pilots will be commissioned into the Indian Air Force on June 18 along with flight cadets at a combined graduation parade. The ceremony, which will be held at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal on Hyderabad’s outskirts,
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      • 66 2 COIMBATORE has opened its first day care centre for people suffering from severe mental illness. The 48-bed centre, sponsored by Chennai-based Schizophrenia Research Foundation, offers all services free and is home to patients for about six hours a day. They will learn
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    • 304 3 AFP A BUSINESS student who went undercover to expose child labour at a factory has promised to keep up the fight after her efforts led to the rescue of more than 100 children. Ms Jharna Joshi, 22, was visiting relatives
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    • 216 3 Indo-Asian News Service THE Delhi government has ordered a probe after a woman alleged that some underprivileged children in the city were denied service at a Connaught Place restaurant where she had taken them to dine and celebrate the birthday of her husband. An
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    • 1057 4 / 5  -  Bengali dance school owner changes lives of prisoners in Kolkata SUJIT BHAR Women’s Feature Service A 1.8-tall man quistrides A1.8-tall etly strides across the green room, thoughtfully addressing his ducktail beard. He puts on his period costume as he silently mouths verses from Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Valmiki
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  • SINGAPORE
    • Face in the Crowd
      • 812 6  -  That’s how Vadivu Govind wants to be known PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph.com.sg SHE is short and sports a sweet smile. Ms Vadivu Govind’s mission is to bring joy to people. In fact, that is her profession. She owns a firm named Joy Works and her name card says the
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    • 438 7 Sikh Heritage Trail app documents historical places with Sikh roots in Singapore KEEN to know about Singapore history while tracing the lives of the Sikh community in the past? Mr Ishvinder Singh and his team of two full-time app developers Chris Cai, 29, and Melody Ho, 24,
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    • 192 7 Discovering pathways... Students exploring undergraduate study opportunities got to learn more about the programmes that PSB Academy provides in partnership with educational institutions in the UK and Australia. The Undergraduate Fair held on June 4 saw industry speakers speak on the evolving role of marketing and advertising, and
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    • 398 11 SINDA seminar gives students an opportunity to give back to the society More than a hundred postsecondary Indian students attended the annual Singapore Indian Development Assocation (Sinda) Youth Leaders Seminar at the College of Alice and Peter Tan at the National University of Singapore from
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    • 1106 12 / 13  -  Singapore’s capital gains tax exemption in India will be withdrawn most likely from April 1,2017 India-Mauritius tax treaty: ANUJ KAGALWALA, NEHA SHAH SINGAPORE is a global and Asian business hub and has ranked top in the World Bank Group’s annual ease of doing business measurement
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    • 422 14 / 15 HE Government will protect its I people against any threat of Violence, regardless of their race, religion or sexual orienta- tion, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam said on June 14. “Violence against any group, in any form, is not
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    • Article, Illustration
      61 14 / 15 Graffiti.. .The walls outside the stairwell from the 16th to 21st storeys in Block 9, Marsiling Drive, was vandalised with drawings of things such as a fish skeleton, a traffic light, an eye and a triangle in black paint. A police report was lodged by the Marsiling-Yew Tee Town
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    • 230 14 / 15 THE central bank will set up dedicated departments to combat money laundering and strengthen enforcement, as part of global efforts to clamp down on illicit financing activities. The moves will take effect on Aug 1, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said
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    • 127 14 / 15 UNEMPLOYMENT for citizens and residents fell in the first quarter of the year, but this was the only bright spot amid other signs that the economy continues to weaken. Findings from a labour report released on Monday by the Manpower Ministry
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    • singapore snippets
      • 108 14 / 15 A POPULAR Indian restaurant has had its licence suspended for two weeks after failing to keep its premises free of cockroach infestations. National Environment Agency (NEA) inspectors found the bugs at a Prata Wala outlet in Nex shopping centre in Serangoon Central during checks last
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      • 172 14 / 15 WITH less than two months to go to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, it is unclear if Singapore sports fans will be able to catch the action from Brazil live on television. The Straits Times understands that neither broadcaster Mediacorp nor
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      • 144 14 / 15 THE police are working with neighbourhood convenience stores to fight credit-for-sex scams which have robbed men in Singapore of at least $422,000 this year. The men in blue decided to go on the offensive after a spike in the number of such cheating cases. The victims
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      • 104 14 / 15 THE National University of Singapore (NUS) has kept the top spot in an annual ranking of Asian universities, while Nanyang Technological University (NTU) moved up one place to third. Singapore Management University (SMU) entered the rankings for the first time in 60th place. London-based
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    • Article, Illustration
      95 14 / 15 Ivory Crush... (Above, from left) British High Commissioner Scott Whiteman, Senior Minister of State Desmond Lee and Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) CEO Tan Poh Hong, with some of the 7.9 tonnes of confiscated ivory that was destroyed on June 13. A huge load of smuggled elephant ivory, from
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    • 326 16 “Great founders are able to make a decision at 9am and execute by noon. They have clarity of thought, are good listeners and are leaders that people will follow through thick and thin.” —Venture partner at Sequoia Capital Tan Yinglan “We have forgotten and lost the word
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    • 200 16 500 Prime Minister Skill Centres will be set up across India to impart skill training to youths 10th Singapore’s rank among the most expensive cities in Asia for expatriates, down from its 8th position at the end of last year, according to a survey by ECA International 86%
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  • EDUCATION
    • 628 8 / 9  -  Divagaran Kalaivanan is one of 50 students from the second batch to graduate from the UBS Youth Finance Academy AMRITA KAUR amritak@sph.com.sg HE WAS acing his Principles of Accounts course while in the Normal Academic stream. So, Divagaran Kalaivanan was given a chance to take
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    • 355 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) ARUSHEE BHATNAGAR, IB Year 2C THE second edition of the
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    • 233 10  -  NIHARIKA GOYAL, Class 9A VISSHAL NATARAJAN, Class 9B A KINDNESS Carnival was held as part of the Peace Curriculum and Friend of Singa (FOS) Activity in GIIS Queenstown Campus on June 3, where students participated in various activities related to kindness. The carnival witnessed an overwhelming response
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    • 193 10  -  NAMIRA RASHEED, Class 2F ON JUNE 3, GIIS Balestier Campus hosted the event “School as a family”. I was very excited when my teacher announced the event. I was happy about the thought of playing with my “Ummi” in school. The dress code of the day
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    • 101 11 rinpiiiiiRn lltHlllllilc'lMkl High Commission of India, Singapore Welcomes you to participate in the Free Registration Yoga mats Goodie Bags For registered participants Sponsors Partners: 2 nd International Day of Yoga A o. 9 Venue: lOOPlus Promenade of National Stadium of Singapore Date: 26 th lune, 2016 Time: 08:00am to 10:00am
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 696 17 Film-maker Shyam Benegal says some are misreading the film which highlights the issue of drug abuse among young people Indo-Asian News Service Acclaimed filmmaker Shyam Benegal has said Udta Punjab does not denigrate Punjab and that it’s a “laudable effort” by the filmmakers to bring
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    • 632 18 Indo-Asian News Service ACTOR Simbu, despite being active in Tamil filmdom for over two decades, says he has never yearned for stardom. He credits his upbringing for this attitude towards his career and life. “I don’t even remember the first time that I faced the
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    • mirch masala
      • 152 19 ACTOR Tahir Raj Bhasin (above), who will be seen sharing screen space in upcoming film Force 2 with actors Sonakshi Sinha and John Abraham, says his biggest thrill is surprising the audience. After making his debut in Bollywood as a baddie in the
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      • 121 19 MARATHI blockbuster Sairat, a doomed love story, is all set to be remade in four southern languages. The remake rights have been acquired by popular producer Rockline Venkatesh. “Venkatesh will jointly produce the southern remakes with the producers of the original. The
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      • 179 19 ACTRESS Tisca Chopra (below) whose film Ghayal Once Again will be airing on Zee Cinema on June 26, says there is a fixed audience for every film, and premiering a movie on TV helps increase audiences. “I think there is a
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      • 137 19 ACTOR Nithiin Reddy’s romantic drama A...Aa (above) has become the third highest grossing Telugu film in the US after S.S. Rajamouli’s Baahubali and Mahesh Babu’s Srimanthudu. “Having recently entered the $2 million club in the US,A...Aa has officially become the third highest grossing Telugu film
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      • 147 19 ACTOR Jimmy Sheirgill (below) says that his role in Madaari as a mature police officer is a stark contrast to his other cop roles. When asked about the difference between his role in Madaari and that in the recentlyreleased Traffic,
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  • RELAX
    • 471 20 Indo-Asian News Service BE IT delicacies from Kashmir or the north-east, Michelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna says regional Indian cuisine is being increasingly lapped up in the United States. The Indian chef, who is based in New York, believes the main reason is that
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    • 345 21 AWARDS South Indian International Movie Awards a two-day awards extravaganza. Tickets: from $45 to $325 When: June 30 July 1 Where: Suntec Convention Exhibition Centre Hall 601 to 604 Contact: 6348-5555 or log on to www.sistic.com.sg FESTIVALS Ratha Yatra festival of chariots organised by Sri Krishna Mandir. Free
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    • Article, Illustration
      194 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Who delivered the famous “I Have a Dream’’ speech? a) Mahatma Gandhi b) John F Kennedy c) Martin Luther King Jr. 2. Which of these deals with the physical law of buoyancy? a) Archimedes’ Principle b) Dalton Law c) Doppler Effect 3. Who received the Nobel
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    • 76 21 YOGA Vyasa Yoga Singapore promotes yoga way of life, in conjuction with International Day Of Yoga. When: June 19, 21 22 Where: Various venues Contact: 8186-6464 or log on to www.vyasasingapore.com High Commission of India organises the 2nd International Day of Yoga. Yoga mats and
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 386 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries Reveal your genuine side and you will leave a completely different impression. You can have any kind of effect on the individuals who rely on you. Taurus On the off chance that there is still work to be done, disregard it as it is the
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    • 209 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3 pm LIFE OK: Veer 6.45pm STAR GOLD: Jolly Llb 9pm SONY MAX: Love Aaj Kal 9.30pm VASANTHAM: KallooriVaasal Mn ZEE CINEMA: Jazbaa Saturday 11am COLORS: Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani Noon STAR PLUS: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Noon ZEE TV: Main Khiladi TuAnari 1pm VASANTHAM: Annamitta Kai
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 298 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Coin-toss call 6 Criminal charge 9 Fall bloomer 14 Strong passion 15 Org. with a noted journal 16 Prefight psych job 17 Net game 19 Frankish king dubbed “the Short” 20 Marooned one’s home 21 “Shoot” 22 Strip, as of rights 23 Prepares to drive 25 “Still
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    • 47 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. fOR SOLUTIONS, TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE
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  • 270 22 Indo-Asian News Service BADMINTON Association of India (BAI) President Akhilesh Das Gupta announced a reward of Rs 10 lakhs for Saina Nehwal for winning the Australian Badminton Open Superseries women’s singles title in Sydney. The World No.8 defeated China’s Sun Yu 11-21,21-14, 21-19 in the
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 31 22 SOLUTIONS crossword soduku quiz 1. Martin Luther King Jr. 2. Archimedes’ Principle 3. Robert Koch 4. Archery 5. Virat Kohli 6. Bob Dylan 7. Nephron 8. Spanish 9. Aardvark 10. Bread
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  • SPORTS
    • star column
      • 862 23  -  Challenges for teams in India will be as different as night and day HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg I MUST confess I am hugely excited by the idea of playing a Test match under lights. Our game has to move on and keep pace with changing lifestyles
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