Tabla, 5 June 2015

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JUNE 5,2015 MCI (P) 025/11/2014
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 83 2 A WEEK-LONG celebration of Telangana’s first anniversary of its formation kicked off on June 2. Carved out of Andhra Pradesh, the state became the 29th in India on June 2 last year. The celebrations started off with fireworks at midnight at 12 places in Hyderabad. Celebrations
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      • 102 2 A WOMAN in Kerala who shares the same number as a character in the Malayalam movie Chandrettan Evideya has complained that she has been getting abusive calls at all hours of the day since the film’s release. She called a person associated with
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      • 73 2 FROM June 1, all public transport vehicles in Delhi including Delhi Transport Corporation buses, autorickshaws, taxis and contract carriage buses must have global positioning system (GPS) installed in them. Hundreds of autorickshaws and taxis without GPS were denied fitness certificates, leading to taxi unions threatening
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      • 65 2 THE National Green Tribunal in India announced on May 24 a ban on the burning of garbage in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. It has also disallowed authorities and private construction firms from dumping debris on the banks of the Yamuna river because of complaints
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      • 78 2 THE Delhi government launched a website called Khoya-Paya on June 2 to help track down missing children in India. It allows citizens to post photographs and information about children who are lost, abandoned or seen with suspicious people. Communications and IT Minister Ravi
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      • 82 2 TELECOM minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced on June 2 that telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam will offer its subscribers free incoming calls on roaming across India from June 15 for one year. Said Bharat Sanchar’s chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava: “Although
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      • 97 2 FILM director Satyajit Ray’s wife Bijoya died at the age of 98 in Kolkata on June 2. She was suffering from age-related complications and was recently admitted to a private clinic with acute pneumonia. Mrs Ray was closely involved in her husband’s film-making career. She
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    • 752 4 India’s midday meal scheme gets a healthy push from Akshaya Patra Foundation AFP CHURNING out 1.2 tonnes of curry in under an hour, staff running the spotless, high-tech kitchen are hoping to turn around the shocking reputation of India’s free school lunch scheme. As a large
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  • 540 5 Courts ties in with Britain’s top homestyle guru in its new furniture range HE IS one of Britain’s biggest designers and a television personality who has hosted home makeover shows in the UK, US, Asia and Australia. Now, Mr Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (below) has collaborated with Courts Singapore to
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  • NEWS
    • 687 6  -  Balanced approach needed to solve problem of climate change and depletion of resources innovation GURDEV SINGH tabla@sph.com.sg Dr Gurdev Singh is the deputy director, Environmental Water Technology Centre of Innovation, Ngee Ann Polytechnic. WHILE in California in March, I was alerted to the severe
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    • 3 6 In association with
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    • 157 7 www.mantri.in manTRi Stay Cozy. Stay Smart. Set the mood you desire with remote lighting control. j u > V* V m 3 -SC A Homes 2 3 BHK Smart Homes Budget ?68 Lakhs Onwards* After creating landmarks in Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad since 1999, we are proud to introduce our
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  • 797 8  -  MDIS international business master’s course helped graduate gain a global perspective and a foothold in management AMRITA KAUR amritak@sph.com.sg HE CAME to Singapore from Mumbai in 2011 with one goal in mind to get his Master in International Business awarded by France’s Grenoble Graduate School
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  • EDUCATION
    • 385 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) ADITYA GARLADINNE, Class 6B BHANUSHRI JAISIMHA, Class 6B Eighteen of
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 185 10  -  ISHITA BHATIA, Class 6B TANISHA ANAND, Class 6C OUR school GIIS Balestier campus hosted a grand inter-school dance competition called GIIS Jhankaar 2015 on May 22. The annual event celebrates various dance forms, from classical to contemporary, across different age groups in the Sub-Junior, Junior,
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      • 175 10  -  MANU UPADHYE, UPADHYE, Class 7B THE field trip to the Science Centre organised by our school GIIS Queenstown campus on May 13 got me interested in engineering and astronomy. In the lab, we had to design a heat shield for a space probe and prevent it from
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 1732 12 / 13  -  SURESH NAIR tabla@sph.com.sg SHE’S only 17 and on track to becoming a regional athletics star. Just last month at the Taiwan Open Athletics Championships in Taipei City, Mum-bai-born Smriti Menon and her 4x100m relay sprintmates broke the Singapore national record twice 46.44 seconds in the heats
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    • 133 12 / 13 G The 28th edition of the South-east Asia (SEA) Games will be held over 12 days from June 5 to 16 and it coincides with SG50 Golden Jubilee celebrations. G There will be 402 events across 36 sports and 7,000 athletes from 11 nations. G Singapore has
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    • 148 12 / 13 HE’S only 19 and 400m medal hope Zubin Percy Muncherji (record holder at 47.29 sec) is another example of a Singapore citizen who was born in India. Zubin’s parents, Percy and Archana, moved from India to Singapore when he was only a few months old.
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    • singapore snippets
      • 143 14 / 15 SALARIES are set to rise 4.4 per cent this year as employers seek to attract and retain workers amid a talent crunch, according to a survey out on June 2. This is slightly more than the 4.3 per cent increase last year, after taking
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      • 136 14 / 15 THE National Environment Agency (NEA) said in its latest forecast on June 2 that the temperature here is expected to hit about 34 deg C on a few warm days in the first half of this month. This is higher than the
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      • 103 14 / 15 THE events subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings is buying an additional 40 per cent stake in the company that organises the annual Beerfest Asia event. The deal will give Sphere Exhibits an 80 per cent stake in Beerfest Asia, SPH said on
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      • 111 14 / 15 SEARCH giant Google is investing more than $404 million to expand its data centre in Singapore, one of only two such sites in Asia operated by the company. The move has been prompted by a dramatic hike in data usage here and
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    • 253 14 / 15 COMPANIES looking for relief from the tight policy on foreign workers with a new minister in charge will be disappointed. There will be no U-turn over the tight lid on foreign worker numbers in Singapore, newly-minted Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say (left) has
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    • 235 14 / 15 IT HAS been a long time coming, but the manufacturing sector is finally showing signs of recovery. A key indicator showed that activity increased last month the first time it has done so this year. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which shows how
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    • 149 14 / 15 to celebrate the collaboration between the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA), principals, teachers and SINDA liaison officers gathered at the Grassroots Club on May 27. Gracing the occasion was Senior Minister of State for Education and Law Indranee Rajah. SINDA liaison officers who
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    • 176 14 / 15 monument...Jurong Town Hall has become the first conserved building to be gazetted a national monument. The National Heritage Board said in a statement on June 1 that Jurong Town Hall’s national monument status ensures its historical features will be accorded the highest level of
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    • 431 16 “What better way to celebrate SG50 than by proudly flying the national flag around the world on the world’s largest aircraft?” Singapore Airlines chief executive officer Goh Choon Phong. SIA is celebrating the nation’s Golden Jubilee by having two Airbus 380s with a special livery, featuring a
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    • 125 16 1,900 Households in six rental blocks in Bukit Merah and Henderson will benefit from a house-cleaning project 80% Of Indians in India suffer from protein deficiency 5,000 People gathered at Marina Bay on May 31 for an event organised by all five Community Development Councils to highlight the
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  • LIVING
    • 565 18 Decorating guru shares home decorating tips THE leading retailer of furniture, electrical and IT products Courts Singapore recently launched a new collection of living room furniture in collaboration with world-renowned British interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Mr Llewelyn-Bowen shared with tabla! some dec- orating tips to make
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      • 167 19 ACTOR Nani (above, with Lavanya Tripathi) left everybody on the set of upcoming Telugu romantic-drama Bhale Bhale Magaadivoy in awe when he delivered eight pages of dialogue in a single take. “Much to the amazement of everybody on the
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      • 134 19 FILM-MAKER Venkat Prabhu (below right, with actor Ajith Kumar), who is awaiting the release of forthcoming Tamil actioner Masss, said the plan for the Hindi remake of his film Mankatha has not been shelved, but he’s not likely to direct it as
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      • 234 19 HE TOOK the taste and flavours of Mumbai’s dabbawallas on a global trail with his first feature film The Lunchbox, which managed the rare feat of appealing to international critics and Indian audiences alike. Ritesh Batra (below) the man behind
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      • 187 19 Indo-Asian News Service ACTRESS Vidya Balan (below), who is often seen sporting saris, has been roped in by online ethnic products marketplace Craftsvilla.com as the face of World Ethnic Day, which will be celebrated globally by the company on June 19. “By celebrating
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    • 515 19  -  LOOKING GOOD Dr Komathy Rajaratnam Dr Kornathy Rajaratnarn is the founder of The Lifestyle Clinic at 16-03 Camden Medical Centre, Tel: 6733-0788. Her articles deal with beauty and aesthetic issues relevant to the Indian body type. THERE is a reason for the huge increase in men
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  • RELAX
    • 150 20 KAMALAJewellers has opened its fourth branch opposite Mustafa Shopping Centre on Syed Alwi Road. The jeweller, which has been in the business for 30 years, has three other outlets on Serangoon Road. “Syed Alwi Road, which is known among tourists and locals alike, would definitely
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    • 496 21 DANCE Nritya Rang expressions of kathak by Ponnama Devaiah. Tickets: $25 When: June 19, 8pm Where: Esplanade Theatre Studio Contact: Log on to www.esplanade.com MUSIC Dhwani 2015 festival of music. Tickets: $22 When: June 5, 6.30pm, 7.30pm; June 6, 10am, 11.15am, 6 7.30pm Where: Singapore Civil Service Club,
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    • 44 21 EXHIBITION The PC Show 2015 IT and consumer electronics exhibition showcasing the latest technology. Free admission. When: Till June 7, noon to 9pm Where: Singapore Expo, Halls 5 6, 1 Expo Drive Contact: 6403-2160 or log on to www.thepcshow.com.sg
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    • Article, Illustration
      179 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Which Greek letter denotes the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter? a) Pi b) Alpha c) Beta 2. Which country is the largest producer of pineapple? a) Austria b) Canada c) Thailand 3. What is the shape of the lunar orbit? a)
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 535 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries This may not be the right time to make major decisions. You may need to sacrifice some of your comforts. A patient and hopeful mindset will lead you to success. Taurus Flexibility in all your dealings will help you see better results. A hectic work
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 298 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 After-shave powder 5 Drop down? 9 Asian caregivers 14 Chocolate cookie 15 Super server 16 Commonplace 17 Liar of note 19 Pest-control brand 20 Blue 21 and sat down beside 22 Straightening up 24 Goods 26 Hollywood agt. 27 Checks copy 29 Pairs 34 Eyeglasses, informally 35
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    • 45 21 SUDOKU The objectiveis 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 uniquedigits going across and down over the large grid. G For solutions, turn to the next page.
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  • SPORTS
    • 966 23  -  Will they remain as mere advisers or play an active role? star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg THERE is much euphoria over the appointment of a Cricket Advisory Council in Indian cricket. It is understandable because it is that kind of news even if sometimes the
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