Tabla, 19 June 2015

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SjSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JUNE 19,2015 MCI (P) 025/11/2014
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  • Article, Illustration
    1391 1  -  Singapore joins several other countries in celebrating the first-ever International Day of Yoga on June 21 BHAVNA VASNANI bhavnav@sph.com.sg THIS year, the longest day of the year is going to be different. Across the globe you will see people stretched out on mats performing yoga. he United Nations,
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 102 2 DESPITE a rebuke from chief justice Manjula Chellur, the Bar Association passed a resolution for a three-day cessation of work from June 10, citing excessive heat. Though courts remained open and judges were present, the majority of the lawyers did not turn up,
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      • 111 2 ANAND district in Gujarat will soon be home to India’s first farmer-run solar co-operatives. The district is known as India’s Milk Capital following a project launched in 1970 which made dairy farming the most self-sustainable option for farmers in the rural areas. The International Water
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      • 107 2 AN INTERNATIONAL study released on June 16 indicated that air pollution from respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) could be the cause of 10,000 to 30,000 premature deaths in Delhi a year. The study showed that most of these deaths were due
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      • 129 2 FOURTEEN bikers from Chennai who were caught speeding at the entrance to Mahabalipuram town were taken to the nearby police station and detained for nine hours. During this time, they were questioned and made to strip so that the police could note down the
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      • 94 2 A STUDY commissioned by multinational electronics company LG, called LG Life’s Good Happiness Study, has found that Chandigarh is India’s “Happiest City” while Delhi is the country’s “Happiest Metro”. The study revealed that happiness is the most important aspect of life for people
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      • 101 2 EIGHT players of the British rugby team Harlequins F.C. are on a four-day visit to Kolkata. Their aim is to teach children from the Future Hope School and Jungle Crows Foundation techniques of the sport (above). The players also took walks in
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      • 95 2 THE ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises launched an online portal on June 15 to create job opportunities for skilled workers in the sector and also to help the industry find such manpower. The portal, www.eex.dcsmse.gov.in, would help the industry cut down on
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      • 80 2 THE traffic police in Kanpur have launched a WhatsApp helpline so people in the city can send complaints of traffic rule violations, unauthorised parking, faulty traffic signals, misbehaviour and harassment by the traffic police and auto-taxi drivers. Besides providing suggestions to improve traffic
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      • 82 2 AS PART of its efforts to be free from open defecation, the Punjab government has built toilets for 33 lakh rural families, with a budget of Rs937 crores. A state government spokesman said the remaining 7.92 lakh families will have toilets built in the
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    • 351 3 Nek Chand, who created a masterpiece from waste, dies at age 90 Indo-Asian News Service NEK CHAND, famous for creating the well-vis-ited Rock Garden in Chandigarh, died on June 11. He started working as a road inspector in Chandigarh when the city itself was being built as
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    • 1307 4 Author Amitav Ghosh feels like he has conquered a mountain after completing the last book of his Ibis trilogy Indo-Asian News Service AMITAV Ghosh is back with his much-awaited Flood Of Fire, the last in the Ibis trilogy, where history and fiction interweave, spanning the years leading
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    • 134 6/7 Yoga Teacher’s training Adult religious Teacher’s training Elderly Care Volunteers 1 Balaguruhulam Children's Sunday class Learn Vedic yoga combining Asanas knowledge to serve the Singapore society Open House on 11 th July 2015 Hindu Centre Learn the shastra's teach Singapore hindu's the values of Sanatana Dharma Open House on 4
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    • 6 6/7 INDIA LEADS THE WAY: PAGE 8
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    • 72 6/7 Supported By Organized By Digital Partner sambaash HIGH COMMISSION ttffl OF INDIA iwn liTfOjooi cr; SINGAPORE International Day of YOGA JUNE 21 8am to 8pm ION Orchard The Star Vista JCube -I \i sr i s>' ri Sponsored By x DBS FREE Holistic Yoga workshops 5 minute practices for Health,
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  • NEWS
    • 522 8 Mass events, TV special among the yoga celebrations in store WITH Indian prime minister Narendra Modi having lobbied for an International Day of Yoga, all eyes will be on India to lead the celebrations on June 21. Director of the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga
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    • 122 8 VycisafvOGfl Singapore 7><iamotUf Yoga Way of Life Any Body Cow Bn Yoga. Ha Age Ban. He Ptetequwite. Make A Yoga Resolution on International Day of Yoga! Where you get all under one roof from World’s leading Yoga School: Yoga Instructors’ Training Yoga Therapy Sessions on one on one basis for
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 537 9  -  He was one of 50 students selected for the inaugural UBS Youth Finance Academy BHAVNA VASNANI bhavnav@sph.com.sg SUITS may be a US TV show focused on lawyers but for Raffles Institution (RI) student Hari Narayan Kope, a section of the show that dealt with investment banking
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    • 382 12/13 NATIONAL water agency PUB, in order to keep abreast of Singapore’s water needs and the challenges of climate change, is looking into the technical and economic feasibility of using underground space for water drainage and storage. It announced on June 16 a two-year-long study to look
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    • 192 12/13 DIABETES is spiking, if the number of patients seeking treatment at the National Healthcare Group (NHG) is any indication. NHG also says that the problem is worse for Malays and Indians, who are also not managing their condition as well as their Chinese counterparts. The number of
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    • singapore snippets
      • 111 12/13 THERE could be fewer days of rain for the rest of this month, compared to the first half. Short-duration thundery showers are expected on three to five days in the afternoon. Thundery showers with gusty winds are also expected on a couple of days, mostly in
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      • 99 12/13 VETERAN Oli deejay Bamah Balakrishnan (below right) who ruled the airwaves and the hearts of listeners has died. Bamah, 59, who suffered a heart attack, was with MediaCorp’s Indian radio station, Oli 96.8FM, for 39 years and was well known among the Indian community. She produced numerous
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    • 159 12/13 Tampines had its first street light-up in Tampines Central 5 on June 14, as part of Hari Raya celebrations in the area. The light-up coincided with the launch of a Hari Raya Bazaar at the field next to Tampines MRT station, as well as that of
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    • 240 12/13 JOYALUKKAS is calling it The Joyalukkas Summer Promotion Drive Your Dream. It is the jewellery retail chain’s summer promotion where shoppers stand a chance to win an Audi car and up to 3kg of gold. The promotion has been simultaneously launched
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    • 127 12/13 New JBWoodlands train service A NEW shuttle train service plying between Woodlands and Johor Baru (JB) Sentral will start on July 1. Malaysian rail operator Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) will operate the service called Shuttle Tebrau. There will be 14 trips daily: Seven from JB Sentral Station and seven from
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    • 166 15 $9.7 million Revamp for Tuas Checkpoint from next year 6,219km Distance across 24 states that a businessman from Patiala cycled to raise awareness of the need to save and educate girls in India 4,500 Foreign workers sought help from the Ministry of Manpower to resolve salary disputes last
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    • 460 15 “Diabetes is an escalating problem in India and has major socio-economic dimensions. Rapid dietary changes coupled with decreased level of physical activity have resulted in increasing obesity and diabetes in rural and semi-urban areas.” Endocrinologist and chairman of Fortis-CDOC for diabetes and allied sciences Dr Anoop Misra
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  • EDUCATION
    • 420 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) AMISH I BAG ATI, Class 9 IGCSE THE
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 268 10  -  NITIN GANESH, Class 5D THIS year’s Spellathon competition comprised all the students of Classes 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the preliminary round, of whom the top 40 scorers from Group A (Class 4 and 5) and 31 from Group B (Class 6 and 7) made their
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      • 168 10  -  AKSHITA S. SINGH, Class 2A ON MAY 8, we celebrated Mother’s Day in school and enjoyed letting our mothers know about their special place in our hearts. My friend Harshita welcomed all the mothers to our class with a beautiful welcome speech. My classmate Dhairya recited
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    • 52 10 TIP OF THE WEEK S^NDA Singapore Indian Development Association 1800-295-4554 www.sinda.org.sg 1 If you have difficulty expressing your ideas to your parents, don't resort to arguing. Easy and positive conversation always helps.Take the time and have the patience to make them understand your points of view. ikj facebook.com/mysinda from DPS
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  • 745 11  -  Overseas exposure in mass communications course at MDIS is a plus in magazine writer’s job AMRITA KAUR amritak@sph.com.sg HE DISCOVERED his passion for writing in the most unexpected of times during his National Service. Explained 28-year-old Prem Neshvin: “During my National Service, my commanding
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  • OPINION
    • 700 14  -  community matters DR N.VARAPRASAD DURING the week following the passing of Singapore’s first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew on March 23, we witnessed a great outpouring of grief from Singaporeans and even foreigners. To recall those days of sadness, one has only to revisit
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    • 69 14 JBS Ayurvedic Healthcare Centre 60 Rangoon Road Singapore 21 8350 (Opp. Farrer Park MRT Exit-B) Daily: 9am-9pm S AYURVEDA v NASYAM Nasal cleaning by the application of oils or powders. The nostrils are considered the doorway to the brain and nasal application of oils is helpful in managing symptoms associated
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    • 138 14 <©> THIRD-EYE AWAKENING IN ACTION! The powers oftheAjna Chakra have been mentioned in secret traditions all over the world, but for the first time in SINGAPORE See LIVE demonstration of BLIND FOLD READING Amazing proof of third-eye awakening! Watch webinar revealing third-eye secrets by enlightened Master Paramahamsa Nithyananda named among
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 695 16 Hollywood quality on limited budget will be an achievement, says Baahubali’s director Indo-Asian News Service FILM-MAKER S.S. Rajamouli (below right), who is awaiting the release of his highly-anticipated multilingual film Baahubali, believes it will be an achievement if Indian cinema can produce Hollywood-quality content
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    • 304 16 Indo-Asian News Service HE COMES from a noted film family and may be a star down south, but Rana Daggubati (below) says his innings in the Hindi film world has not turned out to be exceptionally great. So the tall and handsome
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    • 735 17 From behind the micto facing the camera Indo-Asian News Service AFTER hitting the right notes with audiences, Bollywood singers like Sonu Nigam, Lucky Ali and Himesh Reshammiya decided to give their careers new direction by taking the plunge into acting. Though many of them got their fingers
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  • SPORTS
    • 1188 18/19  -  They make their mark in netball, floorball, squash, hockey and football at this year’s competition SURESH NAIR tabla@sph.com.sg WHEN Veronica Shanti Pereira sprinted past the tape in the 200m SEA Games women’s final, she instantly fired the spirits of thousands of Singaporeans. The 18-year-old raised
      PHOTOS: THE STRAITS TIMES, COURTESY OF VIGNESA PASUPATHY  -  1,188 words
    • 899 23  -  While the Dhaka game was sporadic, the decision-making around it evoked greater interest star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg YOU could try your luck against the Bangladesh bowlers in Dhaka but you have no chance when the monsoon decides the time has come! You can’t complain about it because
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  • RELAX
    • 395 20 IT’S not just work that binds Ms Malarvilli K. Arumugam and Ms Vasanthi Ghiri together. The two women, who have been colleagues at the Ministry of Law for 17 years, are also exercise buddies who believe in eating healthily. “We enjoy running and
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    • 442 21 EXHIBITION G Salaam India Indian exhibition and sale. Free admission. When: Till June 21, 10am to 10pm Where: Hall 4A, Singapore Expo Contact: 9790-3636 G Dance India, Taste India from attire and artefacts at Lavanya, to music and dance performances by Temple of Fine Arts (TFA), to a
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    • 30 21 DANCE Nritya Rang: Expressions Of Kathak by Ponnama Devaiah (right). Tickets: $25 When: June 19, 8pm Where: Esplanade Theatre Studio Contact: Log on to www.esplanade.com
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    • Article, Illustration
      191 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. The earliest form of which of these was described in the Arabic writings of 9th century AD? a) Sawmill b) Windmill c) Rifle 2. In England, one stone is equal to a) 14 pounds b) 10 pounds c) 11 pounds 3. Which of these walnuts is
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 523 20 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries You believe in hard work, not luck. You will get a bonus for your efforts. You will be in a comfortable economic position and be able to fulfil your commitments. Taurus Think hard before initiating any action to avoid bad results. You also need to be careful
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 284 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 And so forth 4 Blue-ribbon position 9 Flat-topped flower cluster 14 “Bingo!” 15 Chilling 16 Ankle bones 17 Drilling apparatus 18 Open to bribery 19 About to explode 20 Novel delays? 23 Stress, in a way 24 Took five 27 Greek sandwich 28 Discontinue 31 Unit of
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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 uniquedigits going across and down over the large grid. G For solutions, turn to the next page.
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  • 256 22 Indo-Asian News Service IT WAS a dream come true for child actors Ramesh Thilaganathan and Vignesh from national award-winning Tamil drama Kaaka Muttai to meet their cricketing idol M.S. Dhoni. “It was super meeting Dhoni sir. He was very friendly
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    • 137 22 Are you a PR owning HDB in Singapore? If you are a PR owning a HDB and are under transfer to other countries, you may be in a fix. As per rules PRs cannot rent out whole unit. Nor can you rent out individual rooms while staying abroad. If you
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 28 22 SOLUTIONS quiz 1. Windmill 2. 14 pounds 3. Persian 4. Venus 5. Giant panda 6. India 7. The jack 8. Carcinogenic 9. Tear gas 10. Anode sudoku crossword
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