Tabla, 31 July 2015

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  • 23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MCI (P) 025/11/2014 S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015
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  • 1187 1  -  Her faux pas on Koffee With Karan made Alia Bhatt an Internet meme. But the spunky 22-year-old actress has turned that around and is ahead of her contemporaries KARISHMA UPADHYAY in Mumbai tabla@sph.com.sg AFTER being the “breakout star” of 2014, Alia Bhatt has been fairly quiet this
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    • 93 1 Available at most sundry stores Mustafa WALKING IN PM’S SHOES PAGE 4 INDIA MOURNS ‘PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT’ PAGE 3 MARWARIS, MARATHIS AT tabla! TEA PAGE 6 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep for $24 a year. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg View us at www.tabla.com.sg 2 h SfcarHub ZEE TV Every
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    • 5 1 GOODBYE, DULEEP TROPHY PAGE 23
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minute 3
      • 112 2 A STATE-OF-THE-ART police station will be set up to beef up security at the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala. Chief minister Oommen Chandy said the police station, which will have equipment worth Rs85 lakhs and 196 personnel, was given the nod by the Kerala
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      • 84 2 THE Chennai Corporation launched a two-week diarrhoea prevention campaign on July 27 for children below five. During the first week, an oral rehydration salt solution will be distributed to all households with children aged below five. During the second week, officials from the corporation
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      • 81 2 MANGALURU International Airport has joined a select band of airports in India to offer free Wi-Fi to passengers. This will allow them to have quick and easy access to e-mail, social networks and entertainment content. The service will be free for only 30 minutes and
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      • 94 2 THE Left Front government in Tripura announced monthly allowances for female domestic workers, transgenders, leprosy and AIDS patients, and anganwadi workers on July 28. Said Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar: “In today’s (July 28) Cabinet meeting, we decided to extend allowances ranging
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      • 91 2 AMID demands by some opposition parties for the release of the data of the caste census, the government on July 28 said there were over 1.4 crore errors and called upon the states to rectify them. A union home ministry release said
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      • 125 2 THERE has been increasing use of online platforms for visa processing, according to an internal consumer study done by travel company Thomas Cook India. Bengaluru led the market for online visa applications contributing to 22 per cent, followed by Mumbai and Delhi, said a release
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      • 101 2 PRESIDENT Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a new AYUSH Wellness Clinic and a restored clock tower (above) at his estate in New Delhi to mark the completion of his third year of presidency. Speaking at the inauguration of the AYUSH Wellness Clinic, he said that in
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      • 107 2 THE Traffic Police and the Regional Transport Authority in Bengaluru are being labelled as the biggest rent defaulters for failing to pay rent to civic body Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) despite numerous notices. BBMP will be issuing final notices and has threatened to seize
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      • 100 2 AN INITIATIVE called Car Free Thursdays aimed at drastically reducing vehicle congestion and pollution and helping employees save fuel expenses, will be launched on Aug 6 in Telangana. It is being organised by Hyderabad Software Exporters Association, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation
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      • 81 2 The Rajasthan government approved investment proposals worth Rs1.56 lakh crores in the solar power sector on July 28. The proposals were approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Vasundhara Raje. He said four companies signed agreements for solar energy production under the Rajasthan
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    • 874 3 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam remembered as one of India’s leading scientists and the “people’s president” INDIA’S 11th president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam died on the evening of July 27 after collapsing during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong, in Meghalaya. He had been
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 522 4  -  Long-time volunteer is first female prime minister for mock Parliament organised for students BHAVNA VASNANI bhavnav@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE received its first female prime minister last week, as Ms M. Premikha was selected for the role in the 4th Singapore Model Parliament (SMP). Organised by REACH Singapore and
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    • 389 5  -  Indian national one of several Good Samaritans who rushed to help South Korean man pinned under truck AMRITA KAUR amritak@sph.com.sg SOFTWARE engineer Asif Iqbal was heading out for lunch at 11.50am on July 23 near his workplace at Hyflux Innovation Centre on
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    • 546 6  -  Marathi and Marwari community leaders discuss how various Indian communities can come together during tea with tabla! BHAVNA VASNANI bhavnav@sph.com.sg THE latest instalment of tea with tabla! saw the tabla! team meeting spokespersons from the Marathi and Marwari communities in Singapore. The two communities gathered at Tandoor
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    • 903 7  -  Dr Aneez Ahmed is the first local thoracic surgeon to use robot arms AMRITA KAUR amritak@sph.com.sg IT TOOK Madam Woo Quai Kuen three days to be discharged after Dr Aneez Ahmed removed a lump in her lung in a
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    • 578 8  -  Prize money of £12,000 will help fund her master’s degree in Scotland AMRITA KAUR amritak@sph.com.sg SHE wanted to pursue her master’s at a university in Scotland. The university required certification of her English proficiency so Ms Prethika Nair took the
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    • 402 8  -  VEL MURUGAN tabla@sph.com.sg A CROWD of 1,200 people flocked to a health fair where they were given free medical check-ups on July 26. The Health Medical Fair was jointly organised by the Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) and local radio station Oli 96.8FM. Among the more
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      • 112 12 / 13 POSB has launched a scheme which will provide 100,000 commuters with unlimited free travel on the MRT, LRT and buses every Friday until the end of the year. Fare Free Friday aims to get more POSB customers who hold debit or credit cards that double
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      • 122 12 / 13 A SINGAPOREAN man who wanted to travel to the Middle East to fight with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been detained under the Internal Security Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on July 28. Mustafa Sultan Ali, 51, is
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      • 125 12 / 13 ON THE go and your battery is low? By the end of this year, this will not be so much of a problem as 200 free mobile charging stations will be available islandwide. The initiative by Singapore Power is a gift for SG50 presented
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      • 125 12 / 13 THE Australian dollar fell below the Singapore dollar on July 27 for the first time since the global financial crisis in 2009. Softer commodity prices around the world, the rising US dollar and the uncertainty over China which is a key export market continued to
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    • 414 12 / 13 TALK that the general election might be held in September has gathered pace, with the boundaries report out on July 24 and voter rolls now open for public inspection. The date most cited and already spreading like wildfire in text messages and on social
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    • 257 12 / 13 Deepanraj Fun at Sentosa... close to 5,000 people, comprising citizens and Permanent Residents of Indian origin, gathered at Sentosa’s Palawan Beach on July 26 for a carnival. They were joined by members of other races who came to participate in the various activities. The guest of honour
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    • 263 12 / 13 MOTHERS who are not married could, in the future, get the same benefits as those who are. The Government is reviewing some of the differences in benefits, such as unwed mothers getting eight weeks of paid maternity leave while married mothers get 16 weeks,
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    • 208 12 / 13 WEDDING bells rang loud last year with a record 28,407 marriages registered, figures released by the Department of Statistics on July 29 showed. In absolute numbers, it is the highest in more than three decades likely a result of Singapore’s growing population. When calculated as
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    • 325 12 / 13 PUNE-BASED architect Professor Christopher Benninger was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2nd BERG Real Estate Awards in Singapore on July 24. Hosted by Singapore-based Business Excellence Research Group (BERG), the awards also recognised the contributions of many developers, architects and interior designers from
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    • 376 15 “A few hours later, we texted each other and I asked how mum and baby were doing. We’re very happy that both of them are doing fine.” Madam Reena, who helped deliver a baby on the way to Singapore General Hospital, after her husband Mr Syed Zukarnain
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    • 192 15 3,546 Number of bankrupts discharged in Singapore last year, a 37 per cent increase from the 2,584 in 2013 51,598.21 sq ft Size of the Baahubali poster created for the movie’s audio launch in Kochi on June 27, making it into the Guinness World Records for the world’s
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  • 732 9 The IB Diploma Programme at GIIS in Singapore is one of the most sought-after choices among students and parents THE International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is gaining momentum worldwide. The two-year programme for Junior College students provides balanced academic exposure, lays the foundation for
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  • EDUCATION
    • 416 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) V. PAVANI, Class 9 IGCSE “EA R T H p
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 219 10  -  KOUSHANI KUNDU SNEHA KRISHNA KUMAR, Class 9 IGCSE ON MAY 28, the Department of Computer Science held a Treasure Hunt for Classes 8 and 9 that proved to be a challenging test of our tech skills as well as teamwork. Consisting of four rounds, it was conducted
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      • Article, Illustration
        195 10  -  ABHIRAJ MENEZES, Class 3C WHEN I learnt that we’d be celebrating Father’s Day on June 5, which was also the last day before our semester break, I was thrilled. It was a chance for me and my friends to show our love and respect for our fathers
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  • 938 11  -  Part-time tuition teacher drawn to range of modules in psychology course offered at MDIS AMRITA KAUR amritak@sph.com.sg WHEN Ms Shirindev Kaur was 17, she made a rash decision after her O levels to study Perfumery and Cosmetic Science at a local
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  • TRAVEL
    • 433 14  -  There’s more to the island than its beach resorts NISHAL RAMPERSADH rnishal@sph.com.sg WITH its private sandy beaches, tall coconut trees, exquisite seafood and water sports activities, Bintan Resorts is a tourist-friend-ly destination. But there are new tours and attractions beyond the island’s resorts and I returned to
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    • 88 14 Located south of Bintan Island, the charming Malay fishing village of Penyengat Island truly reflects Bintan as a place of culture and history Visit this 18 th century village or discover the 100-year-old Banyan Tree Temple in nearby Senggarang. BINTAN RESORTS ESCAPE UNWIND DISCOVER i--V V I y< t a?
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 489 18 Newcomer Keerthy discusses her acting debut and how her ability to speak Tamil is a blessing Indo-Asian News Service ACTRESS Keerthy Suresh (left) says her competition is with herself as she believes actors cannot be compared because there’s something different about each of them. “I’d like to
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    • 344 18 THE world knows her as the voice of Sri Devi in the unforgettable number Hawa-hawaii in Mr India. Others recognise her melodious voice in the impassioned 1942: A Love Story. But in a performance that is not often seen outside India, multi-platinum, multiple Filmfare award-winning
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      • 209 19 ACTRESS Athiya Shetty (right), who is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Nikhil Advani’s directorial Hero, says she feels “blessed” with the response to the film’s trailer. “I’m super excited. Touch wood. I feel blessed that we got such good reviews.
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      • 286 19 ACTOR Allari Naresh (left), who is considered one of the best comedians in Telugu filmdom, says comedy comes so naturally to him that he doesn’t have to put in extra effort to make it work. “Comedy comes naturally to me. I’m at ease when
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      • 250 19 ACTRESS Shraddha Kapoor’s soothing voice in songs like Galliyan and the recent Bezubaan Phir Se has been well received by listeners and she now hopes to please talented musical trio Shankar-Eh-saan-Loy with her singing skills in Rock On 2. “I just enjoy
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      • 183 19 UNFREEDOM actress Preeti Gupta (right) has collaborated with a premium corporate training company to create awareness about gender equality at workplaces. Along with corporate training company Inner Katha, Preeti is conducting workshops to raise awareness about gender diversity and challenges faced
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  • RELAX
    • 459 20 Indo-Asian News Service LACK of resources and advanced technology in north-east India notwithstanding, National Award-winning film-maker Manju Borah has been able to survive in the film industry for almost two decades. She credits it to her choice of themes, which are deeply rooted in the
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    • 435 21 PROJECT BHAKTI A programme by youths for youths. Educational, fun and interactive classes based on Hindu values for five- to 12-year-olds. Conducted in English. Course fee: $30 per child (all materials will be provided). Registration dates: Aug 2 and Aug 16 Where: Various temples Contact: 9694-8500 or log
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    • 37 21 CONCERT Ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas (left) live in Singapore. Tickets: $218, $168, $128, $98, $78, $58 $48 When: Aug 2, 6.30pm Where: Esplanade Concert Hall Contact: 6348-5555 or log on to www.sistic.com
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    • Article, Illustration
      180 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. What is the shape of DNA known as? a) Double helix b) Single helix c) Triple helix 2. Which continent is known as “the Last Frontier”? a) Asia b) Australia c) Africa 3. Galapagos is a species of which of these birds? a) Eagle b) Penguin
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 296 20 FUTURE SPEAKS Aries It would be wise to watch your words and try to control your anger while communicating with your loved one. Overseas trips or relocating to a foreign land may be possible. Taurus The status and reputation of those involved in teaching, accounts and commerce, insurance, communication and
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    • 208 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3pm LIFE OK: Heyy Babyy 7pm ZEE CINEMA: Mohra 8.35pm STAR GOLD: Dil Hai Tumhara 9pm VTV: Iru Kodugal 9.30pm VASANTHAM: Chinnavar saturday 11am COLORS: Indra The Tiger Noon ZEE TV: Chennai vs China 12.30pm STAR PLUS: Shaadi Ke Side Effects 1pm VASANTHAM: Kathalikka Neramillai 3pm ZEE
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    • 56 21 Double your reach brand visibility by leveraging the Double Celebrations in August! Ride on these two Special Features in tabla! 7 August 2015 Singapore National Day Special Singapore National Day 14 August 2015 India Independence Day Special To book your ad space: A If Shan 9692 5861 If if Kalwant
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 312 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 It may be rigged 5 Like some humour 10 Three of a kind 14 “May I get you anything 15 Slow tempo 16 Chicken part 17 Roll the dice 20 Napkin’s place 21 Aces, sometimes 22 Follow on the heels of 23 Idylls Of The King character
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    • 46 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. GFor solutions, turn to the next page.
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  • 185 22 Indo-Asian News Service WEARING the right colour and the right style with the perfect blue denim is a must. Blue denim can be paired with a crisp sky blue shirt and also with a white collared shirt like Ranbir Kapoor (left), says an
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 27 22 crossword sudoku SOLUTIONS quiz 1. Double helix 2. Australia 3. Penguin 4. Hovercraft 5. Apple 6. Novak Djokovic 7. Helen Keller 8. Minions 9. Beta 10. Mars
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  • SPORTS
    • 813 23  -  Why having one fewer domestic competition may not be a bad thing star column HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg THERE will be no Duleep Trophy this year and, in spite of the BCCI’s reassurances on its future, I am not sure it is such a bad thing. I have
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    • 295 24 Sikh community event also fetes national football players THE Central Sikh Gurdwara held a football event on July 26 to commemorate the 159th death anniversary of soldier-saint Bhai Maharaj Singh. The Bhai Maharaj Inter Gurdwara Soccer Tournament 2015 saw more than 60 teams participating in six different
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    • 110 23 Indoor Cricket League Indoor court cricket came alive at Turf City recently with two leagues currently running on an international standard pitch. This column will focus on results and star performers on a weekly basis. You too can contribute by sending us your photographs via email or posting it on
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    • 79 24 Presenting Sponsor: ©SBI STATE BANK OF INDIA Organsied by: IA ND 6s CRICKET SINGAPORE INDIAN ASSOCIATION Date: August 8 to 10 Venue: Balestier Grounds Time: 8am 6pm (All matches) August 8: Under 16 matches August 9: Open Category matches August 10: League of Nations Challenge Don't Miss The Main Attraction!
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