Tabla, 1 July 2016

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  • 22 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SjSl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, JULY 1,2016 MCI (P) 017/11/2015
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    • 139 1 PRISON KIDS’ GUARDIAN ANGEL PAGE 4 <* Amket Jagtap v c A d c Class of 2015 T t A K b OF LIFELONG LEARNING 5^ MK^N Mr* r ygm IS TO DESIGN A BETTER WORLD THROUGH INNOVATION 5 Plug into success at MDIS School of Technology. Keep pace with
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    • 53 1 RBI CHIEF’S RESIGNATION AN “AVOIDABLE LOSS” PAGE 6 Next-gen superstars Nivin Pauly (left) and Jayam Ravi (right) are among the stars in Singapore for second day of South Indian International Movie Awards REPORTS ON PAGES 12 13 Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg. Catch us
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    • 19 1 AXE BRAND UNIVERSAL OIL Available at all major pharmacies and medical halls CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA PAGES8 &9
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    • 8 1 HOCKEY: INDIA SET FOR OLYMPIC SUCCESS? PAGE 23
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  • INDIA
    • India in 2 minutes
      • 103 2 THE School of Tropical Medicine’s cord blood bank the country’s first government-run stem cell preservation centre has opened in Kolkata. An official release said the umbilical cord blood of newborns that contains stem cells can be stored in the bank. “The preserved stem
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      • 94 2 THE Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in West Bengal’s Darjeeling will soon welcome a two-year-old male snow leopard named Makalu (right) from Dudley Zoological Gardens (DZG) in Britain. The Indian zoo currently has eight female and one male snow leopards. Named after
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      • 98 2 KORAPUT’S district administration will hand a Rs1,500 cash reward to anyone who brings a pregnant woman to the hospital at the time of her delivery. The officials believe that this will see an increase in the rate of babies delivered in
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      • 98 2 A 52-YEAR-OLD woman with a severely damaged heart valve has successfully undergone surgery to receive an implant of a cow’s pericardial valve at Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital in Mumbai. Amita Patki was diagnosed with aortic aneurysm an enlargement of the aorta. An
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      • 156 2 A SENIOR US senator has asked the Obama Administration to stop issuing immigrant and non-immigrant visas to citizens from 23 countries, including India and China. He alleged they were non-cooperative in taking back illegal immigrants from the US, reported the Times
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      • 121 2 THE Central Jail authorities in Agra have started working on a plan to tap solar power, in a bid to ensure uninterrupted supply and conserve energy. The money saved on the electricity bills will be used to make improvements in the prison. A
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      • 91 2 THE Agra Development Authority has started work on a plan to develop the area under Shastripuram residential scheme into a model city. It will focus on developing a proper sewerage system, ensuring enough water supply, improving roads and beautifying 80 parks
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      • 109 2 MANIPUR will not receive newspapers or news magazines for a month as the sole agent in the state was forced to shut its shops by the Kangleipak Students’ Association (KSA). The agent, P.C. Jain and Company, was found
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      • 121 2 THE grand rituals (below) for the wedding of Mysuru’s prince Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraj began on June 24 at the Ambi Vilas Palace in Mysuru amid chanting of Vedic hymns and invocation of the Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari. The 23-year-old tied the knot with MsTrishika Kumari Singh during
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    • 546 4 Niroja Laxmi Mohapatra runs a hostel in Odisha that helps provide a better life for prison kids Indo-Asian News Service To the children of prison inmates in Odisha, she’s a friend, philosopher and guide.. Niroja Laxmi Mohapatra, 42, works tirelessly to help them
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  • NEWS
    • 974 6  -  RBI chief to quit. Professionals here give their take S.N. VENKAT tabla@sph.com.sg S.N.Venkat is an adjunct faculty member at Singapore Management University. He would like to add, as full disclosure, that he was a contemporary of Dr Raghuram Rajan in IIT Delhi, but met him only
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 417 8 / 9 Singapore celebrates second International Day of Yoga More than 200 people turned up at the Civil Service Club on Tessensohn Road on June 21 for an event to commemorate the United Nations-declared International Day ofYoga (IDY). The Singapore event was celebrated by Vyasa Yoga Singapore and
      PHOTOS: VYASA YOGA SINGAPORE, THE STRAITS TIMES, HIGH COMMISSION OF INDIA  -  417 words
    • 303 8 / 9 YOGA therapist Uttam Muktan, 30, received a certificate from Guinness World Records on the eve of International Yoga Day for performing yoga continuously for 50 hours 15 minutes. The Nepali yoga instructor had demonstrated more than 1,000 striking body postures in Kathmandu last December, reported
      PHOTO: IANS  -  303 words
    • 871 12 / 13 Jayam Ravi and Nivin Pauly are among stars in Singapore for second day of South Indian International Movie Awards RAVI Mohan, better known by his stage name Jayam Ravi, is one of the most sought-after stars in Kollywood, after the success of Tamil action thriller Thani Oruvan last
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    • 337 12 / 13 Tamil: Hansika Motwani, Anirudh Ravichander, Vikram, Nayantara, Sivakarthikeyan, Jayam Ravi, Keerthy Suresh Malayalam: Nivin Pauly, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Huma Qureshi, Sai Pallavi, Parvathy Menon When: June 30 July 1, 7pm Tickets on sale at Sistic between $45 and $325. Local promoters Tamil
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    • 463 12 / 13  -  Jayam Ravi loves to watch English and Spanish teams in action P. BALASUBARAMANIAM in Chennai ➥pbala@sph.com.sg P. Balasubaramaniam is a journalist with Tamil Murasu JAYAM Ravi is hopeful of landing an award for his lead role in the movie Thani Oruvan. It has been a fruitful
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    • 485 14 / 15 NINE in 10 teenage boys here have watched or read sexually explicit materials within the past year, a survey has found. In contrast, only 8 per cent of girls admitted to viewing pornography last year, either intentionally or by accident. Conducted by
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    • 134 14 / 15 A CHARIOT festival at Hougang Stadium on June 26 drew about thousands of people. Called Jagannatha Ratha Yatra, it was organised by Sri Krishna Mandir, the official Hare Krishna temple in Singapore. Mr Lee Hong Chuang, adviser to Hougang Grassroots Organisations, was the guest of honour.
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    • 293 14 / 15 THE National Environment Agency (NEA) has introduced bands and descriptors for onehour concentration readings of fine particles called PM2.5 to help the public make sense of the readings and plan their immediate activities. While the agency has been publishing such one-hour readings since
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    • 367 14 / 15 Bloomberg WITHIN weeks of India easing its aviation rules, Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) local venture is charting a course to take on carriers from the Middle East. It is counting on a surge in international traffic from the world’s fastest-growing major air-travel market. Vistara,
      Bloomberg  -  367 words
    • 164 14 / 15 JEWELLERY retail chain Joyalukkas opened its second showroom at the Lulu Hypermarket located at Capsquare Mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 24. Prime Minister Najib Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor inaugurated the event, which her husband also attended. Also in attendance were Mr
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    • Singapore snippets
      • 110 14 / 15 MORE smartphone users, not just those using Apple and Samsung devices, can now tap their phones at retail stores to pay for goods and services. This comes with the launch of Android Pay, Google’s mobile payment and digital wallet service. Android Pay
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      • 132 14 / 15 ELIGIBLE Singaporeans can now use automated kiosks at 47 airports in the US to clear immigration and customs more quickly, under a bilateral initiative launched on June 27. Under the United States of America-Singapore Trusted Traveller Programme, eligible US passportholders can also apply
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      • 161 14 / 15 HIS stirring story of overcoming personal adversity was once flagged as an inspiration to others. But June 27 marked the beginning of a dark chapter as national paraathlete Adam Kamis was jailed 38 months for vice-related offences and recruiting a child for sexual
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      • 164 14 / 15 Ever since Jover Chew and his four associates were jailed in November last year for cheating customers at their Sim Lim Square store, Air Mobile, the police have not seen any more cheating cases at Sim Lim Square, Lucky Plaza or
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      • 108 14 / 15 A PLUM River Valley site is set to sell for what is believed to be a record price for a Government Land Sales (GLS) residential plot outside of Sentosa Cove. The Martin Place site in District 9 drew 13 bidders, 10 of them
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      • 109 14 / 15 SINGAPORE’S younger adults rank highly in numeracy, literacy and problem-solving skills, a major international study has found, but the older generation lags considerably behind. While this reflects the progress in education and training over the decades here, this “skills gap” also highlights that
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    • 501 16 “Data science is being touted as the hottest career option in the 21st century. In India, companies are scrambling to hire data scientists, sending the demand and salaries soaring.” SAS India’s managing director Noshin Kagalwalla. SAS India, a business analytics software and services company, announced the launch
      PHOTOS: THE NEW PAPER, IANS  -  501 words
    • 202 16 2.5 lakhs Number of applications the University of Delhi received for its undergraduate courses this year, a sharp decline of 40,000 from last year 5th Singapore’s rank on the global list for attracting female entrepreneurs, according to a study by US technology giant Dell and market research firm
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  • EDUCATION
    • 482 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) LAVANYA HARIDAS, Grade 10 ICSE THE SST (Social Studies) Week celebrated
      PHOTOS: DPSIS  -  482 words
    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • Article, Illustration
        246 10  -  RISHABH ALEXANDER JOHN, Grade 10 IGCSE THIS year the Inter-House Football Tournament was scheduled on May 31. We follow a league system where all four Houses play one another and the top two on the points table progress to the finals. The Student Council members were the match
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        245 10  -  VRIDDHI URS, Grade 12 ISC ON MAY 31, the senior InterHouse Basketball Tournament was organised in the league format, with each House playing against the other three. The first match between Glacier and Lake was won by the latter, while Spring emerged the winner in the next one.
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    • 355 11 Google India’s Internet Saathi initiative helps rural women go online Indo-Asian News Service Ms Kamlesh Kumari, 25, of Sirmathura village in Rajasthan, is deeply engrossed with her tablet, searching for healthcare tips while her four-month-old daughter sleeps on her lap. Ms Kamlesh has studied only up
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS  -  355 words
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    • 244 17 Esplanade Mi Presents Raga 9 w, m m ‘Brink of Hope 1 < r\ r the Of by Shantha Ratii Initiatives(SRI) (Singapore) l 6 2 Jul 2016, Fri 6 Sat, 8pm Esplanade Theatre Studio Reconnect with nature through this dance theatre production. Inspired by the themes of abundance and deprivation,
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      • 103 18 SOUTH Indian actress Mrudula Murali (above) has been roped in as the leading lady inTigmanshu Dhulia’s Raag Desh, which also stars Sonam Kapoor’s cousin Mohit Marwah. “She will play the role of a reallife character in the period drama. The film
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      • 167 18 ACTRESS Kareena Kapoor Khan (below), who is preparing for her upcoming film Veere Di Wedding, is not keen to do many films at a same time. So what is she doing, apart from working on Rhea Kapoor’s and Ekta Kapoor’sVeere DiWedding, which
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      • 160 18 SANJAY Gupta (right) is in awe of his leading man Hrithik Roshan. The film-maker said working with the actor (below) in his movie Kaabil would be a blessing for any director. He said this during a live Twitter chat session. “He
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      • 133 18 ACTOR Allu Arjun (below), who is basking in the success of Sarrainodu, will next team up with director Harish Shankar for a yetuntitledTelugu thriller. “It’s after seven years that we are teaming up with Arjun. Director Harish has readied a
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      • 262 18 FILM-MAKER Anurag Kashyap was so impressed with debutante Sobhita Dhulipala (above, right) that he didn’t feel the need to test her again for Raman Raghav 2.0. Sobhita won the Miss Earth title in 2013 and was also featured on the popular Kingfisher
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      • 257 18 HE HAS a successful career as an actor, manager of a production house and owner of a football team. And for that reason, actor John Abraham (below), who is awaiting the release of actioner Dishoom, is not planning to expand his family at
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    • 715 19 Fawad Khan says it doesn’t matter if it is solo films or multi-starrers Indo-Asian News Service HE WAS already a popular name in India before his first Bollywood film Khoobsurat, thanks to his Pakistani show Zindagi Gulzar Hai. But after playing a solo lead in his debut
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS  -  715 words
    • LOOKING GOOD
      • 397 19  -  Dr Komathy Rajaratnam HAVE an acne problem? Best to get certain facts right before trying to fix it. Myth 1: Adults do not get acne False. A significant number of adults in their 30s and 40s still have it. Some have it for the first time
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  • RELAX
    • 386 20 Indo-Asian News Service VIBRANT coloured poufs and stools create space in your otherwise cluttered homes. Rather than investing in expensive armchairs and pulling out some unattractive folding metal seats, add light furniture to your pad. Poufs and stools add a touch of character to your
      Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS  -  386 words
    • 340 21 BLOOD DONATION Community blood donation drive organised by Singapore Sindhi Association. When: July 3, 9.30am to 3.30pm Where: Sindhu House, 795 Mountbatten Road Contact: 6338-3933 TALK Career talk for the Indian community on culinary competencies to meet demand from the Indian Restaurant sector and the F&B Industry in
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    • 50 21 DANCE Navodaya Brink of Hope is a unique dance theatre production that explores environmental degradation and climate change through the artistic voice of internationally acclaimed danseuse Shantha Ratii (right). Tickets: $25 When: July 1 2, 8pm Where: Esplanade Theatre Studio Contact: Log on to www.esplanade.com/raga
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    • Article, Illustration
      209 21  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1. Arabica and Robusta are varieties of which of these? a) Tea b) Apple c) Coffee 2. What is the study of flags called? a) Cytology b) Vexillology c) Ichthyology 3. Which bird would you find on the Coat of Arms of South Africa? a) Bald eagle
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 359 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries You may have luck in many matters of life. The transit of planets will bring fortune. You will get adequate opportunities to prove your ability. Taurus This may be an interesting week in your career. It will bring fame for your hard work. Your bosses
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    • 188 20 TV HIGHLIGHTS friday 3pm LIFE OK: Yaariyan 3.30pm SONY ENT: 9pm SONY MAX: Chak De! India 9.30pm VASANTHAM: Rishi Mn STAR GOLD: Salaam-E-Ishq Saturday 11am COLORS: Kapoor Sons (right) Noon ZEE TV: Mohra 1pm STAR PLUS: Sanam Re 1pm VASANTHAM: Thaai Sollai Thattathey 3pm ZEE TV: Baadshah 4pmVASANTHAM: Duplicate 9pm
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 323 21 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Chew out 6 Chowderhead 11 Not “agin” 14 Imam’s book 15 Having a musical key 16 Hurler’s stat 17 Sitcom with the theme song “This Is It”? 19 Prefix with dent or pod 20 Apple-splitting archer 21 Corrida cry 22 Standard typeface 24 Neighbour of St. Pete
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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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  • 399 22 Indo-Asian News Service FORMER leg-spinner Anil Kumble, who was appointed the India cricket team’s head coach, said it was a nerve wracking experience being interviewed for the job by his former teammates. Kumble was interviewed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India
    Indo-Asian News Service; PHOTO: IANS  -  399 words
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 29 22 SOLUTIONS crossword soduku quiz 1. Coffee 2. Vexillology 3. Secretary 4. Howard Hawks 5. Orhan Pamuk 6. Geiger counter 7. Pacific 8. Spreadsheet 9. Eden Gardens 10. Bon Jovi
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  • SPORTS
    • 508 23 World Cup-winning keeper says India are close to glory Indo-Asian News Service. HE WAS part of India’s hockey World Cup winning squad in 1975. And now, former goalkeeper Olympio Fernandes says the glory days could be back again after a painfully long time.
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