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Raghuram Rajan says no to Rajya Sabha seat offer of AAP

Asian Designer Week mesmerises audience in its 2017 edition

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It’s unfortunate that Singh has stated Narendrabhai never met him. He and Rahul

Gandhi must apologise.

If India requests that Naik be extradited via MLAT, we will send him. To date, there has been no such request.

They will speak to you in a very good way. I cannot give lectures like Modiji. It will take me years to do that.

Vijay Rupani, Gujarat CM

Rahul Gandhi, Vice President, Congress

was so serious that a spate of accidents over the past few days due to smog had led to

killed and many injured.Capt Amarinder Singh, Punjab CM

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Till now the Modi government has failed to tell the people how much black money

system.Lalu Prasad Yadav, RJD Chief

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Happy World Kindness Day

India, China show unity, target rich nations on climate changeShivam SinghShivam Singh

Rarely India and Chi-na unite over something. But climate change is one issue which has of-ten brought the Asian gi-ants together. The stage was set at Bonn Climate Change Conference, an attempt to unite the world against the dangers of global warming.

India and China spear-headed the call of de-veloping countries to the developed ones. The developing nations re-minded that it was high time that Kyoto Protocol

was implemented by rich countries. The developed nations including US and EU were requested to make required emission cuts as per the protocol.

Previously in the con-ference, the coterie of developed nation made every possible attempt to thwart developing cir-cle’s plan to add pre-2020 commitments of rich na-tions on emission cuts. It can be ascertained that, a discussion on the previ-ous commitments would have exposed the inabil-ity and unwillingness of developed countries to

abide by protocols for betterment of the envi-ronment.

Indian representative Ravi Shankar Prasad voiced India’s support

to the concerns of devel-oping nations. China too came out in support and appealed to the developed nations to bring the Kyoto Protocol in force.

Now government employees can avail a

loan of up to Rs 25 lakh Central government

has increased the limit on House Building Advance scheme to three fold. As per the old norms, only one of the spouses could avail the loan under HBA scheme, but now govern-ment has removed the condition. This simply means that now both hus-band and wife who are government employees can take the loan.

The move has brought relief for homebuyers as a loan for building a house is not the easiest thing to avail. The revised limit of 25 lakh is also in tune with the soaring real estate and raw material prices. However, the re-vised conditions are not

being seen just a move to make life easier for gov-ernment employees. It will also ensure a boost to the housing sector.

This move is poised to -

ployees across the coun-try. Government has also

rate at 8.5 percent. Pre-viously the interest rate

-ent loan amounts. The increase in the slab is a manifestation of the rec-ommendations of the 7th pay commission.

Allegations of sexual misconduct against

comedian Louis C.K

-en have made allegations of sexual misbehaviour against the comedian. Louis C.K. is a popular American comedian, ac-tor and writer. The allega-tions against the 50 year old veteran have brought the world in shock. It comes on the backdrop of sexual harassment charges against famous director Harvey Wein-stein.

Louis C.K is an Emmy award winner. The wom-en have claimed that the comedian has even mas-

turbated in front of them. The representatives of the comedian have denied any response from Louis over the matter.

They went on to say that he will present an

enough. The actor is oc-cupied with his latest re-lease “I love you Daddy”. The premier of the movie has already been can-celled once.

The ceaseless stories of sexual misconduct in the industry popping up from across the world are rais-ing serious questions.

Why Divyangs are made to go to courts for Aadhaar? : High Court to Centre

Aadhaar card is in-creasingly becoming an integral part of life. It’s mandatory every-where –from driving licenses to insurance. In such a scenario, if a disabled person is made to toil for this very necessary iden-

Calcutta High Court addressed the same is-sue and raised questions to centre over its plans to end Aadhaar troubles for Divyangs.

People with serious disabilities face numer-ous rejections of Aadhaar application while Banks keep texting them to link Aadhaar with the bank account.

If a disabled person

fails to link Aadhaar with their ban account, services of their bank ac-count would be deactivat-ed. What does a Divyang do in such a situation oth-er than knocking doors of the court?

Calcutta High Court, in a response to victim of this management made assessment that “Aadhaar

is mandatory for every-one, then why do citizens have to come to the high court to get their Aadhaar. Why does the court have to intervene?”.

It must be noted that Aadhaar has special pro-visions for Divyangs, However its countrywide implementation is yet to be seen.

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Police framed the conductor while someone else killed Pradhyumn

After the confession of a boy from 11th class that he killed Pradhyumn to postpone exams, all

at Police. The CBI in its investigation managed to pull out the confes-sion rendering the Police embarrassed. Gurgaon Police in no time had de-clared the conductor to be culprit and had framed in the case. But the case was

far from solved as the truth has become ap-parent.

The CBI probe which went on for about a couple of months conclud-ed that the murder weapon didn’t be-long to the conduc-tor. Rather it be-longed to the 11th class boy of the same school. The revelation comes as

blow for Gurgaon Police theory which claimed that the conductor had used

the knife from the bus toolkit to slit the throat of the kid. The police had

also managed to make the conductor confess. It’s quite obvious that the false confession was made under duress and the innocent driver had

-conduct from Police. The haste with which Police rushed to a false conclu-sion is being seen as a re-sult of the immense pub-lic and media pressure the Police was under in.

Himachal Pradesh sets the trend, records over 75% polling turnout

The recent elections con-ducted in Him-achal Pradesh have set a precedent for the entire na-tion. Voters turned up in huge numbers across all the 68 constit-uencies. The enthusiasm of people to elect a new government was evident from the record turnout of over 74%. EC had made special arrange-ments for HP elections to curb poll rigging.

Cameras were installed across numerous booths that went to poll. There was high deployment of security personals in case of an untoward incident. These elections also saw introduction of the much hyped VVPAT machines.

The use of these machines is a

Large turnout is usually a sign of anti-incumben-cy. However, only results will tell if the elec-tions are poised

to bring doom or bliss for the sitting Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. Minor incidents of malfunction-ing were reported from a few booths but they couldn’t manage to deter the voters from casting their votes.

Supreme Court rejects PIL requesting minority

status for HindusBJP lead-

er Ashwani Kumar Up-adhyay had

in Supreme Court re-questing mi-nority status for Hindus in seven states. Upadhyay referred to 2011 census and claimed that Hindus are in mi-nority in seven states Manipur, Nagaland, Pun-jab, J&K, Mizoram, Me-ghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.

He advocated that Hin-

dus are not getting their rights because of absence of the minori-ty status. Upadhyay mentioned in his pe-tition that

the rights of Hindus are being illegally transferred to the majority population of respective states. How-ever, the Supreme Court refused to accept the plea and directed him to knock doors of National Com-mission for Minorities.

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EDITORIALNEWSONDOT It’s a tsunami of reforms in Saudi Arabia, where is Narendra Modi’s own revolution?

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Saudi Arabia is not a democracy but its 32 year old crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman is fast becoming a popu-

The youth of the country are rallying behind him for his out of the box reforms. In a recent un-precedented move, the crown prince sentenced 11 princes, cabinet of-

world’s richest men to jail on charges of cor-ruption. All these people have relished the sta-tus of being above law for most part of their lives. But the youth of the country have silent-ly been hankering for a change in the decaying system where the rich and powerful could mis-use their position as per will. How could their favourite crown prince MBS, as they lovingly refer to him deny his people a corruption free state? He had the guts to

that in a country which has never seen rule of

the people. But his cou-rageous act also high-lights the case of India. India elected one of its most popular Prime Ministers in Narendra Modi in anticipation of a tsunami of change- a corruption free state, a better administration and an improved stan-dard of living.

It’s roughly three years since Modi took the reins of the country. And right since then, 1.3 billion people have been waiting for his MBS moment. It’s not that Narendra Modi hasn’t introduced reforms. He should be credited for uplifting India’s stature in the world. His foreign policy has been exem-plary. Government’s push for a boom in the manufacturing sector is obscured from none.

All these things are good. But are they all that people voted him for? No, people vot-ed for him because he showed them a dream, a dream of a modern

nation where corruption would never be tolerat-ed. He was elected as a symbol of change. The question is, where is the change? The corrupt ba-bus continue to exploit the common man and the poor still perishes of hunger. The youth are still struggling for jobs and the SMEs are still

-tain.

It’s only conspicu-ous to ask that where is the hard-hitting and reformist Modi that was promised to the nation of India? In him, the country saw a revolu-tionary leader. But he is yet to incite that revolu-tion. The PM has been doing a lot on various fronts but it’s high time now that he draws his attention inwards and puts his home in order. The country yearns for more. And the people cannot be blamed for it. They have high expec-tations from their leader because they see hope in him.

More commercial courts to come up

said the Union Govern-ment proposed to estab-lish commercial courts in districts to further improve the parameters. It’s the ranking season for quite some time now. After India’s good show in World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” rank-ing, India’s performance has been varied within the legal framework. The World Bank’s ranking marked “court system

and proceedings in In-dia” a 4.5 out of 5. But in management of cases, it was 1.5 out of 6.

Legal remedy to com-mercial disputes and enforcements and en-forcement of business contracts are parameters of the World Bank rank-ings. In terms of ease of enforcing contracts, India jumped from 172 to 162.

Although this leap is quite small, it is believed to be essential to go fur-

ther up in Ease of Doing Business ranking. The government is proposing amendments to facili-tate the establishment of commercial courts, at a district level, in places where the High Courts have ordinary original civil jurisdiction.

of commercial disputes would be brought down as to expand the scope of commercial adjudication

President calls for time bound plan to reduce crop wastage

The President of In-dia, Ram Nath Kovind, called for a time bound plan to reduce, if not fully eliminate, crop wastage in India. Recently India hosted a World Food In-dia (WFI) event in which delegates and CEOs of 60 countries attended the function. This was a good opportunity for India as it made $11.4 billion. Mr. Kovind called the event “the Kumbh Mela of In-dian food” as it helped showcase the vast and near limitless opportuni-ties in the food industry and in food processing in India. India’s food indus-try can be a huge employ-er, especially to its large youth population and women, who are deeply

involved in the food sec-tor. He added that women in rural areas have great potential in becoming micro-entrepreneurs and in turn raise the job em-ployment in the adjoining population.

He said that crop wast-age in the country is un-acceptably high and the

numbers are startling. At the concluding ceremony of WFI, he revealed that close of 16% of India’s guava crop is wasted, 10% of the mango and apple crops are wasted and thus he wanted some really hard measures to prevent such regrettable wastage.

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In the course of their four nation tour, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles have arrived in India. The purpose of the visit is to boost ties be-tween the two nations over a host of issues like climate change and economic cooper-ation.

British Royalty on India visit

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying has said that India is quite wavering on the issue of BRI. He urged In-dia to put aside inhibitions over the initia-tive as it was not targeted towards a third country. He stressed that BRI was just an economic operation.

Take advantage of Belt and Road Initiative: China to India

MNREGA accounts in several states depicts negative balanceIn about ten states across India, the MN-REGA account is showing negative bal-ance, which implies that the work done and cost induced was way more than the payment made. And lot of people are wait-ing for their payment.

Odd-Even car rationing scheme returns to Delhi

It seems that Delhi has only one solution to pol-lution and that is the odd-even scheme. The capital

pollution levels. Thick smog has engulfed the city and breathing has be-

even scheme will be in place from 13th Novem-ber to 17th Novemeber.

It will be third time that Delhi will ration cars in an attempt to reduce pollution levels. Auto rickshaw drivers and cab drivers are pleased by the news as odd-even increases their business

The desperate measure comes after NGT issued directives to ban entry of trucks and construction to combat high pollution levels. The NGT went on to take Delhi government and civic bodies to task over the crisis.

Delhi Chief Minis-ter Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM had an alter-cation over the worsen-ing air quality on twitter. The primary cause of the smog is believed to be burning of crop stubble in adjacent states of Hary-ana and Punjab.

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Raghuram Rajan turns down AAP’s offer of

Rajya Sabha seatSpeculations were at

an all-time high with several media houses re-porting on AAP’s plan to

to former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. A par-ty insider had leaked in-formation to media that AAP was planning to

three Rajya Sabha seats in its hands. However, in a statement Raghuram Rajan has expressed his unwillingness to opt for any such venture.

The statement released

has no plans to leave his full-time academic job at the University of Chica-

go”. The statement comes as a setback for the Aam Aadmi Party which was

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ing within the party by this move. Earlier, party leader Ashish Khetan had made the party’s choice public in a tweet. Raghu-

ram Rajan was seen as a worthy candidate with his decorated background in economics. He has also

criticized demonetisation in his book. He is current-ly engrossed in a full-time educational job at the University of Chicago.

Train between Kolkata and Bangladesh launched

It was a moment of bon-homie between the two nations as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his counterpart Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee

-senger train con-necting the two countries.

The train will connect Kolkata and Khulna in Bangladesh. Both the cities are homes of scores of industries. The three of them attended the event through a video call. The train is named as ‘Bandhan Express’, de-

picting the role it plays of connecting people of two neighbouring nations. The train will run week-

ly from the two cities on Thursday.

Accentuating the gran-deur of the inauguration ceremony, Narendra Modi addressed people

in Bengali, ‘Aaj ei shub-ho uplokkhe dui desh bashider amar abhinan-dan janai’ which trans-

lates as ‘Con-gratulations to the people of both the countries on this occasion’. Sheikh Hasina too hailed the bond between the adjacent c o u n t r i e s . She said ‘This

train service is a dream come true for people on both sides of the border’. The day also marked in-auguration of a couple of railway bridges.

BJP workers protest against celebration of Tipu Sultan Jayanti

The government of Karnataka celebrated birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan on 10th Novem-ber. And the right wing

about it. The government in Karnataka has con-

status to Tipu Sultan. The BJP however rejects the claim. According to right wing groups, Tipu Sultan was involved in religious conversions.

The Police arrested over 150 BJP workers from the town of Hubli. DCP Renuka Sukumar informed the public that the BJP supporters were protesting against the cel-

ebration. The celebration has also drawn sup-port from var-ious groups of society. They hail Tipu Sul-tan as a great warrior. The Congress has always been an advocate of greatness of the Mysore ruler. Even President Ram Nath Kovind has previously hailed Tipu Sultan. The Police denied giving permission for any separate processions as the government was itself celebrating the birth anni-versary in numerous parts

of the state. The government had

arranged for extensive security arrangements across state in order to prevent any unfortunate incident. Supporters of Tipu Sultan have also demanded apology from BJP for maligning the im-age of the great ruler.

Difficult to understand GST: BJP MLA Om Prakash Dhurve

It seems it’s not just the common man who is

Om Prakash Dhurve is a BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh. He went public expressing his inability to understand the nuances of GST.

He defended his case by claiming that it was

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perts to understand the Goods and Services Tax. However, he added that it was only a matter of time. And soon he will grasp all the intricacies of GST and once that is done, things will be easy.

someone has expressed his concerns over the dif-

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ANUBHUTILIFE STEPS

This fast paced society does not hold time and space for the mentally and physically challenged children. They are often neglected and laughed upon for their disabilities. With an eye opening episode of Sa-tyamev Jayate, all of us got to know harsh realities

walk to their life. Their every step into the society is

their smallest needs. In the realization of these hardships, Anubhuti Life Steps is doing a commendable job in providing cer-tain basic requirements to the disabled people. They are developing the academic and non academic skills of the mentally challenged children. They are trying to reach out to the specially-abled children of our society by providing them with several therapies such as physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupation-al therapy etc, skill development program, day care centre, health facilities, genetic counseling and sex-ual problems. Anubhuti Life Steps is a residential institute of special children run by Anubhuti Educa-

making voluntary registered organization, wholly dedicated to the welfare of the mentally challenged children and adolescent, who all are specially able in their own way.

optimism to the valuable children of God, who are unique in their own way. Lets applaud them for their

better place for them.

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‘Paradise papers’ revealing failures of demonetizationIt is exactly a day less

in a year when Indian PM Narendra Modi imposed demonetization, mak-ing the country ill and cashless for a temporary phase. Demonetization was executed with a dic-tum of “Enduring pain for a better future” In this one year several things like; linking your Adhaar card with your account num-ber for attaining the trans-parency of all the cash in motion, and GST, giving a common platform to all the taxes which needs to be paid by a citizen, came into consideration.

The word demonetiza-tion had been under a lot of connotations and is un-der a continuous question whether it will be able

to curb black money and corruption or will it be again an agenda inclin-ing towards bureaucrats, crushing the middle class in between. Well the ex-posed 19th rank of India amongst 180 countries in Paradise papers, suggests the former.

Coincidently, the dis-closure comes just a day before NDA government

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tization anniversary, the day which is also an-nounced as Anti-black money day.

According to the rev-elations made by Inter-national Consortium of Investigative Journalist, several elites including ones in connection to trump and Queen Eliz-abeth can be found in a tally copy of the illegal

Engineering degrees since 2001 via correspondence will be invalid

The SC on Friday had put lots of students in a setback in India as there are thousands of students who have secured good jobs on the basis of their correspondence engi-

It has declared on Fri-day that the engineer-

deemed universities, is-sued since 2001, were invalid. This has put lots of people at risk of losing their jobs.

The SC decision ex-poses the extent to which the regulatory system was compromised as the

courses were run for more than 15 years without attracting serious scrutiny. Saying that the UGC completely failed to curb the commer-cialization of educa-tion, the apex court directed the Centre to create an over-sight mechanism to regulate deemed universities.

The apex court re-strained all deemed uni-

correspondence courses without the approval of AICTE and directed a

-cials who permitted the universities to run the programs from 2001.

Holding this decision, the apex also opened a

small window for stu-dents who took admis-sion between 2001 and 2005 to revive their de-gree by undergoing fresh examination by AICTE.

Politicians play blame game as Delhi chokes on smog

The blame game and war of words between prominent politicians is on full swing even as Delhi is being smothered by unbearably high levels of pollution. The capital is pres-ently laden with thick smog which has made safe breathing a luxury. If any-one though cli-mate change is

-lem, welcome to Delhi. However, the leaders in power are yet to take any concrete steps. All that they have managed is a round of shifting of blame.

The Arvind Kejriwal

led AAP government is blaming the Punjab and Haryana government for doing little to dissuade burning of crop stubble

by farmers. The Punjab CM has very conve-niently shifted the blame on centre. In a tweet, he claimed that there was not much he could do to improve the situation. And the solution was

only with centre. The NGT is busy issuing di-rectives to concerned au-thorities but the situation is Delhi-NCR is far from

improving. In another

surprising inci-dent, the Punjab government in Pakistan also made a call to Punjab CM Capt. Amarind-er Singh ask-ing him to do something to

reduce pollution. People from across the city are reporting of severe burn-ing sensation in eyes and headaches. Immediate action should be taken by concerned parties and the blame game has to end.

No reservation for Gujjars in Rajasthan for now

The Gujjar reservation bill was passed way back in 2015. But it’s yet to

A Rajsthan High Court bench com-prising of judges K S Jhaveri and Vijay Ku-mar Vyas has ceased the gov-ernment of taking any action on the controver-sial bill. It must be noted that Supreme Court had previously issued orders to the state government to not act on the bill as it

was in contradiction with the 50 percent reserva-tion limit prescribed by the Supreme Court.

The hear-ing was scheduled to be heard in Rajas-than High Court on 13th No-vember, but considering the gravity of the issue

it was preponed to 9th November to reduce any possible complexities that could have arisen from any step from the government.

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came into existence in 1960 in Chennai. The company under Mallika Srinivasan has now become the third largest manufacturer of tractor in the world. TAFE has captured over 25% of market share of the tractor in-dustry in India.

Mallika Srinivasan at 58 is a veteran in the industry but her spirit hasn’t worn down a bit. She is a gold medallist in economics from the University of Ma-dras. She is also a graduate from University of Penn-sylvania. Apart from serving as CEO of TAFE, she is a board member in many major companies like AGCO and Tata Steel.

She is also the business incubator at IIT, Chennnai. Under her, the company’s revenue has shot up to INR 96 billion.

Mallika Srinivasan is not only a woman of business. She has also worked actively for development of ed-ucation and healthcare in India. With her support, or-ganizations like Sankara Nethralaya have been doing a tremendous job of bringing healthcare services to poor. She has also been supporting music and espe-cially Carnatic music through various foundations.

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Gold is a part of life in India. In the country, jewellery means gold. A dip in demand of gold in India is something unbe-lievable and yet it seems poised to happen. In a report released by World Gold Council, it’s stated that overall consumption

of gold in India for the

eight year low. WGC analyses that the

plunge in demand could be a result of Indian government’s increased

transparency in gold trad-ing.

A more watchful eye simply means a decrease

in black money supported trading. However, the fall may well be a result of Indian consumer’s gradu-al shift towards non-gold jewellery.

The demand of gold in India is set to hover

tonne, which is lower than the ten year average of 845 tonnes.

GST Council likely to lower 28% tax in some common use items

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In relief to small and medium enterprises, the GST council is consider-ing to lower tax rates on goods such as handmade furniture, plastic prod-ucts and daily-use items

rules. The panel is like-ly to rationalise tax rate in sectors where the to-tal incidence of taxation has gone up because the goods were earlier either exempt from excise or at-tracted lower VAT rates in the previous tax regime.The council has been meeting every month since the GST regime, which amalgamated over a dozen state and centre

taxes, was introduced on July 1st. These meetings have resulted in many changes to ease compli-ance burden on business-es as well as provided re-lief to customers.

There was a need for rationalisation of tax rates on these items, as said by

move, local furniture will be quite elated as wooden furniture is handmade by unorganized sector arti-sans and is mostly used by the middle class fam-ilies and there have been demands for lowering tax incidence on them.

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SpiceJet to expand its operationsBudget airlines

SpiceJet is set to introduce 20 new

December. The

-lore and Chennai as well as one connecting Ahmedabad to Bangkok. The plan is being seen as

a move to cash in on the upcoming holiday sea-son. The airline is also

on the Delhi-Port Blair route. Port Blair in Andaman is a hot-favour-ite destination of tourists. SpiceJet is aiming to ac-

quire a larger share in the airline market by scaling up its operations.

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Make children like rabbits: Polish government to citizens

US reviews military aid to Pakistan

Alice Wells is one of the most recognized and im-pactful diplomats in US. And according to him the aid to Pakistan is not going to be an easy process anymore. The US is set to review the military aid

Pakistan will be monitored. The US government will

been in tackling the Talibani network.

Kabul TV channel shows Afghani spirit to terrorists

Poland has a very low birth rate of only 1.32 births per woman as recorded in 2015. The low population has pushed the government into asking its citizens to make children like rabbits. The government went on to release a TV commercial promoting reproduction. The commercial conveys that if anyone desires to be a parent, they should follow the example of rabbits. It’s yet to be seen if the citizens buy anything from the advertisement.

Islamic state terrorists barged into Shamshad TV

wounding many others. But what they didn’t succeed in was in squelching the spirit of the popular Afghani channel. In a display of guts and sheer spirit, the chan-nel came back online only moments later.

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India takes up Kenya, US attacks on Indians

-ter, Sushma Swaraj, has always been very prompt and diligent in handling the issues within her port-

Indian High Commission in Nairobi has reported the death of a Kenyan national of Indian ori-gin. The deceased, Bunty

an intrusion by armed burglers.

The security forces re-

the death of Bunty Shah. The Kenyan police have regretted the incident.

-lences to his family.

On the US incidence, Sushma Swaraj said that she have received the re-port from the consulate in San Francisco. Ac-cording to the reports, a 14 year old Sikh boy was punched and knocked down by his classmate and his father claimed that the attack on his son was due to his Indian de-scent. Indian consulate in

US is in touch with the community leaders and is also contacting the school authorities.

Sushma Swaraj is al-ways keen on helping and providing aid to every In-dian in critical situations abroad. She has proved time and again that India as a country is ready to provide a helping hand to the Indians in need.

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India plans to develop more airfields along

China borderWith the recent devel-

opments after Dokhlam crisis, after India’s deci-sion to with 10k troops from the China border, India is now planning to

the eastern Ladakh area along the China border so

that it can rapidly deploy troops in case of any mis-adventure by the neigh-boring country. The Air

in the area from where the transport aircraft of the force can land and take

Sources have revealed that the troops could not

have been retained in the area due to harsh winters and beginning of snow-fall, which would have completely blocked land routes and forced them to rely on air evacuation.

This search is expect-ed to revive the Indian

Air Force’s Nyoma air-

stuck for many years now. It would be turned

where all types of trans-port aircraft can land.

It is located at a height of 13000 feet and India stopped using it after the war with China in 1962.

India has withdrawn close to 10k additional

China border troops

After the Doklam cri-sis, India in previous week has withdrawn the additional troops being deployed at the China border. The Army had is-sued an operational alert during the Doklam cri-sis as part of which the troops had been deployed by it from the newly raised mountain strike corps. Even China had also deployed equal num-ber of their troops in the area. The troops were a

part of the Ranchi-based 17 Mountain Strike Corps which has been specially raised to carry out war-fare on the China front. It was a need of the hour to deploy to stay alert at the border and thus such a huge number of troops were deployed in Leh.

Two brigades (6000 troops) have already been withdrawn from there and are sent back to their actual locations after the decision was announced.

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Sri Lanka suffers serious fuel shortage

Motorists are queuing up in large numbers at

island nation. The coun--

rious fuel shortage and is failing to meet the needs of the population. The crisis began with Ceylon Petroleum Corporation rejecting a huge shipment obtained by Lanka India Oil Company.

The Lanka India Oil Company is being blamed for the acute shortage. However, the company has refuted the allegations. The Indian Oil Company’s subsidi-ary got backing from the Sri Lankan PM who stat-

ed that LIOC helped the people in the last strikes. The other major share in the nation’s oil market is held by government owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. The blame game in Sri Lanka is on

India has extended a helping hand towards Sri Lanka in this time of cri-sis. In a telephonic call to his counterpart, PM Modi assured him of India’s ceaseless cooperation and assistance.

Sri Lanka had issued

a formal request to India for supplies. A 21,000 kilolitre shipment from Orissa has already been dispatched for Sri Lanka. LIOC has already made available 3,500 kilolitres of petroleum from its stocks.

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Trump receives grand welcome on China visit

-est rivals in the world get together, not a lot of bonhomie can be expect-ed. But when it comes to countries, the only thing that matters is strategic gain. A royal red carpet was laid for the President of United States across the Great Hall of the People.

It was nothing short of a celebration in China, of the tune that it might have left even Donald Trump astonished. It was just China saying ‘we treat our guests well’. The welcome ceremony was accentuated with

the countries. The instru-ments played tunes of national anthems of the respective countries and

It can be assumed that

the surface of what is to follow.

The two leaders are poised to have discus-sions on various signif-icant issues, primarily

North Korea. Previously President

Trump issued a state-ment, asking all nations to come together in isolating North Korea. China is one of the ma-jor strategic partners of North Korea.

Priti Patel resigns from UK cabinet

Is nuclear war ‘threat’ gaining traction?The world is witness-

ing an array of consec-utive nuke war threats between U.S and N.Ko-rea since past one year. The N.Korean President Kim jong-un is trying to keep world superpow-er on tenterhook by re-peated nuclear tests, one of which lead to death of 200 citizens back in September, to which US President Donald Trump retreated by threatening to shackle N.Korea all at once, during his meet with S.Korean President, last Thursday.

Rhetorically, the Cu-ban missile crisis that brought US and USSR

on the verge of nuke war breakout is the testimony to, why It will not be wise to neglect these ongoing menace catapulted by both the countries.

The India-Pakistan verbal spat never goes missing with nuke war possibilities either. It is almost shocking to see

how such grave neme-sis can be treated as any random threat; the nuke war threats might be los-ing their gravity due to the ubiquity of nuclear

weapon. Today, almost every country is stacked with their share of nucle-ar weapon which might draw the conclusion that,

group of 46 industrialized nation volunteered as Nuclear Supplier group (NSG) who were trust-ed the responsibility for supplying the raw ma-terials like Uranium and power plants which are the two most essential components of making a successful nuclear weap-on, failed miserably in guarding them to a need-ed extent.

Thus, even a subtle rage and rant between the two countries might lead to a destructive level of nuclear war anytime in the near future, making entire world prone to its consequences.

The political turmoil shackling the UK gov-ernment isn’t ceasing. Priti Patel, who was serving as International Development Secretary

-ister to resign this month. It was Defence Secretary Michael Fallon before her, who was made to

of sexual harassment. Fu-ture of Foreign Secretary

Boris Johnson also looks bleak. He is under scan-ner in an issue relating to a British-Iranian national imprisoned in Iran. Priti Patel’s resignation came after suspicions over her relationship with Israeli politicians. It is reported that Priti Patel made a visit to Israel on a fami-ly holiday. Her dealings during that period are un-der lens. Priti Patel was

-

ca when the storm broke out back home. She had to return immediately to hold a meeting with the British Prime Minister. She resigned shortly after with a brief apology. In her resignation letter, Pri-ti Patel stated “While my actions were meant with the best of intentions, my actions also fell below the standards of transparency and openness that I have promoted and advanced”

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We are your friend, US

isn’t: Iran to Saudi Arabia

President of Iran, Has-san Rouhani has brushed away continuous pressure from Saudi Arabia. He reminded Saudi Arabia of his country’s might and how they have stood strong against various ad-versities together in the past.

He advocated for peace and welfare of the region. He emphasized that Iran is a friend to countries in the region and thinking that US is a friend is big mistake on the part of the Saudis. Iran is currently entangled in a strategic altercation with Saudi Arabia. The United States has openly supported Saudi Arabia on the issue, which doesn’t come as a surprise as the hostility between Iran and US is no secret.

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Why Delhi kids have

higher Obesity Risks?

With more and more tech-nological ad-

vancements and their presence in our day to day lives, children are getting more prone to the health hazards than ever. With our increased busy sched-ules and the changing parenting trends, we are getting more submissive towards our children’s unruly habits and tan-trums. A recent survey

has shown that over 35% teenagers are under the obese category i.e. they are overweight. This is a devilish situation which is majorly impacting their emotional wellness,

-teem. This might further results in depression and other dreadful diseas-es like diabetics etc, in

-out their life.The survey revealed that 38% of the

children as small as 5-9 years fall under the cate-gory of obese and 40.1% of 10-14 years kids are overweight. The survey was well –conducted over 1000 kids in Delhi. As the physical activities in kids have reduced drastically in today’s kids, they don’t burn their calories after eating the food. Because of this they feel lethargic ahead which kills their remaining desire to work

and ex-ercise. As a matter

-tive and untimely eating habits are also adding to the damage. As per the survey 84.7% of teenag-ers consume junk, aerat-ed drinks or chocolates two or three times a day. Moreover, increased

screen time is one fac-tor that is a

prominent feature in kids which is increas-ing obesity. Repercus-sions are far worse faced by children than we ex-pect. They are becoming more prone towards body shaming and bullying, which are major reasons of child’s distress in to-day’s scenario and we need to make corrections.

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Yet again, we are highlighting the

of the bad air quality we are inhaling in today’s time. As per all the re-ports, surveys, studies, speeches and theories of several green-enthu-siasts, evangelists and environmentalists, we are breathing the worst quality of air at present. Every year marks a new high in terms of CO2, NO2 and O3 presence in the air, whose long term exposures are as-sociated with mortality from cancer. As per the scientists the ozone lay-er is facing irrevocable

damage which in turn is

variations to a great ex-tend. Air pollution

r e p - resents a complex mixture of broad range of carcino-genic and mutagenic substances that may play role in chronic systemic

stress and DNA damage in tissues that could ul-timately prove fatal. As per the latest forecast in terms of Real-time Air Quality Index, the con-

dition of Delhi is haz-ardous. We are getting more prone to several lung relating diseases including lung-cancer,

at higher risk. With in-creased number of vehi-cles, construction work and urbanization, air pol-lution is increasing day by day with a lightening speed. And by cutting down and not planting enough trees is just add-ing to the vandalization.

Air pollution can be more dangerous than Lung Cancer

Top 4 Bollywood stars with successful side businesses

Bollywood and its stars are an integral source of entertainment and inspiration for us, in today’s time. But we all know that careers in the film

industry are very uncertain and short lived. Today actors have to prove themselves by every film for their fans to keep growing as the competition gets tough every single day with so many aspiring actors paving their way in Bollywood. Very little do we know about their side businesses that they

have for an alternative source of income and fame.

The Bengali beau-ty and former Miss Universe

is a successful business-woman with a production company named Tantra Entertainment, a jewelry retail store in Dubai, a Miss Universe franchise ‘I am She’, (recently tak-en over by Femina) and a soon to open chain of ho-tels and spas.

The chiseled bodied actor has a production company JA Entertainement, which has

produced the blockbuster “Vicky Donor”.

After her mar-riage hitting a rough patch

and later ending in di-vorce, she decided to invest in a online por-tal. She runs a well-known e-commerce portal that sells baby and mother care prod-ucts.

The model-turned actor has his own lounge-bar-

restaurant in Delhi, LAP. He also runs a famous event manage-

-nesha’.

No matter their films didn’t do well at the box office, their other businesses are doing quite well to make them lead a luxurious lifestyle.

Smoking is an injurious habit hard to quit. Every smoker -

smokers are also at equal risk of endangering their lives as much as smokers. With the increased pressure and im-itation of the so-called modern culture, children and students are getting more inclined towards smoking which gradually becomes a habit.

it harder than men to quit smoking because of the nico-tine impact on the brain-gut relationship. When a per-son smokes tobacco, nicotine is delivered mainly to the lung. But with skin patches and chewing tobacco, it crosses the skin and into the gastrointestinal tract.

The tests were conducted on a male and female mice and it was observed that levels of compounds and bacterial genes associated with the nervous system and

ACS’ journal Chemical Research in Toxicology. In addition to this, nicotine treated female mice had reduced amounts of Christensenellaceae bacteria, while the treated male mice had increased levels, which are associated with a lower body index mass.

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London’s contemporary “Fashioned from Nature”exhibition

V&A has announced its new exhibition named “Fashioned from Nature” to trace the complex re-lationship between fash-ion and the natural world since 1600. And in their

Centre of Sustainable Fashion has collaborated in the capacity of special advisors. The exhibition will show how fashion-able dress always draws on the beauty and power

of the nature for inspira-tion, with exquisite gar-ments and accessories from world renowned brands. It will explore how fashion’s processes and constant demand for raw materials damage the environment by fea-turing campaigners and protest groups that have

the issue. It is aiming to look at

the role of the designs in creating a better, more sustainable fashion in-

dustry. The exhibition will present two interac-tive installations which explore Fashion Now and Fashion Future.

‘Fashion Now’ will -

porary pieces and using sensors; visitors will be able to explore the un-seen impact on nature of the construction. ‘Fash-ion Future’ will immerse the viewers into the fash-ion world of the future, and show us a future we are yet to imagine.

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Movie PunditQarib Qarib SinglleQarib Qarib Single is an Irrfan Khan star-

rer, so one thing that can be taken for grant-ed is the acting. Irrfan has proven time and again that there’s no match to him when it comes to his forte. The movie is simple and does not have out of the world plot to hook viewers immediately. It’s about to people

movie takes a deviation from a simple dating story to much more when the duo travel to Rishikesh.

John Abraham

Sushmita Sen

Karishma Kapoor

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Jewellery Is Like Ice Cream, There’s Always Room For More!

7FASHION & LIFESTYLE12 - 18 NOVEMBER , 2017NEW DELHI

Every Night Is A Honeymoon

Your first honeymoon destination should be a place where two people becomeone and connect with each other with true emotions and feelings. From the food

that you eat to the ambience, everything should be laden with perfection. Sohere are some places to help you plan out your honeymoon destinations

Honeymoon Destination

Seychelles One of the most beautiful island where the mesmerised scenery would take your breadth away.

Ideal place for the perfect honeymoon couples. Mahe island, La Digue and Cousine Island are the treasures thing in this island and a perfect getaway for the honeymoon couples. From speaking Creole to dancing near the beach, you will surely have an amazing experience.!

Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort, Saariselka, FinlandThis heaven-

ly place is known for

the beauty and

Northern Lights. You can watch the magical lights from your glass-igloo style accommodation. You can also indulge yourself a treat to the nearby sauna and ice swimming in Santas.

Udaipur, India Indulge yourself with this heavily-place where the sunset has a purple

The Aravalli mountains create a attractive colour and gives you a

-al. The nostalgia of living in Greece, Santorini would not be missed in Udaipur as the lake makes our little dream come true.

Italy Lastly, there is no romantic place like Italy. The stunning Mediterranean coastline, rolling hills, picture-per-

with love and admiration for the place. You can also visit the famous city Venice in a Gondola where the gondolier would sing bequeathing you to have a ro-mantic landscape and a romantic night with the love of your life.

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Asian Designer WeekThe slightly frigid evenings of 4th and

5th November ended up being a daz-zling display of the fashion world. It

was the Asian Designer Week 2017 and the aura at the lush green Garden of Five Sens-es was breath taking. Asian Designer Week is

The event brings together top media hous-es and ace designers from all over India. It unites the fashion world across Asia and pro-

vides a high platform to aspiring designers.

The admirers of fashion at the event were becharmed by beautiful collections from de-signers for this winter festive season. Asian

Designer Week 2017 was a great success.

The most beautiful and enchanted part of being a bride is the bridal jew-ellery. Dressing up with the most traditional jew-ellery and sometimes with a modernist twist of an embellished jewellery. We all love jewels, be it kundan, diamond, tolki,

gold, jadau and some-times fusion becomes our wedding muse.

Indian weddings are known for their cultural representation of heavy or light weighted ornaments. The designs has a com-

pos-ite of e legancy and majestic and the dif-ferent jewellery shops make it all possible for the bride. There arenu-

merous jewellery shops like Kisnandas and Co., Tanishq, PC Jewellers, Malabar Gold, Asmi, For-evermark etc who makes the bride dream possible. And sometimes the bride just wants a creative and

unique jewellery made by the family goldsmith or brought from Rajasthan. The bride wants to feel

like a royal princess and she should feel

too. Right from

the mangal tikka to the paijeb or pungpan she e l o n g a t e s a beautiful

replica of a princess. And

the clanking of her aphrodisiacs sound of

her kada and haatphool -

to-be in gold or diamond

(You choose this time!). The year 2017 has be-come the reinvention of choker and the idea itself

jewellery adorned with the beautiful lehenga. This year you can do it

by purchasing the chok-er neckpiece with a rani haar giving a funkiness to your style. And to feel more closer with your traditional heritage you can always add a antique nosering that makes you embrace your culture.

Wear a monotone or a multicoloured stone jew-ellery if incase you want to create an statement.If still you’re not satis-

Kaleere with geometric pearls shaped like a dome to add archaic look. Now-a-days, you can also rely on the goldsmith to cre-ate a unique temple piece where God and God-

dess are engraved on the avant-garde ornaments for a bride. To conclude there are hundreds of jewellery options for you don’t be confused, but let your love for sparkle be free and fun.

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Sneak Peak into Shahrukh’s birthday in Alibaug

The King of Bollywood celebrated his 52nd birthday in full swing with family and friends in his farm-

the lovely ladies and handsome hunk attending the bash in full attendance. They all made their presence felt to wish the dearest celebrity with a golden heart, Shahrukh Khan. The paparazzi also didn’t want to miss the golden chance and were also present at the entrance to catch a glimpse of the superstar on his birthday.

Karan Johar, a famous director and Shahrukh’s dearest friend, chose Instagram to post some adorable pictures of the party and celebrities. The pictures are a treat to

the eyes which are full of the next generation of celebrity kids making the most of their time. Check out the pictures of the gala celebration by the gala star.

Unique marriage invitation ideas across the globe

Invitation cards forms the initial and most important part of any marriage. The invitation should have the right amount of words and design to make it look presentable and appealing for the guests to come. As it not feasible for the hosts to personally invite everyone in the marriage, this invitation card becomes that first striking cord between the host and guests for the

delightful union.

The Goodie bag

Not only these, there are many other different styles out there for you to explore. It’s your creativity and the desire to try something new, that will drive the new trendsetter in the market

This is a perfect invite of most destination wedding with the goodies according

place of the wedding. If there are some local eateries fa-mous in that city, add it to the bag to add the extra sweet-ness in the goodness bag.

Green Invite It will be good to say that this year saw more revolutions in the green department, with lots of people wak-ing up to the environmental call for safe-ty. It will be a good idea to send the invite through a plant with the wedding message written over a tag attached along with it.

Watercolor Invite

and trendy ideas, this invitation idea has been popping up and grabbing the attention.

FloralEvery year, this never goes out of style. Floral

invites are very refreshing and perfect for Boho and Vintage theme weddings.

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