1. In its efforts to remain
relevant and globally
acceptable, NAAC has taken
cognizance of the changing
trends in higher education,
stakeholder perceptions and
feedback, besides the
avalanche of experience
gained from its accreditation
exercise involving more than
11,132 institutions [518
Universities and 10614
Colleges] till July 2017, which
stand in good stead in all its
endeavours. Over the last few
months, NAAC has conducted
several rounds of stakeholder
interactions, a National
Workshop and Meetings of
several Working Groups for
the preparation of the Manuals
for Universities, Autonomous
Colleges and Affiliated
Colleges. The draft framework
was pilot tested on select
Higher Education Institutions
(HEI’s) across the country.
ANational Consultation on
the Revised Accreditation
Framework was held on 25th
April, 2017 at New Delhi. Shri
Prakash Javadekar, Minister
for Human Resource
Development, Government of
India, inaugurated the
programme in which eminent
academicians and
educationists actively
participated. The Revised
Accreditation Framework
which became operational in
July 2017, is ICT enabled,
objective, transparent, scalable
and robust. The new
framework is a subtle
combination of System
Generated Scores (SGS) with
a combination of online
evaluation (70%) and Peer
evaluation (30%) which would
usher in high level of
transparency.
Union Minister of State,
Textiles, Shri Ajay Tamta said
that the Government of India is
taking various initiatives for
the welfare of handloom
weavers. Presiding over the
main event of the 3rd National
Handloom Day celebrations in
Guwahati, the Minister said
that he not only appreciates but
also salutes the handloom
weavers for their commitment,
dedication and skill. He said
that handloom weavers should
be able to earn due value for
their produce, and that
Government is working in this
direction. While enlisting
various initiatives taken for
welfare of weavers, the
Minister spoke of Hathkargha
Samvardhan Sahayata Scheme
under which Government of
India assists the weaver by
bearing 90% of the cost of new
looms. Shri Tamta also spoke
of MUDRA scheme, under
which loans ranging from Rs.
50,000/- to Rs. 10 lakh can be
availed by the weavers, with
no requirement for any
security whatsoever. The
Minister also informed the
weavers that the Ministry of
Textiles has entered into MoUs
with Indira Gandhi National
Open University (IGNOU)
and National Institute of Open
Schooling (NIOS) whereby
children of weavers shall be
able to avail school and
university education, with
75% of fees being borne by the
Government of India. Shri
Tamta assured the Chief
Minister of Assam that the
Centre will do all that is
required to support the state in
advancing the welfare of
weavers of Assam.
Addressing the audience,
Chief Guest and Chief
Minister of Assam, Shri
Sarbananda Sonowal thanked
the Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi, for choosing
Guwahati as the venue for the
main event of 3rd National
Handloom Day. He noted that
more than 50% of total weaver
population of India resides in
North Eastern Region, most of
whom are women. He said that
the prime objective of holding
National Handloom Day in
Guwahati is to empower
women and girls. Shri
Sonowal also spoke about the
huge potential of Handloom
sector in North East. The
Textiles Secretary, Shri Anant
Kumar Singh said that our
weavers work very hard,
putting their heart and soul
into their creations. He said
that we have to find out means
through which the income of
weavers can be increased and
they are given deserving share
of the immense worth of their
produce.
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Year : 6 Issue No. 10 New Delhi 7-13 Aug. 2017 Rs. 5/- Pages : 16
Vipin Gaur
The Ministry of Women &
Child Development has set up
151 Centres till date under the
new scheme of One Stop
Centres (OSCs) for women
affected by violence. 30,000
such women affected by
violence have been assisted at
these centres till date. This
information was given by
Minister of Women & Child
Development, Smt Maneka
Sanjay Gandhi in reply to a
starred question in the Lok
Sabha today. The purpose of
these One Stop Centres is to
help those women who have
no access to either police or
medical facilities or are not
able to visit a police station in
times of distress, the Minister
explained. Each centre has a
psychologist, a doctor, a
nurse, a lawyer, police and
facility for 8 beds which can
be expanded.
The WCD Ministry is
trying to get 600 OSCs for
setting up across the country,
Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
said. In reply to a
supplementary, Smt Maneka
Gandhi said that the scheme
of Universalization of
Women's Helpline was started
in April, 2015 which has now
become operational in 22
States. Every OSC is being
connected to this Women
Helpline, she said.
The Government is also
working towards installation
of panic button in every
mobile phone and this panic
button is expected to become
operational by September
end. Another proposal given
by the WCD Ministry of 33%
reservation for women in
police force has been accepted
by the Ministry of Home
Affairs. All UTs and seven
States have implemented this
proposal and have started
recruitment in this direction,
the WCD Minister elaborated.
Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
said that scheme of Mahila
Police Volunteers has also
been launched and has been
operationalized by the State of
Haryana, which will be
gradually extended to other
States.
In reply to another
supplementary, the WCD
Minister said that the Ministry
provides financial assistance
for the scheme of Working
Women Hostels. 940 hostels
have been set up across the
country till date and have
benefited 70600 women. Smt
Maneka Gandhi also said that
the WCD Ministry provides
financial assistance for setting
up of Swadhar Grehs for
women victims of difficult
circumstances. Any
complaints received regarding
the functioning of these
Swadhar Grehs are taken up
seriously and referred to the
National Commission for
Women for suitable action,
the Minister said.
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Accreditation Framework
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‘One Stop Centres’ for Women affected by Violence
have been Operationalized : Maneka Gandhi
3. 3Country And politicsCOLUMN
07-13 Aug., 2017
Dr P. Arun
In the last couple of
decade, India has shown con-
siderable progress both eco-
nomically and socially as fair-
ly all indices are showing. The
future seems to hold promise
and yet incidences do blow in
your face which questions the
very idea of true progress.
During the recent admission
process in University of Delhi
as a member of the admission
committee, we came across a
very strange case. This is not
surprising since every admis-
sion does throw-up something
new. However hard we strive
to cover all possible permuta-
tion or combination of sub-
jects and possible scenario,
something new crops up
where the rule is not defined.
As a member of admission
committee it ends up in front
of us and we have to take a
decision in the best interest of
the student and the admission
policy at large. Humane
aspects also do crop up. Most
of the time, our preconceived
notions are highlighted as nar-
row and limited. Hence as a
veteran hand I would believe
that I had seen it all. The cru-
elty of events is that it keeps
on throwing more. This year,
a girl and her parents arrived
seeking admission to BA
Program. In itself it does not
look surprising but added to
this the fact that the girl was
from Science background and
had such high percentage that
even with the 5% disadvan-
tage given for stream change;
she was making it into the
90% plus cut-off made eyes
lookup. But the shocker that
was to hit was the fact that she
was giving up an IIT (Delhi)
admission offer for BA
Program. With due respect to
BA Program students, even
they would have been in dis-
belief. And yet here was a
family, which was giving up
an IIT (Delhi) seat for which
half of the science student
population would have sacri-
ficed anything to get.
Considering that this family
was doing something out of
seer ignorance, the members
of admission committee tried
to convince them to go back
to IIT. It was all proving in
vain hence the question
arouse why, please why? The
reply was that the parents
wanted the girl to appear in
civil services and BA Program
was considered a good plat-
form to prepare for this. A
plausible argument but how-
ever academically bright the
girl might be where 400 odd
positions are given from
250000 lakh applicants, statis-
tically is it a wise bet? Also,
isn’t this a case of running
after something in the bush
with one in hand? Besides, in
recent years IIT graduates
have done exceeding well in
Civil services examination. If
the parents were worried to
send the girl off to IIT hostel
how could they think of send-
ing her to a services with all
India liability? BA Program is
indeed a decently worked out
curriculum, however, colleges
by nature populate it with the
students from sports etc. The
class attendance level goes
low and faculties also take the
course for granted. Whatever
is left is feasted by “Guides”
acting like cancer. All in all,
one wonders how many do
actually even clear prelimi-
nary examination of the civil
services. Could the higher
fees of IIT be playing on their
minds? Were they unaware of
student’s education loan?
After all the economics of IIT
is different from DU. Much
was said to convince the fam-
ily but what was left unsaid
was economics which might
have indeed been behind the
decision. Not the economics
of fees, hostel or books but
that of the dowry market. An
educated girl would mean a
higher dowry, had it been a
boy he would have bought the
bounty home. As a father to a
girl, this has shaken me to the
core and I hope will do the
same to those who bother to
read this, in fact this is an arti-
cle I hope my young daughter
will not read.
Associate Professor
Department of
Electronics
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Deeksha Negi
A luxury car, a big bun-
galow, and a bank balance
is something every single
person dream to have but
without happiness all these
riches can't satisfy someone
; and this happiness is
achieved many a times by
knowing ourselves, by
knowing who are we? What
is so unique in our person-
ality which makes us differ-
ent from the crowd.
Everyone want to be differ-
ent , be unique and for this
people sometime also start
following their idols or
their inspiration which is
good but you can achieve
best of yourself when you
start finding yourself
because walking on the
footsteps of others is a dif-
ferent from creating a new
way. Following somebody
is being else not you, being
yourself is unique you.
Some time people accept
their defeat when they face
any obstacle in the road of
life but if we think for a
moment then it could be the
best time when one can dis-
cover their strengths, their
weakness, their true identi-
ty. Always ask yourself a
question until and unless
you find the answer that "
Who am I ? " Are you sim-
ply a name , a religion, a
class, a caste, a profession
or are you somebody living
in the confines of the con-
strained- self ? And if this is
the situation then you really
need to consolidate the
shatter and broken pieces of
yourself and break the
shackle that binds you and
prove the world that you are
one of your kind.
" Errors like straws upon the surface flow ;
One who is in search of truth must dive below "
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Delhi: Tapsil Jati Adibasi Praktan Sainik
Krishi Bikash Shilpa Kendra has taken a
path breaking initiative to support the flood
victims in different districts of West
Bengal. The Organization has launched a
Campaign called “We Are With Flood
Victims” and has created a Team of 4
Groups to set up relief camps and provide
food stuff & mineral water in the flood
affected Districts of West Bengal. Groups
are working in Udaynarayanpur, Ghatal,
Pursurah, Khanakul, Amta along with other
affected areas. From Bread, Biscuits,
Mineral Water, etc to Baby Food and
Chocolates for the children .the Hon’ble
Secretary of Tapsil Jati Adibasi Praktan
Sainik Krishi Bikash Shilpa Kendra of
Dhaniakhali, Hooghly, West Bengal, Mr.
Soumen Koley was present to brief the
media. Mr. Soumen Koley said, “We
believe humanity is the best thing in the
world. Our Organisation believes that
Social Responsibility should not be limited
to just words. Organizations like us must
come forward to promote the
Government’s Policies and support the
needy in every possible way.”Recently,
Tapsil Jati Adibasi Praktan Sainik Krishi
Bikash Shilpa Kendra took a unique initia-
tive in Chandannagar to honour the unsung
heroes of the society and supported the vic-
tims of the wooden jetty collapse in West
Bengal’s Hooghly district during the morn-
ing high tide in the Hooghly River. It felic-
itated the boys who saved several lives of
the people from the Jetty Collapse Accident
putting their own lives at risk. It also
launched a unique campaign against the use
of tobacco in the society on ‘World No
Tobacco Day’. The successful Report Card
on different social projects has given the
Organisation an overwhelming response
from different parts of the country. The
organisation plans to take Safe Drive Save
Life, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Yuvashree,
Baalika Shiksha Abhiyaan and Kanyashree
Prakalpa Project for the boys and girl child
students along with developing gender
equality in education system to different
districts of North East India in next few
months. But on the other hand, few dishon-
est men like Asis Bhuina, Koushik Samanta
and Gobinda Maity Gobinda Maity who
calls himself Secretary of the Organisation
is heading this fake racket along with Asis
Bhuina and Koushik Samanta jointly
approached different departments of the
government to seek money. These unautho-
rized people are sending applications to dif-
ferent departments of the central and state
government for money for illegal and unau-
thorized projects but the Agriculture
Department of West Bengal has strictly
declined their fake applications. He has
sent a Letter on 18th May 2017, to Mr
Sanjeev Chopra, IAS, Additional Chief
Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of
WB asking for fund allocation and stating
different social initiatives of the organiza-
tion under his role which were later found
fake and illegal.
We Are With Flood Victims
Dowry and Gender disparity in IITs
4. 4Country And politicsDELHI
07-13 Aug., 2017
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5. To seek the clarification
of certain points, AIFMP
delegation met Shri Alok
Shukla, Joint Secretary,
TRU-I, Shri Amitabh
Kumar, Joint Secretary –
TRU – IIand ShriReyaz
Ahmed, Director – TRU – 1
in the ministry of Finance
recently. During discus-
sions the officials pro-
claimed that “Most of the
printing units areengaged
in printing of customized
printing products, whether
the paper is supplied by the
printerfrom his own source
or whether the paper is sup-
plied by the client. In both
the cases, the ownership of
the printed materials rests
with the clients as the con-
tent is provided by the
client and the matters are
customized in nature.”
Under the circumstances,
wherever the printing units
are engaged in producing
customized printed materi-
al, they would be treated as
“Supply of Printing
Services” and would be
subjected to GST rates as
per serial No 26 & 27 of
Notification 11 – Central
Tax (Rates) dated
28.06.2017 i.e. 18%. It is
worth mentioning here that
GST rates given under
chapter 48 and 49 in the
notification no.1/2017-inte-
grated tax (rate) issued on
28 June 2017 are contrary
and 250,000 printing com-
panies of India are confused
about the implementation of
these two different notifica-
tions. Reacting to the above
clarification, Prof. Kamal
Chopra, President All India
Federation of Master
Printers (AIFMP) said, “I
fail to understand the legiti-
macy of GST rates given
under chapter 48 and 49 in
the notification no.1/2017-
integrated tax (rate) issued
on 28 June 2017 if the print-
ing is now considered under
supply of services.” There
can’t be any other
‘Manufacturer’ for
Brochures, leaflets etc.
other than a printer and the
ownership contents in such
cases remain with the client
only. Prof. Chopra contend-
ed that if printing is under
supply of services why
Chapter 49 is there? For the
sake of clarity either
Chapter 49 may be removed
or printed products may be
classified to be ‘Supply of
Goods’. Speaking on the
o c c a s i o n ,
Mr.AnandLimaye, HGS of
AIFMP said, “During the
pre GST regime printing
was exempted from service
tax and we were subject to
pay VAT only, so how to
withstand such a steep
increase, is another point of
concern.” He further added
that I fail to understand why
it is brought under ‘Supply
of Services’? He said, in
India there are 250,000
printing companies and
most of these are micro or
small in size only handful
of printers are in medium
category. The industry is
already suffering due to
high capital cost and
increasing global competi-
tion. Printing is the major
tool for the spread of educa-
tion and with such a high
rate of GST the e ucational
books and stationery is
going to be costly affecting
the campaign to make India
fully literate. Mr
ArvindMardikar, Hon.
Treasurer, AIFMP added
that on the one end with the
consideration of printing as
supply of services the GST
rates will increase to the
second maximum and at the
other end the printed books
can be imported without
any duty or IGST. He fur-
ther said that the cost of
paper is already higher due
to import duty on paper and
with this increase in the
GST rates the import of
printed book will increase
due to high cost of printing
at local printing units. He
said it is not out of place to
mention that tomorrow may
be our religious books lik ,
Ramayana, Quran, Bible,
Guru Granth Sahib etc. will
be printed in China because
there is no import duty of
IGST on printed books.
Prof. Kamal Chopra added,
AIFMP is the apex body of
250,000 printingcompanies
of India and is the largest
printers association in the
world. He said,on the behalf
of these printers we would
like to ask the government
throughmedia to clarify our
following points:
1. If printers are under
Supply of Manufacturing
Services then why Chapter
48/ 49 is there where print-
ed items are given under
‘Supply of Goods’.
2. There is no duty/IGST
on the import of printed
books, with the imposition
of second highest GST rates
on printing products it may
not be possible to strive the
global completion which
mean death of Indian
Printing Industry
3. When Printing was
exempted from service tax
during pre GST era why it
was
brought under ‘Supply of
Manufacturing Services’
4. Why confusion is
being created by issuing
two separate notifications
GST is
different at Chapter 49
and 9989. How and who
will use 4901 for the print-
ing of
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International Media Week
New Delhi, : In the run up
to the 71st Independence Day
celebrations-2017, the
Central brass band display
was organized on Thursday
evening by the Indo-Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP) in asso-
ciation with New Delhi
Municipal Corporation
(NDMC) at the Central Park,
Connaught Place. Hundreds
of spectators enjoyed the
melodious tuning by the Band
of various military and patri-
otic compositions for over 2
hours.
ITBP Brass Band display at Central Park
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Agra - Akhil Bhartiya
Kayastha Mahasabha
Agra(women wing) organised
Teejotsav on Sunday at New
Agra community center lawn
from Lot number of ladies
assembled at the venue and
were quite enthusiastic to par-
ticipate in the different com-
petition which were held on
this occasion.
Cookery,dance,folk song
Tambola and above all teej
queen competitions were the
attraction of the day. A fancy
dress show was arranged for
the kids. Preeti Mathur,
Shweta,Jubli Raizada,Pratibha
Swaroop and Kalpana
Srivastava participated in
cookery competition in which
Preeti Mathur Sweat and Jubli
won first second and third
prize respectively. Pratibha
Swaroop and Sweta Asthana
got the consolation
prizes.Tambola was also
arranged for all who were
present for which the prizes
were arranged by Meenakshi
Mathur, Pratibha Swaroop,
was elected as the Teej queen.
Second and third prize was
won by Meeta Mathur and
Anupam Srivastav. Fancy
dress show for kids was won
by Adhya Srivastava inspire
she couldn't walk properly.
Mainly present in this pro-
gramme were Pushpa
Srivastava lata Sherry,
President Meenakshi Mathur,
Sec. Aradhana
Srivastava,Sapana,Pratibha
Swaroop, , Meeta Sinha,
Meeta Mathur, Dr. Vibha
Nigam,Sweta Asthana and
many others enjoyed the pro-
gramme with great enthusi-
asm.Ruchita Bhatnagar
Internationally fame in Kathak
dance was also present and
gave a glimpses of hermm
dance.The progmme was pre-
sented by Dr. Kavita Raizada
and vote of thanks was given
by Meenakshi Mathur.
Akhil Bhartiya Kayastha Mahasabha
organised Hariyali 'Teejotsav'
Vivek Sharma
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Delhi, Korean
Cultural Centre India in
association with
ASSITEJ India organ-
ized an award ceremony
for playwriting contest.
The contest was based
on a story of Princess
Hur from ancient
Ayodhya, is believed to
have initiated the
biggest family clan in
Korea.The Playwriting
Competition was initiated in
August 2016 to develop princess
Hur tale as a theatrical art. The
marriage of Ayodhaya princess
with King Suro of Gaya
Kingdom that existed in south
eastern region of Korean penin-
sula inAC 42 was considered as
representative connection
between India and Korea.
Entries were made through a
scene selection for which more
than 100 entries were received,
only 10 scripts among the
entries were selected to be
fully written after the pre-
liminary round. The compe-
tition was tough and it was
not easy for the three judges
to come to the decision. The
judges were Tripurari
Sharma, acting director of
National School of Drama
who was conferred with the
SangeetNatakAkademi
Award for her contribution
to the field of theatre direc-
tion,Amitabh Srivastava, winner
of Sangeet Natak Academy
Award for Acting, and
Vibhawari Deshpande, Pune
based renowned theatre actor.
A Story of ancient connection with
Korea gets a play adaptation
New Delhi Union Home
Minister Shri Rajnath Singh
planted a sapling of
Rudraksh tree at his official
residence at Akbar Road in
New Delhi today under the
Tree Plantation campaign
being launched by New Delhi
Municipal Council (NDMC)
during ongoing monsoon sea-
son.
While appreciating the
green initiative of NDMC,
the Minister applaud the suc-
cesses of last year Tree
Plantation drive and stressed
upon the need for taking
more efforts towards lessen-
ing the pollution level and
maintaining ecological bal-
ance in the Capital City. The
diplomats of the many coun-
tries in India have planted
saplings of various species of
trees in their premises includ-
ing Russia, China, Indonesia,
Belgium, Vietnam, Greece,
Egypt, Venezuela, Bolivia,
Cuba, Hungry, Sudan, Serbia,
Denmark etc. The diplomats
had selected the plants of
their own choice of Orchids,
Red Cotton, Dwarf Marigold,
Badalia, Callistemon, Bottle
Brush, Silver Oak, Zapata,
Achras Zapota, Ziziphus
Mauritiana, Morus Alba,
Neem and Ashok.
As many as 86 Thousand Saplings
planted today in New Delhi Raksha Bandhan a festival
of love, care and friendship
between brothers and sisters
is just around the corner, and
Indian markets are
full of colourful
Rakhies and pres-
ents. Where sisters
are looking at every
corner of beautiful
shops to get the
best Rakhi for their
brothers, Brothers
on the other side are strug-
gling to find the best gift for
their sisters.
Sadly, many of us would
not be sharing sweets and
presents with our loved sib-
lings as work and in some
cases studies would be keep-
ing us away.
But this Raksha Bandhan,
don’t let distance create any
hitch in making her feel spe-
cial, Meratask, an instant
delivery app is
all set to bridge
the distance
between you
and your sibling
by providing
same day deliv-
ery services to
you, enabling
you to track the delivery sta-
tus and let you enjoy the very
essence of the festival. So
no matter where you are,
Meratask will deliver your
Rakhi or gifts anywhere
across Delhi-NCR on the
same day! Cheers to the bond
of Brother-Sister!!!
Don’t let any distance spoil
your Raksha Bandhan
-Utkarsh Upadhyay
New Delhi:- A photo exhi-
bition on BRICS was organ-
ized with declaration to the
history of BRICS Youth
Summits and to mark the
active youth participation
and proving to be a potential
drive for the future of BRICS
group at 24, FerozShah
Road, Russian Center of
Science and Culture.
The program was started
with Lamp Lightning for
inaugural Ceremony of Photo
Exhibition.
The welcome speech by
Mr.Alexey V.Baev (Actor
and Director , Russian Center
of Science and Culture) was
given.
YOUTH IN BRICS Photo
exhibition is an annual proj-
ect which aimed showcasing
the youth participation in for-
mulating new policies and
extending their cooperation
in the field of innovations,
education , media , youth ,
employment , entrepreneur-
ship , scientific research ,
exchanges in humanitarian
fields. The introduction and
welcoming of Honorable
Guests was done by Mrs.
Purnima Anand(President ,
BRICS International Forum).
The addressing of the pro-
gram stared with Ms.Paula
Rassi (Cultural
Counsellor,Embassy of
Federative Republic of Brazil
in India) ; Address by Sergey
V. Karmalito(Senior
Counsellor , Embassy of
Russian Federation of India)
; Address by Zhang Zhihong
(Cultural Counsellor,
Embassy of the People's
Republic of China in India) ;
Address by Mr.Bongani
Mahlangu (First Secretary,
Political , High Commission
of Republic of South Africa
in India) ; Address by
Nandan Unnikrishnan (Vice
President & Senior Fellow,
Observer Research
Foundation) ; Address by
Samuel T. Jack (President ,
Association of African
Students in India) ; Address
by Kiran Soni Gupta
(Additional Secretary &
Financial Advisor , Ministry
of Youth Affairs & Sports ,
Government Of India).
At the end of program
Vote of Thanks was given by
Vimal S. Mehta
(Founder/President , FIPA).
Senior Journalist Mr.S.s.
Dogra and Many students
were present over their
including Namita
Pandey(Young Author) ;
Kunal Samrat(Young
Entrepreneur), Saloni Goyal,
Aman Pandey(Photo-
Journalist) , Aayushi
Bhandari, Kriti Bisht and
many other YOUTH partici-
pated and graced the occa-
sion.
YOUTH IN BRICS
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AAFT school of Cinema Bridged the
Gap Between Education And Industry
Noida: AAFT School of
Cinema on the third day very
well completed its orientation
program for the students of
undergraduate and masters in
cinema by bridging the gap
between the education and
the film and television indus-
try. “I on behalf of Federation
of Western India Film
Workers Association declare
AAFT as the next center of
federation to enroll students
as professionals by making
them the members of any of
the 21 organizations repre-
senting different jobs of the
industry associated with the
federation,” said B.N. Tewari
the President of Federation of
WIFWA addressing to the
young cinema students of
Asian School of Cinema.
Your love towards this
industry and professional atti-
tude will bring you name and
success in time to come.
Education at college looks
boring but practical approach
toward your training at AAFT
will be base of your achieve-
ments for all time to come,”
said Sandeep Marwah
President of Marwah Studios.
Ashok Tyagi Secretary
General International
Chamber of Media And
Entertainment Industry,
Ashok Chakardhar renowned
writer, Rizwan Qaiser profes-
sor in History and culture,
Babeetta Sakxena, Vikas
Singh and Director Aamir
Abdullah also spoke on the
occasion.
Team of Feature Film Lipstick
Under My Burkha atABS
Noida: The complete star
cast of feature film Lipstick
Under My Burkha visited
Asian Business School for the
promotion of their film. The
young women director
Alankrita Srivastava along
with her star cast of the film
was at ABS to interact with
the management students.
“We are proud to receive
five women from the same
film who all have presented a
very daring and meaningful
film to brought some power-
ful social issues of our socie-
ty,’ said Sandeep Marwah
President of Asian Education
Group welcoming all of them.
Ratna Pathak known for her
roles in Mandi, Mirch Masala,
Paheli, Kapoor & Sons and
TV serials like Sarabhai Vs
Sarabhai expressed the role of
women in today’s world. “We
are projecting what is happen-
ing here,” said Ratna Pathak.
Konkana Sen largely known
for her powerful characters in
films Page 3, Traffic Sighnal,
fashion, Wakeup Sid, 7
Khoon Maaf etc. spoke about
the women liberation. “The
film is not far from the facts.
You will realize the truth hid-
den in the film,” added
Konkana Sen. Ahana Kumra
known for her TV serial Yudh
and Agent Raghav spoke her
journey in cinema. A young
new comer Sonal Jha also
spoke on the occasion. Later
Dr. Lalitya Srivastava
thanked the dignities for their
frank opinions and knowledge
they shared about cinema and
women.
Sandeep Marwah present-
ed the life membership of
International Business And
Management Research Centre
to all the five cine personali-
ties from Mumbai.
International Chamber of
Media And Entertainment
Industry supported the event.
TeamofFeatureFilmInduSarkaratAsianBusinessSchool
Noida: AAFT School of
Cinema on the third day very
well completed its orienta-
tion program for the students
of undergraduate and masters
in cinema by bridging the
gap between the education
and the film and television
industry. “I on behalf of
Federation of Western India
Film Workers Association
declare AAFT as the next
center of federation to enroll
students as professionals by
making them the members of
any of the 21 organizations
representing different jobs of
the industry associated with
the federation,” said B.N.
Tewari the President of
Federation of WIFWA
addressing to the young cine-
ma students of Asian School
of Cinema.
Your love towards this
industry and professional
attitude will bring you name
and success in time to come.
Education at college looks
boring but practical approach
toward your training at
AAFT will be base of your
achievements for all time to
come,” said Sandeep
Marwah President of
Marwah Studios.
Ashok Tyagi Secretary
General International
Chamber of Media And
Entertainment Industry,
Ashok Chakardhar renowned
writer, Rizwan Qaiser pro-
fessor in History and culture,
Babeetta Sakxena, Vikas
Singh and Director Aamir
Abdullah also spoke on the
occasion.
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9. A Conference on safety
and operations of train work-
ing was held on Friday, 4th
August, 2017 at Headquarters
office, Churchgate, Mumbai.
Shri A.K. Gupta, General
Manager, Western Railway
presided over this conference
and stressed upon safe and
accident free train operation.
Shri Gupta said that no toler-
ance can be entertained with regard to any slackness in per-
formance of Motormen, Loco
Pilots and Assistant Loco
Pilots. Issues related to techni-
cal upgradation, cadre, atten-
tiveness towards signals, peri-
odical rest and regular coun-
seling of Loco Pilots were dis-
cussed and solutions were
identified. Shri Ratan Lal,
Chief Electrical Engineer, Shri
P. S. Mishra, Chief Operations
Manager, Western Railway
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way officers were present in
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gSA vki dke esa vf/kd mRlkg fn[kk,axsA ?kj ds dke esa O;Lr jg ldrs gSaA
x`g lTtk esa Hkh #fp jgsxhA
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tk ldrk gSA ckSf)d 'kfä rhoz jgsxhA u;h fn'kk u, y{;
vkidks lw>saxsA mlesa Hkh 'kq:vkr ds le; esa rks ukSdjh ds
LFkku esa paæ jgus ls ukSdjh is'kk rFkk QqVdj dkedkt djus okys tkrdksa
ds fy, mÙke le; gSA vki cqf) vkSj prqjkbZ ls viuh çxfr dk ekxZ ç'kLr
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mudk LokLF; vkids fy, fpark dk fo"k; jgsxkA
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djsaxsA lkalkfjd lq[k ds lk/kuksa ds fy, /ku [kpZ dj ldrs
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:i ls fpafrar eglwl djs ldrs gSaA oSokfgd thou esa cglck-
th rFkk vucu ns[kus dks fey ldrh gSA vkidks bl le;
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fookn gks ldrs gSaA iSls dh raxh dk lkeuk djuk iM+ ldrk
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nks fnuksa esa tkrdksa dks vka[kks esa rdyhQ vFkok ikuh ls lacaf/kr
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New Delhi, India took a major leap today in
documenting and preserving its language
diversity with the People’s Linguistic Survey
of India (PLSI) launching the volumes on lan-
guages spoken across 10 states in India includ-
ing Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra,
Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Karnataka.
These volumes have been published by Orient
BlackSwan publishers. The ceremony was held
here today in C. D. Deshmukh Hall, India
International Centre (IIC), New Delhi which
saw the launch of 26 books/volumes. These
were launched by former Prime Minister Dr.
Manmohan Singh in presence of several digni-
taries, intellectuals, historians and academi-
cians like Kapila Vatsayan, Asis Nandi, Ashok
Vajpayee, Major General (Retd.) L.K. Gupta,
Chairman INTACH. PLSI, an initiative of
Bhasha Research and Publication Centre,
Vadodara, will eventually bring out 60 such
volumes by the end of 2018 to be published by
Orient Blackswan. These volumes will be pub-
lished both in Hindi and English. Some vol-
umes will also be published in regional lan-
guages of India. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.
Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of
India, stressed the fundamental importance of
languages to human society, saying that, “inno-
vative research related to languages” needs to
be encouraged. Dr. Singh appreciated Bhasha
Research and Publication Centre for making
efforts to preserve the Indian languages. Dr.G.
N Devy, General Editor and Chairperson, PLSI
said that “The central idea of this survey is to
document and preserve 780 languages which
are being spoken in India today.
780 Indian languages surveyed and documented;
India now aims to document 6000 world languages
More than 200 police personnel deployed at
DK Shivakumar's premises in Sadashivanagar
with DCP Central, Chandra Gupta with ACP,
Ravi shankar with inspectors and staff were
present for no untoward incident to take place .
Protest erupted across karnataka by the sup-
porters of DK Shivakumar blaming Amit Shah
and PM Modi is behind this raid .DK
Shivakumar's mother blames Karnataka CM
Siddaramaiah for IT raids.Siddaramaiah creat-
ing hurdles in my son's path, says Shivakumar's
mother she added . IT officials conducted raids
on several premises of Shivakumar on August
2 and recovered over Rs 10 crore cash. The
premises included the Eagleton Golf Resort in
Bengaluru where 42 Gujarat Congress MLAs
are holed up ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha
elections. Karnataka is ruled by Congress gov-
ernment. The Centre and BJP have come under
attack from Congress for use of Central para-
military forces during the Income-Tax raids on
the locations associated with Karnataka Energy
Minister DK Shivakumar. However, use of
CRPF personnel to protect I-T officials during
raids is not just authorised but is also an estab-
lished practice. Cash of over Rs 11 crore has
been seized till now by the Income Tax
Department as part of the ongoing searches at
multiple premises linked to Karnataka Energy
Minister DK Shivakumar and his associates in
connection with a case of alleged tax evasion.
The minister has been overseeing the stay of 44
Gujarat Congress MLAs at a resort on the out-
skirts of Bengaluru.
I-T raids in Karnataka,Delhi: Over
Rs 11 cr seized from Powerful Minister
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10. SEOUL/MANILA: US Secretary
of State Rex Tillerson held a door
open for dialogue with North Korea
on Monday, saying Washington was
willing to talk to Pyongyang if it halt-
ed a series of recent missile test
launches. Tillerson's comments, made
at a regional security forum in
Manila, were the latest US attempt to
rein in Pyongyang's nuclear and mis-
sile program after months of tough
talk from US President Donald
Trump.
The UN Security Council on
Saturday imposed its toughest round
of sanctions yet against Pyongyang
over its two intercontinental ballistic
missile tests in July. But Tillerson
appeared more conciliatory on
Monday. "When the conditions are
right, then we can sit and have a dia-
logue around the future of North
Korea so they feel secure and prosper
economically," Tillerson told
reporters. "The best signal that North
Korea can give us that they are pre-
pared to talk would be to stop these
missile launches," said Tillerson,
adding that "other means of commu-
nications" were open to Pyongyang.
There was no direct reaction from
North Korea to Tillerson's remarks
but in a statement after the U.S. secre-
tary of state made his comments,
Pyongyang responded robustly to the
new sanctions by saying it was ready
to teach the United States a "severe
lesson" if it attacked. The UN
Security Council unanimously
imposed sanctions on North Korea
aimed at pressuring Pyongyang to end
its nuclear programme. The sanctions
could further choke North Korea's
struggling economy by slashing its $3
billion annual export revenue by a
third. The United States has remained
technically at war with North Korea
since the 1950-53 Korean conflict
ended in an armistice rather than a
peace treaty. The past six decades
have been punctuated by periodic
rises in antagonism and rhetoric that
have always stopped short of a
resumption of active hostilities.
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ISLAMABAD: In a show of defi-
ance, former prime minister Nawaz
Sharif 's party appointed on Monday
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, a trench-
ant critic of the military, as Pakistan's
foreign minister. Incidentally, Asif is
also infamous for his downright sex-
ist and misogynist views.
An outspoken loyalist of Sharif,
Asif is known for his critical state-
ments about the role of the military
in civilian domain. Sharif had
appointed him defence minister in
2013 after getting elected as PM for
the third time. The post was lying
vacant for more than four years. The
military leadership had tried to pres-
sure Sharif in 2014 into removing
Khawaja as defence minister for his
statement that the Imran Khan-led
anti-government sit-in was orches-
trated by Army generals. But, Sharif
had refused to cow down to the lob-
bying for his removal. As defence
minister, Asif routinely skipped civil-
military huddles that followed.
As foreign minister, Asif would
now be required to interact with top
military and intelligence authorities -
and indirectly on behalf of Sharif,
who has been barred by the supreme
court. A senior serving diplomat told
TOI, " Asif is not qualified in the art
and craft of diplomacy and interna-
tional relations.He cannot demon-
strate an analytical temperament." As
a lawmaker, Asif has also made sex-
ist remarks on the floor of the House
or through tweets. Targeting Shireen
Maza ri of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf
Party last year, Asif had said,
"Someone make this tractor trolley
keep quiet." She and other lawmak-
ers were protesting against his
speech on power outages.
Army-basher Khawaja Muhammad
Asif is Pakistan's Foreign Minister
KABUL: The Taliban - which banned poppy cultiva-
tion when it ruled Afghanistan - now appears to wield
significant control over the war-torn country's heroin pro-
duction line, providing insurgents with billions of dollars,
officials have told AFP. In 2016 Afghanistan, which pro-
duces 80 percent of the world's opium, made around
4,800 tonnes of the drug
bringing in revenues of
three billion dollars,
according to the United
Nations.
The Taliban has long
taxed poppy-growing farm-
ers to fund their years-long
insurgency, but Western
officials are concerned it is
now running its own facto-
ries, refining the lucrative
crop into morphine and
heroin for exporting
abroad. "I pretty firmly feel
they are processing all the
harvest," William
Brownfield, US Assistant
Secretary for Drugs and Law Enforcement told reporters
in the Afghan capital Kabul recently. "Everything they
harvest is duly processed inside the country. They receive
more revenues if they process it before it has left the
country. "Obviously we are dealing with very loose fig-
ures, but drug trafficking amounts to billions of dollars
every year from which the Taliban is taking a substantial
percentage," he added. Poppies, which are cheap and
easy to grow, make up half of Afghanistan's entire agri-
cultural output. Farmers are paid about $163 for a kilo of
the black sap - the raw opium that oozes out of poppy
seed pods when they are slit with a knife. Once it is
refined into heroin, the Taliban sells it in regional mar-
kets for between $2,300 and $3,500 a kilo. By the time it
reaches Europe it wholesales for $45,000, according to a
Western expert who is advising Afghan anti-narcotics
forces and asked not to be named. He said an increase in
seizures of chemicals
required to turn opium into
morphine, the first step
before it becomes heroin,
such as acid anhydride, points
to an escalation in Taliban
drug activity. Sixty-six tonnes
of the chemicals were seized
in all of 2016, while 50
tonnes were impounded in
just the first six months of
this year, the expert said. In
early July, he said, 15 tonnes
were confiscated in the west
of Afghanistan near the bor-
der with Iran, the start of a
popular drug route to Europe
through Turkey. Seizures of
morphine have also increased. Fifty-seven tonnes were
discovered in the first half of 2017 compared to 43 tonnes
for the whole of 2016, added the expert, who said that
only about 10 percent of what is produced is actually dis-
covered. "It's easy to build a rudimentary laboratory -
walls of cob, a thatched roof - and when the operation is
finished it is evacuated," the source told AFP.
Afghanistan's interior ministry said that between
January and June, 46 clandestine drug factories were
closed down by anti-narcotics officers compared with 16
in the first half of last year.
Taliban move into Afghan Drug Production
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KOCHI: S Sreesanth was
known as a fiery speedster
with prodigious talent and a
never give up attitude in inter-
national cricket. Though the
ordeal he has gone through
after getting arrested in the IPL
spot-fixing scandal in 2013
and being handed a life-ban by
the BCCI has tempered him
down, he still believes in his
ability to stage comebacks. It
is this trait of his that saw him
winning a favourable verdict
from Kerala HC on Monday as
it lifted the life ban imposed on
him by the BCCI.
Though the BCCI has not
made its stand clear with
regard to the lifting of his ban,
Sreesanth tells TOI that the
court order has vindicated his
stand and his hopes of making
it back to the Indian team.
Excerpts from an interview.
You have been saying right
throughout that you have been
wrongly implicated in the case.
Do you think justice has final-
ly prevailed? Actually, today
I'm feeling much better than
how I felt when I got my maid-
en call-up to the Indian team. It
is a new life for me. Even the
biggest of criminals don't go
through what I or my family
went through. A small incident
was portrayed in the wrong
way in front of the world.
Maybe that's how the world
works, I don't know. No com-
plaints though. Even people
who have been found guilty by
courts (Mohammad Amir)
have gone on to play global
events like the World T20 and
Champions Trophy because of
the support from ICC and their
association. I just hope that
happens in my career too.
So what next for Sreesanth?
God has been extremely
kind that I am getting another
opportunity to work hard and
get back into the Indian team.
That will be my biggest chal-
lenge. The support from BCCI
and KCA is very important. I
am waiting for the green signal
from the BCCI and KCA so
that I can start practising again.
You also tried at your hand
at politics and films in the last
four years. Is your focus back
to cricket now?
Absolutely. I concentrated
on politics and movies because
cricket was taken away from
me. But the world knows
Sreesanth as a cricketer and I
too like to be remembered as a
cricketer who gave everything
on the field. So for me, the
focus is very much back to
cricket from today.
But you are 34 now. Are
you still hopeful that you can
be the bowler that you were on
the cricket field?
Why not? I know I have to
start from scratch. I am only
34. The likes of Misbah (ul-
Haq), Younis Khan, Sachin
paaji played or are playing till
when they are close to 40.
They are the motivation for
me. I want to make sure that I
keep myself fit and start per-
forming.
My dream is to play 2019 World Cup for India: Sreesanth
Indore – In modern
wrestling, points are given to
wrestlers on every successful
technique, so it is very impor-
tant to know the rules of
wrestling before adopting the
game. During wrestling, the
wrestlers should be careful
and take care of every activity
of their opponent wrestler,
only then they will win more
points than the opponent.
Aggression and concentration
is also very important during
the wrestling matches. In the
modern Olympic style
wrestling, time holds a great
deal of importance; you have
to perform in a time frame. In
less than a second, the
wrestler makes a plan during
the match and executes it.
During the match, the
wrestler keeps on calculating
the points he is gaining and
losing from the opponent
while simultaneously calcu-
lating the time left to win the
match. In this way the
wrestling game also includes
mathematics.
These things were said by
the well-known wrestler and
Arjuna Awardee Kripa
Shankar Bishnoi during the
camp organized by
“Kripashankar Patel Khelkud
Sanstha" in Depalpur. The
purpose of the camp was to
guide the emerging wrestlers.
Arjuna Awardee Kripa
Shankar Bishnoi and interna-
tional wrestler Balram Yadav
are training them. All rural
zonal wrestlers are participat-
ing in the camp. While giving
training, Bishnoi praised the
training camp and gave credit
to ex-wrestler Anil Rathore,
the former director of
"Kripashankar Patel Khelkud
Sanstha". He also discussed
the experiences of training
camp with the media. Mr.
Bishnoi said that the experi-
ence of teaching wrestling to
the small village girls
wrestlers of rural area was
tremendous. They have amaz-
ing talent; their ability to learn
and acquire new techniques is
great. I have trained them how
to do Kalajung technique and
counter-attack; which they
have performed wonderfully
in the training session. The
financial condition of these
rural girls wrestlers is not so
good, they are unable to man-
age their proper diet. But still
they are full of talent. In
future, surely one or the other
wrestler from Depalpur will
participate in National and
International Competition and
will represent India. Depalpur
wrestlers said that they were
also well informed about how
the wrestling at the interna-
tional level is done by the
trainer Kripa Shankar
Bishnoi.
Wrestling games Include Mathematics – Kripa Shankar Bishnoi
LONDON: Nirmala Sheoran produced a
forgettable performance in the women's 400m
semi-finals to finish among the bottom trio as
India's disappointing show in the World
Athletics Championships continued on the
fourth day. The 22-year-old Nirmala clocked
53.07 seconds, well below her season's as well
as personal best of 51.28, as she finished sev-
enth in semi-finals heat number two and 22nd
overall out of total 24 competitors at the
Olympic Stadium here. Top two from each of
the three semi-final heats and two fastest fin-
ishers from the remaining runners qualify for
the final. Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser led the
field going in the final with a 50.08 seconds
effort while defending champion and Rio
Olympics silver medalist Allyson Felix
clocked the second fastest in 50,12. The
Haryana girl Nirmala, who ran at lane number
3, had an outside chance to reach the finals but
the least she could have attempted was to do
better than her personal best but she was out of
sorts as soon as she came off the blocks. She
could not even come nowhere near her heats
performance of 52.01 seconds - the same tim-
ing she had clocked while winning the Asian
Championships in Bhubaneswar last month.
World Athletics Championships: Nirmala
finishes Seventh in Women's 400m semi-finals
KOLKATA: Former India
hockey captain Dhanraj
Pillay on Tuesday said that
the legendary Dhyan Chand
should be bestowed with the
Bharat Ratna as soon as pos-
sible.
"I hope he (Dhyan Chand)
is awarded the Bharat Ratna
as soon as possible. He was
not only a great player, he
was a hockey magician.
There would have been no
controversy had he been
given the award by now,"
Pillay said while receiving
East Bengal's highest honour
Bharat Gaurav at their 98th
Foundation Day celebrations
on Tuesday. Pillay said he
learnt the killer instinct in his
game from East Bengal. "East
Bengal fought till the end,
which was also in my DNA. I
followed the likes of
Bhaichung Bhutia, Chima
Okorie... I met Bhaichung in
Malaysia when he was play-
ing at club level," he said.
Pillay said getting Bharat
Gaurav feels like getting
India's highest civilian hon-
our Bharat Ratna. "This feels
like Bharat Ratna to me. I am
overwhelmed that the club
has considered me worthy of
this award," the former
Indian star hockey player
said. "I feel honoured that a
club, known for its football,
gave this recognition to a
hockey player.
Dhyan Chand should be bestowed
with Bharat Ratna: Dhanraj Pillay
India's campaign over
at New Zealand Open
AUCKLAND: India's
campaign at the New
Zealand Open ended on
Friday with HS Prannoy and
Sourabh Verma crashing out
after losing their respective
quarterfinal matches in the
men's singles competition of
the Grand Prix Gold event
here.
Fourth seeded Prannoy
fought hard before being
stunned by Chinese Taipei's
Lin Yu Hsien, seeded 11th,
while seventh seed Verma
went down tamely to
unseeded Lee Cheuk Yiu of
Hong Kong in straight
games. Prannoy, who had
clinched the US Open title
last month, was handed a
10-21 22-20 21-23 defeat in
an hour and six minutes.
Former national champion
Verma lost 19-21 16-21 in a
match that lasted just 42
minutes. The first game
between Prannoy and Hsien
was a closely- fought affair
till 8-8 before the shuttler
from Taipei surged a little
ahead to lead 11-10 at the
interval. However, after the
break, Prannoy failed to
earn a single point, even as
Hsien bagged 10 successive
points to seal the opening
game 21-10.
12. New Delhi — Anshu Budhraja, General Manager,
Amway India, the country’s leading Direct Selling
FMCG company was invited to address young and
enthusiastic students at the Indian Institute of Foreign
Trade (IIFT) during the ‘ CEO Talk series in New
Delhi, IIFT, one of Delhi’s premier management
institutes, invites business leaders from leading
industries to motivate their students and provide
them with an opportunity to interact and get
inspired. Mr. Budhraja complimented the learning
ecology of the institution and drew a comparative to
lifecycle learning which Amway has institutionalized
towards entrepreneurship. Discussions also encom-
passed forging a sustainable partnership with IIFT
towards driving key government priorities of “Skill
India” while emphasizing the need for students to
continually foster a learning mindset, take value
based decisions and embrace future with confidence.
Addressing the students, Mr. Budhraja said, “India
is one of the most progressive economies and is pro-
viding stewardship and thought leadership on global
issues. The Indian Economy has entered a golden
period with inflation and interest rates at their lowest
ebb. Future is built from the future, Future is not built
from the Past - and the new future would be ampli-
fied by the demographic dividend of around two
thirds of India’s population under the age of 35 years.
The burgeoning young workforce in India will soon
be the largest and youngest the world has ever seen.
At the same time, this vast nation is amidst a massive
wave of urbanization and posts challenges with 13
Mn people joining the workforce annually. The nation
needs to focus on creation of jobs, enhance MSME
sector contribution to at least 50% and also build
competencies along with alternate business models
including push towards Direct Selling. The Direct
Selling Industry is expected to grow from INR 7,200
Cr to 65,000 Cr by 2025 deploying more than 18 Mn
people with 60% being women.
Amway India inspires youth to unleash their
potential to further India’s Growth Momentum
Delhi JK Tyre & Industries Ltd launched Jagruti
Se Pragati initiative aimed at connecting farmers to
agricultural experts through advanced digital interven-
tions. Under this initiative, mobile units equipped with
virtual reality technology and webcast-based confer-
encing tools with touch screen technology toured
remote villages in the north Indian states of Haryana
and Uttar Pradesh for a month, touching about 50,000
farmers in 1,000 villages.
The main objectives of the initiative was to enable
farmers to harness the latest technology towards a bet-
ter yield and produce in their fields. The mobile units
camped in villages where they demonstrated before a
gathering new and scientific methods of farming, best
practices to follow for maintenance of tractor tyres
and provided counselling through teleconferencing.
Using webcast technology, farmers consulted agrono-
mists who educated them on the latest in farming tech-
niques. Touch screens on the units provided tips about
maintenance of tractor tyres.
Calling it an exercise for empowerment of farmers,
Mr. Vikram Malhotra, Marketing Director, JK Tyre,
said, “The Jagruti Se Pragati initiative reaffirms our
commitment to bring development to the farthest cor-
ners of the country, and sits with our multi-market
penetration ethos that has allowed us to touch millions
of lives. In these changing socio-economic times,
when India is at the brink of attaining the status of an
economic superpower, it is easy to forget the farmer
who is the backbone of the country. Through this ini-
tiative, we have tried to connect farmers to agriculture
experts so they can learn about the latest scientific and
technological interventions that will help them in
increasing their produce and apply smart farming
methods. Being the country’s leading tyre manufactur-
er, it is only natural that we also provide information
and knowledge on how best to maintain tractor tyres.
The response shown by farmers has been heartening.
Most of them greeted the mobile vans with enthusi-
asm and attended the sessions conducted in their vil-
lages. Many used the VR lens out of curiosity and also
took back important lessons on farming.” Once the
mobile units became a familiar sight in some villages,
word spread fast and farmers from other villages were
also keen to see it. The virtual reality lens and the one-
on-one videoconferences were particularly big draws.
Sukh Ram from Samaypur village near Meerut, said,
“This is my first time talking to someone through
videoconferencing and I learnt a lot about modern
farming techniques.” While a lot of the older farmers
were interested to learn about newer agricultural from
qualified specialists, younger people were drawn to
the VR lens. “I had never seen a tyre manufacturing
plant before,” said Vikas Yadav from Sonepat. “With
this technology, I was able to take a virtual factory
visit of the JK Tyre plant.”Avisibly excited Vikas said
he had invited many of his friends from the nearby vil-
lage to see the JK Tyre mobile unit.
JK TYRE LAUNCHES ‘JAGRUTI SE PRAGATI’TO CONNECT
FARMERS IN UPAND HARYANA WITH AGRONOMISTS
Binod Kumar Singh
Max, country's largest
fashion forward brand and
Elite, global talent manage-
ment company, are back with
the 4th edition of ‘Elite Model
Look India 2017’, one of the
most sought-after & presti-
gious contest in the world. The
contest which will tour 07
cities across India this year,
reached Delhi for its prelimi-
nary Regional Casting round.
The esteemed panel of jury
included MARC ROBINSON
- Licensee - Elite Model Look
India, DIANDRA SOARES -
Supermodel, VINOD NAIR –
Fashion Editor, RINA
DHAKA – Fashion Designer
and VASANTH KUMAR –
Executive Director. At the end
of the casting, 04 Girls and 05
Boys saw their dreams come
true as they were selected for
the next stage, Elite Model
Look National Casting that
will take place in Mumbai on
30th August 2017. Contestants
were shortlisted from hun-
dreds of hopeful contenders
based on criteria like their
ramp walk, first impression
and photogenic appeal. The
lucky contestants chosen from
Delhi are –
Girls – Jesslina Nayyar,
Kiyara, Mukaan Bisaria and
Swapna Priyadarsini
Boys – Divyam Bidhuri,
Pankaj Rathi, Raj Dobriyal,
Saurabh Chaudhary and
Tenzing Rinchen.
These contestants will
compete in the final selection
round in National Casting
along with contestants short-
listed from Hyderabad,
Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune,
Mumbai and Goa. At the end
of the National Casting, the
Elite Model Look jury will
choose contestants to partici-
pate in India Final that will
take place in Goa in Sept.
2017. The ultimate goal is to
win a place in the prestigious
Elite Model Look World and
to secure a 2 year contract
with the Elite agency.
Delhi Finalists for Elite Model Look IndiaAnnounced
12Country And politicsSPECIAL 07-13 Aug., 2017
Varnika is like my
daughter', says BJP's
Subhash Barala
NEW DELHI: The BJP's
Haryana unit chief Subhash
Barala finally spoke to the
media on Tuesday saying that a
woman his son allegedly
stalked last week is "like my
daughter" and denying there is
any pressure to influence the
investigation of the alleged
stalking incident, reported
ANI. "Varnika is like my
daughter, there is no pressure
to influence the investigation,"
said Barala, referring to
Varnika Kundu, the woman
who said she was harassed by
Barala's son Vikas on Friday
night in Chandigarh.
Vikas was arrested Friday
night after Varnika, who was
driving alone, called the police
even while she was being
chased around the city by
Vikas and a friend of his. He
was later granted bail.
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14. MUMBAI: The Indian
Institute of Technology Madras
has been going all out to promote
a collaborative environment
between industry and academia,
a move that has helped it bag a
significantly higher number of
industrial consultancy projects.
According to National
Institutional Ranking Framework
(NIRF) -2017 data shared by IIT
Madras, the institute leads
among the top five IITs in terms
of both industrial consultancy
projects as well as earnings
through that route. In 2015-16,
IIT Madras had 737 projects
from 383 clients and received Rs
63.15 crore through industrial
consultancy earnings. The num-
ber of consultancy projects
increased 26% compared to that
in the previous year.
IIT Bombay had more clients
(438) in 2015-16, but it bagged
fewer projects (591) than IIT
Madras and earned Rs 35.14
crore. IIT Delhi had 428 projects
from 305 clients, earning Rs
39.95 crore through industrial
consultancy in 2015-16. "For the
last few years, we have been
actively trying to breach the
physical gap between IITs and
industry and the IIT Madras
Research Park has had a
significant role to play in this. In
2016-17, we had commitments
of Rs 80 crore, of which Rs 70
crore has been realised," said
Krishnan Balasubramanian,
dean, industrial consultancy and
sponsored research (IC&SR), IIT
Madras. "We have about 40
companies who have their
research facilities in our park
now. By the end of 2018, that
number should almost double."
IIT Madras Research Park is an
independent company promoted
by IIT Madras and its alumni that
facilitates the promotion of
research and development by the
institute in partnership with
industry. It helps companies with
a research focus to set up a base
in the park and leverage the
expertise available at IIT
Madras. Phase 1of the park was
about 400,000 square feet and
the just-added Phase 2 will take it
up to 1.3 million-plus sq ft.
"We have just signed an
agreement with Robert Bosch
Engineering and Business
Solutions to set up a research
centre to address data sciences
and artificial intelligence. Tata
Steel is also just coming on board
after signing an MoU
(memorandum of understanding)
with us last year to start an
advanced materials research
centre.
NEW DELHI:
Smartphone shipments in
India this year are set to grow
at the slowest pace so far due
to the after-effects of demon-
etisation, ambiguity during
the transition to the goods
and services tax (GST) and
the upcoming launch of
Reliance Industries' 4G fea-
ture phone, according to
three market research firms.
Singapore-based Canalys
slashed its smartphone
growth estimate for India by
more than half to about 4-5%
from its assessment in
January. Hong Kong's
Counterpoint Technology
Market Research reduced it
to 11% from 15% earlier and
CyberMedia Research low-
ered it to 5-6% from 10%.
The estimates take into
account an expected jump in
shipments in the run-up to
Diwali in October. JP
Morgan expects to see 25-
30% sequential growth in
smartphone units, 7% on-
year, in the July-September
quarter in preparation of the
festive season which begins
earlier than usual this year.
Analysts expect overall
smartphone growth to revive
only by the second half of
2018. Reliance will offer a
new category of 4G feature
phones in September at Rs
1,500 each, refundable after
three years, and Rs 153 a
month. Analysts said this
may push users of basic
phones, which start at about
Rs 700, to JioPhones, lured
by content such as movies
and music and delaying an
upgrade to smartphones,
which start at about Rs 2,500.
"First half of the year has
been slower than expected
due to GST and demonetisa-
tion. Growth should pick up
in the second half but if
JioPhone has some impact,
then it will further slow down
the transition to smart-
phones," said Rushabh
Doshi, an analyst at Canalys.
The research firm projected
India's smartphone shipments
at 117-118 million for this
year compared with 123 mil-
lion estimated in January.
"Taking into account
JioPhone, this year will be
slowest for smartphone
growth ever in terms of year-
on-year growth," Doshi said,
noting that the fastest growth
was in 2013, when shipments
more than doubled.
Demonetisation, GST and JioPhones make a dent
in smartphone shipments growth projection
MUMBAI - India
imposed trading restrictions
on 162 listed entities identi-
fied as shell companies, a
surprise move that analysts
said was part of a broad
crackdown on illegal off-
shore transfers and tax eva-
sion. The announcement by
the Securities Exchange
Board of India (SEBI) late on
Monday did not say what
illegal activities the compa-
nies may have been engaged
in. The restrictions include
limiting trading in the affect-
ed companies to once a
month and curbs in the trad-
ing of shares held by the pro-
moters and directors of the
companies. The government
has been going after compa-
nies it suspects of engaging
in irregular transactions after
a ban on high-value currency
bills late last year, including
transferring money abroad
illegally, or "black money,"
and evading taxes. Some ana-
lysts said the trading restric-
tions had taken investors by
surprise. "(Investors) should
wait for the full facts to
emerge," Amit Tandon,
founder and managing direc-
tor of shareholder rights
group Institutional Investor
Advisory Services, said in a
chat room operated by
Reuters. "If these companies
indeed have been used for
money-laundering, then strict
penal action needs to be
taken. If not, they need to be
excluded from this order."
SEBI did not immediately
respond to a request for com-
ment. "We would like to cat-
egorically state that the com-
pany has been following all
the rules and regulations," it
said in an exchange filing.
"We therefore find it quite
shocking that the company
has been placed under this
surveillance list."
Government imposes trading curbs
on suspected shell companies
NEW DELHI: The company is
now drawing up plans for the devel-
opment of the Mariposa-1well that
has begun a test production of 4,500
barrels per day. The company is now
drawing up plans for the develop-
ment of the Mariposa-1well that has
begun a test production.
ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm
of the state-run Oil and Natural Gas
Corp, plans to invest $150 million
in exploration this fiscal year to
drill more wells in Colombia, where
it just made a commercial discovery,
as well as in Kazakhstan and
Bangladesh. ONGC Videsh, which
operates the CPO-5 block of
Colombia, has made a commercial
discovery in its exploration well
Mariposa-1, managing director
Narendra Verma has said. The com-
pany is now drawing up plans for
the development of the Mariposa-
1well that has begun a test produc-
tion of 4,500 barrels per day, he
said. The success has also opened
opportunity for further exploration
in the block.
"To chase this lead, we plan to
drill two more wells," Verma said.
ONGC has 70% participating inter-
est in CPO-5 block in which the
remaing 30% stake in held by
Amerisur Resources of UK. ONGC
has participating interest in a total
of six blocks in Colombia. This
includes a producing block whose
current output is 35,000 barrels per
day.
ONGC has also accelerated its
exploratory efforts in Kazakhstan
and Bangladesh. Drilling has begun
in the Kazakhstan block in the
Caspian Sea while preparations are
on to drill the first well in
Bangladesh.
"We are hopeful Kazakhstan
drilling will end up in success,"
Verma said. In all, the exploratory
effort would require $150 million of
investment this year, Verma said.
ONGC Videsh plans to make a total
capital spending of $1 billion in
2017-18 in exploration, develop-
ment and production across all its
projects. ONGC Videsh's produc-
tion jumped 40% in 2016-17 mainly
on 26% stake acquisition in Russia's
prolific Vankor fields. The output is
expected to rise further 15% in the
current fiscal year to 14.35 million
tonnes of oil equivalent (mtoe). "We
are actively working towards meet-
ing our target of 20 mtoe by 2020,"
said Verma. The company has also
entered Namibia's oil and gas sector
with a purchase of 30% interest
from Tullow Oil in the African
country's three oil blocks. ONGC
Videsh's investment in the Imperial
fields of Russia will likely get some
production boost after an associated
gas processing plant comes up. The
tender for the plant has been award-
ed and it would be ready in about 18
months, Verma said. This would
help push up oil production from the
field by 4000 barrels/day from the
current 7000 barrels/day.
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IITMadrastopsinIndustrialConsultancyProjects IT professionals
shelling out up to
Rs 4 lakh to reskill
B E N G A L U R U :
Executive management pro-
grammes have been popular
among mid-career profes-
sionals who could afford
them because they are a
means to move into more
remunerative and meaningful
roles. Now, something similar
is happening in the technolo-
gy world, where IT profes-
sionals are spending up to Rs
4 lakh on courses in new
technologies in an attempt to
jump to better roles and stay
relevant in their fields. The
courses are gaining populari-
ty particularly among profes-
sionals with 5-10 years of
experience in the IT industry.