Asian Lite News Archive

Category: INDIAN NEWS

  • ‘Reinvent Make in India’

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    India needs to reinvent the ‘Make in India’ programme, according to R.A. Mashelkar, Former Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). “We do not need just assembled in India but invented and designed in India,” he told India’s management leaders in an online dialogue organized by the All India Management Association…

  • SFJ offers reward to raise Khalistan flag at Red Fort

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    The security agencies are on high alert as the banned Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) is learnt to have announced a $125,000 reward for anyone who hoists a Khalistan flag at the Red Fort on Independence Day on August 15. Delhi Police, the nodal agency for law and order in the national capital, was busy coordinating…

  • Talibanisation of the Sikh faith!

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    I am appalled to read about the actions of a few unelected, self-appointed Sikhs who have removed Shri Granth Sahib’s Sarup (Holy Book) from the house of the former Principal of Khalsa College in Amritsar by claiming that he cooks and eats eggs at home. It appears these people have claimed ownership upon the Sikh…

  • IPL 13: ECB gets official clearance

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    The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) on Tuesday said that it has received the official clearance from the BCCI to host the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE from September 19 to November 10. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, UAE Cabinet Member and Chairman of the Emirates Cricket Board said in a statement on ECB’s…

  • Indian pharma sector to grow 4-6%: ICRA

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      The domestic pharma industry is expected to grow at a 4-6 per cent in FY-2021 owing to Covid impact, though FY 2020-2023, CAGR is expected to be in the range of 8-11 per cent on the back of healthy demand from the domestic market given increasing spend on healthcare along with improving access, rating…

  • India pits reciprocal trade

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    Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday asserted that Indian products deserve fair access to other countries before these countries can freely access the Indian market. “India wants reciprocal trade with other countries,” he stressed. In his address at the inaugural ‘India Virtual FMCG Supply Chain’ event organised by FICCI, Goyal said: “Countries should, in a…

  • Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

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    Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden has selected Kamala Devi Harris as the nominee for vice president in a historic move that marks a breakthrough for Indian Americans in US politics. “I have the great honour to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris – a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s…

  • Daily Digital – Boris Firm on School Run

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    Boris Firm on School Run; Biden Selects Kamala Asian Lite Daily Digital UK Aug 12, 2020 – Read the full edition – https://bit.ly/2DKN8LZ

  • Noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori dies in Indore

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    Noted Urdu poet and lyricist, Dr Rahat Indori, passed away in Indore on Tuesday afternoon after testing positive for Covid-19 on Monday night. He was 70. Early on Tuesday morning, Indori, who was hospitalised, had tweeted: “After displaying initial symptoms of Covid, I underwent a corona test yesterday and have tested positive. I am admitted…

  • Music band Indian Breves brings fresh lease of air

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    What is life? It is a collection of stories, which represent our journeys laced with varied emotions and experiences. The highest highs and the lowest lows, experiences that enrich our souls. But life is also what happens to you while you are busy making other plans, as the great John Lennon once wrote! Imagine chilling…

  • When Dhyanchand boldly replied to Hitler

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    The date August 15 holds a great significance for every Indian around the world but 11 years before that day in 1947, the Indian flag flew highest in another part of the world – Germany. At the 1936 Olympics, the players of the Indian hockey team were creating an unbelievable sort of frenzy around them,…

  • Akis Naseer shows way to strengthen democracy

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    26-year-old Akis Naseer has his hands full post his election as the Sarpanch of Jam ola lower village in Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir. Be it the road construction in the villages or getting access to the latest government schemes, people start to hoard outside his office in Jamola from the dawn itself.  Though overwhelmed with…

  • ‘Deception is the Chinese strategy on border’

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    China’s game plan for the stand-off along the Line of Actual Control with India in Ladakh will include a combination of pressure, deception, disinformation and continuation of its long-term expansionist policies. This was deduced by the Delhi Policy Group (DPG), one of India’s oldest think tanks on strategic and international issues of critical national interest,…

  • India to upgrade defence PSUs

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    Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched modernization and upgradation of defence public sector undertakings and Ordnance Factory Board infrastructure on Monday as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat (self reliant India) initiative. Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a clarion call for Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan and his 5-I formula of Intent, Inclusion, Investment, Infrastructure…

  • Daily Digital – Unis Urged To Hold Places

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    Unis Urged To Hold Places; Rise in Migrant Crossings Asian Lite Daily Digital UK, Aug 11, 2020 – Read the full edition – https://bit.ly/3iub3OF

  • End of political drama in Rajasthan

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    The Congress will constitute a three-member committee to look after the grievances of sulking Congress leader Sachin Pilot, who met Rahul Gandhi on Monday. The party said that the two leaders held a frank, open and conclusive discussion. In a statement, party General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal said, “Congress President Sonia Gandhi has decided that…

  • Former President Pranab Mukherjee Tests Covid Positive

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    Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that he has tested positive for coronavirus and asked his contacts to self-isolate and get tested for the virus. “On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for Covid-19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the…

  • Beware of Bitcoins

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    With the Supreme Court striking down the curb on cryptocurrency trade in India in March this year, there has been a surge in Indians investing in Bitcoin and with this, cybercriminals have started mobile-based fake Blockchain-based crypto wallets to lure and con the rich and the wealthy in the country. These Blockchain-based wallets offer handsome…

  • ‘Vivo’s Exit Not A Financial Crisis’

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    Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly stated that Vivo’s exit as title sponsor for the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) shouldn’t be seen as financial crisis. The BCCI, last week, had decided to officially announce the suspension of the partnership with title sponsors Vivo. The move came…

  • Portrait of a poet as a diplomat

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    HE Abhay K. has served in different diplomatic capacities earlier in Russia, Nepal and Brazil. His published collections of poetry include The Seduction of Delhi, The Eight-Eyed Lord of Kathmandu, The Prophecy of Brasilia The Alphabets of Latin America among others while his edited books are CAPITALS, 100 Great Indian Poems, 100 More Great Indian…

  • Daily Digital – India to continue evacuation mission

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    India to continue evacuation mission; Arabs snub Pakistan over Kashmir Asian Lite Daily Digital – Aug 10, 2020 – please click here to Read the full edition – https://bit.ly/3fIFw9N

  • When BJP’s Shilanyas overrides that of Congress’

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    It reflects on the civilizational power of Lord Rama in this ancient land that independent India’s five Prime Ministers involved themselves in the affairs of his birthplace at Ayodhya. Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Narendra Modi and, tangentially, V.P. Singh in between. India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, learnt his early lessons about the…

  • SpiceJet operates first flight to Canada

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    Airline major SpiceJet on Saturday became the first Indian budget carrier to operate a long-haul wide-body charter flight to North America. The airline repatriated 352 Canadian nationals and permanent residency holders from New Delhi to Toronto on Saturday. The airline chartered a wide-body Airbus A330-900 Neo aircraft for the purpose. The twin-aisle A330 Neo aircraft…

  • COVID-19: One more day of biggest spike for India

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    India, the third-worst COVID-hit country globally, recorded a single-day spike of 64,399 coronavirus cases, pushing its total tally to 21,53,011. Out of the total 21,53,011 cases, 6,28,747 are active cases, 14,80,884 have recovered from the deadly virus while 43,379 people have died. A total of 53,879 persons recovered and were discharged in the last 24…

  • J&K 2020: New Chapter Of Success

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    The first thing that becomes apparent while surveying the situation in J&K today, is that the Valley of Kashmir is much more peaceful with Pakistan getting less of a chance to infiltrate terrorists into the area to create civilian casualties …. Writes Dr Sakariya Kareem Mughal emperor Jehangir said it aptly when he visited Kashmir…

  • Breakthrough in malaria research

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      An international team of scientists, including Dr Mahmood Alam from India, has discovered new ways in which the malaria parasite survives in the blood stream of its victims, a discovery that could pave the way to new treatments for the disease….reports Asian Lite News According to the World Health Organisation malaria currently infects more…

  • The Diabetic Foot

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    The story of how I discovered I had type-two diabetes will be similar for many who have the condition. A simple blood test by my local GP, with little prior knowledge of the condition, and a few days later I needed to take a regular cocktail of pills, adjust how I ate and prepare myself…

  • Modi to cement ties with Central Asia

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    India, Uzbekistan to boost anti-terrorism cooperation, defence, trade….reports Asian Lite News India and Uzbekistan agreed to boost cooperation in fighting terrorism and in the field of defence and cyber security as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, on his first stop on his Central Asian tour. Modi and Karimov also…

  • A Good News -Now join the bandwagon

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    If you can’t beat it, join with it. Every third person in world overweight….reports Asian Lite News More than a third of the world’s population – 37 percent of men and 38 percent of women – is overweight, says a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Between 1980 and 2013,…

  • Keith Supports Yvette

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    Britain’s most influential Asian MP Keith Vaz declares support for Yvette Cooper in Labour Leadership Contest….reports Asian Lite Keith Vaz, Member of Parliament for Leicester East and Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, has declared his support for Yvette Cooper in the Labour Party Leadership contest. Keith Vaz in a statement said: “Yvette is the…

  • NRI physicians launch research foundation

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    The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic association of medical professionals in the US, has launched a Scientific, Academic Research Foundation (SARF) for supporting key academic research initiatives. The pioneering initiative was launched during a solemn ceremony, attended by physicians, community leaders and international media personnel at the Indian Consulate…

  • How Ravi Shankar turned Brazilian into sitarist

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       It was her parents’ love for sitar exponent Pandit Ravi Shankar that introduced Paola Carraro to Indian art and music far away in Brazil Writes Debaprio D Choudhury in Asian Lite, Britains leading Asian Newspaper. Carraro, who started learning sitar from Ravi Shankar’s disciple Alberto Marsicano, says India was the biggest inspiration in her…

  • ‘NOT HER FAULT GET OFF HER BACK’

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     How many of you remember the name of the driver when Princess Di died. Don’t be pious and hypocritical. How many of us would have read a single para para about child killed in road tragedy, huh… by using the star’s name there is some modicum of attention…writes Bikram Vohra I am sorry for the…

  • Modi to cement ties with Russia, central Asia

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    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves on Monday on an eight-day tour that will take him to the five Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and to Ufa in Russia where he will attend the BRICS and SCO back-to-back summits….reports Asian Lite News Modi will he the first Indian prime minister in…

  • First look of ‘Welcome Back’

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    The first look of filmmaker Anees Bazmee’s “Welcome Back”, a sequel to his 2007 comedy film “Welcome”, was introduced by Eros Now, the online on-demand entertainment portal from Eros International on Sunday on its social media page. Although Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, who had starred in the first part of the franchise will not…

  • UK struggles to fill teachers vacancies

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    Nearly one in 100 full-time teaching posts in England were either vacant or filled temporarily in 2014, BBC reported based on Department for Education figures There were 1,030 vacancies last November, up a third on 2013, the highest number since 2010, when the DfE started compiling figures in November. Meanwhile, teachers on contracts of between…

  • Kerala Beckons Chinese Visitors

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    Kerala Tourism has hit the streets of Shanghai in its bid to attract high-spending Chinese tourists from the world’s largest outbound tourism market to India’s southern state….reports Asian Lite News A road show and another tourism event at the sprawling Hotel Jinjiang Tower witnessed a huge footfall and a large presence of the Chinese media,…

  • Ministers, Mandarins Spoil Modi Magic

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    The daily stumbles of ministers like Smrithi Irani and mandarins are attracting greater attention than Modi’s achievement….writes Amulya Ganguli So, even as the economy is certified by the Reserve Bank governor to be on the mend, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to take the country into a digital age with more e-governance, it…

  • Call to overhaul student visa rules

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    International students should be removed from the government’s net migration target. It is clear that international students are not long-term migrants. They come to the UK, study for a period, and then the overwhelming majority go home after their studies…reports Asian Lite News Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, the head of Cambridge University, says it is “ludicrous”…

  • COME ON BABY, DRIVE YOUR CAR

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    My friend is unhappy. His wife wants a new car. She has made the decision unilaterally (means without asking him) because two of her friends have rich husbands who have bought them new upmarket cars and now she expects him to do the right thing…writes Bikram Vohra Tell me, he says in that hollow, mirthless…

  • Greece crisis dent India’s foreign reserves

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    An appreciating dollar, coupled with international currency volatility due to Greece crisis, saw India’s foreign exchange reserves plunging by $237.5 million in the week ended June 26….reports Asian Lite News. Data furnished by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its weekly statistical supplement, showed that India’s foreign exchange fell after three weeks of rise.…

  • Renewed energy in US ties: Modi

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people of US on the occasion of their 239th Independence Day and said he was “extremely excited and confident about the renewed energy” in India-US ties…reports Asian Lite News. “Dearest sisters and brothers of US, on the occasion of Independence Day, I convey my warm wishes to you all.…

  • When Hindu votes sealed Indira’s fate

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    “If the majority rule were to apply, the crow should be our national bird, not the peacock”. A quote attributed to the Tamil leader C.N. Annadurai during a protest speech in 1962 against the imposition of Hindi as a national language, 13 years before the imposition of emergency by Indira Gandhi. Annadurai went on to…

  • India stay neutral in UNHRC vote against Israel

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    Marking a significant change in stance, India abstained on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution condemning Israel over a UN report into the alleged war crimes committed during the 2014 Gaza conflict….reports Asian Lite News. But India stated that “there is no change in New Delhi’s long-standing position on support to the Palestinian…

  • Toyota develops new test dummies

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    The latest version of THUMS adds a muscle modelling feature that can simulate he body attitude of different vehicle occupants, from relaxed to braced, allowing for more detailed computer analysis of the injures collisions can cause….reports Asian Lite News You are in a car and you know you are about to hit something. If you…

  • REVIEW: Bezubaan Ishq

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    Bezubaan Ishq’ is a moders love story which says nothing….writes Troy Ribeiro   Film: “Bezubaan Ishq”; Language: Hindi; Cast: Mugdha Godse, Sneha Ullal, Nishant Malkani, Darshan Jariwala, Farida Jalal, Sachin Khedekar, Smita Jayakar and Muni Jha; Director: Jashwant Gangani; Rating: *1/2 There is nothing new about a love triangle. One has witnessed it a million times and…

  • REVIEW: Guddu Rangeela

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     “Guddu Rangeela”; Language: Hindi; Cast: Arshad Warsi, Ronit Roy, Amit Sadh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Shri Swara, Sandeep Goyat and Dibyendu Bhattacharya; Director: Subhash Kapoor; Rating: **** While the mere mention of “Guddu Rangeela” conjures the image of a frivolous and frothy tale of two bumpkins, in reality this one is quite a dynamite. What starts…

  • PLEASE SIR, TAKE MY SEAT, SIR, PLEASE, SIR

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    Hey Sir, Mr. Prime Minister, why can’t this motley crew stand in line like the rest of the people they serve…asks Bikram Vohra. He is commenting on the Babu culture in India Hahaha… it is funny, so funny that if you get into the groove of it, you could have tears of mirth streaming down…

  • Nepal to emulate Gujarat

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    The quake-hit Himalayan nation will replicate the Gujarat model for its reconstruction….reports Prashant Sood Nepal is taking a leaf from the Gujarat Disaster Management Authority set up after the 2001 Bhuj earthquake as it recovers from April’s devastating temblors, the Indian ambassador  has said. “They have decided to set up this authority under the prime…

  • Modi to address diaspora at Wembley

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    London’s Wembley Stadium will host the biggest reception for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his forthcoming visit to Britain….reports Asian Lite News Sources close to the prime minister said Modi will arrive in London during the second week of November prior to attend the G20 leader’s summit in Antalya, Turkey. The prime minster’s schedule includes meeting…