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  • London leads ahead in job creation

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    New research published by the TUC has found that London is outperforming other parts of the UK in economic and jobs growth, while the economic recovery is weakest in the North West and Northern Ireland….reports Asian Lite News From 2010 to 2013, the London economy grew more than one and a half times as fast…

  • PM Convenes Emergency Meet Over Greece

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    Prime Minister David Cameron has chaired a meeting of senior ministers and officials to assess the impact on the UK of Greece’s “no” vote to its austerity package….reports Asian Lite News Bank of England governor Mark Carney and Chancellor George Osborne  were there, BBC reported. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to France on Monday…

  • Brum forum raises £10K for charity

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      Anzal Begum Foundation, a charity based in Birmingham, has raised an amazing £10,000 for worthy causes. The charity is based in Priory Road, Aston, and was set up by the grandchildren of Anzal Begum, who died in 2008 at the age of 60….reports Asian Lite News The Anzal Begum Foundation was launched at the prestigious…

  • 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…

  • A tragedy of economic proportions

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    What is the Greek referendum? How did the crisis there start? What next? Will India be impacted? Asian Lite presents a primer on the crisis that is rocking not just Europe and its currency but also threatens to spill over to the global economy: What has been the root cause: In many ways the present-day crisis…

  • Former RAW chief’s disclosures on job and after

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    By Sheikh Qayoom  He has been a top spy whose claims the separatists in Kashmir could have dismissed as malicious and motivated. Though most politicians claim former RAW chief A.S Dulat’s disclosures are “selective to favour his long-time friend Farooq Abdullah”, surprisingly, not many believe he has lied on facts. Dulat has made these disclosures…

  • 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…

  • GALLERY: NEWS N Pics

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    Asian Lite News selects best pictures from world news events across the world

  • British leaders to mark Srebrenica genocide

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    Prince Charles among top British leaders will join ceremonies to mark the 20th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide….reports Asian Lite. On 11 July 1995 General Ratko Mladi? and his Bosnian Serb forces marched into the town of Srebrenica and systematically murdered 8372 Bosnian Muslim men and boys This year’s 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide will be…

  • ‘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…

  • EU to respect the No Vote Of Greeks

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    Make quick ‘possible’ proposals for renegotiation: EU….reports Asian Lite News The European Union urged the Greek government to make “meaningful” and “possible” proposals in coming hours for renegotiation, following early results which have shown that Greece overwhelmingly rejected the bloc’s bailout offer. “The NO side has won the referendum with notable majority, we have to…

  • NEWS N PICS- Best pics from World Events

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    Asian Lite News complies the best pictures from today’s news event

  • 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…

  • RARE PIC of Space Station over the Moon

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    An Australian photographer has clicked a breathtaking image of the International Space Station (ISS) as it was passing over the Moon….reports Asian Lite News It took Dylan O’Donnell almost a year to get the stunning image, Daily Mail reported. The US space station completes an orbit of the Earth every 92.91 minutes and moves at…

  • ‘Messi’s Argentina trophy will come one day’

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    Argentine attacker Ezequiel Lavezzi still believes teammate Lionel Messi will inspire Argentina to an international title despite losing to Chile in the Copa America 2015 final. There were no goals in regulation time at the Estadio Nacional stadium on Saturday, though Gonzalo Higuain spurned a golden opportunity in second-half stoppage time after being played in…

  • Selfie reflects your personality

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    Does a selfie reveal something about the person-in-pic? In fact, your style of taking a selfie can disclose various secrets of your personality, says a new study. Researchers from Nanyang Technological University Singapore, said the pose of taking selfie, the place from where it is taken and even the angle of selfie can bring forward…

  • 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…

  • REVIEW: Papanasam

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    The Kamal Haasan we get to see in “Papanasam”, the Tamil remake of Malayalam blockbuster “Drishyam”, is the actor that made him a legend; an acting idol for many contemporary and upcoming actors…writes Haricharan Pudipeddi   Film: “Papanasam”; Cast: Kamal Haasan, Gautami, Nivetha Thomas, Kalabhavan Mani, Asha Sharrath, Ananth Mahadevan, Esther Anil; Director: Jeethu Joseph; Rating:**** The…

  • 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…

  • Greece Begins Grexit Poll

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    Yes or No …Greeks vote in landmark referendum on EU debt deal…reports Asian Lite News Greek voters on Sunday began casting ballots in a landmark referendum on terms of agreement with creditors on the next deal with the country’s lenders. According to the Greek ministry of internal affairs and administrative reform, about 8.5 million people…

  • Putin ready for talks with US

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    The Russsian president congratulates Obama on the occasion of American Independence Day and  calls for talks as equals….reports Asian Lite News Russian President Vladimir Putin called for talks on an equal footing between Moscow and Washington, while congratulating Barack Obama, on the occasion of American Independence Day, the Kremlin has announced. “In his message of…

  • 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…

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

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    BY BIKRAM VOHRA Hahaha… it is funny, so funny that if you get into the groove of it, you could have tears of mirth streaming down your face. This huge issue they are making of Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of State for Home being given seats on an Air India plane at the expense…

  • Swiss explains toilet etiquette to Asian visitors

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    Foreigners who are not familiar with the ways of Western toilet etiquette, the Swiss are here to help them. A series of signs – apparently aimed at visitors from Southeast Asia and the Middle East – explain how one should sit on a loo seat, rather than squat; and throw toilet paper into the lavatory,…

  • Net Villain of the year? Mrs May!

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    The Net industry is Britain has named Home Secretary Mrs Theresa May as Internet Villain of the Year….reports Asian Lite News The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) is the UK’s Trade Association for providers of internet services. She was named for the award for  pursuing “snooper’s charter” legislation without fully consulting the sector. ISPA brings together the…

  • 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…

  • 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: Max – story of a war dog

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    Max’ – A max(imum) emotional drama …. writes Troy Ribeiro  Film: “Max”; Language: English Cast: Josh Wiggins, Robbie Amell, Mia Xitlali, Thomas Haden Church, Lauren Graham, Dejon LaQuake and Luke Kleintank; Director: Boaz Yakin; Rating: *** Max is dedicated to the memory of war dogs and their handlers. The narration starts off by telling us, “Dogs have…

  • 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…

  • BBC report on MQM stirs a hornet’s nest

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    Sharif orders probe into BBC report accusing India of fundding MQM activities…. reports Asian Lite News   Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday directed the interior ministry to thoroughly investigate claims made in a BBC report about the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) receiving funding from India, and sought an early report. Interior Minister Nisar…

  • 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…

  • EU crisis will linger till Euro exists

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    When the idea of a common currency was floated, it was politically impossible to reject. Principles of Economics 101 were abandoned and the Euro was introduced in 1999. This was of course an economic policy blunder …writes Vatsal Srivastava A great economic experiment began in 1951 with the formation of the European Coal and Steel…

  • 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…

  • Tribute to London 7/7

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    Motion graphic designer Georgina Ferguson released her tribute to the victims of July 7 bombings through animation. Georgina survived the King’s Cross tube blast. She was travelling in the carriage just behind the one blew up.  The video Seven Seven tells the story of kind stranger who advised her to be courageous and don’t let…

  • No intention to surround India with bases: China

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    It’s not possible for China to surround India in a ‘string of pearls’ bases as has been stated by some commentators, according to a top PLA naval official writes Hardev Sanotra for Asian Lite. Senior Captain Wei Xiao Dong, chief of staff at the Shanghai Naval Garrison said that there was no reason for India…

  • Andy Hails Entrepreneurs

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    The front runner to become the next Labour leader, Andy Burnham said entrepreneurs should be treated like ‘heroes’…. reports Asian Lite News. Mr Burnham said the party could never win an election without business support or the backing of ‘white van man and woman.’  Andy Burnham unveiled his policies to boost aspiration, including an UCAS-style system…

  • SMART FORRAIL- Car on track

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    Nicknamed the smart ‘forrail’, it might appear like a lightly modified smart forfour but it’s, in fact, a fully certified, mini-train….reports Asian Lite News (NB: smart and Mercedes-Benz do not encourage any individual to carry out similar modifications. It’s incredibly difficult.) The new smart forfour is a pretty effective point-to-point machine. It can drive from…

  • The Rasta Link with Sadhus

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    Independent filmmaker Linda Ainouche’s new documentary Dreadlocks Story exploring the link between Hindu tradition and Rasta culture…. reports Asian Lite News Linda, an anthropologist researcher, has lived and travelled extensively within India. She is an expert on Indian culture known for her comprehensive study on Jainism. Dreadlocks Story is the first and only documentary to…

  • Europe’s crisis will linger till Euro exists

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    By Vatsal Srivastava A great economic experiment began in 1951 with the formation of the European Coal and Steel Community. It was an attempt to make war within Europe impossible by establishing free trade in coal and steel, eliminating all tariffs and restrictions on cross border economic shipments. Ideally, it would ensure that French steel…

  • Ferrari Fuels Charity Fundraising

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    Ferrari cavalcade Rome: charity auction at final event raises 200,000 euro….reports Asian Lite News After four days of exploring Rome and the stunning areas around the city in their Ferraris, the 2015 Cavalcade participants celebrated the conclusion of the event with a gala dinner in the spectacular surroundings of Trajan’s Markets. The 200 guests not…

  • Why parents blame others for their fault?

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    While trumpeting their own innocence over their children’s association with extremism, Muslim parents simultaneously protest that the authorities did nothing.  If the families really had no knowledge of such activities, why should the police or schools or social services?….writes Manzoor Moghal As the lethal cycle of British involvement in jihadism deepens, so the cries of…

  • LILY’s Fund-raising Reception in London

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    Charity LILY Against Human Trafficking held a fund-raising reception in London to support the girls of Nepal who are at risk of trafficking…reports Asian Lite News. The reception hosted by Lord Verjee at Thomas Goode W1 was successful in raising £65,000 for Nepal.  Attended by Sharmila Tagore, Mr G.P. Hinduja, Siobhan. McDonagh MP, Baroness Margaret Jay,…

  • Without God, Is Everything Permitted?

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    Vikas Datta reviews British author Julian Baggini’s Without God, is Everything Permitted?  The dilemmas of our lives and times – A way out? Does the study of ethics and morality have any relevance in our contemporary action-oriented, technology-driven materialistic world where philosophy is dismissed as only an academic activity? Yes, it does if we are to make informed,…

  • Remnants of the worst days of China

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    The power of the state, and its control over the minds of its citizens in mainland China, has not reduced much in almost three decades, though prosperity has spread wide. The Chinese are afraid to talk to a journalist about what had happened so many years ago….writes Hardev Sanotra from Tiananmen Square, Beijing As India recalled…

  • World News In Pictures

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    Asian Lite News compiles a selection of news pictures from world events. Visit www.asianlite.com for regular updates

  • THOSE WERE THE DAYS

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    By Bikram Vohra You know that time has ticked away and you are not 22: When you visit friends after some years and you discover their children are no longer children. When your children tell you this is not for you, you won’t understand. When the twinge of pain isn’t automatically indigestion. When, if the…