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  • PM firm on British Values

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to tackle Muslim clerics in the UK who inflame terrorism by denouncing free speech, equality and democracy. In a powerful intervention clearly aimed mainly at ‘preachers of hate’, the Prime Minister in an article in the Daily Mail sayd the failure to stand up to such firebrands has…

  • ‘Iraq crisis not result of invasion’

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    The 2003 Iraq invasion is not to blame for the violent insurgency now gripping the country, former British prime minister Tony Blair said, according to media reports. He writes on his website that the violence was the “predictable and malign effect” of inaction in Syria. He said the idea that the current crisis was a…

  • Modi arrives in Bhutan

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    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Bhutanese capital on a two-day official visit Sunday, his first foreign tour since taking over the reins of the government in New Delhi May 26.     Modi arrived to a red carpet welcome at the picturesque Paro International Airport, which is ringed by mountain ranges, where…

  • US deploys aircraft carrier to Gulf

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    US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel Saturday ordered the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush to move from the North Arabian Sea into the Gulf, amid escalating violence in Iraq. The order will provide President Barack Obama additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq, Pentagon spokesperson John…

  • PICS- Obama: Happy Father’s Day

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    He is the most powerful man on earth.  A busy person. But the President will never spoil an opportunity to entertain children. In the weekly address to the nation, US President Obama wished America’s dads a happy Father’s Day and underscored the crucial role fathers play in our society. The President encouraged Americans to support those…

  • Iran ready to help Nouri

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    Iran is ready to assist the Iraqi government in its battle against extremist Sunni insurgents, President Hassan Rouhani has said, BBC reported. He denied Iran had sent troops to fight in Iraq. However, an Iraqi source told the BBC that 130 Iranian Revolutionary Guards had entered the country to provide military training and advice. The insurgents…

  • PM attends Oxford event

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled a portrait of the late Baroness Thatcher at Saïd Business School in Oxford to mark the naming of the School’s new building, the Thatcher Business Education Centre. The Prime Minister was welcomed by Professor Andrew Hamilton, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and by Professor Peter Tufano, Dean…

  • NEWS N’ PICS – Paper Pandas & Sea’s Fury

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  • India adds aircraft carrier

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    Prime Minister Modi dedicates India’s most powerful warship  INS Vikramaditya  to the nation saying it’s giant step towards nation’s security Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dedicated to the nation INS Vikramaditya, India’s largest and most powerful aircraft carrier, marking his first visit to a military facility after assuming office last month. He described it as a “giant…

  • PICTORIAL- Clan of Genghis Khan

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    Genghis Khan was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed “Genghis Khan,” he started the Mongol invasions that resulted in…

  • Obama names NRI to science forum

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    US President Barack Obama plans to appoint a Madras University graduate and alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology as a member of the National Science Board of National Science Foundation. The proposed appointment of Dr Sethuraman Panchanathan, Senior Vice President of the Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development at Arizona State University (ASU), was announced…

  • The Strong Silent PMs

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    DAILY DOSE by Bikram Vohra I think it is a great idea that Prime Minister Modi is spring-cleaning the corridors of power and their fusty, musty, dusty cupboards full of red tape. About time this was done. However, when you are new and people expect you to climb mountains without oxygen and perform mini-miracles before…

  • Queen honours community heroes

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    Late teenage cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton has become an MBE in a Queen’s Birthday Honours List which also recognises actor Daniel Day-Lewis with a knighthood, BBC reported. Stephen, who raised £4.2m for the Teenage Cancer Trust after his story spread on social media, accepted the honour for services to the charity shortly before his death, aged 19,…

  • US teenagers on holy path

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    Survey shows sex, smoking among US teenagers on decline Here’s good news for American parents. A youth survey by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that lesser numbers of high school students are reporting sexual intercourse, smoking or fighting episodes compared to earlier findings. According to the Youth Risk Behaviour Survey…

  • We salute Sarika Jain, IAS

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    Jatindra Dash profiles differently-abled Odisha girl who clears civil service exam in first attempt It was sheer hard work and determination that paid off, says Odisha’s differently-abled Sarika Jain who cracked in her first attempt the coveted civil services examination. Jain developed polio in her right leg in 1985 when she was just two years old.…

  • COLUMN – Saeed Naqvi on Gandhis (New)

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    Saeed Naqvi says the Gandhis must vacate for an opposition to take shape. Asian Lite, top Asian newspaper for the Asian diaspora will carry regular political columns After the vigorous opening speech in the Lok Sabha by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi’s rump of a party looked even more battered and bruised. The most reassuring news…

  • Please protect your parents!

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    Kaliph Anaz says old-age homes in India are providing security and company for the aged.June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Sushma, 70, whose abode is an old-age home in the national capital, blames her daughter-in-law for her plight, but for 65-year-old Kamlesh Gupta “lack of emotional support” is the main reason for shifting to…

  • NRI businessman’s killers jailed

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    Six members of a gang in Britain, accused of killing an Indian-origin businessman, were sentenced to jail Friday. Shammi Atwal, 45, was pushed into the path of an oncoming lorry outside his shop in Barking, East London when he tried to stop the robbers Oct 14, 2013, the Mirror reported. Vidmantas Gorskoves, 26, Ayrimas Diliunas,…

  • Obama rules out troops to Iraq

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    US President Barack Obama said Friday he will not send US troops back to Iraq to help fight Islamist militants.   “We will not be sending US troops back into combat in Iraq,” Obama told reporters at the White House South Lawn, acknowledging “significant gains” made by the Islamic State, an offshoot of Al Qaeda…

  • Dutch thrash Spain 5-1

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    Holders Spain were humiliated 1-5 by the Netherlands in the first match of Group B in the 2014 FIFA World Cup at the Arena Fonte Nova here Friday. In a repeat of the 2010 South Africa finals, Spain failed to contain the Dutch counter attack play and were decimated in the second half. Real Madrid…

  • Law to stem Forced marriages

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    Kaliph Anaz reports that forced marriage becomes a criminal offence in the UK from Monday, the 16 June 2014. It is a punishable offence by up to seven years in jail Forced marriage is a crime where one or both spouses do not, or cannot, consent to the marriage and duress is involved. This can include physical, psychological,…

  • INDIA HOMES FAIR IN LONDON

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    HDFC is oresenting its 7th Annual property event in London with over 36 leading developers showcasing prime properties from all across India. VENUE –  Hilton London Metropole Hotel, 225 Edgware Road, London W2 1JU    For NRIs and PIOs wanting to own a home in India there is an opportunity to inquire about properties across India…

  • Pictorial- World Cup Day One

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  • The IMF’s False Confession

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    Ashoka Mody, a former mission chief for Germany and Ireland at the International Monetary Fund, is currently Visiting Professor of International Economic Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. “Do I have to go on my knees?” the International Monetary Fund’s managing director, Christine Lagarde, asked the BBC’s Andrew…

  • Billimoria challenges Ukip

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    Ukip and party leader Nigel Farage peddle “ridiculous nonsense” about the impact immigrants have on Britain, Cobra Beer boss Lord Bilimoria has said, The Huffington Post reported. The peer was speaking after appearing at the Enterprise Research Centre’s State of Small Business Britain conference at the International Festival for Business in Liverpool. The India-born crossbench…

  • Bhilai gas leak kills six

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    Six people, including three senior officials, were killed and six people were injured in a gas leak at the Bhilai Steel Plant here Thursday, a Chhattisgarh minister said. “Six people including three deputy general managers have been killed,” Revenue Minister Prem Prakash Pandey said in a hospital in Sector 9. “Six people are in the ICU,”…

  • LITE BOOKSHELF – Politics, Politics

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    This week’s bookshelf contains a mix of  poems, translations and political imagination. Dilemmas of the self, evocation of modern India, some unpublished letters – Please take a look. 1. Book: The Political Imagination; Author: Nayantara Sahgal; Publisher: Harper Collins; Pages: 242 Through the last five decades, the author has constantly responded to the changes that have…

  • NASA’s Mars spacecraft nearly ready

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    With just six months until its first scheduled trip to space in December this year, engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have begun the final assembly of Orion spacecraft that could take man to Mars. Engineers began stacking the crew module on top of the completed service module, the first step in moving the three…

  • THE FUNNY SIDE- Dogs Are Smart !

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     Nury Vittachi in his column The Funny Side for Asian Lite, top newspaper for the Asian diaspora, says the difference between humans and animals: Dogs are smart I’ve always told my children that they can turn traffic lights green using only their minds. My wife scolds me, but it totally works. You just have to choose the…

  • UK turns heat on EU leaders

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for “bold leadership” in a newspaper article laying out his criteria for the new president of the European Commission. This comes as Britain leads a campaign, with Sweden and the Netherlands, to block the candidacy of Luxembourg’s ex-prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly backed…

  • GALLERY – Time To Act

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    Time To Act is a Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, Promoting human rights internationally, Preventing conflict in fragile states, Defence and armed forces, Equality, rights and citizenship, Foreign affairs and International aid and development. From early morning on Tuesday 10 June there will be 84 hours of global action to highlight the fight…

  • Iraqi foreign minister in London

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    Middle East Minister Hugh Robertson met Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in London on Thursday. Mr Robertson strongly condemned the actions of the terrorist group, ISIL, and made clear that the Iraqi government has the United Kingdom’s full support in its efforts to bring security to Iraq.  Mr Robertson urged Iraqi leaders to work together to unite the…

  • London turns focus on India

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    India Inc’s organised a high profile  summit in London focusing on the sense of optimism within UK-based businesses after the swearing in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The event titled ‘A New Dawn for India: What does it mean for UK-India business?’ brought together a range of big-hitters across the business and political spectrum of the two countries…

  • WILL THIS GENERAL PLEASE SHUT UP

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    Bikram Vohra looks into the controversy over the appointment of new army chief in India I want to share a thought. I come from a family of four brothers, the only ones in any army in the world who made the rank of a General. No other commissioned band of brothers has four. My dad…

  • Fate of rupee under Modi

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    Vatsal Srivastava in his column Currency Corner says theme for rupee still remains gradual depreciation  It has nearly been a month since the historic BJP electoral sweep. We have seen equities climb to record highs on expectations that the Modi government led reforms will finally unlock India’s true economic potential. Mid-cap and small-cap stocks have outperformed blue chips…

  • Dancing with God in Blackpool

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    Dancing with God, a Cross-Cultural Experience, is coming to Blackpool on Saturday, June 14. Prof. Jon Whittle, Lancaster University, will deliver a full length solo performance of the Indian classical dance, Kuchipudi. This is the first ever time that the North West will see a Western male dancer performing in this style Dancing with God – A…

  • News ‘n’ Pictures

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  • Recession hits Europe, America

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    The economic crisis in Europe and North America led to more than 10,000 extra suicides, according to figures from UK researchers. A study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, showed “suicides have risen markedly”. The research group said some deaths may have been avoidable as some countries showed no increase in suicide rate, BBC…

  • Ethnic paper wins top award

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      The South Asian Times, a leading newspaper for the Indian community in the US, has bagged an Ippies award given to the ethnic and community press for “Best Investigative/In Depth Story”. The Ippies Awards are given by the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism. Jinal Shah (Associate Editor) won the…

  • Britain to train Libyan forces

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    Britain’s defence ministry announced Wednesday that the British Army is to train over 300 members of the Libyan security forces in the coming six months.   The Libyan forces, who arrived in Britain Tuesday, will learn basic infantry skills and military leadership at Bassingbourn Camp in Cambridgeshire of England. They will be trained on a…

  • CHANGE OF PACE:Animal Farm

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    DAILY DOSE By Bikram Vohra I love animal parables. That’s because animals are smarter than most of the people I know. I always recall a sign on the table at an airline executive’s office. It read: “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or…

  • Modi begins E-governance

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    No more piles of dog-eared files and clipped paper stacks littering office desks. It is the time of e-files in the new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The prime minister, who has sought to embrace technology in governance with messianic zeal, has directed officials – ranging from secretaries, joint secretaries and section officers –…

  • Narayana Murthy to step down

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     In a dramatic development, India’s second largest global software major Infosys Ltd. on Thursday announced that Vishal Sikka would be its new chief executive and managing director from Aug 1. Co-founder and chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy will step down June 14. The $8.25-billion IT bellwether declared that to facilitate the smooth transition to Sikka, the…

  • PICTORIAL- Footy Fever

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  • GALLERY – Big B unveils ‘Yudh’

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    Megastar Amitabh Bachchan launched the dramatic poster of his first fiction TV series titled “Yudh”, which is expected to go on air from July. Big B, who will be seen playing the role of construction company co-owner Yudhishthir Sikarwar in the TV series, unveiled the poster in the presence of his co-stars Sarika and Aahana…

  • PEACE- An elusive dream?

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    Vishnu Makhijani says  the world is in greater conflict than at any previous period in its history   On June 6 was celebrated the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the allied landings on Normandy that marked the beginning of the end of World War-II, a war that was supposed to end all wars. July 28 will be…

  • ‘We can stem sex crimes’

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      Angelina Jolie , UN Special Envoy , said We can eradicate warzone sex crime. Talking at The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict the actress said: “This is a very, very common circumstance, this is a sickness.” Jolieadded: “Everywhere we go, it’s one of those things you can’t quite get your head…

  • China to aid Bangladesh

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    China and Bangladesh vowed to make joint efforts to build an economic corridor linking Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar. Chinese President Xi Jinping met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed here Tuesday and both pledged to make joint efforts to build an economic corridor linking Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar. “Bangladesh is an important country…

  • Rowling’s £1m for pro-UK

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    Author JK Rowling has made a £1m donation to help fund the campaign against Scottish independence, reports BBC news. The writer of the Harry Potter books, who lives in Edinburgh, has publicly backed the Better Together campaign. Explaining her decision on her website, Ms Rowling said there was a “denial of risks” within the “Yes”…

  • Terrorists seize Turkish consulate in Mosul

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    A day after taking control in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, militants Wednesday seized the Turkish consulate and arrested its consul and diplomatic staff in the northern Iraqi city, an official Kurdish website said. Militants of Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) took control of the consulate and held captive the consul and a…