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Gurunath Meiyappan, of
Chennai Super Kings, is
son-in-law of former BCCI
president & current ICC
chairman N. Srinivasan.
4 marines,
shooter killed in
Tennessee attack
Washington: Four soldiers
were shot dead by a gunman at
US military
offices in
Chattanooga,
Tennessee in
an act of
"domestic
terrorism",
authorities
Muhammad
said. The
Youssef
lone attacker
Abdulazeez
too was later
gunned down. The shooting
incidents, which lasted for
about 30 minutes, took place on
Thursday at a National Guard
office and a Naval Reserve centre about 10 km apart. The
shooter reportedly shot while
driving in an open-top Mustang.
The shooter is identified as
Muhammad
Youssef
Abdulazeez whose father
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Referring to the issue of drone, Jaishankar said its
photograph indicated that it was neither of Indian
design nor of any UAV category held in the inventory of the Indian armed forces. "It appears to be of
Chinese design, and is commercially available off
the shelf."
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current International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman N. Srinivasan. Raj Kundra is part owner of the
Rajasthan team with his wife and Bollywood star
Shilpa Shetty. CSK is led by India team skipper
MS Dhoni.
Both Gurunath and Kundra were earlier found
guilty of betting. "Disrepute has been brought to
cricket, the BCCI and the IPL to such an extent that
there are doubts abound in the public whether the
game is clean or not," said former chief justice
Rajendra Lodha, who headed the panel.
Cricket commentators say the developments will
come as a blow to the eight-team league and raise
questions about how the Indian cricket board will
find replacements to fill the two empty places.
Failure to find replacements would lead to considerable loss of revenues for the league.
One analyst called the Lodha panel decision
incomplete: Considering that officials from both
teams have been found guilty of corruption, the
two teams should have been banned for life.
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worked for the Chattanooga's public works department. Abdulazeez was 24 years old and a US citizen of Kuwaiti descent. It was an act of "domestic
terrorism", said US District Attorney Bill Killian at
a press conference.
A local police officer was among the three people
injured. The shooter was gunned down by local law
enforcement personnel, Chattanooga Mayor Andy
Berke said.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in
a statement that the agency was closely following
the incident and its aftermath and is supporting the
investigation, which is being headed by the FBI.
Reinhold added that the gunman, with "numerous
weapons" on him, appeared to act alone, adding
that the gunman did not work at the military facilities involved.
Though the motive for the attack is not clear,
media has reported that Abdulazeez lately showed
some signs of radicalization.
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ey to the investor.
The maximum penalty Patel can receive
when he is sentenced Oct. 15 is 20 years in
prison for each of the offenses, in addition
to fines and property forfeiture. In practice, though, it is unusual for someone to
receive the maximum prison sentences to
run serially.
Patel and his brother, Mukesh "Mike"
Patel had been the main shareholders of
Haven Trust Bank in Duluth, Georgia,
which was shut down in 2008 by Georgia
state authorities.
Subsequently he and 14 others who were
directors or officials of the bank were sued
by the federal agency which guarantees
deposits made by bank customers. The
agency had accused them gross negligence and failure to carry out their duties
properly.
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Gurdit Singh
ter to Disney notifying them that their practices were violating the law, said Gurjot
Kaur, senior staff attorney at Sikh Coalition.
On June 22 Disney responded to the letter
agreeing to desegregate Singh and fully
accommodate his articles of faith.
In a response letter Disney mentioned that
the company was committed to diversity
and prohibits discrimination based upon
religion.
Racial or religious-based discrimination
has no place in our society. No one should
have to face daily humiliation of his or her
religious beliefs. I hope this decision opens
the door for other Sikhs and religious
minorities who wish to work for Disney,
said Singh in a press statement.
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Four Indians named Asia Jaipur Literature Festival heads to the USA
21 Young Leaders
New York: Asia Society announced
last week that four promising professional with ties to IndiaMishi
Choudhary, Manish Dahiya, Sanjay
Vijayakumar, and Aarti Wigwere
named Asia 21 Young Leaders.
They are among the newest members of the preeminent network of
young leaders from across the AsiaPacific, representing the private,
public, and nonprofit sectors.
Now in its 10th year, the Asia 21
Young Leaders Initiative has
become a robust network of more
than 800 young leaders from 30
nations. They are all in their own
ways focused on shaping a brighter
future for the Asia-Pacific region,
and confronting the most vexing
challenges facing the region today.
Asia 21 Young Leaders are selected
through a highly competitive
process based on outstanding
achievement, commitment to public
service, and a proven ability to
make the world a better place.
Mishi Choudhary, a technology
lawyer and an online civil liberties
activist, is the founding executive
director of SFLC.in, a pro-bono
The three day fest will be held Sept 18-20 at Boulder, Colorado
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INDIA
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Hazare to go on hunger
strike over land bill
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra): Social activist
Anna Hazare announced plans to launch an indefinite
hunger
strike
from
October 2 in
Delhi for implementation of the
'One Rank One
P e n s i o n '
(OROP) for exservicemen and
against the contentious land
Social activist
acquisition bill.
Anna Hazare
"I will launch
my fast at Ramlila Maidan in the capital from
October 2 on these issues," Hazare told media persons here.
Prior to the hunger strike, the 78-year-old former
army driver will honour war widows and mothers
of martyred defence personnel in Delhi on "Shahid
Din" on July 26, he said.
This will mark the start of awareness rallies of
farmers and retired defence personnel all over the
country.
Hazare recently wrote to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on both the issues, but said there
has been no response from the government.
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Sonia Gandhi,
Rajnath Singh
and others at
the iftar
party hosted
by President
Pranab
Mukherjee in
New Delhi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has by now impressed one and all by his unlimited source of energy and moving
through an endless number of engagements in a day . Only he can visit one country in a day with a packed program,
and fly to another country the next day without showing any signs of tiredness or fatigue, is a comment often heard
now. (Shhh! the secret is yoga, people whisper). During his just concluded foreign tour from July 7-13 also, he covered
6 countries in 7 days from Uzbekistan to Tajikistan, in between attending the BRICS summit in Russia.
Kazakhstan: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with the various artists,
who performed during the official lunch hosted by the President of the Republic
of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, at Akorda President's Palace,
in Astana, Kazakhstan on July 8.
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A panel suggested
that Andhra
Pradeshs new
capital Amaravathi
should reflect
Telugus glory
and aspirations.
Star power was provided by actresses Rakul Preet Singh, Taapsee Pannu,
and hero of many hits Daggubati Venkatesh.
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New York Tamil Sangam Board and members who attended FeTNA 2015.
Tamil scholars Prof. Michael Witzel of Harvard University and Dr. V.S. Rajam
were honored. A proposal to set up a Tamil Chair at Harvard was
discussed at the convention.
Dr Ramanathan
Raju (in black
suit) with NY
Tamil Sangam
President
Vijayakumar,
Kanchana Poola,
Diwakar and
Dr Paridivel
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ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
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'Bajrangi
Bhaijaan' to
enter Pak
but with
cuts
ndian superstar Salman
Khan's "Bajrangi Bhaijaan",
which is about a man discovering love during a journey
from India to Pakistan, will
release across the border, albeit
with a few cuts.
According to sources, it has
Never expected
big support for
'Baahubali':
Rajamouli
A scene from the magnum opus 'Baahubali - The Beginning.'
the week to rake in as much as it can before
this week's releases, including Salman
Khan's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', hit the
screens," he said.
With the distributor nett share of Rs.42.3
crore on the rst day in the country,
"Baahubali" surpassed "Happy New Year"
(Rs.42 crore), "Dhoom: 3" (Rs.32 crore),
"Singam Returns" (Rs.31.8 crore),
"Chennai Express" (Rs.31 crore), "Ek Tha
Tiger" (Rs.30.3 crore), "Bang Bang"
"Server
Sundaram",
"Aayirathil Oruvan" and
"Enga Veetu Pillai".
Post the separation, MSV
went on to become more successful. Viswanathan's solo
hits include "Bama Vijayam",
"Galatta
Kalyanam",
"Deivamagan", "Moondru
D h e i v a n g a l " ,
"Rickshawkaran", "Bharatha
Vilas" and "Ulagam Sutrum
Valiban".
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Bollywood
pays no
importance
to music:
Pankaj Udhas
Ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas.
DIASPORA
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London: A 15-year-old
Indian-origin boy in the UK
has developed a potential test
for Alzheimer's which could
allow the disease to be diagnosed 10 years before the
first symptoms appear and
even stop its progression.
Krtin Nithyanandam, of
Epsom, Surrey, has developed a 'trojan horse' antibody
which can penetrate the brain
and attach to neurotoxic proteins which are present in the
very first stages of the disease.
The antibodies, which
would be injected into the
bloodstream are also attached
to fluorescent particles which
can then be picked up on a
brain scan.
Krtin submitted his test to
the Google Science Fair
Prize and learned that he had
made it through to the final
last week. He will find out
next month if he has won a
prestigious scholarship and
Krtin Nithyanandam
SUBCONTINENT
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Post-Russia, hiccups mar India Pakistan ties Sri Lankan president opposes
Islamabad/New Delhi: In what
appeared to a speed-breaker in
India-Pakistan ties, a top Pakistani
official said the Mumbai terror
attack trial can be expedited only if
New Delhi cooperates.
Sartaj Aziz, Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif's key advisor on
national security and foreign affairs,
also said that no dialogue process
will take place with India unless
Kashmir was discussed.
This comes three days after India
and Pakistan issued a joint statement
condemning terrorism and deciding
to expedite the trial of the 2008
Mumbai terror attack -- after Prime
Ministers Narendra Modi and
Nawaz Sharif met on the sidelines
of the SCO Summit in Ufa, Russia.
While the Indian government did
not react until evening to Aziz's
comments, the BJP, which had
hailed the Modi-Sharif talks, downplayed the statement, saying it was
meant for the domestic audience.
Aziz told the media in Islamabad
that "additional information" was
required to expedite the trial of the
Pakistanis accused of plotting the
attack that left 166 Indians and foreigners dead in Mumbai.
At Ufa, the Indian side reportedly
sought the voice sample of Zakiur
Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind behind the Mumbai terror
attack who is out on bail in Pakistan.
At the meeting with Modi, Sharif
too sought information on the
progress of the Samjhauta Express
blast trial in India that left many
Pakistanis dead, Aziz said.
The Pakistani media quoted Aziz
as saying that the Ufa meeting was
held on the request of Modi. He
underlined that it was an informal
Rajapaksa's nomination
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Beijing/London, : An Indian is
among the 20 members of a tourist
group whose excursion in China
"went horribly wrong" when they
were detained allegedly for having
terror links and held incommunicado for almost two days, said a
South African charity.
'Gift of the Givers Foundation'
said in a Facebook post that the
group was on a tour to explore
ancient China as part of "a planned
47-day journey for ten South
Africans, nine Britons and one
Indian national".
The Indian as well as the other
group members were not identified
in the post.
The charity said the trip "went
horribly wrong on Friday, July 10,
when they were arrested at Erdos
Airport, Inner Mongolia, at 9.40
a.m. local time". It said no reasons
were given for the arrests.
"Cellphones were confiscated,
there was no access to the
embassies of origin nor to their
families. They were detained without charge with no access to any
communication nor to legal repre-
sentation.
"It was only on Sunday, 48 hours
later, when the tour operator
realised that something was amiss
and made the trip to Erdos, that the
first information on the detained
citizens came to light," the
Facebook post said.
It went on to say that the
Chinese, "now trying to find reasons for the detention suggested
that some members were linked to
a terror group, to a banned organi-
despite the prevalence of the pro austerity recipe this time, Europe's course
is not a one way road and it can
change.
The Greek leader revealed that former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis
had conveyed to him a proposal by
German Finance Minister Wolfgang
Schauble in spring for a commonly
agreed Grexit.
For Greece there was never a Plan B,
Tsipras underlined, arguing that a
default and Grexit would have dramatic repercussions for Greek people.
Tsipras added that his government
explored all options in contacts with
the US, Russia and China, but Greece
was not offered alternative concrete
financial aid.
Centrifuges
Iran has agreed to operate around
5,000 IR-1 centrifuges out of 6,100
installed machines, for uranium
enrichment, for 10 years. This is less
than half of its current operating
capacity.
Weapons embargo
A ban on trade of items that could
contribute to Iran's ballistic missile program will remain for up to eight years.
Transfers of certain heavy weapons will
be banned for up to five years.
Stockpiles
Iran stopped enriching uranium
above 5 per cent fissile purity in
2013.
Material of a higher grade than 5
per cent is not normally used in
nuclear power plants. It has "downblended" or further processed its 20
per cent-enriched uranium stockpile.
Western countries say the step needed
to enrich uranium from 20 per cent to
90 per cent purity the level needed
for a bomb is relatively small.
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United States," he said. "As India surges forward to become the fourth fastest growing
source of FDI into the US, it is critical that we
recognize the positive impact of Indian business investments in the country," said Senator
Mark Warner, Democratic co-chair of Senate
India Caucus. "I believe that growing the economic partnership between India and the US
will benet both economies," said Ami Bera,
the only Indian American currently serving in
Congress and co-chair of the Congressional
Caucus on India and Indian Americans.
"The Indian American community and
Indian American business owners have been a
critical part of the economic and social fabric
of the nation," he said.
New Delhi: Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country has seen
a 48 percent growth in the sevenmonth period from the launch of
'Make in India' initiative in
September till April 2015, an ofcial
statement said.
"The growth in FDI has been signicant after the launch of 'Make in
India' initiatives in September 2014,
with 48 percent increase in FDI equity inows during October 2014 to
April 2015 over the corresponding
period last year," the commerce ministry statement said.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the
In 2014-15, the country witnessed
country has seen a 48 percent growth in
unprecedented growth of 717 perthe seven-month period.
cent, to $40.92 billion of investment
by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs), it apportioning of FDI as: "Services sector
said. "The FDI inow under the approval ($3.2 billion), telecommunication ($2.8
route saw a growth of 87 percent during billion), trading ($2.7 billion), automobile
2014-15 with inow of $2.22 billion industry ($2.5 billion), computer software
despite more sectors having been liberal- and hardware ($2.2 billion), drugs and
ized during this period and with more than pharmaceuticals ($1.5 billion) and infra90 percent of FDI being on automatic structure construction ($0.75 billion)."
India stands committed to an investorroute," the statement added.
Noting that these indicators showcase friendly FDI policy and regime that also
the remarkable pace of approvals and promotes investment leading to increased
investors' condence in a "resurgent manufacturing, job creation and overall
India", the ministry went on to list the economic growth of the country, it said.
India highest recipient of US Branding Nano as cheap car was wrong: Tata
economic assistance: USAID
Washington: The US provided
$65.1 billion as economic assistance to India between 1946 and
2012, according to the US
Agency for International
Development (USAID) statistics.
It was the highest among the
economic assistance provided to
200 countries and regions by the
US during the period.
The data, which was ination
adjusted, shows India received
$65.1 billion in economic assistance, followed closely by Israel,
which got $65 billion.
Pakistan, which received a
total of $44.4 billion from the
US, was among the top ve
countries of the total 200 nations
and regions getting the economic
assistance. Indian economic aid
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Leander Paes, Sania Mirza (both played with Swiss player Martina Hingis) and youngster Sumit Nagal with their trophies.
CLT20 discontinued
with immediate effect
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soon. They are mostly the adventurous kind or couples who want to
avoid the crowds and enjoy and
experience the rain.
D.S. Rawat, secretary general of
ASSOCHAM, said that monsoon
tourism (from June to October) is a
new concept, but "is fast emerging
as a potential season for hospitality
industry". Ranjeet Oak, of
MakeMyTrip, said the monsoon is
the best time for those looking for
nature-oriented experiences.
"It was not considered a popular
travel season in India, but the sentiment is fast-changing in the last
couple of years, with monsoon trav-
the monsoon.
These are followed by Coorg in
Karnataka; Udaipur and Mount Abu
in
Rajasthan;
Lonavala,
Mahabaleshwar and Matheran in
Maharashtra; Darjeeling in West
Bengal, Shillong and Cherrapunjee
in Meghalaya; Mussoorie, Nanital,
Rishikesh and Kasauli in
Uttarakhand; Leh in Ladakh and
Port Blair in the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands.
If you want to try out some
unbeaten tracks during this season
then, according to Hari Nair,
founder
and
CEO
of
HolidayIQ.com, try out Dhanaulti
and Munsiayari (Uttarakhand),
Bharatpur (Rajasthan), Kakkabe
(Karnataka), Netarhat (Jharkahnd)
and Panhala (Maharashtra).
Sharat
Dhall,
President,
Yatra.com, India's leading online
travel company, said this season
they are looking at growing about
57 percent as compared to the last
two seasons.
According to him, quick weekend
getaways for couples, DINKs or
groups of friends are the flavour of
the season.
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ed.
Although new HIV infections declined to
two million in 2014 against 3.1 million 14
years ago and the number of new infections
has noticeably decreased or remained stagnant, UNAIDS warned spending has plateued
and called for more to be done to roll back the
virus.
There are currently 36.9 million people living with HIV around the world. Around
March this year, 15 million of them were
accessing anti-retroviral therapy.
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HUMOR
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by Mahendra Shah
Mahendra Shah is an architect by education, entrepreneur by profession, artist and
humorist, cartoonist and writer by hobby. He has been recording the plight of the
immigrant Indians for the past many years in his cartoons. Hailing from Gujarat,
he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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CANCER: You may need to prioritise the tasks on the professional front
to meet deadlines. Controlling domestic expenses may be the need of the hour for
some. Keeping a regular exercise routine will
be important. Someones attitude on the home
front may get you all upset. Serious differences on the romantic front cannot be ruled
out for some. A property dispute may lead to
litigation. You are likely to remain on a short
fuse this week, so exercise care while driving.
Keep those useful on your right side.
LEO: Romantic thoughts may dominate your mind this week. You will not
regret your decision to undertake a
journey which you were reluctant to in the first
place. A problem in the family will need
immediate solution, before it turns serious.
Dont expect instant recognition for your
excellent performance at work. Be careful of
how much you invest and in what on the financial front. Neglecting health can make you pay
dearly. Help may not be at hand for those stuck
with chores on the home front.
VIRGO: You will be able to find a
good buyer for a property you want to
dispose of. You will make parents succumb to your wish of going out with friends
on a trip. Those residing abroad may crave the
company of their near and dear ones. Children
may cause worry, but this may just be an overreaction to a current situation. An increase in
workload in foreseen on the professional front,
but you will be able to tackle it well. Control
expenses to avoid tight monetary situation.
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Knowledge Vs Experience
we experience consciousness of
higher spiritual realms. This inner
journey leads back to the source of
this current and we experience oneness with the Creator. Saints and
mystics have described within us a
series of realms. Beyond the physical realm, there is the astral, causal,
and supracausal realms, and a purely spiritual realm, called Sach
Khand. Each realm contains greater
and greater light, celestial music,
joy, and love. We ultimately merge
back in the source of all consciousness, love, and light. Then, we recognize that all humans and all forms
of life are created by the Divine and
comprise one family. This nondenominational meditation practice,
called Shabd Meditation, or meditation on the Light and Sound, can be
performed by people of all cultures.
The introductory form of meditation, called Jyoti Meditation can be
practiced by any one at any place.
The more time we spend in meditation, the more we realize the unity
within each. Spiritual progress is
enhanced by an ethical life of nonviolence, truthfulness, humility,
love for all, and selfless service.
As we gaze at the wonders within
through meditation, we can experience the inner light, enjoy its nourishing peace and bliss, and radiate
that loving luminosity to all.
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