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India, US deepen
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Hillary, Trump
lead big in New
York: Polls
Democrat and Republican
primaries on April 19 in the state.
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Islamabad/United
Nations:
Pakistan is banking on good friend
China to block
I n d i a ' s
chances of
making it to
the coveted
N u c l e a r
Suppliers
Group (NSG),
India slams
a
former
China's 'hidden
Pakistani
veto' on Masood
diplomat has
Azhar at UN
said, adding
that "chances of India gaining
entry into NSG are virtually nil".
Zamir Akram, Pakistan's former
permanent representative at the
UN in Geneva and envoy at the
Conference on Disarmament, said
on Wednesday that China would
not allow India to enter the NSG
because this would af fect its
nuclear cooperation with Pakistan,
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New Delhi after talks with his
Indian counterpart, Manohar
Parrikar.
The two sides would finalize
the text of an agreement in com
ing weeks, Carter said.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's administration, faced with
an assertive China expanding its
influence in the South China Sea
and into the Indian Ocean, has
signaled its desire to draw closer
to the United States. China is also
a close ally of India's arch rival,
Pakistan.
Modi is also keen to access US
technolog y for his "Make in
India" plans to build a domestic
industrial base and cut expensive
arms imports.
T he U.S. military has made
clear it wants to do more with
India, especially in countering
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Rutgers student
Shani Patel killed in
shooting incident
New York: A 21yearold
Indianorig in student at
Rutgers University was killed
and his roommate seriously
injured in a shooting incident at
their apartment near the
school's campus in New Jersey.
Shani Patel, a junior econom
ics major at the university, was
shot and killed on Sunday at an
offcampus apartment building
in Newark, a spokeswoman for
the Essex County Prosecutor's
Office as saying.
Pate l's roommate, whose
identity was not released, was
seriously injured in the shoot
ing, authorities said.
T he
Rutgers
Police
Department said the shooting
was not random and that the
downtown campus, which
serves about 12,000 students,
was not under threat, The New
York
Times
reported.
Authorities are investigating
the incident.
Essex County Prosecutor's
of fice and Newark Public
Safety Director said in a state
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of DuPont Manual High School.
He said the processor responsi
ble for amplication by increas
ing the volume of an incoming
signal, was the most expensive
part about $45. Other parts cost
about $15. Mukund was inspired
to invent the aid during a visit to
his grandparents in India two
years ago. He was tasked with
getting his grandfather tested
and tted for a hearing aid. He
saw that it was a costly and dif
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
Ratnakumar Bugga
(Image courtesy: mars.nasa.gov)
He leads a task force responsible for
demonstrating the technology readiness
of lithiumion batteries for Mars missions.
Bugga was the task manager for the
Mars Exploration Rover Thermal, Rover
and Lander batteries.
Other selected concepts include a pro
posal for reprogramming microorganisms
that could use the Martian environment to
recycle and print electronics and a two
dimensional spacecraft with ultrathin
subsystems that may wrap around space
debris to enable deorbiting. (IANS)
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US AFFAIRS
NJ court declares
Cruz eligible for
White House
New York: A New Jersey
judge has declared Sen. Ted
Cruz is constitutionally eli
gible to be president of the
United States.
After considering the
arguments of various schol
ars, Judge Jef f S. Masin
wrote in his opinion
Tuesday that while there
can be no certainty as to
what the founders meant by
natural born citizen, he
concluded that the more
persuasive legal analysis is A child, born of a citizenfather, citizen
that such a child, born of a mother, or both, is indeed a natural
citizenfather, citizenmoth born Citizen within the contemplation
of the Constitution, the court ruled.
er, or both, is indeed a nat
Ted Cruz was born in Canada to a
ural born Citizen within the
Cuban father and an American mother.
contemplat ion of the
Constitution.
Canadian birth certificate on
Cruz was born in Canada to a public record incontrovertibly
Cuban father and an American proves, that he was, and is, a
mother.
naturalborn Canadian.
New Jersey Republican Lt.
It is simply a physical impos
Gov. Kim Guadagno, the secre sibility for him to be both a nat
tary of state, can accept, reject uralborn Canadian and a natu
or modify Masins ruling.
ralborn American, he asserted.
A Washingtonarea law profes
But the GOP candidates
sor, Victor Williams, challenged lawyers argued its inconceiv
Cruzs candidacy, claiming Cruz able that the Framers intended
filed a false certificate of eligibil to exclude a U.S. citizen at birth
ity to put his name on the New from holding the office of presi
Jersey ballot.
dent, simply because of where
Williams charged Cruzs he or she happened to be born.
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COMMENT
and Sikkim.
There are other kinds of watermanage
ment conflicts. In Khandwa, Mad hya
Pradesh, locals objected to a municipal cor
poration partnership with a private compa
ny to build a pipeline and augment water
supply, because prices were to be decided by
the company. Another example involves use
of groundwater by CocaCola, involved in
five conflicts w ith lo cal communit ies
protesting bottling plants (one each in
Jaipur, Dehradun and Plachimada (Kerala),
and two in Mehdiganj, near Varanasi.
Dams are persistent sites of conflicts,
especially when they are being built and
commissioned, said Sailen Routray, an inde
pendent researcher based in Bhubaneswar.
Most Indian conflicts listed in the EJAtlas
appear to be a consequence of the country's
expanding economy. For example, the raging
underground fires in the Jharia coal mines
in Jharkhand an exclusive storehouse of
prime coking coal were first seen a century
ago, started spreading in the 1970s and,
currently, more than 70 mine fires are
underway, polluting the air, water and land
and devastating the health of the locals.
Several conflicts center around garbage
dumping sites, such as Deonar in Mumbai,
Sultanpur and Bandhwari villages near
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the hospital to meet the victims
of Paravur Puttingal temple accident. (Photo: IANS/PIB)
decibe l firecrackers at nig ht.
Firework shows during the day too
should not exceed the decibel levels
of 125145.
A division bench of Just ice
Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and
Justice Anu Sivaraman came down
heavily on Kerala Police for not
preventing the Kollam deaths.
The judges asked if the probe by
the Crime Branch into the incident
was enough or whether the Central
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LENS EYE
Two photographs from William Dalrymples first book of photographs, "The Writer's Eye".
carefully chosen.
"Writing conveys ideas, every
word reflects an idea. Writing is a
hig hly inte llectual art," said
Dalrymple whose books have won
numerous awards including the
Duf f Cooper Memorial Prize, the
Sunday Times Young Brit ish
Writer of the Year Award and the
Hemingway Award.
Explaining why he took photo
graphs from his cell phone and
not with a professional camera, he
said: "Photography should always
Camel Country and (right) Power struggle, Pushkar: two of photographs by Sudhir Kasliwal on the desert state.
April 10 to 17.
"Looking at his work in books or
in his portfolio, one walks away
from his art carrying the seductive
innocence of faces loved and left
behind, faces that bring us back to
his beloved Rajasthan, its land
scape and its walls with the patina
of history, states art historian
Aman Nath in a foreword to the
catalogue.
Kasliwal has travelled to the
ter nature.
But Kasliwal does not ignore the
ingenuity of humans to survive the
harsh terrain. His studies that
blend building facades and individ
uals seep through in the haunts of
history and candor.
The titles of his photographs too
have a sense of deepened distinc
tions, while the show traverses
both geography as well as architec
Source: IANS
tural splendor.
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Designer Punarvi Patel created Eat This Collection to reflect her passion for cooking.
Stars like Lucy Hale, Peyton List and Nina Dobrev have been seen wearing designs from East this Collection by Punarvi Patel.
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Prince William and wife Kate Middleton have been on a weeklong tour of India and Bhutan.
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Bollywood superstars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan & Shah Rukh Khan chatting with Duchess of
Cambridge Kate Middleton at a charity event in Mumbai on April 10 as Madhuri Dixit looks on.
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Prince William along with wife Kate Middleton scattered flower petals at Banganga Water
Tank in Mumbai on April 10. The royal couple was welcomed with garlands
and a traditional Lavani dance.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton paid tribute to the
victims of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack at Hotel Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai on April 10.
Kate Middleton played cricket with sports icon Sachin Tendulkar and
underprivileged children at the Oval Maidan in Mumbai on April 10.
Assam Chief
Minister Tarun
Gogoi and his wife
Dolly Gogoi hosted
the royal couple at
a campfire
celebration of Bihu
festival at Tezur in
Assam on April 12.
"They also enquired about the
methods being adopted to reduce
the mananimal conflict along the
fringe areas of the park, and listened
carefully when officers of the park
told them about the methods em
ployed to reduce such conflict," said
another guard.
They also traveled on Wednesday
Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton looks on as Prince William touches the creation of artist Bulbul
Sharma with his brush at Kaziranga Discovery Park campus of Assam on April 13.
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'The Jungle
Book' shines
at Indian box
office
Mumbai: Filmmaker Jon Favreau's 3D
liveanimation adventure fantasy film
The Jungle Book has received an
overwhelming response at the box
office in India and raked in over Rs.20
crore in just two days since its release.
The film, which collected Rs.10.09
crore on its opening day in India on
Friday, witnessed good growth on
Saturday by collecting Rs.13.51 crore,
thus taking its cumulative total to
Rs.23.6 crore, read a statement.
Released in India in four different
languages (English, Hindi, Tamil and
Telugu), the film brings a story
straight from the enchanting forest of
India and presents a modern take on
Rudyard Kipling's timeless classic,
originally published in 1894.
The film, with IndianAmerican actor
Neel Sethi as Mowgli, made its way
onto the screens in India a week ahead
of its release in the US.
Along with Neel, the film is support
ed by Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris
Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett
Johansson and Christopher Walken.
Bollywood stars likes Irrfan Khan,
Priyanka Chopra, Nana Patekar,
Shefali Shah and Om Puri have lent
their voice for the Hindi version of
The Jungle Book.
'Theri' to release in
144 screens in US
Chennai: Tamil superstar Vijay's forthcom
ing actioner "Theri" will release in 144
screens in the US with special premieres.
According to CineGalaxy Inc, the distrib
utor of the film in North America, this is
tipped to be the biggest release for a Vijay
film in recent years.
In an official statement, CineGalaxy Inc
confirmed that the film will be released in
144 screens across USA in places such as
Fremont, San Jose, Los Angeles, Dublin,
Roseville, Manchester and Newark among
other locations.
Directed by Atlee, Vijay will be seen as a
police officer and a doting father in the
film. "Theri", which has music by G.V
Prakash Kumar, also stars Amy Jackson
and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
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Padma Awards are the most prestigious honors in the country. (Photos: IANS)
over his three decade long journey
as an actor.
Priyanka Chopra, who has gar
nered international acclaim with
her stint in the American TV series
"Quantico", came attired in a lime
green sari to receive her Padma
Shri. She acknowledged the appre
Delhibased
Priyadarshini
Chaterjee was
announced as
the winner of
the FBB Femina
Miss India World
2016 this week.
Bangalore
based Sushruthi
Krishna and
Lucknow's
Pankhuri
Gidwani were
named the first
and second run
nersup. (Photo:
Courtesy, life
andtrendz.com)
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Canadian PM to
apologize for 1914
Komagatu Maru incident
Ottawa: Canadian Prime
Minister Just in Trudeau
announced on Monday that he
will of fer a full apology for a
government decision in 1914
to deny entry of Sikhs in the
country.
"As a nation, we should never
forget the prejudice suf fered
by the Sikh community at the
hands of the Canadian govern
ment of the day. We should not
and we will not," Xinhua quoted
Trudeau as saying.
"That is why, next month, on
May 18, I will stand in the
House of Commons and offer a
full apology for the Komagata
Maru incident," he said.
The chartered Japanese ship
Komagata Maru sailed into the
Vancouver harbor on May 23,
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DIASPORA
Embassy of India in
Hanoi, Vietnam
participated in the
cultural function
organized by the
Hanoi Union of
Friendship
Organizations and
the Vietnam
Buddhist Sangha
on April 4.
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SUBCONTINENT
INDIASRI LANKA
BRIDGE ON CARDS:
NITIN GADKARI
New Delhi: India
T he project was
and Sri Lanka
also discussed by
could soon nalize
Prime Minister
an agreement for
Narendra Mo di
building a bridge
with his counter
connecting both
part during the
the
countries,
latter's
recent
union
Road
visit," Gadkari said
T r a n s p o r t ,
last year.
Hig hways
and
Addressing cor
Shipping Minister
respondents of
Nitin Gadkari said.
foreign media and
Nitin Gadkari
"T he project is
others on Monday,
(File Photo)
under considera
Gadkari said the
tion, it is under discussion. But rst Maritime India Summit
nothing has been nalised," 2016 to be inaugurated by
Gadkari told journalists at the Modi in Mumbai on April 14
Foreign Correspondents Club will be a game changer in the
here.
development of India's coastal
He said discussions have been and port infrastructure.
he ld on the issue w ith Sri
The threeday summit being
Lankan President Maithripala organised in pursuance of the
Sirisena and Prime Minister government's policy of giving
Ranil Wickremasinghe.
prime importance to develop
The Sri Lankan side is also ing infrastructure is aimed at
"interested" in the project, he attracting potential investors to
said, adding that even the Asian the vast opportunities in the
Development Bank has made a maritime sector.
recommendation to that effect.
Representatives and experts
Wickremasing he said in from 40 countries, in addition
Colombo on March 23 that no to India, will participate in the
formal talks between India and summit, where South Korea is
Sri Lanka have started yet on the partner country, he said.
the project.
Gadkari, who had earlier
The issue had gured in Sri favoured the Sethu Samundran
Lankan parliament as well.
project, declined to answer any
"The Asian Development Bank question on the same, saying
is ready to fully nance a the model code of conduct is in
bridge building project connect place in Tamil Nadu in view of
ing Rameshwaram to Sri Lanka. the assembly election.
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INTERNATIONAL
Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. (File Photo: IANS)
A protester throws an egg at the parliament building during a protest in
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland. (Photo: Xinhua/IANS)
London: Tax avoidance by multinational cor
porations will be forced into the open under
proposals to be unveiled by European regula
tors following the Panama Papers revela
tions.
The European Commission will put for
ward legislation requiring large multination
als operating in Europe to disclose profits
earned and taxes paid in each of the EUs 28
member states, as well as fiscal havens, The
Guardian reported.
All large companies trading in Europe,
including subsidiaries of nonEuropean busi
nesses, would have to publish how much tax
they pay outside the EU, including detailed
countrybycountry information on their
finances in tax havens. The commission was
already working on measures to force inter
national companies to disclose their earnings
and tax bills in the EU. Following the leak of
11.5 million files exposing the tax secrets of
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Congress opposes
logistics support
agreement with US
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IPL 2020
A train with ten wagons carrying 50,000 liters of drinking water each
departs for droughtaffected Latur from Miraj, in Maharashtra. (Photo: IANS)
should be diverted to the affected
regions. "Shifting IPL matches
won't solve the problem but if
water is diverted to droughthit
areas, problem can be solved to
some extent," the bench stated.
Reacting to the high court order,
IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla ques
t ioned the t iming of the P IL,
asserting that concerns over the
possible wastage of water should
have been raised earlier.
"We will decide on the strategy
of shifting the matches only when
we get the order in writ ing.
Shifting of matches will be a huge
problem. Several events take place
which require a lot of water
despite the water crisis. W hy
should only the IPL be made to
suffer?" Shukla told India Today.
"It is not easy to organise the
IPL. The preparations for the IPL
were going on for the last six
months. The concerns should have
Thiruvananthapuram: Cricket
buffs in Kerala have no reason
to celebrate the Bombay High
Court's order to move out of
droughthit Maharashtra the 13
Indian Premier League matches
allotted to the state after April
30. Kerala Cricket Association
president T.C. Mathew told
IANS it was "unfortunate and
sad" that Kerala will not get a
single match because there are
no stadiums which can host the
ties.
"The only stadium now fit to
stage internat ional cricket
matches in Kerala is the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in
Kochi, but a refurbishment is
currently on to make it a likely
venue for the 17th edition of
the U17 FIFA World Cup that
India will host next year," he
alternate venue.
Earlier on Wednesday, the BCCI
made a series of ef forts to keep
the remaining 19 IPL matches in
Maharashtra.
The board told the court that it
will not be feasible to shift IPL
matches out of the state as the two
Maharashtra based franchises
Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune
Supergiants had invested a lot of
money and relocating the matches
will also adversely af fect their
said.
"Then there is the brand new,
worldclass Greenfield Stadium
here, but there is no cricket
pitch and laying a new one in a
few weeks' time just cannot
happen."
"So, Kerala will not be able to
stage any IPL matches that are
going to be moved out of
Maharashtra," said Mathew.
T he
Jawaharlal
Nehru
Stadium was the home ground
of the Kochi Tuskers, an IPL
team in 2011, but its franchise
was cancelled by the BCCI.
The Bombay High Court rul
ing came following a public
interest litigation that demand
ed these matches should be
moved out of Maharashtra due
to severe water scarcity in some
parts of the state.
support base.
The BCCI also told the court that
the
Maharashtra
Cricket
Association (MCA) is ready to sup
ply around 64 lakh litres of non
potable water to droughthit areas
of the state, and that the Mumbai
and Pune franchises will donate
Rs.5 crore towards drought relief
efforts.
The Mumbai and Pune franchis
es, however, were not happy with
the court's verdict.
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BUSINESS
The IMD said that after two straight years of drought, India is likely to
be showered with above average rains during the upcoming
monsoon season. (Photo: IANS)
The IMD said that after two
straight years of drought, India is
likely to be showered with above
average rains during the upcom
ing monsoon season, with a prob
ability of more than 94 percent
precipitation.
T hen, after the closing bell,
came the twin dose of positive
news from the Central Statistics
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SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
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This article has been selected and reprinted from Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharajs book, Spiritual Pearls for
Enlightened Living (Radiance Publishers) an inspirational collection of stories from the worlds great wisdom traditions.
uring the time of Guru
Gobind Singh, there was a
great rishi who gave up
everything to go to a forest to med
itate. There was also a king who
had already conquered many other
territories and their people. One
day, the king set his ambition on
conquering the rishi to make him
obey his
commands. People thought it
was strange that the king would
focus on conquering a rishi who
had no property, kingdom, or
wealth. But it turned out that the
rishi had previously been a king
before giving up his kingdom for
the spiritual life. This made the
present king have an obsession
with wanting to conquer the rishi.
So the king gathered his entire
army to prepare for battle.
The army marched into the deep
forest. The army finally reached
the rishi, who was sitting in the
woods, deep in meditation.
The king waited for the rishi to
come out of meditation, but he
kept on sitting there. Finally, the
king became restless and shook the
rishi out of meditation. The king
shouted, Prepare for a fight. I have
come to do battle with you.
The rishi surveyed the scene
calmly. He saw the great army and
When we learn to
concentrate fully,
wholly, & solely into
the Light and Sound,
we will experience
bliss, peace, and joy.
We will want to
repeat meditation again & again because
of the wonderful experience we receive.
said, Fight! I ran away from my
worldly life for fear of my one
great enemy. I came here to hide in
the woods from this enemy. My
soul shudders in fear when I hear
the sound of my enemys name.
Just to think of this enemys name
causes my heart to quiver.
The king listened carefully as
the rishi continued to describe his
feared enemy. Finally, the king
became angry and shouted, Is
your enemy stronger than me?
T he rishi replied, Even the
thought of this enemy destroys my
soul. I left everything to escape
from this enemy.
The king said, Tell me the name
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