Gateway to her DREAMS

Mel o rne ased Delh tra ned art st a nts the on artar r orr dor

as part of her real estate business, Nitu or ed through nights to ring to fruition her friend s ision. The com leted or as then couriered from Melbourne to China, via Germany, Paris and Birmingham to finally find ride of lace in ndia.

t as an emotional time for me as am very proud of India, my country of origin,” said itu. To create the ndian tricolour and the a istan flag as a great honour and li ed through the ourney of those ho isited the religious site.

The artar ur orridor connects era Baba Nanak Sahib in Gurdaspur of Indian un a ith ar ar ahi in artar ur in aro al district of a istan s un a . t is the last resting place of Guru Nanak Devji, founder of i hism.

es ite inning many a ards and seeing her paintings picked up by art collectors in India, she struggled to find her niche in ustralia. nitially had no contacts no avenues, no galleries and no artist friends and it as hard to ad ust here after coming from the hu of arts in elhi she recalled. he decided to su ort her hus and hu a ith his real estate usiness and e entually o ened her o n el ourne rts cademy.

“I felt that the community in Melbourne ere ready for a change itu o ser ed. ndian arents ho ere inclined to underestimating arts in general ere suddenly keen on sending their children to learn from institutes li e mine.

the all of the inister s o ce in un a along ith a s ecial la ue ac no ledging the ustralian ndian artist.

friend of itu ho or s in the ndian consulate in initiated this glo al collaboration by calling her from Amritsar to in ite her to create the or . e anted both India and Pakistan to be seen in the same frame.

Explaining to Indian Link ho it all came a out itu said ne a out the artar ur orridor and its huge significance, but it took me an entire day of looking through hundreds of photographs and ideos to research the su ect matter. he added t as challenging as time as short and the illustrati e conte t had to e olitically correct. t the same time as excited because painting is a natural gift to me and do not feel ressure hen aint. uggling her a ointments ith clients er o n arents encouraged her from childhood and for as long as she can remem er she has een ainting. itu feels her artistic genes are inherited from her mother ho as a rilliant artist ut sadly never got to further her dreams after marriage. itu on the other hand lans to transition full time into pursuing her artistic assion. The artar ur orridor ainting couldn t ha e come at a etter time for her.

Despite the labyrinthine politics of India and a istan the artar ur orridor is considered to be a positive step in making eace et een the t o neigh ouring countries. a istani rime inister mran han o ened it on o this year allo ing isa free access to i h ilgrims from ndia. The arta ur urud ara co ers acres, making it one of the largest in the orld.

This ainting as totally in my comfort one as the re uirement as monochromatic and realistic,” said Nitu hen as ed a out her artistic e ression. s a style she tends to gra itate to ards naturalism as she does not like distorting any likeness, and prefers natural, accurate and detailed re resentation of her su ect.

Nitu has been teaching art for the past years and her or has een dis layed in many exhibitions including the top 100 artists’ exhibition in India and the restigious alit ala cademy. fter ac uiring her degree in achelor of ine Arts from Delhi she took a Masters’degree in ine rt from T in el ourne.

She teaches both adult and kids in a relaxed, positive environment through her ne ly launched rts cademy.

According to Nitu the emotional release of dra ing and ainting can ha e a thera eutic effect on adults and children. t can help relieve stress and positively impact someone’s behaviour, development and sychological ell eing.

The ids ho come to my classes are happy kids because they are motivated to learn and discover and can visually express their emotions claimed the talented artist. “Incorporating arts into your child’s life is very important for their development, and I am delighted that can contri ute to ards their rogress.

Women's safety a high priority, says govt, listing measures

In the backdrop of the Hyderabad gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old veterinarian and several other similar cases of sexual violence against omen eing re orted the go ernment has said omen s safety is a high riority and it has taken several initiatives for their safety across the country.

nion inister of tate for ome . ishan eddy in a ritten re ly in the o a ha enumerated the steps taken by the government to re ent crimes against omen including launching a data ase on se ual offenders.

t said the riminal a ( mendment) ct as enacted for effecti e deterrence against se ual offences.

i e years later the riminal a ( mendment) ct as enacted to prescribe even more stringent penal provisions including death penalty for rape of a girl elo the age of years.

The Act also inter-alia mandates com letion of in estigation and trials ithin t o months each.

The Emergency Response Support System provides a pan-India, single, internationally recognised phone number ( ) ased system for all emergencies ith computer aided dispatch of field resources to the location of distress.

It said that through the use of technology to aid smart policing and safety management, Safe City Projects have been sanctioned in the first Phase in eight cities - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, ol ata uc no and um ai.

The inistry of ome ffairs ( ) launched a cyber-crime portal on September for citi ens to re ort o scene content.

The MHA also launched a 'National ata ase on e ual ffenders ( ) the same day to facilitate investigation and trac ing of se ual offenders across the country y la enforcement agencies.

In order to help States/UTs, the MHA on February 19, 2019 launched an online analytic tool for police called 'Investigation Trac ing ystem for e ual ffences to monitor and track time-bound investigation in se ual assault cases in accordance ith the riminal a ( mendment) ct . t said a ne to entre ( ) scheme is being implemented across the country since ril hich is e clusi ely designed to provide integrated services such as medical aid, police assistance, legal counselling/ court case management, psycho-social counselling and tem orary shelter to omen affected y iolence under one roof.

It said 728 OSCs have been approved by the o ernment of ndia hile such one sto centres are o erational in the country.

IIT Kharagpur offers scholarships for Australian students

In a significant boost to its ongoing academic e change rogrammes ith ustralian institutions T harag ur has instituted competitive high-value scholarships for students from the University of Melbourne enrolled under the Dual Doctoral Programme ( ) ointly conducted y the t o institutions an o cial said in early ecem er.

T harag ur s irector ( ciating) riman umar hattacharyya made the announcement at the launch of the Melbourne India Partnership Program and cademy onference at el ourne.

ach student ould recei e an annual funding of AUD 30,000 (approximately s . a h) an amount e ual to their home scholarshi s hich ould co er their tuition and other fees, living expenses and travel cost for the programme, according to an T harag ur statement.

The highly com etiti e scholarshi ill e offered initially to t o in ound foreign students from the prestigious Australian University starting from academic year .

T harag ur conducts oint doctoral rograms ith se eral orld class ustralian universities such as Curtin, Wollongong and James Cook, designed to build academic and research colla orations from the grounds u .

During the programme, students carry out research under the joint supervision of faculty members from both institutions and need to spend a minimum of one year at the partner institution. single thesis is ritten and su mitted to oth institutions ho then re ie it to their o n e acting standards. f the thesis is accepted by both institutions, the student is a arded the oint doctoral degree. n addition to ustralia T harag ur is also setting up joint doctoral programmes ith ni ersity of uc land in e ealand and the ni ersity of l erta in anada. The Institute is further exploring to expand the scope of such dual degree programmes and funding opportunities to other foreign students, es ecially in and regions.

Since its launch in 2018, nine students from T harag ur ha e enrolled in the oint doctoral rogramme ith ni ersity of el ourne hile one student from the ustralian institution came under the .

"We realised that there is a need for providing financial assistance to the foreign students as many of them support their families ac home ith their sti end.

"Just as our students studying in top foreign universities are funded under arious scholarshi and fello shi schemes if e ant to attract high uality international students, it is essential that e ro ide com etiti e scholarshi s said Baidurya Bhattacharya, Dean, International elations at T harag ur and art of the nstitute s delegation to el ourne.

Urdu Mahabharata e-book in Rekhta’s virtual library t s a irtual li rary here some titles in rdu including the aha harata and the Quran, as also autobiographies, fiction, travelogues, translations, manuscripts and o maga ines ha e een digitised and made available on an internet portal for academicians, scholars and researchers to enefit from. n addition the e hta. org ortal offers a collection of shers and ‘shayaris’ and an essential collection of iconic oets all this for free

“Our e-book project took birth in 2013 after the idea of an Urdu virtual library as discussed y me and a fe uni ersity rofessors hen the a sence of an rdu archi e as collecti ely felt y all. e then embarked on a journey to overcome the barrier of inaccessibility and lack of resources in Urdu learning and reached out to various sources, both public and private across India, ma orly co ering cities li e elhi uc no Rampur, Bhopal, Allahabad, Hyderabad, Aligarh, Patna and others,” the portal’s founder, Noida-based entrepreneur Sanjiv araf told in an inter ie .

“Without archiving, an ageless language ith its long due recognition and res ect ould ha e died long ago de ri ing our future generations from cherishing the rich heritage of rdu araf added.

The 90,000 e-books - a staggering 19 million pages - are classified into diverse categories including children’s literature, banned books, diaries and translations and can then be accessed by students, scholars, researchers, litterateurs and lovers of the language anytime and from any here around the orld.

“We are continuing to scout libraries and private collections for more books that can e digiti ed and made accessi le to readers across the orld. are out of rint oo s that are totally inaccessible to the masses as they are stored in various libraries all across the country hich are rone to damage and destruction due to termite ater and fire damage are eing sought araf e lained. ost of the oo s ere secured through cam s organised y e hta at hich se eral u lications and ri ate arties illingly donated century old rdu scri ts. uc no s a al ishore ress founded in and arguably Asia’s oldest printing and publishing concern as a ma or contri utor rendering some oo s hich included translations of the Mahabharata and the Quran and rare manuscri ts starting from the th century. any of the te ts recei ed ere tattered and torn due to negligence and oor handling. e hta assem led all such te ts hich ere then reprinted, re-dyed and recreated for audience consum tion araf said.

“The same kind of archival has begun for indi readers ith a different team attending to Hindi texts and scripts available for digiti ation. The ro ect has een running successfully in its attempt to virtually reincarnate Urdu literature as Western scholars and professors make use of Rekhta’s e li rary in their studies araf ointed out.

Plastic warrior: Andhra Kid’s Robot makes it to Dubai Expo 2020 ine year old utsala arshith ho originally hails from Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, is a class four student at the Bright iders chool u ha i. is ro ect called o otic aste segregation to organic com osting as chosen to e art of the o oung nno ators rogram. y ro ot esgre ot segregates aste into green et metal a er ood and lastic. The et and ro n aste li e a er and ood ill e shredded. Then the aste is con erted into organic com ost hich turns into soil hen mi ed ith sand the halee Times re orted citing arshith as saying. y turning aste into something that ould e useful for farming he see s to “turn the desert into a garden”, adding that his ision for the ro ect as to romote chemical free agriculture .

A small robot built by a nine-year-old United ra mirates ( ) ased ndian child hich segregates aste ill e sho cased at the Expo 2020 Visitor Centre in Dubai, it as re orted.

He has also made a cleaning bots using old cars card oard and motor. had made a smaller ro ot to hel my mother. o ha e made a igger one to hel ith cleaning. or the ast fe years arshith is also leading a cam aign against lastic use. e ma es a er ags to re lace the lastic ones. e ill continue and e and his dri e hen he isits ri a ulam during acation. “I have taken my campaign to 20 schools in ri a ulam.

ISRO Spy satellite launch to piggyback 9 foreign satellites olar atellite aunch ehicle ( ) roc et ill launch the country s latest s y satellite RISAT-2BR1 and nine foreign satellites on ecem er .

According to the Indian Space Research rgani ation ( ) the roc et num ered as ill lift off at . .m. ith T a radar imaging earth o ser ation satellite eighing a out g.

The roc et ill last off from the first launch pad at Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh and place RISAT-2BR1 into an or it of m. The satellite ill ha e a life of fi e years.

Piggybacking on the Indian satellite ould e nine foreign satellites from the (multi mission emur satellites technology demonstration Tyvak-0129, earth imaging T) srael (remote sensing uchifat ) taly (search and rescue Ty a ) and a an ( a radar imaging earth o ser ation satellite).

These international customer satellites are being launched under a commercial arrangement ith e ace ndia imited ( ). ccording to the the satellites ill e carried y ariant. The roc et ill ha e four stra on motors and the ecem er flight ill e the second s ace tri for this roc et ariant.

Just over 16 minutes into its flight, the roc et ill sling T and a minute later the first of the nine customer satellites ill e e ected. The launch mission is e ected to conclude in a out minutes hen the last of the customer satellites ill e ut into or it.

Till date, the ISRO has put into orbit 310 foreign satellites and if the December 11 missions turns out successful, then this num er ill go u to .

How safe is India for business travellers?

India is steadily cementing its place as one of the orld s fastest gro ing usiness travel markets, but the safety of its business travellers remains a concern, according to a survey by SAP Concur, an American company providing travel and expense management ser ices to usinesses.

The sur ey uestioned usiness tra ellers to ndia to understand hat factors dominate their tra el lans and ho they rioritise safety comfort and con enience.

n o er helming ercentage of female and T tra ellers re orted eing harassed or feeling unsafe during their tri s to ndia.

The sur ey as rimarily initiated to gauge India’s impact as an important travel mar et and ho cor orate tra el here is propelled by end-to-end technology-centric solutions references and mindset.

“Societal issues and employee experiences are increasingly im acting the ay e tra el. ith these shifts come ne e ectations from traveling employees that shouldn’t go unnoticed said hristo her . uneau Senior Vice President, Global Cloud Strategic rograms oncur. hile com anies continue to try and maximise traveller satisfaction, the reality is that employees are hungry for more empathy, guidance and better technology as they run into both common frustrations and uni ue indi idual concerns, leaving room for improvement among organi ations of all si es.

Some of the findings of the survey include female and T tra ellers re orting high levels of harassment, and companies ille ui ed to deal ith uni ue tra el ro lems.

87 per cent of female business travellers to India have been harassed on a business tri and er cent say they ha e suffered the indignity of eing as ed if they ere tra eling ith their hus and early three in four T mem ers admitted to hiding their sexuality on a business trip out of concern for their safety

88 per cent have experienced safety concerns hile on a usiness tri in the last 12 months

Millennial business travellers are more sensiti e to current e ents. n the last months, 52 per cent of millennial business travellers have reduced travel to a location ecause of olitical unrest or health ha ards

77 per cent of business travellers to India agree their em loyers are lagging hen it comes to adopting latest technologies to manage business travellers

67 per cent of business travellers to India believe in experiencing gap in technology adoption for booking and e ense re orting tools.

Mukesh Ambani 9th richest in the world: Forbes m ani as ran ed th glo ally in the Forbes’ 2019 rich list, released earlier this year. u esh m ani s rise can e attri uted to sur assing the s la h crore market capitalisation mark, becoming the first ndian com any to do so. eliance is follo ed y T as the second most alued firm. an industan nili er and ere the others. mong s ig tic et announcements ere its aims to e net de t free y the end of . The com any also announced selling of 20 percent stake in refining and etrochemical usiness to audi ramco. recently announced lans to set u a holly o ned su sidiary called io latforms imited ( ) for all its digital latform initiati es. t ill infuse s . trillion more e uity into hich ill in est that amount in io. s current e uity in estment is s illion in io. art from s core usiness ro erages said s resence across fashion lifestyle and consumer electronics is far higher than any other layer in the domestic mar et no .

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the ninth richest person in the orld according to The eal Time illionaires ist of or es.

According to the Forbes ‘The Real-Time illionaires ist u esh m ani s eal Time et orth stood at . illion. The list as headed y eff e os and ounder of ma on ith eal Time et orth of illion. The list reflects changes since .m. T of the rior trading day or es said on its e site. n early ecem er shares hit the ee high of s . on the rising . ercent. hile gained nearly 40 percent during the last year, the Nifty50 inde ad anced o er ercent.

Hinduja Group offers to lift paddy stubble from Punjab ffering trans ort and technology solutions to mitigate the menace of stubble burning, indu a ho as to discuss in estment opportunities as part of the Progressive Punjab Investors Summit, assured Amarinder Singh that the tippers of the Group could ensure timely lifting of stubble from fields to su ort the state go ernment s efforts to eliminate the ro lem.

Indian conglomerate the Hinduja Group has offered to hel un a in addressing the stu le urning ro lem hich is causing the air uality to dro se erely y lifting all the addy stra from the fields for use in ethanol lants.

The offer came during a meeting et een Hinduja Group Chairman Prakash Hinduja and hief inister marinder ingh.

During the meeting, Hinduja also sho ed interest in artnering the state s progress through investments in agriculture, transport, banking, healthcare and automo ile sectors.

The Chief Minister asked his Chief Principal Secretary to look into the Group's ro osal said an o cial s o es erson after the meeting.

The Group, said Hinduja, could also make investments in the banking sector to facilitate loans for unemployed youth, selfhelp groups and progressive entrepreneurs to esta lish their entures.

IANS

BY EMIE ROY

Bushfires. urnt trees. looming acarandas. o ies on emem rance ay. These uintessential ustralian motifs ere all seen in eautiful art or s at a recent art e hi ition hildren s ialogue ith ature. The artists ids aged t o to fi e of the uddle hild are ong ay care entre at ua ers ill ydney.

hafiya ainted a ushfire. y mum told me about the scary bushfires, so I decided to paint them,” she told Indian Link.

ther themes ere chosen ased on the children s interests and included everything from familiar o ects li e houses flo ers and eaches.

en an ogh s reno ned Sunflowers made an a earance.

hat as s ecial a out these or s of art as that they ere created using turmeric eetroot ale o der coffee and cara ay seeds.

andan u hariya su er isor at uddle reschool ho initiated this e ercise said ro ing u in ho al ndia atched my mother and grandmother use ra materials li e ground rice turmeric and alash (tea ) to dra intricate art on the alls on s ecial occasions. Those childhood memories motivated me to organise this exhibition to encourage our students to interact more ith other arth.

Seeing the young ones use upcycled materials to create art as uite im ressi e. a materials used to create the art or ots made of papier mache and small hessian ags ere also dis layed attracti ely. Onion and garlic peels, knitting yarn, dry berries, coloured vermicelli, used match sticks and even crum led tissue a ers ecame art on can ases. ichelle o land ederal em er for reen ay the chief guest at the e hi ition commented that the art or left her s eechless. as e ecting some cute dra ings on sheets stuc on the all ut loo at this dis lay o much thought has gone into these paintings, it is hard not to a reciate the effort she said.

lac to n ouncillor oninder ingh as among guests ho dro ed y to see the udding artists or and that of facilitator andan u hariya ho has een organising these e hi itions since . hile it is orrying to see calamities li e bushfires making a lasting impression on young, impressionable minds, observing the youngsters seek ins iration from nature in this manner is heartening. The exhibition did not merely display artistic talent of the young students, it is also evidence of learning so ing the seed in their mind a out a more sustaina le and eco friendly future. e are li ing in times hen human instigated changes are systematically altering the course of our environment for the orse and the earlier e ring this discussion into our schools the etter.