Times of bennett (Issue 3)

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GREATER NOiDA | october 13, 2017 | VOL 1, ISSUE 3 | PAGES 12

THE TIMES OF BENNETT Rajghat gets Gandhi statue

A powerlifter’s story

Capturing Jaipur’s Beauty

Bronze sculpture worth Rs 8.75 lakh installed.

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Being a national champion is not an easy task.

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Our photographer takes a walk through the pink city.

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Indians behind the Nobel Prize win; ‘Origami is my meditation’ 39 names mentioned in the paper LAKSHAY KUMAR

WRITAVA BANERJEE

India has its own little tale in this year’s Nobel Prize list. Thirty-nine Indian scientists from nine institutes across India have been mentioned in the papers on gravitational waves that received the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish and Kip S. Thorne got the Nobel for gravitational waves, almost a century after Einstein talked about their existence.

The 39 scientists came from nine institutions – CMI (Chennai), ICTS-TIFR(Bengaluru), IISER (Kolkata), IISER(Trivandrum), IIT (Gandhinagar), IPR (Gandhinagar), IUCAA (Pune), RRCAT (Indore) and TIFR (Mumbai). They were primarily funded through individual and institutional grants by the Department of Atomic Energy(DAE), the Department of Science & Technology(DST) and the Ministry of Human Resource Develop-

ment(MHRD), who are co-authors of this paper.

The group led by Bala Iyer at the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore collaborated with scientists in France and pioneered the mathematical calculations used to model Gravitational Wave signals from orbiting black holes and neutron stars. Theoretical work that combined black holes and gravitational waves was published

by C. V. Vishveshwara in 1970. Twelve Indians so far have received the Nobel Prize - Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913), C V Raman (Physics, 1930), Mother Teresa(Peace, 1979), Amartya Sen (Economics, 1998), Kailash Satyarthi (Peace shared with Malala Yousafzai, 2014).

Har Govind Khurana (Medicine, 1968), Subramanyan Chandrasekhar (Physics, 1983) and Venkataraman Ramakrishnan (Chemistry, 2009) won the Nobel from other countries but are Indian born. A similar project to the No-

bel Prize winning work, LIGO-India project was cleared by the government in February 2016, opening new opportunities for India. With international cooperation, Indian scientists can make a lot of progress in the Gravitational Fields, as this discovery has opened a whole new way to probe the universe.

The inclusion of LIGO-India in LIGO global network will increase the angular resolution by 100 times.

LIGO-India is being jointly funded by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST). A LIGO-India Apex committee, together with the LIGO-India Project Management Board and LIGO-India Scientific Management Board (LI-SMB), were constituted in August 2016 to oversee the project execution, and there has been rapid progress since then. LIGO-India is on track for commencing operations by 2024.

Illustration by MANVI SINGH

Origami, often associated with Japanese culture, is the art of making shapes and figures using various techniques of paper folding. There is “enormous satisfaction” when you finish making a complex model, said Prof Krishna Thyagarajan of the Physics department at Bennett University. Having started about 10 years ago, Prof Thyagarajan still maintains that symmetry is key while making shapes.

There is a certain beauty to origami. “For me, origami is a way of relaxation. It also has the added benefit of sharpening my mind,” said Prof Thyagarajan. He started with shapes like the crane – which is considered to be the easiest form of Japanese origami.

For Prof. Thyagarajan origami is also like a physics lesson. He now makes complex figures like the five platonic solids, namely cube, tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron. His favourite is icosahedron, which is a platonic solid with 20 faces.

When people go abroad,

Prof. Thyagarajan with his origami creations they get key chains, magnets, T-shirts, etc as souvenirs. For Prof Thyagarajan, however, these souvenirs come in the form of origami papers. Taking a cue from the recent environmental issues, he has taken it upon himself to save paper by using the leaflets that come in the newspapers which most people throw away.

While origami has benefits like developing hand-eye coordination, attention skills, etc, Prof Thyagarajan believes that it also develops flexibility

in your fingers. This is so because when one does origami, one has to be fairly precise and work with delicate hands. One needs to be really careful that the paper folds in a certain manner only.

Sharing anecdotes from his life, Prof Thyagarajan reminisced the time when he used to make origami earrings for his daughter.

He used delicate paper for the same and was overjoyed to see his daughter roaming about with a pair of dangling origami earrings.

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Depressed? Don’t hesitate to seek help

All work, no play for youngsters

AKRITI SARAWAT

MANYA KASHYAP

Happy faces attract happy situations, but are the happy faces always happy?

Can we always be definite about it? Guess we will never know the answer.

19-year-old Prerna Sinha’s (name changed) smiles, she laughs, she plays and she tries to do everything a sane and balanced person does to make people believe that she has a perfect life. But what about the time when she’s in solitude with herself? That’s when it strikes her nerves.

Depression hits Prerna’s head and she chokes.

According to the World Health Organisation(WHO) more than 322 million people suffer from depression just like Prerna.

What is this depression that plagues one person

Clinical Depression clawing away from the inside Illustration by Vibhuti Bharti every 40 seconds around the world? The mental health disorder which is nothing less than a global epidemic now happens to one in five people and there are about 10 million cases in India every year according to WHO. While every person experiences sadness from

time to time, for some people, this becomes an episode transpiring from dawn-to-dusk. “ Depression often makes a person dysfunctional. So, if one’s unable to move, exercise or is unable to maintain hygiene, it is surely going to affect them physically” says psychologist, Madhu Suri.

“The continuing stigma associated with mental illness was the reason why we decided to name our campaign Depression: let’s talk. For someone living with depression, talking to a person they trust is often the first step towards treatment and recovery.” said Dr Shekhar Saxena,

Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, at WHO on their recent campaign.

“Students have just come from schools, they have their teenager issues, many students have not stayed in hostels before so definitely they’re going to find this transition really tough. You have to adjust with people you don’t really know and with that you have academic pressure as well. So we try to help students with whichever way possible.” said Manisha Shukla, Students Welfare officer, Bennett University. Psychologist advice young people to do everything they can to get out of this as they have a beautiful life to live and they should never hesitate to seek help.

Kriti is a young biotechnologist with a job at a biopharmaceutical company in Bangalore. “Working here might sound good but we know we work in a competitive environment, a place where a race is going on.One needs to keep doing better and if someday that does not happen, disappointments, depression and self esteem is what, goes down.”said Kriti.

In today’s scenario getting a good job is essential. However, in this fast moving life, there are many problems that the young generation faces in their pursuit of high earnings and better jobs.

Kriti is 25 years old and has been working in Bangalore. She highlights

Wanted to gain new & diverse experiences: Chung ANURAG KUMAR AND AKSHARA NAIR

Seung Hwa Chung is a faculty member of School of Engineering, Bennett University. But he is no ordinary person. He is the true example of a ‘global citizen’. He spent his childhood in Bundang, South Korea where he completed his high schooling in St. Paul’s International School, Poland. He did his undergraduate from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, MSc from Postech, Korea and did his PhD from Trinity College, Ireland. He has worked for Samsung in Seoul, and is currently working at Bennett University, India.

When asked why he shifted to India, he said, “I wanted to experience something new and diverse. The life here will be more valuable and have more opportunity for my family and it’s also good for my family.” He has been living in India since May, 2017. His wife teaches Korean in Delhi, his children go to Jaypee School.

Prof. Seung Hwa Cheng at his desk in Bennett University Photograph by Anurag Kumar

He sometimes misses his home,but he also likes to move around the world.

Why India? Out of all these places. “I always wanted to be a teacher. I got an opportunity here at Bennett. My wife as well, wanted to be a teacher, to be a bridge between Korean language and culture.

It’s for her career that we moved to India,” Chung said. “ She can support Ko-

rean language and culture at Bennett University in the future. Now my wife is the happiest one, from this decision,” Chung said.

Now that he is living in India he was asked how is his life different here when compared to South Korea “I haven’t been here for long, so I don’t know much. Though, I like Indian food. I somehow feel Indian food is healthier than

Korean food. Indian food is for health while South Korean food is for enjoyment,” Chung said.

“People here are good.

Of course, you would find some bad people everywhere, but having good people around you, soothes you more than bad people would hurt you.

People around my home are good, people in my workplace are friendly and

cooperative,” Chung said.

When asked if he had visited some places in India. “I’ve visited Taj Mahal.

It’s a beautiful place. But I haven’t visited New Delhi, yet. I’ll go there on my next vacation” he said smiling.

Korean Culture is quite different from Indian culture in terms of everything.

Religion in Korea is treated quite differently. “One fourth of the population is Christian, other one fourth are Buddhists, other one fourth are into Shamanism and rest are Atheists.

You are free to choose any religion and can change to any religion.” explained Chung.

It’s quite astonishing to see this contrast between India and Korea. Religions in India create their own boundaries, and are distant to other religions around them.

Even parenting in Korea is quite different. “Parents are quite protective in Korea. many parents use GPS tags that they put in their children’s bags to track them. No one wants to lose their child but chil-

dren become independent by the time they reach college. They try to earn their own money. Students doing part time job to earn some extra money to live independently is common in South Korea.”

South Korea is also a great tourism destination.

There are many historical palaces and old temples to visit. When asked about the best tourist destinations in South Korea he said,“Seoul has some beautiful old palaces and temples, but if you want to feel real Korean culture, visit Busan.” Busan is the second largest city in South Korea it has abundant tourists attractions such as beaches and hot springs.

When asked about his opinions on India. “I think, India has a huge potential. India just lacks in Education. I see many people around they don’t know much English. But I’m seeing that the status is improving. You all are the future leaders, I hope to see India as a world superpower someday.”

the problems which all the young people who are away from their homes are facing. She is living in a paying guest(PG) accommodation in a two sharing bedroom.

“There is very little time for self care when one is away from home” She uses bus and cabs for her transportation They find their salaries are ot sufficient as everything is expensive in a metro city including rent, food and transportation. ndhabits “Irregular sleeping impacts health. People who share houses or rooms tend

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to have disturbed sleep.

It could be the stress or a noisy roommate that keeps us awake at night.” said Kriti.

Another 25 year old, Mohana, also feels the same.

“No time for near and dear ones. Friends who were close are not so close anymore as you don’t have good enough time for them.” said Mohana. “ I go to my workplace either by walking or I take rickshaw.

It’s difficult to commute as most of the youngsters do not have their own personal vehicles. There’s lack of time and less savings.” she said.

“The pressure of ‘being the best at everything’ is making the youth work like machines” said Mohana

If you are a tobacco user, the odds are stacked against you

Smoking 14%

14.35 % of male deaths were caused due to smoking: all ages, 2010, India

Smoking 17%

Other causes 86%

Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year

Other causes 83%

Infographic by ANNMOL THUKRAL

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THE TIMESOF BENNETT

GREATER NOIDA October 13 2017

Rajghat gets Mahatma’s statue Terrorism, a threat to humanity: V-P DEEP DAS BARMAN The Rajghat complex now has a statue of Mahatma Gandhi. The 1.80 metre tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled by the Vice President, M.Venkaiah Naidu on the occasion of the 148th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

The bronze statue costs Rs.8.73 lakhs. It was sculpted by Ram Sutar and is installed at the parking area of Rajghat . The two feet tall platform on which the statue is mounted carries an inscription of a famous

message of Gandhi, “Be the change you wish to see”.

Earlier the black stone samadhi served as the only place to pay homage to Mahatama Gandhi. Now a new spot to pay reverence to Gandhi will be available to the visiting foreign dignitaries and the people who visit Rajghat d a i l y .

Along with the statue an Interpretation centre was also inagurated by the Vice Presi-

dent. Around Rs.59 lakhs were spent to build it. The facility at the parking area provides interactive learn-

ing to the visitors. People can watch films, life events, participate in a quiz using headphones or listen to speeches of Gandhi.

A new administrative block equipped with visitor’s room, publication unit, staff room and drinking water facility, has also been built for the complex at the cost of Rs.75 lakhs.

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs and the Rajghat Samadhi Samiti has several projects in the last three years to enhance visitor experience.

Illustration by DEEP DAS BARMAN

Infosys awarded Oracle Excellence Awards for best cloud services RISHIKA SINGH Infosys has been awarded three Oracle Excellence Awards for Specialised Partner Cloud Services (2017) for developing solution based on Oracle technology. The awards have been given under the CX cloud category both globally and in North America.

Infosys earned these two recognitions for its ability to deliver innovative customer experiences with a mobile-first approach.

This award gives rec-

ognition to Infosys for providing the comprehensive, end-to-end Oracle Cloud solution over Software-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service and lift-and-shift on-premise legacy applications to the cloud, according to the press release.

Anil Roy, VP, Enterprise Applications, Ricoh USA Inc. said, “Our goal was to provide our sales representatives, sales managers and sales leaders with meaningful intel-

ligence that they can actually use to manage and measure their business.

Infosys partnered with us for this CRM Transformation initiative to create the roadmap for future technology architecture for the organisation” .

Infosys enables clients in 45 countries to create and execute strategies for their digital transformation.The team of over 20,000 innovators, across the globe is differentiated by the imagination, knowledge

and experience, across industries and technologies that they bring to every project they undertake.

Ravi Kumar S., President and Deputy COO, Infosys, said, “Winning Oracle Excellence Awards under CX Cloud and OnPremise-to-Cloud Transformation categories this year is an endorsement of our innovation, investments and expertise in Oracle Cloud Applications, platform and infrastructure.”

Early sowing of wheat can increase production: Michigan University study MUSKAN JAIN Yield gaps in wheat production in India can be countered with an earlier sowing date, according to University of Michigan researcher.

Meha Jain, assistant professor at the University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability, found that the wheat produce in eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains, India’s main wheat growing region, can grow by 110 percent if the best farm management practices, including earlier sow dates, are implemented.

Food security will be increasingly challenged by climate change, natural resource degradation and population growth over

Photo by Reeti Agarwal the coming decades but identifying the causes of gaps will provide actionable information to enhance food security,” she said.

“Wheat is one crop that is highly impacted by heat during grain filling stage and moving the sow date earlier, even by a couple of weeks, can make a big difference to the yield.”, she

5 states reach ODF milestone KRITIKA LALWANI “Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Haryana have reached the milestone of making all cities and towns ‘Open Defecation Free’ ”, said Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on the third anniversary of the Swacch Bharat Mission.

Giving an account of the progress towards Swachhta in urban areas of the country, Puri said that the government had targeted to construct 66 lakh individual household toilets in urban areas; of which 38 lakh toilets have already been built and construction of another 14 lakh toilets is in progress.

Over two lakh community and public toilet seats have been put up against the mission target of five lakh toilet seats.

According to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, “Villages are considered ‘open defecation-free’ when no faeces are visible. Every household and public/community institution uses safe technology to dispose of faeces in such a way that there is no contamination of surface soil, groundwater or surface water. Excreta is inaccessible to flies or

animals, with no manual handling of fresh excreta and there is no odour or unsightly conditions’’. Efforts are being directed to generate over 500 MW of electricity and over 50 lakh tons of compost from municipal solid waste to enable processing of the entire solid waste.

The Minister stressed on the need for ‘lifestyle change’ to realise the objective of Swacch Bharat as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

said.

As India is the world’s second-largest producer of wheat, her research looked at some of the top wheat producing states in India that are, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, from 2001 to 2015.

She found that, yield gaps were low in Haryana and Punjab but the yeild could

be increased by another 10 percent by changing the sow date.

It is in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where the gaps were much higher.

With an earlier sow date, yields could be increased by 32 percent and further doubled by improving management practices.

In their study, Jain and colleagues found that sow date was the largest, and access to irrigation, the second-largest factor leading to a yield gap across all states.

She said, “This new method gave us much more granularity. We were able to estimate yields at 30-meter resolutions instead of traditional 250 meters.”

in New Delhi’s policy towards China and Pakistan, India’s renewed global policy focus on Middle East. Detailed account has also been added to Prime Minister Modi’s attempt to leverage the Indian dispersion from their homeland to worldwide, besides focusing on some small but far-reaching steps taken to secure India in every possible way - on land, space, cyber and maritime domains.

“In democracy violence has no place. The policy of government should be zero tolerance towards terrorism and corruption as these eat away the vitals of our system”, said the Vice President as he covered the issues related to India. The book includes interviews with former Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, the National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval, current and former Army Chief, Special Forces officers and men, NSG commandos and IAF personnel.

KARTIK SHUKLA “Bullet cannot bring change whereas a ballot can,” said Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu as he released the book ‘Securing India: The Modi Way’ authored by senior journalist, Nitin Gokhale on September 29.

While addressing the audience, he said that Indians have the right to know how decision-making happens at the highest level and what national security needs. He said that the book provides a trusted account of the NDA Government’s approach to national security and foreign policy initiatives and Gokhale brings alive inside stories of decision-making at the highest levels in the government.

The Vice President said that the issue of terrorism is at the forefront of government’s foreign policy.

“Terrorism has no religion; it’s a threat to humanity.

It should be curbed and

Book on Modi’s politics by journo Nitin Gokhle we must be humane and sensitive in our approach while interacting with others but at the same time we must be firm in assuring and maintaining Indian unity, integrity and inter-

nal security,”he said.

Throwing light on the book, he said that the book details previously unknown aspects of the planning and execution of the surgical strikes, change

Alphons pushes ‘Tourism for all’ AKRITI SARASWAT The Ministry of Tourism, is organising ‘Paryatan Parv’ across the country from October 5 to October 25.

Alphons Kannanthanam, Minister of State for Tourism, addressing the media persons at the press conference said that the objective behind this programme is to throw light on the benefits of tourism, showcase the cultural diversity of the country and reinforce the principle of “Tourism for All”.

He mentioned that the main component of this Parv will be “Dekho apna desh”, Tourism for all. The Parv will be inaugurated at the Humayun’s Tomb on October 5. Heritage Walks, competitions for students, cultural events, crafts bazaar, handicrafts and cuisines are some of the things which will be culminated in these 20 days of the event. State Governments, being a partner in this event, will conduct cultural and other tourism

related events, workshops and seminars at the identified sites as well as other destinations and locations in their States. The Ministry of External Affairs, through the Indian Mission overseas will conduct events and programmes to vitalise people to visit India, with special focus on PIOs who have never visited the country. A programme named “Adopt A Heritage” with wayside amenities will be launched and implemented by the Ministry of Tourism on key sites during the 20 days.

The mega event will see active participation by Cultural Associations and Organisations, Travel and Hospitality Industry, Institutes of Hotel Management, Indian Institutes of Tourism and Travel Management, Service Providers, Students and Youth and the Local Population.

These programmes will be supported by large scale media activities and special programmes will be telecasted by Doordarshan.

Photo by Reeti Agarwal

Training untrained Water for all rural in-service areas by 2022: teachers

President Kovind RIDDHI DWIVEDI The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind shared some government projects for making agriculture more remunerative and for improving the condition of farming communities while inaugurating the fifth India Water Week.

“In India, 54 per cent of people are dependent on farming for their livelihood. Yet, their share of national income is only 14 per cent,” said Kovind. He introduced ‘Har Khet ko Paani’ (Water for Every Farm), ‘Per Drop, More Crop’ and ‘Doubling Farm Incomes by 2022’ projects for the betterment of the farming community.

The Union Minister of Water Resources, Nitin Gadkari said that 285 new irrigation projects will be taken up by the next year to provide proper irrigation for 1 crore 88 lakh hectare of land.

“The government has prepared a strategic plan for ensuring drinking water supply in all rural ar-

eas by 2022, when India completes 75 years of Independence. The goal is to cover 90 per cent of rural households with piped water supply,” stated Kovind.

Since under Make in India the government aims to take the current GDP, 17 per cent to 25 per cent by 2025, all these factors are important focus areas.

“In India, water is cen-

‘54% of the people depend on farming for their daily livelihood’ tral to some of our flagship programmes. I would go to the extent of saying that the modernisation of India is dependent on the modernisation of its water management. This is not surprising since our country supports 17 per cent of the global population – but has only four per cent of the world’s water resources,” says Kovind.

ASHISH SINGH A diploma programme to train in-service untrained teachers was launched by Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi recently.

The diploma in elementary education (D.El. Ed) programme is a designed package for in-service untrained teachers working in different states of country. It is an initiative in Online and Distance Learning (ODL) mode by the Academic Department, NIOS, on the initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

The programme aims at enabling the target group to develop skills and understanding to make this process more effective.

"Teachers who have not done (D.El.Ed) course but are teaching classes 1 to 8 under 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' have been given the last opportunity to become qualified in two years," Prakash Javadekar, HRD Minister told reporters at News Delhi last Friday.

Source: Data.gov.in Infographic by GURBANI SINGH

GREATER NOIDA October 13, 2017

‘Depression is likely to make one dysfunctional’ There has been an increase in depression in the last few years.

Akriti Sarswat spoke to Madhu Suri a professional psychologist Q: What is depression and how can one sense it?

A: Depression is different from just feeling “low”. “It is characterized by persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities that you normally enjoy, accompanied by an inability to carry out daily activities, for at least two weeks.”- As per the World Health Organisation.

It’s not a one day-twoday feeling, the symptoms last for over 2-3 weeks.

Q: Why does it happen ?

A: That’s a complex question and it’s a combination of various factors which could result in one person getting depressed and the

next one doesn’t. So its not a one-size fits all situation neither in terms of diagnosis or its management.

The factors could be many: psychological, social ,biological reasons for depression. It’s not just a chemical imbalance, it could be a genetic loading-family history-or some psychological trauma that a person has undergone=for example a family members or friends death or loss of a job-essentially any adverse life event, it could be because of physical ailments. For example it’s a proven fact that cardiovascular diseases can also lead to depres-

sion and vice-versa as the mind and body are essentially one.

Q: Are there any physical effects of depression ?

A: As I said, it often makes a person dysfunctional.

The chemical imbalance can affect the optimal functioning of the body system. So if one is unable to move, exercise or is unable to maintain personal hygiene=some of the fallouts of depression, it is surely going to further affect the person physically.

Its like a downward spiral.

Q: As a psychologist how do you get the is-

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Some of the symptoms of depression include:

Concentration issues Feeling tired & lethargic for no particular reason Helplessness & hopelessness Insomnia, early-morning wakefulness, or sleeping too much Irritability & restlessness Loss of interest in things once pleasurable Overeating, or under-eating Aches, pains, headaches, or cramps that won’t go away Persistent sad, anxious, or “empty” feelings Suicidal thoughts Depression is likely to make one dysfunctional.

There are multiple ways of diagnosing depression: a mental health assessment through pen & paper tests, interview method & of course evaluation of the symptoms in the professional sessions.

sues out of people if they’re not willing/unable to open up ?

A: Well, the fact that person has voluntarily come in for help makes the task easier. They want help so the groundwork is laid for them to want to and be able to talk about it. , Psychotherapy is a scientific and effective process with constructive outcomes. And part of the

skill of the therapist is the ability to strike a rapport with the client and form a non-judgemental therapeutic alliance to facilitate recovery.

Q: How can we help a person going through depression ?

A: I think, encourage them to seek help. And for suicide ideation be supportive & not leave the person alone. BUT the first line of

action would be to seek immediate professional help.

Q: Is self- help really effective ?

A: If you mean reading self-help books & articles on depression-the tips one can get on depression management would of course be beneficial.

But more importantly –a correct diagnosis of the kind of depression and its intensity is better left to a

professional. That would eliminate any chances of a mis-diagnosis.

Q: How do medicines work ? Are they used from the initial stage or only when the case gets worse ?

A: Usually, when the depression levels start going beyond being just ‘mild” only then medication is prescribed.

Again these are general guidelines-each case is so specific –with a combination of variables that need to be looked at, So it is up to the psychiatrist to use his professional acumen in deciding to prescribe medication, the dosage etc, or recommend psycho-therapy or use a two-pronged approach-combining both options.

Q: If we look at the stats, in earlier times, very less number of people were in depression while now, the

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number has increased drastically. What do you think is the reason behind this change ?

A: We don’t really know what methodologies for the Surveys were used then. There could have been innumerable undiagnosed depression cases as well. But now not only are people coming out in the open to talk about and seeking help for it.

And the media has helped break this kind of taboo in discussing or admitting to any mental health issues.

At least in India Q: Imagine that a person going through depression is reading this right now. What do you want to tell him/her ?

A: There is a way forward. go get it!

(Madhu Suri is available for couselling in the campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 - 7:30 pm, for appointments contact Manisha Shukla)

Crackers can be deadly: CSE NIKHIL NAIR AND KRITIKA LALWANI October has always been the deadliest month in terms of pollution in Delhi and pollution level peak around Diwali because of fireworks. “Crackers are a mix of deadly chemicals.

They not only emit more of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide but also spew cancer causing toxins.”

The colored flames in silent crackers and sparklers include deadly toxins. For glitter, they use antimony sulphide that causes lung cancer and skin conditions. Copper compounds for blue trigger cancer, skin conditions and hormonal imbalances. Percolate is responsible for lung cancer and thyroid complications.Pollutants settle invisibly all around on soil, vegetation, crop and water and through our food chain, come back to us.

Doctors are continuously warning the people about the harmful effects that crackers have on one’s health. They cause breathlessness, cough, asthma, pulmonary disease, and

Photo by Lalit Dhawan lower respiratory tract infection. High exposures to metal particles in crackers lead to lung cancer, pneumoconiosis, emphysema and high toxic effect on cells in the long run.

“Children are more vulnerable as they have poor defense mechanisms.

Their ability to metabolize and detoxify environmental agents is different.” according to CSE. They inhale in the harmful substances and fall prey to diseases. Quoting from Central Pollution Control Board and Chittaranjan

National Cancer Research Institute, CSE report said, every third child in Delhi has impaired lungs.

The CSE report took examples from other countries and showed the steps taken by them. Public health is given a priority .Beijing and Shanghai bans fireworks when the city experiences three consecutive days of heavy smog. The city government recently introduced a regulation. People who buy five or more boxes of fireworks have to register with an official ID.

Pollution can damage kidneys : Lancet

WRITAVA BANERJEE

The people of Delhi have one more reason to worry.

The high concentration of ambient coarse particulate matter (PM) in Delhi’s air can have serious impact on their kidneys.

According to a research published in Planetary Health, a leading medicine journal, the kidneys are affected by the concentrations of ambient coarse particulate matter(PM10; particles ≤10 picometers in diameter), nitrogen dioxide(NO2), and carbon monoxide (CO). This research was funded by US department of veteran affairs and covered a group of around 2 million people from USA to study on. A study was made on the relation between concentration of PM10 particles, CO and NO2 and fall in filtration rates of kidneys, incident chronic kidney disease and end stage renal disease.

It was found out that increase in concentrations of such pollutants may lead to fall in filtration rate of kidneys below 60ml/min per 1.73 m2 or

In United Kingdom the Fireworks Regulation Act 2004 prohibits the use of fireworks in England and Wales between the hours of 11 pm and 7 am. Selling or using fireworks illegally costs fines up to £5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months or both. There are strict time restrictions for cracker burning and sales.

“Diwali pollution cannot be addressed only with command and control measures. It is important to set up campaigns by involving the medical community and putting out hard health evidences in the public domain to sensitize people about the harmful effects of fire crackers.” CSE said.

Sound emitting crackers should be banned from 10pm to 6am. Labeling guidelines should also be put in place for each category of firecrackers.

Time restrictions should be enforced, and use of firecrackers in and near sensitive areas like schools, hospitals and densely populated residential areas should be absolutely discouraged, according to CSE’s recommendations.

25,723 Uttar Pradesh has the highest death rate with an average of

474.4

deaths per year Nagaland has the lowest death rate with an average of

0.2

deaths per year Source:www.gov.info.in

INFOGRAPHIC BY HAARIS BEG

Big makeover for ‘Naxals using kids for war’ Railways soon HARSHIT MANSUKANI

ILLUSTRATION BY DEBOMITRA DAS might increase the risk of filtration rates decreasing by 30% or more, depending on the concentrations of such pollutants.

The research also succeeded in building a large group of US veterans who are cared under a single integrated network of Healthcare system.

The research included time-varying exposure to different concentrations of pollutants. A number of well defined kidney diseases were evaluated that created a spectrum.

Several hypotheses were given to explain the

biological mechanism.

One hypothesis said that pollutant can cause a pulmonary inflammation that can further trigger a systemic inflammation. A second hypothesis said that pollutants might trigger the lung autonomic nervous system. A third possibility could have been of pollutants passing over to the blood and causing damage to the local organs.

Earlier, clinical and experimental researches have found that fine particulate matter adversely affects the kidney.

Transformation of railways is a part of several key decisions announced on 28th September.

Minister of Railways, Piyush Goyal said that Railways is going to replace the existing signalling system with TPWS (Train Protection & Warning System) and MTRC (Mobile Train Radio Communication). The other key decisions that minister announced include provision of CCTV for the safety of women and stress on the usage of mobile apps for making the journey easier.

About 20 stations will be modernised and will include hotels, eateries, shopping, disabled friendly features, multimodal transport hub, security etc. by December 2018.

Even more services would be added to smaller stations which will have yoga, skilling and education Centres.

To run all these facilities, railways need revenue which Prabhu said will come from monetisation

Indian Railways looks forward to inroduction of bullet trains and wants to modernise its infrastructure to match international standards of assets.

Goyal said, “Railways is committed to ensuring high standards of safety, speed and service for Indian consumers and also ensuring contribution to national development. In the past one month, Indian Railways has taken significant transformative steps to ensure this goal.”

MANVI SINGH The United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on October 5 released its annual report on Children and Armed Conflict, and expressed his concern over the recruitment of children by Naxalites and separatist, especially in north eastern India.

UN in its annual report, Children and Armed Conflict included a list of organizations that in violation of international law, engage in recruitment and use of children. The report said the killing and maiming of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, attacks on schools and hospitals and the abduction of children.

UN report also revealed that more than 15,500 children around the world became victims of widespread violations.

The UN chief said, “Children continue to get affected by incidents of violence between armed groups and the government, in particular in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand as well as tensions in Jammu and Kashmir.”

“The UN continued to receive reports of the re-

cruitment and use of children by armed groups, including the Naxalites, in particular in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand,” he said.

Meanwhile, in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 30 schools were burnt and partially destroyed by armed groups according to government reports. In the report for 2015 released last year, the then-Secretary-General Ban Ki- had said the Naxalites were using children as young as six in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha and West Bengal.

The report recorded far more violations against children by terrorists and other armed groups than by governments.

It said there were about

4,000 verified cases involving government forces and over 11,500 by non-state armed groups in the 20 nations covered in the report.

“I call upon the (Indian) government to develop appropriate mechanisms to protect children from recruitment as well as to separate and reintegrate recruited children,” Guterres said.

The goal of the report was not only to raise awareness of the violations of the rights of children, but also to promote measures that can diminish their plight of children in conflict.

The Secretary-General encouraged several Governments and non-State actors to work with the UN towards that objective.

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‘IAF is among the world’s best’ Dietary trends of youth worrying dietician s MANYA KASHYAP “As a leader you have to lead from the front with confidence, taking everyone with you, utilising the strength of individuals,motivating and guiding them towards achieving the organisational goals”said a senior Air Force officer who has been in the service for the past 30 years.

The officer, who requested anonymity, joined the Air Force in January 1984. Defence services had always fascinated him.

He looks after the administration which includes welfare, discipline, construction, education, etc.

He said, “It’s a challenging and demanding work, yet satisfying in its own way.

It somehow feels good to know that you have actually made some contribution for the nation. There

are quite a few experiences that I’ll never forget. “ Transfers are a part of life for any defence personnel. Orders for new postings come after every 2-3 years. Being away from home and family could be a little discouraging sometimes but travelling to different states and experiencing different cultures makes it all worth it. Even family now takes it as a part of their normal routine lives as in the end, one has to do their job.

Being a father of two sons he said, “ I would’ve

loved if my children had also joined Air Force but they are individual adults and has full right to choose their own field of work.”

“You’re not a born leader, it all comes through and is gained by training, years of experience, confidence and not to forget, from your mistakes.”

All the projects are on track as planned and everybody’s working hard enough to achieve a peaceful and a better tomorrow.

The future of the Air Force is bright and it’s among the world’s best . The system is well stitched, foolproof and time tested.

The officer said he hoped that a separate air traffic control system would be set up for the Air Force in the foreseeable future (Name of the officer has been withheld on request.)

REETI AGGARWAL Major changes in the dietary trends of the youth because they are aping the West is worrying dietician. “We can survive only if our roots are strong, so we should follow the path that our ancestors taught us” says senior dietician Rachna Agarwal.

Initially our grandparents ate Missi roti instead of multigrain bread, ghee in place of olive oil and ricedal instead of sandwiches.

The traditional Indian diet was healthy as in those days people didn’t face medical problems she said.Crash dieting was not known then, people fasted occasionally. “For example, fasting in Navratri’s 2 times a year helps the body to adapt to the season change.

Following a crash diet depletes the nutrients and minerals from your body,”

Dietician Rachna Agarwal But today with the wrong eating habits, obesity has become a major concern.

“Obesity seems to be a distant issue in a country with 270 million people living under BPL. According to a study published in the noted journal Lancet, India is the third country after the US ad China in terms of obesity rate, she point-

ed out”.Aggarwal felt Since the youth is happier living a sedentary lifestyle and eating fast food. Fast food contains trans-fat, sugar, Maida, chemicals, preservatives and don’t have nutrition in them.

Sadly, India also has high teenage diabetic patients because of eating readymade food which has hidden sugar in them she

pointed out. People prefer to eat readymade food rather than eating home cooked meals. “Sugar is one food item I would suggest removing from diets completely. Agarwal said Sugar is food for the pathogens, by eating sugar we are attracting them. Sugar also increases insulin in body and high insulin prevents fat burning. Sugar is addic-

tive and causes lethargy.”

Diet has a significant impact on our bodies. Diet can help us cure diseases. “No medicine is effective until you follow the correct diet.

For example, medicine for diabetes will be effective when you will restrict your refine carbohydrate intake,she said.

“One must follow a diet even if they are thin because weight is only one of the parameters to judge your health. A study showed that 50% of the heart patients are not overweight,”Aggarwal said.

Adding word of caution, she said exercise and diet go hand in hand, exercise is very important for fitness and muscle building but only exercise won’t help losing weight. And only diet isn’t sufficient enough too, nutrients are only absorbed in the body if we exercise.

‘I want to become an inspiration for others’ DAKSH GOGIA He is a fitness freak and a gym a bunny, a workout addict and a guy with a superb body. Mahesh Yadav is Committed to exercise and heavyweight lifting. An inspirational person and a passionate bodybuilder, he is 8 times national powerlifter champion. Because of his nature everyone calls him Mr. Friendly Mahesh yadav.

Like any ordinary teenager he dreamt of a muscular body and started going to gym when he was in class 10. He didn’t even realise when his hobby turned into his passion.

He started concentrating more on his workout. No one was his inspiration because he wanted to become someone else’s inspiration. on the way of success there are obstacles which everyone has to face Yadav says his journey to success was not an easy one.

His father wanted him to become a government officer but he refused to do it. Without use of any artificial supplement Mahesh built a muscular body. His father never supported him for his passion.

When he was 20 years old he got selected for national championship. He started giving coaching in the gyms for earning money. He achieved his goal only because of his hardwork, will power and self confidence and won the

Mr Friendly Mahesh Yadav title 8 times in a row.

After winning the nationals he was selected for the Asian Games. Due to lack of funds and support by the government he was not able to enter the tournament. He says in India, the Government is focuses only on sportsperson who have good contacts. Many deserving candidates lose their hopes because of

lack of support.In outside countries there are many federations to support these sports. In India bodybuilders or powerlifters are treated as gundas.

He didn’t get depressed and worked hard and to made his father proud. Today, he owns two gyms in Delhi and is a superman for his daughter.

Infographic by KABEER SOLANKI

Getting through bad times Archaeologists fear terror organisations are with positive attitude making money by stealing ancient artefacts VIBHUTI BHARTI “Failures are a part of life but the winner is the one who comes back and face them.” Coming from a 70-year-old guard, these words get an even more powerful meaning. Ishwar Lal has worked as guard all his life but with his positive attitude he got through the bad times.

Lal, hails from Babagaon near Karnal in Haryana and says although he has worked as a watchman he remains satisfied with his life. He never says no to any work, and tries to be the best at his work. He accepts the circumstances in his life and believes in destiny for the same.

“I always think that one should face all the good and bad times in his life as destiny is created by God and we are supposed to face all this time,” says Ishwar. He used to work all day so that he can earn

Ishwar lal

some for his family’s basic and daily requirement.

He does not want his son to face unhappy circumstances, like he did.

He was in Class 8, when his father took him out of school due to some financial problems and told him to do labour work so

that he can support his family financially. At the age of 18 he lost his father and all the house income and work was put on his shoulders as he was the eldest in the family with one younger brother and sister. The situation got better when he got married at age of 20, despite all odds in his life he never gave up and worked hard in life, now he has a daughter who is married and a son who is doing a computer course.

“One should stay happy at all times in life, think positive and you will be able to tackle all the problems as if you knew them in advance,” the only thing on which Ishwar Lal emphasised while talking about his life. His positive attitude helped him to get through his life to achieve a good and satisfying one for his children. He finally achieved the mission of his life.

TARU MEDHA Some disturbing facts have come to light even as archaeologists have found new discoveries. Terrorist organisations are making money by stealing and selling ancient artefacts and also the chances of the recurrence of small pox due to preserved mummies.

According to a report by Live Science, archaeologists have made sixteen new discoveries which hope to give a new insights into ongoing investigations. Researchers have found ancient inscriptions, scrolls and evidence during excavations which have facilitated their discoveries.

The new findings that have been uncovered range from the Sea People who were thought to have attacked cities and civilisations about 3,200 years ago to a study on how ancient civilisations coped

with droughts. New stone structures were found in Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia which were termed as Work of Old Men by the Bedouins.

The discovery of a new cave holding fragments of the 200-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls was announced in February 2017. Archaeologists think that there are two hidden chambers inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. New results of these findings are soon to be announced.

Archaeologist Zahi Hawass, in 2013, told Live science that he believes that there are uncovered tombs in the Valley of the Kings and that he plans to excavate the site soon. The uncovered tombs are speculated to be of King Tutankhamun’s wife.

Daniel Wallace, a professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Library and his team are investigating a piece

of papyrus that may be the oldest known Christian artifact.

Some researchers have also found out astronomical alignments at Stonehenge which is also thought to be a part of a

vast landscape which had burials, shrines and also other circular monuments made of stone or wood.

Excavations in Iraq and the Gulf States have revealed evidences of interaction between the people

of Mesopotamia and the people of Meluha, the residents of Indus Valley who lived in Mesopotamia. Excavations in Gath and Ashkelon have given archaeologists new insights into the much debated lives of the Philistines who were thought to have arrived in areas surrounding Israel and Lebanon about 3200 years ago.

Other findings include the possible places in America where the Vikings had sailed to and ancient Voynich manuscripts and also mysterious ways in which ancient man could survive life threatening injuries.

Ongoing investigations have also surfaced new revelations about Blackbeard, a pirate and the ships he captured.

Recent researches also suggest that Homosapiens could be responsible for the extinction of their predecessors.

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‘No better way to serve the nation than the Indian Army’ Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Pratap Singh spoke to SHIVANSHI TOMER about how he had served in the Indian Army for more than forty years, and how was it a life changing experience for him.

Q: Which was the toughest situation you faced in the battlefield?

A: Battlefield is always full of trials and tribulations.

One is never sure of survival when one goes out to face the enemy. There have been a lot of tough situations I have faced while serving the Indian armed force but the toughest happened to be the Kargil War which broke out in 1999.

It lasted for two months and ended on July 26 with India’s victory over Pakistan. It was a tough war as Pakistan did their every bit to win. They positioned themselves at high altitudes which was unexpected.

They fired down at the Indian troops and shot down two fighter jets. We lost around 500 brave men who sacrificed themselves for their motherland.

Q: How do you deal with emotional break-

Lt. Col. (Retd.) Pratap Singh downs related to family?

A: It is true that constant transfers and hectic work schedule leaves minimal time to spend with family.

The present generation is fortunate enough to have all mediums to connect with family in no time which was not the case back then.

We only had the option of sending letters which used to take a lot of time to reach respective places. At times I used to get emotionally unstable due to family nostalgia but my passion to serve my motherland used to override other feelings.

Q: Have you ever thought of leaving the army when you faced difficult situations?

A- Never once in my life the thought of leaving army crossed my mind. I always aspired to serve the

country and adopted it as my religion when I joined the Indian Army.

No other profession could have given me the opportunity to do so much. And what better way to serve nation than Army.

Q: What is your prou dest achievement?

A: I could never forget the time when Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India honored the brave hearts of the Kargil War. He appreciated our efforts and motivated us to carry the spirit of patriotism always within us.

Q: If not army which profession would you have chosen?

A: I would have opted to become a teacher as it is a very noble profession.

My wife too is a teacher and I would have been very happy to share thesame profession with her as it actually gives you an

opportunity to give out to society and contribute your bit to make education system better.

Q: How has life changed after retiring from the army?

A: Life has changed for the better as the amount of respect you get even after retirement is really heartwarming.

Q: Is India in a position to fight if a war breaks out between India and Pakistan?

A: India is becoming better day by day with adoption of new techniques. I am sure India is capable of not only fighting but also winning if a war breaks out.

India has already shown a teaser of its capabilities through the surgical strike conducted last year. India would surely give Pakistan a taste of its own medicine if it tries to make any smart move further.

Q: Have you ever dealt with conflict of interest with your seniors or colleagues?

A: At times there are issues where there is conflict of interests between two parties. I to came across a similar situation whenIwas promoted to the post of lieutenant colonel.

Few of my fellow mates opposed my promotion. move on.

We use surgical instruments, not magic wands, to treat patients: Dr Chauhan MANVI SINGH Recent incidents of violence against doctors and subsequent protests by medical practitioners once again highlight that the doctor-patient relationship has changed for the worse.

And this has flustered the entire medical fraternity in the country.

“Doctors can be thought of as heroes who heal and alleviate pain, but believing that doctors are magicians is a mere superstition after all we use surgical instruments not magic wands,” said Dr. Arun Chauhan, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) ACC Limited.

Dr. Chauhan has been in this profession for last 21 years and has worked with government hospitals like Safdarjung Hospital of New Delhi.

Dr.Chauhan says that the kin of patients expect doctors to perform miracles, but when a patient suc cumbs to their illness in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the doctor informing the family ends up being the target of their agitation.

Dr. Chauhan also told a case of Lok Nayak Hospital in Delhi where a lady doctor was not only physically and verbally attacked but was also threatened with

Dr. Arun Chauhan rape by a patient’s relative.

“Her crime: two patients had come in at the same time and she had attended to the sicker patient first, which allegedly upset the other patient’s relatives,” he said.

The government has not taken cognisance of the situation which has gone from bad to worse, and if this continues it might deter physicians from taking up complicated cases or they might migrate to other countries where situation is far better.

“For redressal of grievances, the aggrieved patient has many avenues – Medical Councils, Civil Courts, Criminal Courts and Consumer Courts. But how can one ever justify an assault on the treating doctor’s life or damage to hospital property? If we are

going to resolve our differences in this manner, then what is the need for courts or law?” he said “Most of my batch-mates from King George Medical College (KGMC), are not in India, when I talk to them I realise that in western countries doctors are given a lot more respect not only by patients but government as well. I myself have thought of shifting but the thought of staying away from my family holds me back,”he said.

Dr.Chauhan’s anxiousness sounds obvious, as the initial findings of an ongoing study by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), has revealed that 75% of doctors across the country have faced at least some form of violence.

Dr. Srinivas, a resident doctor, who was also pres-

ent said, “I think doctors try to do their best but there can be complications. Medicine is like no other profession where mistakes can be reworked or other solutions found.

Violence on doctors is simply deplorable. When asked about the breach of ethics by doctors, Dr.Chauhan said, “One hand won’t clap, the fact that private hospitals and practitioners charge unreasonably high fees ought not be denied and this can be thought of as one of the reasons for the growing hostility amongst people, towards doctors.”

He added, doctors should rediscover the spirit of selfless service that defined their predecessors.

Only then will people start respecting doctors again and make the doctor- patient relationship a positive equation.

“As a patient one should remember that your doctor is a person just like you.

A doctor’s job is already stressful and so one should do their part to not make it worse. Patient must be open while communicating with their doctor and consider their advice,” he said Dr. Chauhan hopes that in coming years the cases of violence against doctor will decrease.

‘Giving up is not an option for me’ Climate change to force more

ASHISH SINGH

“I want to be so successful that no one can say that girls are weak in any industry,”said Mahima who works for startup, Lyfboat Technologies.

Like every other young woman, Mahima also has huge dreams and goals which she wants to achieve in her life. She has done her B.tech in Biotechnology from Chitkara university and is currently working with a company which has just started and she sees a bright future ahead.

For this she knows that she will have to work hard.

Everyday she wakes up at 7 to get ready and travel

Mahima about 20 km by metro and then by rickshaw.

“You don’t walk you flow with the crowd” said Mahima about Rajiv Chowk metro station. She is not entirely satisfied with her job but she is con-

sistently trying hard to get a better job. She works as a bio technologist who gives advice to people about leading a healthier life. As it is a startup there are not enough employees in her office so she has a lot of responsibilities “If I have a query, and if I go to my Boss, instead of listening to me he gives me some other work, and ignores my question.“I then drink a cup of dark coffee to rejuvenate myself at the nearest cafe,”she said.

After doing the work which her boss asks her to do she leaves at 6 pm and it takes 2 hours or more to reach home. Her parents are overprotective They

want her in home by 5.

This creates further problem for her. On the other hand Mahima has many desires to fulfil for her parents who have seen a really tough time while she was growing up. And she even helps her mom with household work after that tiring day at work. “Although I am almost dead by the time I get back but I fight again, because giving up is not an option for me,”she says.

She lives by the line, “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live”Anne Sweeney(president Walt Disney).

Working hard to keep your home clean SAKSHI GARG Have you ever bothered to know the name of woman who cleans the washrooms you use? The one who works for eight hours diligently doing a contemptible job without objecting.

Inside the house or not, women work relentlessly throughout the day. Preeti is one such woman who works as a cleaning lady to financially support her family. She is a mother of four at the age of just 29.

Living in a joint family, her in-laws take care of them when she is off to work

through the day. Finding work was hard, but her strong determination got her one.

“There are several reasons to be happy but in this world full of melancholy, this simple goal is tough to score keeping spirits high is the only way you can manage to survive,” says Preeti. She added,”For owning your happiness you need to own yourselves first.” She sometimes reflects on the painful days her family went through when they were in a financial crisis.

She has now realised how

Housekeeping staff member Preeti important it is to be ready to face the challenges in life.

On being asked what she is most proud of, she

told, “I never shy away from accepting my flaws.

I believe people can go wrong at several points in their lives, but what matters is to accept the wrong and focus on the life that awaits you.” Preeti has always been lively and loves to throw positive energy all around.

“Women have started showing the urge to step out and get engaged with the world. They are trying to gain control over their lives and acting responsible for their decisions by managing work and family,”she believes.

Modi pushes immunisation with new scheme KRITIKA LALWANI

In order to give a push to the vaccine drive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) at Vadnagar in Gujarat on October 8. “Let no child suffer from any vaccine-preventable disease.” With this mission, the Government aims to reach every child below two years of age and all those pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine of immunisation. It hopes that the special drive will ensure more than 90 % coverage by December 2018.

The Prime Minister made a strong appeal to all Indians to put in efforts to

reduce maternal and child mortality. Union Minister of Family and Health Welfare, J.P. Nadda said, “improving the health status of the children of the country is amongst the top priorities of the Government.”

Nadda said four phases

We are on the verge of progress towards our target of 90% full immunisation coverage of Mission Indradhanush have reached to more than 2.53 crore children and 68 lakh pregnant women with life-saving vaccines. “We are on the verge of progress towards our target of 90% full immunisation

coverage,” he said. Earlier, the increase in full immunisation coverage was 1% per year which has increased to 6.7% per year through the first two phases of ‘Mission Indradhanush’, he pointed out.

With a sharpened focus on high priority districts and urban areas, under IMI, four consecutive immunisation rounds will be conducted for seven days every month between October 2017 and January 2018.

Further, it would be reviewed by the Cabinet Secretary at the National level and will continue to be monitored at the highest level under a special initiative ‘Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI)’.

An appreciation and awards mechanism is also conceived to recognize the districts reaching more than 90% coverage. The criteria include best practices and media management during crisis. To acknowledge the contribution of the partners/Civil Society Organization (CSOs) The Prime Minister. also highlighted other achievements of the government including the new National Health Policy 2017 which has been unveiled after 15 years. “Regulating of the prices of stents has immensely helped a large section of the country by reducing the cost of healthcare on the middle-income group and poor families,” Modi said.

mass migration to India: Study ANURAG KUMAR “If we get climate change wrong, there is a very real danger that we shall see levels of mass immigration as yet unparalleled,” said Chris Bryant, Labour leader and former Shadow Minister, in his speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research.

Apparently, this is not something that is going to happen in the distant future. According to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, starting from 2009, an estimated one person every second has been displaced because of climate- or weather-related disasters.

Droughts in Somalia (2011-12, 2016-17), floods in Pakistan (2010-12), submerging islands in the Maldives, and rising sea levels in the Bangladesh coast have left a large number of people traumatised, without shelter, clean water, or any other basic supplies. According to IDMC, an average of 22.5 million people are being displaced every year form 2008 because of these climate-related problems.

But it’s still not a major issue In India, or is it? According to the World Bank, South Asia is a hotspot for the migration of people

from disaster-affected or degraded areas to other national and international regions. For instance, as Priya Deshingkar pointed out in her research paper in 2003, an estimated 3,00,000 labourers migrate from drought-prone Bolangir district in Orissa every year (Priya Deshingkar, 2003).

Submerging islands of Sundarbans have displaced many people as well. According to NATCOM, a one metre sea level rise will displace approximately 7.1 million people in India, and about 5,764 sq. km of land area will be lost, along with 4,200 km of road.

“As of today, 76 lakh people are at risk of storm surge and sea level rise,” said Sushmita Dasgupta, Lead Environmental Economist, World Bank.

Migrants from neighbouring countries is a possibility as well, and that may scale at hundreds of thousands of refugees in a few decades. According to a report by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), about 120 million people could be left homeless by 2100 in both India and Bangladesh.

While this may seem a distant possibility, the fact is 20 million Bang-

ladeshis are migrating in India every year. Inaction and not recognising the current state may lead to more problems as migrants would end up in Indian cities which, for now, are themselves facing resource scarcity. Submerging islands of the Maldives will also drive hundreds of thousands of migrants to India from the disappear-

Starting 2009, an estimated one person every second has been displaced because of climate- or weather-related disasters ing nation. As most parts of the island nation are just 1.5 metres above the sea level, even a small rise in the sea level will turn thousands of inhabitants into climate refugees.

Drought, desertification, sea level rise, water scarcity and low food productivity, and melting glaciers are making people abandon their homes and go to other states and countries.

Most of the time, they crowd the urban areas in the hope of better survival which creates a major issue in healthcare, food and

resource scarcity in cities which, of course, are not ready to handle such an influx of people. Climate change may also increase the number of traditional refugees and increase their struggle for resources — water, food, grazing lands, which can trigger conflict.

The UNHCR is apparently not equipped to deal with the scale of the looming climate migration crisis. At present, the UNHCR deals with only 10 million refugees. And although many studies are arguing for the recognition and protection of climate refugees, terms such as environmental refugees and climate refugees have no legal basis in international refugee laws. But as the situation becomes more and more realistic, the need to amend refugee laws has grown substantially.

But UN is hesitant to recognise the issue because of paucity of funds. Recently, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change had launched a ‘Green Climate Fund’ to address all problems related to climate change, including the refugee crisis.

The plan was to have rich countries contribute $100 billion a year by 2020, but only $10.2 billion has been promised till now.

‘How to land a job stays a mystery’ KABEER SOLANKI “Rejection is inevitable, but all it takes is one.”, says Rahul who left his job as a consultant in Atlanta to search for a job as a product manager in San Francisco. Moving to a new city and starting from scratch was not going to be easy and Rahul was well aware of this. From scheduling six to seven coffee meetings a day regularly for two months, jumping from cafes to cafes and consuming far too much caffeine.

Blair Decembrele’s blog on LinkedIn in her series titled, “The way in”, cites Rahul’s case as a job search experience that any

job seeker can take and use immediately.

Prioritising the circle of people to, keeping it cropped to those who affect your job is the first step. Additionally, identify people from whom more could be learnt about this

area of work. You can also lean on messaging to help kick start your conversations; perfectly time your messages by seeing when your connections are online and available to talk.

“When I went to these coffee meetings, I never

once asked for a job”, says Rahul because he always focused on the relationship not the outcome. Understand the real value of a meeting; its less about surfacing a short-term job opportunity, rather it is about building a longterm relationship. New data shows that 70% of professionals got hired at a company due to personal connection and those referred by an employee was 8 times more likely to be hired. It’s always hard to predict when a job opportunity will present itself and for whom but making a connect is always the best way to go around it, says Linkdin in its official blog.

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AANCHAL SINGLA The “Dialogue of Civilisations – IV” hosted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), in collaboration with National Geographic Society was inaugurated on October 8 in New Delhi.

The conference is the fourth in the series. It was initiated in 2013 by National Geographic Society with an objective to encourage scholarly and public discourse about the five ancient, literate civilisations of the world. Egypt, Mesopotamia, South Asia, China and Mesoamerica. It aims to teach how study of the past can take the present and the future in the right direction. The first conference of this series was inaugurated in Guatemala in 2013 followed by Turkey in 2014 and China in 2015. The final dialogue

(from the left) Smt. Usha Sharma, Smt. Rashmi Verma, Dr.Mahesh Sharma

of the present conference is planned in Egypt.

Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Inde-

pendent Charge), Ministry of Culture & Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change

inaugurated the event. The inauguration was followed by a lecture by Prof. B.B. Lal on ‘Harappan Civilisa-

tion’.who talked about the Harappan Civilisation.

He also highlighted the evolution of Harappan Civilisation. Prof. Lal tried to emphasise on the authorship of the Harappan civilisation. He concluded that it is high time that the Aryan Invasion Theory has to be written off.

His lecture was followed

by Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. B.R. Mani, Director General, National Museum, Delhi. The panel discussion was attended by Prof. B.B. Lal (Harappan Civilisation), Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli (Mayan Civilisation), Prof. Augusta McMohan (Mesopotamian Civilisation), Dr. Anna Latifa-Mourad (Egyptian Civilisation) and Prof.

Xinwei Li (Chinese Civilisation). Various aspects of five civilisations were discussed and the common aspects were discussed.

NASA readies new landing craft for astronauts LALIT DHAWAN A new space capsule for landing on ground has been designed by NASA and for the first time will enable astronauts to avoid sea landings and opt for landing on tarmac.

Named Starliner, the capsule is reusable up to 10 times with a six-month turnaround time between launches which can accommodate up to five passengers to and from the International Space Station(ISS).

For NASA missions to the ISS, the Starliner can carry up to four astronauts and about 220 pounds of cargo at a time.”

Richard Boitnott, project test engineer said, “The first test series verified that the vehicle would be stable in all landing conditions.”

The Starliner has been developed a collaboration with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. The spacecraft is part of the agency’s effort to return America’s capability to launch astronauts from Florida’s Space Coast to ISS. Testing the Starliner, it contains a simulated crew,

the airbags used for landing were put through its paces as well. The airbags, contained a mixture of compressed nitrogen and oxygen gas, which might appear to the untrained eyes like larger version of automobile airbags.

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meet the requirements for landing and have an active venting system,” said Ferguson. “An automotive airbag would just need to worry about the safety of its occupants. The airbags on the Starliner are tasked to protect the crew and the vehicle itself,” said Boitnott . “You’re dissipating thousands of pounds in-

stead of just the mass of the occupant in a car.”

The Starliner program performed more than 20 landing tests to determine how the vehicle would fare on land at NASA Langley’s Landing and Impact Research Facility and in water at the Hydro Impact Basin under different conditions. These scenarios simulated landing velocities targeting the capsule could encounter a typical land landing or an unlikely emergency water landing.

NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, a mock-up of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft has endured a series of land landing qualification tests to simulate what the actual spacecraft and crew members may experience while returning to Earth from space.

Fighting hunger, feeding potential Vibhuti Bharti Kellogg’s has ignited discussions and agreements to acquire Chicago Bar Company LLC, maker of RXBAR, a protein bar made with healthy and whole food ingredients, making it the fastest growing protein bar in the United States.

“RXBAR is a unique and innovative company. It’s values, people and cutting edge approach represent an exciting opportunity for our business. Adding a pioneer in clean-label, high-protein snacking to our portfolio bolsters our already strong wholesome snack offering. RXBAR is an excellent strategic fit for Kellogg as we pivot to growth,” said Kellogg Company CEO Steve Cahillane. “with its strong millennial consumption and diversified channel presence including e-commerce, RXBAR is perfectly positioned to perform well against future food

trends”, he added.

With a base of egg whites, fruit and nuts encased in an iconic packaging, each RXBAR, provides 12 grams of protein in 210-220 calories. RXBARs don’t compromise on taste, nutrition, or convenience, making them great before and after workouts, in between meals, or as a quick, on-the-go breakfast.

They are available in 11 different flavours, with additional seasonal and limited-time varieties, and are distributed in the States.

The company also recently launched RXBAR Kids, which contain the same core ingredients as RXBARs, but in kid-friendly flavours and portions.

“The RXBAR team has built an incredible business, with impressive growth and profitability.

Our focus will be on helping to drive the brand’s continued growth,” said Kellogg North America President Paul Norman”.

wins National Award

DEBOMITRA DAS Delhi-based citizen group ‘My Delhi Keep It Clean’ was recently awarded the Swacchata Award for voluntarily taking up an initiative to clean the streets of Delhi.

The group used Facebook to spread awareness about the campaign.

The award ceremony was held at Vigyan Bhawan on October 2 in the presence of Prime Minster Narendra Modi. This group aims to promote and initiate cleanliness drives. The Ajmer Gate side of New Delhi railway station was giving out an atrocious foul smell and so the members repaired the broken footpath tiles and replaced them with new ones.

10 big flower pots were also kept on the side.

Two dustbins were installed along the footpath.

To spread awareness and a message, 1000 cotton carry bags were distributed to the passengers with the message to not throw waste at

public places.

‘My Delhi, Keep It Clean’ has also led other cleanliness drives as well. The group has taken the help of Delhi police and East Delhi Municipal Corporation and have organised a ‘Safai Abhiyan’ at Geeta Colony Police station and the surrounding area. The members of the group had also initiated another program in association with South Delhi Municipal Corporation. They organised Sharmdaan activity with theme "Swacchata hi Sewa" on September 17 at District

Centre Janak Puri. Another such initiative was taken on August 20 where a program of ‘car service’ or cleaning work was organised at the ancient Hanuman temple, Marghat-baba, Yamuna Bazar, Delhi. The place was extremely dirty and unhygienic. The members drove a lot of hard work to make the temple complex clean and healthy for people to be around. These have been a great initiative to promote a green and clean Delhi. This group was created 2 years ago and now has more than 15,000 members.

Tata AIA Life launches new social media service SAKSHI GARG TATA AIA Life announced the launch of ‘Eazy Connect,’ a social media servicing tool on October 5. The chatbot will be available through social media platforms such as Facebook Messenger, Twitter DM, Web chat and WhatsApp. According to the press release by the Tata company, the chatbot is developed to counter the most frequently asked questions on different subjects such as fund value, premium details, unit statements, net asset value, etc. A facility to chat with service experts is also available, should the queries require additional detail.

“Our endeavour has always been to anticipate those needs and offer bestin-class service solutions.

Eazy Connect chatbot by Tata AIA Life is an innovative offering and has been created to match customers’ fast-paced lives where they need quick and simple ways to stay connected to us,” said Yusuf Pachmariwala, senior vice president and head of operations,

Tata AIA Life, talking about this initiative.

Pachmariwala said that today’s knowledgeable and connected customer expects service providers to be in step with their evolving needs. He added, “Social media integration is the need of the hour and Eazy Connect will help customers resolve queries on platforms that they frequent. We will continue to explore innovative ways of servicing customers.”

Tata AIA Life has been the leading edge in technology revolution for bringing consistent changes to increase the effectiveness in customer services.

The chatbot Eazy Connect was created by Tata AIA Life so that the customers do not always have to use the online customer service and take a longer route but can get information through social media platforms itself.

The chatbot is easy to use with simple three steps. Customers need to login to their social account or Tata AIA Life website / WhatsApp (Contact7045118888).

The customers are then required to use keywords with # (hashtags) and the information will be shared on their registered email ID or mobile number.

Church software sales to go up by 2017-2021 ABHIMANYU SHARMA The church managing software by Breeze is expected to grow by 8.86% CAGR by 2017-2021. This expected growth is considered a result of increase in number of mobile users in the present time.

Church Management Software is used by Churches for tracking, managing, keeping records of donations etc. The major revenue sources for the software is through direct sales and subscription for 50 $/month.

The market is majorly distributed into three categories, Americas, APAC(Asia-Pacific) and EMEA(Europe) and is majorly dominated by some key software vendors: Church Community, Builder Ministry Brands and ServantPC Resources. The present times of “digital era” has proven to be quite helpful for these vendors. The rise in numbers of people using cell phones or any other digital interface has eventually

Church Management Software is used by Churches for tracking, managing, keeping records of donations resulted in increased subscription and purchase of the software.

According to another report not everything seems to be a cake walk for the software manufacturer in the future. One of the major hurdles that is present for these companies is the lack of free and open source management softwares.

In the recent times the prices of these softwares have also increased making them a little expensive for small churches who wish to go digital. Since

these churches have a very limited supply of funds and have to manage everything restricted within that limit, high prices make it difficult for them to afford such facilities.

However there are some softwares like ChurchInfo, Working Church and Bitrix24 that provide the small churches the advantage with their free services. They are free, easy to operate and have some special features like Attendance Tracking and Private Social Network for churches.

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Capturing Jaipur’s beauty through the lens

The iconic Hawa Mahal

The playful Gudda and Guddi puppets

Mass Communication student HIA BASU takes a walk through the important monuments and sites of Jaipur. It is also known as the Pink City as most of the monuments are made of red sandstone.

Bapu Bazaar: The shopping hotspot of Jaipur

Hand-crafted Rajasthani toys

A side shot of Amer Fort

Amar Jawan Jyoti: Jaipur’s tribute to brave soldiers

A little make-up can transform you: Big B SHIVANSHI TOMER

Bachchan displays different make-up styles

He has played many roles: from the angry young man in Zanjeer to a kid suffering from progeria in Paa, Amitabh Bachchan talks about make-up in films.

Over the years, Amitabh Bachchan has left an imprint that the public will cherish for years as Amitabh has delivered each role with such perfection. In every role, there has been a dynamic change in his appearance and he has portrayed a different kind of individual in every film.

What actually makes this possible? In a candid blog, Bachchan Bol, last week, Big B spoke about the amount of change makeup can bring about in the life of an actor.

“One can act to different genres but the realistic touch to my acting is only given by the right kind of makeup, “ he wrote.

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‘Origami is my form of meditation’

can be recognised only by the shades of the makeup, the makeup is the change that we are all looking” he said through his Tumblr blog post.

“The change that shall bring about the acceptance of what the greats before us expressed and they expressed a lot.

But to accommodate all of it within the course of a few hours, is the credit to the maker again, when made is made, it gives us opportunity and will to accomplish all that we may have never exercised .. and when we do it presents itself in its most unexpected form.. a form that could spell the worst doom!”, he wrote.

He posted four pictures to show the effect of makeup to various roles he has played.

The appearance of an actor changes drastically with every movie due to the different types of makeup done.

Continued from Page 1 He remembered a time when he was travelling somewhere on an airplane and saw a baby crying. He immediately took out a piece of paper and made an origami model for the child and the baby immediately stopped crying. Many have an idol

of a god or a goddess on their car dashboard, but Prof Thyagarajan keeps his origami models also there.

Recalling an incident he said a kid at a traffic signal asked him for one of these origami models and he happily gave him one. It gave him great joy when he saw that the boy

was fascinated and overjoyed by the model.

There are various aspects of origami. Its principles are used not only in machines but also in the human body.

Airbags in cars are folded using origami and so are the stents that are used in heart surgery. Similar tech-

niques are also used in medicine to put more amount of substances in smaller capsules. Talking about his liking for it, Prof Thyagarajan said that origami is more than just a hobby for him. He finds himself doing origami whenever he is free and considers it a form of meditation.

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India, SA celebrate 2 decades V-P presents Rashtra Sewa Awards to of science & tech collaboration 2 NGOs; aid given to 20 students PARKHI RAWAT India and South Africa are celebrating are celebrating twenty years of strategic partnership in science and technology this year.

The Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan attended the celebrations of the collaboration in Durban,South Africa. The event was co-hosted by the Departments of Science and Technology of South Africa and India.

The South African Minister Naledi Pandor

and Dr. Harsh Vardhan released a booklet highlighting the two decades ‘alliance of trust’ in science and technology. This strategic partnership based on warmth, mutual trust and friendship of two nations in the field of Science & Technology which was concluded in the year 1995.

For the last 20 years this cooperation has been focused on areas like Astronomy & Astrophysics, Green Chemistry, Indigenous Knowledge System, Agriculture Sciences and

Health Sciences where both countries have harmonious strengths.

Last year Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to South Africa played a notable boost in the S&T cooperation with launch of 8 new projects on Astronomy which will help to inflate the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project led by South Africa.

The SKA project will address some of the most interesting science goals in astrophysics, ranging from

the very early Universe to the search for intelligent life out there. Indian scientists will be contributing in several design work packages of SKA. A multi-institutional project on HIV Vaccine Research Collaboration has been in action. This project is focused to develop preventive HIV vaccine and will also lead to the identification of biomarkers and development of novel techniques for management and diagnosis of tuberculosis.

RIDDHI DWIVEDI The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu gave Rashtra Sewa Award organised by the Krishna Foundation to P. Parameswaran and Yusuff Ali, on October 7.

The Foundation also gave financial assistance to 20 school students belonging to weaker sections.

Shri P. Parameswaran, an author of more than 300 books and a great thinker is a renowned social worker, who.

Courtesy: PIB He is also a poet, a writer and a good orator. “He left politics to take up social service and served as the Director of the Deen Dayal Research Institute.

He started Bharateeya Vichar Kendram in Ker-

ala, aimed at national reconstruction through study and research,” said Naidu, acknowledging the awardee.

Parameswaran was given Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for one of his books.

Yusuff Ali, a world famous businessman is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi-based Lulu Group International. He has provided employment to thousands of Indians and was awarded Padma Shri in 2008.

“Organisations like the Krishna Foundation can make a meaningful difference to the lives of the poor and downtrodden. Today, our country’s greatest asset is its young population,” said the V-P.

Defence Minister visits Eastern Gadkari steps on gas for more roads in the country Command HQ in Tezpur TRIYA GULATI

TEJUS KISHORE Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, visited Tezpur, as a part of her maiden visit to the Eastern Command as Defence Minister. The visit was for her to familiarise with all the formations of The Indian Army.

The Defence Minister interacted with the Air Warriors on the occassion of 85th Air Force Day anniversary and extended her good wishes at the strategically important Eastern airbase of Tezpur. She also reviewed the operational readiness of the airbase, seeing the Sukhoi fighter aircraft & other IAF assets at first-hand.

Nirmala Sitharaman expressed her satisfaction at the level of preparedness of the forces Afterwards, Sitharaman headed towards the Gajraj Corps HQ. Lt General AS Bedi briefed her there by explaining the overall security situation in Assam and Kameng Sector of Arunanchal Pradesh and the operational preparedness of the Corps.

Subsequently, Sitharaman visited the Solma-

ra Military Station where she interacted with the jawaans and officers. She prioritised the reviewing of the facilities and operations and appreciated the high standards of military discipline of the army men and their excellent performance in the difficult terrain and challenging environment in which they operate.

She exhorted the troops to continue with the same zeal and sense of pride and honour showing due respect to Human Rights.

The Minister expressed satisfaction at the level of preparedness of the forces and extended her greetings to the troops for a happy Diwali before her departure for Delhi.

Picture Courtesy: Nirmala Sitharaman’s Twitter handle.

“The mindset of the officials is not to work quickly.

They spend time on work, they make rough to fair (the work plans), move around and fritter away time in picking holes. If they

had improved their decision-making , our progress would have been doubled.

But, I do not blame them, it is our responsibility to mend their ways,” said Union minister, Nitin Gadkari.

The Minister for Road

Transport said his department could have doubled the current progress if the officials had improved their decision-making process. The minister further said that development of infrastructure at a fast pace had been one

Twitter announces live video stream feature for T20 cricket VISHESH REDHU Twitter announced an instream video sponsorship patnership with leading cricket portal, Cricbuzz and Motorola , offering fans access to analysis videos from ace cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle during the ongoing India-Australia series.

Banking on the excitment for #INDvsAUS upcoming t20 matches, twitter brings entertainment in terms of in-stream video.Fans will get a breakdown of the key moments of match through Harsha Bhogle on @Cricbuzz’s handle, ensuring that they never miss out on the action.

Audiences can immediately relive that moment or experience it on their mobile phones while they engage in conversations on Twitter.

Twitter plays a key role in facilitating both content creators and brands to capture the excitement from broadcast and distribute it to fans and audi-

ences across the platform, far beyond their existing followers. It also enhances the participation of audience.

Twitter’s in-stream video sponsorship solution enables publishers to monetize video content while making it easy for advertisers to reach engaged audiences and sponsor exclusive content.

“We are delighted to be the first digital sports destination from India to do an In-stream video sponsorship deal with it.

Twitter is a key partner for conversations around our special video blogs with our voice of cricket, Harsha Bhogle. It’s great to have a premium brand like Motorola

India take these videos to the timelines of cricket fans throughout the India-Australia series” said Pankaj Chhaparwal, CEO, Cricbuzz.

“Cricket is the biggest sport in India and keenly followed by our TG, thereby becoming a key reach vehicle for us.

We know that while our audience watches cricket on TV or digital platforms, the conversations about it happen real-time on Twitter, and we wanted to be a part of these live conversations. We have been following a multi-screen media approach as a part of our integrated communications, and ensure we are not just advertising during big sports events but are also actively present during live conversations, and hope to make this a continued strategy. We are happy to be the first instream video sponsor for cricket analysis videos on Twitter through a partner like Cricbuzz,” said Rachna Lather, Marketing Head, Motorola India.

of the top priorities of the central government.

“When I became a minister, there were only 96,000 km of national highways. Now, we have 1,78,000 km of national highways. The length will soon be 2,00,000

FB offers free security tools Facebook is providing free security checking tools to its members in October to make the social media platform more secure. The users will also get to see a lot of additional information on their timelines

nised logins, and learn to protect their passwords.

The account security team and its product manager, Heidi Shin, builds and maintains the set of security features that can be used to make the accounts more secure and private. In her blog on

about some of the other ways they can secure their accounts.Millions of people around the world will see a prompt on their timelines to run a tool called ‘Security Check-Up’, which will help to enhance the security of their Facebook account by just a few steps. This easy-to-use tool can help the users log out of Facebook from unused browsers and devices, get alerts about unrecog-

Facebook about increasing security measures, she explains some of those features like, ‘Two-factor Authentication’, ‘Get alerts about unrecognised topics’ and ‘Blocking’.

“We’re always on the lookout for suspicious activity.

Our systems run in the background millions of times per second to help catch security threats and remove them before they ever reach you,” said Shin.

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Google launches new searching tool technology SANDALI SINHA Google Cloud Search which has made search more intuitive helps in business to access information quicker. The new intuitive way to search uses natural language processing (NLP) technology. It helps to ask basic questions, in the manner they talk in Cloud Search using everyday language.

According to a report by McKinsey, workers spend

up to 20 percent of their time, an entire day each week, searching for and consolidating information across a number of tools.

Google Cloud Search was made available to Enterprise and Business edition customers earlier this year so that teams can access important information quicker.

It also prioritises to-dos by using spare time more wisely. A study by McKinsey reports that only nine

percent of executives surveyed feel “very satisfied” with the way they allocate their time. Cloud Search, helps to stay focused on what’s important. Powered

by machine intelligence, Cloud Search proactively surfaces information that it believes is relevant and organises it into simple cards that appear in the app throughout the workday.

Moreover, it helps in preparing for meetings and gets more out of them.

According to a study in the UK by Centre for Economics and Business, office workers spend an average of four hours per week in meetings. Also

the same group surveyed feels that nearly half of the time (47%) spent in meetings is unproductive.

In this case Cloud Search uses machine intelligence to organise and present information to set you up for success in a meeting. In addition to surfacing relevant docs, it also surfaces information about meeting attendees from corporate directory, and even includes links to relevant conversations from Gmail.

Microsoft to create a ‘literate machine’ SOUMYA SRIVASTAVA Microsoft is working on machine reading comprehension to create a literate machine which will improve the system of communication between human and computers.

The experts of artificial intelligence from various groups around the globe are working to create a machine reading comprehension.

Microsoft researchers have already created technology that can do two difficult tasks such as identify images and recognize words in a conversation.

Most of the knowledge is preserved in books, internet or cloud but machines lack in perceiving knowledge like human beings. ‘Literate machines’ could help people in better ways “We’re trying to develop what we call a literate machine: A machine that can read text, understand text and then learn how to communicate, whether it’s written or orally,” said Kaheer Suleman, the co-founder of Maluuba(Microsoft).

He further added most people think that computers and gadgets are pretty good at communicating by giving us the right information.

Whether it is for finding direction to a location for business meeting or searching for the best glu-

ten-free apple pie recipe but, it still needs intuitive skills to enhance the form of communication.

This kind of upgradation will also help in saving time by displaying the appropriate information that is required instead of showing a list of related websites, which is time consuming to sort through.

Most of the knowledge is preserved in books, internet or cloud but still machines lack in reading and perceiving the knowledge in depth like human beings.

Researchers say, that with the help of machine reading comprehension,

will able machines would be able to analyse the information, reason over it and provide people with the information they need most.

Machine reading comprehension systems could help people more easily find the information they need in car manuals or dense tax code documents.

Doctors, lawyers and other experts could easily access through the things like reading through documents for specific medical findings or rarified legal precedent and the experts would have more time to focus on treating patients and formulating legal defenses.

km,” he added. The chief ministers of both the states said their governments were facing a fund crunch, so we decided to construct the railway line from the Mumbai-based Indian Port Rail Corporation,” Gadkari said.

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PARKHI RAWAT “Enrolling yourself for chartered accountancy is easy; the real challenge is passing the exams,” said Priyanka Yadav, CharAccountant(CA). tered Talking about the hurdles in becoming a CA, she says, “Discipline and the right attitude can help a person to reach unattainable goal and make things simpler. CA course is difficult as the syllabus is vast.

Clearing all the levels of

CA needs average intelligence combined with plenty of hard work. CA is less difficult than some courses like CAT, BBA ,Public Services Exams ,JEE and many other courses.”

In her school daysaclients’ expectations are high from chartered accountants.

“Bring new perspectives and ideas, be willing to collaborate, have confidence in your ability to achieve results, understand all your customers’ needs”

said Priyanka.

She said, “Chartered Accountancy is a widely known and respected profession all over the world.

There is a huge demand

of CAs in India as well as abroad. CA has a wide scope in finance, taxation,investments,auditing, accountancy,business management, analysis of economic trends, teaching CA students, stock market analysis and company law.”

There are many fields where a person can specialise after completing CA. For instance, they can start an independent professional practice, working

in a CA firm, join government service or semi-government organisations or maybe join a BPM (business process management) company.

“Regular and quality studies are a must. Most of the times it doesn’t matter how much you study, but how much you can grasp while studying. It is important that you follow a systematic study routine.”

Priyanka adviced who are giving CA exam later this year.

A day in the life of an Rolling Stones back ‘On Air’ E-rickshaw driver PARKHI RAWAT

HIA BASU For eight years Amar Singh, 36, one of the e-rickshaw drivers drove an auto. Since last two years, he is driving an e-rickshaw and has given his auto to a friend He took a bank loan of Rs 1.10 lakh and bought an e-rickshaw for himself.

Today he earns Rs 15,00020,000 in a month and is very happy with his work.

Amar Singh says that dealing with people is not easy especially when one has to deal with different kinds of people everyday. He said that sometime the police also doesn’t understand a driver’s point and simply

blames him. He said that one has to behave in a very good way even if the other person is being rude to you because after all, your earning depends on them.

And lastly, he said that sometime it becomes very difficult to drive the rickshaw for nine to ten hours because of heat and dust.

Many times, people don’t respect e-rickshaw drivers because some people think they are inferior, but still one has to win over every challenge and continue.

Amar Singh said that he had done his graduation in Hindi from Delhi University, but he couldn’t find a job, so he became an auto rickshaw driver.

Good news for all The Rolling Stones’ fans out there.

One of the greatest Rock and Roll bands, is back after more than fifty years with rare recordings in a double album “On Air”.

This new album is a selection of BBC recordings from the 1990s which offer a unique insight into the yesteryears of the band, which will be released on December 1.

“On Air” album is a compilation of 18 recordings that the band performed on UK BBC shows such as Saturday Club, The Joe Loss Pop, Top Gear and Rhythm and Blues from 1963 to 1965.

The songs found “On

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to the original instrumentation and voices within each track which makes remarkable difference to each song to hear.

This is the first full album to undergo this kind of revolutionary approach.

Hopefully more will follow.

There is an acute lack of awareness when it comes to mental health in India. The availability of services offered today urgently needs an overhaul, keeping in mind affordability and accessibility.

Taking this into consideration, Mariwala Health Initiative (MHI) has launched their own website ‘www. mariwalahealthinitiative. org’ on the occasion World Mental Health Day. MHI is an oragnization which works upon various issues which affect people and help against discriminations like gender, class, caste and religious identities, physical and intellectual disabilities, sexual identities and orientations, besides the power structures that prevail in societies, institutions, and families.

The website aspires to bring in various sectors and connect them, like the policy makers with mental health experts, service providers and academics.

Mental Health is not a disease or it’s not something that the society won’t accept.

A lot of people suffer from it and are still not very open about how they feel. Anybody can suffer from it, irrespective of their age or gender. It adversely affects a person, be it emotionally or physically.

Few symptoms of depression are lack of sleep, not eating prop-

erly, stress, depression or harming yourself, all these are the symptoms of mental health problems.

“MHI takes into account the standpoint of the marginalized. The margins provide critical counter-narratives to any dominant norm.

Mental Health is not a disease or it’s not something that the society won’t accept.

A lot of people suffer from it and are still not very open.

The mental health field needs to listen and learn from these counter- narratives,” - Shruti Chakravarty, Chief Advisor, Mariwala Health Initiative At present, MHI is the principal funder for iCALL, a psychosocial helpline that offers counselling services by telephone and email to individuals in psychosocial distress, as well as for Bapu Trust’s program ‘Seher’ that links development, disabilities, communities, and mental health concerns.

Inscription reveals info about Trojans SAKSHI GARG A 3200 year old inscription has been found which reveals information about a Trojan prince and mysterious sea people, according to Live Science.

The 95 feet long inscription told about the rise of Mira, a dynamic kingdom, and how it launched incursions where sea people attacked cities and civili-

sations throughout the east Mediterranean led by prince Muksus from Troy.

Luwian, an ancient language was used for writing the inscription. This language is rare and can be read by about 20 scholars today. One of these is who deciphered the copy of this inscription, an independent scholar, Fred Woudhuizen.

According to the sci-

ence news website, the inscription brings out about the ruler of kingdom Mira (present day western Turkey), King Kupantakuruntas controlled Troy. Trojan prince Muksus had a successful naval journey where he captured Ashkelon (now Israel) and build a fortress.

The inscription tells about how the king walked up his path to the throne of Mira. King Mashuittas,

Recent advancements in technology has changed the method of dental treatment and has made it less time consuming and more aesthetic’’, says Dr. Arti Agarwal who is a dentist by profession and runs her own clinic ‘Dental Care’ in Gwalior.

Dr. Agarwal says kids of the age group 5 to 14 are facing a lot of dental problems these days. They are facing problems of caries that is tooth decay. Tooth decay is a breakdown of teeth due to acids made by bacteria .

She further says that the other problem they are facing is of poor oral hygiene. She says if one doesn’t want to waste time spending hours in a dentist’s clinic then one should follow certain tips to maintain oral health.

One should at least

Illustration by Vibhuti Bharti brush twice a day once in the morning and once at night time .She says brushing teeth at night time is really essential .”At least rinse your mouth after every meal if not brush ”.Use toothpaste that has fluoride in it as fluoride is intended to chemically strengthen the teeth, making them more resistant to the breakdown by acids.

One should spend some amount of time on every part.Doctor advices everyone ,’’Change your

brush every three to four months’’.

One should use floss properly.She says it is really every important to limit the consumption of drinks that contain acid.Acid weakens the enamel and allows some of the calcium to leach out. One should visit a dentist twice a year by this one can prevent gum diseases.

With growing awareness, not only old people visit dentists even youth make frequent visits.

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his father took control of Troy after the Trojan king named Walmus was overpowered. Kupantakuruntas became the king after death of his father.

The inscription got destroyed in the 19th century but the records of the inscription i.e. the copy of it was found in the domains of a famous archaeologist James Mellaart who died in 2012. Georges Perrot, another archaeologist,

copied the inscription in 1878 in Turkey’s village called Beyköy. According to Mellaart’s notes, soon after the inscription was copied, the villagers used the stones as a building material for a mosque.

Live Science approached many other scholars who didn’t worked on this research. These scholars told that the inscription can be a subject to modern-day forgery.

DEVSHREE GAURI SHUKLA The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind addressed the India-Ethiopia Business meet in Addis Ababa.

President said that India is now one of the leading investors in Ethiopia.

Indian investment has made a mark in textiles and garments, engineering, plastics, water management, consultancy and ICT, education, pharmaceuticals and healthcare.

Indian investments have created jobs in this country .

He congratulated the Indian Business Forum for playing a lead role in encouraging Indian investment and promoting

trade and commerce between India and Ethiopia.

Earlier in the day, the President visited the Presidential Palace in Addis Ababa and had talks with his counterpart. The talks covered developmental and trade themes. President mentioned

India’s willingness to positively consider support for power transmission projects in Ethiopia. The two Presidents witnessed the signing of two agreements – the first on Trade Facilitation and the second related to the Information Communication and Media sector.

At the Third India Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi in 2015, India had announced the offer of concessional credit of US$ 10 billion over the next five years to Africa.

We have also committed to a grant assistance of India-Africa Development Fund of US$ 100 million and an India-frica Health Fund of US$ 10 million.

India still lags in healthcare AKANKSHA YADAV “We are at least 10-15 years behind US and UK when it comes to diagnostic technology,” said Dr. Dhirendra Pratap Singh Yadav, Interventional radiologist at Jaypee Hospital Greater Noida.

When Dr. Dhirendra was asked that why India is unable to compete with other countries, he said that the Indian government does not support and fund research. There are some doctors who have made diagnostic equipment patented but government’s disinterest has not allowed them to do so.

Healthcare is cheap in India and makes heaven for medical tourism. India is not a large scale medical equipment producer,

although many companies have started making small equipments.

Dr. Dhirendra said “Most of the latest Radiology machines are being imported from International market like USA, Japan, South Korea and Germany.

When asking for how he deals with different types of patients, Dr. Dhirendra said,” Information and communication is the only key.

If patients are well informed about the disease problem, then the procedure we follow, will become easy for us. The patient always need the doctor’s attention, so the doctor should communicate effectively and timely.

Dr. Dhirendra told about his toughest case

and said,”I have performed many life operation . Most of the cases are tough because they are performed by us only when the surgeon or the physicians are not able to deal with it.

Till date I did not experienced toughest procedure .Any case can be toughest if you are not using proper skills and knowledge.”

Dr. Dhirendra shared some of his cases, saying that,”Once a patient came with Haematemesis. These conditions are life threatening .We performed our operation and stopped with angio-embolised.”

“In Radiology, we are dealing with x ray, Ultra sound, computed tomography (CT scan), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).

Google Maps helps reduce travel time upto 12 % HAARIS BEG Google with the help of the AlphaBeta Advisors, a strategy advisory business, has conducted an in dept study spanning 22 countries and six regions about the impact of geospatial services on the society.

The study showed that on a global average G-Maps has reduced the travel time upto 12%.

Also, the results of the study indicated that geospatial services have a major impact on the world in primarily three ways.

Firstly, services like Google Maps have transformed the transportation industry. By providing the shortest and the safest routes to travelers. tof travel of time and has made travelling.

Secondly, Google Maps have made both small and large business more visible to the public eye through Google ‘Street View’.

A major advantage of this was that it has al lowed smaall businesses to advertise without actually having to pay anything for advertising. The service has also helped market researchers by identifying the most profitable areas. According to the study, digital maps

have supported more than one trillion dollars in sales for business. Maps have also helped emergency services such as ambulances and the fire departments.

The Study predicted that Digital Maps will reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions by 1.868 million tons in the near future.

Google is continuously looking for ways to innovate their geospatial services and believes that there is still much they can do to provide better services to their users.

As google expands its reach in communications and real time manegement more dependent and fast lives are about to be.

This in all would lead to a positive step forward in streamlining everday’s activities and routines

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High School triumphs and tragedies Kangana shines but Simran falters Book’s Name- Looking for Alaska Author’s Name- John Green No. of Pages- 223 Genre- Fiction Publisher’s NameHarper Collins Price- Rs 299

Published in March 2005, “Looking for Alaska” is John Green’s debut novel.

It was an electrifying debut as the plot had it all for a book in the Young Adult (YA) genre. While the book starts off slowly, the plot has many unexpected twists and turns towards the end.

The 223-page novel is set in Alabama, US and has a charming 16-year old protagonist, Miles “Pudge” Halter who is shipped off to Culver Creek boarding school, which is also the

alma mater of his father.

Miles is someone who is nerdy, friendless and has a penchant for reading biographies in order to know the last words of famous people. The one that comes up the most throughout the novel is François Rabelais’s “I go to seek a Great Perhaps”.

Miles decides to go the

Culver Creek in search of his own “Great Perhaps” and achieve something in his life. Miles’s roommate, Chip AKA The Colonel, introduces him to Takumi and Alaska Young, who is the “hottest girl in all of human history”. Together, all of them play host to a lot of pranks, late night study as well as talk sessions. Miles falls in love with Alaska, who is fierce, an unabashed feminist, equally flirty and distant but most importantly, unavailable with a boyfriend in college. Alaska is the at the center of Miles’s universe as he is drawn into a “labyrinth” of emotions, from which Miles finds it difficult to come out of when tragedy strikes. The chapters in the novel are titled by the number of days “before” and “after”, indicating the significant

Survivor’s tale: Be fearless Book’s name - 127 hours Author’s name- Aron Ralston No. Of pages- 354 Genre - non fiction Publisher name - Atria Books Price - Rs 248 What is struggle? Is it the tough violent fight with something stronger or is it the fight with thoughts that are buried deep inside you? This 354 page novel covers all the aspects of struggle and leaves you with a little sunlight.

“Has everything all of these years, every minute, every second been leading me here,”asks Aron Ralston to the almighty after getting stuck in a situation which had left no escape for him. But after the entire struggle he was surely left with an option to inspire everyone by writing a non-fiction novel ‘127 HOURS: Between a Rock and a Hard Place’.

Aron who still continues to be a canyoner and trekker takes reader through one of his most horrific experiences in this novel.

Aron who could find nothing better to do over the weekend, goes out to Blue John canyons of Utah without informing anyone about his adventure. Soon after he reaches there, he finds two girls, Megan and

Kristie who had lost their way in the canyon. As this was his 13th trip, he is easily able to help them out.

After regaining his pace he continues to walk around, but then something happens that changes his life forever.

He slips in a crevice after stepping on an unstable boulder and gets his forearm trapped in between the canyon wall and boulder.

He manages to get out after spending ‘127 hours’ in such a difficult crisis.

But escaping out wasn’t that easy of a job for him.

He had to take a step which required more than just courage.

To engross a reader is a very difficult job for a novel which deals with just one subject and surrounding,

but this novel does that quite beautifully.

The novel explains each and every thought that would have come to Aron’s mind.

The novel surprises the reader through its descriptions and satisfies all the necessary aspects of an anecdote.

The subtle details mentioned in the novel helps reader to visualise the scenario.

Aron has a handy-cam with which he records a message when he feels hopeless. He also records a radio show to engage himself, in which he plays role of RJ and caller (himself) as well.

After almost becoming unconscious he imagines the good times of his life and all that he had done wrong. He keeps on recalling the words that his ex-girlfriend had said, “you’ll be left alone, all to yourself Aron” and relates it with his situation at that moment.

The most admirable part of the novel is when he gathers the will power to save his life.

Although the description of bloodshed was gruesome but it surely captivates the reader.

- MANVI SINGH

Citylights: Reality strikes hard

Rating : 4/5 Cast : Rajkumar Rao, Patralekha, Manav Kaul Director : Hansal Mehta Genre: Drama, Thriller Duration : 126 minutes CityLights is a remake of the BAFTA-nominated, Metro Manila. But the best part about this film is that Mehta has not blindly copied the original one. He has attached sentiments which strike the chords of the heart as every Indian can co-relate to the characters of the movie.

This is a story of an ex-Army driver(Rajkumar Rao) and his spouse(Patralekhaa) who were unaware of the clutches of the perverted world they got caught into.

Citylights is basically a story of those people who shift to big cities to fulfil their dreams and in this process go too far.

This story talks about a couple who migrated from

a village in Rajasthan to Mumbai to test their luck with a desire for a better life. Struggling and starving in order to survive with his family in Mumbai, Deepak faces various hurdles and eventually loses hope.

As it is said ‘where there is a will there is a way’, Deepak finds a job in a security agency whose working pattern is not favourable to his life. His wife also gets employed in a dance bar, a profession which is not socially accepted and respected. With every step they take, life becomes worse for them. They continue to fight each day to survive in the city of glamour.

Citylights is a flawless piece of cinema. It is all then more effective by the acting of the lead actors. In such an intense film, the songs and background music were excessive but not out of place. Hansal Mehta

is not that frequent with his movies. They come after a gap of at least two to three years. Like his last film, Shahid, Mehta has came up with a great story.

And learning from his previous glitches the narration was not rough and neither was it quick paced. The locations of this film are beautiful, from Rajasthan to Mumbai, it never felt that the locations were extravagant.

If you talk about the cinematography, then Mehta loves to play, like he did with his previous film. He works with new cinematographers and experiments with them, he does not have a winning formula.

The movie had some weaker moments which pulls down the realistic tag of the movie but in the end, to a great extent one can say that it was much realistic and less fictional. It throws light on the different facets of human behaviour.

Overall Citylights is an entertaining movie which shocks, provokes and tries to be sarcastic with the society. After watching the film, you will understand what struggle actually is and also how tough it is to survive in a city like Mumbai which beats you down first and then loves you.

- TRIYA GULATI

event that the readers come across. Miles, while talking about Alaska, wonders at one point of time that “if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.” This is a an apt description for both the characters because Miles was calm as opposed to Alaska who, just like a hurricane, is fierce and angry.

Funny, sad, joyful, as well as emotionally crippling, through “Looking for Alaska” John Green has managed to capture the true essence of teenage love and life, with added elements of tragedy and sorrow. While this is a love story, it cannot be defined as a typical love story as there are a lot of elements which require a greater viewpoint to look at. It is definitely a good read for the lovers of YA novels.

-LAKSHAY KUMAR

Rating-3/5 Director-Hansal Mehta Cast-Kangana Ranaut, Sohum Shah, Esha Tewari, Jason Louder Duration- 2 hours 7 mins

Depicting the story of an independent and a self-indul-

gent woman and how she adopts witty means to live life with her own set of rules, Hansal Mehta couldn’t rock the screens much like always but Kangana’s jaw dropping performance makes the movie a worthwhile watch for sure.

The movie revolves around a divorcee Gujarati girl, Praful who now lives in Atlanta with her parents. The 30 year old woman works in a hotel firm as a housekeeper.

But she has another plan to buy her own apartment and get away from her conservative middle-class parents who want her to remarry. That dream is busted when she leaves for Las Vegas for a bachelorette with her cousin. There Praful indulgesinto gambling in a casino and loses all her

savings but gets so hooked up that she subsequently borrows thousands of dollars from a dangerous loan company to play again.

From there begins the journey of Praful, following a sequence of back and forth events that pave way for the creation of a huge criminal account of a girl disguised in the name of Simran.

Simran is a movie that will take you through a little introspection but will also easily make you notice the flaws that are made

by Hansal and the writer, Apurva Asran, of the film.

The film lifts a good start with Kangana catching your attention with her inquisitive and believable Gujarati accent. She displays her versatility with this role. Song numbers like ‘Meet’ and ‘Lagdi Hai Thaai’ add on an uplift-

ing element but the spark soon fades away as the logic does. The protagonist, Praful robs the banks as what the media calls her, ‘lipstick bandit’ but she is not caught even after such vivid evidences and this seems a little indigestible to the viewers. The co-actors, Praful’s Mom and Dad and her to-be-fiancée don’t add much strength to the movie.The costume design of the main characters seems fine but the ones with small roles aren’t paid much attention. The movie has got a fine pace but less appealing dialogues and story. The end remains less satisfying and tries to leave a message if not an impact. It’s a must watch for Kangana fans but only if you go with less expectations from the story and the director.

-VIREN TAK

May the odds be in your favour “Even one voice can become powerful” Rating: 3.8/5 Direction: Francis Lawrence Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman Genre: Adventure, Sci-fi Duration: 2hr 17m

‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2’ is a dystopian, science-fiction film which has elements of courage, compassion and strength along with adventure which keeps oneself on the edge of the seat. The film is the fourth part of the Hunger Games franchise which has been adapted from the book series, ‘Hunger Games Trilogy’ written by Suzanne Collins. This film focuses on the battle fought by the army of tributes against the Capitol, especially President Jon Snow.

In the process, we can see Katniss’ perseverance and also how she loses everyone dear to her.

The lead female protagonist, Katniss Everdeen performed by Oscar-winning actress, Jennifer Lawrence has done justice to the film by portraying her character too well. She brought all the raw emotions to the screen- eyes blazing with revenge when District 8 was burning to the ground or watering with sadness and loss when Peeta tried to choke her to death. Her portrayal of the character in the former films of the

franchise has been appreciated by the audience.

The other main protagonists like Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson have done an excellent job in depicting their presence in the film. Haymitch Abernathy portrayed by Woody Harrelson is outright rude but extremely wise who has known the perils of the game. He guides Katniss and Peeta in the dangerous game. He himself is a victor, who has submerged his life in rum and liquor.

Peeta Mellark, everybody’s favourite character portrayed by the charming Josh Hutcherson is ruined in the same way as everybody else. The Capitol has destroyed him physically as well as mentally. The star cast of the film has always been considered as a union in the industry where they are very amiable with each other.

Director Francis Lawrence is brilliant especially with visual effects and editing. The scenes shot in the film give an adventurous

feeling to the audience and the plot itself enthrals. The end is equally chilling and exciting when Katniss has to take a decision one last time that would decide the future of Panem. She is the face of a revolution that is about to take place and she takes a stand against those because of whoshe is slowly losing everything. Katniss is destroyed but still she rises up. She fights for herself. She wins. But she loses too. But the fight continues.

The movie showcases sheer cinematic brilliance because the scenes have been very well executed.

Lawrence added her own elements into the film along with adapting the exceptional book. The previous films are an example of movies well- received by the audience. The dialogues, script, direction are all simply appreciable and this movie is satisfying to those book lovers who have always imagined a grand finish to the Hunger Games Trilogy.

- DEBOMITRA DAS

Older the devil, stronger its spell Rating- 4/5 Cast- Anthony Lapaglia, Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson Direction-David F. Sandberg Genre- Horror Duration-1 hour 49 mins Years after the untimely and sudden death of their daughter, Samuel Mullins, a doll maker and his wife adopt six orphan girls and a nun to live with them.

Everything seems normal at first but events take an evil turn as Janice, one of the orphan girls feels a negative vibe hanging around all the time. She is bold enough to enter the room of the dead daughter of the Mullins and from that day things start turning dark.

She faces a lot of unusual events in the house such as falling off the stairs, being pushed into a barn b absolutely no one and the worst was discovering the evil doll, Annabelle.

The spirit of the dead daughter uses her as the medium to harm others and wreaked havoc in the house. In the end, Linda, Janice’s best friend fight against the spirit along with the nun and rescue

“I am Malala” is a true story of a young 14 year old girl, who stood for the education of other females who were devoid of basic necessities and tagged as workers. The

tion and the path we choose that leads us to a brighter future.The second major role is played by Malala’s father who with bountiful inspiration and elementary support, portrayed the bond between a father and a daughter.

“I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday.”

Malala, used this particular line giving the reader a touch to two different sides of one life. The entire story till the end keeps you en-

entire autobiography talks about how she overcame obstacles and changed the mindsets of people around the world, particularly women. Malala’s life took a toll when she was shot by the Taliban while she was travelling home from school. She is one of the few individuals who is amongst the strong supporters for girls’ education, which ended in Taliban giving her a death threat. What made this young girl so famous?

She survived! The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, won so many hearts. This book is attached to her, and her self-belief towards the importance of female education. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”, Malala briefly talks about the importance of educa-

gaged in knowing her inside-out. A lot of autobiographies have a little touch of exaggeration, but this in particular is smoothly layered with minute details giving the reader a visual treat to each and every event that has taken place.

This book is an angry call against terrorism and portrays ways to fight it.

In today’s world, women are kept behind the bars and thus, this book truly gives the strength to make them believe that there is so much to achieve in life.

The book is an ideal recommendation for women, and those supporters who follow the rule ‘mandatory education for all’. The transition of this book from the beginning till the end will keep the readers engrossed.

-VAIBHAVI GHOSH

Book’s name: I Am Malala Author’s name: Cristina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai No. of pages: 327 Genre: Memoir, Autobiography Publisher name: Orion Publishers Price: Rs 315

Don’t run, fight!

everyone and even help to purify the house from the spirit. The suspense remains unrevealed as Janice remains missing.

Director, Sandberg has done a great job which actually makes the viewer jump in fright.

Perfectly timed scenes and creepy sets make the film worth watching. Talitha Bateman has done a great job as a child who plays the lead in the film.

Her real acting and dialogue delivery is something to look out for. In the end, Sandberg leaves the viewers hanging, without unveiling the suspense, leaving the viewers craving for more.

The film fails when it comes to creativity as

Sandberg tries too hard to emulate the style of The Conjuring. James Wan productions always use the cross and Christian themes which has now become clichéd. One feels as if they have come back to The Conjuring when the evil nun comes back in scene. Some scenes are seemed to be stretched too long making it predictable and boring.

In the end it is a James Wan production, who is a master in horror genre which is itself enough to draw people. Annabelle: Creation, the fourth instalment in The Conjuring movie series will give you a good scare and haunt you at nights.

- SHIVANSHI TOMAR

Book’s name: What You Say, Will Make Your Day Author’s name: Atul Sharma No. Of pages: 218 Price: Rs.249 Publisher’s name: Trainer Corp Plumeria Garden Estate Revolving around a business communication story of how a young lad, Saurabh who comes from a small village to Delhi got knocked around because he was not as smart as the others and did not know English, the book, ‘What you say, will make your day’ depicts about his struggles and how he overcomes his short comings.

When people ask Saurabh about his future then he always replied, ‘’I want to be a cricketer”, though he can’t even pronounce the word, ‘cricketer’. When his friends bully him for not being able to speak proper English, he replies

to them, “You can talk, I can play,what’s a big deal!”

This is all because he never realised that being able to speak well in English is actually a big deal. But with the passage of time, he understood the need to learn English and managed to learn it. The question he had throughout his studies was answered by his professor on the farewell day, “God made everyone unique, no one is like the other. Your true self is that simple, natural human being.” In the whole book author learns the skills which helped him to make changes in himself and be the best. He learnt from his failures and by having a positive outlook towards his life. All these things of his college life made him learn that, “What you say, certainly can make your day.” The book gives you courage and will to be determined in tough situations.

- VIBHUTI BHARTI

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New Intl flights added to Google Translate gets better for users improve Jet’s network by adding eight more Indian languages NISHITA BUNDELA

MEGHNA PUSHPAM

Jet Airways is planning to add new frequencies on certain selected routes, including the extremely popular Mumbai-London Heathrow as well as Delhi-Singapore, in order to enhance the connectivity and choice for passengers travelling between North India, United Kingdom and South East Asia.

The carrier will also introduce its first non-stop service between the capital cities of New Delhi and Riyadh. It will also deploy additional frequencies on the Mumbai-Riyadh, Mumbai-Kuwait, Delhi-Doha

To help people out Google has come up with new updates. It has been working on language updates since April this year and now it has added eight more additional Indian languages which can be translated into any other language available.

As the novelist and physician Khaled Hosseini wrote, “If culture was a house, then language was the key to the front door, to all the rooms inside.”

This has been one of the major reasons why Google has been working on its updates to and fro for the past few months. Now Google is bringing several updates to the Google Translate app, making it easier for people who speak Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

People can use this app when they are offline and can get instant visual translations. The only thing the person has to do is to download the language pack of the particular language, he/she wants to translate while being connected to the internet and then they are ready to go.

In a country like India this feature can be a life saver at crucial situations as connectivity here can be an issue. All these features have been made available in Hindi, and are now accessible for more languages on both Android and iOS. For example, if a person is wanting to do an official translation in Bengali, they can download the Benagli language pack when they are using the wifi. Then all they need to do is just open the Google Translate app,

and Delhi-Dammam sectors as it deepens presence and connectivity between key Indo-Gulf cities.

Jayaraj Shanmugam, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said, “Jet Airways’ network will see new introductions, in Eu-

rope and the Gulf that will strengthen our commitment to provide our guests with wider choice, convenience and connectivity over our hubs in Mumbai and Delhi and onwards onto our international network.”

Facebook enables blood donors to connect online

PARKHI RAWAT Facebook has designed a new feature which allows blood donors to connect easily with blood banks and hospitals. This feature went live on October 1 (National Blood Donor Day).

It is only available on the Facebook app and website.

Explaining why this Mark Zuckerberg in his Facebook post says, “Every week across India, there are many posts from people for blood donations.

Like other countries, India doesn’t always have enough donors to provide everyone with reliable access to safe blood. So we worked with blood banks, non-profit organisations and donors to build a tool to make it easier to give blood.”

It’s very simple to use this feature, open Facebook and scroll down to the news feed until you find post with red and pink coloured heart. Then tap on ‘Start Helping Now’ button. Once the post is creat-

ed, nearby people who are willing to give blood will be notified through Facebook. Donors can choose to respond directly, using Messenger, WhatsApp or a phone call. The person who are in need of blood won’t be able to see any information about the donor, unless the donor explicitly provides it when reaches out to the person in need of blood. Facebook will keep the data private unless they want to share it on their timeline.

The old and new version of the Google Translator (Source: Google Blog) select Bengali on either side of the screen and then tap the download option.

English is automatically embedded in all language packs, so, people can start translating offline between English and your language straight away.

The new update brings in a very helpful feature for many a times when an individual is not a native of a particular place, then the language signs could be a problem for him or her.

Google Translate app has a solution for that as well. The Translate app will let that person use camera mode to snap a photo of English text and get a translation for it in these languages.

This feature has taken the app to the next level. It lets people instantly translate a text using a camera—so that it is easier for speakers of local Indian languages to understand English street signs in the city, or decide what to order from a restaurant menu.

English is automatically embedded in all language packs All one is required to do is to open the Translate app, point the camera at an English sign or text, and the

translated text in the selected language will be overlaid on the mobile screen.

If the person is using Word Lens in a language for the first time, he/she might be prompted to download a translation file first, as Word Lens works offline.

The app enables an individual to have a bilingual conversation with someone as well. Earlier it worked only for Hindi but now with the update it works for additional two languages i.e.

Bengali and Tamil.

For instance, a person is in a local market trying to bargain with one of the sellers then he can simply speak on his phone mic in English and the app will translate it into any of the

three selected language (Hindi, Bengali, Tamil).

It’s like carrying an interpreter in your pocket.

It enables to have a fluid conversation even if the people communicating don’t know each other’s language. With all these updates google has surely brought down the language barriers to a great extent.

It’ll help people to access information around them. With these updates, the Google Translate app supports Offline Translation for 59 languages, Word Lens for 37, Voice Translation for 66, and conversation mode for 40 languages. They aim at removing language barriers to whatever extent they can.

Ola, MGNL to push clean fuel

Infant mortality on the decline in India

VARNIKA SHARMA

ADITI TYAGI

Ola, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd (MNGL) to promote adoption of CNG vehicles in Pune.

Under the alliance, both the companies have decided to work closely to promote the use of CNG cars and will roll out several initiatives to create awareness about the benefits of running CNG vehicles amongst drivers as well as the customers.

The MoU was signed in presence of Anil Shirole and Rajesh Pande – independent director of MNGL at hotel Novatel, Pune.

Shirole expressed the need of adaptation of green fuel for the city and

The Health Ministry’s Save The Children Program has shown positive results according to the latest report by The Lancet. Child deaths in India saw a huge decline from 2000 to 2015.

The study stated that the mortality rate (per 1000 live births) fell from 45 in 2000 to 27 in 2015 (3.3% annual decline) and efforts made by Ola and MNGL were appreciated.

Further, he stressed that with his mission of ‘Cylinder free Pune’, all stakeholders must contribute for ‘Pollution free Pune.’

This partnership with MNGL in Pune might

make Ola the largest platform in the country offering diverse eco-friendly, smart and sustainable mobility solutions.

Like wise MGNL is looking forward to work with Ola and participate in various on ground activities and campaigns

that will create awareness about the usage of CNG as a green fuel.

Ola switched to CNG only operations in Delhi NCR in September, 2015 and has since been committed to creating an ecosystem that catalyzes CNG adoption everywhere.

Google launches e-sim with Pixel 2 ABHIMANYU SHARMA Google’s Pixel 2 will be the first phone to have an inbuilt sim which will let the user connect to a network at the tap of a button.

Google has planned to launch Pixel2 with an inbuilt sim-card through project Fi. Apart from Google, even Apple has been working on SIM-less phones as well as Samsung who plan to launch the feature in their next-gen mobiles.

This new advancement in phone technologies could be a huge breakthrough as it will make the consumers less dependable on network providers.

Consumers will no longer need to go to the retailer shop, stand in queues and then wait for the SIM and the services to start. Connecting to a network or even porting our numbers will all be as

1-59 month mortality rate fell from 45.2 in 2000 to 19.6 in 2015 (5.4% annual decline). The major decline were saw in the diseases that were prioritized under the National Health Mission.

The declines in death rates of girls saw a larger fall, hence showing the effectiveness of the work of the Health Ministry. This indicated the remarkable change brought by India

to protect it’s girls in just a few years.

The major cause of death are diseases like Pneumonia, diarrhoea, birth-related breathing and trauma during delivery, measles and tetanus.

Where pneumonia and diarrhoea saw a fall of 60%, mortality rate by measles and tetanus fell by 90%.

Million death Studies by “Still Birth” rate monitors the cause of death of over

1.3 million families and has, over the years, made records of the symptoms and reasons for the death of children. These records have helped doctors and scientists work on the weaker point and catch hold of the loop hole which has helped India tremendously.

With the advancement of technology and India’s growth in the scientific sector, the mortality rate has observed a constant decline since 1991.

Cutting edge tech for secure biz DEVSHREE GAURI SHUKLA Core commerce India is introducing a suite of e-commerce tools using cutting edge technology to make online business easy and secure.

It involves features like translations to Hindi, Spanish and Portuguese.

It allows the business owners to design and have their website function the way they want it to.according to the reports, India has about 51 million small and medium size enterprises.

Only about 2% of these companies, actively sell and market online. Core commerce offers web design, marketing and busi-

ness tools.

It helps customers build online stores from pre-designed templates and also let them enjoy the benefits

of technical support and training in the form of webinars and tutorials.

Customers can choose from basic, advanced, premiere and enterprise packages.All packages are reasonably priced support multiple payment types and produce mobile friendly sites.

These packages also eliminate the need to hire designers, developers and technical support people therefore reducing the cost of creating and managing an online store.

PM, Ivanka to inaugurate Global Entrepreneurship summit in Hyd AKSHARA NAIR

easy as connecting to wifi with the new breakthrough that is e-SIM. This is a single sim (GSM) smartphone that accepts a nano-sim.

Connectivity options

include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, 3G and 4G networks.Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer,

Ambient Light Sensor and Gyroscope and Barometer.

The device runs on Android 8.0.0 and is powered by 2700mAh non removable battery.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Advisor to the US President, Ivanka Trump, will be inaugurating the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017 which will be held from November 28-30 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre.

The GES allows the entrepreneurs to create innovative goods and ser-

vices for the society, secure funding and build partnership. This year’s theme is “Women First, Prosperity for All”. There will be special emphasis on empowering young women and women entrepreneurs and the role they play in making communities more prosperous and secure through enterprise. Over 1600 delegates, including entrepreneurs, investors and CEOs of major com-

panies from 160 countries, representing each region of the world will be attending this year’s summit.

The CEO of NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant stated that, “This is a unique opportunity for Indian startups and innovators to interact and network with the finest entrepreneurs in the world.”

Jennifer Arangio, Senior Director at the National Security Council, The White House, said “The United

States is proud to partner with India for this year’s GES. Uniting under the theme Women First, Prosperity for All, the Summit will highlight the Trump Administration’s commitment to the principle that when women are economically empowered, communities and countries thrive.

Hosting GES in India is a signature of the broad and enduring partnership between our two countries.”

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Unlocking mysteries during treasure hunt at Bennett

‘The Co team’ almost on the verge of completing the puzzle

‘Invincibles’unable to fit the pieces in the right position

‘Sherlocks’ receving the first prize from the secretary of BU Pulse, Reema Dabbas TRIYA GULATI and MANSI JAIN

Riddle Rumble organized by BU Pulse on October 5 was won by The Sherlocks. The first and second runner ups were ‘The Co-Team’ and ‘The

Clue Brothers’ respectively. Each team consisted of four members. The event commenced at 6pm and consisted of three rounds.

For the first round, teams were divided into three slots, consisting of 6-7 teams each. In this round

BU Pulse core team which organized the event

‘The Co team’ bagged the second position, missed out by just few seconds

four riddles were given to each team, which had to be solved in 20 minutes. The riddles required problem solving skills and intellectual humour. Students put in their 100% effort to clear this round. Out of teams who participated, 14 teams

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made it to the 2nd round.

Each team had to select only two members among themselves who could participate in the 2nd round.

In this round, out of the two members, one had to stand on one end while the second on the other.

‘Invincibles’ in the last minute. Photos by Vaibhav Chauhan

One member had to run to his partner, who already had the riddle in his hand.

They both had to brainstorm and solve that riddle which would lead them to their destination. First four teams who reached the destination and qualified

for the final round were, Sherlock , the Clues Brothers, The Co Team and Invincibles.

The nail biting finish was witnessed in round three, the jigsaw puzzle competition. This mind boggling session ended with unex-

pected excitement among the people. The winning teams were adjudged with goodies. The Secretary of BU Pulse, Reema Dabbas said, “It is a great pleasure to organise such events around the campus. Our aim is to include as many

students as possible. Apart from academics, co-curricular activities also play an important role in overall modification of a student.

The Riddle Rumble was just a trailer, there are many more events yet to come.”

BMUN club kicks off with success

HARSHIT MANSUKHANI

Rishabh Mishra, B.Tech 2nd year won the best delegate award in Bennett Mock United Nations (MUN), organized by the MUN club of the university on October 5. The agenda

of the discussion was ‘Separatists Movement in Kashmir and North East India’.

The session was moderated by Harshit Mansukhani, Viren Tak ( BAMC ) and Harshit Jain (BBA LLB ) who comprised the executive

Manvi Singh as Sushma Swaraj trying to explain her point

Rishab Mishra, Be.Tech 2 year, best delegate award.

bench. The committee became a little more interesting when the crisis was introduced and constant friction between Congress representation and BJP delegation contributed to the guiding of the debate.

“I am pretty happy with

Viren Tak , Moderator and BAMC student.

MUN is a simulation of United Nations, committees and the agenda discussed at UN annual meetings. Various committees such as UNGA and UNSC are also simulated.

$4.71 bn spent for football transfers When the gates to the summer transfer window were opened, a total of USD 4.71 billion was spent by clubs all over the world. Over the 93 days of international transfer period between June 1 and September 1, 20167, there were a total of 7,590 transfers completed worldwide.

FIFA, the international governing body of football, has released its latest report on the “Big 5 Transfer Window Analysis”. The report is based on the International Transfer Matching System (ITMS), with special emphasis on “Big 5”countries of football, which are England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

The incoming transfers in the Big 5 were hiked by 6.2% and the money spent was hiked by 31.7% as compared to last year’s transfer

the way the committee took up the agenda and debated, even if we were moderating we got to know a lot. This is what an ideal committee looks like and I would like to congratulate everyone who became a part of our effort,” said

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very quickly

‘The Clues Brothers’ secured the third position by defeating

A still from the Model United Nations, students preparing for

“Today’s wastage is tomorrow’s shortage.”

-ALEXIS CLUB (BU)

‘Sherlocks’ were able to solve the maze

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season, thus creating new records in the process.

In retrospect, the Big 5 spent USD 1.24 billion in 2012, which is almost a third of what they had spent this year. The transfer activity has been increasing year after year as the number of clubs has expended in the Big 5, going from 351 active clubs in the summer of 2013 to 431 active clubs this summer.

However, it can interestingly be noted that the average number of transfers per club has been relatively stable since 2014.

There has been increase in the spending of the

clubs. This can be attributed to two factors: first is the number of clubs that spend money on transfers, and second is the average expenditure per club. The latter has grown from USD 1.5 million five years ago to USD 21.4 million this summer whereas the former has increased from 139 active spending clubs in 2013 to 171 this summer.

Talking at the country level, England was the world’s biggest spender this summer with an outlay of USD 1.40 billion, which is more than double of what any other country has spent.

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