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Political drama unfolds in Goa 

as 10 of 15 Congress MLAs break 

away from party to join BJP 

With 10 MLAs changing sides, the strength of Congress in the House would be reduced to five. 

Rebel Congress MLAs, accompanied by Goa chief minister pramod Sawant, submitting letter to Speaker. 

Panaji: Winds of political instability in 

neighbouring Karnataka reached Goa 

on Wednesday, with two-thirds (10 out 

of 15) of the Congress MLAs breaking 

away to merge with the ruling BJP. 

The group, led by Leader of 

Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, 

met Assembly Speaker Rajesh 

Patnekar in the evening and gave him 

a letter, informing him about their 

breaking away from the party. The 

MLAs include Atanasio Monserratte, 

Jeniffer Monserratte, Francis Silveira, 

Philip Nery Rodrigues, Cleaofacio 

Dias, Wilfred DSa, Nilkant Halarnkar 

and Isidor Fernandes. 

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was 

present when group arrived at the 

Assembly complex around 7.30 pm. 

Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo was 

also present. 

"Ten MLAs of Congress, twothird 

of its strength, separated and 

merged with the BJP," news agency 

ANI quoted Lobo as saying. "Under 

Schedule 10 of the Constitution, they 

have done the merger." 

With the MLAs changing sides, the 

strength of Congress in the House 

would be reduced to five. The BJP is 

the single largest party with 17, the Goa 

Forward Party and the Independents 

have three each, while one MLA each 

is from the Nationalist Congress Party 

(NCP) and the Maharashtrawadi 

Gomantak Party (MGP). 

When asked, Kavlekar refused to 

disclose the reason behind their move, 

but said they will make a statement later. 

Sawant was sworn in as the chief 

minister in March this year, after the 

death of then CM Manohar Parrikar. 

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02 World 


Sitharaman breaks 

tradition, carries 

Budget in red cloth 

instead of briefcase 

Over 1 lakh pilgrims perform 

Amarnath Yatra in 8 days 

In a break from the British-era 

tradition, Finance Minister Nirmala 

Sitharaman arrived in Parliament 

Friday with the documents of Union 

Budget 2019 wrapped in a red cloth tied 

with a string instead of carrying them 

in a briefcase. The red folder also had 

the national emblem emblazoned on it. 

Red clothes are usually used to cover 

religious texts. 

Chief Economic Advisor 

Krishnamurthy Subramanian called 

it a sign of “departure from slavery of 

Western slavery”. 

“It is in Indian tradition. It symbolizes 

our departure from slavery of Western 

thought. It is not a budget but a ‘bahi 

khata’ (ledger),” he was quoted as 

saying by ANI. 

While the tradition of carrying the 

Budget in a briefcase has been on since 

the British-era, Finance Ministers 

have chosen to carry the document in 

suitcases of different colours like red 

velvet, black and even tan. 

As Sitharaman delivers her maiden 

Budget, the twin challenges for 

Sitharaman are to spur growth and 

create more jobs. 

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas 

Express set to be first 

train to be run by 

private operators 

NEW DELHI: The Delhi-Lucknow Tejas 

Express is set to be the first train to be 

operated by private players, sources 

said Monday, indicating that the 

Railways is going ahead with its 100-day 

agenda of handing over operations of 

two of its trains to the private sector, 

despite protests from its unions. 

The Railway Board is deliberating on 

a second such route, which too would 

be within the 500-km distance range. 

The Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express was 

announced in 2016 but was introduced 

in the new time table released recently. 

"These two trains will be given on an 

experimental basis and we hope that 

within the next 100 days, we will be 

able to run at least one of them. The 

idea was to identify routes which have 

low congestion and connect important 

tourists spots. The second tain too will 

be identified soon," a senior official said. 

Over one lakh pilgrims have performed 

the Amarnath Yatra during the last 

eight days as another batch of 5,964 

yatris on Tuesday left Jammu for the 

Kashmir Valley, officials said. 

To date, 1,11,699 pilgrims have performed 

the ongoing Yatra, officials said. This 

year's 45-day long Hindu pilgrimage to the 

Amarnath Cave shrine started on July 

1 and will end on August 15, coinciding 

with the Shravan Purnima festival. 

The yatra began on Tuesday. 

"The pilgrims on Tuesday left 

Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two 

escorted convoys. Of these, 1,967 

pilgrims are going to the Baltal base 

camp while 3,997 are going to Pahalgam 

base camp," a police officer said. 

Yatris approach the cave shrine 

either from the Baltal base camp using 

the shorter 14-km long uphill trek or 

from the traditional Pahalgam base 

camp using the 42-km long uphill trek. 

Helicopter services are available for 

the pilgrims at both the base camps. 

Situated at 3,888 metres above the 

sea-level, the cave shrine houses an ice 

stalagmite structure that waxes and 

wanes with the phases of the moon. 

Devotees believe the ice stalagmite 

structure symbolises mythical powers 

of Lord Shiva. 

After public demands, the curbs on 

the movement of civilian traffic on the 

Jammu-Srinagar national highway have 

been brought down to two hours daily. 

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya 

Pal Malik has said these curbs are 

important for the safety of the pilgrims. 

Local Muslims have always lent a 

helping hand to their Hindu brethren 

so that they perform the Yatra with 

ease and convenience. 

In fact, till early 1980s, the Amarnath 

Yatra has mostly remained confined to 

Kashmiri Pandits and Sadhus. 

The cave shrine was discovered by a 

Muslim shepherd -- Buta Malik -- in 1850. 

His descendants benefited immensely 

from the discovery as they received 

a portion of the offerings at the Cave 

shrine for over 150 years. 

Old chess piece bought 

for Rs 430 was just 

sold for Rs 6 crore at 

London auction. 

An antique chess piece that was bought 

for just five pounds (Rs 430) in 1964 

has been sold at an auction for 735,000 

pounds ($927,000) or approximately Rs 

6.3 crore. The Associated Press reports 

that the Lewis Chessman piece, a 

Viking relic, is about 900-years-old and 

8.8 cm in height. It was purchased by 

an anonymous bidder at Sotheby's in 

London on Tuesday. 

Intricately carved out of walrus 

ivory in the 12th century, the Lewis 

Chessmen are designed in the form of 

Norse warriors. They are considered to 

be the "greatest" artefacts of the Viking 

era and are of great value. 

The chess piece was initially found 

in a Scottish antique dealer's drawer 

as it was passed down to his family, as 

per a report in ABC News. Several such 

chess pieces were discovered in 1831 

on Scotland's Isle of Lewis, AP reports. 

The pieces formed four chess sets but 

five pieces weren't found. The Sotheby's 

piece that was sold on Tuesday appears 

to be a rook and is the first missing 

chessman to be identified. 

In a statement published by ABC 

News, a spokesperson for the Scottish 

antique dealer's family said that the 

chess piece was purchased in 1964 from 

another Edinburgh dealer. 

"It was catalogued in his purchase 

ledger that he had bought an 'Antique 

Walrus Tusk Warrior Chessman'. From 

this description it can be assumed that 

he was unaware he had purchased 

an important historic artefact. It 

was stored away in his home, and 

then when my grandfather died my 

mother inherited the chess piece," the 

spokesperson said in the statement. 

"For many years it resided in a 

drawer in her home, where it had been 

carefully wrapped in a small bag. From 

time to time, she would remove the 

chess piece from the drawer in order 

to appreciate its uniqueness," the 

statement added. 

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03 Technology 


Galaxy Watch Active 2 

said to offer real-time 

ECG and fall detection 

Samsung is going after the Apple Watch 

4 with the next iteration of the Galaxy 

Watch Active, which is getting two 

new features: ECG and fall detection. 

According to the folks at SamMobile, 

the Galaxy Watch Active 2 is said to 

retain a similar design as the current 

model, with availability in 40mm and 

44mm options. 

But it's the ability to detect atrial 

fibrillation that will make the 

smartwatch stand out. 

From SamMobile: 

The app will let users capture their 

heart rhythm when they experience 

symptoms such as rapid or skipped, low 

or irregular heartbeat. The data could 

then be shared with physicians for an 

expert opinion. 

The device will also be able to provide 

users with atrial fibrillation or Afib 

notifications by occasionally checking 

heart rhythm in the background. It's 

the most common kind of irregular 

rhythm and if it's not treated, it could 

result in a stroke. 

The ECG feature requires clearances 

from local regulators, which is why the 

Apple Watch 4 doesn't offer the feature 

in all markets. Samsung will also have 

to seek the same clearances, so it'll be 

interesting to see what regions it will 

roll out the feature. 

Another new feature heading to 

the Galaxy Watch Active 2 is fall 

detection, which pulls up one-tap 

options to contact emergency services 

when the device detects a hard fall. 

If there's no user input after the fall, 

the smartwatch automatically call 

emergency services and send a message 

to a user's emergency contacts. 

No indication as yet about when we'll 

see the Galaxy Watch Active 2, but 

we could see the smartwatch debut 

alongside the Galaxy Note 10 on Aug 7. 

Govt ropes in IBM 

for pilot study on 

using AI, weather 

tech in agriculture 

NEW DELHI: The Centre on 

Wednesday inked pact with IBM India 

for undertaking a pilot study to utilise 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and weather 

technology solutions in agriculture in 

one district each in three states. 

The pilot study will be conducted for 

the Kharif crop season 2019 in three 

districts - Bhopal, Rajkot and Nanded 

- in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and 

Maharashtra, respectively, an official 

statement said. 

IBM’s Watson Decision Platform will 

give solution in the field of agriculture 

through AI and weather technology 

at village level/ farm level to provide 

weather forecast and soil moisture 

information on pro bono basis to help 

farmers for taking decisions regarding 

water and crop management for better 

production and productivity, it added. 

The statement of intent (SoI) was 

signed in the presence of Agriculture 

Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and 

junior minister Kailash Choudhary, 

and other senior officials. 

Speaking on the occasion, Tomar 

said: "Enabling use of next-generation 

technologies such as AI and advanced 

weather data for better insights 

to make faster and more informed 

agricultural decisions is a testament to 

our commitment". 

It has been the government's 

assurance to bring digital technologies 

to help our farmers to increase 

their income and transform Indian 

agriculture, he said. 

As part of the collaboration, IBM 

Watson Decision Platform for 

Agriculture will be leveraged to obtain 

farm level weather forecast and village 

level soil moisture in three districts in 

Central and Western India. 

Nokia 9 to launch 5 

camera smartphone in 

India soon 

A smartphone with five cameras! 

Yes, you heard it right! Nokia finally 

announced the arrival of its pentacamera 

smartphone Nokia 9 in India. 

However, Nokia fans should also know 

that when exactly this smartphone will 

hit the markets is still unclear. 

The company confirms the launch of 

Nokia 9 pure view in India by a tweet 

and video. "Explore a different kind 

of detail with the power of 5. Native 

monochrome mode on the Nokia 9. 

Coming soon," Nokia Mobile India tweet 

reads. After the series of rumors for the 

arrival of Nokia 9 in India, the company 

finally confirmed its launch soon. 

The smartphone was earlier launched 

in US. The five camera setup comes with 

12 MP lens each with ZEISS Optics which 

results in shots with superb dynamic 

range that captures detail and texture 

from both the highlights and shadows. 

Nokia 9 PureView features a 5.99” 

Engineering marvel! 

Indian Railways commissions longest 

electrified tunnel in Andhra Pradesh 

Adding another feather to its cap, South 

Central Railway has commissioned the 

longest electrified tunnel in the country. 

The tunnel, an engineering marvel 

measuring 6.6 kilometre, is situated 

between Cherlopalli and Rapuru 

stations of Andhra Pradesh and is part 

of the recently completed Obulavaripalli 

- Venkatachalam new railway line. 

Construction of the longest tunnel 

between Cherlopalli and Rapuru was 

the major challenge for commissioning 

of this important and vital railway 

link. Completion of this tunnel in a 

record time of 43 months has enabled 

Railways to start freight operations on 

this railway line, which has reduced 

the distance between Krishnapatnam 

Port and hinterland areas by 60 kms. 

At present, the average travel 

time taken by goods train from 

Krishnapatnam Port to Obulavaripalli 

Popular video platform 

LIKE gets rebranded 

as Likee to improve 

user experience 

Singapore-based BIGO Technology Pte. 

Ltd. has announced a new identity for 

its popular short video platform, LIKE, 

to cater to the growing base of Internet 

users. To be known as Likee from now 

on, the rebranding intends to customise 

offerings as per customer demands. 

The move comes close to BIGO’s recent 

announcement of investing over USD 

100 million in India over a span of next 

three years to expand its operations. 

The app has transformed its features 

to add more value to users’ lives. The 

edge-to-edge pOLED QHD display 

with 2K resolution. With Pure Display 

technology with improved sunlight 

readability. The smartphone is powered 

by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor 

and loaded with Android 9 Pie which 

supports the Qi wireless charging and 

under screen fingerprint sensor. The 

Nokia 9 also packs 6 GB of RAM, 128 GB 

of inbuilt storage, and 3,320 mAh battery 

power. The Nokia PureView is also IP67 

certified for water and dust resistance. 

In US the smartphone was priced at 

$699.99 (around Rs. 47973), the same is 

expected for smartphone price in India. 

is 10 hours. On the newly commissioned 

line, the travel time gets reduced to 

about five hours, which will result in a 

saving of travel time by 5 hours. 

The construction of this tunnel paved 

the way to operate freight trains in 

Obulavaripalli - Venkatachalam - 

Krishnapatnam Port new railway line 

for a distance of 113 kms. The section 

is now notified for commercial freight 

operations as well. 

added ‘E’ is a representation of the 

slogan – More than like – for Everyone 

(to easily shoot amazing videos); to 

Explore (a world of videos as well as 

record special moments) and Encounter 

(new, interesting and inspiring) users 

with the nearby feature. 

Likee has a new user interface with 

a brand-new home page and video 

display style (show vertical label on 

the video), added features and stickers 

to curate diverse, valuable content for 

users and from content creators. It also 

aims to become a skill-sharing platform 

and to diversify content, other than 

offering entertaining videos. 

The app has launched the ‘Talent 

Creator Union’ to give its users a chance 

to earn a living by sharing their talent 

and knowledge with the audience. This 

initiative will inspire existing creators 

to create additional valuable content 

and showcase their talent on the app. It 

has also collaborated with celebrities 

from different arenas to bring a diverse 

range of content on the app.

04 


Indian Railway 

finds a new way to 

tackle poor quality 

foods on trains 

New Delhi: Faced with complaints of poor 

quality food, the Railways has begun 

printing barcodes on the food packets and 

providing other details like name of the 

kitchen and date of packaging. 

The measures, which have been 

initiated in some places, are to be taken 

across the country, Minister Piyush 

Goyal told the Lok Sabha in reply to a 

question. 

Other measures to improve food quality 

are roping in branded food providers to 

provide e-catering services on trains, 

deploying food safety supervisors in 

kitchen units to monitor food safety 

and hygiene practices, and surprise 

inspections by railway officials, 

including food safety officers, he said. 

In order to improve the catering 

services, and provide safe, healthy and 

quality food to passengers, a new catering 

policy was issued on February 27, 2017. 

The Indian Railway Catering and 

Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) 

also upgraded 46 kitchen units in the 

last two years, and installed CCTV 

cameras in 38 base kitchens for 

monitoring the food preparation. 

Web-based live streaming facility is 

being extended to these kitchens, Goyal 

said. 

To upgrade the quality of meals to be 

served to passengers, menus are being 

rationalized by IRCTC, he added. 

He said the Indian Railways has not set 

up any committee to conduct an enquiry 

regarding food quality. However, third 

party audits are conducted by IRCTC to 

check the quality of food on trains. 

He acknowledged that "some 

complaints" are received from time to 

time regarding quality of food which 

are "appropriately addressed". 

Touristic 

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BEACHES: Baga, Calangute, 

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Govt. to develop 15 thematic 

tourist sites and 14 religious sites 

Fifteen thematic tourist circuits under 

the Swadesh Darshan scheme have 

been identified by the government for 

development. Referring to this, Union 

Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said that 

two schemes are being planned by the 

Tourism Ministry for the promotion 

of domestic tourism and restructure 

scheme to promote Indian tourism in 

the overseas market. 

The minister also said that the 

Buddhist Circuit will be one of the 

15 circuits that will be considered 

for development under the Swadesh 

Darshan-Integrated Development of 

Colva , Rajbag, Palolem 

BACKWATERS: Mayem Lake 

WILDLIFE: Mhadei, Bondla, 

Cotigao, Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary 

Ribandar 

WATERFALLS: Dudhsagar, 

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SPRINGS: Kesarval, Pomburfa 

MARKETS: Mapusa (Friday is 

special), Panjim 

SPICE PLANTATION TRIP: 

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District Hospital: 0832-2225540 

Women Police Helpline : 1091 

Senior Citizen Helpline: 1090 

Child Helpline: 1098 

Electricity Helpline: 1912 

Railway Helpline : 139 

Airport : 0832-2540796 

Bus (Kadamba) : 0832-2438034 

Theme-Based Tourism Circuits Scheme 

of the Tourism Ministry. All the 

sites related to Buddhism, including 

Kapilavastu, are covered under the 

Buddhist circuit for development. 

The Union Minister also stated that 

the said project for development under 

the scheme has been identified after 

consulting with the state governments 

and union territory administrations. 

The permits will, however, be subject 

to detailed submission of project 

reports and their adherence to scheme 

guidelines, availability of funds and 

submission of utilisation certificates 

for funds that were released earlier. 

The Tourism Ministry has also 

identified Eco-Tourism, Adventure 

Tourism, and Sustainable Tourism, 

as some of the niche tourism products 

to promote India, including the 

Northeastern states as a year-round 

destination and to attract tourists with 

specific interest and to ensure their 

repeated visits. Further, religious and 

pilgrimage destinations will also be 

getting adequate focus for development. 

Also, under the Tourism Ministry’s 

National Mission on Pilgrimage 

Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage 

Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD), 14 

religious sites have been identified in 

25 states for further development. 

From visa waiver to direct flights, 

here's why Indians dominate 

Thailand tourism 

Indians are increasingly contributing 

to the growth of Thailand's tourism 

economy as the Chinese tourist 

numbers have been dwindling, 

according to reports. 

Kongsak Khoopongsakorn, the 

General Manager of Vijitt Resort in 

Phuket, told Bloomberg that while 

Chinese clients have decreased, 

bookings from India have multiplied. 

Thailand places huge importance on 

its tourism sector which is reported to 

account for 20 percent of its national 

gross domestic product. 

Chinese tourists have contributed to 

the Thai tourism economy at the rate 

of 10 percent a year. But a boat accident 

that killed 47 Chinese nationals in 2018 

and slowing economy in the mainland 

has led to the dip in Chinese visits to 

the country. 

"We're starting to see new growth," 

said Kongsak who is also the 

vice president of the Thai Hotels 

Association. "Indians are now driving 

industry growth as the Chinese had 

previously done," he added. 

Visa waiver, direct domestic flights 

and increasing wealth of Indians visiting 

the country for leisure are the reasons 

for the rising number of Indian arrivals 

in Thailand, according to Bloomberg. 

More than 10 million Indian tourists 

are expected to arrive in Thailand in 

2028, which is around five-fold of the 

number in 2018. The growth is said to 

be similar to the rise of Chinese tourists 

from 800,000 in 2008 to more than 10 

million last year. 

Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and 

Sports said that a record 180,000 Indian 

tourists visited the country in June. A 

report by the ministry revealed that 

Indians spend 11 per cent more per trip 

than an average foreign tourist. 

While Kongsak expressed his 

confidence in the growing industry, 

he warned that over-dependence on a 

single market poses risk to the country. 

"It's important to spread the risk and 

have a good nationality mix in the 

market. We can't rely on any single 

market," reported Bloomberg. 

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Budget airline GoAir 

announces seven new 

international routes 

NEW DELHI: India's budget airline 

GoAir will be expanding its international 

footprint starting July 19 onward, with 

seven new international routes. 

GoAir will be starting daily flights 

from Mumbai and Delhi to Abu Dhabi, 

Muscat and Bangkok. Flights will also 

be operations from Kannur to Dubai 

and back, and to Kuwait and back. 

Out of the seven new international 

routes, Bangkok, Dubai and Kuwait 

are new markets for GoAir whereas 

the other routes are already on the 

airline's network albeit from different 

cities in India. 

GoAir has flown over 72 million 

passengers since its inception and in the 

next two years, the airline is expected to 

touch the 100 million passengers mark. 

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05 Fashion & Lifestyle 


Upcoming Delhi 

textile fair to exhibit 

fashion trends 

New Delhi– Over 240 global 

manufacturers in the field of fashion 

will showcase emerging fashion trends 

— colours, prints, fabrics, accessories 

and lifestyle — in an upcoming textile 

fair. It will run from July 15-17 at 

Pragati Maidan here. 

The ‘Textile Fairs India 2019’ will bring 

supply chain partners from fibre to 

fashion at three fair shows – YARNEX, 

F&A Show and Fashion Connect. 

The manufacturers come from India, 

Austria, China, Hong Kong and Japan, 

to showcase their latest developments 

in fibres, yarns, apparel fabrics, trims, 

embellishments and garments, the 

organisers said. 

It also aims to overview fashion 

information for Spring Summer 2020 

and Autumn Winter 2020. 

Sustainable fashion also makes the 

cut at the three-day fair, as industry 

experts discuss the green way forward 

in fashion. A showcase of recycled, 

upcycled and circular fashion can also 

be spotted. 

Design and product awards also 

feature in the event. 

Not bothered by 

social media trolls: 

Sunny Leone 

Mumbai–Actress Sunny Leone who has 

immense fan following on social media 

platforms has said she does not get 

bothered by the trolls. 

Sunny said this on Monday while 

interacting with the media during 

the launch of her own lingerie brand 

‘Infamous’ at the India Licensing Expo 

2019 here. 

Asked whether she feels bad when 

people troll her due to her dressing 

sense, she said: “I feel being a celebrity, 

we get trolled every day but I don’t 

necessarily get bothered by trolls. I 

wear clothes of my own choice. When 

I feel like wearing T-shirt and jeans or 

a sweatshirt, I wear it so, I wear what 

makes feel good at that moment.” 

Talking about her upcoming film 

projects, Sunny said: “I am part of 

‘Arjun Patiala’ and also doing a film 

called ‘Coca Cola’ which would be 

hopefully released this year.” 

Asked if she is keen to produce a film 

in Bollywood, she said: “Yes… now, 

we have a good story and we have set 

up our production team so, once we 

will finalise the dates, we will start 

shooting the film.” 

Sunny had earlier launched her 

cosmetic brand ‘StarStruck by Sunny 

Leone’ and now, she has come up with 

a lingerie brand ‘Infamous’. 

The street style crowd wore 

plenty of polka dots at paris 

couture week 

Is this spotty motif already replacing fashion's 

ubiquitous leopard print? 

Move over, leopard print. According to 

the street style crowd at Couture Week 

Fall 2019 in Paris, it looks like polka 

dots are trying to win back the top spot 

for fashion's favorite spotty motif. 

While some of our favorite luxury 

houses, from Chanel and Valentino to 

Givenchy and Dior, debuted their latest 

haute couture creations, we couldn't 

help but notice how showgoers took on 

plenty of different takes on the classic 

polka-dot print, including colorful partyready 

frocks and more summer-friendly, 

all-white midi and maxi dresses. Though 

most of these ensembles were dressed 

up with heels — it's couture week, after 

all — some folks took a more casual 

approach with a fresh pair of sneakers, 

which goes to show just how versatile 

this classic and beloved print can be. 

Asked how she sees herself as a 

businesswoman, she said: “I like to 

think that I am very good but my 

husband (Daniel Weber) is better. I 

feel both of us do very different kind 

of things for our business but we do 

it to attain same goals. Our outcome 

and goals are always the same so, I 

like to think that I am a pretty good 

businesswoman.” 

Malaika Arora 

wears a sexy 

blazer without a 

shirt! 

Bollywood hottie Malaika Arora never 

fails to impress us with her style. Be 

it her red carpet moments or her gym 

looks, she's always dressed to the nines. 

The 45-year-old celebrity is known for her 

glowing skin, fit body and luscious hair 

and her recent look has got us talking. 

The stunner recently wore a pant-suit 

by Mandira Wirk. Malaika rocked a 

neon green coloured blazer with flared 

pants. The jacket featured a plunging 

neckline cinched with buttons at the 

waist. She wore it minus the shirt, 

making it look all sexy. With this 

look, she styled the look with bright 

pink pointed heels. Styled by Maneka 

Harisinghani, she accessorised the look 

with a pair of dazzling earrings and a 

quirky ring. 

When it came to her make-up, 

Malaika went for a reverse cat eye 

with lined eyes, highlighted cheeks 

and nude pink lip colour. And, when it 

came to her hairdo, the diva went for a 

super-tight ponytail. We surely loved 

her bold make-up look this time! 

On the work front, Malaika, who's a 

big fitness enthusiast has invested in 

a fitness startup SARVA. Global icon 

Jennifer Lopez has also invested in the 

same startup. It is a yoga and Indian 

wellness startup. 

Casa Tito- by Ricardo is the story of an 

intrepid business traveller and designer. 

The brand deals with luxury goods with 

an international feel that have been 

carefully curated, and in most cases 

manufactured under Ricardos personal 

supervision. 

Ricardo- who is also Director of Titos 

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06 Music 


Sunburn returns to Goa 

again for the annual 

year-end music fest 

Sony Music India, Desi hip hop 

enter partnership 

After a successful event in February, the teams at Percept LIVE 

and Klassique have decided to host the main festival Sunburn Goa 

at Vagator from December 27 to December 29, 2019. 

After entertaining EDM music lovers 

over a decade now, country's popular 

EDM festival Sunburn is all set to 

return to Goa for the annual year-end 

music fest. The three-day music festival 

which started in 2007 was shifted to 

Pune in the 10th edition but will return 

to the land of parties this year. 

As per an announcement early this 

year, Percept live and Goa-based 

Klassique have formed a collaboration 

to promote the Sunburn events in Goa, 

and the first two-day event was also 

held in February this year. 

Sharing more information, Karan 

Singh, CEO, Sunburn said, "Sunburn 

"PM Modi told me to practice as a child": 

Gujarati Folk singer meets PM 

The singer told news agency ANI that she decided to meet PM Modi after her 

latest song "Rona Sherma" - dedicated to the prime minister - became a hit. 

NEW DELHI: A Gujarati folk singer 

who dedicated a song to Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi met him on Monday 

after it became a hit. PM Modi said in 

a tweet later that he was impressed by 

her efforts to popularise folk music. 

"People like Geeta Rabari inspire 

our society. Belonging to a humble 

background, she dedicatedly pursued 

her passion of singing and excelled. I 

am deeply impressed by her efforts to 

introduced the concept of dance music 

to India and has aided in building 

music tourism across the country... 

We're going in all guns blazing to make 

an even bigger mark in 2019. Goa has 

been the birthplace of Sunburn and it 

feels nostalgic to be coming home." 

Shetty from Goa-based Klassique 

added: "Goa missed Sunburn and 

Sunburn missed Goa. I'm happy that 

we could work with Percept to bring 

sunburn back home." 

After a successful event, the team 

has decided to host the main festival 

Sunburn Goa at Vagator from 

December 27 to December 29, 2019. 

popularise Gujarati folk music among 

youngsters," PM Modi tweeted, wishing 

her the best for her future endeavours. 

The singer told news agency ANI that 

she decided to meet PM Modi after her 

latest song "Rona Sherma" - dedicated 

to the Prime Minister - became a hit. 

Geeta Rabari also said that she had 

met PM Modi when she was a child. 

"Back then I sang in my school and 

he (Narendra Modi) was there. He gave 

me Rs. 250 as prize and told me that my 

voice is good and that I should practice 

and keep singing," she said. 

"Now that my Gujarati song has 

became a hit so I came to seek his 

blessings," she added. 

Geeta Rabari said PM Modi was 

"like her father" and that it was 

this government's "Beti Bachao, 

Beti Padhao" scheme that made her 

education possible. ' 

"I belong to the Maldhari community 

and we used to live in the jungles. My 

father got a postcard with the Beti 

Bachao Beti Padhao message on it. 

Because of this scheme, my father 

encouraged me to study," she said. 

MUMBAI: Global music company Sony 

Music has joined hands with digital 

media company Desi Hip Hop Inc to 

give a push to hip hop culture in India. 

Through this partnership, Sony 

Music and Desi Hip Hop (DHH) will 

work together to discover, develop and 

market Indian and diasporic hip-hop 

talent from around the world, read a 

statement. 

Desi Hip Hop creative director Raafat 

Ullah said, "We've been building this 

platform for over a decade to nurture 

and showcase South Asian hip hop 

talent and promote unity amongst our 

people around the world." 

Desi Hip Hop Inc CEO Hardik Dave 

added, "It's rewarding to see this 

movement grow and make the impact 

Rapper Honey 

Singh booked by 

Punjab police 

over lyrics of his 

song ‘Makhna’ 

Rapper Honey Singh has been booked 

by the Punjab Police after a complaint 

by the state women’s commission chief 

over the lyrics of his latest song. 

Mohali senior superintendent of police 

(SSP) Harcharan Singh Bhullar said a 

case has been filed against Honey Singh 

under IPC sections 294 (obscene acts) 

and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to 

insult the modesty of a woman), under 

Information Technology Act and section 

6 of the indecent Representation of 

women (Prohibition) Act. 

Punjab state women commission 

Creative Artist Agency 

that we've always envisioned; and as 

Desi Hip Hop turns the corner from a 

culture to a category, we are excited to 

be working alongside a partner like Sony 

Music India who believes in this vision." 

Sony Music India international 

repertoire and special projects head 

Arjun Sankalia said, "Hip hop has 

always been close to our hearts -- more 

so since we began working the genre in 

2015 with Mere Gully Mein.” 

"We're 100 per cent committed to hip 

hop and are glad to have found a likeminded 

partner in DHH who have been 

flying the flag for South Asian hip hop 

for over a decade." 

The first release via this association 

will be Borof by Los Angeles-based hip 

hop crew Bhanga Bangla. 

chairperson Manisha Gulati had written 

to the state DGP over the lyrics of Honey 

Singh’s song ‘Makhna’. In her letter, 

Gulati sought a ban on the song saying 

that the song is “indecent” and bound to 

have a “negative effect” on the society. 

She had asked the police to file a 

criminal case against the Bollywood singer 

and sought a status report by July 12. 

Honey Singh is not new to 

controversies. In 2013, he faced criticism 

for the song ‘Main hoon balatkari’. 

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07 Clubbing 


Happy hours at Cafe Mambo 

| Mon | Tue | Thu - 6 PM to 11 PM 

(Buy 1 Get 1 Free on selected brands) 

Café Mambo’s Tagline “where the world 

comes together” is apt, as this is the 

place where locals, weekender visitors and 

international tourists all come together 

to enjoy a fun night out. It’s a chilled out 

zone to meet up with friends & catch up 

for a drink over some great house music. 

Café Mambo is within walking distance 

from Calangute. The café started as 

another run of the mill joint, gained 

immense popularity immediately. 

Club Tito’s offers an unforgettable 

Nightlife Experience in Goa. It is 

difficult to imagine a more idyllic 

setting for a nightclub than Club 

Tito’s which is situated on Tito’s Lane, 

a hop skip and jump away from Baga 

Beach. 

While the sun is still out you can’t 

take your eyes away from the lovely 

beach, the calm village life and the 

breezy ocean air. When it’s dark the 

lane comes to life and takes on a 

different form with loud music, people 

dancing and clubs and restaurants 

bustling with visitors both of Indian 

and foreign origin.

08 Cinema 


Netflix to cut back on smoking scenes 

Netflix bosses have promised to cut back on smoking scenes in their films and series after an antitobacco 

group named the streaming service one of the worst offenders of nicotine use onscreen. 

Truth Initiative researchers have 

released a new study that lists shows 

like Stranger Things, The Unbreakable 

Kimmy Schmidt, and Orange Is the 

New Black, feature more tobacco use 

Tanushree Dutta to 

file protest petition 

against clean chit to 

Nana Patekar 

Mumbai: In less than a month after the 

Mumbai Police filed a closure report in 

the alleged #MeToo sexual harassment 

case lodged by Tanushree Dutta against 

actor Nana Patekar, the actress will 

now file protest petition against the 

actor’s clean chit in the case. 

Tanushree has opposed the 

B-Summary report filed by the Oshiwara 

Police station. She was represented 

by advocate Nitin Satpute at Railway 

Mobile Court in Andheri here. 

“The court has granted her time to file 

a protest petition against the B-Summary 

report. Tanushree’s legal team was 

present, but not a single officer from the 

Oshiwara Police station was in the court 

room at the time of hearing. The case has 

been adjourned to September 7,” Satpute 

told this agency Sunday. 

In June, Mumbai Police spokesperson, 

Deputy Commissioner of Police 

Manjunath Shinge had told this agency: 

“Yes, we have filed a B-Summary 

Report before the court.” 

The police move came after they 

reportedly did not find enough evidence 

in the matter, virtually ending the 

case as they cannot continue further 

investigations. 

Satpute had then only said that they 

would challenge the police move in the 

matter. 

The actress had lodged the complaint 

against Nana in September 2018 

accusing him of allegedly sexually 

harassing her over a decade ago, in 

2008 during a shoot, but he had stoutly 

denied the charges levelled by her. 

than most shows. 

“Streaming content providers should 

heed the lessons learned from the 

motion picture industry, which has 

responded to the surgeon general’s 

conclusion that exposure to smoking 

on screens causes young people to 

smoke,” the report reads. 

Netflix officials have responded by 

stating they recognize that smoking 

is “harmful” and “when portrayed 

positively on screen can adversely 

influence young people.” 

“Going forward, all new projects that 

we commission with ratings of TV-14 or 

below for series or PG-13 or below for 

Sacred Games 2 

to return on 

Aug 15, Gaitonde 

promises a 

bigger game 

After much anticipation the trailer of 

Netflix Original series Sacred Games 

has released. Starring Saif Ali Khan, 

Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Pankaj 

Tripathi in lead roles, the second 

season will follow the journey of Saif's 

Sartaj as he comes to terms with his 

reality and tries to get to the bottom of 

the mystery that is Ganesh Gaitonde 

(Nawazuddinn Siddiqui). 

Like the first season, Gaitonde's 

omniscient voice over leads the characters 

and the audiences. This season's outings 

will largely hinge on Pankaj's Trivedi, 

who is shown to be running a cult in his 

own right and has his own set of followers. 

The trailer also hints that the game is 

bigger than all of them. 

Sacred Games season 2 introduces two 

fresh faces in Ranvir Shorey and Kalki 

Koechlin, while the focus will be on 

the chase between Sartaj and Trivedi, 

as Gaitonde makes us realise the 

importance of amorality in these times. 

Sacred Games season 2 drops on 

August 15. 

While the fans wait for another 

thrilling outing, suffice it to know 

that Anurag Kashyap has directed 

Ganesh Gaitonde's track, while Neeraj 

Ghaywan (Masaan) has replaced 

Vikramaditya Motwane as the other 

director. Neeraj will direct Sartaj's 

track in the upcoming season. 

Vikramaditya Motwane and Varun 

Grover continue as the showrunners 

and the lead writers of the show. 

films, will be smoking and e-cigarette 

free – except for reasons of historical or 

factual accuracy,” a Netflix statement, 

released to Variety, reads. 

“For new projects with higher 

ratings, there’ll be no smoking or 

e-cigarettes unless it’s essential to the 

creative vision of the artist or because 

it’s character-defining (historically or 

culturally important).” 

The statement continues: “In addition, 

starting later this year, smoking 

information will be included as part of 

our ratings on the Netflix service so our 

members can make informed choices 

about what they watch.” 

‘Spider-Man: 

Far from Home’ 

scores record 

$185 million 

six-day opening 

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far from Home 

delivered the largest six-day opening 

ever for a Tuesday release, and the 

22nd largest six-day opening of all time, 

earning an estimated $185 million. It 

grabbed $93.6 million of that between 

Friday and Sunday. 

The sequel to 2017’s Spider-Man: 

Homecoming, starring Tom Holland, 

Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie 

Smulders, Jon Favreau and Marisa 

Tomei, is already outpacing its 

predecessor by $30 million after its 

first six days. Overseas, where the film 

debuted last weekend, it’s collected an 

estimated total of $395 million. 

The week’s only other major release, 

the horror film Midsommar, had the 

largest opening for an indie film so 

far this year, with an estimated $6.56 

Ranveer Singh's 

first look from '83 

Ranveer Singh turned a year older last 

week and on this special occasion, the 

actor treated his fans with the first 

look of his upcoming film '83. As soon 

as he shared the post, the picture went 

viral on the Internet and fans can't stop 

praising the uncanny resemblance. 

He shared the look and wrote, ''On 

my special day, here’s presenting 

THE HARYANA HURRICANE KAPIL 

DEV @83thefilm @kabirkhankk @ 

deepikapadukone @madmantena @ 

Shibasishsarkar @vishinduri @ 

RelianceEnt @FuhSePhantom @ 

NGEMovies''. 

Directed by Kabir Khan, '83 is based on 

the 1983 World cup. The film is scheduled 

to hit the theatres on 10 April 2020 

million over the three-day weekend and 

nearly $11 million since it’s Wednesday 

premiere. Despite that, it finished just 

outside the top five, in sixth place. 

Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 4 dropped to 

second place in its third week of release, 

delivering an estimated $34.4 million. 

That brings its earnings stateside to 

$306.6 million. Its worldwide totals, 

following an estimated $43 million 

weekend overseas, now stand at around 

$650 million. 

The romantic comedy Yesterday earned 

an estimated $10.75 for a third-place 

finish, with the horror flick Annaballe 

Comes Home landing in fourth place 

with an estimated $9.75 million. 

Aladdin collected an estimated $7.6 

million over the weekend, lifting its 

domestic earnings to upwards of $320 

million. Overseas, Disney’s live-action 

remake of the 1992 animated classic 

grabbed an estimated $16.2 million, 

bringing its worldwide tally to over 

$921 million. That makes it the third 

biggest film of 2019 domestically and 

the top-grossing non-Marvel movie this 

year, period.

09 Goa! 


Installation of 

digital fare meters 

for taxis from Aug 1 

PANAJI: State-wide installation 

of digital fare meters in tourist 

taxis will begin from August 1 and 

conclude within six months, the state 

government informed the high court 

of Bombay at Goa on Friday. However, 

implementation on pilot basis will be 

done between July 16 and July 31, the 

government told the court. 

The integrated digital meter unit will 

comprise an automated tracking device 

with an emergency system, and fare 

meter with printer. 

Fitting of digital meters is mandatory 

as per Rule 140 of the Goa State Motor 

Vehicle Rules, 1991. All new taxis 

applying for a fresh permit from Aug 1 

will have to compulsorily fit the meters 

as also those renewing their old permits. 

Hike in customs duty 

will support Goan 

cashew growers 

PANAJI: Finance minister Nirmala 

Sitharaman’s move to hike customs 

duty on cashew kernels has brought 

cheer to Goa’s cashew processing 

industry. Such a move could put curbs 

on the low-quality cashew kernel 

shipments from Africa and ASEAN 

countries, they said. Every year 10-12 

thousand tonnes of raw cashew is 

processed in Goa yielding around Rs 

350 crore for Goan cashew farmers. 

The Centre’s decision will protect 

domestic cashew growers as it will 

Watchtower at Salim Ali bird sanctuary 

restored, open for public 

Panaji: With an area of 1.8 sqkm, 

the Salim Ali bird sanctuaryhas a 

spectacular view of birds and wildlife 

straddling the western end of the Chorao 

island along river Mandovi near Panaji. 

Visitors however were denied the 

privilege of having a picturesque view 

of from its vantage point after one of 

the watch towers at the island was 

cordoned off by forest department 

officials owing to its dilapidated state. 

The watchtower has now been 

reopened after getting a new lease of life. 

“The structure was closed to the 

public since December 2018, because it 

was fully rusted and almost collapsed. It 

was repaired, painted and then opened 

to the public,” a forest official told TOI. 

make cashew imports expensive. 

Stakeholders observed that African 

and ASEAN countries had begun to 

dump cheap and low-quality nuts into 

India and this in turn had impacted 

local production. Cashew kernels from 

Vietnam, Mozambique, Ivory Coast are 

currently imported on a massive scale 

causing cashew kernel prices to come 

down by 30% in India, an industry 

representative said. 

India currently produces 3.5 lakh 

tonnes of cashew kernels. Goa 

processes between 10,000 to 12,000 

tonnes of cashew nuts per year, and the 

shortfall is made up through raw 

cashew imports from Indonesia, 

Tanzania and other African countries. 

GCCI extends full support to Vibrant Goa 

Panaji, Jul 7 : The Goa Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has 

decided to support Vibrant Goa and its 

initiative, the Vibrant Goa-Global Expo 

and Summit 2019 (VG-GES 2019) to be 

held in Goa between October 17-19 later 

this year. 

This was disclosed in a letter written 

by Manoj Caculo, the newly elected 

president of GCCI to the Vibrant Goa 

Foundation (VGF)on Thursday. 

The GCCI letter said, “For quite some 

time now, the Goan economy is stagnant 

and no good fresh investments are 

coming to the state. The Chamber feels 

that something like Vibrant Goa is very 

much required to help in showcasing 

Goa as a good investment destination. 

Therefore, the Chamber will support 

any initiative that can benefit the 

business community in Goa.” 

The letter also stated that the 

Chamber’s managing committee at 

its meeting held on 3rd July 2019 had 

unanimously decided to support the 

Vibrant Goa initiative. 

The Chamber stated that it would 

partner VG-GES 2019 and would assist 

Vibrant Goa Foundation in promoting 

and organizing various parallel festivals 

in the state of Goa during the Vibrant 

Goa Global Expo and Summit 2019. 

The Vibrant Goa Foundation (VGF) 

is a public trust registered with the 

Government of Goa and the Niti Ayog. 

Vibrant Goa 2019 is based on the 

Vibrant Gujarat model which brings 

together global business leaders, 

investors, corporations, thought 

leaders, policy and opinion makers 

to understand and explore business 

opportunities in the state. 

So far, 195 overseas delegates have 

registered for the event. Road shows 

to the Far-East countries and Bhutan 

are scheduled in the month of July. 

At least 350 overseas delegates and 

a large number of Indian delegates 

are expected to take part in this first 

edition of Vibrant Goa Global Expo & 

Summit 2019. 

The VG-GES 2019 will be held in Goa 

between October 17-19 this year and is 

organized by VGF in partnership with 

the GCCI, Global Network, BNI, the 

Government of Goa and the Niti Ayog. 

It is also supported by various industry 

organisations in Goa, besides the 

National Small Industries Corporation 

(NSIC). (UNI) 

“The work was complete by February 

and opened to public from April 

onwards,” the official added. 

Located 300 metres from the reception 

office of the Salim Ali bird sanctuary, 

the 15-mt tall watchtower offers a view 

of the top canopy of the island’s trees, 

the village of Chorao and that of river 

Mandovi. School children and college 

students are frequent visitors of the 

sanctuary while birders usually walk 

up the watchtower to sight various 

bird species. 

There is another tower, 25 mts tall, in 

the interior of the sanctuary, access to 

which is only through the creek. 

“The second watchtower was built 

recently and is in a good condition. 

There is no requirement for any repairs 

over it as of now,” the official said. 

With a bountiful vegetation of about 

14 different mangrove species, the 

sanctuary serves as a suitable habitat 

for planktons, shrimps, prawns and 

small fish. It is covered by a network of 

water channels having tidal variations. 

Every winter, migratory birds flock in 

thousands to feed on the mud flats in 

the sanctuary. 

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10 Leisure 


Music can help student score better 

in Math, Science, and English 

The researchers found the predictive relationships between music 

education and academic achievement were more pronounced for 

those who took instrumental music rather than vocal music. 

Music has proved to be beneficial 

in many ways but now a recent 

study discovered a new benefit of it. 

According to the finding, high school 

students who take music courses score 

significantly better in math, science 

and English exams than their peers. 

School administrators needing to 

trim budgets often look first to music 

courses, because the general belief 

is that students who devote time to 

music rather than Math, Science, and 

English, will underperform in those 

disciplines. 

“Our research proved this belief wrong 

and found the more the students engage 

with music, the better they do in those 

subjects. The students who learned to 

play a musical instrument in elementary 

and continued playing in high school 

not only score significantly higher, but 

were about one academic year ahead 

of their non-music peers with regard to 

their English, mathematics and science 

skills, as measured by their exam grades, 

regardless of their socioeconomic 

background, ethnicity, prior learning in 

mathematics and English, and gender,” 

said the study’s principal investigator, 

Peter Gouzouasis in the study published 

in the journal of Educational Psychology. 

Gouzouasis and his team examined 

data from all students in public schools 

who finished Grade 12 between 2012! and 

2015. The data sample, made up of more 

than 112,000 students, included those who 

completed at least one standardized exam 

for math, science, and English, and for 

whom the researchers had appropriate 

demographic information including 

gender, ethnicity, neighborhood 

socioeconomic status, and prior learning 

in numeracy and literacy skills. 

Students who studied at least 

one instrumental music course in 

the regular curriculum counted as 

students taking music. Qualifying 

music courses are courses that 

require previous instrumental music 

experience and include concert band, 

conservatory piano, orchestra, jazz 

band, concert choir, and vocal jazz. 

The researchers found the predictive 

relationships between music education 

and academic achievement were 

more pronounced for those who took 

instrumental music rather than vocal 

music. The findings suggested skills 

learned in instrumental music transfer 

very broadly to the students’ learning 

in school. 

“Learning to play a musical 

instrument and playing in an ensemble 

is very demanding. A student has to 

learn to read music notation, develop 

eye-hand-mind coordination, develop 

keen listening skills, develop team 

skills for playing in an ensemble and 

develop the discipline to practice. All 

those learning experiences and more 

What makes Jagannath Rath Yatra so special? 

The much awaited Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri kicked-off last week. Given the preparations 

done for the grand procession, many among us could not help but get awed by the sheer importance of 

this event. Many are also curious to know about the significance of Jagannath Rath Yatra, and why so 

many Krishna devotees throng Puri in Odisha to witness this event? Here are the answers to it. 

time. Another wonderful aspect of the 

yatra is that non-Hindus and foreign 

nationals are allowed to visit the 

Gundicha Temple to behold the gods 

and even partake the offerings. 

On the third day of the Rath Yatra, 

Lord Jagannath’s devotees stage a 

play in which the deity meets his 

spouse Lakshmi after a long time. In 

the play, Lakshmi complains about 

being neglected by the Lord, and after 

a lovers’ tiff, she breaks the chariot 

wheel belonging to Lord Jagannath and 

makes a quick exit from the temple. 

Then after, the Lord visits the shrine 

of Lakshmi at Gohiri Sahei to woo 

her back. Once united with her on the 

Vijay Dashami day, the Lord goes back 

to Shri Mandir with his siblings. 

play a role in enhancing the learner’s 

cognitive capacities, executive 

functions, motivation to learn in 

school, and self-efficacy,” said the 

study’s co-investigator Martin Guhn. 

“Often, resources for music education 

including the hiring of trained, 

specialized music educators, and band 

and stringed instruments are cut or not 

available in elementary and secondary 

schools so that they could focus on 

math, science and English. The irony is 

that music education multiple years of 

high-quality instrumental learning and 

playing in a band or orchestra or singing 

in a choir at an advanced level can be 

the very thing that improves all-around 

academic achievement and an ideal way 

to have students learns more holistically 

in schools,” concluded Gouzouasis. 

Well, this festival starts from the 

second day of Ashada month during the 

waxing phase of the moon of the Hindu 

lunar calendar. Idols of Lord Jagannath 

or Krishna, enshrined in the Shri 

Mandir of Puri with his sister Subhadra 

and elder brother Balabhadra, are taken 

out on the roads on three different 

chariots to the Gundicha Mata Temple. 

The Ratha Yatra or Rath Jatra is also 

known as Gundicha Jatra, Navadina 

Jatra, Ghosa Jatra, Dasavatara Jatra 

and other names. Gundicha is believed 

to be the queen of King Indradyumna 

(the maker of Jagannath temple). It 

is believed that the Lord was pleased 

with the queen’s devotions and 

conferred a boon upon her, promising 

to visit her palace once a year for a 

few days’ stay. The residence of Queen 

Gundicha turned into a temple later. It 

is beautifully made on the lines of the 

Kalinga style of architecture. 

Another legend has it that Gundicha 

is Lord Jagannath’s aunt, who loves 

to welcome her nephews every year to 

pamper them with love and affection. 

The significance of the Rath Yatra is 

immense for a person, who longs for 

spiritual merit and final liberation. 

It is believed that anyone who pulls 

the rope linked to the chariots of the 

deities and helps others also in doing so 

or merely touches the rope or chariots, 

gets the merit of several penances. All 

the paraphernalia linked to the Lord 

Jagannath Rath Yatra becomes one 

with the deity himself. 

The deities are fed with their 

favourite offering of Poda Pitha at this 

Idols of Lord Jagannath, elder brother 

Balabhadra and sister Subhadra (Photo: 

Getty Images) 

It is believed that the sight of Lord 

Jagannath and his siblings at Gundicha 

Temple cannot go vain; it bestows the 

boon of a hundred horse sacrifices, 

which only the luckiest kings had the 

privilege to perform in the olden days. 

Perhaps, there is no other procession 

in India as grand as the Lord Jagannath 

Rath Yatra.

11 Trending 


James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 

expects to nab £5m at auction 

Fender-mounted Browning .30-caliber machine guns 

Centre-console defence-mechanism controls 

Radar-tracking GPS system 

A gadget-laden 1965 Aston Martin is 

expected to fetch up to £5 million when 

it goes to auction this summer. 

Made famous by Sean Connery’s 

James Bond in 1964 movie Goldfinger 

– the rare spec DB5 was famously fitted 

with a Browning .30 calibre machine 

gun on each rear arch, among its many 

lavish touches. 

Revolving license plates 

Wheel-hub-mounted tire slashers 

Those with a (Golden) eye for detail 

will notice this particular model was 

actually made to promote the following 

year’s Thunderball, also starring 

Connery behind the wheel. It is one 

of just three surviving examples of 

the iconic car commissioned by Eon 

Productions. 

It will be sold by RM Sotheby’s at its 

2019 Monterey auction on August 15. 

In its original guise, Bond’s spy car 

of choice was fitted with an array of 

gadgets which, as well as the machine 

guns, included hub-mounted tyre 

slashers, revolving registration 

plates, a bullet-proof screen, in-car 

radar tracking, an oil spill function, 

an ejecting passenger seat and smoke 

screen dispensers. 

One of two 1964 originals though, 

was stolen in 1997 but the culprit was 

never (Gold) fingered and remains lost. 

The car offered by Sotheby’s never 

appeared on screen but boasts an 

identical specification to the starring 

vehicles. 

For 35 years the DB5 was displayed as 

the centrepiece of the Smokey Mountain 

Car Museum in Tennessee, before being 

sold in 2006 in an unrestored state. 

Swiss firm Roos Engineering has since 

painstakingly returned the car to its 

original condition. 

When it heads to California in two 

months’ time, the storied car is likely 

Ejector seat system 

to draw up to $6m (£4.7m) at ‘An 

Evening with Aston Martin’, which 

will see more than 30 cars from the 

firm go under the hammer. 

Disappointed bidders may take 

comfort in the fact Aston Martin plans 

to make 25 replica Goldfinger DB5s, to 

be sold for £2.75m a piece before tax. 

To be delivered in 2020, the facsimiles 

will come finished in the iconic Silver 

Birch paint job and feature a working 

revolving licence plate. They won’t, 

however, be road-legal.

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