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PANAJI: In a bid to promote Goa as<br />
an adventure tourism hub, the state<br />
government has invited proposals to<br />
set up a ‘hanging restaurant’, organise<br />
motorcycle tours and offer fenibrewery<br />
tours.<br />
A bungee jumping facility was<br />
launched in Goa on Tuesday. A senior<br />
officer from Goa Tourism Development<br />
Corporation (GTDC) said that a lot of<br />
young people who travel to Goa were<br />
looking to do something adventurous<br />
and the corporation was hoping to fulfil<br />
that demand through these new and<br />
offbeat projects. He added that GTDC<br />
was already promoting whitewater<br />
rafting and e-bike tours for the thrillseeking<br />
category of tourists.<br />
GTDC has floated a tender notice<br />
to invite expression of interest (EOI)<br />
and requested proposals to establish a<br />
hanging restaurant, motorcycle tours<br />
and brewery tour in the state. The<br />
official said that the government would<br />
not invest in any of these projects, but<br />
GTDC would promote them widely.<br />
The officer said that the hanging<br />
restaurant concept was gaining<br />
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GTDC PLANS ‘HANGING<br />
RESTAURANT’, MOTORCYCLE<br />
& FENI TOURS<br />
popularity in many parts of the country<br />
and they were hoping to replicate the<br />
same in Goa. Explaining the model,<br />
the official said there was no need to<br />
actually construct a restaurant building.<br />
Representation Image<br />
He said that the dining space was<br />
merely a transparent capsule or ‘box’,<br />
suspended high up in the air by a crane.<br />
“The restaurant would be on the ground,<br />
where customers would order their<br />
meal. They would then sit in the capsule,<br />
which would be lifted up by a crane and<br />
can enjoy their food at a thrilling height,<br />
with a great view to boot,” he said.<br />
The tourism official said that the<br />
government would not appoint a<br />
consultant to provide a feasibility<br />
report for the restaurant, but expects<br />
the bidder to do it and then approach<br />
GTDC, which will help them get<br />
Representation Image<br />
permissions for the project.<br />
The official said that GTDC had<br />
been receiving many requests for<br />
motorcycle tours similar to the ones<br />
organised in Himachal Pradesh<br />
and Ladakh. He pointed out that<br />
motorcycle clubs which travel to Goa<br />
on week-long rides also want to explore<br />
tourist spots in neighbouring states.<br />
“GTDC is exploring the possibilities<br />
of operating motorcycle tours from Goa<br />
to Hampi in Karnataka and from Goa<br />
upto Mangaluru so that enthusiasts<br />
can also explore Murdeshwar and<br />
other places,” he explained.<br />
On the proposed brewery tours, the<br />
tourism official said that many tourists<br />
visiting Goa were curious about the<br />
manufacturing process of feni ever since<br />
the local spirit was awarded the GI-tag.<br />
GTDC is planning to tie up with a few<br />
well-established feni brands in the state<br />
to offer tourists a brewery experience<br />
which will be complete with a guided<br />
tour explaining the history and the<br />
process of extraction of Goa’s favorite<br />
drink, along with a tasting and pairing<br />
session on the lines of vineyard tours<br />
offered in wine-producing countries.<br />
Source: TOI<br />
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Goa Tourism and<br />
Jumpin Heights<br />
launches Bungee<br />
Jumping at Mayem<br />
The Department of Tourism, GTDC<br />
in association with Jumpin Heights<br />
successfully launched India’s second<br />
Bungee destination in North Goa at<br />
Mayem Lake.<br />
The event was graced with the presence<br />
of Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa;<br />
Manohar Ajgaonkar, Tourism Minister,<br />
Goa; Dayanand Sopte, Chairman of<br />
GTDC; J. Ashok Kumar, Secretary -<br />
Tourism, Goa; Sanjiv Gadkar, Director-<br />
Tourism, Goa and other officials.<br />
The 55 meters bungee jumping<br />
platform stands tall over the gorgeous<br />
Mayem lake, in North Goa.<br />
Representation Image<br />
The service provider has conducted<br />
required feasibility study and other<br />
mandatory pre-requisites for starting<br />
up of the bungee jumping activity<br />
at Mayem. This new adventure<br />
tourism initiative comes with no<br />
cost or investment for Goa Tourism<br />
Development Corporation. The GTDC<br />
however is assisting the service provider<br />
in obtaining required permissions<br />
and will be undertaking promotional<br />
activities for bungee Jumping which is<br />
being launched for the first time in Goa.<br />
Rahul Nigam, Director and Founder<br />
of Jumpin Heights said : “A little hand<br />
holding by an organisation like GTDC<br />
goes a long way in setting up such projects<br />
and facilitates ease of doing business.”<br />
Tito's Foundation felicitates<br />
Team Herald for exposing<br />
Drug Testing Scam<br />
Left to right: Mr Barbosa, Ricardo Joseph Dsouza, Suraj Nandrekar and Tito's CEO Brijesh Sardesai.<br />
Tito's Foundation by Ricky felicitated<br />
Herald Editor Alexandre Moniz<br />
Barbosa and Senior Assitant Editor<br />
Suraj Nandrekar for exposing a big<br />
scam involving the testing of drugs<br />
from western companies on Goan<br />
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02 World<br />
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NASA probing<br />
1st ever crime<br />
committed in space<br />
AUSTIN — US space agency NASA is<br />
investigating what may be the first<br />
crime committed in outer space, The<br />
New York Times reported Saturday.<br />
Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of<br />
identity theft and improperly accessing<br />
her estranged wife’s private financial<br />
records while on a sixth-month mission<br />
aboard the International Space Station<br />
(ISS), the Times said.<br />
The astronaut’s spouse Summer<br />
Worden filed a complaint earlier<br />
this year with the Federal Trade<br />
Commission after learning McClain<br />
had accessed her bank account without<br />
permission, while Worden’s family filed<br />
another with NASA’s Office of Inspector<br />
General, according to the newspaper.<br />
PM Modi honoured with<br />
UAE's highest civilian<br />
award "Order of Zayed"<br />
The award has been given to several world leaders including<br />
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Queen Elizabeth II and<br />
Chinese President Xi Jinping.<br />
McClain’s lawyer said the astronaut<br />
had done nothing wrong and accessed<br />
the bank records while aboard the<br />
ISS in order to monitor the couple’s<br />
combined finances — something she<br />
had done over the course of their<br />
relationship, the Times reported.<br />
NASA investigators have contacted<br />
both women, according to the newspaper.<br />
McClain, who returned to Earth in<br />
June, gained fame for being one of two<br />
women picked for a historic all-female<br />
spacewalk, but NASA scrapped the<br />
planned walk in March due to a lack<br />
of well-fitting spacesuits, sparking<br />
accusations of sexism.<br />
Millionaires to be hit by negative<br />
interest rate at Danish bank<br />
Jyske Bank is set to become the first major lender in Denmark to apply<br />
negative interest to customers’ savings accounts.<br />
Customers with savings of more than<br />
7.5 million kroner (1 million euros) will<br />
be affected by the change—initially,<br />
at least. The bank confirmed the new<br />
conditions as it announced results for<br />
the first six months of <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Interest rates of 0 percent will be<br />
applied to the first 7.5 million kroner<br />
of all customers’ savings, with -0.6<br />
percent applied thereafter unless<br />
alternative terms and conditions have<br />
been agreed, Jyske Bank said.<br />
Most customers will therefore be<br />
unaffected by the change initially, but<br />
others may be encompassed further down<br />
the line, according to CEO Anders Dam.<br />
“I hope (it won’t happen), but I can’t<br />
promise. It depends what happens in<br />
future, including whether there are<br />
further drops in interest rates,” Dam<br />
told financial newspaper Børsen.<br />
The CEO said the bank’s decision has<br />
ABU DHABI: Prime Minister Narendra<br />
Modi was on Saturday honoured with<br />
the "Order of Zayed", the UAE's highest<br />
civilian award, for his efforts to boost<br />
bilateral ties between the two nations.<br />
Several world leaders including<br />
Russian President Vladimir Putin,<br />
Queen Elizabeth II and Chinese<br />
President Xi Jinping have been<br />
honoured with the award in the past.<br />
"The award in the name of Sheikh<br />
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the<br />
founding father of the UAE, acquires<br />
special significance as it was awarded<br />
to Prime Minister Modi in the year of<br />
the birth centenary of Sheikh Zayed,"<br />
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)<br />
said in a statement ahead of his visit.<br />
India and the UAE enjoy warm,<br />
close and multi-faceted relations<br />
underpinned by cultural, religious<br />
and economic linkages which, during<br />
the prime minister's previous visit<br />
been made based on negative interest<br />
rates in Denmark in recent years,<br />
effectively costing Jyske money to hold<br />
customers’ savings.<br />
“The prevailing negative interests<br />
that have characterized the Danish<br />
market since 2012—broken only in<br />
2014—seem to have become more<br />
permanent in character,” Dam, said.<br />
“Market forecasts project that<br />
negative interests will prevail for<br />
several years,” he added.<br />
The new Jyske Bank terms mean<br />
that, for example, a customer with<br />
10 million kroner in savings will pay<br />
15,000 kroner annually to keep them at<br />
the Danish bank.<br />
But the bank is also open to negotiating<br />
rates with customers, Dam added.<br />
Only a small number of customers<br />
will in fact end up paying negative<br />
interest, according to the assessment<br />
to the UAE in <strong>August</strong> 2015, stood<br />
elevated to a comprehensive strategic<br />
partnership, it said.<br />
The award to PM Modi was<br />
announced in April this year.<br />
"We have historical and comprehensive<br />
strategic ties with India, reinforced by<br />
the pivotal role of my dear friend, Prime<br />
Minister Narendra Modi, who gave these<br />
relations a big boost," Crown Prince<br />
of Abu Dhabi, Mohamed bin Zayed Al<br />
Nahyan, had said in a tweet.<br />
With an annual bilateral trade of about<br />
$60 billion, the UAE is India's thirdlargest<br />
trade partner. It is also the fourthlargest<br />
exporter of crude oil for India.<br />
"A 3.3 million-strong vibrant Indian<br />
community in the UAE nourishes<br />
the vibrant people-to-people contacts<br />
between our two friendly countries,"<br />
the MEA said, adding that PM Modi's<br />
visit would further strengthen the<br />
friendly bilateral ties.<br />
of economist Per Hansen of investment<br />
firm Nordnet.<br />
“It requires you to have more than<br />
7.5 million kroner – not many do, after<br />
all,” Hansen said.<br />
“Additionally, you would need to<br />
have no other business with the bank,<br />
and therefore no special arrangements,<br />
for negative interest to apply,” he said.<br />
Although the negative interest is<br />
the first to be applied to customers,<br />
businesses in the country have already<br />
experienced the unfavourable terms.<br />
Jyske Bank introduced negative<br />
interest for businesses under broad<br />
terms in 2016, according to Finanswatch.<br />
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03 Technology<br />
Friday, <strong>August</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2019</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 Pages<br />
Scientists closer to<br />
solving mystery of<br />
why lean people get<br />
fatty liver disease<br />
Researchers from The Westmead<br />
Institute for Medical Research (WIMR)<br />
have discovered how fatty liver disease<br />
develops in lean people, aiding the<br />
development of potential treatments for<br />
these patients.<br />
Fatty liver disease—a condition<br />
characterised by a build-up of fat in the<br />
liver—affects a quarter of the world's<br />
population. Although it commonly<br />
develops in overweight and obese people,<br />
many individuals with a body-mass<br />
index of less than 25kg/m2 will develop<br />
the disease, and tend to have worse<br />
outcomes compared to obese patients.<br />
Professor Jacob George, co-lead<br />
researcher of the study said, "Cases of<br />
lean fatty liver disease are considered<br />
a bit of a mystery, as we don't know<br />
how and why the disease develops and<br />
progresses.<br />
"Our research team compared the<br />
metabolism, gut bacteria and genetic<br />
profiles of patients with lean and nonlean<br />
fatty liver disease to determine<br />
factors that contribute to disease<br />
development and progression.<br />
"Interestingly, lean fatty liver patients<br />
have a very distinct metabolism<br />
compared to non-lean ones, which can<br />
explain some of the differences we see<br />
in disease progression.<br />
"Compared to non-lean patients, lean<br />
patients had higher levels of bile acids,<br />
which play a role in the digestion of<br />
fats, and a protein called fibroblast<br />
growth factor 19 (FGF19). Bile acids and<br />
FGF19 increase energy expenditure,<br />
which can explain why lean individuals<br />
with fatty liver disease stay lean. This<br />
suggests that lean patients with a fatty<br />
liver may have an 'obesity-resistant'<br />
profile, and better adaptation to an<br />
excess intake of calories."<br />
Associate Professor Mohammed<br />
Eslam, co-lead researcher added,<br />
"Importantly, the favourable profile of<br />
lean patients did not protect them from<br />
liver fat accumulation.<br />
"We also identified changes in<br />
particular gut bacteria and novel genes<br />
that can influence the development of<br />
fatty liver disease in lean patients. For<br />
example, we identified that a variant in<br />
the gene TM6SF2, previously linked to<br />
fatty liver disease, is more common in<br />
lean patients."<br />
Without treatment, fatty liver disease<br />
can result in liver scarring, liver cirrhosis<br />
and, in severe cases, liver failure.<br />
Associate Professor Mohammed<br />
Eslam said, "The metabolic adaptive<br />
mechanisms in lean fatty liver disease<br />
tend to be lost in the late stages of the<br />
disease. This could explain why these<br />
patients have worse disease outcomes<br />
compared to their obese counterparts."<br />
"Now that we know more about the<br />
metabolic profile and processes behind<br />
fatty liver disease in lean people,<br />
we can work towards more targeted<br />
treatments for these patients."<br />
Professor George concluded, "Our<br />
research is now focused on understanding<br />
more about the condition, so that we can<br />
prevent its progression, and develop more<br />
personalised treatment regimens."<br />
ISRO satellite imaging tech to help tackle<br />
illegal sand-mining, man-animal conflict<br />
Plans are afoot to detect illegal sandmining<br />
across the country with the help<br />
of ISRO satellites and also augment<br />
water and fodder in forest areas to<br />
prevent man-animal conflict, Union<br />
Environment and Forest Minister<br />
Prakash Javadekar said Saturday.<br />
The government plans to use satellite<br />
image technology by ISRO (Indian Space<br />
Research Organisation) to map every area<br />
and river to check illegal sand-mining.<br />
Javadekar said this to reporters<br />
at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology<br />
(SACON), near here.<br />
"With the help of ISRO technology, we<br />
will know where the sand is deposited<br />
and the government could auction<br />
it, thereby the mafia is avoided and<br />
a sustainable sand-mining will be in<br />
place, he said in response to a question<br />
on sand-mining, which has become a<br />
major challenge.<br />
To another question on<br />
Alexa, who is Baidu?<br />
Chinese Tech company<br />
passes Google in smart<br />
speaker stakes<br />
Chinese search giant Baidu has<br />
surprisingly pipped Google to become<br />
the world’s second-largest vendor of<br />
smart speakers, according to a new<br />
report from research firm Canalys.<br />
According to the research firm’s report,<br />
Baidu captured 17.3% global market<br />
share in the second quarter of <strong>2019</strong> with<br />
4.5 million shipments. This marks a yearon-year<br />
sales growth of 3,700% for the<br />
company. The company is now second<br />
behind Amazon, the global leader.<br />
Google, in comparison, shipped 4.3<br />
million Home and Nest-branded devices<br />
in the second quarter, down 19.8% when<br />
compared with the 5.4 million shipments<br />
during the year-ago period. Amazon<br />
remained the market leader with more<br />
than 25% global market share and 6.6<br />
million Echo devices shipped during the<br />
second quarter.<br />
Interestingly, Baidu and Google<br />
cannot be considered as competitors as<br />
Baidu sells its products exclusively in<br />
China, its home market, while Google<br />
sells its products across the world with<br />
the exception of China. According<br />
to the research, among the other<br />
notable players, Xiaomi also increased<br />
shipments of its smart speakers by<br />
37.5% year-over-year. Apart from<br />
Google, most leading players marked<br />
an increase in their smart speaker sales<br />
during the second quarter compared<br />
with a year ago as the worldwide smart<br />
speaker shipments grew by 55.4%<br />
during the period.<br />
A sample satellite map used for mapping<br />
river area. Image: SatimagingCorp<br />
increasing man-human conflict<br />
due to encroachment of forest area,<br />
particularly elephant corridor and<br />
not abiding by HACA (Hill Area<br />
Conservation Authority) rules in<br />
Western Ghats, Javdekar said the<br />
farmers had told him that unless<br />
enough water and fodder was provided,<br />
Reon Pocket<br />
Sony’s Air Conditioner<br />
that can fit in a pocket<br />
Indian summers can be very unforgiving<br />
and sometimes, you just wish you could<br />
carry your air conditioner along with<br />
you. Sony shares the same logic and<br />
now has a solution to that.<br />
Tech giant Sony is coming up with a<br />
futuristic solution to solve the on-going<br />
heat crisis which most of us suffer on a<br />
daily basis. Imagine having a tiny air<br />
conditioner that can fit in your T-shirt<br />
pockets, the one which can be carried<br />
everywhere.<br />
The personal air conditioner is named<br />
Reon Pocket and is worn below a person’s<br />
neck in a pocket of a specially made<br />
undershirt. The device can be controlled<br />
with a smartphone via Bluetooth.<br />
The device’s battery will last up to 90<br />
minutes after charging for two hours.<br />
According to Sony, the Reon<br />
Pocket can decrease a person’s body<br />
temperature by 13 degrees Celcius and<br />
it can also raise it by 8 degrees Celcius,<br />
to stay warm in the cold winters.<br />
Indian girls create an<br />
app to connect old-age<br />
homes and orphanages,<br />
win tech prize in US<br />
Five girls have developed a mobile app<br />
that connects children at orphanages<br />
with senior citizens in old-age homes,<br />
with their innovation fetching<br />
them a bronze medal at global tech<br />
competition in the US.<br />
The app, called Maitri, is aimed at<br />
bringing together individuals suffering<br />
from loneliness and depression and<br />
those lacking the nurturing love of<br />
elderly role models, said the all-girl<br />
team "Tech Witches".<br />
The app, available for free on Google<br />
playstore, also allows users to volunteer<br />
and donate to old-age homes and<br />
the conflict would continue.<br />
"From this year, we have been<br />
asking states to take up water and<br />
fodder augmentation in forest areas<br />
and prepare contour map, catchment<br />
treatment plan," he said.<br />
The ministry is releasing the CAMPA<br />
(Compensatory Afforestation Fund<br />
Management and Planning Authority)<br />
funds to the states, which have pending<br />
for the last 15 years, so that the states<br />
can take up the water and fodder<br />
augmentation by which there would be<br />
no more human-animal conflict, he said.<br />
On wildlife, the minister said, "In<br />
India, we have doubled the tiger<br />
population before 2022 and in the 10<br />
years more than doubled, we have<br />
more than <strong>30</strong>,000 elephants and rhinos<br />
in thousands.<br />
"Wildlife testifies our ecology chain...<br />
and we want to maintain the balance,"<br />
Javadekar said.<br />
The Japanese consumers would be<br />
the first ones to get their hands on<br />
Sony’s newly launched device in March<br />
2020. It is expected to release in the U.S<br />
in late 2020. There is no information on<br />
Sony’s plan of releasing this in India,<br />
even though we’re the country that<br />
needs this ASAP.<br />
Sony is taking up orders for its new<br />
air conditioning device on its First<br />
Flight crowdfunding platform, with<br />
the cost of a single device starting from<br />
2760 yen, approximately Rs 1750.<br />
orphanages through it, they said. The<br />
developers include Ananya Grover,<br />
Vanshika Yadav, Vasudha Sudhinder,<br />
Anushka Sharma and Arefa, all Class 12<br />
students of Amity International School<br />
in Noida, who said they "want to change<br />
the stereotype of technology being a<br />
male-dominant space".<br />
The girls went to San Francisco, US this<br />
month to participate in the Technovation<br />
Challenge, the world's largest technology<br />
and entrepreneurship programme for<br />
girls, where they clinched the bronze<br />
medal for their innovative app.<br />
"'Maitri' allows old-age homes and<br />
orphanages to sign up and organise<br />
meetings, thus facilitating children and<br />
senior citizens to spend time together.<br />
The app has seen over 1,000 downloads<br />
till date and has 13 old-age homes and 7<br />
orphanages connected through it," said<br />
Ananya.
04 Touristic<br />
Friday, <strong>August</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2019</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 Pages<br />
PM Modi launches USD 4.2mn<br />
redevelopment project of iconic<br />
Shreenathji Temple in Bahrain<br />
Manama: Prime Minister Narendra<br />
Modi launched Sunday the USD 4.2<br />
million redevelopment project of the<br />
200-year-old Lord Sri Krishna temple<br />
here and said it manifests the strong<br />
ties between India and Bahrain.<br />
Narendra Modi, the first Indian Prime<br />
Minister to visit the key Gulf nation,<br />
offered prayers at the Shreenathji<br />
Temple here, the oldest temple in the<br />
region, and also ate the ‘prasad’ that<br />
he bought with the RuPay card after<br />
launching Saturday it in the UAE.<br />
“Spent time at Bahrain’s Shreenathji<br />
Temple. This is among the oldest<br />
temples in the region and manifests the<br />
strong ties between India and Bahrain,”<br />
Modi tweeted and shared some of the<br />
blessed moments from the temple in<br />
his tweet. Narendra Modi also greeted<br />
and interacted the Indian diaspora, who<br />
came to witness the event at the temple.<br />
The Prime Minister then unveiled<br />
the plaque, thus officially launching<br />
the redevelopment project of the iconic<br />
temple. The facelift for the Shreenathji<br />
(Shree Krishna) temple in Manama will<br />
kick off later this year.<br />
The USD 4.2 million redevelopment<br />
project will be on a piece of land<br />
measuring 16,500 square feet and the<br />
new four-floor structure covering<br />
45,000 square feet will have an overall<br />
height of <strong>30</strong> metres.<br />
““Thank you Bahrain for the warmth<br />
and affection. PM @narendra modi<br />
concludes his historic visit with<br />
prayers at the 200 years old Shreenathji<br />
Temple in #Manama, the oldest temple<br />
in the region. The temple reflects<br />
the pluralism of Bahraini society,”<br />
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson<br />
Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet.<br />
The heritage and the 200-year-old<br />
legacy of the temple will be highlighted<br />
in the redevelopment and the new<br />
iconic complex will house the sanctum<br />
sanctorum and prayer halls.<br />
There are also facilities for<br />
traditional Hindu marriage ceremonies<br />
and other rituals, promoting Bahrain<br />
as a wedding destination and boosting<br />
tourism. The temple corridors will<br />
be adorned with paintings by various<br />
Indian and Bahraini artists and people<br />
of all faiths are welcome.<br />
Around 3,50,000 Indian nationals,<br />
mostly from Kerala, live in Bahrain. The<br />
Indian community comprise a third of<br />
Bahrain’s total population of 1.2 million.<br />
'Virasat-e-Khalsa',<br />
museum with highest<br />
footfall in India<br />
Built to commemorate <strong>30</strong>0 years of the<br />
founding of the 'Khalsa Panth' by the<br />
10th Master, Guru Gobind Singh, the<br />
'Virasat-e-Khalsa' museum in the Sikh<br />
holy town of Anandpur Sahib in Punjab<br />
has emerged as the museum with the<br />
highest footfall in the country.<br />
Just over 7 years after it was<br />
inaugurated in Nov 2011, the museum<br />
has been seen by over 97 lakh visitors<br />
so far. On average over 5,000 visitors<br />
visit the museum daily, tourism<br />
department officials said.<br />
The 'Limca Book of Records' recently<br />
listed the 'Virasat-e-Khalsa' museum as<br />
the country's "top-ranked museum" in<br />
terms of number of visitors.<br />
"Virasat-e-Khalsa has added another<br />
feather in its cap by becoming the top<br />
ranked museum in the country.<br />
Located close to Takht Keshgarh Sahib,<br />
the second most important Sikh shrine<br />
(after the Golden Temple complex)<br />
in Anandpur Sahib, 85 km from<br />
Chandigarh, where the Khalsa Panth -- a<br />
kind of Praetorian Guard -- was founded<br />
by Guru Gobind Singh on April 13, 1699.<br />
Spread across 6,500-square metres,<br />
the 'Virasat-e-Khalsa' museum narrates<br />
the story of Punjab and Sikhism using<br />
hand-crafted artefacts and the latest<br />
technology in an interactive manner.<br />
Designed by acclaimed Israeli<br />
architect Moshe Safdie, an urban<br />
planner with a celebrated 50-year career<br />
in designing structures worldwide, the<br />
museum is a story-telling repository --<br />
the first on this scale in the world.<br />
"The museum has been envisioned<br />
as the world's largest cultural and<br />
historical museum dedicated to a single<br />
community.<br />
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<strong>2019</strong> Rolex Awards for Enterprise laureates<br />
Krithi Karanth and Grégoire Courtine<br />
Meet two of the five Rolex Awards for Enterprise laureates, whose inspiring projects will improve life on Earth as part of the<br />
watchmaker's Perpetual Planet campaign<br />
Rolex, a firm supporter of explorers<br />
and individuals to discover more<br />
about planet Earth and to find ways<br />
to preserve the natural world, has<br />
launched the Perpetual Planet<br />
campaign this year to further its<br />
commitment to maintaining the wellbeing<br />
of our planet.<br />
One of the three key pillars of<br />
the campaign is the Rolex Awards<br />
for Enterprise, an award to foster<br />
entrepreneurship, advance human<br />
knowledge and protect our cultural<br />
heritage and the environment. (The<br />
other two are marine conservationist<br />
Sylvia Earle's Mission Blue initiative<br />
and Rolex's deepened partnership with<br />
the National Geographic Society.)<br />
After a few rounds of presentations<br />
and selection by an independent jury,<br />
five Laureates were unveiled in a<br />
ceremony in Washington in June.<br />
Here, two of the Laureates—Indian<br />
conservation scientist Krithi Karanth<br />
and French scientist Grégoire<br />
Courtine—reveal more about their<br />
projects and their ambitions to solving<br />
Earth's key challenges.<br />
KRITHI KARANTH, 40<br />
As the chief conservation scientist<br />
at the Centre for Wildlife Studies in<br />
India, she wants to reduce the friction<br />
between wildlife and people living<br />
Gucci’s new<br />
Grip watches are<br />
inspired by Skaters<br />
of the 1970s<br />
Gucci introduces its new watch line,<br />
Grip, inspired<br />
by skaters of<br />
the late 1970s.<br />
The name of<br />
the collection<br />
references the<br />
way a rider’s<br />
sneakers<br />
stick to the<br />
grip tape on a<br />
skateboard.<br />
Giving off<br />
clear vintage<br />
vibes, Gucci’s<br />
Grip watches<br />
feature three<br />
windows on<br />
the face, as<br />
three white rotary disks indicate the<br />
hours, minutes, and date. The font is<br />
then inspired by early digital watches<br />
of the ’70s.<br />
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interchangeable straps available in<br />
Gucci boutiques.<br />
Gucci’s Grip watches currently run<br />
from $1,550 to $2,050. You can purchase<br />
them today.<br />
near Indian national parks. Every<br />
year, there are numerous cases which<br />
see animals and humans clashing,<br />
resulting in collateral damage, injury<br />
and death on both sides. Karanth’s<br />
team aims to mitigate the situation by<br />
reducing threats, raising conservation<br />
awareness and providing education to<br />
local communities, as well as assisting<br />
with compensation claims through<br />
Wild Seve, a toll-free helpline.<br />
Nike's rare<br />
'Moon Shoes'<br />
sold for over R3 cr<br />
A pair of 1972 running shoes, one of the<br />
first pairs made by Nike Inc, sold for<br />
$437,500 (over Rs 3 crore) on Tuesday,<br />
shattering the record for a pair of<br />
sneakers at public auction.<br />
The so-called Nike "Moon Shoe,"<br />
designed by Nike co-founder and track<br />
coach Bill Bowerman for runners at<br />
the 1972 Olympics trials, was the top lot<br />
in the first-ever auction dedicated to<br />
Creative Artist Agency<br />
"We’ve implemented this system at a<br />
local level successfully and we want<br />
to scale it upwards. We are now in<br />
two of India’s premier parks, and we<br />
hope to move into six more parks.<br />
Fundamentally, the toll-free helpline<br />
can be systemised. What is more<br />
important: if someone calls, you have<br />
to show up at the scene soon after.<br />
We are happy to share this idea with<br />
anyone in the world, and use this<br />
structure to help other people."<br />
— Krithi Karanth<br />
GRÉGOIRE COURTINE, 44<br />
An avid sportsman himself,<br />
the French scientist, who is an<br />
associate professor at the Center<br />
for Neuroprosthetics and Brain<br />
Mind Institute at the Swiss Federal<br />
Institute of Technology and a clinical<br />
investigator in the Department of<br />
Neurosurgery of the University<br />
Hospital of Vaud—both in Lausanne,<br />
Switzerland—has met many young<br />
people who have been paralysed due<br />
to serious sports injuries. Hence, he<br />
is developing an electronic “bridge”<br />
that will be implanted between the<br />
patient’s brain and lumbar spinal<br />
cord. The “bridge”, which is supported<br />
by wireless technology, will link<br />
brain signals controlling voluntary<br />
movement with electrical stimulation<br />
sneakers at Sotheby's auction house in<br />
New York.<br />
The handmade "Moon Shoe," with a<br />
waffle sole pattern, was one of only 12<br />
pairs ever made and the pair that were<br />
auctioned on Tuesday are the only ones<br />
known to exist in an unworn condition,<br />
Sotheby's said.<br />
The buyer was Canadian investor and<br />
car collector Miles Nadal.<br />
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of the lower spinal cord—there is<br />
potential for this to encourage nerve<br />
regrowth and thus, restore control of<br />
the legs.<br />
"If treatment is started early, then<br />
there is a good chance of recovery. It<br />
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their nerve fibres to grow again, so an<br />
individual can walk without electrical<br />
stimulation."<br />
— Grégoire Courtine
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Jennifer Lopez<br />
reveals she was<br />
told 'you'll play<br />
maids' due to her<br />
ethnicity<br />
Jennifer Lopez is an icon, hands down.<br />
But the singer, dancer and actress<br />
remembers her early attempts at<br />
movies and how the industry pushed<br />
back because of her ethnicity.<br />
"Maybe <strong>30</strong> years ago, it was very 'Oh,<br />
you're the Latin girl. You'll do Spanish<br />
roles; you'll play maids; you'll only be<br />
limited to this little box,'" she told Variety.<br />
The J-Lo we know and love wouldn't<br />
let that kind of discrimination keep<br />
her down.<br />
"It's about getting people in the<br />
business — the agents, the managers,<br />
the Tommy Mottolas of the world — to<br />
believe this girl can do more. But you<br />
have to prove yourself too," she added.<br />
Eventually she was cast in "Selena" and<br />
Cali kicks off<br />
festival celebrating<br />
Colombia’s Pacific<br />
music<br />
Colombia’s third largest city, Cali,<br />
kicked off its annual Petronio Alvarez<br />
Festival, the largest celebration of the<br />
country’s rich Pacific music culture.<br />
This year’s edition is centered around<br />
the role of women in the musical<br />
culture of the predominantly black<br />
inhabitants of the Pacific region who<br />
share their unique culture with coastal<br />
inhabitants of Colombia’s neighbor to<br />
the south, Ecuador.<br />
The festival that kicked off on<br />
Thursday and lasts until Monday will<br />
offer visitors daily concerts of artists<br />
from the coastal provinces of Nariño,<br />
Cauca, Valle del Cauca and Choco.<br />
Additionally, visitors can take part<br />
in workshops or attend debates about<br />
the Afrocolombian music and dance<br />
culture with the unique sound of<br />
the region’s most important musical<br />
instrument, the marimba.<br />
The 2017 edition is the 21st of the<br />
festival named after Buenaventura<br />
musician Petronio Alvarez (1914 – 1966),<br />
the unofficial King of Currulao.<br />
Currulao is one of the folkloric Pacific<br />
music styles declared an Intangible<br />
Cultural Heritage of Humanity by<br />
UNESCO in 2015.<br />
The majority of events are organized<br />
in the Alberto Galindo sports complex,<br />
located in the southwest of Cali.<br />
says that film "made the impact that it<br />
needed to make," inspiring a generation<br />
of future Latin actresses and stars.<br />
Lopez spoke to the magazine to<br />
promote her new, empowering film,<br />
"Hustlers." Almost three decades after<br />
she got her start, the industry is now<br />
heading in the right direction, she said.<br />
In a first, book on<br />
Indian classical music<br />
in Chinese language<br />
released in Beijing<br />
In a first of its kind initiative, an<br />
encyclopedia of Indian classical music<br />
in Chinese language was unveiled.<br />
The book titled “The Musical Culture<br />
of India”, which traces back the origins<br />
of various Indian music forms, was<br />
authored by noted Chinese musician<br />
and scholar Prof Chen Ziming.<br />
The book was launched at the<br />
Indian Embassy here by the Deputy<br />
Ambassador of India, Dr Acquino<br />
Vimal, and renowned Bharatnatyam<br />
exponent Leela Samson. Launching<br />
the book, Vimal said the growing<br />
popularity of Indian music in China<br />
shows that is a powerful means to bring<br />
people of the two countries closer.<br />
Praising Chen’s contribution towards<br />
popularising Indian<br />
music in China, he<br />
said, “His book has<br />
great significance.<br />
It has systematic<br />
exposition of<br />
musical culture in<br />
India.”<br />
Chen, 86, is a<br />
famous violinist<br />
and is associated<br />
with China Conservatory of Music,<br />
a leading institution for the study of<br />
traditional Chinese music and musical<br />
instruments, had spent decades in India<br />
studying Indian music.<br />
“The book is a first monograph on<br />
music in India written in Chinese<br />
which can fill the void in the field,”<br />
said Chen, who was closely associated<br />
with sitar maestro Pandit Ravi<br />
Shankar and Samson. The book has<br />
13 chapters of content, including on<br />
cultural background, origin, history,<br />
types of Indian music, basic theory,<br />
ragas, talas, musical instruments,<br />
music genre and folk music.<br />
A lover of India and its music, Chen<br />
first visited India in 1989 as a foreign<br />
scholar to study Indian music.<br />
Nick Jonas gives his<br />
seal of approval to<br />
meme comparing his<br />
style with Govinda’s.<br />
See pic<br />
American singer Nick Jonas has<br />
shared a mene in which Bollywood<br />
actor Govinda is being compared to<br />
him. Govinda’s pic is from an old<br />
Bollywood movie while Nick’s pic is<br />
from his recently released music video<br />
for Only Human.<br />
In the picture that Nick shared on<br />
his Instagram stories, both Govinda<br />
and the American singer are wearing<br />
yellow rimmed shades and shiny red<br />
dress. While Nick has a plain and<br />
simple shirt on, Govinda is wearing<br />
one of trademark bright colour and<br />
printed jacket.<br />
This is not the first time that Nick<br />
appreciated Govinda and his style.<br />
It was only recently that Nick’s wife<br />
and Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra<br />
made him dance to a 90s Bollywood hit<br />
number featuring Govinda.<br />
Mika Singh<br />
apologies, FWICE<br />
lifts ban on him<br />
Days after he was banned by a film<br />
workers’ body for performing in<br />
Pakistan, playback singer Mika Singh<br />
on Wednesday <strong>issue</strong>d an apology.<br />
Following his statement, the<br />
Federation of Western India Cine<br />
Employees (FWICE) revoked its ‘ban’.<br />
The FWICE had ‘banned’ the singer as<br />
he performed at a wedding in Karachi.<br />
Its members will not take part in his<br />
concerts and programs, it had said.<br />
At a press conference here on<br />
Wednesday, Mika claimed his<br />
performance in the neighbouring<br />
country at a time when tensions<br />
between India and Pakistan were high<br />
following the abrogation of Article 370<br />
was merely a coincidence.<br />
“It is a coincidence that I went there and<br />
Article 370 happened. If I made a mistake,<br />
then I apologise to the federation and the<br />
entire nation,” Mika told reporters.<br />
The FWICE said in a release that it<br />
had lifted the ban on the singer.<br />
As per reports, Mika performed in<br />
Karachi on <strong>August</strong> 8. He later faced<br />
flak on social media for performing in<br />
Pakistan.<br />
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Happy hours at Cafe Mambo<br />
| Mon | Tue | Thu - 6 PM to 11 PM<br />
(Buy 1 Get 1 Free on selected brands)<br />
Café Mambo’s Tagline “where the world<br />
comes together” is apt, as this is the<br />
place where locals, weekender visitors and<br />
international tourists all come together<br />
to enjoy a fun night out. It’s a chilled out<br />
zone to meet up with friends & catch up<br />
for a drink over some great house music.<br />
Café Mambo is within walking distance<br />
from Calangute. The café started as<br />
another run of the mill joint, gained<br />
immense popularity immediately.<br />
Club Tito’s offers an unforgettable<br />
Nightlife Experience in Goa. It is<br />
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setting for a nightclub than Club<br />
Tito’s which is situated on Tito’s Lane,<br />
a hop skip and jump away from Baga<br />
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While the sun is still out you can’t<br />
take your eyes away from the lovely<br />
beach, the calm village life and the<br />
breezy ocean air. When it’s dark the<br />
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different form with loud music, people<br />
dancing and clubs and restaurants<br />
bustling with visitors both of Indian<br />
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Akshaye Khanna feels 'Dil Chahta Hai'<br />
sequel will be fun when Saif Ali Khan,<br />
Aamir Khan and he will be 50+<br />
Farah Khan reveals<br />
her father Kamran<br />
Khan died penniless<br />
Filmmaker Farah Khan said that<br />
her father, film producer Kamran<br />
Khan, died penniless after his movies<br />
flopped at the box-office, which is why<br />
she feels responsible as a filmmaker<br />
that everyone who involved in the<br />
filmmaking business should make<br />
money when a film is released.<br />
"I would rather have exhibitors and<br />
theatre owners give me an award<br />
saying my movies are making money<br />
for everybody. I think for me, that is<br />
important as a filmmaker. My father<br />
was a producer and he died penniless<br />
because his movies flopped. So, I<br />
always feel it's my responsibility as a<br />
filmmaker (to ensure) everyone makes<br />
money when my movie is released<br />
-- be it the samosawaala or theatres<br />
owners," said Farah, while interacting<br />
with the media at Big Cine Expo <strong>2019</strong><br />
on Tuesday in Mumbai felicitated at<br />
the event.<br />
Akshaye Khanna recently interacted<br />
with the mediapersons at the trailer<br />
launch event of his upcoming release<br />
Section 375. The actor was quizzed<br />
about a sequel to Farhan Akhtar<br />
directorial Dil Chahta Hai in which<br />
he stars along with Saif Ali Khan and<br />
Aamir Khan. Akshaye shared that the<br />
film's sequel will be a good idea when<br />
all the three lead actors will be over 50<br />
years in age.<br />
Interestingly, Dil Chahta Hai recently<br />
clocked 18 years of its release as<br />
well. During his interaction with the<br />
media, Akshaye Khanna was asked<br />
what would the characters of the film<br />
be doing as of today, in his opinion.<br />
Akshaye told the mediapersons, "I<br />
always told Farhan that wait till all<br />
of us are fifty plus and then make Dil<br />
Chahta Hai 2."<br />
He added saying, "Then it will be fun,<br />
it is no fun if you make it after 10-15<br />
years. So now Aamir is 50 plus, Saif<br />
will be there soon and I'll take a little<br />
more time and then we'll see!"<br />
Starring Aamir Khan, Akshaye<br />
Kumar and Saif Ali Khan in the leads,<br />
Dil Chahta Hai explored the different<br />
dynamics that the three friends share,<br />
how they grow apart post college owing<br />
to their different approaches towards<br />
their relationships and how they finall<br />
fall back together again. The film<br />
marked the directorial debut of Farhan<br />
Akhtat and remains one of the best<br />
movies exporing the bond of friendship<br />
and love in Bollywood.<br />
YouTube Originals will be free<br />
to watch starting September 24<br />
YouTube is making some YouTube Originals shows and episodes<br />
free to watch for with ads<br />
Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund<br />
commits $5 million to Amazon rain forest<br />
The alarming wildfires have also sparked widespread outrage online,<br />
prompting a number of celebrities to use their social media platforms to<br />
raise awareness.<br />
YouTube is finally making its original<br />
shows and movies free for everyone to<br />
watch. YouTube Originals are exclusive<br />
to members of YouTube Premium.<br />
Starting September 24, viewers will<br />
be able to watch YouTube Originals<br />
without a premium membership.<br />
YouTube had announced earlier this<br />
year that it would make some of its<br />
original programming free for users.<br />
However, these YouTube Originals will<br />
be ad supported. Also, not all episodes<br />
of a show will be available for free<br />
viewing. YouTube will also restrict<br />
some episodes for a limited time.<br />
“Some YouTube Original series,<br />
movies, and live events are available<br />
for viewing without a YouTube<br />
Premium subscription. However,<br />
you will see ads during this viewing<br />
experience and only select episodes<br />
may be available for streaming at any<br />
time,” YouTube said in its blog post.<br />
Interested viewers can check<br />
YouTube Originals channel to see<br />
which shows and movies are free to<br />
watch. Those which are still exclusive<br />
to YouTube Premium members will<br />
have the ‘Premium’ tag below the<br />
video. Among the YouTube Originals<br />
shows which are currently free or will<br />
be free are Cobra Kai, Groom, Impulse,<br />
Liza on Demand and Mind Field.<br />
Although free, the list of shows is quite<br />
limited for viewers. Popular shows like<br />
BTS: Burn The Stage, Scare PewDiePie,<br />
Youth and Consequences and Single by <strong>30</strong><br />
are still exclusive to YouTube Premium.<br />
Once the free viewing starts, YouTube<br />
could make more shows available.<br />
This will also work only in countries<br />
where YouTube Premium is available.<br />
YouTube launched its premium<br />
subscription service in India earlier this<br />
year. YouTube Premium is priced at Rs<br />
129 per month. Under this membership,<br />
YouTube Premium users get ad-free<br />
viewing, video and playlist downloads,<br />
all access to YouTube Originals including<br />
bonus scenes, free YouTube Music<br />
subscription and background play.<br />
YouTube Premium users can<br />
also connect to Google Home smart<br />
speakers and Chromecast Audio.<br />
Separately, YouTube Music is available<br />
for Rs 99 per month in India.<br />
Los Angeles: Hollywood star Leonardo<br />
DiCaprio's environmental initiative called<br />
Earth Alliance has pledged $5 million<br />
towards the preservation of the Amazon<br />
rain forest following the wildfires.<br />
The new organisation's emergency<br />
Amazon Forest Fund is working to<br />
support local partners and indigenous<br />
communities in their efforts to protect<br />
the sensitive habitats within the Amazon,<br />
reports variety.com. The funds will be<br />
donated to five local organizations.<br />
According to the fund's website, more<br />
than 72,000 fires have been reported<br />
by Brazil's National Institute for Space<br />
Research (INPE) - a sharp growth from<br />
2018's 40,000 fires, which can largely be<br />
attributed to an unprecedented surge<br />
in deforestation by cattle operations<br />
and feed crops.<br />
The alarming wildfires have also<br />
sparked widespread outrage online,<br />
prompting a number of celebrities to<br />
use their social media platforms to<br />
raise awareness.<br />
"The largest rainforest in the world<br />
is a critical piece of the global climate<br />
solution. Without the Amazon, we<br />
cannot keep the Earth's warming<br />
in check," DiCaprio had written on<br />
Instagram.<br />
Founded in July by DiCaprio,<br />
Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth,<br />
Earth Alliance is a climate change<br />
organisation led by an independent<br />
management team of scientists and<br />
conservationists, working to protect<br />
ecosystems and wildlife, ensure climate<br />
justice, support renewable energy and<br />
secure indigenous rights.
09 Goa!<br />
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The colours of<br />
Bonderam in Divar<br />
Source: ETIMES<br />
The scenic Divar Island was full of<br />
colourful flags, traditional bands,<br />
authentic food and lots of excitement<br />
as crowds flocked to the village to<br />
witness the annual Bonderam festival<br />
that took place on Saturday afternoon.<br />
People took part in the Bonderachi<br />
Pasoi, which aimed at bringing out<br />
the festival’s heritage aspect, apart<br />
from traditional games like kattodio<br />
(coconut-smashing competition). There<br />
were also performances by a brass<br />
band and other Goan musicians, and<br />
even a float parade. Bonderachi Pasoi<br />
Several houses were decorated<br />
with flags and colourful banners to<br />
welcome people, with some villagers<br />
opening their houses and offering<br />
traditional sweets to those taking part<br />
in the heritage walk. The pasoi started<br />
from the church and went around the<br />
village, stopping at eight houses where<br />
the revellers were warmly welcomed<br />
and served chone, doce, chai, alle belle,<br />
pude, sanna or patoleos. “Some of the<br />
people had never tasted these,” says<br />
Marius Fernandes, who organised the<br />
Bonderachi Pasoi.<br />
The walk was led by school students<br />
holding flags and a traditional band<br />
playing music. Folk songs, dance<br />
performances and other presentations<br />
along the way ensured everyone got<br />
the true essence of the festival that<br />
has been forgotten over time. “We<br />
aimed at going back to our roots and<br />
celebrating the way our ancestors did.<br />
Earlier, the procession would start<br />
from the church and go around the<br />
boundaries of the village. It included<br />
a brass band and flag carriers, and the<br />
whole village would join in with mock<br />
guns, which have been discontinued<br />
due to accidents. Over time, Bonderam<br />
started changing because of western<br />
influence. So, we aimed to recreate the<br />
olden times,” says Marius.<br />
The two-hour-long pasoi, or walk,<br />
was attended by people from all over.<br />
“Apart from food, some of the houses<br />
offered to show their skills like playing<br />
the saxophone and so on. Over 60<br />
students of Don Bosco College joined us<br />
to perform traditional music. We also<br />
organised the Bonderachem Jevonn<br />
for them before the pasoi commenced,”<br />
says Marius. The pasoi, which was<br />
introduced on a trial basis last year,<br />
has seen a great response this year and<br />
will be a regular feature of Bonderam.<br />
Viraj Naik from Vasco, who<br />
frequently visits Divar and was at<br />
Bonderam and Bonderachi Pasoi,<br />
says, “It’s great to witness this festival<br />
because they are trying to maintain<br />
the cultural aspects of Goa. It also<br />
helps tourism in a positive way. It’s<br />
not commercial and brings out the<br />
traditions and heritage of Goa in the<br />
truest form. It also signifies unity, as<br />
all the villagers come together as niz<br />
goenkars do. The pasoi focused on the<br />
traditional sweets and highlighted the<br />
ghumot, which was indeed great.”<br />
Float parade, kattodio and more<br />
Tourists and Goans also gathered to<br />
take part in Kattodio — the traditional<br />
coconut-smashing competition.<br />
Everyone including the Goa police<br />
and firefighters were encouraged to<br />
participate. It was followed by a fancydress<br />
competition and very soon Johnny<br />
B Gud with Bushka took the stage to<br />
entertain the crowd with foot-tapping<br />
Konkani numbers. The band Double R<br />
also performed some Goan favourites.<br />
The float parade organised by the St<br />
Mathias Sports and Cultural Club was<br />
a grand event, with members of all<br />
four wards — Belsur, Amboi, Goddar<br />
and Church — taking part with their<br />
own floats, musicians and dancers. The<br />
floats depicted traditional occupation<br />
and village life and took the crowd<br />
down memory lane.<br />
People from Belsur ward had a float<br />
portraying lives of fisherfolks. With<br />
a strength of over 70 people, they had<br />
people dressed in different costumes.<br />
“Fishing is a traditional occupation on<br />
Divar island. But now, not many are<br />
dependent on fishing or agriculture<br />
anymore. Through this float, we aim to<br />
portray the times gone by and hope that<br />
it’s revived soon,” says Salu de Madar,<br />
a tiatrist who was a part of the float.<br />
“We’ve been taking part in Bonderam<br />
ever since we learnt to walk,” says<br />
Salome Pereira, who was a part of the<br />
float. Katia Heredia adds, “There are<br />
70 people in our float and it includes<br />
people of all ages. We practice for<br />
two weeks or so, and everyone starts<br />
showing up only closer to the date<br />
of Bonderam.” The group were the<br />
winners of the float parade.<br />
Alex Vaz from Goddar, who was there<br />
with their float depicting traditional<br />
workmen like the toddy tapper, poder<br />
and so on, says, “I have been taking<br />
part with my brother for a very long<br />
time. We make it a point to organise<br />
the float each year. We are around 40<br />
people in the float and the dancers are<br />
practising for two weeks now. The float<br />
was made within a couple of days.”<br />
Look who rocked Goa last weekend!<br />
Nikhil Chinapa dazzled the crowd<br />
with house music on Saturday night as<br />
hundreds gathered in Vagator for the<br />
Satellite Beachside Festival. Chinapa<br />
who also hosted the party was seen<br />
mingling with the crowd and making<br />
them dance to his tunes. The long<br />
weekend and a stellar line-up of DJs<br />
sure did pull the crowd in, but it was<br />
Chinapa at the console who got them<br />
grooving!<br />
Apart from Chinapa, the threeday<br />
Satellite Beachside Festival featured<br />
popular International DJs Nick Muir<br />
(UK), Modeplex (GER), Tuhin Mehta,<br />
Armando and others. Music lovers<br />
were seen with high energy levels<br />
and showed no sign of slowing down<br />
as the party went on till wee hours in<br />
morning on each night.<br />
“Satellite Beachside was a banger.<br />
My favourite was Tuhin Mehta on the<br />
last day, his drops were mental, and<br />
he lifted spirits all through his set.<br />
What a techno god! A big shout out to<br />
Nikhil Chinapa for bringing together<br />
Satellite!” said Arathe Rajeev, one of<br />
the party goers. The rad festival was<br />
jampacked with people making their<br />
way to the venue to enjoy the vibes<br />
while sipping on drinks, grooving and<br />
jumping to the beats of their favourite<br />
DJs. The three-day extravaganza was a<br />
treat for house and techno music fans.
10 Leisure<br />
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Priyam Chatterjee becomes first Indian<br />
Chef to receive French honour<br />
NEW DELHI: Priyam Chatterjee<br />
on Monday became the first Indian<br />
chef to be awarded the ''Chevalier de<br />
l''Ordre du Merite Agricoleto'' by the<br />
government of France to recognise his<br />
contribution towards reinventing the<br />
gastronomic scene in India.<br />
Mr Chatterjee (<strong>30</strong>) is best known for<br />
revisiting the traditional dishes from<br />
his native state of West Bengal and<br />
giving it a French twist.<br />
"I am living my dream at this moment<br />
because any form of words or dialogue<br />
will not justify this moment," he said.<br />
Mr Chatterjee added that the 2 major<br />
factors influencing his culinary practice<br />
were that of his family and France.<br />
Born into a Bengali family of<br />
"exceptional cooks and artists", where<br />
feasts were a regular affair, it was only<br />
natural for a young Mr Chatterjee to<br />
love everything about food, be it eating,<br />
or serving.<br />
He realised French cuisine was his true<br />
calling during his very first professional<br />
stint at Park Hyatt in Hyderabad where<br />
he met French chef Jean Claude who<br />
trained Mr Chatterjee to "learn French<br />
cuisine, precisely and with passion."<br />
"In the process, what he did was<br />
he made me fall in love with France<br />
completely!" the chef said.<br />
Mr Chatterjee is currently the head<br />
chef at Jaan Restaurant Yacht in<br />
France, before which he was the head<br />
chef of Rooh, and Qla, both located in<br />
Mehrauli.<br />
He also takes a keen interest in music<br />
as well as art.<br />
"This is actually the first time that we<br />
are celebrating the talent of a young<br />
chef at this embassy by conferring this<br />
distinction.<br />
"This honour recognizes your talent<br />
and your commitment to promoting<br />
French cuisine," Alexandre Ziegler,<br />
Ambassador of France to India, said.<br />
The award, instituted in 1883, the<br />
''Ordre du Merite Agricole'' (Order of<br />
Agricultural Merit) is a distinction<br />
bestowed by the French Republic for<br />
outstanding contributions, among<br />
others, to agriculture, agro-food<br />
industry and gastronomy.<br />
In the Philippines,<br />
students now have<br />
to plant 10 trees<br />
before they graduate<br />
On May 15, the Philippine Congress<br />
officially passed a Bill stating that all<br />
students from elementary school, high<br />
school, and college (roughly equivalent<br />
to primary school, secondary school and<br />
university) must plant at least 10 trees<br />
in order to graduate, CNN reported.<br />
The trees can be planted in either<br />
forests, mangroves, reserves, urban areas,<br />
abandoned mining sites, or in indigenous<br />
territory, according to the Bill.<br />
According to CNN, the trees must be<br />
also appropriate for the area’s climate,<br />
and indigenous tree species are preferred.<br />
The Bill – named the “Graduation<br />
Legacy for the Environment Act 2016”<br />
– was introduced by congressman Gary<br />
Alejano to promote “inter-generational<br />
responsibility” over environmental<br />
protection.<br />
“While we recognise the right of the<br />
youth to a balanced and healthy ecology…<br />
there is no reason why they cannot be<br />
made to contribute in order to ensure that<br />
this will be an actual reality,” Alejano<br />
wrote in the Bill’s explanatory note.<br />
He added that the initiative would see<br />
at least 175 million new trees planted<br />
every year, totalling over 525 billion<br />
additional trees “in the course of one<br />
generation”.<br />
He added that these trees will become<br />
the students’ living legacy to the<br />
environment and future generations.
11 Trending<br />
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Himesh Reshammiya records song with<br />
internet sensation Ranu Mondal<br />
"Ranu Mondal has a divine voice," wrote Himesh Reshammiya<br />
Triumph Rocket 3<br />
So, this is what a 2500cc motorcycle<br />
looks like<br />
Singer-composer Himesh Reshammiya<br />
feels that Ranu Mondal, who became<br />
an Internet sensation after a video<br />
of her singing the evergreen Lata<br />
Mangeshkar hit, Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma<br />
Hai, went viral, has a special gift. He<br />
has offered her a song in his upcoming<br />
movie "Happy Hardy and Heer".<br />
Ranu Mondal will make an appearance<br />
on "Superstar Singer" and meet the<br />
kids and judges, including Himesh.<br />
"Salman (Khan) bhai's father Salim<br />
uncle once advised me that whenever<br />
in life I come across a talented person,<br />
I should never let that person go and<br />
keep him/her close to me. He advised<br />
me to help that person grow his/her<br />
talent," Himesh said.<br />
"Today, I met Ranuji and I feel that<br />
she is blessed with divinity. Her<br />
singing was mesmerising and I could<br />
not stop myself from offering her the<br />
best I could. She has a god's gift which<br />
needs to be shared with the world and<br />
by singing in my upcoming movie,<br />
'Happy Hardy and Heer', I think I will<br />
help her voice reach everyone."<br />
The song is titled Teri Meri Kahani.<br />
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Triumph motorcycles recently<br />
unveiled the latest generation of its<br />
super-cruiser in the international<br />
markets, the Rocket 3. The motorcycle<br />
is available in two variants and retains<br />
the title of the largest displacement<br />
production motorcycle in the world.<br />
The Rocket 3 will be available in<br />
two variants including the Rocket 3 R<br />
and the Rocket 3 GT. The R variant is<br />
built as a roadster with mid-position<br />
footrests and a more aggressive riding<br />
stance. The GT gets feet-forward<br />
footrests and a touring style handlebar.<br />
It also gets a more comfortable seating,<br />
a backrest for the pillion, a taller<br />
flyscreen and heated grips. Its footrest<br />
position for the pillion can be adjusted<br />
as well.<br />
The displacement of the motorcycles<br />
has increased by 164cc and they now<br />
get a 2,458cc engine. It makes 165 PS of<br />
maximum power and 221 Nm of peak<br />
torque. It makes 11 percent more power<br />
than the previous generation as it gets<br />
a tweaked crankcase, balance shafts<br />
and a dry-sump lubrication system. It<br />
also gets a new 6-speed transmission<br />
and a hydraulically actuated clutch<br />
with torque assist for lesser efforts in<br />
clutch operation.<br />
Triumph has not revealed the<br />
official prices of both the variants of<br />
the Rocket 3 in India, but it should be<br />
lower than the special edition Rocket 3<br />
TFC, which has a price tag of Rs 19.94<br />
lakh (ex-showroom). The motorcycles<br />
are expected to be launched in India by<br />
mid-2020.
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