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NOV 15 - NOV 28 2017
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Connecting Communities
The Role of NRIs, Page 14 By Bikram Vohra
Asian Lite, London’s most popular niche newspaper, has taken a �light to the Middle East. The 2012 How-Do award winner will now also serve the Asian diaspora in the MENA region from Dubai Dubai unveils CommerCity in MENA, Page 24
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Mr Bikram Vohra, the senior most Indian-origin journalist in the Gulf
he new edition from the commercial capital of the United Arab Emirates will give it a broader spectrum of news and act as bridge between that thriving region and the United Kingdom. Using it as a vehicle in tandem with the refurbished UK edition, it will focus on matters of finance, commerce and business, aviation and shipping and deal with cultural and social issues as well as offer hard news reports and in depth analyses. As a fortnightly tabloid newspaper with a strong digital presence, Asian Lite International intends to be different from other media outlets. It will be both a news purveyor and also a forum for debate and discussion. The editions will be produced in readerfriendly tabloid format and be the window to the world for the time pressed young professional families in the Middle East. In reverse, it will afford British based professionals and the business community a direct access to this huge and vibrant Middle Eastern market. Asian Lite will be the first TraDigital Tabloid from the region with two digital newsletters in every 24 hour cycle and a fortnightly traditional print version. We will be available in real time on different platforms including YouTube, WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook. Asian Lite will project itself as the ‘playground’ for different nationalities and aim to create a deeper understanding of other people and communities. Our newsroom (newsroomdubai@asianlite.com) will be open to our audience and there will be interaction with our patrons on a regular basis. We will encourage home makers, students, local business people, community organisations to contribute news contents. In truth a community newspaper by and of the community. CHAIRMAN Haji M Abdul Azeez Ravuther
CONSULTING EDITOR VP Ramachandran DIRECTOR Bikram Vohra Editorial & Corporate Communica�on bikram@asianlite.com EDITOR & GM Iqbal Azeez iqbal@asianlite.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Anasudhin Azeez azeez@asianlite.com DEPUTY EDITORS Dr Sekhar Vemuri Soniya Kirpalani
BUSINESS CONSULTANTS Harish Uthaiah KM Gopi Chelakkara NEW MEDIA Rafeek Ravuther ravuther@asianlite.com EDITORIAL CO-ORDINATOR Hafeez Mohammed hafeez@asianlite.com HEALTH EDITOR Dr Zainul Aabideen draabideen@asianlite.com FEATURE EDITOR Sudi� Jindal sudi�.jindal@gmail.com NEWSDESK Prasobh Padmanabhan newsroomdubai@asianlite.com
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AED 2.7 billion Dubai CommerCity will be the first regional e-commerce free zone in the MENA region
INTERVIEW: Kerala CM, Page12 By Kaliph Anaz There are lessons to learn from Kerala. The south Indian state is now setting standards for other Indian states to emulate for supporting its diaspora...
Naidu Offers Help for NRTs, Page 8 By Dr Sekhar Vemuri
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu meets top ministers and government officials besides the Telugu community in the UAE Lulu’s Mega Project in Dubai, Page 14 By Iqbal Azeez Capital-starved Indian property developers, sitting on huge unsold inventories of residential real estate, had been banking heavily on this year’s festive season to push sales and cut down their inventories...
‘Sharjah ruler’s visit a big boost for ties’, Page 21 “The visit is very significant because this is for the first time in the history of Gulf countries, a personality of this stature is visiting Kerala...”
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