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India’s ambassador in China. The next day, he will meet representatives of China Railway Corporation and some top companies. KCR will visit Great Wall of China on September 13 and the same day will arrive in Shenzhen, where he will meet industrialists at Shenzhen Hitech Park. On September 15, the chief minister will reach Hong Kong and have lunch-on meeting wit industrialists. He will also visit International Commerce Centre and Sky 100 observation deck, a top tourist destination. The delegation will return to Hyderabad by the special aircraft on September 16. This is the third foreign trip for KCR after he took over as the chief minister last June.
n Alabama police officer The chief minister accused of using exceswill reach Beijing on sive force against a “noSeptember 11 and English” speaking Indian will attend a dinner to be hosted by India’s grandfather walking in his son’s ambassador in China. neighborhood had no reason to Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is on a 10-day visit to China. think K.heKeshava may have committed Rajya Sabha member Switzerland-based World aEco- the new industrial policy unveiled Rao, legislators K. Eshwar nomicwas Forum has invited the chief in June this year is one of its kind in crime, a and USG.court told. Balaraju, state’s representative in minister for its meeting of ‘new the world as it guarantees all “The should Delhi Venugopala Chary, question chief champions’ to be heldhave at Dalian approvals for a business proposal in minister’s political secretary S. Sub- from September 9-11. He will 14 days. After attending the WEF been: Is there a language barrier?” hash Reddy, senior officials in address the meeting on “emerging meeting at Dalian, the delegation CMO and industrialists. markets at crossroads”. will reach Shanghai, where it will said Assistant US Attorney Robert Posey on September 4, the third Jaya knocks on PM door day of the trial of former police over Cauvery water officer Eric Parker, 26, in a Former police officer Eric slammed Sureshbhai Patel face-first onto the HYDERABAD CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minisgiving opportunities for students to Parker Huntsville, Alabama IANS, federal court. develop employability skills on among J. Jayalalithaa has the Indian with damaged spine. ground and fell top ofter him that left “They had no reason to tryof Andhra to he government the universities and colleges in the urged Prime Minister Pradesh has signed an MoU state,” said Naidu. Narendra Modi to think of a crime he may have a suspicious person with the Tata comInstitute of response The MoU involves strategic partadvise Karnataka to vidual who said ‘no English,’ who Social Sciences (TISS) to increase nerships with civil society organizarelease the Cauverywas fleeing from them, because it is mitted,” said Posey as reported by report. employability of students in the tions, public sector bodies, private river waters as per Jayalalithaa local news site Al.com. Theinstitutions judge and said state. sector socialthe entre-prosecution the orders of Cau- a crime to be in the country illeThe MoU envisages implementapreneurship organizations, to comverybarrier Water Disputesgally?” Tribunal argument uses the language she asked. He was responding Judge Madetion of programme activities of plement the efforts of the AP State (CWDT). Posey said Patel was never “fleeline Hughes Haikala regarding disregard that walked Inaway. ‘Andhra Pradesh University Stu- toKnowledge Mission, andhe accelerate a letter to Modi, Jayalalithaa dents Employability Skill Develop- its progress for achievement of the complained of wilful default by Kar“You can’t disregard that,” she ing” and that police had no right how Parker tackled Sureshbhai ment Program,’ a flagship initiative mission objectives. nataka in not adhering to the the statearrived government.from TISS has been designated for the schedule of release “to of Cauvery said. Plus, she said it’s not necessarPatel, 58, whoof had shake him down for immigraThe MoU was signed in Visakha- implementation of National Uniwater as stipulated by CWDT in its trueStudent he committed no crime. India six days patnam earlier, Feb 6 ilyversity tion5,papers.” on the on occasion of Teacher’s Skill Development final order dated February 2007. against the quantity of 94the judge argued police were in thethe presence of Chiefin Minis- Programme (NUSSD), “As indiwhen he cameDay, on scene “Can an officerwhich notaims stopTMC an But ter N. Chandrababu Naidu. to enhance employability skills of ft. of water due to Tamil Nadu
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British-Indian artist’s sculpture vandalized
PARIS: A controversial sculptu by a British-Indian artist, inform ly nicknamed the “Queen’s Vag na” or “Dirty Work”, has been v dalized once again in France’s Palace of Versailles where it w on display, the media reported September 7. Anish Kapoor’s artwork in th gardens of the royal chateau w sprayed in white paint with anti semitic phrases. Earlier in June, the huge ins lation comprising a huge steel funnel was splattered with pain before being cleaned.
Slammed Indian grandfather’s counsel tells the US trial court the Alabama police officer had no reason to think the man may have Indo-Canadians bag committed a crimeSTEM scholarships required to investigate due to the neighbor’s call. Posey suggested a jury might find Patel was neither resisting nor pulling away, which would make the takedown unreasonable. Posey called it a maneuvre “guaranteed to cause some injury. Some injury. I’m not saying he meant to break his back”. The jury on September 4 also heard from Johnny Lee Smith, a blackbelt who helped create the martial arts training program now used by police academies in Alabama. Quizzed by federal prosecutors Smith said when officers arrived they believed “crime may be afoot” and that Patel can be seen on the recording to take two, then four, then nine steps away. But the video shows small shuffling steps. “You wouldn’t describe it as escape attempt,” asked prosecutor Saaed Mody. “No, sir,” said Smith.
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edge the bond,” said Kerala Tourism secretary G. Kamala Vardhana Rao. Kerala Tourism, has more than 1.2 million fans on Facebook, is a pioneer in using information technology to spread awareness about the state’s destinations. For making the bidding a success, Kerala Tourism has partnered with accredited service providers from the state such as Kerala Tourism Development Corporation, Voyages Kerala, Intersight Holidays, Spice Land Holidays, Cosima Holidays, Dravi dian Trails, Indus Holidays, Kerala Travels and Travel Planners. The bidding will happen for one package at a time. The details of the package will be available on the Facebook app. The bidding process begins with signing up on Kerala Bid Wars Facebook app or downloading the Visit Kerala Bid Wars app from Play Store.
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Modi’s Digital India sparks war of words
National Humanities Bengaluru decks up to host international travel mart Medal for Jhumpa ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON IANS, BENGALURU
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bout 1,800 delegates from around 60 countries participated in the three-day international travel mart here that started on September 6. Winning the bid to host the 38th edition of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), the Karnataka government decked up the city to showcase and promote the scenic state as a favorite destination for international tourists and leisure travellers. “Bengaluru is the third city after Hyderabad (2011) and Delhi (2001) hosting the prestigious international travel mart to attract more
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rime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India initiative has sparked a war of words between pro- and anti-Modi academics Bengaluru of Indian spread wore a descent decked up look during theover three-day PATA event. major universities overseas American and domestic tourists to attractsahead a niche international audiKarnataka, endowed with ence by showcasing and promoting ofIndia hisand visit to Silicon Valley. rich heritage, flora and fauna,” varied tourist destinations and prodof countries Tourism R.V. Deshpande The Minister first salvo was fireductsby over in the region on a single platform. About 350 stalls told reporters. 100 “who engage from South stakeholders showcased their As professors the premier travel trade show and services. in theinAsia-Pacific region, PATA Asia our research and products teaching” Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking US technology executives to be wary of supporting Modi’s Digi- effort to cancel a video speech by tal India initiative when he visits Sil- Modi at a conference hosted by the icon Valley on September 27. Wharton business school, were Two English professors at Penn- among the signatories to the faculty sylvania University, Ania Loomba statement posted on the Academe and Suvir Kaul, who in 2013 led an Blog. The other group hit back with
Aseem Shukla, an associate professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, describing the anti-Modi petition “as a fine example of the Left’s illiberal attitude towards those who do not agree with them”. “A counter petition against the anti-Modi statement given by some faculty of South Asian studies” was initiated by Kare Kankanam on Change.org. By September 4 morning, the counter-petition accusing the antiModi group of lacking “the slightest respect for facts and for academic integrity” had gathered 1,230 supporters.
TORONTO: Five Indo-Canadia high school students have received this year’s prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships. Nimra Dar, Manpreet Deol, Aditya Mohan, Aishwarya Rosh and Simranjeet Singh were among 50 high school graduate who were awarded the scholarship to enrol in science, techno gy, engineering or mathematics (STEM) undergraduate programmes at participating unive ties in Canada and Israel, repo schulichleaders.com.
Preethika named for top teacher award
WASHINGTON: An Indian-Ame can associate professor has be named for the 2015 C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Teach Award for demonstrating specia dedication and creativity in her teaching. Preethika Kumar, who teach electrical engineering at Wichita State University will receive the national honor on November 19 New Brunswick, New Jersey.
WASHINGTON: Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri is one of the 10 distinguished recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal, to be presented by President Barack Obama at a White House IANS, WASHINGTON cessing algorithms and we ceremony on September 10. need extra processing to elim Lahiri has been awarded the team led by an Indianthe noise, because we don’t c medal “for enlarging the human American researcher has the noise. This is all done b story”, according to the White Try our 60% off coupon on invented a new imaging sensor,” he said. house citation. Groupon.com technique thatTimeless will lead depthOne prototype based on The medal honors an individual Therapies From Nature sensing cameras to work in bright model synchronizes a laser pr or organization whose work has We Help Hundreds with Chronic Conditions & Wellness light, especially sunlight, Enthusiast as well as tor with a common rolling deepened the nation’s underLive Healthy in darkness. ter camera -- the type of ca standing of Devon the humanAve experi- We bring 2745 West you famed Kerala Panchakarma Therapies , Herbal remedies to alleviate; used in most smartphones Depth-sensing cameras, suchSPORTS as ence, broadened citizens’ engage-ARTHERITIS, * Health Insurance BACK ACHE, INJURY, PARALYSIS, SKIN, DISORDERS , Chicago, IL 60659 , BP, CHOLESTROL, THYROID, MIGRAIN, ANXIETY, Microsoft’s KinectOBESITY, controller for that the camera detects light ment with history and literature or DIABETES coverage available , www.santhigramusa.com STRESS, video ALLERGIES, games, are beingASTHMA, widely usedINFERTILITY, PRE-POST NATAL CARE, AUTISM, from points being illuminate helped preserve and expand please call to check PARKINSON, MS, PCOS & MANY CONDITIONS TERMED INCURABLE BY 773-942-6161 as 3D sensors. MEDICINE. the laser as it scans across Americans’ access to cultural CONVENTIONAL The key is to gather only the bits Depth-sensing cameras like Microsoft’s Kinect controller are used as 3D sensors. scene. resources. of light the camera actually needs. camera and its light source work “We have a way of choosing the This not only makes it po The National Endowment for ENTERTAINMENT The researchers from Carnegie together efficiently. light rays PRESENTS we want to capture and for the camera to work u the Humanities manages the CINESTARZ Mellon University (CMU) and The new technology eliminated only those rays,” said Srinivasa extremely bright light or nominations process for the University of Toronto created a extraneous light or “noise” that Narasimhan, associate professor of highly reflected or diffused medal. on behalf of the White Friday Oct 2nd,wash 2015 8:30 pmat CMU. mathematical model to help pro- will, otherwise, out theat signals robotics but also makes it extremely en House.
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