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Top Story 8
l Missing Picture 10
Entertainment 4 l Twice Told Tales 17
Little Bird Said 2
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A Little Bird Said
Is Manish Tiwari cracking the whip?
The most sought after Television talk show figure is now going by the rule book and showing news channels the limits that should not be crossed in terms of advertisements.
He hurled the 12-minute rule of TRAI at the broadcasters after he got hold of the data that news channels got away with using 47.5 per cent of the prime time for ads.
Moneysh Tiwari is known for his bluntness.
TiwariMoneysh
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RICS summit was not taken that easily by Bthe Western media.
What are the BRICS building screamed a
headline.
This odd coalition was formed to shift the world
economy. But is it becoming a political tool for
autocrats? The writer asks in a popular magazine.
Gmailsafe?
Your Gmail may not be safe anymore.
The mail must have beat many modes of communications and brought in a revolution. How far can we rely on this is the question.
Gmail spying has become the top priority for FBI in 2013, Ryan Gallegher writes on Slate.
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Wake up callEntertainment
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ensor Boards are not doing their duty “Nowadays, the censor board is not doing its duty properly. properly,” a bench comprising Chief Justice D C
Murugesan and Justice VK Jain remarked and This censure comes from the Chief Justice of asked the respondents I & B ministry, CBFC Delhi High Court. (Central Board for Film Certification) and the
producers to file their response by midsummer The court was hearing two separate PILs filed by a (May 14).lawyer and a social worker taking objection to the vulgarity in the item songs of the sequel of two The court took objection to the mentioning of the popular films, Dabangg 2 and Race 2. names of the film stars asked the petitioners to
limit the number of respondents.
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The Censor Board has become very generous the films are viewed up to late in the night to nowadays and passing or giving certificate to accommodate the producers’’ release date.every film without any objection, the court commented. In normal days, Board works five days a week and
maintains the timing strictly, including lunch hour.One of the PILs alleged that the lyrics are vulgar and sought a direction to the I&B ministry to “take The Delhi court remark sounds good and some strict preventive measures and to adopt an measures need to be taken to stall the mindless effective mechanism to stop these kinds of vulgar violence, garbage of a one-liners, larger than life songs and obscenity in Indian Films.” image of heroes and vulgar scenes , dances and
dialogues as they invade our drawing room and Of late, Censor Board has been in the news for all restriction on trailers (in TV ) is not very clear.the wrong reasons. Once certified, the onus lies on the Censor Board as producers boldly put their Very often the deleted portions are shown on TV chin up and say as we have the censor and scenes much before the censor certification certification, no force on earth can stop the are beamed.screening of the film.The talk is that every production house has its own Someone should stand up to check this menace, set of members who will be drawn in by the sure.regional director and get things passed. Some of
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ndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar seats while coastal Andhra has the same 119 and AReddy indicated that a decision on Telangana Rayalaseema has 56 MLAs.is not very easy. He made this statement in the Assembly.
The Centre should first agree in principle about the separate Telangana state.
Next a unanimous, he stressed the word unanimous, resolution should be passed in the Legislative Assembly to carve a separate state out.
The three smaller states, Uttarkhand, Jharkand, and Chattisgarh, were formed only after the state assemblies adopted unanimous resolution, he said.
In the 294 member house, Telangana has only 119
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T-terms of Kiran
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come up with extra MWs as the quota is cut. Naptha is expensive and nuclear energy is a far cry.
What is left is turning to solar energy.
Whoever is interested in it, we do not know, but the State Power Transmission Corporation has been time and again doling out stories on solar power generation.
It has on the terrace of its office in Somajiguda, close to Raj Bhavan, solar fans.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy one day ndhra Pradesh is reeling under severe power came as a visitor and he was shown the solar fans Acuts. and went on singing that tune.
The yawning gap between supply and demand Every house should have solar fans, produce, cannot be met with and there is a huge deficit. conserve and sell surplus energy is his latest
mantra.With stagnation of coal production, thermal power generation is not viable, gas-based units cannot No wonder, someone said, if you have no bread
Solarmantra
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hirp of sparrow of
tweet for sparrow Chas become the theme of
the World Sparrow Day
which is observed on
March 20.
I t i s sad tha t the
urbanization has driven
the cute little birds,
oldest companions of
mankind to far away
paces.
Chirpofsorrow
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Just three generations back, sparrows were seen busy in the backyard or even in the verandas collecting straws and leaves for their nest.
Save for the rainy day is what we should learn was the granny’s lesson to youngsters showing the little bird gathering raw material for the nest.
The constant chirping and flutter of wings used to breathe life into the entire house hold.
But that has become history.
The fact that we are celebrating World Sparrow Day shows that the birds are going to be extinct. Even Tier III cities have no idea of what a sparrow looks like.
The male one with back patch under the neck and looking a bit heavy while the female one looking elegant and agile. The way they feed the younger ones is another spectacle people are missing.
Little eggs being in the nest and nurturing the fledglings are some sights which cannot be seen in the urban jungle anymore.
Of all the birds (Aves), sparrows are considered to be the most sensitive and cannot stand even the slightest level of pollution.
They need a serene and pollution-free atmosphere to live.
If the atmosphere is not conducive they migrate or die.
It is as simple as that. They just cannot put up with radiation, heat, lack of fresh air, water and vegetation.
With the houses growing vertical and a single door entrance in the flats, the birds are off and taken to its wing to unknown pastures.
Not very long ago people used to provide space for sparrow houses and encourage their coexistence.
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Now it has become a distant dream. The housing structures have changed and are designed for nuclear families. Some balconies are used to house birds, but sparrows do not live in cages. They are independent and need to fly and teach the techniques to the next generation.
Only tough birds like pigeons can be seen in rocky and hard places. Some varieties of birds are kept in cages but that too has become a rarity in the concrete jungle.
Cell towers are the biggest enemies of birds and the radiation it emits kills or drives them away. The serene atmosphere and modern technology cannot coexist. Cell phones have become a necessary and with two and three sim cards the micro wave radiation has increased two-fold and three-fold. Nestled in the serene cocoon of Mother Nature, the little birds did get a jolt with the constant radiation waves, noise and air pollution.
Besides radiation and concrete apartments, pollution, industrial and domestic, has been driving the birds away from the cities. The noise pollution of vehicles, air conditioners, industries, the effluents and murky waters make the little creatures resolve that the cities are no place to live in for them.
Far from the maddening crowd they build their nests and lead a life of their own, until their privacy is invaded by the necessities of mankind.
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The Missing Picture
Nestled in the serene cocoon
of Mother Nature, the little
birds did get a jolt with the
constant radiation waves,
noise and air pollution.
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The migration goes on till the greed of human beings exists. Conservation of forests, tree plantation and learning the art of living with nature only could preserve the near-extinct bird species. Vulture is now totally wiped out and is almost extinct. Save the bird and save the nature.
Chirp for the Sparrow, Tweet for the Sparrow” is the theme of the World Sparrow Day 2013.
The main theme is to bring together individuals and organizations working for conservation of sparrows and urban bio-diversity.
It is better if bird lovers go to their destinations instead of trying to create an artificial environment for them in the city.
Birds cannot live in cities and the habits do not change, the habitat has changed so let the bird-loving people preserve the green lands and forests and see to it that they are no disturbed there.
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film personalities, politicians whose property tax was not Hollywood stars might be vying and industrialists would be revised and they pay a paltry with each other to be among the highlighted by the media as sum though they live in a good books of the Income Tax well. palatial house.Department and want to get a
good-conduct certificate or say The trend has changed now. The expose of this by a highest advance tax payer
vernacular daily made the certificate.Now Bollywood stars are vying Municipal authorities to wake with each other to be highest up from the slumber and try to Nothing wrong in it, we heard advance tax payer. make some amends.the song of Kishore Kumar in
named the top defaulters of tax Bombay to Goa listing out the Akshay Kumar was highest payers in its website.film stars’ names and finally advance tax payer for this year saying …in sab ke peche pad followed by the Khans. Then There are no surprises as the list gayi income taxam.came the erratum, Amithab includes some big business Bachchn is the next highest houses, defunct and existing There were stories of lead stars advance tax payer and media public sector units and the going round the city in car with went agog with the cumulative amount ranges from Rs 10 crore all his wealth to avoid raid, and advance tax paid by the to Rs 6 lakh.another star just running away Bachchanswhen the sleuths cameth.
The list includes educational It was a big news story when On the flip side, we have institutions is a very surprising Income Tax releases the names politicians in Andhra Pradesh element.of top 100 defaulters, it names
Peche pad gahi income taxam
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lifestyle can be lavish but the Tax authorities have Recently, there were raids on Tollywood actors, no questions to ask.producers and even anchors.
We have a brilliant battery A wise head says, when the cash flow is o f C h a r t e r e d heavy it is difficult to assess and tax
Accountants who people. It is not per film but work overtime, to artistes are now on
show ways and daily wages and means to evade some of them
or skip tax.want hard cash.
All is fine that starts Fine, going
f i n e . T a x by the rule payers and tax b o o k a n
offenders a re individual or a learning to coexist g r o u p o f
though the parity between individuals show loss in them is wide and growing with seven of the eight or nine
every passing day.companies they own. Their
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Tale of two IIMsBAs from the most sought after business push cart sellers, to wayside shops owners in the Mschools do not run into wilderness. They street corners.
bring wilderness into the mainstream.But one IIM graduate of Ahmedabad has brought
At least that is what two IIMs from Ahmedabad respectability and dignity to the trade. After have proved. passing out from the A-1 business school he is
busy selling vegetables.We heard many stories from Amul dairy to Lajjat papad to Nirma soap and home pickles and mirch Coming from the backward and arid Bihar, masalas, housewife turning an entrepreneur-par Kaushlendra Kumar began his vending outlet, excellence and suddenly discovering unforeseen Samriddhii, MBA Sabziwala that helps over 6,000 popularity. farmers of his home state and provides
employment to over 300 people.But here that is not the case. From the high edifices of prestigious schools these IIMs have treaded the path less travelled to find a fortune. This reverse The first day sales marked Rs 22 and in three-and-engineering is at a time when massive a-half years, it touched the Rs 5 cores mark. He urbanization is having telling effect on the rural wants to form institutions of vegetable farmers for landscape. better bargaining power in the changed market
dynamics and this model can tackle the FDI in Vegetable vendors may be in many forms from retail.
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Coming to the second IIM genius, when an auto With funds flushing in the form of advertisements, driver overcharges you or your nearest ones, he increased the facilities for drivers, and obviously you will be angry at him, but here is an developed the brand ‘G Auto’.IIM graduate who made a fortune out of that incident. G Auto was voted second in the SMART Mobility
Awards by the University of Michigan on Susheel Kumar, the 2008 batch IIM from transportation solutions.Ahmedabad hails from Siwan district in Bihar and when he felt cheated by the auto driver, the idea of The Centre has written to all states to adopt G Auto entrepreneurship came like a flash. model. Kumar is also in touch with Delhi Chief
Minister Shiela Dixit to implement his scheme in He struck a deal with the auto drivers who park Delhi.outside the IIM campus. He gave them newspapers and insurance cover spending his own money and The movement of vehicles is monitored through in return asked the drivers not to overcharge the GPS, vehicles have a computerized meters and can customers. be booked online. If the norms are flouted, the auto
drivers lose membership. At the same time, if The idea was a hit and many companies came in as police harass the drivers the matter will be taken up it suits the CSR. at higher levels.
When he needed more funds, he contacted Gujarat My batch mates want to emulate me, but it is not chief minister Narendra Modi. He allotted funds the other way round, says the proud Kumar, who is and designated a senior bureaucrat to ensure we physically got the money, says Kumar.
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Photo Essay
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Vasantoutsav
The students of
Rabindra Bharati
Un ivers i ty per foming
Indian traditional dance during
Vasantoutsav, 'the Festival of
Spring' in Kolkata. Vasantoutsav,
the spring festival is celebrated in
the rest of India as 'Holi', or the
festival of colours and is a
popular H indu spr ing
festival.
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students of Rabindra Bharati Univesity look on Festival of Colours and is a popular Hindu spring after exchanging Aabir (coloured dust) as they festival observed at the end of winter season on celebrate Vasantoutsav, 'the Festival of Spring' in the last full moon day of the lunar month, which Kolkata. Vasantotsav, the spring festival is usually falls in the later part of February or in celebrated in the rest of India as 'Holi', or the March.
Photo Essay
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Photo Essay
Time’s coverline is wrong, grandiose, results faster.”and cruel, writes Seth Mnookin under the headline, Worst Magazine Cover of Mnookin, who was on the national desk the Year? of Newsweek, writes in a US-based
online current affairs an culture The headlines had to be vaguely rooted magazine.in reality.
That’s a journalistic precept that Time What’s particularly egregious about feels free to ignore. Witness the headline Time’s cover is that it doesn’t even emblazoned in all-caps on the cover of accurately reflect the contents of the the magazine’s April 1 issue: “HOW TO magazine’s 4,000-word story, which CURE CANCER*. It’s followed by an highlights a five year old organization asterisk that directs you to a subtitle, just “started by entertainment-industry to make sure you get the point: “Yes, it’s figures unhappy with the progress being now possible, thanks to new cancer made against America’s most deadly dream teams that are delivering better disease.”
Coverline draws flak
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