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Vol-8-Issue-50 April - 23 - April - 29, 2016
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Trump 2.0
to rejig his
campaign and persona
Dipa Karmakar
seals Olympic berth
After cruising to primary victories in
New York State this week, Trump and
Hillary are sure to get nominated by
their respective parties. (Photo: AP)
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Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and I&B Arun Jaitley
with Ambassador of India to US Arun Kumar Singh speaking at a
New York event hosted by Rajiv Khanna (middle), President of IACC,
on April 19. (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer/SnapsIndia).
Obama reassures
allies in the Gulf
Cairo/Riyadh: President Barack
Obama met on T hursday in
Riyadh with leaders of the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) states
to mend strained ties, with no
major announcements coming
out of the summit.
Obama pledged to remain vigi
lant against Iran's destabilizing
activities in the Middle East, as
he tried to comfort his Gulf allies
after bilateral relations were
strained by the nuclear deal
reached with Iran last year.
Obama also tried to soothe
strained ties with Saudi Arabia
when he met with King Salman
bin Abdulaziz alSaud. Some
progress was made, but the two
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TRISTATE COMMUNITY
IndianAmerican group
campaigns for 'a friend of
India in the White House'
Washington: Democratic front
runner Hillary Clinton's Indian
American supporters have
launched a nationwide group to
back her bid for White House.
Describing itself as a nationwide
grassroots volunteer organization,
the IndianAmericans for Hillary
(IAFH) said on Monday that it will
hold its inaugural event in
Gaithersburg, Maryland on 24
April.
"It is important to mobilize sup
port of millions of Indian
Americans living here in the US
for electing Hillary Clinton as our
next President," their website said.
The inaugural event and rally by
the group would be addressed by
John Podesta, national campaign
chair for the Clinton Campaign,
and Neera Tandon, president and
COO of Center for American
Progress. Tandon is one of the
close condants of Clinton.
Noting that Clinton has thou
sands of IndianAmerican friends
Hillary Clinton
across the US, IAFH said that she
had been to India four times as
rst lady, senator, and Secretary
of State. "Having traveled exten
sively in India, she has a much
deeper level of familiarity with
India than any other candidate in
the race," the group said. It also
India to need
$1 trillion in energy
sector by 2030: Goyal
New York: India will need $250 bil
lion in the next five to six years and
$1 trillion by 2030, a scale of
investment "unparalleled anywhere
in the world," to fuel its race to pro
vide energy for its people and help
lift masses out of poverty, according
to Piyush Goyal, the Minister for
Coal, Power and New and
Renewable Energy.
Goyal, who is on a mission to
drum up investments in the energy
sector, told reporters India will be
the largest market for energy with
its goal of quadrupling by 2030 the
current consumption of 1,050 units
per person. Savvy investors will see
the opportunities India has to offer
them in the energy as the United
States, Europe and Japan are seeing
an economic slowdown coupled
with a lowering of demand because
of greater efficiencies in consump
tion, he said. Goyal also met with
the local media in the Consulate on
April 21 where he briefed them
about various steps undertaken by
Government to improve energy
access, rapid scale up of renewable
energy, enhancing grid reliability,
integration of renewable in the grid
and the massive opportunity pre
sented by the untapped demand in
the Indian market.
Associate Editors:
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New York: In
neered to attack
groundbreaking
those. In the tests
research,
an
conducted on mice
IndianAmerican
w ith pancreat ic
scientist has engi
tumors, the engi
neered Tcells a
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type of immune
killed those cells
cells to break the
over a 10day
pancreatic cancer's
period.
physical
and
Additionally,
immunological
Hingorani and his
walls
using
team have worked
immunotherapy.
to deve lop an
Dr
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enzyme that can
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he lp de feat the
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ber of the clinical
tumor's
hig h
research and public health sci interstitial pressures and poten
ences divisions at Fred Hutchinson tially open the door for greater
Cancer Research Center, and col penetration and effectiveness of T
leagues created Tcells with a high cells and other types of agents.
affinity to a relatively tumorspe
By the end of the year, Dr
cific antigen.
Hingorani hopes to have the
Dr Hingorani looked for proteins human version of the Tcell in clin
also found in the linings of the ical trials.
heart and lungs that are
The findings were recently pre
expressed in unusually large sented
at
the
American
amounts in the tumor cells and Association for Cancer Research
minimally expressed elsewhere.
Annual Meeting 2016 in New
(IANS)
T he Tce lls then were eng i Orleans, US.
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NY Consulate
event marks
Dr Ambedkars
125th
anniversary
New York: Consulate General
of India, New York hosted a
function to mark the 125th
birth anniversary of Babasaheb
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
on April 14, which was well at
tended by members of the
community. The event was or
ganized by Foundation For Hu
man Horizon headed by Deelip
Mhaske.
L. T. Ngaihte, Consul (Head of
Chancery) while welcoming
the audience, read out the
Prime Minister's message on
the occasion. Padma Shree
Kalpana Saroj of Kalpana Saroj
Foundation spoke about Dr.
Ambedkar's life, vision and
achievements.
She also distributed awards
to those who have carried out
Dr. Ambedkar's work across
the world through established
social
organizations
and
unions. Other members from
various organizations from
various countries like the Unit
ed Kingdom, Canada and India
attended the event and encour
aged their members to contin
ue working on the cause of so
cial upliftment.
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Geeta Pasi
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Mission at the US Embassy in
Dhaka, from 2006 to 2009, and
Deputy Principal Ofcer at the US
Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany
from 2003 to 2006.
Since joining the Foreign Service
in 1988, Pasi has also served at
posts in Cameroon, Ghana, India
and Romania.
Pasi received her BA from Duke
University and a MA in French
Studies from New York University.
(PTI)
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
PHYSICIAN JAILED
FOR $3 MILLION
HEALTHCARE FRAUD
Washington, DC: A 60yearold
IndianAmerican physician and
a we llknown supporter of
Khalistan movement has been
sentenced to 9 years in prison
for a $3 million healthcare
fraud scheme in the US in
which he filed claims for proce
dures that were never per
formed. Paramjit Singh Ajrawat,
was ordered to forfeit and pay
restitution of $3 million in fed
eral court in Greenbelt.
The US Attorney's Office said
in a news release that Paramjit
and his wife, Sukhveen Kaur
Ajrawat, owned and operated
Washington Pain Management
Center in Greenbelt.
In September 2015, a federal
jury convicted Paramjit and his
57yearold wife. His wife died
on February 1, and the charges
against her were dismissed.
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Sangay Mishra
(Image credit: drew.edu)
has moved much closer to an evan
gelical Christianity kind of outlook
where Christianity is as the center
of their mobilization. And so any
one who is not Christian is feeling
little bit more uncomfortable with
their rhetoric.
Even though as a party they are
open to everyone, but when you
look at their rhetoric during the
elections and hear some of the can
didates, there is much more
Christianity rhetoric. This also
pushes Indian Americans towards
the Democratic Party, Mishra
ATA hosts pepup banquet in Los Angeles American sex abuse survivor
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US AFFAIRS
Washington: Anti
slavery crusader
Harriet Tubman
w ill become the
first
African
American to be fea
tured on the face of
U.S. paper currency
when she replaces
President Andrew
Jackson on the $20
bill,
the
U.S.
T r e a s u r y
D e p a r t m e n t
Harriet Tubman was born a slave and helped hundreds of slaves
announced
on
escape using the network of safehouses.
Wednesday.
She will also be the first woman on U.S. hundreds of slaves escape using the net
work of safehouses known as the
paper currency in more than a century.
T he redesigned $20 bill w ill move Underground Railroad, followed public
Jackson to the back of the bill alongside outreach by the Treasury Department
an image of the White House, Treasury regarding which woman should be fea
tured on a bill after they announced plans
officials said.
A new $10 bill will keep founding father in June to feature one on the $10 note.
W hile no depict ions of African
Alexander Hamilton on the front, while
adding images of five women, all leaders Americans have appeared on U.S. curren
of the women's suffrage movement, to the cy, the signatures of five African
Americans have been on it. Four were
back.
The reverse of a new $5 note will honor Registers of the Treasury and included
events held at the Lincoln Memorial in Blanche K. Bruce, Judson W. Lyons,
Washington D.C., including former first William T. Vernon and James C. Napier,
lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther and one was U.S. Treasurer Azie Taylor
Morton.
King, Jr., officials said.
Native American Sacagawea has been
The slew of changes give the Treasury "a
featured
on the gold dollar coin since
chance to open the aperture to reflect
1999,
and
suffragist Susan B. Anthony has
more of America's history," Treasury
appeared
on
the silver dollar coin since
Secretary Jacob Lew told reporters on a
1979.
Deafblind
author and activist
conference call.
Helen
Keller
is
on
the
back of the Alabama
The decision to replace the seventh
president of the United States w ith quarter, which was first issued in 2003.
Reuters
Tubman, who was born a slave and helped
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Congressman
Gibson in Iraq
in 2007 on
one of his
four deploy
ments to the
country.
By Robert Golomb
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The Gibson
family
outside their
home in
Kinderhook,
NY; from left
Connor, Mary
Jo, Chris,
Maggie, and
Katie.
(Photo: Jason
Meath)
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INDIA
Dehradun: In a major
blow to the central gov
ernment, the Uttarakhand
High Court on Thursday
set aside President's Rule
imposed in the hill state
last month.
After two consecutive
days of hearing on a mat
ter filed by ousted
Congress chief minister
Harish Rawat, the court
said the proclamation of
central rule in the state
stood null and void.
The court said central
Ousted chief minister Harish Rawat at a
rule should be clamped in
press meet in Dehradun. (Photo: IANS)
a state as a last resort,
suggesting this did not
the Congress said.
happen in Uttarakhand. It fixed
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
April 29 for a floor test in the Kejriwal also hailed the court
state assembly.
decision.
The ruling triggered noisy cele
"This is a huge embarrassment
brations outside Rawat's resi to the (Narendra) Modi govern
dence by Congress leaders and ment. He should stop interfering
activists who shouted slogans with elected governments and
against the Bharatiya Janata respect democracy," the Aam
Party (BJP).
Aadmi Party (AAP) leader tweet
Congress leader and former ed. President's Rule was imposed
Uttarakhand finance minister in Uttarakhand on March 27
Indira Hridayesh said her party after nine Congress legislators
"saluted the judiciary for uphold defected, depriving majority sup
ing truth and law".
port in the assembly to the Rawat
"It is a victory for democracy," government.
Women after casting their vote at a polling station in Kolkata. (Photo: IANS)
blamed the Trinamool Congress for the
killing, but the ruling party denied it.
Trinamool's Domkal nominee Soumik
Hossain claimed the death was a result of a
clash between the CPIM and the Congress
supporters. Besides, at least four others
were attacked in Domkal allegedly for cast
ing their votes.
"Last night, some people threatened me
not to vote but I chose to ignore that.
When I was returning after casting my
vote, I was attacked," said one of the
injured who was admitted to a hospital.
Whistleblower former Indian Police
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By Amulya Ganguli
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to link 200 markets over the next five
months.(Photo: oxfamblogs.org)
By Abhishek Waghmare
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gettogether. This spring, think about going beyond tradi
tional warm weather drinks. A delicious, unexpected
choice is Port wine. With all its diverse styles (ruby, tawny,
ros, and white), Port should not be reserved for the cold
HAIR
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ULTIMATE BOLLYWOOD
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Sonam, Aish to
represent
L'Oral Paris at
Cannes 2016
Internationally acclaimed
actor Irrfan Khan
Sonam Kapoor.
Actor Randeep
Hooda.
Big
B happy on
Dilip Kumar's
improving
health
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Review:
Meera is
actress
Priyanka
Chopras
cousin.
presence felt.
With great production values, the sets are
realistic and the locales impressive.
Visually, Director of Photograohy (DOP)
Manu Anand's images are impressive. He
captures the hysteria of the fans and their
gawking at their star, with precise acuteness.
His frames seamless mesh with the computer
generated images. It is in the initial scenes
where the shots with grainy images are
chaotic and thus, disorienting, but once the
narration settles, the visuals are realistic and
appealing.
Namrata Rao's razor sharp edits are crisp
and noteworthy. She aptly layers the visuals
and Andrea Guerra's background score to
make the film a sound and visual delight.
Interestingly, despite with no songs in the
narration, "Fan" keeps you entertained with
Shah Rukh's gusty performance.
(Photos: IANS)
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Premier Kathleen Wynne paying obeisance during the Baisakhi celebrations in the
Ontario legislative assembly. (Photo:IANS)
Ontario transportation minister Harinder
Takhar at the Baisakhi reception at the
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SUBCONTINENT
The coffin of Kirpal Singh arrives in India via AttariWagha border. (Photo: IANS)
taken to test to find out whether there is any
disease or not," Sharma said.
"... rest of the organs which were present,
we took out portions of those organs and we
sent them for testing (to know) about dis
eases as well as poisoning. I can say with 100
percent accuracy that the wound marks
which are inflicted during life, they cannot be
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INTERNATIONAL
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Jaitley counters
Rajan's 'oneeyed
king' comment
New York: It was the turn of
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
now to counter the "oneeyed
king" comment of Reserve Bank
of India Governor Raghuram
Rajan about the country's econ
omy, say ing a 7.5 percent
growth for any other nation
would be a "celebration".
"Compared to the rest of the
world we are growing much
faster, in fact the fastest.
Compared to our own potential,
we can do better.
So at 7.5 percent growth, any
other country in the world
would be ce le brat ing," the
finance minister said.
"It is a tribute to India's
growth story that at 7.5 per
cent, we are still impatient
because we know our potential
is to do distinctively better and
I see, as a couple of variables
if they work to our advantage,
we can do much better," he said
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SPORTS
IPL 2020
Mumbai Indians celebrate after winning the IPL match against Royal Challengers
Bangalore. (Photo: IANS)
38 balls and keep the hosts on course
towards the run chase.
But Abdulla struck for the second time
to dismiss Rohit in the 13th over to put
Bangalore back into the game. Mumbai
were 109/3 at his point of the game.
New batsmen Kieron Pollard and Jos
Buttler (13) held on for a couple of overs
before the latter gave his wicket away in
the 16th over.
But Pollard, who failed to impress in
earlier matches, came up with a quick
fire knock, smashing four boundaries
and three sixes to steer his team to sec
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A VERSATILE
WRITER PROFILES
GEMINI STUDIOS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
or decades Gemini Studios was one of the best
known names in India. Its owner was the selfmade
and legendary
S.S. Vasan, who once
hawked watches on
railway platforms
but finally went on
to win the Padma
Bhushan for his con
tribution to Indian
cinema.
"Fourteen Years
with Boss" (Penguin)
is a fascinating, at
times funny, account
of how Ashokamitran, who would emerge as a leading
light in Tamil literature, found work at Gemini Studios
when he was financially distressed.
Ashokamitran began writing in the 1950s and has to
his credit over 250 short stories and more than 20 novels
and novellas besides a lot more, earning him a key place
in modern Tamil literature. His work has been translated
into many Indian and foreign languages. But he was a
nobody when Vasan's large heart for those in trouble
fetched the young man a much needed job in the iconic
Gemini Studios.
Vasan was known to his employees as the Boss. It was
in February 1952 that Ashokamitran became the assis
tant to the studio's PR officer. From that vantage point, it
was easy for Ashokamitran to see how and why Gemini
Studios grew and grew, producing some great hits and
nurturing a lot of talent in the film industry.
Ashokamitran resigned in 1966, and Vasan died of cancer
three years later. By then, Gemini Studios was on the slide
though it continued to make films.. In 1975 it shut down,
ending a chapter in Indian cinema.
By Vikas Datta
Shammi
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Human brain has two parts one for analytical or critical thinking, other for
empathetic network. (Image courtesy: socialnews.xyz)
uncertainty that surrounds a state of "not
knowing" is a source of anxiety, fear and
depression.
"Surrendering to a 'higher power' allevi
ates that state of 'not knowing' as it is easi
er to believe that things are happening as
per will of God or destiny rather than not
being able to put an explanation for those
acts or phenomenon," emphasizes Dr Sunil
Mittal, senior psychiatrist from Cosmos
Institute of Mental Health and Behavioral
CUT 71MINUTE
SITTING TIME
IN OFFICE AND
LIVE LONGER
London: Workers please take
note! Taking frequent breaks to
reduce sitting time at work
place can help you cut extra
body fat, thus lowering the risk
of heart disease, diabetes and
early death.
The results which were fol
lowed up for three months
showed a reduction of 0.61 per
cent in body fat in study partici
pants.
This was as a result of 71
minute shorter sitting time per
day during working hours after
one month.
"A reduction in sitting time by
71 minutes per day could have
positive ef fect in the long run
as this could be associated with
reduced risk of heart diseases,
diabetes and allcause mortali
ty, especially among those who
are inactive," said professor
Janne Tolstrup from National
Inst itute of Public Health,
Denmark.
Researchers from University
of Southern Denmark, the
National Research Centre for
Prevention and Health and the
University of Sydney conducted
a multicomponent workbased
intervention to reduce sitting
time and prolonged sitting peri
ods.
The team analyzed 317 office
workers in 19 of fices across
Denmark and Greenland ran
domly put into the intervention
or control groups.
T he intervention included
environmental of fice changes
and a lecture and workshop,
where workers were encour
aged to use their sitstand
desks.
By wearing an accelerometer
device, the researchers were
able to measure results across a
fiveday working week.
After one month, participants
in the intervention group sat
down for 71 minutes less in an
eighthour work day than the
control group. This reduced to
48 minutes after three months.
"T he number of steps per
workday hour was seven per
cent higher at one month and
eight percent higher at three
months," said the study pub
lished in the Internat ional
Journal of Epidemiology. (IANS)
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humorist, cartoonist and writer by hobby. He has been recording the plight of the
immigrant Indians for the past many years in his cartoons. Hailing from Gujarat,
he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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