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Weather Forecast 

For Sep 1: Goa 

to get light to 

moderate showers 

An off shore trough is seen extending 

along Konkan and Goa and Karnataka 

coast. Due to which scattered light to 

moderate rains are possible over the 

region. Interior Maharashtra is likely 

to remain mainly dry with isolated 

light rains. Mumbai may also observe 

light showers. 

Albert Einstein's 

letter to a friend 

may fetch over 

$60,000 at 

US auction 

LOS ANGELES: A unique and very 

personal letter written by German 

physicist Albert Einstein to his close 

friend Michele Besso, discussing 

about various topics including God, is 

expected to fetch over USD 60,000 at an 

auction in the US. 

Continued on Pg. 5 ... 

Marriott 

set to bring 

Delta to Goa 

Panaji: Betting big on Goa, Marriott 

International is now planning to set 

up hotels under the Canadian luxury 

brand Delta in the state. The global 

chain is eyeing tertiaty markets as it 

looks to increase its market share in 

the domestic hospitality sector. 

With plans to open 15-20 new hotels 

per year over the next five years 

in India, Marriott International is 

heading to Tier-III regions to cater 

to the rising demand from a growing 

middle class. 

"We are looking at development 

opportunities," says Marriott 

International vice president (South 

Asia), Neeraj Govil. "We have Delta, 

a Canadian brand Marriott acquired 

three years ago. We have signed a deal 

for Delta in North Goa." 

Though Govil refrained from 

specifying where the resort will come 

up, he indicated that it would not 

be along the coastal belt or near the 

upcoming international airport at 

Mopa. 

"Goa has phenomenal demand," he 

said. "A new airport will open in a few 

years which will drive in more people. 

There is no off-season today. I don't see 

demand for Goa abating right now. We 

are quite bullish." 

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TOURISM MINISTRY 

CONSIDERS SETTING 

UP TOURISM OFFICES 

IN US, UK, RUSSIA 

NEW DELHI: The ministry of tourism 

is considering setting up governmentrun 

tourist offices in key markets such 

as the US, UK and Russia in a bid to 

attract more tourists to India. 

The ministry will also set up tourist 

facilitation centres to address queries 

of tourists at airports in Delhi, 

Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru, 

tourism secretary Rashmi Verma. 

With the Incredible India 2.0 

campaign expected to be launched in 

September, Verma said the ministry 

will also run market specific campaigns 

on it in different countries through 

local and electronic channels and 

digital media. 

"We feel a synergy between the 

Incredible India campaign and 

different overseas markets will get us 

better results. Our offices in different 

countries would work on a hub and 

spoke model which will be in sync 

with our public relations agency. 

This time the state governments are 

also complementing our plans and 

the industry can plan marketing 

campaigns around it. Our spends are 

higher than last year," said Verma. 

Figures released from the tourism 

ministry this month revealed that India 

registered a 15% growth in foreign 

tourist arrivals from January to July 

this year: around 56.74 lakh tourists 

visited the country between January 

and July this year compared with 49.03 

lakh in the same period last year. 

The highest number of incoming 

tourists were from Bangladesh (20.12%) 

followed by the US (16.26%), the UK 

(10.88%) and France (3.01%), the 

ministry informed. 

Foreign exchange earnings through 

tourism during January to July this 

year were Rs 1,02,082 crore compared 

with Rs 87, 034 crore between January 

and July last year. 

Souce: economictimes.indiatimes.com 

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Luxury cars, 

SUVs will be 

costlier as govt 

clears cess 

hike to 25% 

SUVs and luxury cars will soon cost 

more in India as the Union government 

cleared on Wednesday an ordinance 

to hike the maximum cess on vehicles 

from 15% to 25%. 

Cess is an additional levy on cars that 

fall in the GST’s top tax bracket of 28%. 

The cess earlier ranged from 1-15%, 

with cheaper and less polluting cars 

such as small hatchbacks with frugal 

petrol engines attracting lower levy. 

The upper limit rate is applied to cars 

such as Toyota Fortuner (an SUV) and 

sedans from BMW, Audi and Mercedes. 

Cars smaller than 4 metres attract 1% 

cess if they have a petrol engine with a 

capacity of up to 1,200cc; or 3% if they 

run on a diesel engine smaller than 

1,500cc. These also include some nonhatchback 

models, such as the DZire 

and the Volkswagen Ameo, which are 

technically classified as sedans. The 

cess on these vehicles will remain 

unchanged. 

Mumbai-Goa 

services back 

on schedule 

Panaji: Rail and road transport from 

Mumbai to Goa and vice-versa is 

gradually returning to normalcy with 

the heavy downpour subsiding in the 

commercial capital on Wednesday. 

Traffic movement in the city of 

dreams was paralyzed since Tuesday 

due to water-logging and high tide. 

"A number of trains that were 

heading to Mumbai from the Konkan 

belt were affected as a result of the 

torrential rains. The Goa to Mumbai 

train, called Mandovi, was also among 

those affected after it departed from 

the state,and had to make a halt at 

Panvel station instead of its designated 

Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus. 

informed. 

Meanwhile, the Goa to Mumbai bus 

of the state-run Kadamba transport 

corporation limited (KTCL) also 

departed from the Margao bus stand on 

schedule. The bus travels from Margao 

bus stand and halts at the Panaji and 

Mapusa bus stands before taking the 

onward journey to Mumbai. 

"The bus is expected to reach 

Mumbai on schedule on Thursday 

morning. Our operations will 

continue uninterrupted," a KTCL staff 

member said. Private bus operators 

also remained optimistic about the 

scheduled timings.

02 |nation 

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KBC on Reliance Jio: 

How to play Kaun 

Banega Crorepati on 

JioChat app 

and win prizes 

The hugely popular show Kaun Banega 

Crorepati is back on TV screens in 

India. KBC is a quiz show, hosted by 

the Bollywood megastar Amitabh 

Bachchan. It is great news for Reliance 

Jio users as they can now win deals and 

prizes by answering questions on the 

show. 

All you need to do is to play the game 

on the app on when KBC is telecasting 

on TV. The JioChat app will show 

you the questions in real time live. 

This means you will get the questions 

when KBC telecasts on a TV channel. 

If your answer is correct, you will be 

taken to the next question. But if you 

select the wrong answer, you may 

go out of the game. You can play the 

KBC game along with the contestants 

while the program is playing on Sony 

TV from Monday to Friday 9 PM. For 

questions displayed on the screen, you 

will have to select the correct answer. 

Each correct answer can be locked by 

clicking on ‘Lock it Down’ button. For 

the initial 10 questions, users will get 30 

seconds per answer and after that, there 

is no time limit for the questions. 

How to register and play Jio KBC game? 

Here are the steps: 

a. Download JioChat app for Android / 

IOS and login with your mobile number 

b. Select the Jio KBC Play Along option 

d. Click on ‘Accept T&C’ 

e. Fill up your profile details 

f. Select the ‘KBC’ icon to play the game 

Each answer will give you points which 

you will have to redeem from within 

the app itself. It should be noted that the 

points increase per question depending 

upon its value on the show. 

RS 184: THIS IS THE 'MAKE 

IN INDIA' EDGE WE HAVE 

OVER CHINESE FACTORIES 

'Made in India' can overtake 'Made 

in China' in near future for one big 

reason: China has to pay far more to 

its workers which raises output costs 

and makes goods expensive. According 

to market research firm Euromonitor, 

average hourly wages is China were 

$3.60 last year, 64 per cent more than in 

2011. In India, the hourly wages are five 

times less than in China. The hourly 

wage difference is nearly Rs 184. 

Rapid expansion of Chinese economy 

over the past decade has driven wages 

up. Automation is one solution for 

Chinese companies to control costs but 

that can lead to more unemployment. 

Chinese manufacturers might have to 

shift to smaller countries where wages 

are low to remain competitive. The 

huge emphasis on manufacturing is 

not feasible in the long run so China 

plans to develop its services sector 

more. 

Global Times, a Chinese 

establishment newspaper, wrote a few 

months ago in an article headlined 

'China should pay more attention to 

India’s increasing manufacturing 

competitiveness': “Although India is 

still in its initial stage of developing 

export-oriented manufacturing 

industries, the country has great 

potential to emerge as a regional 

hub for labour-intensive industries. 

One recent analysis showed China’s 

manufacturing hourly wage in 2016 

was roughly five times that in India.” 

The trigger for the article was India’s 

exports to China increasing 42% in 

January. 

India's low-wage edge over China 

can certainly help Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' policy. 

But a new policy can blunt this edge. 

The central government is bringing 

a law that can result in doubling of 

minimum wage nationally. This will 

apply to the short-term contract labour 

too, which faces the most exploitative 

wage conditions. But it can actually 

turn out to be bad news for them and 

the small-scale sector. The doubling 

of minimum wages will hit the sector 

which employs most of the low-paid 

workers. A lot of small-scale firms may 

not be able to adhere to the new wage 

law as they are already struggling due 

to many factors. 

A law that doubles the minimum 

wage might purport to favour workers 

but it can devastate job market itself 

in the short term and take away a longterm 

edge from Indian manufacturing. 

Saab, Adani to partner 

to build single-engine 

fighter jets in India: 

consultant 

New Delhi: Sweden’s Saab will tie up 

with Adani Group to bid for a contract 

to make fighter aircrafts in India, an 

aerospace consultant aware of the 

proposed partnership told Reuters on 

Thursday. 

The partnership will compete with US 

defence giant Lockheed Martin in a two 

horse-race to equip the Indian military 

with single-engine jets to be produced 

locally under Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi’s “Make-in-India” initiative. 

The Saab-Adani partnership is aimed 

at producing planes under India’s new 

“strategic partnership” policy, said 

Ratan Shrivastava, the independent 

New-Delhi-based consultant and 

adviser at India’s industry lobby group 

FICCI said. 

The partnership will likely be 

announced on Friday, Shrivastava 

said. 

Under the country’s new defence 

partnership policy, a foreign aircraft 

maker will collaborate with an 

Indian firm to develop a world-class 

indigenous aeronautical base that 

India has struggled to build for 

decades. 

The government will issue a formal 

request to Lockheed and Saab over the 

next few days to provide information 

about their plans to design, develop 

and produce combat jets in India, 

a government official told Reuters 

earlier this week. 

India’s air force needs hundreds 

of aircraft to replace its Soviet-era 

fleet, but Modi wants the planes built 

in India to help boost the domestic 

industrial base and cut imports. 

Reuters 

Xiaomi has sold over 

25 million phones in 

India in three years, 

it claims 

Xiaomi VP and India MD Manu Kumar 

Jain on Thursday announced that 

the company has sold over 25 million 

phones in India in three years. "That's 

22,000 phones sold per day over last 3 

years. Fastest brand in India to cross 

the 25 million mark," Manu wrote on 

Twitter. Xiaomi's first product in India, 

the Mi 3 phone, was launched in India 

in July 2014. Since then, the company 

has launched a plethora of phones - 

largely in the budget and the mid-level 

price segment - in the Indian market.

03 Friday, 

|touristic 

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India one 

of US most 

significant 

tourism origin 

countries 

Washington, Aug 23 (PTI) India is 

probably one of the most significant 

tourism origin countries for the US 

with enormous growth potential, a top 

official has said. 

Indian visitors spent a record 

USD 13.6 billion in the US last year, 

positioning India on the sixth spot 

among the top 10 international 

markets for the US in terms of visitor 

spending. 

As many as 1.17 million Indians 

visited the US in 2016, ranking 

India 11th in terms of number of 

international visitors to the US last 

year, the US Department of Commerce 

said in its latest annual report released 

recently. 

"Indias probably one of our most 

significant origin countries, as it 

relates to the whole phenomena 

of visiting friends and relatives," 

Brand USA president and CEO Chris 

Thompson told PTI, ahead of his 

upcoming sixth annual India Travel 

Trade Mission next month. 

There is enormous growth potential 

as the US currently captures only 

about 5.5 per cent of the outbound 

Indian travel market, he said. 

"We have a large Indian population 

within the United States. We have 

a great relationship with India as 

it relates to people coming over for 

Indians can now head to 

Israel to explore something 

called defence tourism 

The Israeli Ministry of Tourism recently held roadshows in India. 

The Israeli Ministry of Tourism 

(IMOT) is exploring the niche segment 

of "anti-terrorism" or "defence" 

tourism with Indian travel agents, an 

Israeli official said here on Thursday. 

"It's a niche concept. There are many 

tourists from the US and Europe who 

are interested to learn how people 

defend themselves and things about 

warfare... because the reputation of 

Israeli security is very high," Hasan 

Madah, Director, India in the Israeli 

Tourism Ministry told IANS here. 

Madah said after some tourists 

evinced an interest in training 

in defensive tactics, a clutch of 

entrepreneurs decided to push this as 

a segment. 

"They want to know how to shoot, 

how to hide, how to tackle. It's similar 

to paintball (an adventure sport). Some 

entrepreneurs in Israel, they decided 

to go ahead and open a business like 

this," he said. 

"You can go there and do whatever 

you like. Some people like to 

relax and some people like 

these things, so why not? We 

are exploring all (tourism) 

angles with travel agents 

in India. We are interested 

in promoting anything that 

brings in more tourists." 

The Ministry officials 

were in the city for a six-city 

roadshow. 

The Israeli delegation was led by 

Madah, along with Judah Samuel, 

Director - Marketing, Israel Ministry 

of Tourism, India, and included 

representative partners from the 

tourism industry of Israel. 

The roadshow witnessed the 

participation of over 100 travel agents 

in each city. 

Madah said Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi's historic visit to 

Israel early last month has sparked a 

renewed interest among Indians and 

the country wants to leverage this to 

increase destination awareness. 

"We have seen many inquiries 

coming in. The indication from the 

market is that it (visit of Modi) has 

really helped. We expect the growth to 

be significant in the next few months." 

Over 34,000 Indian tourists have 

travelled to Israel till July in 2017, 

marking a growth of 36 per cent over 

the previous year. 

educational opportunities and then 

therefore families come over following 

those students. 

"The relationship between the two 

largest democracies in the world is 

really good one in general but certainly 

as it relates to travel and tourism 

between our two countries," Thompson 

said. 

India had the highest increase in 

visitor spending, up by 14 per cent. 

As many as 1.17 million Indians 

visited the US in 2016, ranking 

India 11th in terms of number of 

international visitors to the US in 2016, 

he added, referring to the latest official 

figures released recently. 

Headed for India from September 

10-15 on his sixth annual trade mission 

that would take him to Mumbai, New 

Delhi and Chennai, he said the main 

focus is to encourage Indian visitation 

to the US and educate the Indian travel 

industry on the limitless potential of 

the US as a travel destination. 

Last years travel trade mission 

attracted the largest United States 

delegation ever to engage with the 

India travel trade, he said. 

Responding to a question, Thompson 

said there is enormous growth 

potential from Indian tourists coming 

to the US because the US currently 

captures only about 5.5 per cent of the 

outbound Indian travel market. 

New York, California and Hawaii are 

one of the top three destinations for 

Indian tourists. Florida, Washington 

and Texas are the next three, followed 

by New Jersey, Alaska, Virginia and 

Michigan, he said. 

The average length of stay in the 

US for Indian tourists in 2016 is 36.9 

nights, compared to 35.3 nights in 2015, 

Thompson said. 

Thompson said he has not seen 

any impact on flow of tourists and 

visitors from India after the Trump 

administration took over in January. 

"Last year, we attracted the largest 

US delegation ever to engage with 

the travel trade in India. We are 

anticipating that we will have probably 

a record attendance this year also," he 

added. PTI LKJ CPS

04 Friday, 


Panasonic 

launches a new 

variant of P77 

smartphone 

NEW DELHI: Smartphone maker 

Panasonic has launched the 16GB 

internal storage variant of its P77 

smartphone. The device is exclusively 

available on Flipkart at a price tag of 

Rs 5,299. 

The P77 features a 5-inch HD display 

with 720x1280 pixel resolution. Under 

the hood is a 1GHz quad-core processor 

and runs Android 5.1 Lollipop 

operating system. 

The smartphone offers 1GB RAM 

and 16GB internal storage. Users can 

further expand storage up to 32GB by 

installing a microSD card. The device 

sports an 8MP rear camera with LED 

flash and a 2MP front facing camera. 

For connectivity, the smartphone 

offers 4G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 

GPS. It houses a 2,000 mAh battery. 

The Japanese company is offering 

buyers free screen-guard with the 

smartphone. 

Things look 

bright in 

Sony Xperia 

XA1 Ultra 

With all the buzz smartphones are still 

getting, Sony aims at the crowd with 

the Xperia XA1 Ultra. 

By the looks of it, Sony is not giving 

up on the “ultra” sized devices as their 

device features a 1080p six-inch screen. 

It appears that Sony has given more 

emphasis entertainment in this phone. 

The large screen means better viewing 

angles when watching movies on. 

The Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra mobile 

features a 6.0" (15.24 cm) display 

and runs on Android v7.0 (Nougat) 

operating system. The device is 

powered by a Octa core (2.3 GHz, Quad 

core, Cortex A53 + 1.6 GHz, Quad core, 

Cortex A53) processor paired with 4 

GB of RAM. As far as the battery is 

concerned it has 2700 mAh. Over that, 

as far as the rear camera is concerned 

this mobile has a 23 MP camera and the 

front snapper is powered by a Exmor-R 

CMOS sensor. 

|tech 

Insta360 One 

4K 360 camera 

launched 

Insta360, a Shenzhen-based company 

has launched Insta360 ONE, a 4K 

360-degree camera which shoots 

3840*1920 at 30fps and 2560x1280 

at 60fps. The camera shoots at a 

maximum of 120fps, while 240fps 

video is achieved algorithmically 

with the companion app. Apart from 

UHD videos, the camera can also take 

photos at 24MP, in time-lapse and has 

Bluetooth for connectivity. 

The camera offers 3 modes for 

shooting, namely; stand-alone, remote 

control via Bluetooth, and control via 

a direct connection to a smartphone. 

The device also features a FreeCapture 

technology that lets you shoot first lock 

in the 360 experience and then capture 

it. Users can use their smartphone as a 

viewfinder to preview the videos shot. 

The Insta360 ONE also features 

six-axis image stabilization with an 

in-built gyroscope for smooth video 

output without losing quality. The 

device is enabled with a feature called 

the SmartTrack auto-framing which 

always focuses on the object and keeps 

it in frame all the time. You can go live 

using the device on any of the social 

media platforms with the ONE. The 

devices can be mounted on a tripod, 

drone, helmet, selfie-stick etc. 

DAZL is a startup from Gurgaon, 

India founded by Aditi Chadha and 

her mother, Anu Chadha, to use 

connected tech to keep women safe. 

DAZL's modular device can be worn 

as a pendant on a necklace, keychain, 

brooch, handbag accessory or kept in 

a pocket. When the wearer presses the 

button, it triggers a message to send 

your GPS location to friends and family 

as well as emitting a loud alarm. 

The safety wearable, which DAZL 

says is ready for mass production, 

also features a bunch of features we've 

seen in previous smart jewellery. 

These include the ability to receive 

haptic alerts for filtered smartphone 

Diesel's first Android 

Wear smartwatch, On Full 

Guard, is now available 

Back at Baselworld 2017, Diesel 

announced its "On" smartwatch 

collection, and now the first in that 

collection is available to purchase. 

Well, for a select group of people. 

The Diesel On Full Guard, which 

is the new name for at least the 

first smartwatch, is now on sale at 

Macy's department stores for $325. 

The model is outfitted with a black 

case and brown leather strap. The 

rest of the four Diesel On Android 

Wear 2.0 smartwatches will arrive 

on 25 September, though much of the 

difference will be cosmetic only. 

Two of them will have black leather 

bands, one will have a black metal 

band and another will have a gold 

metal band. They all run a Qualcomm 

2100 Snapdragon processor, have a 

48mm case, IP67 water resistance, and 

a 'high resolution' AMOLED display. 

The more interesting things about the 

Diesel On Full Guard is the software 

enhancements the company is making. 

The first of which are 'filters,' watch 

face overlays that add (gimmicky) 

functionalities to the Android Wear 

INDIAN STARTUP 

DAZL IS CREATING 

SMART JEWELLERY 

TO KEEP WOMEN SAFE 

The device can filter out smartphone notifications too 

experience. For example, one of which 

takes over your display while in "Do 

Not Disturb" mode and virtually cracks 

the screen when you get a notification. 

The more notifications you get, the 

more cracks there are. The second one 

"fogs" up the screen the longer you're 

inactive. 

Yes, they're gimmicky, but they're 

also creative ways of visually giving 

you information. It's also nice to 

see someone in the fashion world of 

Android Wear try to do something a 

little different with watch faces. 

notifications, a selfie button and an 

alarm if your phone goes out of range. 

The product page also mentions 'key 

notifications on women's health' 

though we're not sure what this means 

yet. 

Battery life is an impressive 45 days 

on one charge and it works with iOS 

and Android phones via Bluetooth 

LE. We've no word on price or global 

availability yet but DAZL does look 

larger than rival safety jewellery so 

we'd guess it will be affordable. The 

startup plans to both sell its own 

design online and partner with existing 

jewellery companies. 

DAZL will now take part in an eight 

week HAX Growth boot camp and 

receive $100,000 from the San Francisco 

based accelerator. It is also one of 85 

teams competing in the $1 million 

Women's Safety X Prize which could 

see a wearable tech winner in June 

2018. 

Apple may 

launch iPhone 8 

on September 12, 

says report 

Apple is expected to launch its next 

flagship device iPhone 8 on September 

12, a media report said. According to 

the Wall Street Journal, the company 

is expected to release three new devices 

— iPhone 8 along with the updated 

versions of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus 

— that will be called iPhone 7S and 

iPhone 7S Plus. 

Following several leaks about Apple’s 

controversial yet virtually bezel-less 

redesign, a detailed iPhone 8 dummy 

model confirmed that the devices 

would have an elongated 18.5:9 aspect 

ratio like the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 

Plus, Forbes reported. 

It would also reduce bezel sizes to 

just 4 mm on all sides and feature a 

vertically aligned rear camera, the 

report added. The rear dual-camera 

system on the iPhone 8 would protrude 

more than ever before. 

Earlier leaks have suggested design 

changes in detail. They also pointed 

out that the 2017 device would have an 

all-display front with the fingerprint 

scanner moved to the back. 

The handful of images also showed 

the upcoming iPhone 8 with rearplaced 

Touch ID placed directly below 

the Apple logo.

05 Friday, 

|night out 


Located at a stone throw away from 

Baga beach with a panoramic sea 

view located on Tito’s lane. An 

Alfresco restaurant that offers a 

multi- cuisine menu of local Goan, 

Continental and Italian food. 

This place has some of the best 

Vintage Wines and Spirits both 

Indian and International. It’s the 

perfect place to meet and connect 

with other such amazing foodies, 

laugh with friends over drinks 

or chill out while the live band 

performances keep you entertained. 

The staff here are very friendly 

and informative, and with quick 

service. This place is definitely 

eye catchy on the inside with soft 

lighting and a very vintage look. To 

one side is the bar where the music 

keeps on playing and the bartenders 

flip and mix the perfect drink for 

you while you catch up on your 

favourite Sports or Music channels 

on the huge television situated 

above the bar. On the other side you 

will find a calm place with lovely 

ambiance, soft music and very 

attractive lighting. 

The Restaurant is open from 12 pm 

to 3am. The ambiance is the key in 

any restaurant and Tito’s is one that 

has kept up its mark! 

Albert Einstein's letter to a 

friend may fetch over $60,000 

at US auction 

... Continued from Pg. 1 

Datelined from Princeton, April 

15, 1950, the letter by Einstein melds 

the philosophical with the scientific 

and gives insight into the disciplined 

scientific mind of the great physicist. 

In the letter, Einstein writes about 

wide-ranging content spanning from 

the spiritual - referencing God as "Him" 

- to his Unified Field Theory, with 

equations from the theory in his hand, 

that he believed neutralises his critics, 

according to Nate D Sanders auction 

house. 

"There is one thing that I have 

learned in the course of a long life: It is 

devilishly difficult to get closer to 'Him', 

if one does not want to remain on the 

surface," Einstein wrote. 

"There is no such thing as a 'particle' 

in the strictest meaning of the word," 

Einstein writes taking aim at quantum 

physicists. He even tackles the tricky 

Air Costa yet to refund customers since 

suspending flight operations in February 

Vijayawada-based low-cost airline Air 

Costa has not refunded its flyers after 

temporarily suspending operations 

in a surprise move in February. The 

airline had taken the decision on facing 

financial issues with its lessors. 

The company was operating in eight 

cities since October 2013. 

It is the second airline in India to 

ground its operation this year after 

Bengaluru-based Air Pegasus. 

Air Costa's website and customer 

care helpline have also stopped 

working after their discontinuation of 

services. This had forced customers to 

issue of knowledge itself writing "no 

guarantee that it will ever be possible 

to know whether the theory is 'true'". 

The two paged letter is signed as 

"Affectionate greetings. Your A.E." 

The letter measures 8.5 x 11 inches 

and is accompanied by the original 

envelope postmarked from Princeton 

on 16 April 1950. 

The online auction bidding will end 

on September 28. 

post complaints on online consumer 

forums. 

According to the president of 

Air Passengers Association of 

India, customers who are facing 

inconveniences from such airlines 

should come together and approach 

the court for failing to repay the flyers' 

money. 

"We have limited powers to take 

action since the airline is not 

operational however we have already 

suspended its flying licence," a DGCA 

official said. 

Scientists 

launch 

virtual reality 

game to detect 

Alzheimer’s 

LONDON: Sea Quest Hero is more 

than just the usual computer game in 

which players find their way through 

mazes, shoot and chase creatures – it 

also doubles as scientists’ latest tool 

for studying Alzheimer’s disease. 

The game – downloadable from Aug 

29 in its virtual reality version – seeks 

to stimulate players’ brains through a 

series of tasks based on memory and 

orientation skills, while gathering data 

to research dementia. 

One of the first symptoms of 

Alzheimer’s is loss of navigational 

skills. But data comparing cognitive 

response across a broad spectrum of 

ages is rare, and this is what the game 

seeks to provide. 

The game – billed as the “largest 

dementia study in history” – has been 

developed by Deutsche Telekom, 

Alzheimer’s Research UK and 

scientists from University College 

London and the University of East 

Anglia. 

The mobile version, which came out 

in 2016, has already been downloaded 

three million times in 193 countries. 

Playing the game for just two 

minutes, the website said, generates 

the same amount of data scientists 

would take five hours to collect in 

similar lab-based research. 

With the equivalent of 63 years 

already played, scientists now have 

some 9,500 years worth of dementia 

research to go through. 

”That gave us an enormous amount 

of information and it really allowed us 

to understand how men and women of 

different ages navigate in the game,” 

David Reynolds, chief scientific officer 

at Alzheimer’s Research UK, told AFP. 

Resolving the tasks requires the use 

of “different parts of your brain and 

different parts of your brain are used 

in different ways by different types of 

dementia – so it allows us to link what 

someone can do to what is going on in 

their brain,” Reynolds added. 

50 million sufferers 

The addition of virtual reality will 

provide yet another layer of data. 

”The headset technology is helping to 

track where the person is looking at all 

times as well as where they’re going,” 

Lauren Presser, one of the game’s 

producers, told AFP. 

”So we get to know whether people 

are lost and how they behave in those 

situations... Every single one of those 

experiments is helping us gather data 

around spatial navigation.” 

Nearly 50 million people around 

the world suffer from dementia and 

Alzheimer’s according to the latest 

estimates. This figure could balloon to 

132 million by 2050. There is no cure 

for the disease, but the game’s creators 

hope it could eventually enable 

diagnosis and treatments of patients 

far earlier than is currently possible.

06 Friday, 

|clubbing 


Katarina & Diana 

Café Mambo’s Tagline “where the 

world comes together” is apt, as this 

is the place where locals, weekender 

visitors and international tourists all 

come together to enjoy a fun night out. 

It’s a chilled out zone to meet up with 

friends & catch up for 

a drink over some great house music. 

Café Mambo is within walking distance 

from Calangute. The café started as 

another run of the mill joint, gained 

immense popularity immediately. 

Marina 

Mandar & Vaishnavi 

Neha & Rudra 

Rishab & Sona 

Margaret 

Bhumicka 

Yaseen & Priyanka 

Vickey, Ritesh, Rujeeta & Neha 

Entertainers @Cafe Mambo 

Photo Credits: Pravin Gaonkar 

Lina, Sharvari, Prajakta, Siddhi & Piya

07 Friday, 


Club Tito’s offers an unforgettable 

Nightlife Experience in Goa. It is 

difficult to imagine a more idyllic 

setting for a nightclub than Club 

Tito’s which is situated on Tito’s 

Lane, a hop skip and jump away from 

Baga Beach. 

While the sun is still out you 

can’t take your eyes away from the 

lovely beach, the calm village life 

and the breezy ocean air. When 

it’s dark the lane comes to life and 

takes on a different form with loud 

music, people dancing and clubs and 

restaurants bustling with visitors 

both of Indian and foreign origin. 

Roman, Katunin, Damsara & Yamuna 

Maria & Earl 

Aditi & Friends 

Varun & Sakshi 

Manjit & Raveena 

Ashima, Priya, Dharma & Shubadeep 

Photo Credits: Pravin Gaonkar

08 Friday, 

|the buzz 


Mandira Bedi to debut as a vamp 

in Prabhas starrer Saaho 

Actress and host Mandira Bedi, who 

catapulted to fame with TV shows 

such as 'Shanti' and 'Kyunki Saas Bhi 

Kabhi Bahu Thi' on the small screen, is 

going to debut as a vamp with Prabhas 

starrer Saaho. 

In Saaho, there are only two female 

characters, Shraddha Kapoor and 

Mandira. The actress is portraying a 

negtive character in the film. She is 

done with its first schedule of shoot in 

Hyderabad last week and will be seen 

doing action scenes. 

According to sources, the film is 

trilingual and will be shot and released 

in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. It will be 

shot in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Abu 

Dhabi for the next couple of month. 

‘Om Shanti 

Om’: All you 

need to know 

about Swami 

Ramdev and 

Sonakshi 

Sinha’s show 

Mumbai: The much-awaited show ‘Om 

Shanti Om’ went on air as Star India’ 

new channel Star Bharat was launched 

on August 28. The show will be aired 

on every Saturday and Sunday at 9 pm. 

Swami Ramdev, special judge, 

said to a leading daily that, “This 

is a great platform to bring out 

devotional genre of music through 

interesting renditions unheard before. 

I am delighted to be part of this show 

because it is everything that Indians 

are proud of, our tradition, our culture 

and our faith. With Om Shanti Om, we 

will redefine devotional music in a way 

it appeals to the youngsters today.” 

Sonakshi Sinha, who is also part of 

the show, said, “I have always been 

spiritual and believe that music is 

the best way to reach any level of 

spirituality. Om Shanti Om is an 

extension of that belief and I love the 

way it is combining contemporary and 

youthful music with devotion!” 

The show is sponsored by Patanjali 

puja samagri. 

A Technician Dies Tragically On The Sets Of 

Anushka Sharma’s Pari 

A lighting department technician 

passed away on the set of Anushka 

Sharma’s upcoming release Pari 

on Tuesday. Reportedly, the man 

named Sh. Shahabe Alam came in 

contact with a live wire and died of 

electrocution on the sets. 

This unfortunate incident came to 

light when the police officials revealed 

Supreme Court 

directs Dilip Kumar 

to pay Rs 20 crore in 

realty case 

about the same. The man who was 

a technician apparently came in 

touch with a live wire during the 

outdoor shoot of the movie in South 24 

Parganas district and lost his life. 

Alam was taken to a nearby hospital 

where he was declared brought dead. 

The shooting of the film has been 

stopped, according to the police. 

New Delhi: Bollywood veteran Dilip 

Kumar on Wednesday breathed a 

major sigh of relief as the Supreme 

Court ruling regarding an old realty 

case came in his favour. It is being said 

that the 94-year-old actor now has to 

pay Rs 20 crore to Prajita Developers 

Pvt Ltd so that the possession of his 

2,412 square yards property in Bandra 

can be restored. 

According to TOI.com, the 'Mughale-Azam' 

star back in 2006 joined forces 

with a real estate firm to develop 

the property. Sadly, the work never 

started. 

Reportedly, the company has been 

directed to withdraw all its security 

personnel from the property. The 

land needs to be given back to Kumar 

within the seven days after Kumar 

deposits the money in the court. 

Ex-porn star Mia Khalifa claims she 

was threatened with BEHEADING 

in gruesome 'execution' pictures 

after performing sex act in hijab 

An ex-porn star has told of how she 

was threatened with beheading in 

gruesome mocked up execution 

pictures after she performed a sex act 

in a hijab. 

Mia Khalifa - a former top-ranked 

performer on the adult website 

PornHub - said she believed the terror 

group ISIS were behind the sick photos 

sent to her through social media. 

In an interview with The Sports 

Junkies Mia said: "They photoshopped 

a picture of me being beheaded and 

threatened that would happen to me." 

Sonam Kapoor To Kick 

Off Veere Di Wedding 

Shoot Soon! 

In the early days of her stardom, an 

image taken from an Islamic State 

'execution' video, with her head 

digitally pasted onto the victim, was 

sent to her along with a torrent of 

abuse. 

On Thursday, Mia revealed she 

wouldn't give the extremists what they 

wanted: "You can't show weakness. 

"That's exactly what they're looking 

for." 

But admitted: "I really try and just 

make it look like it rolls off, but I'll 

admit, it gets to you after a while." 

Mia - from Lebanon - shot to fame 

with her explicit videos but has since 

been slammed by commentators in 

the Middle East who claim she is a 

disgrace to her homeland after she was 

filmed performing in a hijab. 

Mia moved from Beirut to the US at 

the age of 10 and has now settled in 

Miami. 

“I Knew That The Subject Of 

Erectile Dysfunction Has A 

Universal Appeal”: R.S. Prasanna 

R.S. Prasanna, who is making his 

Bollywood debut with the film Shubh 

Mangal Saavdhan, which deals 

with erectile dysfunction, says the 

Hindi film industry is encouraging 

filmmakers to explore unusual subjects 

and thanks to the new age audience, 

such films are making a difference. 

Considering the fact that the film 

is the remake of its Tamil version 

Kalyana Samayal Saadham, which 

was also directed by him, asked if it 

was a safe choice to make a debut with, 

Prasanna told IANS, “Well, I think 

Bollywood has always encouraged 

experimental subjects. Therefore, films 

like Vicky Donor, Dum Laga Ke Haisha 

and Hindi Medium have been made 

and accepted in mainstream cinema of 

Bollywood. 

“I Knew That The Subject Of Erectile 

Dysfunction Has A Universal Appeal”: 

R.S. Prasanna 

Actress Sonam Kapoor, who 

says she has had a creatively 

satisfying year so far, will start 

shooting for Veere Di Wedding 

in the capital city. 

“Going to be leaving for Delhi 

today. So excited to start ‘Veere 

Di Wedding‘. Swara Bhaskar, 

Shikha Talsania, Kareena 

Kapoor Khan, Rhea Kapoor, 

Shashank Ghosh,” Sonam 

tweeted on Thursday morning. 

“This year has been amazing 

for me creatively. Working on 

PadMan, Sanjay Dutt biopic 

and now ending it with Veere 

Di Wedding. Can’t wait for 

you guys to see all these films! 

Lots of love to all who have 

supported me and have helped 

me through my journey,” she 

added. 

“Even when I was making the film 

in Tamil, I knew that the subject of 

erectile dysfunction has a universal 

appeal. So when in a conservative 

environment of Tamil cinema, the 

multiplex audience received the film 

well, I realised that the story touched 

the right notes. So yes, that gave me a 

certain level of confidence.”

09 Friday, 

SUDOKU 

|leisure 


CROSSWORD CRACKER 

FOUR CENTURIES AFTER 

ARRIVING IN GOA, QUEEN 

KETEVAN’S RELICS TO 

TRAVEL TO HOME COUNTRY 

Ruins of the Convent of the Augustinian Friars at Old Goa 

Panaji: Nearly four centuries after 

two Augustinian Frias brought them 

to Old Goa, the Sacred Relics of 17th 

century queen (saint) Ketevan will 

travel to Georgia for a six-monthlong 

exhibition, in what is a historic 

occasion for the country. An agreement 

to this effect was signed between 

the two countries on Wednesday. 

The remains were discovered by 

archaeological survey of India (ASI) 

within the ruins of the St Augustinian 

convent in Old Goa in 2004, following 

excavations lasting more than a 

decade. 

The ambassador of Georgia and 

ASI officials are expected to leave for 

Georgia with the relics on September 

20. These will be kept on public display 

for history lovers and faithful at 

important places, including religious 

landmarks in that country, before they 

are brought back to Goa. "The relics are 

one of its kind from Georgia discovered 

in the country," an official said. A 

Jokes apart! 

Dating a Hairy 

Woman? 

Two Italian friends are talking to each 

other one evening. 

Roberto says, “Tell me Geno, in all 

honesty, what do you think of a woman 

with a growth of black hair under her 

nose?” 

Geno replies, “Hell no, I would never 

be turned on by a woman like that.” 

Roberto says, “OK, so tell me, what 

about a woman with big black hairs 

growing under her arms?” 

Geno says, “For Pete’s sake what are 

you talking about? I couldn’t even 

have anything to do with a woman like 

that.” 

Roberto says, “OK but let me ask you 

another question. What about a woman 

with long black hairs growing on her 

legs, never shaves her legs?” 

Geno replies, “Come on man give me a 

break, I would never get into bed with 

a woman like that.” 

Roberto says, “OK so answer me one 

last question, if all you say is true, why 

the hell are you seeing my wife?!!!” 

Drum Problem 

There was once a small boy who 

banged a drum all day and loved every 

moment of it. He would not be quiet, 

no matter what anyone else said or 

did. Various attempts were made to do 

something about the child. 

One person told the boy that he 

number of pilgrimages are being 

planned to coincide with the arrival of 

the relics of the Queen, who is highly 

revered in the country for the torture 

she suffered in Iran after being taken 

prisoner by the emperor of Persia, 

Shah Abbas I. 

The Georgians have been waiting 

for this occasion for decades together. 

Since 1988-89, delegations from that 

country have been working with 

the ASI trying to locate Ketevan's 

relics within the St Augustinian 

convent. Despite the exact location 

of the Queen's relics being specified 

in a Portuguese document, efforts to 

locate these were unsuccessful due to 

"difficulties in interpretation of the 

convent" until they stumbled upon 

the tombstone of Manuel de Sequeira 

e Matos, which gave them the clue. 

The team found other tombstones and 

finally stumbled upon the relics only 

in 2005. 

A long drawn exercise, the DNA 

sequencing proved the relics to be that 

of Ketevan and the study was published 

in the journal Mitochondrion in 2013. 

According to historical records two 

Augustinian Frias unearthed the 

remains of the Queen and hid them 

from 1624 till 1627, when they were 

brought to Goa. The relics and the 

coping stone of the sarcophagus lie in 

the ASI museum, Old Goa. 

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com 

would, if he continued 

to make so much noise, 

perforate his eardrums. 

This reasoning was 

too advanced for the child, who was 

neither a scientist nor a scholar. 

A second person told him that drum 

beating was a sacred activity and 

should be carried out only on special 

occasions. The third person offered 

the neighbors plugs for their ears; a 

fourth gave the boy a book; a fifth gave 

the neighbors books that described a 

method of controlling anger through 

biofeedback; a sixth person gave the 

boy meditation exercises to make 

him placid and docile. None of these 

attempts worked. 

Eventually, a wise person came along 

with an effective motivation. He looked 

at the situation, handed the child a 

hammer and chisel, and asked, “I 

wonder what’s inside the drum?”

10 Friday, 


This 6.5 feet Ganesha idol installation is made of spare parts like disk brakes, 

fender, spark plugs, and clutch plate among others. The installation was unveiled 

by Saurabh Makhija, General Manager, Sales Ford India, when it was open for 

public viewing from August 18-20, 2017 at the Oberoi Mall in Goregaon. It has been 

created by artist Madhvi Pittie from Workshop Q in collaboration with Nishant 

Sudhakaran, a metal artist in Mumbai. 

Money laundering rules to apply 

to gems and jewellery sector 

The government said in a notification 

on Monday that the provisions of the 

Prevention of Money laundering Act 

(PMLA), 2002, will apply to the gem and 

jewellery sector with immediate effect, 

the financial daily Business Standard 

(BS) reported. 

The notification, issued in the Gazette 

of India on August 23, said that any 

dealer of precious metals, precious 

stones and other high value goods with 

a turnover of Rs 2 crore or more in a 

financial year would be covered under 

the Act. 

It said that the Directorate General 

of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence 

(DGGSTI) will be appointed under the 

Act to monitor and adjudicate with 

respect to the gems and jewellery 

sector. The Rs 2-crore limit specified 

under the PMLA would be calculated 

on the basis of the previous year's 

turnover. 

The notification has taken the sector 

by surprise, the newspaper added. 

MIRABAI’s 

Beautiful Family Restaurant, close to the 

beach and off the Baga road, has the Best 

Food around as well as Goan Specialities. 

Our GOAN THALI or Curry are very delicious as well as all Fish dishes 

(Shark, Kingfish, Pomfret, Lobster, Red Snapper, Tiger Prawns or 

anything else what the Ocean offers). The owner, ex footballer - VASU is 

charming & extremely well informed. MIRABAI's has an open kitchen 

for the Guests to see what's cooking! 

Fb: Mirabai's Goan Village 

Baga-Calangute Road, near Charlston Hotel - Mob: 9822176808 

How Do 

I Fully 

Unplug 

on a 

Vacation? 

Gone are the days of traveling to get 

away, disconnect, and reboot… It’s a 

sad truth, but on vacations in the last 

couple years, there are so many more 

people on their laptops and phones 

than ever before. Admittedly, most 

people have a hard time disconnecting 

from the everyday stress life brings. 

While it can be tempting to be posting 

on Instagram and going through 

your inbox while you’re out of office, 

the whole point of a vacation is to 

really unwind. And that means from 

technology too. Challenge yourself 

to put your phone away and feel 

the difference how relaxed and 

rejuvenated you feel. Here are a few 

tips if you actually want to unplug on 

your next trip. After all, it’s called paid 

time off for a reason, right? 

Delete your work email 

from your phone 

If you want to take a break from work 

while traveling, simply delete your 

work email from your Phone. It will 

make all the difference if you are 

trying to unplug because you won’t 

even be tempted to get online and 

respond. Plus, do you get anxiety over 

seeing the little red notification bubble 

show a number in the hundreds? We 

bet you do. When you’re home from 

your trip and ready to tackle that 

inbox, you can easily add your work 

email right back to your phone. 

Go somewhere off the grid 

We all go on trips where we know 

we will need to be connected or 

working remotely while there. And, 

if this is the case, it’s smart to pick 

a destination and accommodations 

that have Wi-Fi and good cell service. 

However, if you’re traveling in order 

to relax, there’s something to be said 

about planning your trip around 

CLASSIFIEDS 

disconnecting. That could mean going 

off the map, or staying at a hotel or 

Airbnb that’s in a more remote area. 

There are so many beautiful places 

to explore that are more off the grid, 

which will make it easier for you to 

unplug altogether. If your goal is to 

relax, keep your location in mind and 

don’t be afraid to go off the map. 

Leave your laptop behind 

It sounds scary, we know. But if you’ve 

been planning a vacation for months 

and getting ahead with your work, why 

even bother taking your laptop with 

you on your travels? It will only sit 

there tempting you to get online, and 

I can assure you that you will regret it 

the moment when sifting through your 

inbox takes up an entire afternoon of 

beach time (also known as piña colada 

time ). A better idea is to do your 

work ahead of time, set your out of 

office (directing any emails to a trusted 

co-worker or someone within your 

department) and truly unplug. 

Bring a paperback book 

instead of your Smart 

Phone 

Call us old fashioned, but lately a good 

old paperback book is all you need 

on your travels if you really want to 

disconnect. Leave your phone at home 

and pack an actual book (or two). 

You’ll be less likely to check social 

media or your email if you’re reading 

your of-the-moment novel the old 

fashioned way instead of on a phone. 

What tips do you have for 

unplugging on vacay? 

-Faye 

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11 Friday, 


LADAKH, India — On portable foam 

mats on a northern Indian plateau in 

view of the Himalayas, rows of girls 

and young women kick their legs in the 

air simultaneously. One. Two. Three. 

Nuns walk throughout the rows, 

eyeing the girls’ form and offering 

constructive criticism on their newly 

learned skills. 

The girls are taking part in a selfdefense 

workshop, the first such 

training put on by the Drukpa Kung Fu 

Nuns. Since mastering the martial art, 

the nuns are now teaching a generation 

of girls and young women how to 

defend themselves. 

“Self-defense is very important 

because of rape cases and other bad 

news,” 26-year-old nun Jigme Migyur 

Palmo told NBC News. “They have to 

have confidence.” 

According to India’s National 

Crime Record Bureau, there were 

approximately 34,000 rapes reported 

in the country in 2015 — the latest 

year data is available — up from 

approximately 25,000 in 2012. 

The five-day workshop for beginners 

was held in India’s Ladakh region in 

early August and was sponsored by the 

U.S.-based Live to Love International, 

a nonprofit that focuses on serving the 

people of the Himalayas. 

Live to Love was founded by the 

Gyalwang Drukpa — the head of a 

branch of Tibetan Buddhism — and 

in 2009, he introduced kung fu to the 

branch’s nuns as a way to improve 

health and self-defense. 

Before the nuns were shy, said 

Palmo, but now they have more 

confidence. 

“I, myself, can say I have lots more 

confidence than before,” she said. 

Palmo, who used to watch Jackie 

Chan movies as a young girl, became 

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IN THE 

HIMALAYAS, 

KUNG FU 

NUNS TEACH 

YOUNG 

WOMEN 

SELF 

DEFENCE 

a nun when her father told her about 

the Gyalwang Drukpa and the focus on 

women's empowerment. 

“If I became a nun it would benefit 

other girls,” she said, later adding: 

“Before I was thinking kung fu was 

just for fun.” 

The kung fu workshop, which 

catered to nearly 100 girls ages 13 to 28, 

included those from nearby villages 

and even some Muslim girls and young 

women, said Carrie Lee, a former 

president of Live to Love, which has 13 

chapters around the world. 

“It’s our first time,” she said. “We 

had no idea what the reception would 

be.” 

Posters and signs were displayed 

throughout Ladakh, inviting girls and 

young women to take part. 

The training broke barriers both 

for the participants and the nuns, 

according to Lee. 

“Nuns have traditionally been 

second-class citizens in the 

Himalayas,” she said, adding that there 

are some people who believe nuns 

shouldn’t be teaching kung fu. 

But the nuns have thrived with their 

newfound skills, she said. 

“It’s the first time they heard having 

confidence can save your life,” Lee 

said. “Even getting used to screaming 

is empowering.”

12 Friday, 

|tourist map 


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RELIGIOUS PLACES: Basilica 

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FORTS : Reis Magos, Aguada, 

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de Rama, Alorna, Nanus, Rivona 

BEACHES: Baga, Calangute, 

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WILDLIFE: Mhadei, Bondla, 

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WATERFALLS: Dudhsagar, 

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SPRINGS : Kesarval, Pomburfa 

MARKETS :Mapusa, Panjim 

Emergency Telephone 

Ambulance: 108 

District Hospital: 0832-2225540 

Manipal Hospital: 0832-3002500 

Police: 100 

Fire Brigade : 101 

Women helpline : 1091 

Senior Citizen Helpline: 1090 

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Tivim Station: 0832-2298682 

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