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Artillery Gun Sets<br />
World Record<br />
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Goa may ban<br />
swimming in sea<br />
post sunset<br />
Goa’s tourism department is planning<br />
to enact a law that would ban<br />
swimming in the sea post-sunset, as<br />
well as under the influence of alcohol.<br />
The decision comes in the wake of<br />
recent incidents of drowning along the<br />
state’s coast, with three cases recorded<br />
in the past one week alone.<br />
While two Ahmedabad students died<br />
in the waters off Candolim Beach last<br />
Thursday, two more people lost their<br />
lives prior to this in separate incidents<br />
while swimming along the Candolim–<br />
Calangute strip. All these cases<br />
occurred at night, when no lifeguards<br />
man the beaches. The incidents<br />
compelled a private lifeguard agency to<br />
issue an advisory against swimming in<br />
rough waters.<br />
Eateries May<br />
Soon Have To<br />
Pay Tax On<br />
Service Charge<br />
NEW DELHI: The Union consumer<br />
affairs ministry has asked the Central<br />
Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to ask<br />
officials to take into account service<br />
charge collection by hotels and eateries<br />
while assessing their tax liabilities.<br />
Continued on Pg. 2 ...<br />
“Incidents of deaths due to drowning<br />
on the beaches of Goa will bring a bad<br />
repute to the state, and all agencies,<br />
including the Department of Tourism,<br />
have to act responsibly,” said state<br />
tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar.<br />
He added that until the law was<br />
formally enforced, the government<br />
could publicise an ordinance before<br />
tourism season begins in October.<br />
The state government has asked<br />
establishments such as hotels,<br />
guesthouses, shacks and restaurants—<br />
as well as taxi, tour and water-sports<br />
operators—to caution tourists against<br />
hitting the sea in the dark. Shacks have<br />
also been told to install signboards<br />
warning against drunk swimming.<br />
Liquor Sale<br />
Should Be<br />
Made Only<br />
Against Digital<br />
Payment: Cait<br />
NEW DELHI: The sale of liquor should<br />
be allowed only against payment by<br />
digital mode, traders body CAIT today<br />
suggested the government.<br />
Continued on Pg. 5 ...<br />
FREE TOURIST<br />
MAP INSIDE<br />
OCI Cards To Cost<br />
From Dec 31<br />
Panaji: The conversion of Person of<br />
Indian Origin (PIO) Cards to Overseas<br />
Citizen of India (OCI) cards will not<br />
be free beyond December 31, <strong>2017</strong>, the<br />
ministry of home affairs has stated.<br />
Those looking to convert their PIO<br />
cards to OCI cards in 2018 will be<br />
permitted to do so only on payment of<br />
a fee.<br />
The PIO cards will become invalid<br />
travel documents after October 2018,<br />
and therefore the ministry has urged<br />
all persons of Indian origin to get their<br />
handwritten PIO cards converted to<br />
machine readable OCI cards before<br />
October 2018.<br />
Continued on Pg. 2 ...<br />
To Prevent<br />
Litter, Goa<br />
Police To Crack<br />
Down On Budget<br />
Tourists Cooking<br />
In Open<br />
A meeting of tourism industry<br />
stakeholders chaired by chief minister<br />
Manohar Parrikar, ordered police<br />
to crack down on cooking in public<br />
by tourist groups, claiming it was<br />
unhygienic and resulted in garbage<br />
being strewn in public areas.<br />
“Cooking in the open by groups<br />
of tourists is an eyesore. It creates<br />
disturbance and garbage which is left<br />
unattended. We have instructed police<br />
to crack down on groups of tourists<br />
who travel by buses and cooking gear<br />
and then cook in the open for their<br />
meals,” said Goa Tourism minister<br />
Ajgaonkar.<br />
Tourists travelling in buses on<br />
shoe-string budgets are regularly seen<br />
along coastal parts of the state cooking<br />
their meals in the open, something the<br />
tourism industry stakeholders have<br />
complained in the past about, claiming<br />
such low-budget tourism doesn’t bring<br />
in revenue to the state exchequer and<br />
at the same time ruins the aesthetics of<br />
the countryside.<br />
“The sooner this is stopped the better.<br />
We have received a lot of complaints,”<br />
Ajgaonkar said.<br />
Goa is one of the top beach tourism<br />
destinations in the country and attracts<br />
more than six million tourists every<br />
year.
02 |nation<br />
Friday, <strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 pages<br />
Rs 100 Coin Is Coming;<br />
It Will Be Introduced<br />
To Commemorate<br />
Birth Centenary Of MG<br />
Ramachandran<br />
In a major development, Finance<br />
Ministry on Tuesday issued a<br />
notification about the introduction of<br />
Rs 100 coin. According to news agency<br />
ANI, the Rs 100 coin will be introduced<br />
to commemorate the birth centenary of<br />
Dr MG Ramachandran. News agency<br />
PTI reports that along with Rs 100,<br />
Rs 5 coin will also be issued by the<br />
government. As per the report, the<br />
coins will bear MGR’s portrait in the<br />
centre along with the inscription ‘DR<br />
M G Ramachandran Birth Centenary’<br />
on the lower periphery. The same will<br />
also be marked on the upper periphery<br />
in Devnagari script.<br />
The notification said that the year<br />
‘1917-<strong>2017</strong>’ will be flanked below the<br />
portrait of Dr M G Ramachandran. The<br />
coins will also bear the Lion Capital<br />
of Ashoka Pillar in the centre with<br />
the inscription ‘Satyamev Jayte’ on<br />
the obverse side. The Rs 100 coin will<br />
weigh around 35 grams, while Rs 5<br />
coins will weigh 6 grams.<br />
The new Rs 100 coin will be made of<br />
silver (50 per cent), copper (40 per cent),<br />
nickel (5 per cent) and zinc (5 percent),<br />
while Rs 5 coin will be made of copper<br />
(75 per cent), zinc (20 per cent) and<br />
nickel (5 per cent). Ramachandran,<br />
popularly known as ‘MGR’, was the<br />
founder of All India Anna Dravida<br />
Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party,<br />
currently ruling in Tamil Nadu. A film<br />
actor and a three-time Chief Minister,<br />
he was awarded the Bharat Ratna<br />
posthumously in 1988.<br />
Eateries May Soon<br />
Have To Pay Tax On<br />
Service Charge<br />
... Continued from Pg. 1<br />
The move comes in the wake of reports<br />
that many eateries are still collecting<br />
the charge.<br />
In a series of tweets, consumer affairs<br />
minister Ram Vilas Paswan said, "In<br />
view of seriousness of issue, Deptt. of<br />
Consumer Affairs has written to CBDT<br />
to consider inclusion of service charge<br />
while assessing tax."<br />
In another tweet, the minister said,<br />
"Complaints against those insisting<br />
(sic) payment of service charge<br />
compulsorily are being received<br />
throughNational Consumer Helpline<br />
and are being reported in media."<br />
Ministry sources said there were<br />
reports that many restaurants had<br />
displayed at their entry that they<br />
collected 10% service charge. "It's like<br />
making it a pre-condition that every<br />
customer has to pay the charge. We<br />
have already clarified this cannot be<br />
imposed on customers and it's an unfair<br />
trade practice," an official said.<br />
The official added that eateries<br />
collecting service charge must come<br />
out with a white paper to prove they<br />
were distributing the collected amount<br />
to the staff. If not, the collection should<br />
be taken into account as part of their<br />
income, the official said.<br />
INDIA'S HOME MADE<br />
ARTILLERY GUN<br />
MAKES A WORLD<br />
RECORD, FIRES SHELL<br />
47 KMS AWAY<br />
For years, the Indian Army suffered<br />
from the lack of potent artillery<br />
firepower. During the Kargil War, it<br />
was the Bofors gun that proved its<br />
prowess, but a new gun was not even in<br />
sight. But those days are long gone.<br />
DRDO’s home made ATAGS<br />
(Advanced Towed Artillery Gun<br />
System) of which nearly 2,000 examples<br />
will soon equip the various units of<br />
the artillery regiment, has just proved<br />
itself to be a devastating weapon.<br />
During the recently conducted field<br />
trials at the Pokhran range, the gun<br />
fired three shells out to a range of 47.2<br />
kms.<br />
Farther than any other gun in the<br />
world! The 155 mm 52-calibre gun is<br />
now a world record holder. During<br />
No Restrictions<br />
On H-1B Visa:<br />
Us Official<br />
NEW DELHI: A senior US official<br />
on Thursday sought to allay India's<br />
concerns on the H-1B visa programme,<br />
which is being "reviewed" by the<br />
Trump administration, saying there<br />
are no "restrictions" in place.<br />
The official said around 70 per cent<br />
of the visas issued under the H-1B<br />
category over the past nine months<br />
have gone to Indians and that a record<br />
1.2 million visas of Indians were<br />
adjudicated by the US last year.<br />
The year-over-year increase in terms<br />
of issuance of H-1B visas and L1 visas<br />
(work permit) to Indians is six per cent<br />
each, the official said.<br />
"The President (Donald Trump) spoke<br />
about review. There are no restrictions<br />
but it (H-1B) is under review," he said,<br />
adding the issue was not on the agenda<br />
for the upcoming Indo- US bilateral<br />
dialogue on consular relations, but it<br />
may come up in the course of the talks.<br />
The issue of the repealing of the<br />
Deferred Action for Children Arrival<br />
(DACA) programme, which has hit<br />
more than 7,000 Indian-Americans, may<br />
also figure in the talks scheduled to be<br />
held on <strong>September</strong> 27 in Washington.<br />
Trump had signed an executive order<br />
in April for tightening the rules of the<br />
H-1B visa programme to stop "visa<br />
abuses".<br />
tests, the gun fired a long range ‘High<br />
explosive – base bleed’ round. Most<br />
155mm guns in the world max out<br />
between 40 km and 45 kms.<br />
According to a Sputnik report, the<br />
reason for the longer range of the<br />
ATAGS is the 25-litre volume of its<br />
chamber that allows higher quantities<br />
of propellant to be used. Other similar<br />
guns have a chamber of about 23-litre<br />
capacity. The gun is also unique in<br />
having a six-round magazine that gives<br />
it a higher rate of fire compared to<br />
three-round magazines in others.<br />
The ATAGS has been developed<br />
by DRDO in conjunction with two<br />
companies – Tata Power SED and<br />
Bharat Forge.<br />
OCI Cards To Cost<br />
From Dec 31<br />
... Continued from Pg. 1<br />
Persons of Indian origin have been<br />
given repeated reminders by the<br />
ministry to apply for conversion of OCI<br />
cards, after the two cards were merged<br />
in January 2015. Prior to this, PIO cards<br />
were valid for a period of 15 years and<br />
allowed persons of Indian origin who<br />
had acquired citizenship of another<br />
country to stay in India for 180 days<br />
before they were required to report to<br />
the Foreigners Regional Registration<br />
Office (FRRO).<br />
The FRROs were instructed not to<br />
issue any more PIO cards and have<br />
been directing applicants to apply for<br />
OCI cards instead. As a temporary<br />
measure, initially PIO cards were<br />
stamped with lifelong visas and card<br />
holders weren't required to report to<br />
the police when their stay in India<br />
exceeded 180 days.<br />
Since India doesn't permit dual<br />
citizenship, the OCI card holder comes<br />
to the rescue of persons of Indian<br />
origin who have acquired a foreign<br />
citizenship, allowing them multiple<br />
entry lifelong visa to India and<br />
unlimited period of stay in the country.<br />
OCI card holders, however, aren't<br />
allowed to vote or acquire agricultural<br />
or plantation properties.
03 Friday,<br />
|touristic<br />
<strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 pages<br />
Ahmedabad-Mumbai<br />
Bullet Train Will<br />
Have 70 Daily Rides,<br />
Fare Likely Between<br />
Rs 3,000-5,000<br />
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and<br />
his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe<br />
will lay the foundation stone of one of<br />
India's most ambitious infrastructure<br />
projects, the bullet train on Thursday.<br />
"The commencement of work on the<br />
country's first High Speed Rail (Bullet<br />
train) project will begin on <strong>September</strong><br />
14 in Ahmedabad," Railway minister<br />
Piyush Goel said.<br />
The 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad<br />
High Speed Rail Project will entail an<br />
estimated cost of Rs. 1,10,000 crore.<br />
"Out of this Rs. 1,10,000 crore, Japan is<br />
giving a loan of Rs. 88,000 crore and the<br />
interest on this loan is minimal, i.e. 0.1<br />
per cent," Mr Goyal said.<br />
"This loan is to be repaid to Japan in<br />
50 years. Loan repayment period of 50<br />
years with 15 years grace."<br />
Of the 508-km stretch, 92 per cent of the<br />
route will be elevated, six per cent in<br />
tunnel and the rest two per cent will be<br />
on the ground.<br />
That is, 508 km stretch will have 468<br />
km of elevated track, 27 km inside<br />
tunnel and the remaining 13 km on the<br />
ground.<br />
The high speed train will also pass<br />
through the country's biggest tunnel of<br />
21 km, of which seven km will be under<br />
the sea.<br />
On the Ahmedabad-Mumbai<br />
route, total 12 stations have been<br />
proposed that include Mumbai,<br />
Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora,<br />
Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand,<br />
Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.<br />
The distance of 508 km will be<br />
covered in two hours and seven<br />
minutes by the bullet train if it stops<br />
at four stations namely Ahmedabad,<br />
Vadodara, Surat and Mumbai.<br />
Pic Of Books<br />
Lying Unattended<br />
On The Streets Of<br />
Iraq Goes Viral<br />
& Internet Loves<br />
The Reason<br />
Wisdom comes to those who read.<br />
Period.<br />
Every country bears its own tradition<br />
and a certain set of values. But who<br />
would have thought that a troubled<br />
nation like Iraq would say something<br />
like this? But as they say about Lotus -<br />
it grows in mud!<br />
An image of books lying unattended<br />
in the street of Iraq is going viral, but<br />
it is not the books that are stealing<br />
the show, but the logic behind it. Well,<br />
Iraqis believe that the reader does not<br />
steal and the thief does not read.<br />
The community implies that a reader,<br />
an enduring will always be wise enough<br />
to share his/her wisdom and will not<br />
WORLD’S FIRST UNDERWATER<br />
LUXURY VESSEL RESORT TO<br />
COME UP 4 KM FROM DUBAI<br />
Kleindienst Group has launched The<br />
Floating Venice, the world’s first<br />
underwater luxury vessel resort at<br />
Cityscape Global. Valued at US$ 680<br />
million, The Floating Venice will be<br />
located in The World islands, four km<br />
offshore from Dubai and will bring an<br />
authentic Venetian experience to the<br />
Middle East. This floating resort has<br />
a capacity of up to 3,000 guests daily,<br />
with accommodation, restaurants and<br />
recreation split over four decks, one<br />
of which is underwater. Guests will<br />
arrive by boat, seaplane or helicopter<br />
to the main Piazza San Marco where<br />
they can check-in at the underwater<br />
try to keep the knowledge to<br />
themselves. They will not steal,<br />
instead, share with others.<br />
Well, we completely concur with<br />
the idea and appreciate how an<br />
entire nation that has gone through<br />
some immensely disturbing string of<br />
affairs has managed to vest its faith in<br />
something so beautiful.<br />
Source: indiatimes.com<br />
lobby. Gondola’s imported from<br />
Venice will transport guests to their<br />
cabins through the winding canals,<br />
or alternatively a short stroll through<br />
canal side walkways and bridges will<br />
take them to their cabins.<br />
There will be a range of 414 cabins<br />
arranged over four decks, one of<br />
which is underwater giving views<br />
of the coral reefs below and passing<br />
gondola above. There will also be<br />
a plethora of boutique hospitality<br />
spots and traditional artisanal shops.<br />
Throughout the year The Floating<br />
Venice will celebrate culture and the<br />
arts and feature traditional festivals<br />
such as Carnivale di Venezia, Binnale<br />
di Venezia and Festa del Rendentore.<br />
“As a developer our vision supports<br />
and aligns with Dubai’s ambition to<br />
be a leading global destination and<br />
home of innovation as the world’s most<br />
forward-thinking city. I am extremely<br />
excited and proud of The Floating<br />
Venice. Our aim is to enhance the<br />
landscape of real estate and hospitality<br />
and deliver a new iconic experience.<br />
The Floating Venice is the epitome of<br />
this innovation and spirit, the world’s<br />
first luxury underwater vessel resort,”<br />
said Josef Kleindienst, chairman,<br />
Kleindienst Group.<br />
The Floating Venice’s guests can<br />
relax in one of 24 pools, some of which<br />
will have acrylic bases giving views<br />
of the coral reefs below. Over 400,000<br />
sq ft of corals will be planted around<br />
The Floating Venice from the on-site<br />
coral nursery which will encourage an<br />
abundance of sea life.<br />
A collection of 12 restaurants and<br />
bars offer a variety of entertainment,<br />
three of which are underwater giving<br />
vistas of marine life. Alternatively,<br />
there is also the world’s first floating<br />
underwater spa.<br />
The Floating Venice’s design echoes<br />
the ancient city with its facades and<br />
palaces. Constructed from a mixture of<br />
concrete for the underwater sections<br />
and marine lightweight materials for<br />
the upper decks, The Floating Venice<br />
is designed to have a lifespan of at least<br />
100 years. Construction is scheduled to<br />
begin in Q1 2018 with completion by Q4<br />
2020. Source: financialexpress.com<br />
‘Expedition India’ Race<br />
Kicks Off In Kashmir<br />
The adventure race 'Expedition India <strong>2017</strong>' is being organised by Johannesburgbased<br />
adventure company Kinetic Events in collaboration with the state's tourism<br />
department and Jammu and Kashmir Bank<br />
“We have best treks of Himalayas<br />
in Kashmir and Ladakh. Adventure<br />
activities like para-gliding, skiing,<br />
trekking, whitewater rafting, cycling,<br />
rock climbing are held here and we are<br />
conducting them on regular basis with<br />
good participation from adventure<br />
lovers from here and other countries,”<br />
Director of tourism, Kashmir,<br />
Mehmood Shah said.<br />
In a first-of-its-kind event in Kashmir,<br />
13 foreign teams are participating<br />
in a 10-day international adventure<br />
race that kicked off with an aim to<br />
clear misconceptions about the valley<br />
being unsafe and to attract more<br />
tourists to the state. The adventure<br />
race ‘Expedition India <strong>2017</strong>’ is being<br />
organised by Johannesburg-based<br />
adventure company Kinetic Events<br />
in collaboration with the state’s<br />
tourism department and Jammu and<br />
Kashmir Bank. The first leg of the<br />
downhill race was flagged off jointly<br />
by secretary tourism M H Malik and<br />
chairman J&K Bank Parvez Ahmad at<br />
Shankaracharya hill temple. A total of<br />
14 teams – 13 from different countries<br />
and one local team – are participating<br />
in the event.<br />
The race will culminate at Nubra<br />
valley in Leh on <strong>September</strong> 22. Each<br />
team has been equipped with GPS<br />
system which is tracking their race.<br />
The GPS attached to the athletes is<br />
also fed live on social media giving<br />
considerable publicity to the event<br />
across the globe. Around 50,000 people<br />
are watching the event live on the<br />
inaugural day, a spokesman said.
04 Friday,<br />
|tech<br />
<strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 pages<br />
Now, Taxmen To Snoop On<br />
Social Networking Sites To<br />
Trace Black Money<br />
NEW DELHI: A photo of your shiny<br />
new luxury car on Instagram or a<br />
costly watch on Facebook may lead<br />
the taxman to your door as the tax<br />
department from next month will begin<br />
amassing virtual information to trace<br />
black money.<br />
'Project Insight', likely to be launched<br />
next month, will use big data analytics<br />
to match information from social<br />
media sites to deduce mismatches+<br />
between spending pattern and income<br />
declaration.<br />
The tax department will analyse<br />
mismatches in income declarations<br />
and spending patterns to trace tax<br />
evasions and black money, an official<br />
said.<br />
The government has also made<br />
the linking of PAN with Aadhaar<br />
mandatory to get a 360 degree view of a<br />
person's income and assets.<br />
The tax department had last year<br />
signed a pact with L&T Infotech for<br />
Bose SoundLink<br />
Micro Bluetooth<br />
Speaker With<br />
IPX7 Rating<br />
Launched<br />
Framingham-based Bose Corp. has<br />
released its smallest and most rugged<br />
portable speaker yet: the SoundLink<br />
Micro Bluetooth speaker.<br />
The device, just 3.75 inches wide<br />
and 1.5 inches high, weighing just .64<br />
pounds, is waterproof and will even<br />
keep playing music if dropped in<br />
water.<br />
The company said the speaker will<br />
provide up to 6 hours of "surprisinglyloud-and<br />
clear audio and low bass."<br />
The Micro uses voice prompts for<br />
Bluetooth pairing, has an integrated<br />
Samsung Galaxy C8<br />
Is the Latest<br />
Phone With Facial<br />
Recognition, Dual<br />
Cameras on the Back<br />
Samsung Galaxy C8 has become the<br />
latest smartphone on the market with<br />
facial recognition technology to unlock<br />
the handset using the user's face,<br />
something the South Korean giant is<br />
promoting heavily these days. Two<br />
Galaxy C8 variants have been launched<br />
- one with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage,<br />
and another with 4GB of RAM and<br />
64GB built-in storage. The Samsung<br />
the implementation of Project Insight,<br />
which is designed to strengthen<br />
the non-intrusive information<br />
driven approach for improving tax<br />
compliance.<br />
"Currently, beta testing is on and the<br />
integrated platform for Project Insight<br />
should be launched by next month," the<br />
official told PTI.<br />
Project Insight has been initiated<br />
by the income tax department for<br />
data mining, collection, collation and<br />
processing of such information for<br />
effective risk management with a view<br />
to widen and deepen the tax base.<br />
It will help the taxmen monitor<br />
high value transactions, and curb the<br />
circulation of black money.<br />
This is part of the steps the<br />
government has taken to unearth and<br />
tax undeclared or illegal wealth.<br />
The steps include launch of<br />
'Operation Clean Money'+ after<br />
demonetisation of old higher<br />
denomination currency for collection,<br />
collation and analysis of information<br />
on cash transactions, extensive use<br />
of information technology and data<br />
analytics tools for identification<br />
of high risk cases, expeditious<br />
e-verification of suspect cases and<br />
enforcement actions.<br />
speakerphone and a multi-purpose<br />
button to take and make calls, Bose<br />
said.<br />
The speaker, which will be available<br />
for $109.55 starting Sept. 21, is also<br />
outfitted with a silicone exterior that<br />
protects it from damage, dust dirt and<br />
sand.<br />
It can be preordered on the company's<br />
website and will be available at Bose<br />
retail stores and authorized Bose<br />
dealers.<br />
Galaxy C8 price and availability details<br />
have not been officially announced<br />
yet. Apart from the facial recognition<br />
feature, the new Samsung phone also<br />
features dual cameras on the back,<br />
and comes with 'Dual Photo' mode that<br />
allows users to adjust the focus even<br />
after clicking the images. It also comes<br />
with an always-on display as well.<br />
Flexible<br />
Electronic<br />
Skin May<br />
Lend Robots<br />
A Sense Of<br />
Touch<br />
Houston, Sep 14 (PTI) Scientists have<br />
developed a soft, flexible artificial skin<br />
integrated with stretchable electronics<br />
that could allow robots to have a sense<br />
of touch.<br />
Researchers from University of<br />
Houston in the US developed a new<br />
mechanism for producing stretchable<br />
electronics, a process that relies<br />
upon readily available materials and<br />
could be scaled up for commercial<br />
production.<br />
They created the stretchable<br />
composite semiconductor using a<br />
silicon-based polymer known as<br />
polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and tiny<br />
nanowires to create a solution that<br />
hardened into a material which used<br />
the nanowires to transport electric<br />
current.<br />
"The work is the first to create a<br />
semiconductor in a rubber composite<br />
format, designed to allow the electronic<br />
components to retain functionality<br />
even after the material is stretched<br />
by 50 per cent," said Cunjiang Yu,<br />
assistant professor at the University of<br />
Houston.<br />
Traditional semiconductors are<br />
brittle and using them in otherwise<br />
stretchable materials has required<br />
a complicated system of mechanical<br />
accommodations.<br />
That is both more complex and less<br />
stable than the new discovery, as well<br />
as more expensive.<br />
Russian Social<br />
Network Vkontakte<br />
Temporarily<br />
Blocked In India For<br />
Blue Whale Threat<br />
NEW DELHI: Russian social network<br />
Vkontakte, where the suicidal online<br />
"game" Blue Whale+ is believed to have<br />
originated, was blocked on certain<br />
internet service provider networks<br />
on Tuesday. Internet users accessing<br />
the website through ACTFibernet in<br />
Bengaluru and Chennai, as well as<br />
YouBroadband in Bengaluru reported<br />
that visiting the its URL vk.com<br />
resulted in a page bearing the message:<br />
"The URL has been blocked as per<br />
the instructions of the Competent<br />
Government Authority/in compliance<br />
to the orders of the Court of Law." A<br />
senior official in the union ministry of<br />
electronics and information technology<br />
(MeitY) confirmed the block.<br />
While blocked on some networks,<br />
vk.com was accessible on several other<br />
mobile internet networks such as Idea,<br />
Airtel, Vodafone, Jio etc on Tuesday<br />
afternoon.<br />
"Our strategy has advantages<br />
for simple fabrication, scalable<br />
manufacturing, high-density<br />
integration, large strain tolerance and<br />
low cost," Yu said.<br />
Researchers created the electronic<br />
skin and used it to demonstrate<br />
that a robotic hand could sense the<br />
temperature of hot and iced water in<br />
a cup.<br />
The skin also was able to interpret<br />
computer signals sent to the hand and<br />
reproduce the signals as American<br />
Sign Language, they said.<br />
Artificial skin is just one application,<br />
the discovery of a material that is soft,<br />
bendable, stretchable and twistable<br />
will impact future development in<br />
soft wearable electronics, including<br />
health monitors, medical implants<br />
and human-machine interfaces,<br />
researchers said.<br />
"We foresee that this strategy of<br />
enabling elastomeric semiconductors<br />
by percolating semiconductor<br />
nanofibrils into a rubber will advance<br />
the development of stretchable<br />
semiconductors," researchers said<br />
"It will move forward the<br />
advancement of stretchable electronics<br />
for a wide range of applications, such<br />
as artificial skins, biomedical implants<br />
and surgical gloves," they said.<br />
The study was published in the<br />
journal Science Advances.<br />
PTI APA MHN SAR MHN<br />
E-Commerce Rivals<br />
Amazon, Flipkart<br />
Plan Festive Sales<br />
On Same Days<br />
BENGALURU: Amazon is set to go<br />
head with rival Flipkart with dates of<br />
its Great Indian Festival on the same<br />
day as Big Billion Days (BBD), starting<br />
<strong>September</strong> 20-24.<br />
However, as a first, the company<br />
will provide 12 hours early access to<br />
its deals to the Prime customers from<br />
<strong>September</strong> 20, 12 noon. Another rival<br />
this year, Paytm Mall, may also begin<br />
its sale on the same dates, according to<br />
industry sources.<br />
The sale will have offers on a range<br />
of products from smartphones, tablets,<br />
laptops, PCs, air conditioners, washing<br />
machines, refrigerators, apparel,<br />
fashion accessories, personal care,<br />
among others.
05 Friday,<br />
<strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 pages<br />
Located at a stone throw away from Baga beach with a panoramic sea view<br />
located on Tito’s lane. An Alfresco restaurant that offers a multi- cuisine<br />
menu of local Goan, Continental and Italian food.<br />
This place has some of the best Vintage Wines and Spirits both Indian and<br />
International. It’s the perfect place to meet and connect with other such<br />
amazing foodies, laugh with friends over drinks or chill out while the live<br />
band performances keep you entertained.<br />
The staff here are very friendly and informative, and with quick service.<br />
This place is definitely eye catchy on the inside with soft lighting and a very<br />
vintage look. To one side is the bar where the music keeps on playing and<br />
the bartenders flip and mix the perfect drink for you while you catch up<br />
on your favourite Sports or Music channels on the huge television situated<br />
above the bar. On the other side you will find a calm place with lovely<br />
ambiance, soft music and very attractive lighting.<br />
The Restaurant is open from 12 pm to 3am. The ambiance is the key in any<br />
restaurant and Tito’s is one that has kept up its mark!<br />
Dushyanth & Anusha<br />
|night out<br />
Harsimran & Manpreet<br />
Man Buries<br />
A Bottle<br />
Of Vodka<br />
At Festival<br />
Venue, Digs<br />
It Up Later<br />
When The<br />
Event Starts<br />
What do you do when it's impossible to<br />
carry alcohol to the venue of a festival?<br />
You bury it beforehand at the location<br />
only to dig it out later!<br />
A genius American named Alex did<br />
just that. Ahead of the Electric Zoo<br />
festival in New York City, the man<br />
travelled to the location of the event<br />
and buried a bottle of vodka.<br />
With a shovel and a durable bottle,<br />
Alex and his friends buried the vodka<br />
long before the organisers started<br />
setting up the stage.<br />
Alex told Lad Bible that they marked<br />
the spot with GPS and located it at the<br />
event using Google Maps. Of course,<br />
it was a difficult task to retrieve the<br />
bottle given the security and cameras.<br />
Once the friends reached the spot,<br />
they huddled around the burial site<br />
and dug out the bottle. It took the men<br />
10 minutes to dig the bottle but they<br />
succeeded without getting caught.<br />
Liquor Sale<br />
Should Be<br />
Made Only<br />
Against Digital<br />
Payment: Cait<br />
... Continued from Pg. 1<br />
In a letter to Finance Minister Arun<br />
Jaitley, Confederation of All India<br />
Traders (CAIT) has said the linkage<br />
of digital payments with sale of liquor<br />
could also curb black money to a great<br />
extent.<br />
"Any person purchasing liquor from<br />
any shop should be made obligatory to<br />
make payment through digital mode,"<br />
it said, adding that liquor sale is largely<br />
carried out in cash.<br />
It said that in 2015, it was estimated<br />
that the sale of spirits, wine and beer<br />
was about Rs 1.5 lakh crore and this<br />
industry is growing at about 30 per cent<br />
per year.<br />
DLF Gets Green<br />
Nod For Rs 240<br />
Cr Commercial<br />
Project In Goa<br />
India's largest realty firm DLF has<br />
received the environment clearance<br />
for its Rs 240 crore commercial project<br />
which is to come up in Patto village,<br />
Goa.<br />
The proposed commercial complex, to<br />
be constructed on a 18,120 square meter<br />
plot, would have eight small screen<br />
multiplexes for small gatherings and it<br />
will be the first of its kind in Goa.<br />
The DLF's proposal was first<br />
vetted by a green panel and based<br />
on its recommendations the Union<br />
Environment Ministry has given the<br />
final green clearance, said the EC letter<br />
issue to the company.<br />
The clearance has been given subject<br />
to certain conditions, it added. The cost<br />
of the project is estimated to be Rs 240<br />
crore.<br />
The eight-floor complex would<br />
comprise of retail shops, offices, retail<br />
food court apart from multiplex. The<br />
company in its proposal said there<br />
is no court case pending against the<br />
proposed project.
06 Friday,<br />
|clubbing<br />
<strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 pages<br />
Bhumicka<br />
Café Mambo’s Tagline “where the<br />
world comes together” is apt, as this<br />
is the place where locals, weekender<br />
visitors and international tourists all<br />
come together to enjoy a fun night out.<br />
It’s a chilled out zone to meet up with<br />
friends & catch up for<br />
a drink over some great house music.<br />
Café Mambo is within walking distance<br />
from Calangute. The café started as<br />
another run of the mill joint, gained<br />
immense popularity immediately.<br />
Charu, Galina, Dina & Varun<br />
Rahul, Sukhvinder & Sybil<br />
Diana<br />
Tamara, Sailee, Govind, Komal, Sayana & Manjula<br />
Photo Credits: Pravin Gaonkar<br />
Hema, Mickey & Ruella<br />
Bartender Thomas in Action!
07 Friday,<br />
<strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 pages<br />
Club Tito’s offers an unforgettable<br />
Nightlife Experience in Goa. It is<br />
difficult to imagine a more idyllic<br />
setting for a nightclub than Club Tito’s<br />
which is situated on Tito’s Lane, a hop<br />
skip and jump away from Baga Beach.<br />
While the sun is still out you can’t take<br />
your eyes away from the lovely beach,<br />
the calm village life and the breezy<br />
ocean air. When it’s dark the lane comes<br />
to life and takes on a different form with<br />
loud music, people dancing and clubs<br />
and restaurants bustling with visitors<br />
both of Indian and foreign origin.<br />
Fred D’Souza and Friends<br />
Maashaa & Zeeshan<br />
Sudeshna, Jiju, Sheetal, Babina & Rahul<br />
Photo Credits: Pravin Gaonkar<br />
Artem & Tabitha<br />
Shabnam & Zeeshan<br />
Balpreet & Jyoti
08 Friday,<br />
|the buzz<br />
<strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 pages<br />
Emmys <strong>2017</strong>: Priyanka<br />
Chopra Turns Presenter<br />
For Second Time In A Row<br />
Taapsee<br />
Pannu To<br />
Turn<br />
Self-Defence<br />
Instructor For<br />
Her Next<br />
Pink and Naam Shabana actress<br />
Taapsee Pannu will be seen playing a<br />
self-defence instructor in an upcoming<br />
short film, says its director and<br />
producer Kapil Verma.<br />
The story of the film revolves around<br />
the relationship between two siblings.<br />
Vicky Arora plays the brother in the<br />
film.<br />
Verma says he had a great time<br />
shooting the film with Taapsee, who<br />
went through a training session to get<br />
the physical nuances of her character<br />
MIRABAI’s<br />
Beautiful Family Restaurant, close to the<br />
beach and off the Baga road, has the Best<br />
Food around as well as Goan Specialities.<br />
right.<br />
“I narrated the script to her in<br />
Mauritius on the sets of Judwaa 2 and<br />
at the end of the narration, she asked<br />
me ‘When would you like to shoot it?’<br />
She trained very hard for the film. We<br />
had a great time shooting, it was fun<br />
and quite intense too.”<br />
Our GOAN THALI or Curry are very delicious as well as all Fish dishes<br />
(Shark, Kingfish, Pomfret, Lobster, Red Snapper, Tiger Prawns or<br />
anything else what the Ocean offers). The owner, ex footballer - VASU is<br />
charming & extremely well informed. MIRABAI's has an open kitchen<br />
for the Guests to see what's cooking!<br />
Fb: Mirabai's Goan Village<br />
Baga-Calangute Road, near Charlston Hotel - Mob: 9822176808<br />
Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has<br />
joined the list of presenters like Reese<br />
Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene<br />
Woodley and Matt Bomer for the 69th<br />
Primetime Emmy Awards.<br />
Priyanka, who rose to fame in the<br />
West with her TV show Quantico, will<br />
be attending the annual award gala<br />
for the second time. Last year, she<br />
presented an award with actor Tom<br />
Hiddleston, and was applauded for her<br />
fashion sense as she opted for a red<br />
chiffon dress and twirled around at her<br />
debut appearance.<br />
Priyanka hasn’t been nominated in<br />
any category for the Emmys this year.<br />
This year’s Emmy Awards will be<br />
broadcast live from the Microsoft<br />
Theater here. Stephen Colbert will<br />
serve as host. Witherspoon, Kidman<br />
and Adam Scott, who were already<br />
announced as presenters, will be joined<br />
by more of their “Big Little Lies” cast<br />
members: Laura Dern, Woodley, and<br />
Zoë Kravitz.<br />
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards<br />
will be held on <strong>September</strong> 17. It will<br />
be simulcast live in India on Star<br />
World, Star World HD and Star World<br />
Premiere HD on <strong>September</strong> 18.<br />
Shah Rukh<br />
Khan’s Another<br />
Achievement!<br />
Completes 28 Million<br />
Followers On Twitter<br />
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan now has a<br />
Twitter family of 28 million followers.<br />
Shah Rukh, 51, is an avid user of social<br />
media where he updates about his<br />
personal and professional life.<br />
Among Bollywood’s leading Khans,<br />
Shah Rukh Khan has the maximum<br />
followers on Twitter, but trails behind<br />
megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has<br />
29.3 million followers.<br />
Billionaire Richard Branson Shares<br />
Pics Of His Luxury Island Showing<br />
Destruction Caused By Irma<br />
Nature doesn't differentiate between the rich and poor when it's<br />
showering catastrophe. It hits everyone equally.<br />
As you all know that destruction<br />
caused by hurricane Irma has left a<br />
major chunk of Carribean wallowing<br />
in murky waters, Branson's private<br />
island wasn't bestowed with any<br />
mercy.<br />
Branson took it to twitter to share<br />
pictures of his luxurious island that<br />
has turned into a devastated wreck. In<br />
a series of tweets, the founder of Virgin<br />
Airlines shared pictures of his Necker<br />
Island and other surrounding British<br />
Virgin Islands that were hit by Irma.<br />
He shared pictures of the island<br />
and described it as 'huge' showcasing<br />
images of fallen trees, broken<br />
infrastructure and destroyed<br />
furniture.<br />
He also said that the resorts were<br />
decimated but thankfully, everyone<br />
seems to be okay. "The boats are piled<br />
up like matchsticks in the harbour.<br />
Huge cargo ships were thrown out<br />
of the water and into rocks. Resorts<br />
have been decimated. The houses<br />
have their roofs blown off; even some<br />
CBFC Orders 10 Cuts<br />
In Kangana Ranaut’s<br />
Simran, Including<br />
Toning Down Of<br />
Sexual Moan Sounds<br />
Even though the release of Simran is<br />
just a few hours from now, the sad part<br />
about the film comes in the form of a<br />
shocker that the Central Board of Film<br />
Certification (CBFC) has reportedly<br />
ordered as many as 10 cuts in the film.<br />
The said report was recently published<br />
in the latest edition of ‘Deccan<br />
Chronicle’.<br />
One of the ten words which have<br />
been reportedly cut by the CBFC in<br />
the film includes the usage of the word<br />
‘bitch’ in as many as six places. And the<br />
reason stated was that the word was<br />
derogatory towards the women folks..<br />
The film’s makers were told to tone<br />
down the moaning sound because the<br />
CBFC officials felt that the sound effect<br />
of the love making scene looked much<br />
more provocative than it actually<br />
was. opined that the said word was<br />
derogatory towards the women folks.<br />
In addition to these, Simran will also<br />
see the deletion of a particular scene in<br />
which there had been a reference to the<br />
Muslim community.<br />
churches where people sheltered have<br />
lost roofs," Branson wrote. Irma is<br />
currently being talked about as one of<br />
the most devastating hurricanes ever.<br />
It has caused a lot of damage to the<br />
region, leaving thousands homeless<br />
and even more stranded on the roads<br />
with no food, water and facilities.
09 Friday,<br />
SUDOKU<br />
|leisure<br />
<strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 pages<br />
CROSSWORD CRACKER<br />
Hyd Man Orders<br />
DSLR Camera On<br />
Flipkart, Says He<br />
Received A Stone And<br />
Toy Cameras Instead<br />
A Hyderabad-based businessman<br />
Vinay who had ordered a DSLR camera<br />
on Flipkart claimed that he was<br />
shocked to find a stone and two toy<br />
cameras when he opened his parcel.<br />
He said that he had placed an order<br />
for a Canon EOS 700 D camera that cost<br />
Rs 41,000, on <strong>September</strong> 4.<br />
“On <strong>September</strong> 5 evening, Vinay<br />
received a parcel through a delivery<br />
executive. Vinay opened the parcel and<br />
found a stone along with two compact<br />
dummy cameras sold as child toys<br />
instead of the Canon DSLR camera,”<br />
LB Nagar sub-inspector (SI) K Saidulu<br />
told The Times of India.<br />
“After verifying the database, the<br />
customer service staff told Vinay that<br />
their records clearly indicate that<br />
genuine Canon DSLR camera was<br />
shipped to Vinay's address. Vinay then<br />
contacted the delivery executive and<br />
he told him that he did not open the<br />
parcel,” the SI told TOI.<br />
Telangana Today reported that<br />
when Vinay contacted Flipkart’s<br />
Jokes Apart!<br />
Santa in America<br />
Santa and his son were visiting<br />
America for the very first time.<br />
Santa was at a Local Food store going<br />
up and down the aisles with his son.<br />
Santa asked, “What is this??<br />
Santa`s son, “Powdered orange juice”<br />
Santa, “Powdered orange juice??”<br />
Son: “Yeah, Dad. You just add a little<br />
water, and you have fresh orange<br />
juice.”<br />
A few minutes later, in a different aisle<br />
Santa asked again, “And what is this??<br />
Son, “Powdered milk”<br />
Santa, “Powdered milk??”<br />
Son: “Yeah, Dad. You just add a little<br />
water, and you have fresh milk!”<br />
A few minutes later, in a different<br />
aisle…<br />
Santa, “And give a look here!! Baby<br />
Powder !! What a country, What a<br />
country!”<br />
New Number!<br />
There After directory assistance gave<br />
Anita, her boyfriend’s new telephone<br />
number, she dialed him and got a<br />
woman.<br />
“Is Jimmy there?” Anita asked.<br />
“He’s in the shower,” she responded.<br />
“Please tell him his girlfriend called,”<br />
Anita said and hung up.<br />
When he didn’t return the call,<br />
Anita dialed again. This time a man<br />
answered.<br />
“This is Jimmy,” he said.<br />
“You’re not my boyfriend!” Anita<br />
exclaimed.<br />
Customer Care, the company denied<br />
the allegations.<br />
“Products at Flipkart will be packed<br />
under tight security with surveillance<br />
cameras all over. The delivery<br />
company should be held responsible<br />
for this. We cannot do anything,” the<br />
newspaper quoted the company as<br />
saying.<br />
The complainant approached the LB<br />
Nagar police, and filed a complaint.<br />
Gujarat Family<br />
Names Its Daughters<br />
Garavi, Sanchi And<br />
Taravi After<br />
Initials Of GST<br />
Good and Services tax (GST) is still an<br />
unresolved conundrum to many in the<br />
country, but a family in Gujarat named<br />
three of its daughters after initials of<br />
GST. They call them Garavi, Sanchi<br />
and Taravi.<br />
"Prime Minister Narendra Bhai Modi<br />
brought in GST - One Tax-One Nation,<br />
we were inspired by it and named our<br />
daughters after it," said Kanchan Patel,<br />
mother of the girls while talking to<br />
ANI. Earlier, a woman in Rajasthan<br />
had named her child GST because the<br />
baby was born at 12.02 am in Beawar.<br />
“I know,” he replied. “That’s what I’ve<br />
been trying to tell my wife for the past<br />
half-hour.”<br />
Never Lie About<br />
Your Age<br />
After A lady is having a bad day at the<br />
roulette tables in Vegas. She’s down to<br />
her last $50. Exasperated, she exclaims<br />
to the whole table, “What rotten luck<br />
I’ve had today! What in the world<br />
should I do now?”<br />
A man standing next to her suggests,<br />
“I don’t know, why don’t you play your<br />
age?”<br />
He walks away, but moments later,<br />
his attention is grabbed by a great<br />
commotion at the roulette table. Maybe<br />
she won! He rushes back to the table<br />
and pushes his way through the crowd.<br />
The lady is lying limp on the floor,<br />
with the table operator kneeling over<br />
her. The man is stunned.<br />
He asks, “What happened? Is she all<br />
right?”<br />
The operator replies, “I don’t know.<br />
She put all her money on 36, and when<br />
47 came up she just fainted!”
10 Friday,<br />
<strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 pages<br />
Moving Your<br />
Vehicle To A<br />
New City? Here<br />
Are Steps To<br />
Claim Previous<br />
Road Tax Paid<br />
To RTO<br />
Mumbai: The process of vehicle<br />
registration is a convoluted task and<br />
when an individual has to move to a<br />
new state, the registration process has<br />
to be mandatorily completed again.<br />
While there is no way to avoid the<br />
troublesome task, one can claim the<br />
road tax (a tax to be paid periodically<br />
on motor vehicles for using the public<br />
roads) paid to the previous state’s<br />
regional transport office (RTO). Road<br />
tax is imposed in India by the central<br />
and state government and also by the<br />
local bodies.<br />
There are many instances where<br />
people who have moved to other states<br />
have complained of double taxation;<br />
however, not many are aware that<br />
there is a process via which tax paid to<br />
the old RTO can be reclaimed.<br />
So if you are amongst the group<br />
of vehicle-owners who have faced a<br />
similar dilemma, here are the steps<br />
you should follow to reclaim your old<br />
PRIME PROPERTIES FOR SALE IN NORTH GOA<br />
[A] Plot in Candolim, area 1250<br />
m2, with proper road access, near<br />
Sonesta Inns. Walking distance<br />
from the beach.<br />
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m2, Under construction 32 rooms<br />
with swimming pool. Walking<br />
distance to Baga beach. Beautiful<br />
view of Sinquerim, Candolim,<br />
Calangute & Baga beaches.<br />
[C] Plot on Baga hill, area 670 m2,<br />
TITO’S<br />
WHITE<br />
HOUSE<br />
MARKET<br />
CLASSIFIEDS<br />
|leisure<br />
road tax after registering your vehicle<br />
in a new state:<br />
An individual can claim the lifetime<br />
road tax paid to previous state’s RTO<br />
only after paying lifetime tax and<br />
registering the vehicle with the new<br />
state’s transport department. The<br />
state entry tax also needs to be paid in<br />
addition to the lifetime tax.<br />
On registering your vehicle with<br />
the new RTO, you are eligible to file a<br />
request to reclaim lifetime road tax the<br />
paid to previous state.<br />
Documents and Process:<br />
Only after the vehicle is registered<br />
in a new state, the tax refund can<br />
be applied. Documents/forms to be<br />
submitted for tax refund –<br />
- Notarized copy of new smart card &<br />
original or notarized copy of old smart<br />
card (as available)<br />
- Imprint of car chassis<br />
- Noc of state transfer (photocopy)<br />
- Copy of new insurance & PUC<br />
- Photocopy of receipt of new road tax<br />
paid<br />
- Receipt of road tax paid originally<br />
in the first state where vehicle was<br />
registered<br />
- RTO form DT, RTO form 16 as<br />
application for tax refund<br />
- New address proof as evidence of<br />
migration along with ID proof<br />
- Request letter for refund along with<br />
bank account number/address on<br />
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THINGS YOU NEED<br />
TO RESTOCK BEFORE<br />
SUMMER STARTS<br />
1. Sunscreen<br />
The most important way to kick<br />
off summertime is to restock your<br />
sunscreen products. We can’t stress<br />
enough how important it is to protect<br />
your hair, skin, and lips against<br />
harmful UV rays. Premature aging?<br />
No thank you. Did you know that<br />
sunscreen also has an expiration date?<br />
Save yourself the sunburn and toss out<br />
any bottles that are overdue.<br />
2. A Sturdy Weekender Bag<br />
Summer is for taking trips, even if it’s<br />
just a short weekend getaway. Find a<br />
bag that’s roomy enough to fit a few<br />
outfits in and petite enough to throw<br />
in the overhead compartment when<br />
you’re traveling. Nowadays there are<br />
bags in multiple shapes, sizes, and<br />
funky colours to choose from. What’s<br />
not to love?<br />
3. Beachy Waves<br />
If you can’t make it to the beach, let<br />
your hair at least look the part, Beachy<br />
waves are an absolute favourite and<br />
so much easier to achieve than you<br />
think. Sea salt spray gives your hair a<br />
boost in texture that looks like you just<br />
stepped off the sand.<br />
4. Flip-Flops<br />
By Faye<br />
Each season we like to go through our essentials and see what needs to<br />
be restocked and reorganized. Summer means three months of spending<br />
time outdoors, traveling or just soaking up the sun. We like to make sure<br />
that we are well prepared for what the season has to offer. That usually<br />
includes stocking up on fresh bottles of sunscreen, a new bikini (or two!),<br />
and even making time to tackle that new book you’ve been putting off.<br />
We’ve put together 10 items you should be restocking before the season starts…<br />
A definite go-to summer shoe is<br />
definitely flip-flops. We all love or<br />
heels or sandals for everyday activities,<br />
but flip-flops are a necessity. Flip-flops<br />
come in different colours and patterns<br />
so no matter your outfit, there’s a flipflop<br />
that will match accordingly!<br />
5. A Good Novel<br />
Spending a warm summer evening<br />
reading a good book, especially when<br />
we’re on vacation is a must. If you have<br />
spare hours to kill this summer and a<br />
growing reading list, we recommend<br />
grabbing a book and getting lost in<br />
another world.<br />
6. Swimsuits<br />
This one should be a no-brainer!<br />
Summer is the best time to show off<br />
that gym body you’ve been working<br />
on or to hit the beach, pool with your<br />
killer swimsuit. Right now with shops<br />
crawling with swimwear there’s<br />
always loads to choose from. Which<br />
swimsuit is your favourite?<br />
7. Stay Hydrated<br />
In addition to sunscreen, staying<br />
hydrated during the heat of the<br />
summer is a must. It’s easy to forget<br />
to drink the correct amount of water<br />
during the day so it’s best to keep a<br />
water bottle by your side the entire<br />
day and you’ll be amazed at how much<br />
water you’ll drink.<br />
8. Beach Towel<br />
Beach towels get a lot of wear and tear<br />
in my household. If you have the same<br />
problem, restocking your beach towels<br />
is a good idea before summer starts.<br />
Get a beach towel big enough for a day<br />
on the sand with friends and one that<br />
will fit in any bag. Beach towels also<br />
come in so many beautiful colours.<br />
9. Fun Pool Floats<br />
The pool floats are back and here to<br />
stay! Pool floats range from Birds,<br />
seashells, fruit, you name it, there’s a<br />
pool float for it. Relaxing in the water<br />
in your own little pool float sipping on<br />
some cocktails is number one for us.<br />
10. A Cute Cover-Up<br />
Your swimsuit needs a cover-up to<br />
compliment it! Cover-ups have gotten<br />
way more chic in the past couple of<br />
years, embroidered, tassel adorned,<br />
and off the shoulder cover-ups keep<br />
catching my eye. How many is too<br />
many? Because we’ll take them all!<br />
Do you have any suggestions on<br />
things to restock before summer?
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Rahul Gandhi Will Go On A 'Study<br />
Tour' Of The World To Prepare<br />
For A 2019 Face-Off With Modi<br />
Congress party's vice president<br />
and heir apparent Rahul Gandhi is<br />
reportedly being sent for study tours<br />
around the world in preparation for<br />
the 2019 national elections in India.<br />
"These study tours are set to benefit<br />
him, the Congress party as well as this<br />
nation at large," said CP Joshi, AICC<br />
general secretary told India Today.<br />
"With exposure to new technology, he<br />
will be able to influence new policy."<br />
"Rahul wants to get new thinking and<br />
ideas to this country."<br />
Joshi told the newspaper that other<br />
political leaders "obsess over the past",<br />
but Gandhi was thinking about the<br />
future, and this tours were meant to<br />
enhance his knowledge of what India<br />
could learn from other countries.<br />
Gandhi visited Norway last month,<br />
where he met with entrepreneurs and<br />
dignitaries, and visited the world's<br />
largest facility for combating climate<br />
change. He is expected to travel to the<br />
Silicon Valley in US later this month<br />
to "expand his thoughts on artificial<br />
intelligence".<br />
Joshi claimed that these visits were<br />
part of a plan to prepare Gandhi for<br />
the next general elections. Calling<br />
the PM's decision to demonetise large<br />
currency notes in India last year<br />
"ill-informed policy-making", Joshi<br />
claimed that India's foreign policy was<br />
"in shambles".<br />
The next Indian general elections will<br />
take place in 2019. Gandhi is expected<br />
to be projected as the Congress party's<br />
Prime Ministerial face. The 47-yearold<br />
leader is currently a member of<br />
Parliament for the Lok Sabha from<br />
Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. He was made<br />
vice president of the Congress party<br />
four years ago.<br />
Rail Officials In<br />
Japan Allow Cats<br />
On Train To Raise<br />
Awareness About<br />
Culling Of Strays<br />
In order to raise awareness against the<br />
culling of the stray cats, a Japanese<br />
civic group teamed up with railway<br />
operator on Sunday to let 30 cats roam<br />
on a local train at an event. Passengers<br />
in the local in Ogaki in central Japan<br />
were greeted by meowing companions<br />
on a moving train where they enjoyed<br />
the company of the cats.<br />
"I think it's great more people are<br />
aware about stray kittens through<br />
events like this," said Mikiko Hayashi,<br />
a passenger from western Japan, who<br />
owns two cats that were strays. The<br />
event was hosted by Yoro Railway<br />
Co Ltd and a non-governmental<br />
organisation called Kitten Cafe<br />
Sanctuary.<br />
The number of cats in Japan admitted<br />
to shelters has dropped by around 70<br />
percent to 72,624 in 2016 from 237,246 in<br />
2004. That has reduced the number of<br />
cats culled from 238,929 in 2004 to 45,574<br />
in 2016. The cat population in Japan is<br />
around 9.8 million.<br />
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