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Goa | Friday, <strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2017</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 Pages<br />

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Made in India<br />

Artillery Gun Sets<br />

World Record<br />

Ahmedabad-<br />

Mumbai Bullet<br />

Train Will Have 70<br />

Daily Rides<br />

Priyanka Chopra<br />

Turns Presenter<br />

For Second Time<br />

In A Row<br />

Things You Need<br />

To Restock Before<br />

Summer Starts<br />

Goa’s only entertainment newspaper Every Friday!<br />

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 />

[B] Plot on Baga hill, area 1340<br />

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 />

which cheque needs to be sent.<br />

Source: timesnownews.com<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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