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GOA STARTS ITS OWN 

APP-BASED TAXI SERVICE, 

A FIRST BY STATE 

PANAJI: In a bid to end the vexatious 

taxi issue in the state and meet the 

long-pending demand of tourists and 

Goans, the Goa government on Monday 

launched a mobile taxi app—the first 

state government to do so—and hoped 

it would put an end to the perennial 

commuting problem that has been the 

bane of the sunshine state. 

“Today, taxi business does not realise 

its full potential. The requirement of 

taxis will increase two to three times. 

People will even stop using their cars 

as taxis would be easily available. The 

taxis will charge government approved 

Parrikar seeks 

Modi’s help to 

resume mining 

in Goa 

New Delhi: Goa Chief Minister 

Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday urged 

a panel of Union ministers led by 

Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to 

find a way to resume mining operations 

in Goa as a court- ordered ban effective 

from March this year has choked 

economic activity in the coastal state. 

Parrikar, who met Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi and later attended the 

rates,” chief minister Manohar 

Parrikar said after launching the app. 

“The taxi owners’ income will multiple 

two to three times and with this app, 

cheating of customers is ruled out,” he said. 

Goa’s taxis have been infamous for 

running without meters, overcharging 

customers and harassing tourists. By 

putting an app on the mobile - GOAMILES 

that is available for download from Google 

Play Store and Apple store—Parrikar said 

it would make the journey affordable and 

comfortable. 

Within an hour of the launch, 120 

taxi bookings were made through the 

ministerial panel meeting in the capital, 

told reporters that mineral exports from 

the state has come to a halt impacting 

the lives of about 1.5 lakh people and 

that the mining sector is now staring 

at total collapse. Parrikar said the 

ministerial panel has assured him that 

it will look into the issues facing the 

app for the 350 taxis that have been 

registered with GTDC, while the 

passenger base had already touched 

6,000 users even before the launch. 

A taxi owner did not have to pay 

anything and GTDC’s charges would be 

recovered from the consumer. GTDC 

will charge the consumer around Rs 

20-80 as service fee. 

natural resources sector in the state. 

“Options are being considered 

with respect to amendments in law 

to remove impediments in mining,” 

Parrikar told reporters here, without 

elaborating what those amendments 

could be. He said the panel will seek 

legal advice in this regard. 

The chief minister said he had 

requested Prime Minister Modi to 

give priority to resolving the mining 

crisis in the state. The ministerial 

panel will meet again later this month 

with possible solutions to deal with 

the court-ordered ban. Industry 

representatives have argued in their 

representation to policy makers that 

about a fourth of the state’s population 

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FREE TOURIST 

MAP INSIDE 

Portuguese manof-war 

spotted on 

Goa beach 

Tourists advised against 

swimming 

The Drishti Marine, Goa Tourism’s 

beach safety agency has issued an 

advisory for tourists as well as residents 

to refrain from venturing into the sea on 

Baga beach, as lifeguards have spotted a 

cluster of Portuguese man-of-war, a jellylike 

marine organism, washed ashore on 

the popular beach in north Goa. 

The marine organism is commonly 

known as ‘bluebottle’ or ‘floating terror’. 

The bluebottle spotted on Friday were 

less than an inch in size, said Drishti 

Marine in its communiction to the State 

Tourism department. 

Drishti Marine has cautioned that the 

bluebottle could possibly be present in 

the waters or along the shoreline. Even 

wading into the waters is not advisable 

during the monsoon as the sea and 

weather conditions are not favourable for 

swimming. While most jellyfish stings are 

harmless to humans and cause only a mild 

irritation, species like the bluebottle are 

venomous and can cause harm on contact. 

Even a dead bluebottle washed up 

on shore can deliver a sting, said the 

advisory to tourists.

02 World 


WHO Hails Swachh Bharat 

Mission, Says Over 3 Lakh 

Lives Can Be Saved If India 

Achieves 100% Result 

In a statement that would encourage 

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), the 

World Health Organisation (WHO) said 

that around three lakh lives can be 

saved if the Swachh Bharat Mission is 

implemented fully and properly. These 

deaths occur as a result of diarrhea, 

water-borne diseases, mosquitoes, 

etc. The revelation came as part of 

the initial results of the modelling 

study on the health impact of the SBM 

conducted by the UN body. 

The WHO said, if India achieves 

100 percent coverage in terms of 

safe sanitation services by October 

2019, many death caused by water 

born diseases and protein-energy 

malnutrition can be averted. 

“India’s accelerated coverage of safe 

Whatsapp 

Helpline Of 

Indian Railways 

Is Being Misused 

Whatsapp numbers 9004499773 is for 

Western Railways, and 9987645307 for 

Central Railways was launched with 

the purpose of assisting passengers 

with issues of cleanliness, and 

punctuality. But little did they knew 

what will happen next. 

As per Railways officials, these two 

helpline numbers are being mainly 

used to share Good Morning messages, 

funny jokes, shaiyaris, amusing poems 

and more. 

As of now, only 25 real complaints 

have been received – 23 by Western 

Railways and 2 by Central Railways. 

Ravinder Bhaker, WR spokesperson 

has confirmed that a dedicated person 

has been allocated to check the 

messages regularly, and to respond 

promptly. 

In January this year, it was reported 

that Indians are #1 in the entire world 

to forward ‘Good Morning’ messages. 

In fact, Whatsapp’ servers experienced 

a rare breakdown, when more than 100 

crore such messages were shared by 

Indians during New Year eve. 

Interestingly, fake news and hatred 

messages are also shared vehemently 

on Whatsapp, and in order to check 

this, Whatsapp has now limited the 

number of forwards a user can send, 

and have labeled forwarded messages 

as well. 

sanitation services, and its determination 

to end open defecation, will have a 

substantial effect on the burden of 

diarrheal disease and PEM by reducing 

mortality and accumulative Disability 

Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)—the 

sum of the years of life lost due to 

premature mortality and years lost due 

to disability or ill-health,” the study 

stated. 

The calculations revealed that if the 

sanitation services are used, the SBM 

could result in over 14 million more years 

of healthy life in the period measured, 

with benefits getting visible thereafter. 

Speaking at a workshop, Secretary 

of Drinking Water and Sanitation 

Ministry, Parameshwaran Iyer, 

said to The New Indian Express, “I 

Govt asks 

citizens not to 

use national flags 

made up of plastic 

Ahead of Independence Day, the Centre 

has urged all citizens not to use national 

flag made up of plastic and asked states 

and Union Territories to ensure strict 

compliance of the flag code. In an 

advisory to states and Union territories, 

the Home Ministry said the national flag 

represents hopes and aspirations of the 

people of India and hence should occupy 

a position of honour. The ministry said it 

has been brought to its notice that during 

congratulate my team in their efforts to 

make Swachhta everybody’s business,” 

he said. “The estimations apply to the 

health impacts from improvements in 

sanitation coverage only, meaning it 

Entry fee for Taj Mahal, 

other monuments hiked 

Visitors will have to pay more to visit 

Taj Mahal and other monuments, as 

the entry fees for these sites have been 

hiked for both domestic and foreign 

visitors. For Taj Mahal, there has 

been a increase by Rs 10 and Rs 100 

respectively, from August 08, 2018. 

On August 1, the Ministry of Culture 

issued a notification stating that the 

foreign tourists will now have to shell 

out Rs 1100, including the Rs 500 toll 

tax collected by Agra Development 

Authority (ADA) while the domestic 

tourists will pay Rs 50 as against Rs 40. 

On the other hand, the South Asian 

Association for Regional Cooperation 

(SAARC) countries’ visitors will pay 

Rs 540, including the Rs 500 toll tax 

charged by ADA. 

As per a report in The Times of 

India, the Archaeological Survey of 

India (ASI) has hiked this fee as part 

of an entry ticket rate revision of 17 

protected monuments. This list of 

monuments includes six world heritage 

sites in Agra and Delhi. Additionally, a 

hike of Rs. 10 has also been imposed on 

tourists from SAARC countries. 

This is ASI’s second hike in the 

entry fee at Taj in the last two and 

a half years. In April 2016, the ASI 

had raised the entry fee for its 

protected monuments. The 'B' category 

monuments’ entry fee has also been 

increased from Rs 15 to Rs 25 for Indians 

and from Rs 200 to Rs 300 for foreigners. 

In Agra, the 'A' category monuments 

ticketed include Taj Mahal, Fatehpur 

Sikri and Agra Fort, while five 'B' 

category monuments are Akbar’s Tomb 

Sikandra, Mariyam Tomb Sikandra, Ram 

Bagh, Itmad-ud-Daula and Mehtab Bagh. 

Eight other monuments in Delhi 

have also seen a hike in ticket prices 

- Qutub Minar, Humayun's Tomb and 

Red Fort, Khan-i-Khana, Purana Qila, 

Tughluqabad Fort, Kotla Ferozshah, 

Jantar Mantar and Saidarjung Tomb. 

Additionally, the Ministry of Culture 

has provided a discount for cashless 

payment. The domestic tourists will 

get a rebate of Rs 5 while the foreign 

tourists will enjoy Rs 50 discount 

per ticket in both A and B category 

monuments, only if tickets are booked 

online. 

important events, the national flag made 

of plastic is used in place of paper flags. 

Since plastic flags are not 

biodegradable like paper flags, these do 

not get decomposed for a long time and 

ensuring appropriate disposal of national 

flag made of plastic commensurate with 

the dignity of the flag, is a practical 

problem, the advisory said. 

is possible that the broader mission 

has produced additional health gains 

through changes in personal hygiene 

and the consumption of safe drinking 

water,” the report said. 

Will have to consult 

volcano there, says 

Sushma Swaraj on 

Bali trip query 

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, 

known for keeping in touch with people 

over Twitter, had everyone in splits 

when she said she will need to consult a 

volcano in Indonesia in response to an 

Indian’s query asking if the government 

has any advisory for tourists visiting 

the Southeast Asian nation. 

“I will have to consult the volcano 

there,” Sushma Swaraj said late on 

Wednesday night in response to a tweet 

by one Sushil Rai. 

In his tweet, Rai said: “is it safe to 

travel bali (sic). We have a bali (sic) 

trip on 11.08.18 to 17.08.18. Is it safe? Is 

their (a)ny advisory has been issued by 

our govt. Kindly guide us soon.” 

Mount Agung in Indonesia’s Bali 

island, a popular tourist destination for 

Indians, erupted on July 3. 

Since June 28, Indonesia’s Centre for 

Volcanology and Geological Hazard 

Mitigation said the eruption had lasted 

under two minutes, with the plume has 

recorded increased volcanic activity 

from the mountain, which has erupted 

several times with different intensities 

since late last year. 

The eruption of Agung led to the 

closure of three airports, including the 

one in Bali, affecting 446 flights and 

stranded more than 74,000 passengers. 

The Indonesian archipelago is 

located on the so-called Ring of Fire 

in the Pacific, an area of great seismic 

and volcanic activity, that records 

thousands of mostly small to moderate 

tremors every year.

03 Touristic 


Indian tourists to Sri Lanka 

may get visa free entry soon 

Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe has appointed a task force to 

study the possibility of granting visa free entry to visitors from 

certain tourist friendly nations to boost arrivals. 

Setting the sails for 

cruise tourism in India 

Ease in facilities and new rules to attract more tourists 

Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka may 

soon be exempted from visa requirement 

as the government is mulling granting 

visa free entry to visitors from countries 

like India and China, Tourism Minister 

John Amaratunga said on Monday. 

Amaratunga said that Prime Minister 

Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed 

a task force to study the possibility 

of granting visa free entry to visitors 

from certain tourist friendly nations to 

boost arrivals. 

India and China along with some 

other European and West Asian 

nations can benefit from it, he said. 

Following recommendations from 

the task force, this proposal may be 

implemented in the off season months 

of October to November and March to 

April, the minister said. 

Mughalsarai station renamed as 'Deen Dayal 

Upadhyay Junction', gets saffron makeover 

Mughalsarai (Uttar Pradesh): 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president 

Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated the 

new Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction 

Sri Lanka' tourism industry faced a 

difficult time until a decade back due to the 

civil war with the LTTE. However, in the 

recent years the island nation has emerged 

as a top tourism destination in Asia. 

Tourist arrivals have recorded a 

growth of 15.3 percent during the first 

half of 2018 compared with the same 

period last year. 

India topped the number of tourist 

arrivals in Sri Lanka at 206,337 

followed by the Chinese tourist whose 

figures stood at 136,294. 

All tourists to Sri Lanka must obtain 

an Electronic Travel Authorisation 

(ETA) before their arrival. 

On the basis of reciprocity, citizens 

of Singapore, the Maldives and the 

Seychelles are exempt from the ETA and 

can obtain a visa on arrival free of charge. 

railway station, which was earlier 

known as Mughalsarai. 

"Today is a very big day for the 

Bhartiya Janata Party as Mughalsarai 

station, where Pandit Deen Dayal 

Upadhyay was killed, has today been 

named after him. I am happy that under 

Prime Minister Modi's leadership a 

memorial is being made after Pandit 

Deen Dayal Upadhyay," Amit Shah said. 

Decked-up in saffron colour now, the 

station is one of the oldest and biggest 

railway junctions in the state. 

Cruise tourism is a booming sector 

worldwide but in India it remains 

largely unexplored. To boost the 

industry, the government has 

improved existing schemes and 

introduced some new rules. 

One of the fastest growing wings of the 

global leisure industry, cruise tourism is 

set to sail in India too. The country has a 

vast coastline, which, when clubbed with 

its rich historical and cultural heritage, 

can be a major tourist attraction; and 

although cruises have been on offer in 

India for a long time, cruise tourism 

is likely to rise due to development of 

infrastructure and easing visa rules. 

The ministry of tourism hopes to 

attract five million cruise tourists to 

India by 2040, union minister of state for 

tourism K.J. Alphons had said recently. 

Development of cruise tourism is 

looked after by a task force which 

includes representatives of ministry of 

tourism and ministry of shipping, along 

with representatives of major ports and 

stakeholders. In 2009, the task force 

had given a green signal to foreign flag 

vessels to call at Indian ports without 

having to obtain a license from director 

general of shipping. This facility was 

extended up till February 5, 2024 in a 

recent meeting of the task force. 

“Government of India has taken 

strong measures for promoting 

cruise tourism in India and has also 

appointed an international consultant 

to develop it. This will help in 

understanding immigration system, 

CSF system, custom formalities, port 

regulations etc. In the past few months, 

a good number of cruise liners have 

been showing interest, and in coming 

years, cruise tourism will see a great 

boost in India,” said Nishant Pitti CEO 

and founder of Ease My Trip, an Indian 

online travel company headquartered 

in Delhi. 

Further, in order to have uniform 

processes at all ports, Standard Operating 

Procedures (SOPs) were revised and made 

operational in November, 2017. 

“Developments have already started for 

promoting cruise tourism in India. There 

has been a stable rise in the number of 

ships and cruise passengers calling on 

Indian ports in the last few years. As 

per the ministry of shipping, against 55 

cruise ship calls for the year 2003-04, the 

number of cruise ship calls increased to 

158 for the year 2016-17,”said Pitti. 

In 2017-18, 1,62,660 cruise passengers 

and 139 cruise ships visited India at 

six major ports-Mumbai Port, Chennai 

Port, Cochin Port, Kolkata Port, New 

Mangalore Port and Mormugao Port. 

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04 Technology 


Google Maps is no 

longer #flatearth 

Go to Google Maps and zoom out. 

Halfway out, the map’s perspective 

changes from a traditional flat map view 

to an interactive globe. Zoom all the way 

out and the Earth is presented as a globe 

with landmasses of the appropriate size. 

Greenland is no longer the size of Africa 

and all is right with the world. 

On flat maps, it’s impossible to represent 

land mass size on a relative scale. 

Objects in the north and south become 

distorted as the flat map compensates for 

the flattening of the globe. This is most 

evident in the commonly used Mercator 

projections that properly represents the 

size of land around the equator but supersizes 

land in the Arctic and Antarctic. 

Now, when Google Maps is used on 

Desktop, users will see the appropriate 

size of land masses. The update is great 

but I have yet to find the giant ice wall 

that’s preventing all of life from sliding 

off the side of the flat earth and onto 

the back of the giant turtle we’re riding 

through the vast emptiness of space. 

HP bug bounty program aims 

to boost printer security 

Bug bounty programs aren't just for 

computing devices and apps -- HP 

is launching a "first of its kind" bug 

bounty initiative to boost the security of 

printers. The program will see it partner 

with the security crowdsourcing 

company Bugcrowd to reward 

researchers who spot vulnerabilities in 

its printer lineup. Those who discover 

completely new flaws will receive up to 

$10,000, but even those who find existing 

flaws may get a "good faith payment" in 

the right circumstances. 

Creative Artist Agency 

The effort is an acknowledgment 

that security threats are increasingly 

spreading beyond PCs and networking 

devices to target everything connected 

to a network, whether it's printers, 

security cameras or smart home 

devices. HP doesn't want one of its 

printers serving as a conduit for 

a larger attack on a company, and 

whatever it pays out in bug bounties 

might be worthwhile if it helps printer 

sales and avoids a public relations 

disaster. 

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Rolls-Royce turns to robotic 

insects and snakes for 

future aircraft maintenance 

Forward-looking: Despite sounding like 

something from a science-fiction movie, 

Rolls-Royce is planning to use robots 

inspired by snakes and cockroaches to carry 

out future maintenance on aviation engines. 

As part of its IntelligentEngine vision, the 

British engineering firm, which is separate 

from the luxury car company, teamed 

up with the University of Nottingham 

and Harvard University for the project. 

The plan is for miniature Swarm robots, 

which measure around 10mm diameter, 

to be deposited into the center of a plane's 

engine while it’s still on the aircraft's 

wing. They will carry a camera and a 3D 

scanner that allow operators to inspect 

the engine and look for any problems via 

a live feed. The robots’ small size mean 

they would be able to access hard-toreach 

areas without needing to remove 

the engine from a craft. 

The Swarm robots will be placed in 

their starting locations using FLARE—a 

pair of ‘snake’ robots that are flexible 

enough to travel through an engine, much 

like an endoscope. These are also able to 

carry out engine inspections and repairs. 

Rolls-Royce also unveiled plans for the 

Inspect robots—a network of pencil-sized 

machines that remain inside an engine 

permanently. Thermally protected from 

the extreme heat, they could be used to 

monitor an engine’s health. 

Swarm robots 

“There’s lots of things that aren’t ready 

yet, there’s more work to do yet to get 

this more mature,” said James Kell, 

on-wing technology specialist at Rolls. 

Getting the cockroach-like Swarm robots 

back out of the engine is one issue that 

still needs to be addressed. 

“The aim is to service engines within 

hours rather than days,” Kell added. 

Rolls-Royce announced its plans at the 

Farnborough Airshow, the same event 

where Aston Martin revealed its flying 

vehicle concept, which was designed in 

collaboration with the engine company. 

'Default' admin in 

jail for 5 months over 

objectionable message 

in WhatsApp group 

A 21-year-old group administrator of 

instant messaging service WhatsApp 

is behind bars in MP for the last 

five months, following an alleged 

objectionable message posted in the 

group by a member. 

A 17-year-old boy from Talen town of 

Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh 

allegedly posted an anti-national message 

on the WhatsApp group on February 14, 

Talen police station in-charge Narmada 

Prasad Dahima said today. 

Some people took strong objection to 

it and filed a police complaint. 

"Acting on the complaint, the police 

summoned the boy and the then group 

administrator, Raja Gurjar," Dahima said. 

However, Gurjar left the WhatsApp 

group soon after. 

Two more members then became 

administrators as per the sequence of 

their membership, but they also quit 

the group subsequently. 

"Finally, Junaid Mev became the 

group administrator as per the policy 

of the social media platform," a family 

member of Mev claimed. 

On February 14, the police registered 

a case against the boy who had posted 

the objectionable message and Mev 

under various IPC sections, including 

124A (sedition) and 295A (deliberate 

and malicious acts, intended to outrage 

religious feelings of any class), and 

the Information Technology Act. Both 

were subsequently taken into custody, 

Dahima said. 

Located at a stone 

throw away from 

Baga beach with a 

panoramic sea view 

located on Tito’s 

lane. An Alfresco 

restaurant that offers 

a multi- cuisine 

menu of local Goan, 

Continental and 

Italian food. 

This place has some of the best Vintage 

Wines and Spirits both Indian and International. 

It’s the perfect place to meet and connect with 

other such amazing foodies, laugh with friends 

over drinks or chill out while the live band 

performances keep you entertained. 

The staff here are very friendly and 

informative, and with quick service. This 

place is definitely eye catchy on the inside 

with soft lighting and a very vintage look. To 

one side is the bar where the music keeps 

on playing and the bartenders flip and mix 

the perfect drink for you while you catch up 

on your favourite Sports or Music channels 

on the huge television 

situated above the bar. 

On the other side you 

will find a calm place 

with lovely ambiance, 

soft music and very 

attractive lighting. 

The Restaurant is 

open from 12 pm to 

3am. The ambiance 

is the key in any 

restaurant and Tito’s 

is one that has kept 

up its mark!

05 Lifestyle 


'Snapchat dysmorphia' is a thing — 

and plastic surgeons are worried 

Social media filters gave teenagers 

versions of themselves with flawless skin 

and big baby blues. What could go wrong? 

Doctors have been worrying about 

the impact that social media has on 

self-image for a while. But now the term 

"snapchat dysmorphia" has now made 

it into the pages of the Journal of the 

American Medical Association (JAMA). 

In a co-authored opinion piece 

(spotted by Inverse) titled "Selfies 

— Living in the era of filtered 

photographs," three plastic surgeons 

sound the alarm about how selfie filters 

are impacting people seeking plastic 

surgery, especially those suffering from 

the medical disorder body dysmorphia. 

The way people look in filtered selfies 

— with smooth skin, symmetrical 

features, full lips, and big, sparkly 

eyes — has become a new basis 

Amazon & 

Flipkart 

Freedom Sale 

kicks off 

The e-commerce industry has come 

up with various offers and discounts 

for Independence Day. Popular online 

shopping destinations Flipkart, 

Amazon and Paytm, in competition to 

each other, have rolled out discount 

offers for its customers during the 

festive season. The sale by Amazon 

will continue for four days, i.e. from 

August 9 till August 12. Flipkart on 

the other hand will attract customers 

through its three-day sale, while Paytm 

Mall is set to have longest sale of them 

all - from August 8 till August. 

Amazon sale 

As per the sneak peek running on 

Amazon, the e-commerce giant is 

offering over 20,000 deals across more 

than 200 categories and more than 2500 

brands. 

To bring up more offers for its 

customers, Amazon has also partnered 

with the State Bank of India (SBI). 

Discounts are also available on 

electronics including range of mobile 

phones, fashion products, home and 

daily essentials. Exclusive deals and 

offers are also available for Amazon 

for obsession in people with body 

dysmorphic disorder (BDD). BDD is 

"an excessive preoccupation with a 

perceived flaw in appearance," and 

is a subset of OCD, that can cause 

people to seek frequent plastic surgery. 

According to the International OCD 

Foundation, BDD affects about 1 in 50 

people, and is even more prevalent in 

people who seek plastic surgery. 

In the past, the doctors write, people 

would bring in photoshopped images 

of celebrities to plastic surgery 

consultations (which is totally cool 

and not worrisome at all!). But now, 

prospective patients — including 

teens — are using filtered images of 

their faces from apps like Snapchat to 

inform what they want their faces to 

look like after going under the knife. 

"'Snapchat dysmorphia' has patients 

prime members. 

In its four-day long Freedom sale 

on account of Independence Day, 

Amazon has announced attractive 

discounts across products including 

smartphones, home appliances and 

more. 

Flipkart sale 

Commencing August 10, Flipkart is 

offering new deals and discounts every 

8 hours. The e-commerce giant has 

joined partnered with Citi Bank credit 

card for heavier deals. 

The sneak peek at the Flipkart 

website claims attractive deals on top 

electronic brands. 

Offers are also being offered on 

home appliances, kitchen essentials, 

cameras, fashion products and 

accessories. Books, toys and beauty 

products are available at a starting 

price of Rs 99. 

Paytm sale 

Other than Amazon and Flipkart, 

a ‘Freedom Cashback Sale’ has also 

been announced by Paytm Mall, 

from August 8 till August 15, for 

Independence Day. 

Paytm has joined hands with 

more than 1000 leading brands and 

private labels for the promotion of its 

‘Freedom Cashback Sale’. 

During the sale offered by Paytm, 

customers will be allowed to make 

choices from a variety of products for 

an attractive price offer. 

seeking out cosmetic surgery to look like 

filtered versions of themselves instead, 

with fuller lips, bigger eyes, or a thinner 

nose," the authors write. "This is an 

alarming trend because those filtered 

selfies often present an unattainable 

look and are blurring the line of reality 

and fantasy for these patients." 

Snapchat dysmorphia isn't exactly 

new. Earlier this year, a plastic 

surgeon known as Dr. Esho coined 

the phrase, and it was popularized 

in several articles in February 2018. 

A January 2018 study found that a 

desire to look better in selfies was a 

prevalent reason people were seeking 

plastic surgery. And a 2015 study found 

that "self photo editing and photo 

investment are associated with body 

dissatisfaction in adolescent girls." 

But, come on, what were we expecting? 

People have long sought out ways to 

artificially perfect their appearances 

with surgery. Now, instead of just staring 

into the mirror or pages of magazines 

in wistful dissatisfaction, everyone has 

a pocket-sized Magic Mirror, showing 

them how they could be the most 

beautiful of them all — if only they could 

look like Flower Crown filter, IRL. 

The most concerning thing here is that 

perhaps people wouldn't have otherwise 

found flaws in a few pimples or perfectly 

normal-sized eyes if face-tuning hadn't 

existed. Perhaps body dysmorphia is 

increasing thanks to Snapchat. However, 

at this point, anecdotal evidence from 

plastic surgeons, and opinion pieces like 

Thursday's articles, is insufficient to 

draw that causal connection. 

Android users find 

Aadhaar helpline 

number saved 

in their phones, 

Google says it is a 

bug from 2014 

Just days after TRAI chairman RS 

Sharma took social media by storm, 

sharing his Aadhaar number on 

Twitter and challenging people to 

harm him, the Unique Identification 

Authority of India or UIDA has 

found itself in fresh controversy. 

The UIDAI's helpline number is 

being randomly saved by default in 

many Android phones, and users 

have no idea how and why. 

The issue seems to be specific to 

Android phones and isn't limited 

to one or two telecom operators or 

even one or two brands of phones. 

Most Android phones seem to be 

affected, and it doesn't matter if 

you're using Airtel, Vodafone or Jio. 

Update: Google has clarified that 

the issue is because of a change 

it made in 2014. And it has said 

sorry for it. "Our internal review 

has revealed that in 2014, the then 

UIDAI helpline number and the 

112 distress helpline number were 

inadvertently coded into the SetUp 

wizard of the Android release given 

to OEMs for use in India and has 

remained there since. We will work 

towards fixing this in an upcoming 

release of SetUp wizard which will 

be made available to OEMs over 

the next few weeks," said a Google 

spokesperson in a statement issued 

late on Friday night. 

German start-up trials solar car 

that can charge as you drive 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Munich-based 

start-up has taken advantage of the 

strong Bavarian sun this summer 

to test the final development of the 

charging system of its Sion car, an 

all-electric solar vehicle that lets you 

charge as you drive. 

Germany will likely miss its target 

of putting 1 million electric cars on the 

road by 2020 but the government said 

in April it was ready to offer support 

to companies that make batteries for 

electric vehicles. 

Sono Motors, founded in 2016, is 

developing the Sion, a fully-electric 

vehicle that has solar cells integrated into 

its bodywork. It can be charged via solar 

power or from conventional power outlets. 

Production will start in the second half 

of 2019 and the company has more than 

6,500 orders which it aims to start selling 

at 16,000 euros ($18,540) next year. 

Sion will have 330 solar cells attached 

to the vehicle’s roof, bonnet and sides 

and its battery system will offer a 

range of around 250 km (155 miles) 

before it needs recharging. 

“We have a seat heater, there is 

air conditioning, there is a large 

infotainment system where I can 

also connect my phone interactively, 

which means I really have a full 

vehicle which is very simple, has no 

frills,” Laurin Hahn, co-founder and 

chief executive of the startup told 

Reuters.

06 Music 


A R Rahman: Don’t think India’s musical heritage is dying 

Music maestro A R Rahman says 

India’s musical heritage may lack 

exposure but it is not dying as its roots 

are deep in tradition and people have 

a spiritual connection with it. The 

double Oscar-winner has travelled 

across India to find rare instruments 

and hidden musical traditions in his 

maiden non-fiction series, Harmony 

with A R Rahman, being launched on 

Amazon Prime Video on August 15. 

The quest underscored what Rahman 

always thought was true about India 

— every street has a musical legacy. 

Rahman will interpret these traditions 

in a modern context on the show. “I 

don’t think India’s rich musical heritage 

is dying, only the exposure is dying. 

People love traditions and it is beyond 

anybody’s money or power. It (music) 

is the lifestyle of so many people. 

“I was talking about this place in Kerala, 

Kalamandalam, where they have this 

guru-shishya thing and they have a place 

in Chennai which has a fees of Rs 370 per 

year and they teach folk music, classical 

music and dance. In Rajasthan, every kid 

sings amazingly well and also in Punjab,” 

Rahman told PTI in an interview. 

The composer, who is credited with 

revolutionising Indian cinema music 

in his 25-year illustrious career, says 

traditional music may lack exposure 

but exists in a big way. “We can’t 

generalise that everybody is watching 

this… They have the options to watch 

so many things. They have the option 

to watch the purest thing or filth. 

“What we see exposed is this big splash 

of Hindi movies and Tamil movies. It 

does not mean that all this (traditional 

music) does not exist. It is taken by 

families who create this legacy. It is 

their soul. It is not dictated by money. 

It is a redeeming factor in their lives.” 

Rahman may be anchoring the show but 

jokes that people should not have high 

expectations about his skills as a host. 

“I’m not like a traditional anchor. Don’t 

have high expectations. I am not like 

‘Lovely! look at this place, look at the 

food’. I am not that charming. In my own 

ways, I had these beautiful interactions.” 

In fact, Rahman, one of India’s most 

renowned musicians, says he fears the 

burden of expectation “always, everyday”. 

The series captures Rahman’s 

interactions with artistes with an 

impromptu jam session towards the end 

of every episode. The last episode shows 

Rahman put together a composition 

with all artistes. On the internet, it is 

all about the number of views one has 

managed to garner, but Rahman says it 

is “gross” to judge something like that. 

“(Though) It does influence what you 

are doing. We wanted this series to be 

Zee5 original Lockdown trailer: Badshah, Kailash 

Kher, Raftaar come together to recreate chartbusters 

The newest OTT platform, Zee5, is 

hitting the ball out of the park with 

its original content. We have already 

been impressed by the awesomeness of 

shows like Karenjit Kaur – The Untold 

Story of Sunny Leone, and now another 

interesting one is on its way. Zee5 has 

launched the trailer of their new reality 

show, Lockdown. And, boy, you have 

close to 40 reasons to be excited. 

Lockdown is a singing reality show 

like nothing you have ever seen before. 

It is being presented by Badshah. The 

concept is simple. In every episode, two 

musical artists from different walks 

of life will come together to recreate a 

chartbuster with their own individual 

flavour. And they will only have 24 

hours to create the music. Imagine 

Kailash Kher and rapper Rajakumari 

coming together to make a song. And 

many more such unique pairs of music 

artists are lined up for the Lockdown. 

Badshah, Kailash Kher, Raftaar, 

Sachin-Jigar will collaborate with 

digital sensations like Jonita Gandhi, 

Shirley Setia, T Bridge to create epic 

music videos. There will be 20 songs 

Anu Malik, Shaan, Ila Arun, Baba 

Sehgal to recreate 1990s with Kajol 

in Helicopter Eela 

The four singers, who were 

particularly famous in the 1990s, 

will make special appearances in 

the Pradeep Sarkar film. 

The trailer of Pradeep Sarkar's 

Helicopter Eela, starring Kajol and 

Riddhi Sen, has been much appreciated 

since it was released earlier this week. 

The actress’ character in the film 

will have two looks – one as a young, 

aspiring singer in the 1990s and the 

other as a single mother in 2018. 

In order to recreate the 1990s era, the 

film's makers have roped in singers 

that will be created over the course of 10 

episodes by 20 artists. So, there you go, 

40 reasons to be excited for Lockdown. 

ZEE5 has a rich bouquet of original 

content in six regional languages along 

with the latest blockbuster movies. 

The platform will launch 20 originals 

in 2018 and will have 90+ shows by the 

end of March 2019. 

With over 3500 films, 500+ TV shows, 

Anu Malik, Shaan, Ila Arun and Baba 

Sehgal, who were particularly famous 

in that period, to make a special 

appearance. 

Helicopter Eela tells the story of a 

single mother who returns to college to 

4000+ music videos, 35+ theatre plays 

and 90+ LIVE TV Channels across 

12 languages, ZEE5 truly presents a 

blend of unrivalled content offering 

for its viewers across the nation and 

worldwide. With ZEE5, the global 

content of Zindagi as a brand, which 

was widely appreciated across the 

country, has also been brought back 

for its loyal viewers. 

complete her studies and becomes her 

son’s (Riddhi Sen) classmate. Produced 

by Ajay Devgn and Jayantilal Gada, 

the will be released on 7 September. 

intriguing, interesting and not boring 

as these are instruments that are off the 

radar and we are bringing them to the 

fore. There is purity, honesty, there is a 

legacy that we intend to bring,” he said. 

“They have a pre-set legacy and we just 

had to take it and make it shine. It is like 

storytelling, like a movie, you go and see 

their lives, each fascinating in their own 

way. And there was no one telling ‘Ah, 

this song did not work.’ So, you have 

that artistic freedom,” he added. 

The five-episode series is created 

by Kavithalayaa. Harmony with A.R. 

Rahman features maestros such as 

Ustad Mohi Baha’un-din Dagar from 

Maharashtra, who comes from an eight 

generation-long lineage of musicians 

and plays the Rudra Veena in Dhrupad 

style, Kalamandalam Sajith Vijayan 

from Kerala who devoted a majority 

of his life to the Mizhavu, Lourembam 

Bedabati Devi of Manipur, a renowned 

artiste and guru of traditional Manipuri 

folk song, and Mickma Tshering Lepcha 

from Sikkim who is known to be a 

master of the Panthong Palith. 

Ed Sheeran shares 

adorable picture 

for International 

Cat Day 

Ed Sheeran has shared a sweet snap 

of him enjoying a cuddle with his cat 

for International Cat Day. 

The adorable image posted on 

Instagram shows the feline tucked 

into the singer-songwriter’s jumper. 

Sheeran – an animal lover whose 

cats have their own Instagram page, 

@thewibbles – wrote: “To celebrate 

international cat day here’s a picture 

with me and one of @thewibbles 

#internationalcatday.” 

Several other celebrities have also 

been sharing images of their kitties 

to mark the special day. 

Ricky Gervais tweeted a cute 

picture of himself and his feline 

enjoying the sunshine, writing: 

“Happy #InternationalCatDay.” 

International Cat Day (August 

8) was created in 2002 by the 

International Fund for Animal 

Welfare.

07 Cinema 


'I Once Spoke to SRK's Posters': 

Rajkummar Rao's Bollywood 

Journey is Truly Inspiring 

It may come as a surprise but the 

recipient of a National Award and 

three Filmfare Awards to his name, 

33-year-old Rajkummar Rao hasn't had 

an easy start in Hindi film industry. 

Rao recently revealed how Shah Rukh 

Khan's inspirational story helped him 

stay motivated and focussed to find work 

while he was struggling to make a place 

for himself as an actor in Bollywood. 

“Growing up, I was fascinated with 

Shah Rukh Sir––I used to stare at 

his posters and often think that if an 

outsider could make it as big as him, 

then maybe there was hope for me." 

In a post for Humans of Bombay -- a 

page that catalogs real-life stories, Rao 

goes on to narrate about his initial 

days in Mumbai and how on several 

occasions he had to 'share a meal' with a 

friend as his pockets were often empty. 

"I’d be like the 10th person standing 

in some ad! I made about Rs. 10,000 

a month––but still, there were days 

where I didn’t have money, and I’d call 

my friends asking to share their meal." 

But Rao didn't give up hope. Simply 

because he didn't have a 'Plan B'. He 

was always on the lookout for work and 

kept meeting with countless casting 

directors, he said. Keeping faith in his 

art, Rao added that 'smallest of roles' 

did not demotivate him. 

Preity Zinta 

Back With A 

Bang; Catch Her 

Look In Bhaiaji 

Superhit 

Preity Zinta took to Instagram to share 

her new look from her upcoming film, 

Bhaiaji Superhit, as she shared the 

poster of the flick 

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta is 

back to win hearts, this time, as 

Sapna Dubey. The 43-year-old took to 

Instagram to share her new look from 

her upcoming film, Bhaiaji Superhit, as 

she shared the poster of the flick. 

"Back with a bang! Meet #SapnaDubey 

in #BhaiajiSuperhit on the 19th 

of October in a theatre near youu! 

#PZisBack! ??" the Insta post read. 

Zinta, who owns an Indian Premier 

League team, Kings XI Punjab, is well 

known for her roles in Kal Ho Naa Ho, 

Koi... Mil Gaya and Veer Zara. 

"I met with countless ADs and 

casting directors. They would call 

me in for the smallest of roles and I 

would try to convince them to at least 

let me try out the bigger parts...but I 

was turned down. But I didn’t let any 

of it demotivate me – I believed that 

someone would see my talent." 

With his hard work and talent, the 

breakthrough role for Rao came with 

Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010). And, 

soon, doors of Bollywood opened 

for him and he went on to do Kai Po 

Che!(2013), Shaitan (2011), Shahid(2013). 

But it was his role in Queen (2014) 

that he fondly remembers. Why? 

Because Rao finally got the opportunity 

to meet his idol Shah Rukh Khan. 

"I was shooting in Mehboob. And 

I heard that Shah Rukh sir was also 

shooting there. So I thought this was my 

chance––maybe I could go meet him. I 

sent a message across to him––I didn’t 

think he’d know me, but, he called me to 

his trailer – he knew my entire bio!" 

Awestruck and nervous, the Fanney 

Khan actor said, "He made me feel so 

special. I was already a fan, but that 

day I was probably his biggest. I was 

nervous and in awe throughout. I once 

spoke to his posters...and now there 

he was, in front of me. How can I even 

explain what that felt like?" 

In her first-ever international film 

role in the Canadian film 'Heaven on 

Earth' she won the Silver Hugo Award 

for 'Best Actress' at the 2008 Chicago 

International Film Festival. Zinta was 

last seen in her self-produced comeback 

film, Ishkq in Paris (2013). 

Ekta Kapoor: 

I don’t do 

nepotism 

Ekta Kapoor is one of the most successful 

entrepreneurs and has produced a lot of 

successful shows and movies. Along with 

her shows, the characters and the actors 

who act in it remain etched in people's 

minds. Every actor she has launched is 

loved by the audience and enjoys a good 

fan following. 

At the launch of Laila Majnu trailer, 

Ekta Kapoor talked about Nepotism. 

She said that she gets calls from 

politicians and other big people to cast 

their children in her shows or films. 

As reported by Indian Express, at the 

event, Ekta said, "Trust me I get calls 

from politicians, actors, friends and 

bureaucrats, who call for casting. My 

mom says ‘You don’t answer these calls 

and we have to bear the brunt.’ And I 

tell her that I can’t help, it’s my job." She 

said that there is financial stress when 

she has to cast an outside but the stress 

is lesser than not being honest to her job. 

She had a message for the aspiring 

actors. Ekta said, "I would like to tell them 

that don’t stalk me. Don’t follow me, or 

At 68, Hollywood star 

Richard Gere set to 

become a father again 

take my number and drop me texts. Don’t 

meet me in a park. That’s called stalking." 

"Don’t ask you politician and 

bureaucrat uncles to get you cast. 

That’s a dampener. Tape your work 

and if that reaches me then be rest 

assured that if you fit the role, you will 

be cast. Your legacy or background will 

not matter," said the producer. 

London: Hollywood actor Richard Gere 

is expecting his first child with second 

wife Alejandra Silva.The Madrid-based 

Spanish daily ABC, which broke the 

story, had also reported Gere's wedding 

to Silva, 33 years his junior, earlier this 

year, dailymail.co.uk said. 

According to the report, it was not yet 

clear if the child would be born in Spain 

or the US, where Silva is now believed 

to be based most of the time.Gere, who 

will celebrate his 69th birthday at the 

end of this month, has an 18-year-old son 

Homer with former wife Carey Lowell. 

Silva, who met Gere while divorcing her 

first husband Govind Friedland, has a 

five-year-old son Alberto. 

Mail Meant for Soon-to-be Pak PM 

Imran Khan Reaches Bollywood's 

Imran Khan, Actor Clears the Air 

People are excited about Pakistan 

Tehreek-e-Insaf chairperson Imran Khan's 

oath ceremony, so much so that they 

have ended up sending congratulatory 

messages to Bollywood actor Imran Khan. 

The actor, who is also the nephew of 

superstar Aamir Khan, on Tuesday , 

took to Instagram to reveal that he has 

been receiving texts on the politician's 

recent victory in the Pakistan elections. 

The Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na star 

shared the screenshot of an e-mail, in 

which the sender has addressed him as 

"Dear Prime Minister." 

"I guess I can no longer ignore the call 

to action. Gonna start drafting some 

policy outlines this week, I’ll keep you 

guys updated,” Imran quipped in the 

post’s caption. 

“Successful leader takes right decision 

at right time. He recognizes friends and 

selects faithful team members. Now it 

is ten years long governance and I want 

to join your team on very first day,” the 

message read. 

Well, this is not the first time when the 

actor has been confused for the former 

Pakistani cricketer. A month ago, the 

actor had posted another screenshot of a 

message which had a complaint against 

a local police station in Pakistan. 

Meanwhile, Imran's uncle Aamir was 

reportedly invited to the politician's 

swearing-in ceremony. 

However, the Dangal star rubbished 

reports, saying, "No, I am not going 

to Pakistan and I haven't got an 

invitation for Imran Khan's swearing-in 

ceremony." 

Imran was last seen in a romanticcomedy 

drama Katti Batti alongside 

Kangana Ranaut.

08 Clubbing 


Happy hours at Cafe Mambo 

| Mon | Tue | Thu - 6 PM to 11 PM 

(Buy 1 Get 1 Free on selected brands) 

Café Mambo’s Tagline “where the 

world comes together” is apt, as this 

is the place where locals, weekender 

visitors and international tourists all 

come together to enjoy a fun night out. 

It’s a chilled out zone to meet up with 

friends & catch up for a drink over some 

great house music. 

Café Mambo is within walking distance 

from Calangute. The café started as 

another run of the mill joint, gained 

immense popularity immediately. 

Club Tito’s offers an 

unforgettable Nightlife 

Experience in Goa. It is difficult 

to imagine a more idyllic setting 

for a nightclub than Club Tito’s 

which is situated on Tito’s Lane, 

a hop skip and jump away from 

Baga Beach. 

While the sun is still out you 

can’t take your eyes away from 

the lovely beach, the calm village 

life and the breezy ocean air. 

When it’s dark the lane comes to 

life and takes on a different form 

with loud music, people dancing 

and clubs and restaurants 

bustling with visitors both of 

Indian and foreign origin.

09 Leisure 


Meet The Telangana Farmers Whose 

Kiki Challenge With Bullocks In 

Field Is Winning the Internet 

People around the world have attempted 

the kiki challenge which involves 

dancing alongside it to Drake’s hit “In 

My Feelings” but it’s two Telangana 

farmers who’ve won over the internet. 

The video showing Geela Anil Kumar 

(24) and Pilli Thirupathi (28) dancing 

with gay abandon as they plough a rice 

field with bullocks has attracted more 

than 16 million views. 

Not only that, comedian and Daily 

Show host Trevor Noah has posted the 

video on his Instagram page, declaring 

them winners of the keke (or ‘kiki’ 

depending on who you ask) challenge. 

It has also been posted by Bollywood 

celebrities like Vivek Oberoi. 

Geela Anil’s old parents, Nirmala 

and Malleshan, who work as farm 

labourers, are quite surprised by how 

their son’s stardom has gone beyond 

Lambadipally village. 

“They’ve never used the internet and 

have no clue about social media. It took 

some time explaining to them how we were 

suddenly so popular and why they were 

getting that many calls from friends and 

relatives,” says Anil, who farms, teaches 

and acts in videos about village life. 

The video, shot on August 1, was 

JUSt a JOKe! 

Park The Car 

A blonde walks into a bank in New York 

City and requests a $5,000 dollar loan for 

an upcoming trip out of the country. 

The bank agrees but tells her she must give 

them some collateral before they give her 

the money. 'No problem. Here's the title to 

my Rolls Royce, it's parked out front.' 

The bank gladly excepts and gives her the 

loan. As the blonde is leaving they all joke 

about how she left such an expensive car 

as collateral for such a small bank loan. 

After a week had passed the blonde 

returns to the bank to repay the loan and 

the interest. The interest came out to be 

$17.53. The loan officer asks her 'Miss, 

why did you need the $5,000? We checked 

into your account and saw that you are a 

very wealthy lady.' 

uploaded by movie director Sriram 

Srikanth on his local YouTube 

channel “My Village Show”. He says 

got interested in the challenge when 

he saw a message from police not to 

indulge in it since it involved dancing 

alongside a moving vehicle. 

“So I went online and was amazed at 

the number of people dancing to Drake’s 

song. I’d never heard that song or that 

artist before. But we loved it,” he says. 

He discussed the idea with Anil 

and Thirupathi. “We wanted to do 

something safe and yet fun,” says 

The blonde replied, 'Where else in New 

York City can I park my car for a week 

for only $17 and know that it will be there 

when I get back?' 

I have to pee 

A mother took her 

little boy to church. 

While in church the 

little boy said, 'Mommy, I have to pee.' 

The mother said to the little boy, 'It's 

not appropriate to say the word 'pee' in 

church. So, from now on whenever you 

have to 'pee' just tell me that you have to 

'whisper'.' 

The following Sunday, the little boy went 

to church with his father and during the 

service said to his father, 'Daddy, I have to 

whisper.' 

The father looked at him and said, 'Okay, 

just whisper in my ear.' 

Srikanth. Despite the duo practising 

some of the steps prior to the video 

shooting, some of the best moments in 

the video occur unscripted. 

“We were shooting, and the guys 

were dancing, when suddenly the 

bullocks stopped. Anil, without 

missing a beat, went on to prod them to 

continue and danced like never before. 

We got lucky I guess,” says Srikanth. 

How did they decide on bullocks as props 

for the video? “Well, ours is a small village 

where farming is the main occupation. 

Seemed ideal,” chuckles Srikanth. 

American tourist 

takes unexploded 

WWII munition 

to Vienna Airport 

A 24-year-old American tourist caused 

panic at Vienna Airport when she put an 

unexploded World War II artillery shell 

in front of Austrian customs officials and 

asked whether the "souvenir" could be 

taken onboard her flight home. 

Officials quickly called the bomb 

disposal unit to remove and dispose of 

the 7.5 caliber dud tank artillery shell. 

The incident shut down the arrival and 

luggage hall for 15 minutes. 

Police said at no time were 

passengers under threat. She was then 

reported to prosecutors for negligent 

endangerment and fined $4,694. 

The woman had found the World War 

II relic while hiking. 

According to the Kronenzeitung 

newspaper, the woman reportedly cleaned 

the artillery shell in her hotel room so 

as not to get her clothes dirty when she 

packed it up to take to the airport. 

Sky is no limit: Japan firm to 

fly wedding plaques into space 

SUDOKU 

TOKYO: The sky is no longer the limit 

for lovers looking for unusual ways 

to commemorate their nuptials, with 

a Japanese company now offering to 

blast commemorative wedding plaques 

into space. 

Warpspace, a start-up based in Tsukuba 

City outside Tokyo, is introducing the 

new service in partnership with a local 

hotel popular for wedding banquets. 

For about 30,000 yen ($270), newlyweds 

marrying at the hotel will be 

able to emboss their names and design 

elements on 16-by-eight-millimetre (onefifth 

of a square inch) titanium plates 

that will be loaded onto a tiny satellite. 

The satellite will be taken up to the 

International Space Station on a supply 

ship, and then released by astronauts. 

Customers will receive photos of the 

craft carrying their plaques as it swirls 

among the stars, Warpspace chief 

executive Toshihiro Kameda told AFP. 

"Space trips are not common yet but 

couples can send up plaques that carry 

their affections," Kameda said. 

"I want them to spread their 

happiness across the sky." 

The company aims to make space more 

accessible to ordinary people, he said. 

"We want to make space enjoyable 

and usable." 

The satellite launch is not expected 

until next year, but the company will 

soon start taking orders from couples 

tying the knot. 

And while love may last forever, the 

commemorative plaques won't. 

The satellite is expected to stay in 

space for one to two years, and will 

eventually burn up in the earth's 

atmosphere when it comes down.

10 Goa! 


Goa lifts ban on fish import, 

keeps strict vigil on border 

The Goa government has lifted the ban on 

the import of fish from other states, and 

is keeping a strict vigil on border check 

posts to ensure consignments entering its 

territory are free of toxic chemicals. 

The fish import ban was imposed in 

Goa last month in the wake of formalin 

scare and it was lifted last night. 

Food and Drugs Administration 

Minister Vishwajit Rane told PTI today 

that teams of experts from his department 

thoroughly checked fish-laden trucks that 

arrived on the Goa border since last night. 

The teams were stationed at Pollem is 

South Goa, which borders Karnataka, 

and Patradevi in North Goa along the 

Maharashtra border. They took fish 

samples from these trucks and did 

on-the-spot analysis for presence of any 

harmful chemical. No chemical was 

found in the fish samples, he said. 

The government had banned import of 

fish on July 18 after the Food and Drugs 

Administration’s (FDA) initial report 

confirmed presence of formalin, a toxic 

chemical, in them. Formalin was applied 

on fish imported from outside the state as 

a preservative, according to the FDA. The 

chemical, harmful for human health, is 

used to preserve bodies and prevent their 

decay in mortuaries. The department had 

later withdrawn its report. 

“Testing of imported fish samples 

started at Pollem and Patradevi check 

posts from midnight onwards. Fourteen 

trucks carrying fish from Karnataka 

had arrived at the Pollem check post till 

7.30 am today,” Rane said. 

At Patradevi, three vehicles entered 

the state and fish samples collected from 

them tested negative for chemicals, the 

minister said. The FDA will keep a vigil 

at the border even during the day time, 

he said. The Congress had stalled the 

Assembly during the recently-concluded 

Monsoon Session for three days over the 

issue of formalin-laced fish, demanding 

a thorough probe into the entire episode. 

From January 2019, only tourists 

to be allowed in Goa casinos 

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar 

on Friday said that only tourists would 

be allowed entry into casinos starting 

next year, as the state government 

seeks to restrict the entry of locals after 

it was accused of despoiling the social 

fabric of Goa by encouraging gambling. 

“As a policy Goans will not be permitted 

to enter the casino’s playing areas and 

only visiting tourists shall be permitted. 

A mechanism in this regard will be put 

in place once the gaming commissioner 

is appointed and appropriate rules for 

regulation shall be formulated,” Parrikar 

told the Goa legislative assembly. 

The announcement came in response to 

persistent demands by opposition parties 

as well as civil society organisations. 

Parrikar also promised that Goa’s 

offshore casinos, all of which are floating 

in the Mandovi river off the state’s 

Goa Dairy to 

launch basundi 

next month 

PONDA: The Goa state milk producers' 

cooperative union, better known 

among milk consumers as Goa Dairy, 

will launch it’s packaged ‘basundi’ next 

month. Basundi is a sweet prepared by 

thickening milk. 

The dairy’s managing director N C 

Sawant said excess milk will be used 

to produce basundi during the flush 

seasons. “It will be launched before 

Ganesh Chaturthi, only the costing has 

to be finalised,” he said. 

The flush period of milk production 

in Goa is from October to March. 

capital Panaji, would be moved out to a 

designated gaming zone after which no 

fresh offshore casinos would be allowed. 

“The government shall identify 

notified designated zones where 

present offshore casinos can be shifted. 

That means the government will notify 

zones... Licences for offshore casinos 

will be issued provided they grant their 

willingness to shift within a year’s 

time,” Parrikar said. 

During this period, milk production 

increases leading to a problem of 

marketing and the dairy board has 

decided to use this milk to produce 

basundi. In the lean period, the dairy 

would procure milk from other dairies 

to make the product. 

Sawant said the dairy isn’t investing 

in any huge machinery to start the 

basundi production line. Basundi will 

be sold in packets of 200ml and 500ml. 

The dairy may consider packaging 

basundi in cups of the same size, in 

that case it will need to invest in a cup 

packaging machine, priced around Rs3- 

4 lakh, from the funds sanctioned by 

the National dairy development board 

(NDDB), the MD said. 

The board recently received an 

instalment of Rs 7.91 crore of the 

Rs 16.41 crore sanctioned for its 

development and upgradation. A 

Maharashtra-based consultant is 

working on minimising the cost of 

the product. At present, a kilogram of 

basundi costs around Rs 350, but the 

dairy is trying to lower the cost, a dairy 

manager Sanjay Shahane said. 

Parrikar seeks 

Modi’s help to resume 

mining in Goa 

... Continued from Pg. 1 

- depends directly or indirectly on mining 

activities and a crisis in the mining 

sector has spread to the logistics industry 

in the state, an industry executive said on 

condition of anonymity. 

The latest mining ban is the result of 

a Supreme Court decision in February 

cancelling about 88 iron ore mining 

leases in the state and banning mining 

operations from March 15. 

The Supreme Court had held the state 

government’s process of renewing mining 

leases of companies to be “in violation of 

law” and directed the state government 

to grant fresh licences through an 

auction, Mint had reported on February 

7. The order came on a public interest 

litigation filed by the Goa Foundation, an 

environmental pressure group. 

[livemint.com] 

Chef Varun 

Inamdar along with 

Goan chefs bake 

a thousand kilo 

chocolate mud pie! 

Goa is yet again for another feather on 

our caps, last year Guinness certified 

World's Largest Fish Patty 300 Kgs 

approx, along with the chefs of Goa 

and culinary professionals. This year, 

they attempted the Guinness World 

Record for the Largest Chocolate Mud 

Pie which was led by international chef 

Varun Inamdar by targeting to touch 

the golden mark of One Tonne, with the 

pie diameter over 6 feet! 

Chef Varun Inamdar has executed the 

feat, along with a team of 8 executive 

chefs, 25 chefs de partie, 10 students 

from Goa University and his assistant, 

Niket Drego. 

“Guinness Book of world records is 

the first book my father ever gifted to 

me when I was a child. The fascination 

of reading others' records, their 

achievements, and the hard work that 

the achievers have put into creating 

records has been phenomenal,” says 

Chef Varun, adding to it “That little 

inspiration has somewhere been in my 

heart almost forever.” 

When asked why a chocolate mud 

pie he says, “Chocolate is my passion. 

I am fondly known as ‘The Prince of 

Chocolates’ by my fans and followers. 

Some years back, I had created India’s 

first 6 feet tall, life-size edible chocolate 

mannequin and chocolate Ganesha 

statue on television. I purely wanted to 

take it to another level in terms of look, 

grandeur, size, magnanimity and taste. 

Chocolate Mud Pie fit the criteria 

perfectly.” 

Casa Tito- by Ricardo is the story of an 

intrepid business traveller and designer. 

The brand deals with luxury goods with 

an international feel that have been 

carefully curated, and in most cases 

manufactured under Ricardos personal 

supervision. 

Ricardo- who is also Director of Titos 

Resorts and Hospitalities Pvt Ltd. now 

brings to you a beautiful Portuguese era 

Goan heritage house with contemporary 

world street cuisine and a cosy romantic 

Bar replete with Titos own Sparkling 

Wines and Spirits as well as some of 

the world s finest Alcohol. Also indulge 

in some sensual head and foot massage 

whilst sunbathing on our very private 

pool side Cabanas. 

Book our venue for Wedding/ Birthday/ 

Anniversary/ Corporate or private party 

Xim Vaddo Arpora, Near Hilton Double 

Tree. Mobile: 99235 86659 

Email : casatito@titosgoa.com 

MIRABAI’s 

GOAN SPECIALITIES 

FAMILY 

RESTAURANT 

Our GOAN THALI or Curry is very delicious 

as well as all Fish dishes (Shark, Kingfish, 

Pomfret, Lobster, Red Snapper, Tiger Prawns 

or anything else what the Ocean offers). 

MIRABAI's has an open kitchen for the 

Guests to see what's cooking! 

BAGA - CALANGUTE ROAD, NEAR 

CHARLSTON HOTEL - PH. 9822176808 

FB: MIRABAI'S GOAN VILLAGE

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de Rama, Alorna, Nanus, Rivona 

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BACKWATERS : Mayem Lake 

WILDLIFE: Mhadei, Bondla, 

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WATERFALLS: Dudhsagar, 

Harvalem, Kuskem 

SPRINGS : Kesarval, Pomburfa 

MARKETS :Mapusa, Panjim 

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Manipal Hospital: 0832-3048800 

Women Police Helpline : 1091 

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Child Helpline: 1098 

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Railway Helpline : 139 

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Bus (Kadamba) : 0832 2438034 

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