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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani just before the start of the Cricket World Cup India-Pak semifinal in Mohali on Wednesday. Indian stars Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag look on.
Despite the tense Indo-Pak semifinal, Sachin Tendulkar and Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi had a moment of bonhomie.
their respective Prime Ministers on their promising cricket diplomacy, he said. The match showcased world-class cricket, sportsmanship, and statesmanship. The expansion of dialogue between India and Pakistan is a welcome and encouraging development for both countries, for the region,
Washington: The United States has welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Syed Yousaf Raza Gilanis promising cricket diplomacy during Wednesdays Cricket World Cup match between their teams. The expansion of dialogue between India and Pakistan is a welcome and encouraging development for both countries, for the region, and for the world, State department spokesman Mark Toner said in a press statement Thursday. The United States congratulates the people of Pakistan and India on the cricket match between the two nations teams, and
and for the world. It builds on the substantial progress achieved by the Interior and Home Secretaries earlier this week, Toner said. The United States welcomes the ongoing engagement between India and Pakistan. We continue to believe that talks should continue at a pace, time, and scope of the two governments choosing. We applaud both leaders and their citizens for the creative initiative, warm spirit and friendly competition on display during the match, he said. More cricket diplomacy stories on page 12.
on behalf of Nassau County. Earlier today I had a very promising discussion with NIFAs counsel regarding review and administration of contracts. We have already begun to mobilize staff to get the job done, Ciampoli was quoted as saying in the March 29 release. The County Executive is aggressively and tirelessly working to address the problems of Nassau County under the circumstances that exist as a result of the Courts decision, and the problems that he inherited, he added.
"Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India": the new books reviews claimed that that the book says Gandhi was a bisexual. country (India) that calls itself a democracy, it is shameful to ban a book that
Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos was the featured speaker at a meeting Thursday of the Rotary ClubHicksville South in Copper Wok restaurant. He is using his years of experience in the financial sector to watch over the countys $2.6 billion budget. He spoke about the state of the countys finances, and efforts led by County Executive Ed Mangano to fix problems. He is seen with the club members and is flanked by Vikas Dhall Singh, President of Hicksville South club, and Kamlesh Mehta, Founding President of the Club and Deputy Director, Nassau County Office of Economic Development.
Ashok Varshney, President of Vintage Vision Inc, was honored by Amb. Prabhu Dayal, Consulate General of India, New York, at Fabrics to Fashion 2011 Gala event last Thursday at the Consulate for his contribution to Indo-US fashion industry.
Libya continued from page 1 Mustapha Abdul Jalil, the head of the rebel National Council, said in a news conference that any cease-fire would have to entail the lifting of the sieges of rebel-held cities like Misurata and Zintan, the removal from those cities of Colonel Qaddafis mercenaries and snipers on the roofs of buildings and a guarantee of the right to peaceful protests for Libyans in the western half of the country. At that point, well see how all the Libyan people want freedom, he said. The Qaddafi government dismissed the rebel offer as a ploy. The rumors surrounding likely defections became ever murkier when another senior official, Ali Abdussalam el-Treki, who had been reported to have defected, denied doing so. In an interview in Cairo on Friday, Mr. Treki said that while his visit to the Egyptian capital was not an authorized mission, he had not turned against the Qaddafi government. There are people who do not want to defect to one side or the other they just dont want to be part of this situation continuing, Mr. Treki said. A lot of Libyans think like me. They think our country should be saved, we have to stop this killing and fighting. All fighting should be stopped. An official familiar with the talks with Mr.
Ismail was emphatic that the British government had not offered any deals, either over the terms for a cease-fire or over possible sanctuary for further defections from the governing elite in Tripoli. Our people are not in the game of making deals, the official said. We tell them quite forcefully that Qaddafi has to go, and that there is a need for regime change. The official said Britain was a natural destination for top Libyan officials, since close contacts between the two governments had developed in recent years as powerful Libyan officials negotiated the rapprochement with the West over the past decade that hinged on Mr. Qaddafis agreement to abandon Libyas secret programs to develop unconventional weapons, including a nuclear arsenal. The Libyans involved in those negotiations included Mr. Ismail and Moussa Koussa, the former foreign minister, who flew to Britain on a British government jet on Wednesday after saying he could no longer represent the Qaddafi government. He remained sequestered on Friday at a safe house outside London where he was being debriefed by officials from the Foreign Office and MI6, Britains secret intelligence agency. Mr. Ismail, who was in Britain for several days, has returned to Libya, officials in London said.
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Sant Singh Chatwal tastic for America, Chatwal, who is known to be close to the Clintons said. So I had to work hard. I had to be in Washington every week and put up my day and night on the job, he said. Because he knew members of the US Congress, Manmohan Singh asked him to work on that with planning and a proper strategy to get the deal done in the face of lobbying by China, Pakistan and our enemies against the pact, Chatwal said. Initially Hillary Clinton was not helping as she thought it could be a political issue as she was planning a presidential run, he said. But when I put the whole package together, she also came on board.
File photo of Poonam Alaigh South Asians are part of the states fastest-growing AsianAmerican community which comprises 8.2 per cent of New Jerseys nearly nine million population. I am passionate about the work and accomplishments we have been able to deliver for the families of New Jersey during this time of unprecedented budget challenges, Alaigh said in a statement. So, it is with both pride and difficulty that I announce my resignation from the department. Praising Alaighs service to the state, Christie said: Her commitment and passion for the job has been unprecedented, and her stewardship of the department has been world-class through a period of economic difficulty and an increased need among our citizens for quality healthcare services.
Sothebys Indian and South Asian Art sales bring $13.5 million
New York: Sothebys March 2011 Indian and South Asian Art sales have brought a total of $13,459,625, comfortably within the $11.2/17 million estimate. The sales were led by two stunning masterpieces, both of which soared above the high estimate. On 24 March a copper Manjushri figure from the 11th/12th century sold for $2,322,500 in the Indian and South East Asian Works of Art sale (est. $200/300,000) and on 25 March Akbar Padamsees Untitled (Reclining Nude) fetched $1,426,500 in the Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art auction (est. $500/700,000). The Indian and South East Asian Works of Art sale totaled $9,431,375 and was 79% sold. Strong prices were achieved across every area of the sale with bronzes, Tibetan sculpture, Indian miniatures and decorative art all exceeding pre-sale estimates. Among strong prices for Tibetan pieces was a gilt copper alloy sculpture of Chakrasamvara inlaid with silver, polychrome and semiprecious stones which sold for $578,500 several times the $60/80,000 estimate. The group of Indian miniatures in the sale was led by An Illustration to the Gita Govinda: Krishna Adorns his beloved Radha which fetched $422,500 exceeding the $150/250,000 estimate. A Ceremonial dagger, Damascus steel blade with $158,500. The sale also included The Pearl
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar recharge and rejuvenate every day, the release said.
An exquisite silver and copper inlaid Pala bronze from eastern India depicting the bodhisattva Manjushri, one of the most iconic deities in Mahayana Buddhism went for $2.3 million, much higher than the $200/300,000 estimate. Canopy of Baroda, a bejeweled masterpiece which sold for $2,322,500. The Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art brought a total of $4,028,250. The sale was led by Untitled (Reclining Nude) by Akbar Padamsee, one of the great masterpieces of modern Indian art, which sold for $1,426,500 vastly exceeding the $500/700,000 estimate and setting a new record for the artist at auction. Other highlights included a 1956 Untitled Maqbool Fida Husain painting that fetched $602,500, comfortably within the estimate of $500/700,000.
Rajat Gupta Wednesday that Gupta had leaked confidential information including details of the $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs in October 2008 by Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, to Rajaratnam.Gupta has not been charged in the Galleon case, but the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint against him earlier this month.Gupta, who was managing director of McKinsey for nine years, resigned from Procter & Gamble's board after the SEC complaint.He also has quit the board of American Airlines and its parent AMR, and announced he will step down as head of the Indian School of Business.
The painting was included in Tagores first ever painting exhibition in 1932. for the richness of Indian daily life, particularly that in Bihar in central eastern India, where they spent of most of their time and where they discovered the hidden folk painting traditions of Madhubani and also started to explore and write on the culture and literature of the Uraon, Santal and other tribal communities. Together they developed a love affair with Indian art and they assembled an impressive collection of Pahari paintings.
Eevents were conducted in 14 cities with major gatherings in San Francisco, Seattle, New Jersey, Houston and Carbondale. Atluri said. 'While Dandi March I was a campaign of nonviolent protest against the
Deepa Gupta with family earned her MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, previously served as a senior associate at McKinsey and Company. Gupta is a board member of the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois and an advisory board member of the Cure JM Foundation. Nisha Desai Biswal currently serves as Assistant Administrator for Asia at the US Agency for International Nisha Desai Biswal Development (USAID), which she would continue to hold, the statement said. Prior to this position, Biswal served as the Majority Clerk for the State Department and Foreign Operations Sub-committee on the Committee on Appropriations in the US House of Representatives which has jurisdiction over the State Department, USAID and other aspects of the international affairs budget.
Nitin Kotak of $889 million, including $738 million for scientific research and $89 million in grants to support science education and international research. The Institute's endowment at the close of fiscal 2010 stood at $14.8 billion. A senior member of three major professional institutes in India - the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Institute of Company Secretaries and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants, Kotak started
To provide Jaslok doctos with top class education on hot topics a Centre for Excellence in cut- conduit to collate monthly feedting edge medical technologies back from all participants at like Angiogenesis and Stem Cells Jaslok and convey to Stanford for Cardiovascular Diseases. management for future content Receiving guidance from and program development with Stanford would be key to suc- suggestions that would be of cessful execution, Hariawala greater value to Jaslok doctors. who leads Jasloks International The initial projects will be Partnerships Development related to cardiovascular mediProgram said. cine and geriatric or age related Leading the Stanford team will medicine and its associated disbe Dr Yann Meunier, Director of eases. Business Development, Stanford The first teleconference session International Medical Services, is planned for May. Initially a who will oversee the complete monthly event it may be expanddevelopment of the teleconfer- ed to bi-monthly in the second encing series of lectures. phase at the time of MoUs Hariawala will be the official renewal after 18 months.
Rajeev Bansal and walked away with it all. I really got into the game while I worked with the Federal Bank in India. After coming to the United States in 1998 on a work transfer, it wasnt until 2001 when I arrived in Kansas City, that I got the opportunity to play bridge at the local bridge studio, said Bansal. In the past 7 years, Bansal has made 5 trips to the Nationals, thrice between 2005-2009 in the Grand National Teams event and twice in 2010 and 2011 in the North American Open Pairs event. Bansal and his teammates have also won the Governors Cup four times in the annual match-up between St. Louis and Kansas City also called the I-70 their August Regional Championships.
Indian Point nuclear reactor, that sits on the east bank of Hudson River, 38 nmiles north of New York City. Obama has asked for a safety review of the 104 operational reactors in the country. economic, political, technical and natural disasters like the ones in Japan and Middle East/North Africa. With oil supplies from the Middle East now pinched by political upheaval with calls growing in Congress for expanded domestic oil and gas production, the president referred in his speech a similar runup in energy prices in 2008. Now heres the thing weve been down this road before, Mr. Obama said. Remember, it was just three years ago that gas prices topped $4 a gallon. I remember because I was in the middle of a presidential campaign. Saying there were no quick fixes to the nations oil addiction, Mr. Obama went on to propose a mix of measures, none of them new, to wean the nation off the barrel. He called for a fuel-saving strategy of producing more electric cars, converting trucks to run on natural gas, building new refineries to brew billions of gallons of biofuels and set-
Taylors joint fragrance venture with Elizabeth Arden, including the famous scent 'White Diamonds', has amassed $ 1 billion.
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The 7th Annual India Business Conference on Friday at Columbia Business School will provide insight and knowledge about Indias evolving presence in the global economy.
New York: The 7th Annual India Business Conference at Columbia Business School here is scheduled for April 1. The theme of the conference this year is India: An Honest conversation and it is organized by Columbia Business School and the South Asia Business Association (SABA). The day meet packed with speeches, discussion and networking will provide insight and knowledge about Indias evolving presence in the global economy. Each year the conference strives to create an environment for Conference participants and attendees to learn from one another in a professional and academic setting. This year, the focus is on the grand opportunities as well as unseen challenges that business leaders face as India continues its economic transformation into a global powerhouse. Over 30 business leaders and 7 academicians will engage the audience in exploring the numerous opportunities available to leaders in Media, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Private Equity/Venture Capital, Leadership, HealthCare and Corporate Governance. In attendance will be over 500 business professionals, students, faculty & many others interested in Indias story. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Charles Kaye, Co-President Warburg Pincus (Global), Ron Somers, President, US-India Business Council, Deven Sharma, President S&P and Chairman CRISIL, Bhavdeep Singh, Former CEO, Fortis Healthcare. Sponsors of the conference include Ministry of Tourism, India, US-India Business Council, Fidelity Investments, Bihar Society, Deloitte, Etihad, and The South Asian Times.
Keynote Speakers
Charles 'Chip' R. Kaye Co-President, Warburg Pincus (Global) Deven Sharma President, Standard & Poors sales and marketing. He is a Board member of the Asia Society Business Council. Ron Somers President, U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) Fulbright and Humphrey scholarship programs. He is currently on the International Leadership Council of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, a professional graduate school preparing students for careers in cross-cultural, multilingual environments. He travels to India frequently. Somers holds an M.A. from the Bread Loaf School of English, where he studied at Lincoln College, Oxford University. He graduated with a B.A. (Honors) from Middlebury College in Vermont. Somers and his wife, Rebecca, live in Washington, D.C. Bhavdeep Singh Former CEO, Fortis HealthCare Ron Somers is president of the U.S.India Business Council (USIBC), the premier business advocacy organization committed to strengthening U.S.India commercial ties and deepening two- way trade between these two dynamic economies. Previously, Somers was Unocal Corporations chief executive in India, developing commercial opportunities in Indias emerging energy market. Before that, he was managing director for India on behalf of Cogentrix Energy, tasked with setting up a 1000 MW electric power project in the Indian state of Karnataka. During Somers residency in India, he served on the board of directors of Hindustan Oil Exploration Company, Indias first private sector oil exploration company, as well as on the board of the U.S. Educational Foundation in India, which oversees the countrys 2006, Mr. Singh joined Spencers Retail Limited (RPG Group) in India as its Chief Executive of Operations and Food Merchandizing and subsequently joined Reliance Retail Limited as the Chief Executive of Reliance Fresh. WELCOME SPEAKER: Prof. Sudhakar V. Balachandran Assistant Dean for Teaching Excellence, Samberg Institute for Teaching Excellence Professor Balachandran is interested
Charles R. Kaye is Co-President of Warburg Pincus LLC, which he joined in 1986. During his 22 years at the firm, Mr. Kaye has worked across a variety of industry sector groups and lived in Hong Kong from 1994 to 1999. During that time he established Warburg Pincus operations in Asia, where the firm today is recognized as one of the leading private equity investors in the region. Mr. Kaye is a graduate of the University of Texas, a member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations; former Chairman of the U.S.-India Business Council and Chairman of The Asia Society. Mr. Kaye also sits on the International Advisory Board of the Center for The Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania and serves on the Board of Directors for the Partnership for New York City.
Mr. Deven Sharma is President of Standard & Poors, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, and the worlds foremost source of financial market intelligence, providing independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. Mr. Sharma joined S&P in 2007 as executive vice president, Investment Service and Global Sales. Prior to joining S&P, Mr. Sharma was executive vice president, Global Strategy at The McGraw-Hill Companies for five years. Deven joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in January 2002 from Booz Allen & Hamilton, a global management consulting company, where he was a partner. Deven holds a bachelors degree from the Birla Institute of Technology in India, a masters degree from the University of Wisconsin and a doctoral degree in Business Management from Ohio State University. Deven has authored several publications on competitive strategy, customer solutions,
Mr. Singh served as the Chief Executive Officer of Fortis Healthcare Limited since February 2009 until February 2011. Mr. Singh has over 30 years of diverse experience with the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in the United States, where he worked for over 20 years in many different roles including merchandising, marketing, operations, finance, supply chain and logistics, human resources, asset protection, productivity and other support functions. In
in performance measurement, corporate governance and valuation. These three subjects are sometimes referred to collectively as shareholder value management. Specifically, he studies how firms use performance measures to align the interests of managers and shareholders and create shareholder value. Prof. Balachandran, who has more than 10 years of business experience, is a former management consultant at Ernst & Young and manager at Baxter Healthcare Corporation. He teaches the core course on managerial accounting, for which he was given the Deans Award For Teaching Excellence in 2006.
has attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) worth $ 1.82 billion between April 2000 and September 2010, while hospitals and diagnostic centers have received FDI worth $ 955.10 million in the same
period. Discussion will center on whether Healthcare Industry will be the next big thing after Indian IT industry. MODERATOR: Debjit Ghosh
Managing Director, Analysis Group SPEAKERS Amit R. Patel Senior Vice President & Head North America Generics, Dr.
Reddys Laboratories KG Ananthakrishnan Managing Director, MSD India Dipali Talwar Former Chief Legal Counsel, Pfizer India
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Private equity and venture capital: too much capital chasing too few deals?
hile significant macroeconomic trends may position the India as an attractive destination for private equity funds, substantial risks remain. This panel focuses on exploring the idea of what success in emerging markets looks like, both in the short and long term. Is
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a different skill set required to succeed in closing deals in India? More importantly, what goes into completing a successful exit? Are global firms with offices in local hubs in emerging markets doing as well (or better or worse) than local PE firms? This panel will bring together the foremost
experts from to answer these questions, in addition to highlighting key success factors and likely future trends in PE in India. MODERATOR: Prof. Roger Leeds Chairman of Board of Directors, Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
(EMPEA) SPEAKERS Sid Khanna Chairman & MD, India Equity Partners, ex-CEO Accenture India Sridar Iyengar Operating partner in Bessemers Menlo Park, California Ashu Atwal
Partner & Senior investment team member, New Vernon Capital Rahul Raisurana Managing Director, Standard Chartered Private Equity, India Mukul Gulati Managing Director, Zephyr Peacock India Management
housing and real estate for the Wall Street Journal. She is founding deputy editor of WSJs Greater New York section and cofounder of LiveMint.com, a business daily in Delhi. Bobby Ghosh World Editor of Time Aparisim Bobby Ghosh is TIMEs deputy international editor, responsible for the magazines Asian and European editions, and for foreign coverage in the U.S. edition. He is also a frequent writer for the magazine. His previous assignments at TIME have included stints in Hong Kong, London, Baghdad and Washington D.C. Ghosh began in journalism career in India, working in daily newspapers in Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Kolkata, before switching to magazines in Mumbai and New Delhi. He then moved to Hong Kong with the (late and lamented) Far Eastern Economic Review, before joining TIME. Tunku Varadarajan Editor, Newsweek International He is the Editor of N e w s w e e k International. He is also Virginia Hobbs Carpenter Fellow in Journalism at Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Stephanie Mehta Executive Editor, FORTUNE Stephanie N. Mehta is executive editor at Fortune, where she directs technology and Washington coverage for the magazine and Fortune.com, and con-
tributes to the overall editorial direction of the magazine. Mehta is a key contributor to the magazines live events, and serves as co-chair of the annual Fortune Brainstorm:TECH conference. Previously, Mehta was an assistant
managing editor and global editor of the magazine. Prior to this position, she covered the telecommunications and media industries for the magazine. Mehta joined Fortune from The Wall Street Journal.
MODERATOR: Prof. Sree Sreenivasan Dean (Student Affairs), School of Journalism Columbia University Sree Sreenivasan is a journalism educator and freelance journalist. He is Dean of Student Affairs at Columbia Universitys journalism school, where he runs the new media program. He also serves as a technology reporter and commentator for a variety of news outlets. Most recently, he spent two years as the tech reporter for WNBC-TV in NYC and various NBC News programs (he previously spent six years as WABCs Tech Guru). His work explaining technology has appeared in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Rolling Stone and Popular Science. He is co-founder of SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association, a group of 1,000+ journalists across the US and Canada. In March 2004, Newsweek magazine named him one of the 20 most influential South Asians in the nation. In July 2007, and India Abroad named him one of the 50 most influential Indians in America and in 2009. SPEAKERS S. Mitra Kalita C o - f o u n d e r, LiveMint.com S. Mitra Kalita is correspondent covering
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani cheer at the Indo-Pak World Cup semi-final in Mohali on March 30. followed the Indian leader's dramatic decision to invite his Pakistani counterpart after India defeated Australia last week to set up a semifinal clash against Pakistan. Manmohan Singh invited both Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari to Mohali to watch the India-Pakistan match. Zardari expressed his inability to come but Gilani agreed. Rao said India and Pakistan -- whose relations touched an all-time low after the terrorist attack on Mumbai in November 2008 -had set in motion the dialogue process after a certain gap. "We have begun this year with a very positive agenda of contact and exchanges between India and Pakistan. It is a good augury for the future." Gilani, along with his 45-member entourage of senior Pakistani politicians, was greeted by Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot, and then met Manmohan Singh at the stadium, which was packed with thousands of Indian and Pakistani spectators, as well as the political and business elite of the country. After the national anthems rang around the stadium, both leaders walked down the green, where they shook hands with all the players. They watched the cricket for some hours, the two leaders went to their bases in Chandigarh, before meeting again for dinner at the PCA clubhouse. The two prime ministers returned to their box, clapping, as the stadium roared around them as the last Pakistani wickets began to fall. There was no mention of the Kashmir dispute at the briefing, with Rao stating that the "focus was on development, economic growth, on trade, on access to technology, on health on education - all the issues that concern the future of people in both the coun-
President Pratibha Patil and her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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* Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with more people than Brazil -- the country with the fifth largest population in the world. * The female population has risen by 18.12 percent to reach 586.5 million (58 crore). * The literacy rate has gone up to 74 percent nationwide for people aged 7 and older, from about 65 percent in the last census. Kerala has the highest literacy rate of 93.91 and Bihar the lowest at 63.82. * Population density has increased by 17.5 percent, touching 382 people per sq km from 325 in the 2001 census.
Population density has increased by 17.5 percent, touching 382 people per sq km from 325 in the 2001 census. there has been a decline in the number of children under the age of 6, down five million since 2001 to 158.8 million. Chandramouli said the child sex ratio in
The DMK is fielding candidates in 119 of the 234 constituencies, while its ally Congress is contesting 63 seats. The chief minister also said that until the Supreme Court decided on the issue, it would be unfair to claim irregularities in the spectrum saga that has landed former DMK central minister A. Raja in jail. The DMK is fielding candidates in 119 of the 234 constituencies, while its ally Congress is contesting 63 seats.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for "accountability and transparency" in the functioning of nuclear plants. New Delhi: Against the backdrop of the Fukushima nuclear power plant tragedy in Japan due to an earthquake and tsunami, India has embarked upon a technical review of all safety systems of its nuclear plants, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. At a function to present the Department of Atomic Energy's lifetime achievement award for 2009, Manmohan Singh said the tragedy at the Fukushima plant in Japan had raised worldwide concerns about the safety of nuclear energy as a source of power and it was vitally important to address these concerns. "The government will take all the necessary measures to ensure the safety of our plants. I have already directed a technical review of all safety systems of our nuclear power plants using the best expertise available in our country," he said. Noting that the government would strengthen the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and make it a truly autonomous and independent regulatory authority of the highest and the best international standards, the prime minister said: "The future reactors that will be built in India will have to be certified by the Indian regulatory authority and meet its safety standards. This will apply equally to reactors and technologies that are imported from abroad." Calling for "accountability and transparency" in the functioning of nuclear plants, he said the people of India would have to be convinced about the safety and security of the plants.
DB Realty's Shahid Balwa is in jail for his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam. Haroon Lorgat, BCCI president Shashank Manohar and his wife Varsha, and cricket administrator I S Bindra were also on the plane. Khadse claimed he also has evi-
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Mukhtiar Panghali, and the victim Manjit brother-in-law Sukhwinder who lived with the couple. During the trial, the prosecution established that Mukhtiar killed his wife when she returned from her yoga class, burnt her body at the said place, and delayed reporting the murder to police by as many as 26 hours after she reportedly went missing. Calling his crime "repugnant", the judge asked Panghali if he has anything say about his crime. But the 39-year-old Punjab man said nothing as he sat motionless in the prisoner's box. Panghali was also given another jail sentence of three and a half years for "interfering'' with his wife's body. This term will run concurrently with his life sentence. He will not be eligible for parole until 2022. A teacher at a local school, Manjit left behind a threeyear-old daughter Maya, now eight. Her killing is one of quite a few cases of murders of their wives by IndoCanadian men in recent years.
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1. TV Asia's Chairman H.R. Shah (left) hosted two receptions in honor of the Chairman of Sahara India Pariwar, Subrata Roy Sahara (third from left). Roy, who was in the US to deliver a speech at Harvard India Conference, was felicitated at Nasdaq, and at the TV Asia studios in Edison. 2. Comedian Raju Srivastav had the audience in splits at the Union County Arts Center in Rahway, NJ 3. Dr Sudhansu Prasad with other committee members at the re-election of new council committee for Edison Township in NJ 4. SaReGaMaPa Singing Superstars enthralled audiences with a captivating show at Atlantic city, NJ. Seen in the picture: (L to R): Ranjeet Rajwada, Abhilasha Chellum, Rini Chandra, Shreyasi Chakraborty, Bishakh Jyoti. (Photos: Gunjesh Desai/masalajunction.com)
Padma Bhushan Kamala Laxmi Narayan and Parmod Kumar Bajaj, Consul with Indian Consulate of New York, lighting the lamp for the opening ceremony
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Ajay Banga, President & CEO, Mastercard, was the most anticipated Keynote speaker at the conference. He was presented in conversation with Nitin Nohria, Dean & Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School. The session concluded with a series of rapid fire questions for Banga.
Tarun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School, who had initiated India Conference at Harvard, said in his Keynote Address that India was high on innovating--doing things in a cost-effective manner and yet eficiently.
Anand Giridharadas, Writer and Columnist for The New York Times, has just published his bestselling book India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nations Remaking. He said the change in peoples minds in India was more significant than indicators like GDP growth.
Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon (right), Minister for Food & Civil Supplies and IT, Punjab, gave a Keynote Speech. In the picture he is seen with Kamlesh Mehta, Chairman of The South Asian Times, and Amit Kanodia, Managing Partner, Lincoln Ventures.
The Future of Management Education in India was discussed by Srikant Datar (Moderator, middle), Professor of Accounting, Harvard University, Nitin Nohria, Dean & Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School (right), and Sunil Kumar, Dean and Professor of Operations Management, Chicago Booth Business School.
The conference attracted over 500 delegates, including students and professionals interested in Indias growth story.
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Speaking at the India Leadership Forum were (from right) Naveen Jindal, MP and Executive Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Jindal Steel & Power Limited, Tarun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School, Brij Singh, Founder & CEO, Baer Capital, and Vishal Bali, CEO, Fortis Global Healthcare.
The final Keynote Address came from Subrata Roy Sahara, Chairman of the Sahara Group of companies, who talked about self-motivation and what matters in life the most.
De-Stressing Indias Urban Infrastructure panelists were (from right) K. Venkatesh Chief Executive, L&T Infrastructure Development Projects Ltd., Arun Nanda, Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Managing Director, Punjab Infrastructure Development Board, and Shahana Basu Kanodia (Moderator), Partner & Chair of the South Asia Practice Group, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP.
The popular MP and young business leader, Naveen Jindal, posing for a picture with Harry Aurora, New York based CEO of Wall Street Commercial Capital, New York.
Panelists for US-India Relations: Outlook for the next decade included (from right) Manoj Singh, Global Managing Director, Deloitte Operations, Ranjana Khanna (Moderator), Dy. Secretary General, FICCI USA, Shahana Basu Kanodia, Partner & Chair of the South Asia Practice Group, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP,
Lant Pritchett, Professor at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, spoke about his research in two backward districts of central India, which showed that though unheralded, social churn was taking BC ilan_ing 10x2inch.pdf 1 03.03.2011 14:39 place in rural areas.
Arjit Mehta, (left) President, The South Asian Times, which was Print Media Partner for the Conference, was felicitated by the organizers.
Dan Tennebaum, MD, India Capital Research, who has lived and worked in India since 1999, discussed the pros and cons of relocating to India.
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The author with one of the Aryans, and his photographs of others. through a combination of sign language, body language, eye movements and facial expressions, I tried to create rapport with this hostile Aryan, who told me that my visit to Dah in September was not welcome. I was the only occupant of the guest house and I handed over my inner line permit and letter from the collector Mr. Satish Nehru to Thondup. After settling in my room, I went out but found few shops. The view from my room was picturesque and the gurgle of the Indus like music. The next morning, I was summoned to the sarpanch's house for a purification ritual. I had to trek 10 km over mountain streams, rock and stone to reach his house in Laisthiang village. Thondup had sent two tough looking escorts who accompanied me to the top. It took us almost two hours to reach. The landscape began to change and a canopy of green could be seen. Walnut and apricot trees stretched across the horizon and the fields were full of grain, ready to be harvested. I found out later that the staple food of these Aryans was barley, grown in these terraced fields and irrigated by the mountain streams that rush to meet the Indus flowing below. The ascent was rather steep and the altitude nearly 17,000 feet. I kept replenishing my body fluids by drinking lots of natural mineral water from the countless streams that crossed on our way. Presently there are about 1000 descendants of these pure Aryans, who live scattered around Gilgit, Hunza, Kargil and Leh. They are nature worshippers and believe in Brog- pa traditions and celebrate the Bononah (Nature) festival and are strict vegans. These pure Aryans observe taboos against cows and hens and do not eat their flesh, eggs or consume milk or milk products. Hens and cows are not kept. This minuscule community bars both their men and women from marrying non-Aryans and polygamy and polyandry are common. Couples who do not conceive are free to choose other partners. 80% Aryans marry in their own villages, while 20% marry in neighboring villages. They worship the Juniper tree (Cilgi Deuha). Two 500 years old Juniper trees crown the village of Dah, where the tri-annual Bononah festival is held on a full moon night during October. They symbolically draw energy from these ancient Juniper trees by hugging them after a ceremonial dance. They also respect the swastika symbol (clockwise) and Om. The trek to Dah from Beema to visit the sacred juniper groves took us three hours. It was a dangerous trek, as we crossed several craggy peaks, holding on to tiny crevices to haul ourselves up. We could hear gunfire across the Indo-POK border. My inner line permit was checked at the army post. I hugged the ancient juniper trees to soak in their energy. The energy aura of these trees was phenomenal giving you a new vigour in each and every cell of your body. I then visited a few of the elderly Aryans. They still observe their taboos of intoxicating substances, milk, eggs and meat. I shared a meal with them consisting of barley rotis, lettuce, roasted potatoes, spring onions, boiled cauliflower and wild mint. Women cooked in an open hearth. The next week, I trekked to the other Aryan villages including Baldes, Samit, Garkun, Darchik and Hanu. The population of these Brok-pa Aryans could not be more than a few thousand. Surprisingly, they have maintained their racial purity over 5000 years and continue to practise nature worship in one of the most hostile terrains at altitudes above 15000 feet, subsisting on a vegan diet. Music and dance are a way of life for these Aryans. Both men and women wear colorful traditional costumes, decorating their hair with colorful flowers and are full of joie de vivre. They live in harmony with nature, are cheerful and stress free in spite of living in small rock shelters. Both men and women trek long distances. Almonds, apricots and walnuts are part of their diet along with endless cups of black tea fortified with barley flour. The weather in September is pleasantly cold, though temperatures in January can plummet to minus 20 degrees C. There are an unusually large number of Aryans above the age of 70. Many of them are active even at 90. Their most striking feature is their looks. Their blue eyes, aristrocratic noses, round eyes, fair complexion and flawless skin, made them ethnically distinct from Ladakhis or Kashmiris. They restrict their contact with the outside world and are happy in their isolated existence. Married women braid their hair, which makes them resemble Greeks. Some of the families I stayed with include Misken Soman, Shirin Konshkit, Tsering Dolma, Sonam Dolma, Sonam Lamo, Tashi Panma, Tsering Chospel, Chewen Dolma, Tsering Nurbu and Tsering Jorphel. One of the ladies I photographed at Dah could be mistaken for a German tourist. She was blonde, had blonde eyebrows, high cheek bones, rotund face and unmistakable German features. One of the most fascinating aspects of the lives of these Aryans is a belief in prophecies and the recording of dreams. Most elderly Aryans, meet in the morning at the Juniper grove and discuss their dreams as if nature was communicating to them through the language of dreams. The fresh mountain air, the crystal clear water of the mountain streams, the nutritious vegan diet, trance music, chanting, dream ceremonies and tree worship could be responsible for the survival of this miniscule community, living in an Himalayan Shangri-La. One of the Aryan folk songs (creation myths) sung at the Bononah festival is translated as follows: In the beginning there was water all over the earth and some of it froze. Dust settled on this patch of ice. Later, a small patch of grass appeared on the frozen patch and soon, a juniper tree sprouted from the earth. The whole universe was created by Chag (Fire), Ser (Water) and Yun (Earth). Murli Menon is a stress management consultant based in Ahmedabad. He is the author of "ZeNLP-the power to succeed" published by Sage publications. He can be reached at ceo@tips4ceos.com.
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nbeknown to many, Subrata Roy Sahara, Chairman and Managing Worker of the Sahara group, which famously has been the sponsor of the Indian cricket team for quite a few years, is not only a doer but also a thinker. Speaking at the Harvard India Conference last weekend, the Lucknow based tycoon who is author of a couple of books in Hindi, said he was finishing a book in English titled Life is Beautiful: Learn it and Love it. In no need to impress his audience of the worlds most brilliant students with outr business strategies, he chose to dwell on simple but key things in like. Professional and personal aspects of life need not be at loggerheads, he professed. His view is that it depends on you entirely to attain continuous progress in your career and (yet) to remain continuously happy in your personal life too. But that depends on knowledge of life, of the psychological and emotional aspects of life. This knowledge can also be called spirituality. Moving on to his success mantra,
Subrata Roy Sahara addressing the Harvard India Conference Roy said, We have to understand that in business the deep study of Human Management is much more important than the study of Business Management. This is because in any business, any product is devised by, serviced by, and purchased by human beings. Then he held out the limits of money or position as a motivator. Best is the motivation that a mother feels
while caring for her child. The Sahara group founder said that in his organization, he has always tried to generate self-motivation in the workers (the number grew from 2 to almost a million)sharing in their happiness and sorrows, teaching them about life and genuinely feeling as their guardian. He started and has continued the practice of giving regular lectures to senior and junior workers90 percent talk on human aspect and only 10 percent on business. Not to say, it has worked like magic in our organization. This is because when workers are self-motivated to a very high degree, productivity multiplies manifold, Roy says from experience. He now believes that the chief of any organization, or of a major division or department, should be a good teacher of human life who can show the right path, never do injustice, no discrimination at all. He has also concluded from experience that 98-99 percent of human beings want to live with the domination of positive characteristics of their nature and they always push down their negative characteristics provided they get to live in a positive human environment
Ajay Banga, Mastercard CEO, answered some quickfire questions from Dean Nitin Nohria at the Harvard India Conference. jay Banga, President and transformed Bihar as chief minister. CEO of Mastercard, has Institutions like Pratham are also given good credit rating to doing yeoman service at the grassIndia while speaking at the Harvard roots level, he said. India grows India Conference last weekend. Yet, despite its politics, he said amid he stressed that we need to apply laughter. our mind to improving quality of During the quickfire QA session, life in India and not just stay the top global executive showed focused on rising GDP. how he remains Indian at heart. He Employment for those entering the chose Aishwarya Rai over Angelina work force has to be created, wages Jolie, gilli-danda over other sports raised before inflations hits to avoid and India-China rivalry over Cokesocial unrest. Pepsi rivalry, and batted for Indian Banga said even one person can companies like Tata and Infosys change a lot, like Nitish Kumar has and Indian institutions like IIMs.
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An urban art project, Sprouting Barley in Khoj Court that uses sprouting barley to create a green tract in Saket by British artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey and in highrises, it can cool cities, bring more rain and allow the city to function better," Ballengee told IANS. He has collaborated with Navin Thomas and Pratik Sagar. The biologist and Ecohaven have implemented similar urban ecology art projects in Asia, Europe and America (north and south). He says, "Insects are one of the least understood and appreciated groups of animals in the world." This is Ballengee's first project in India. Artist Pratik Sagar, a resident of the capital, is building opinion about the urban avifauna under siege through his stand-alone public art intervention, "Unpacking Social Networks", in different locations around the capital. "My installation creates a space where groups of people - across religion and social mores - can feed birds and create new social networks between birds and life," Sagar said.
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. a busy street in a motor convoy. Charsadda is located some 30 km northeast of Peshawar, the provincial capital. The second explosion took place in Turbet district in the southwest province of
According to the Pentagon, Libyan intervention has cost US taxpayers about $550 million to date. Robert Gates conceded in a Sunday talkshow that Libya did not pose "an actual or imminent threat" to the US before the military campaign against it began. President Barack Obama said Monday in a speech on Libya that he consulted with "bipartisan leadership of Congress" before ordering military action. According to the Pentagon, Libyan intervention has cost US taxpayers about $550 million to date, and the costs should hold steady at around $40 million per month from here on. Around 60 percent of the cost is from munitions, such as the 192 Tomahawk missiles US military fired at $1 to 1.5 million apiece. The rest were used to troops deployment and other combat costs, including additional fuel.
Japan is mulling over to shut down the Fukushima nuclear plant owing to the radiation scare. announced that slightly elevated levels of radiation have been detected in eight US states including Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Massachusetts, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Washington.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumara Sangakkara with the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. matches, three runs behind Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan. He hit centuries against South Africa and England. Winning the World Cup and getting his 100th international century in the final will be the icing on cake. Both the teams are aware of the magnitude of the occasion for the two champion players. "Going back to Mumbai for this event, is going to be a wonderful occasion. We have got to be calm and focussed. This has been memorable, and something I will cherish all through my life. I am proud to play the final in Mumbai," said Tendulkar after the victory against Pakistan. Sri Lankan players turned emotional when Muralitharan took the lap of the R.Premadasa stadium after their semi-final match Tuesday,
MS Dhoni has termed UDRS "adulteration of technology with human thinking". anonymity. MS Dhoni has termed UDRS "adulteration of technology with human thinking". The comment came after England batsman Ian Bell survived an lbw and was declared not out because the distance between the wicket and point of impact was more than 2.5 metres. On-field umpire Billy Bowden stood by his original decision. As per the rule, the on-field umpire had the final word in the case. However, there were a couple instances where the umpires stuck to their decisions even after the UDRS pointed to the distance factor.
here. "Looking ahead, the next World Cup will be played somewhere else. If in the next World Cup we can get two or three sub-continental teams into the semifinals, then you might say power has changed. "It's good that we are playing some good cricket, but difficult to say that when you are playing at home," he added.
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AT&T is the key client of IT giants like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro and Tech Mahindra. trimmed their budgets and have planned to work with other vendors at lower rates. BT, which once was Infosys' top customer contributing some $300 million every year in revenues is now down to almost $100 million a year. Tech Mahindra which does huge amount of business with AT&T is said to benefit the most as they have also plans to enter T-Mobile also. TechM have geared up their mobile technology area across the globe and they are racing fast among others to bag the deals by leveraging their AT&T relationship. Infosys and Cognizant are the only other two companies who are planning an aggressive approach to gain entry into AT&T.
India-based companies have also continued to hire locally wherever they have put down roots, said the study by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).. the US. "They have generated and sustained thousands of direct and indirect jobs in the US economy and have contributed to the global competitiveness of US companies," she said. "This is CII's first major attempt in bringing together Indian companies with operations in the US, as a group, to interact with members of the US Congress," said CII Deputy Director General Kiran Pasricha. "What we want to do is highlight the range and depth of the US-India business relationship and to dispel some of the misconceptions attached to Indian companies." "We want the Congress to understand and appreciate the growing contributions of Indian companies to the US economy, and to US society," she said.
sectors for 2011 is pegged between 8.82 percent and 12 percent, says the Ma Foi Randstad Employment Survey According to the survey, around 1.6 million new
San Francisco: Google has chosen Kansas City, Kansas as the location for its experimental citywide high-speed Internet project, bringing broadband at 1GB a second - 100 times faster than the typical US Internet connection, the company announced. Google announced plans for the experimental fiber optic last year, prompting a
flood of interest from more than 1,000 localities keen to be on the cutting edge of US networks. Google said it chose the city of 143,000 because it was a location "where we could build efficiently, make an impact on the community and develop relationships with local government and community organizations".
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By Robert Golomb of union households, are against LIFO, according to polls. You begin to conclude all of this could turn out to benefit your child when he begins his teaching career in two years. As a new teacher, he will benefit from the elimination of LIFO. Furthermore, new teachers always seem to have more energy and enthusiasm than the older ones. So, you conclude, putting an end to teacher tenure and the system of LIFO that is tied to it is good for the new teachers, who everyone seems to love nowadays, and good for the children. A smile comes to your face as you think of your son receiving his first paycheck in two years as a member of the new crop of teachers that every one seems to be just waiting to hire as replacements for the older ones. But first two disturbing facts are worth considering. The first, a simple fact of reality, your son will not for many the culmination of their lifetime dreams to voluntarily flee the teaching profession? The sad answer is, for a seeming majority of new teachers the decision was often not voluntary at all. Rather, Principals and Assistant Principals labeled them as the primary scapegoats for the ills of their schools. Using harassment and intimidation, they drove them out. Allow me to introduce you to three former teachers out of that 50percent of newly hired teachers who met that fate. First, meet Emily, an overachieving honor student from a prestigious college whose lifetime dream of being a first grade teacher turned within the first six months of the school year into a nightmare when the Principal and Assistant Principal started to build a paper trail against her. This 23-year-old girl had taught every lesson meticulously following principal who had been her direct supervisor during her two years at the inner city middle school, he was overruled by the Principal who had informed her inner circle, We dont need this pretty, spoiled girl teaching our children. She tendered her resignation on the final day of school in late June, putting an end to her two-year-old career as a teacher. Finally, meet Tom, who, unlike Emily and Andrea, entered the teaching profession in his middle forties as a second career. Tom belonged to a relatively new category of nascent teachers known as Fellows. Recruited by the department of education (DOE), Fellows come from a variety of professions (including lawyers, accountants, business executives) and needed to have a minimum of B+ college grade average and never having held a teaching job. Tom met both those criterionand more. In high school
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itting at home reading the book you have wanted to finish for a while, the ringing of the telephone interrupts you. It is your son, who has just entered his junior year in the out of state college that you and your spouse have devoted much of your working lives to pay for, calling to inform you that he wants to be a teacher in the public education system, so he will choose education as his major. A loving and supportive parent, you give him your approval, wish him the best of luck and assure him that the various checks associated with paying for his college education will soon be in the mail. And, because now you are talking about your kids future, you begin thinking about the teaching profession and teachers in a more serious way than you had
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igh blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a serious condition that can lead to heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure if left untreate d o r p o o r l y c o n t ro l l e d . High blood pressure usually has no symptoms, especially
in the earlier stages. One in three adults in the United States has high blood pressure. In places like India, the occurrence of high blood p re s s u re i s i n c re a s i n g a s We s t e r n i z a t i o n l e a d s t o i n c re a s i n g o b e s i t y a n d changes in the diet.
pressure in order to maintain blood flow to the vital organs. The blood pressure varies widely, even under normal conditions. The blood pressure normally rises during vigorous exercise and declines during sleep. The blood pressure test measures the amount of pressure in the
artery. The measurement is made using a device called a sphygmomanometer. A blood pressure cuff is placed around the upper arm and inflated with air until the circulation in the artery is temporarily cut off. A valve in this instrument is opened and air is gradually released from the cuff. The person who is measuring can determine the blood pressure by listening for the flow of blood using a stethoscope. Blood pressure can also be measured using digital machines that operate under similar principles. The blood pressure measurement is usually stated as two numbers measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). The numbers are usually expressed
as 120 over 80, which means that the systolic pressure is 120 mm Hg
adults blood pressure is consistently 140/90 mm Hg or higher, he or she has high blood pressure or hypertension. In 9 out of 10 cases, there is no specific cause for high blood pressureso called essential hypertension. The risk of heart or blood vessel problems increases as blood pressure rises above normal levels, regardless of age. The higher the pressure, the greater the risk. Any reading
above the normal level requires follow up and possible treatment. One or two elevated blood pressure readings, even just to levels
of 140145/9095 mm Hg, may indicate some risk. These numbers cannot be ignored. If high blood pressure is
f you are one of those people with a blood pressure that is even occasionally high, you should have it rechecked periodically. If the measurements remain at or above 140/90 mm Hg, your doctor will probably suggest a change in diet or an exercise program; in many cases you will have to take medication. If you have diabetes in addition to high blood pressure, it is critically important that you control your blood pressure to reduce risk to you heart, eyes, kidneys, and brain. The following Lifestyle Modifications have been shown to significantly improve blood pressure.
Weight reduction DASH diet Dietary sodium restriction Aerobic exercise Reduced alcohol consumption
The goal weight should usually be Body Mass Index (BMI) 18.5-24.9 kg/m2, but speak to your doctor for individualized recommendations. Regular aerobic physical activity (e.g., brisk walking) at least 30 minutes per day (or as directed by your physician), most days of the week can help you to reach goal weight, and can also reduce blood pressure. Dietary changes are key to achieving your goal blood pressure. DASH diet is a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and low fat dairy products and low content of saturated and total fat. More information is available at www.dashdiet.org. Salt consumed in the diet is also associated with the development of hypertension. For people with high blood pressure, reducing salt in the diet can reduce blood pressure. For most individuals with high blood pressure, fewer than 2,000 mg of sodium (salt) should be consumed per day. Beware of prepared or fast foods, which often have high quantities of hidden sodium. Your doc-
tor can give you specific recommendations about sodium intake. Frequently, lifestyle modifications alone do not control the blood pressure adequately, and prescription medications are needed. Together, you and your doctor can establish a treatment plan that incorporated medications as well as lifestyle changes. Although generally welltolerated, high blood pressure medicines can cause side-effects. Also keep in mind that some people respond well to one drug but not to another. If you have other medical conditions, particularly diabetes, it is even more important to control blood pressure and recommendations for your best diet and medications will be different. Keep in mind that medical studies have shown that achieving normal blood pressure has major beneficial effects on your health. By working with your doctor you can devise and stick to a plan to keep your blood pressure in the healthy range.
The author of this article, Dr. Premila Bhat is a Board Certified Nephrologist practicing in Brooklyn, NY and acts as Director of Home Hemodialysis Services at Atlantic Dialysis Management Services. A noted author and speaker, she has recently focused on examining the impact of the Medicare prospective payment system on the clinical and financial endpoints, and on evaluation of new anemia and bone-mineral disease management programs implemented at ADMS.
Atlantic Dialysis Management Services, LLC (ADMS) provides new dialysis site development, day to day administration and management of dialysis services and related business development activities. Its business strategy is to produce economies of scale and maximize individual site results through consolidated activities. Central to the ADMS approach is the long term control of clinical services by nephrologists. In 2010, ADMS affiliates provided over 225,000 dialysis treatments to over 2,500 patients in New York City and Long Island.
Disclaimer: Information provided in this article is only for educational purposes. Please consult your personal physician for specific advice on these and any other health related matters.
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ig movies are back in business with "Game". The action thriller, releasing on April 1, is the first big-budget and big starrer to hit the screens after a dry spell of more than a month, thanks to the cricket World Cup matches and the board exams. If the film is important for actor Abhishek Bachchan as two of his highly anticipated films "Raavan" and "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey" bombed at the box-office, it is an acid test for first time director Abhiney Deo. "I don't think there has been a release since six weeks now. So I would like to believe that the audience is hungry to get back to the theater. And it's nice that 'Game' is going to be the first release after a long time. I hope they like the film. I enjoyed it. When I saw the first print, I was very happy with it. We made what we set out to make. Now it is upto the audience," said Abhishek. Another high point of the movie is that it is launching former beauty queen Sarah Jane-Dias in Hindi movies. The drama starts when four strangers Neil Menon (Abhishek), O.P. Ramsay (Boman
A still from 'Game'. Irani), Tisha Khanna (Shahana Goswami) and Vikram Kapoor (Jimmy Shergill) are invited by Kabir Malhotra (Anupam Kher) to his private island in Samos, Greece. The
meeting leads to a thrilling journey of love, revenge, retribution and a murder, where everyone is a suspect and every suspect has a motive behind whatever he or she does. In the film, Abhishek is a casino owner from Turkey, who has invested in various businesses, some legal, some not. His involvement in crime is likely to threaten his existence. Shahana is a crime journalist from London, with a career that is going nowhere. But her life turns around when she is offered a scoop. Boman is a politician from Thailand and Jimmy has been cast as a superstar from Bollywood. The film also stars Kangana Ranaut as detective Sia Agnihotri from London who stumbles upon the case of her lifetime. The slick and edgy crime thriller, co-produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, will see former Miss IndiaWorld Sarah as Maya, who is the only connection between four strangers. This is Abhishek's first film with Farhan, who has penned the dialogues for the film, and the actor is quite excited himself.
onstant link ups with actresses like Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma and Nargis Fakhri are irking Ranbir Kapoor. He is no longer amused at being painted a womanizer and neither are his parents. So self-conscious has Ranbir become of his image of the wild lover-boy that he has decided to now gravitate to the other end. "That isn't me that's being written about. I've had enough. I just want to withdraw from the limelight completely for sometime," said Ranbir, 28. The actor is currently busy shooting for Imtiaz Ali's "Rockstar" with half Czech-half Pakistani model Nargis Fakhri. "More than himself Ranbir is embarrassed because of his parents. He can take any kind of flak or rumor. But if his parents get affected, he reacts. And now Ranbir has had enough. He won't take the Casanova image lying down," said Ranbir's friend.
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ollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says his upcoming sci-fi superhero film "RA.One" is an attempt to create something that will change the genre of Indian films. "It's an indigenously made film and it's made in VFX studios in India and is trying to create something which will change the genre of films. If Indian filmmakers would like to make something alike, they have the access to the technology," King Khan told reporters recently. He also said that the film would be his first step in paying back to the audiences the love and honor he has received in the last 20 years of his career. "I have made one promise to every one in India. I have been working for 20 years and I have been given too much; much more than I deserve as an actor, as a
star, and I think it's time to give back some," the superstar said. "RA.One" is scheduled to release at Diwali time but the star
has already started its marketing so that the superhero character sinks into the psyche of his audience.
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he annual meeting of the National Organization for Men (NOM) is usually held at Bubbas Sports Bar in Pineville, Tennessee, but with almost three dozen men attending this year, it had to be moved to a more spacious location down the road: Earls Tire Emporium. Luther Bramley, president of NOM, was about to address the gathering when a bearded man wearing a John Deere cap stood up. How many women does it take to change a light bulb? he asked. Four. The first to read the instructions, the second to hold the step ladder, the third to screw the light bulb in, and the fourth to send out the press release. Everyone laughed, except a middle-aged man with long sideburns. Whats a press release? he asked. Im not sure, Billy Bob, the man next to him whispered, but I think its when those reporters in the Middle East get freed from captivity. Bramley peered over the large podium, consisting of four Goodyear tires. Youll be surprised to know, Earl, that my wife changes light bulbs all by herself, he said. She doesnt even need a step ladder - just wears a pair of her high-heeled shoes. Women are learning to do all kinds of things these days, even parallel park. Thats why we need this organization - to protect our rights, to make sure women dont take over the world. If they start making all
the laws, the next thing you know, beer and football will be illegal. And well be put in prison just for leaving the toilet seat up. We need this organization to protect our rights - and also our wrongs. Were not as big as the National Organization for Women, but were growing so fast, we may need to hire someone to handle our public relations. Whats public relations? Billy Bob asked. Im not sure, the man next to him whispered, but I think its when you have relations with the public. You mean like Tiger Woods? Sort of, but with men too. It may surprise you to know that a dozen countries around the world are being ruled by women,
Bramley continued. Germany, Ireland, the Philippines, Argentina, Bangladesh and Liberia all have women on top. Its that darn Cosmopolitan magazine, Earl said. Ever since my wife started reading it, she wants to be on top too. We managed to dodge a Hillary Clinton presidency, Bramley said, but who do you think is second in line to succeed Obama? Yes, you guessed it: Nancy Pelosi. Shes right behind 67-year-old Joe Biden. What do you guys have to say about that? Long live Obama! Long live Obama! the men chanted. Women have been moving up in the business world too, Bramley said. You wanna know how many Fortune 1000 companies have women at the top? Almost 30 of them. For example, Indra Nooyi is CEO of PepsiCo. Thats it, Earl shouted. Im not paying for any more Pepsi. Ilene Gordon is CEO of Corn Products International. Thats it, Earl shouted. Im not paying for any more corn products. Laura Sen is CEO of BJs Wholesale Club. Thats it, Earl shouted. Im not paying for any more ... uh, never mind. Women are also moving up in the military, Bramley said. Theyve become generals, admirals and rear admirals. Whats a rear admiral? Billy
Bob asked. Im not sure, the man next to him whispered, but I think its someone who admires you from the rear. Women are trying to take over the world and we just cant let them, Bramley said. Thats why this meeting is so important. In a little while, well be splitting up into three sessions. The first session is called How to Assert Your Manhood. The second session is called How to Show a Woman Whos Boss. And the third session
is called How to Find a Good Hiding Place During That Time of the Month Im attending the third session, Earl said, And after that, Billy Bob and I are going to hit the town. Beer and wings are half-price at Bubbas tonight, and were going to watch some great fights from the WBF: Womens Boxing Federation. Whos going to join us? Id love to join you, Bramley said, but my wife wants me home by 9.
by Mahendra Shah
Mahendra Shah is an architect by education, entrepreneur by profession, artist and humorist, cartoonist and writer by hobby. He has been recording the plight of the immigrant Indians for the past many years in his cartoons. Hailing from Gujarat, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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