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SIBM Bengaluru’s Utthaan 2017: Taste the Flavours of Childhood

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Bengaluru: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bengaluru is all geared up to host Utthaan 2017 this Sunday, the 27th of August 2017. The theme of this year’s event is “Candy Land- Where Dreams taste like Cotton Candy” which aims to give the children a taste of their most cherished dreams.

UTTHAAN celebrates the innocence of childhood and the unconditional happiness that lies in the immaterial things that surround us. It takes pride in bringing smiles on the faces of the underprivileged children by giving them a day so special, that it would be embedded in their memories forever. It seeks to convey that life is no less beautiful than fantasy. Dreams, no matter how big they maybe, can be chased.
It is right when Christopher Moore said, “Children see magic because they look for it”.

To sprinkle love in the lives of these charming kids, The Social Responsibility Committee of SIBM Bengaluru organizes this flagship event every year. The purpose of this initiative is to shower love and loads of happiness on the underprivileged children of various NGOs in and around Bengaluru.

The students of SIBM Bengaluru eagerly wait for this day every year as they get to relive their childhood. The campus will be the stage to amazing fun-filled activities. Utthaan will be lit up with children from various NGOs, the likes of which are:
Belaku Shishu Nivasa
Anatha Shishu Nivasa
Makkala Jeevodaya
Sadashraya Charitable Trust

Events and Activities for Children:
Art and Craft
Stall Games
Magic Show
Learning That’s Fun

Date: 27th August 2017 (Sunday)
Time: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Venue: #95/1, #95/2, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Electronic City Phase-1, Hosur Road, Bengaluru – 560100.

About SIBM Bengaluru:
Ever since its inception in 1978, SYMBIOSIS has been synonymous with progress. The trend of progress has been continued by setting up of SIU’s first campus outside Maharashtra at Bengaluru in 2008. SIBM Bengaluru is now one of the leading B-Schools of the country. The focus, now, is on matching global standards of management education. SIBM Bengaluru instills a work culture which is unparalleled among various institutions and provides a holistic approach to management which goes a long way in creating a dynamic identity. Vibrant student associations and committees complement the program with a number of activities involving institute-industry interaction.

For additional information on the subject of this release, please feel free to contact:

Leona Jennifer
+91-9600037833

public.relations@sibm.edu.in

Best College in India For Executive MBA | MBA Courses In Bangalore.


SIBM Bengaluru, #95/1, #95/2, Electronics City, Phase-1, Hosur Road, Bengaluru – 560100.

A School Engagement App that empowers, Schools, Students and Parents

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Trika – The School Connect, is the new App in the block that’s revolutionary in many senses. It’s an effective combination of App and Web Tools. The App has been created keeping in mind the needs of the School, the lacuna Parents want to be filled and a professional approach to Students engagement.

Trika is an all rounder, which offers many thoughtful features that are built to offer Transparency, Convenience, Communication, Engagement and Benchmarking.

School Benefits:

  • In today’s context, Data is everything. Trika App offers easy Data Analytics right in the dashboard for Head of School and School Administration.

For e.g., the Daily Class Report Feature (comprising class work & home work) is just not a tool to update Parents, but also is a measure of performance of the Teachers as well as empowers the School Head to know whether the curriculum roll out is in sync with their roadmap. This becomes imperative for management boards of large chain of Schools.

  • Convenience and Security are the DNA of Trika App. For schools that are yet to get their own Digital Payment services, Trika offers a simple and reliable online payment gateway to pay Term Fees, Transport or any other charges through Net Banking, Debit / Credit Cards.

This service is so flexible. Schools can customize, generalize, edit, alter, add or delete modules of payments for the whole school, class or even a specific single student. On successful receipt of payment, it is directly credited to the School’s bank account as per RBI guidelines. An exclusive Dashboard is provided to all the Schools availing this to track complete information of who, how much, for what, when.

  • Trika App has thoughtfully created clusters or Interactiv e Forum as a multi channel communication. Only bonafide Students and Parents of a particular section of a class like 6A or 12B are given access to interact with their fellow students and parents under the supervision of authorized class Teacher.

It is a safe community for Students. Schools get to know insights about Parents’ aspirations and expectations as they also interact in the same forum (Currently, Parent groups are formed in WhatsApp, where the School doesn’t have any access. And Parents only have the PTA meetings to air their views.)

  • Visual Report Cards are a brand new way to present the marks, score, grade of students.

Teachers need no Graphical Skills to create these Visual Report Cards. Just fill in the marks and class average. Voila the graphs are automatically created. This enlightens the students and parents to understand where they stand vis-a-vis their class to improve on strengths and shortcomings.

  • Notification is a common feature. Many Schools use this feature even through an SMS. However, we’ve improvised it with customizations.

A Class Teacher of say 8C can send notifications concerned to her class to all the students and parents in one go. If she wants to notify a specific student or just a specific parent, it’s easy to choose and message them from Trika. On the other hand, Head of School or School Admin can send messages that are notified to all the students and parents of their School. However, if they wish to send inputs to Teachers, they have the flexibility to customize it for every individual Teacher or send general info to all Teachers.

  • Regional Language Schools, especially the Government ones benefit even more because Trika App is rolled out with options of Indian languages. Currently, the App is available in English, Tamil, Hindi and Marathi. Soon other languages will be added, including international languages as we go global.

Teacher Benefits:

  • Online Leave Application Feature adds to convenience. This feature is enabled to both Teachers and Parents.

Parents can conveniently send a Leave Application to the concerned Teacher for their ward. Teachers can also apply for Leave online. A Leave Tracker feature will be added soon.

  • As the Admin of the Interactive Forum of her specific class, the Teacher can not only answer queries, post interesting information, but also delete conversations if she finds is going way beyond public decorum.

For instance, parents airing grievances is an important feedback for the School. However, when it turns into a rant, the Teacher can simply delete it.

  • Teachers, who are also Parents and maybe Principal, can simply switch roles from within Trika App and get access to relevant details.

This will add convenience to say a Principal, who also teaches Chemistry and whose children are studying in the same or different school. Of course, the other school should also be using Trika App.

Students Benefits:

  • Planner & Scheduler with a Task Completed button. A simple feature as it may sound, however, for a Student it puts him on par with their professional Parents. They can Plan their Studies, Schedule their Home work, extra-curricular activities, play time, To Do list, Birthdays, etc from the easy web tool of Trika App.

A Student can plan and schedule, say Playtime: 6-7 pm, Maths Tuition: 7:30 – 8:30 pm, Study Science: 9-9:30 pm.  Karate Class: Thursday 7-8 pm. Piano Class: Saturday 10-11 am. Anjana’s birthday August 31st, etc. This also helps them manage time effectively. And when they hit the Task Completed Button, it gives them a sense of accomplishment too.

  • In today’s time, when the youth is hooked to facebook & whatsapp, Trika App is a blessing in disguise. The interactive forum helps them connect with their classmates. They can do Group Study without leaving the home. Project work can be effectively coordinated between teams. Ask doubts, get answers, post, comment, share images, documents, pdf, ppt, links, etc.

Students’ craving for digital connectivity with their friends is taken care. The flexibility of sharing info or inputs is familiar to them. Since they are aware they’re being monitored remotely, they’ll try to impress upon their classmates, parents and teacher by sharing subject related links, images, PPT, PDF, etc. At least, Trika will take away 20% time they spend online on useless messengers and social platforms.

Parent Benefits:

  • Student Appraisal is a unique feature. Every month, Teachers use a simple rating system across customizable parameters like for e.g. Leadership, Communication Skills, Sports, Teamwork, Singing, Dance, etc.

Since Report Cards only relate to proficiency in subjects taught, Student Appraisal gives a new dimension and perspective. Parents get to discover hitherto unknown qualities, strengths and shortcomings of their children.

  • When students plan and schedule tasks or hit the task completed button, the Parents are notified about the same without the intrusion.

Parents don’t have to ask their wards about what they’re doing, because they already know about it. This becomes imperative in case of teenage students and students studying in boarding schools.

  • Parents who have more than one school going child, studying in the same or different schools, simply have to switch the Student option to get access to relevant information.
  • Interact with other students and their parents in the forum.
  • Pay fees online
  • Apply Leave for their child online

“More thoughtful features will be added in the days to come”, says Mr. Magesh, Founder. He adds, “Trika is a game changer. It’ll revolutionize the conventional engagements of Schools.” Trika App will put government schools on par with their private counterparts. And help state education departments to function better with data on their hand.

In a nutshell, Trika App is an all rounder, that’ll eventually emerge into an ERP+ for schools in a shoestring budget.

For more details visit trikaapp.com

Karnataka: T P Ramesh to be suspended from Congress party

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Madikeri: District in-charge, M R Seetharam, revealed that former Congress president and chairman, T P Ramesh, will soon be suspended from the party.
On the Independence Day programme held in the district pictures and videos were captured where Ramesh held hand of a woman leader inappropriately publicly was misbehaving with MLC leader Veena Achaiah. The pictures and videos are widely circulated in the media and social websites.

Achaiah showed sign of discomfort and pushed the minister’s hand as he touched her.

The female leader told the local media that she was shocked with the incident. However, she has not lodged any complaint of harassment with the local policemen.

She further added, “They were discussing organising a health camp. He then suddenly touched my hand.”

Achaiah further added that she has never been ill-treated or harassed by anyone in the party.

She further added that the congress leader has apologised to her. Ramesh talking to the local media that Achaiah is like her sister.

Seetharam addressing the media at Vidhan Soudha on Tuesday said that he had already spoken to Karnataka Congress Committee president, Dr G Parameshwara, and working president, Dinesh Gundu Rao, on the issue of initiating disciplinary steps by the party against Ramesh.

He confirmed that he was present at the said programme, adding that the behaviour of Ramesh cannot be justified at any cost. He, therefore, reasoned that Ramesh cannot go unpunished.

(Agencies)

SC calls triple talaq unconstitutional and illegal, urges govt to bring new law

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New Delhi: Calling it ‘illegal’ and unconstitutional’, the Supreme Court on Tuesday barred triple talaq – the practice that allows Muslim men to instantaneously divorce their wives by uttering talaq (divorce) thrice — for six months and urged Parliament to bring a new law.

The landmark verdict was delivered by an all-faith, 5-judge bench in a 3:2 majority.

The Constitution so far has held that the 1400-year-old triple talaq is legal for Muslims, but many aggrieved women, divorced by letter, on SMS, Whatsapp and even Skype challenged the controversial practice.

The bench, in the 3:2 verdict, asked the government to bring legislation within six months and urged all political parties to come together and decide on this. It said the practice was against the basic tenets of Islam.

The apex court referred to the abolition of triple talaq in Islamic countries and asked why independent India could not get rid of it.

The court also made it clear if a law was not enacted within six months, its injunction on triple talaq would continue.

The top court also hoped the Centre’s legislation would take into account concerns of Muslim bodies and the Sharia law.

Tuesday’s landmark verdict was delivered by a bench comprising five judges of all faiths — Chief Justice J S Khehar (Sikh), Justices Kurian Joseph (Christian), Rohinton Nariman (Parsi), Uday Lalit (Hindu) and SA Abdul Nazeer (Muslim).

Justice Nariman, Lalit and Joseph said triple talaq was unconstitutional, and opposed the view of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice Nazir. The latter held that talaq-e-biddat was not in violation of Articles 14, 15, 21 and 25 of the Constitution and that it was an integral part of the Sunni community practised for 1400 years.

The judges in favour of banning triple talaq called the practice ‘bad in law’.

While Justice Khehar held matters of personal law could not be touched by a constitutional court law, or its constitutionality tested, Justice Nariman differed. Reading out a separate judgement, Justice Nariman said triple talaq was a part of the 1934 Act and should always be tested on constitutionality. He declared it unconstitutional.

Justice Kurien said triple talaq was not an essential part of Islam and enjoyed no protection of Article 25.

The Bench held sittings during summer vacation to decide the validity of triple talaq. It was hearing a batch of petitions filed by Muslim Women’s Quest for Equality. The hearing was completed in six days.

The petitioners had questioned the validity of triple talaq and had argued that it infringed with Muslim women’s fundamental right to equality.

In opposition to that, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) submitted a draft ‘nikhanama’ (marriage agreement), which said the bridegroom would not resort to instantaneous triple talaq to seek divorce. The AIMPLB said a resolution to this effect had been passed and sent to all the kazis in the country.

The AIMPLB had asserted that triple talaq may be sinful but it was a practice in existence for close to 1400 years. “We don’t want the court to enter into a slippery slope. Court should not venture into the area and interpret something, which is not in its domain. Personal law, customs and faith cannot be tested under the garb of fundamental rights,” the Muslim board had said.

Through its senior counsel Kapil Sibal, AIMPLB had cautioned the court from deciding this issue as it could lead to a backlash in the Muslim community, which might see its rights being infringed upon and therefore resort to supporting practices like polygamy and oral divorce.

(Agencies)

BJP activists throw rotten eggs at Kanhaiya Kumar in Bengal

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Kanhaiya Kumar. AFP

Kolkata: Nearly 100 BJP activists on Monday threw rotten eggs and staged a demonstration against Jawaharlal University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar calling him an IS terrorist group’s agent and “anti-national” at Midnapore town of West Bengal.

The slogan shouting protestors rushed out from the BJP West Midnapore district party office as Kanhaiya Kumar and his comrades — now on a ‘long march’ — arrived near the Sports Complex where they were slated to be feted.

Waving the tricolour and some placards, the BJP workers asked Kanhaiya to go back and “shift to Pakistan”.

The activists of the Communist Party of India’s students’ organisation All India Students’ Federation, one of the sponsors of the Long March, also raised counter slogans, but the police controlled then situation by barricading the BJP workers.

None of the eggs hit Kanhaiya who entered the Sports Complex, with a police escort for the programme.

Around 19 BJP activists were detained from the spot.

(IANS)

PSU bank employees go on nationwide strike; services hit

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New Delhi: Normal banking operations have been hit as public sector bank employees went on a one-day nationwide strike on Tuesday to protest against the government’s proposed consolidation move, besides raising other demands. Services like deposits and withdrawal at bank branches, cheque clearance, NEFT and RTGS transactions are affected.

However, operations at private lenders such as ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank were almost normal. The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) had already informed customers that functioning of branches and offices may take a hit if the strike takes off. It had also asked banks to take measures in advance to minimise the impact.

The strike has been called by all unions under the aegis of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU). The UFBU is an umbrella body of nine unions, including the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and the National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW).

Besides, protest against consolidation move of the government, other demands include no write-off policy for non-performing assets (NPAs) of corporate loans, declaring wilful default of loans as criminal offence and implementation of recommendations of Parliamentary Committee on recovery of NPAs, NOBW vice president Ashwini Rana said.

The government should provide overtime for additional work during demonetisation, he said. The UFBU, which claims membership of nearly 10 lakh across banks, requested the government for cost reimbursement of demonetisation to banks. As many as 21 public sector banks control 75 per cent of the total banking business.

(PTI)

Dinakaran faction wants new CM, PMK asks government to prove majority

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Chennai: The minor AIADMK group led by jailed General Secretary V.K. Sasikala’s nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran on Tuesday told Governor C.V. Rao that it wants the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister changed, a faction member said.

PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss meanwhile said the Governor must ask Chief Minister K. Palaniswami to prove his government’s majority immediately in the House to avoid any horse-trading.

Speaking to a television channel after meeting the Governor, Sasikala-Dinakaran loyalist Thangathamizh Chelvan said: “We have told the Governor that we will be taking steps to change Chief Minister Palaniswami.”

He added: “We are taking steps in this regard.” According to him, the party legislators would meet and elect a new Chief Minister.

The Dinakaran faction has been upset over its isolation in the ruling party whose two major factions, led by Palaniswami and former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, united a day earlier. The merged party also decided to sack Sasikala as General Secretary.

Nineteen legislators belonging to the Dinakaran faction met the Governor on Tuesday at Raj Bhavan.

Reacting to the development, PMK’s Ramadoss said the 19 legislators belonging to the Dinakaran group had told the Governor that they had withdrawn their support to the government.

Accordingly, the AIADMK government had lost majority in the assembly, he said.

He said the AIADMK had 134 members in the assembly (excluding the Speaker) and this had fallen to 115 without the support of the Dinakaran faction.

Ramadoss said three legislators belonging to other parties who fought the 2016 assembly elections under the AIADMK’s “two leaves” symbol had also expressed support to Dinakaran.

As a result, the total number of AIADMK legislators supporting the government was only 112, less than the number needed to have a legislative majority, Ramadoss said.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly has 234 seats. One seat is vacant due to the death of AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa.

Of the 233 members, the DMK has 89 members, the Congress-8 and the IUML-1. Speaker P. Dhanapal has only a casting vote in a tie.

The DMK, Congress and IUML are in an alliance.

It is not known whether the Dinakaran faction would vote against the government if there is a no confidence motion in the assembly.

DMK leader M.K. Stalin had earlier said the party would move a no confidence motion if there was a need.

(IANS)

Former RJD MP Shahabuddin charge-sheeted in journalist murder case

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Muzaffarpur: Former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin was today charge sheeted by the CBI in a special court here for the offences of murder and criminal conspiracy in the killing of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan in May last year.

Sunil Singh Rawat, the investigating officer of the case, and public prosecutor Deep Narayan submitted the charge sheet against Shahabuddin, a four-time MP from Siwan, and six others before CBI judge Anupam Kumari.

Defence lawyer Sharad Sinha said that the other accused against whom the agency has filed the charge sheet are Azahruddin Beig alias Laddan Mian, Rishi Kumar Jaiswal, Rohit Kumar Soni, Vijay Kumar Gupta, Ranjeet Kumar and Sonu Kumar Gupta.

This is a supplementary charge sheet by the CBI as the agency had filed its earlier charge sheet against one accused in December, 2016.

Bihar Police had charge sheeted six persons in the case before the probe was taken over by the agency. A total of eight accused have been charge-sheeted so far in the case.

The CBI has charged Shahabuddin, currently lodged in the high-security Tihar Jail in Delhi, under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy and murder and provisions of Arms Act, a statement from the agency said here.

“The charge sheet has been filed under section 120B (criminal conspiracy) read with 302 (murder) of the IPC as well as section 27 of the Arms Act,” Sinha told PTI over phone.

The charge sheet has not been submitted against two oher accused Mohammad Javed and Mohammad Kaif who are out on bail in the case as the investigation is currently underway, Sinha said.

It may be noted that the special CBI court on May 26 had made Shahabuddin an accused in the murder case.

The four-time RJD MP from Siwan is alleged to have been involved in the murder of Rajdeo Ranjan, a journalist of a prominent Hindi daily in Siwan.

Shahabuddin is facing trial in more than 45 criminal cases. He was moved to the Tihar Jail in February this year on a Supreme Court order on a plea by Siwan native Chandrakeshwar Prasad whose three sons were killed in two separate incidents.

Rajdeo Ranjan, district bureau chief of the Hindi daily, was gunned down on May 13 last year and his wife had accused Shahabuddin of having a role in the killing.

(PTI)

China blames Indian troops for Pangong Lake incident in Ladakh

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Beijing: China today blamed Indian soldiers for “violent action” against its troops during a standoff at Pangong Lake in Ladakh on August 15 leading to scuffles and stone pelting, and has lodged a protest with India.

Indian border guards had foiled an attempt by the Chinese soldiers to enter Indian territory in Ladakh, resulting in stone pelting that caused minor injuries to troops on both the sides.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying claimed that the incident occurred when Chinese border troops were conducting normal patrol on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) around the Lake area on August 15.

“During this process, the Indian side took some violent actions and injured the Chinese border personnel,” she claimed. India says that the incident was discussed by the local army commanders of the two sides.

Hua said “China has expressed strong dissatisfaction and lodged serious representation to India”.

The incident at the Pangong Lake happened amid a standoff between Indian and Chinese troops at the Doklam area in the Sikkim section which has now entered the third month.

China has alleged that Indian troops illegally trespassed into the Chinese territory in Doklam and they should unconditionally withdraw to end the faceoff.

Last week India said it will continue to engage with China to find a mutually acceptable solution to the Doklam standoff, but underlined that incidents like one in Ladakh were not in the “interest of either side”.

(Agencies)

Separate Religion Status: Lingayats to Hold Rally in Belgavai Tomorrow with 5 Lakh Participants

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Belagavi: Naganur Rudrakshi Mutt Seer Dr Siddarama Swamiji said more than 5 lakh Lingayats from various parts of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh will take part in huge rally to be held in Belagavi on August 22 to urge the union government to recognize Lingayat community as separate, independent religion.

Speaking in a press conference here in Belagavi on Sunday, seer said, after holding rally in Belagavi, the leaders of the community will hold rallies in other parts of the state including Bengaluru, Mysuru, Kalburgi and others. The leaders of the community have already decided to hold a massive rally in Bengaluru on September 30 with a participation of 20 to 25 lakh Lingayats. Prior to the rally in Bengaluru, another rally is scheduled at Kalburgi on September 10.

Seers, leaders of Lingayat community have also decided to hold rallies in Latur of Maharashtra to urge the union government to take necessary steps to declare Lingayat as separate religion.

(Agencies)

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