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New York: An Indian-origin CEO was racially abused and told to “go back to India” and also take along Nikki Haley after he said that he will not support President Donald Trump’s economic agenda after the US leader appeared to defend white supremacists following the Virginia violence.

US-born Ravin Gandhi, 44 founder and CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings, a global supplier of coatings for cookware and bakeware, wrote an op-ed for CNBC following Trump’s Charlottesville remarks but was quickly trolled and racially abused by readers, the Chicago Tribune reported.

“I recentlytold the New York TimesI was ‘rooting’ for certain aspects of Trump’s economic agenda,”Gandhi wrotein the op-ed. “After Charlottesville and its aftermath, I will not defend Trump even if the Dow hits 50,000, unemployment goes to 1 per cent, and GDP grows by 7 per cent. Some issues transcend economics, and I will not in good conscience support a president who seems to hate Americans who don’t look like him.”

Hundreds of white supremacists clashed with counter demonstrators at a rally in Charlottesville on August 12 in which a 32-year-old woman was killed and 19 injured when a car drove into a crowd of protesters. Gandhi was soon bombarded by hate comments on his option piece, including a voicemail from a woman who said Gandhi should “get your (expletive) garbage and go back to India.”

The woman, using abusive and inappropriate language, told Gandhi that he should also take “that other half-(expletive) Bangladesh (expletive) with you, Nikki Haley,” referring to the US envoy to the UN.
“She’s (Haley) the one that started all this when she took down the Confederate flag. So don’t tell us that you gave him a chance. We don’t give a (expletive) who you gave a chance, OK? We’re going to start taking down Buddhist statues and see how you and Nikki Haley like that,” the woman said.

In the minute and a half voicemail she said Gandhi should “go clean up your own (expletive) country, it’s a filthy mess.” Gandhi posted the voicemail to YouTube, Twitter and Facebook and shared some of the nastier emails he received as well, the report said.

“It was obvious that people thought my professional position somewhat protected me,” he said. “I wanted to show people that racism is blind to socioeconomics. It just is.” “Even though my race is a complete non-issue in my day- to-day life, the sad reality is there’s a group of racists in the USA that views me as a second-class citizen,” he said in the report. “I wanted my peers in the business community, the civic community, my friend community to see that this can happen to me. Because there’s this delusion that racism is dead because Obama was elected.”

Gandhi added that the fact that Trump “equated hate groups with those protesting hate lit me up” as he called Trump’s moral leadership on the issue “reprehensible.” He said while his sharing a “bigoted” voicemail may not make a big difference, but he will speak out against such abuse as long as he has a platform to do so.

“My heroes are Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, people who stood up against insane odds. And let’s be honest — I live in doorman-protected building in the Gold Coast. For me to say that I’m suffering in any real sense is insane. But many people in this city who don’t have resources really are suffering.”

“I know I’m on the right side of history here,” he said. “That’s how I sleep at night.”

(PTI)

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry of Wednesday formally announced the launch of the new Rs 200 note.

“The central government hereby specifies the denomination of bank notes of the value of 200 rupees,” a Gazette notification said.

The notification has been issued under Section 24 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, and on the recommendations of the Central Board of Directors of the RBI.

Earlier, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar told IANS that Rs 200 note, printing of which had begun, would be in circulation soon.

The move to introduce the new currency was to increase the circulation of smaller denomination notes.

An official source had told IANS that the paper for Rs 200 notes was ready in the Mysuru paper mill in June. It was being printed in the RBI printing press.

Post-demonetisation, there have been reports of people facing problems in using the Rs 2,000 note as sufficient quantum of smaller denomination notes of Rs 100 and Rs 500 were not available.

(IANS)

Lucknow/New Delhi: At least 74 persons, four in critical condition, were injured when 10 coaches of the Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning, police said.

The incident took place after the train bound for New Delhi from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh hit a dumper, which had overturned on the railway tracks between Achalda and Pata stations around 2.40 a.m, a railway official said.

According to the police, the four persons with serious head injuries were rushed to Etawah district hospital.

Two others have been shifted to Saifai medical college, he said.

Principal secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar said the rescue work concluded around 7 a.m.

The dumper carried sand for the railway work of dedicated freight corridor running parallel to the track, Inspector General of Police (Kanpur Zone) Alok Singh told IANS.

However, railway officials in Delhi said the dumper did not belong to the corridor project.

Senior officials from Etawah, Auraiya and Kannauj rushed to the spot and oversaw the rescue operation, Kumar told IANS.

Kanpur Divisional Commissioner P.K. Mohanty said other injured were shifted to medical facilities in Etawah.

The official said work was underway to repair the tracks and clear the important Delhi-Howrah route from which hundreds of trains pass every day.

At least seven trains were cancelled and 40 diverted due to the incident.

This is the second train accident in Uttar Pradesh within a week after 14 coaches of the Kalinga Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar on Saturday, leaving 22 dead and over 150 injured.

(IANS)

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.

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 31^st, 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

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)