"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."

- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

August 2016

Interview with Owner of Blue Lagoon - A Food Dosti Restaurant

Located in the heart of Pune city Blue Lagoon Multi Cuisine Restaurant in Camp area serves Continental Maharashtrian North Indian and Chinese fare Since the new owner Mr Milind Khamkar has taken over the food quality taste ambience and service of the restaurant has improved drastically In an exclusive interview with My Indian Dream Mr Milind Khamkar talks about his experiences while re-establishing this restaurant the problem of food wastage in the country as well as ways to curb it He also speaks about the Food Dosti Application as an innovative solution for the said problem Here are a few excerpts from the interview What made you enter the food industry Food is my passion This is the only business that I have ever wanted to be in Actually my family has been into the food industry since many generations We belong to a family of halwais So even as

31 Aug 2016
Star Citizens

Mohd Tanjeer Asan - Football Changed His Life

His mother is a domestic help and father a labourer Like numerous teens from economically backward homes -year-old Mohd Tanjeer Asan took to stealing and drinking Sometimes he would go through garbage piles and sell whatever useful material he found in there He would sleep on the streets and his family never really bothered about him All this changed once football and My Angels Academy Delhi entered his life Mohd Tanjeer Asan gave up his wayward ways and became serious about the sport His diligence and focus paid when he cracked the Liverpool International Football Academy trials in However he could not afford their fees and hence was unable to train with them Not to lose hope he gave trials for Salgaocar F C a football club that plays in the Indian I-League and got selected Currently he plays for the American School Mohd Tanjeer Asan dreams of becoming an

31 Aug 2016
Good News

India, US Sign LEMOA, Both Militaries to Work Closely, Use Each Other’s Bases for Repairs & Supplies

In a major policy departure India has entered into a military agreement with United States where militaries of both the countries will work closely and use each other rsquo s bases for logistics support This is probably only the second time that India has signed such an agreement the first one being the Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace Friendship and Cooperation way back in just before the Bangladesh war This new development is expected to benefit India as it will increase the operational capacity of the Indian armed forces during crises According to the agreement both countries will now provide supplies and repairs to each other during joint operations and relief operations It will further make the process of working together more congenial and efficient

31 Aug 2016
Good News

“Homeschooled” Mumbai Teen Gets into MIT

Breaking stereotypes a mother in Mumbai stops sending her daughter to school when she is in seventh standard She teaches her at home and lets her explore her interests The daughter develops an interest in computer programming goes on to become a three-time medal winner at International Olympiad of Informatics And the most amazing part of the story without a th or th certificate gets admitted directly into the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Meet seventeen-year-old Malvika Raj Joshi whose mother Supriya did the unthinkable by pulling her out of school four years back According to Supriya her daughter rsquo s happiness was more important than conventional knowledge so she quit her job and began teaching Malvika at home in a stress-free environment The decision was risky because Indian universities and even IIT didn rsquo t give admission to Malvika as she didn rsquo t have th certificate However

30 Aug 2016
Good News

Claimed to be World's First Urban Settlement, Found in Gujarat

Addressing a press conference National Institute of Oceanography Director SWA Naqvi claimed that Marine archaeologists have discovered the world s first ancient urban settlement which was probably destroyed by a tsunami Dholavira in the Rann of Kutch region of Gujarat could have been hit by a tsunami about years ago It was the largest urban port-town of the Harappan period which flourished about years ago nbsp Dholavira site the second largest Harappan site located within India is made up of three parts which includes a lower town a middle town and a castle It has a - meters thick wall which was apparently built to protect against the tsunamis

30 Aug 2016
Good News

Training Begins for IAF's Women Fighter Pilots

Women have been inducted in the IAF in a combat role for the first time Now IAF rsquo s first batch of fighter pilots is all set to begin their simulation training at the Bidar air force station in Karnataka Flying officers Avani Chaturvedi Mohana Singh and Bhawana Kanth will train on Hawk simulators and later on fly the supersonic aircrafts They have already completed their training on Kiran and Pilatus aircraft at the Dundugal air force academy After the training at Karnataka the women will move to air force station in Midnapore West Bengal for advanced training

30 Aug 2016
Good News

Sindhu, Sakshi and Dipa Honored with Khel Ratna

The three golden girls of Indian sports shuttler PV Sindhu wrestler Sakshi Malik and gymnast Dipa were honored with the much-coveted Khel Ratna After the ceremony Sindhu said that this time in Rio she won silver but in the next Olympics she will aim for the gold The -year-old Hyderabadi is well supported by her coach Gopichand to realize her goals Agreeing with the ace shuttler wrestler Sakshi said that she has four years to prepare for Tokyo and will surely get gold for the country Dipa who missed an Olympic medal by a whisker dreams of making the nation proud by bringing back a medal from Tokyo Olympics Prime Minister Modi has already announced a task force to support the athletes for the upcoming three Olympics

30 Aug 2016
Good News

Girl Leads the Change by Breaking from Prostitution Village

Vadia village near Ahmedabad is inhabited by the nomadic Saraniya community which is notorious for being a prostitution hub In this village almost every girl is lured by middlemen in agreement with her own family into prostitution However there has been a recent case of a girl who broke this age old tradition and refused to bow down even to her family who wanted her to become an affluent person rsquo s keep This young girl eloped with an upper caste boy and got married to him in Ahmedabad According to Mittal Patel the founding trustee of Vicharta Samuday Samarthan Manch which organized a mass wedding in the village in this courageous step taken by the couple will inspire others in the village to break away from prostitution The couple is underground at the moment and police has assured full security to them

29 Aug 2016
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Government Pushes Major Electoral Reform: Booth-wise Results to Remain a Secret

A high-powered committee comprising of home minister Rajnath Singh finance minister Arun Jaitley Defence minister Manohar Parrikar road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari and law and justice minister Ravi Shankar Prasad constituted by Prime Minister Modi has approved a major electoral reform From now onwards booth-wise results will remain a secret and the practice of revealing booth-wise results within constituencies is being discontinued quot Totaliser Machines quot will now mix the votes polled in different electronic voting machines This move will save the voters from pre-poll intimidation and harassment or post-poll victimization and favoritism based on their voting patterns

29 Aug 2016
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