The 79-Year Old Who Knocks on the Doors of the Rich to Collect Medicines for the Poor ….

At his age, he walks 5-7 kms a day collecting leftover medicines from the rich in Delhi. Meet Medicine Baba, the selfless man who dreams of setting up a medicine bank for those who cannot afford treatment.

Omkarnath Sharma, better known as Medicine Baba, is a retired blood bank technician on a very difficult mission. He wants to start a free medicine bank for the poor and needy.

And for this, he walks around the streets of Delhi, knocking on one door after another, collecting medicines from the upper- and middle-class houses in the city.

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Omkarnath Sharma collecting medicines

Bachi dawai daan me, na ki kudedaan me. Medicine baba ka ek hi sapna, gareebo ka medicine bank ho apna.” (Leftover medicines should be donated, not discarded. Medicine Baba has only one dream, that the poor should have a medicine bank of their own).

This is Medicine Baba’s daily call at the doors of the well-heeled people of Delhi, those who don’t even often know that they have an abundance of unused medicines lying around in their homes.

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Medicine Baba documenting the details of his collection

At an age when many people choose to rest and spend time with their families, Medicine Baba has no plans of hanging up his shoes. He has been working like this since 2008, when an under-construction Delhi Metro bridge in Laxmi Nagar collapsed and Omkarnath witnessed many injured people suffering because of the lack of adequate medical care.

He saw how the nearest hospital turned away patients saying it did not have the required medicines. For no fault of their own, the injured people had to rush here and there to find a place that could provide proper treatment. Omkarnath was shocked.

He found this situation painfully ironic—on the one hand there were no medicines in the hospitals for people who were dying and on the other there were large quantities of usable medicines being discarded by households every day.

He wanted to do something that had never been done before—to collect these medicines and create a bank of medicines for the poor. And so began his journey.

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People come in to take medicines from Omkarnath for free

Omkarnath goes out every morning, takes a bus, and visits a different neighbourhood of Delhi each day. Here he walks around for about 5-7 kms, collecting unused prescription and non-prescription medicines from houses. Over the years, he has been successful in gaining some regular contributors, who sometimes call him to say that he can come and collect the medicines.

Ask him if he has any difficulty walking around so much at this age, and he says, “It is difficult, but if you are worried about difficulties and challenges, how will you work?”

He scans the collected medicines carefully, and maintains a record of all of them. Some of these medicines are stored in a small room he has rented next to his house in Manglapuri, New Delhi. Those who cannot afford medicines can visit him here between 4 and 6 pm.

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Medicines in his collection that can be useful to hospitals (like those required for the treatment of cancer), are donated to hospitals like AIIMS, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Hospital, Lady Irwin Medical College, and a few ashrams and dispensaries in Delhi. He says that he donates medicines worth Rs. 4-6 lakhs every month.

Medicine Baba says his main mission is not just to collect medicines. The priority is to create awareness among people so they think twice before discarding useful prescription medicines.

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Out on his mission

For himself personally, the satisfaction that he experiences on seeing people get healed with the help of medicines he donates, is enough. He is proud of his work and this is what gives him the inspiration to keep moving forward despite his age. “I feel so happy when I see them going to work all healed and healthy,” he says

As a retired person, Omkarnath faces difficult times trying to make ends meet sometimes. His family includes his wife, a son, a daughter, and a granddaughter. He manages his work with the help of donations he receives from people from time to time. Other than that, he is also sometimes seen in buses and metros, letting people know about patients who need financial help.

If he manages to collect some money this way, he uses it to donate medical equipment like oxygen tanks, hospital beds, etc.

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Medicine Baba is a blessing for many people. At present, he is trying to help some people suffering from cancer and kidney ailments. He is trying his best to arrange money for their treatment. Moving around in Delhi, wearing an orange shirt that highlights his phone number and his mission in bold, Medicine Baba is a source of hope for many. We can only wish that his dream of setting up a medicine bank gets fulfilled.

To know more about Omkarnath and donate to his mission, you can visit his website here or write to him at helpingbaba@gmail.com or you can call him on +91 9250243298.

Source……..Tanaya Singh….www.the betterindia.com

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Message for the Day….” What is the Path to Freedom and Happiness…”

Some people hold the opinion that being employed is bondage, while sitting at home without any specific work is freedom! This is a sign of lack of intelligence. When employed in a job, one obeys their superiors. In the same way, being at home, can anyone escape the demands and compulsions of the family? Even when you are amidst your friends, can you avoid the necessity of acting according to their fancy? Hence, understand that all life is a prison; the differences are merely in the types of imprisonment! You will feel it this way as long as the attitude of identifying yourself with the body is there. On the other hand, the liberated ones will trample down their egoism, discriminate sensual pleasure from real happiness, and perform their duties. They will use duty (Karma) as an aid to help in the destruction of the ego. This is the path to freedom and happiness.

Sathya Sai Baba

Something for you to start your day with a Smile ….

I Wanted You to Smile, So I Sent You This Video!

Do you want a few minutes of uninterrupted happiness? Then take a minute to enjoy the company of the cutest, furriest little golden labrador puppies. They are so full of life, love and happiness, it’s impossible not to catch it.

Source……www.ba-bamail.com

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Here’s How a Quick Thinking Doctor Saved an Asthmatic Kid’s Life on a Plane….

When Dr. Guru heard that a child on-board a flight that he was in, was suffering an asthma attack, he quickly made an inhaler out of a plastic bottle. The makeshift instrument gave the much needed relief to the child in no time.

When a 2-year-old child suffered an asthma attack during a flight, thousands of feet in the air, his parents didn’t know what to do since they had accidentally packed his medication in their check-in luggage.

The inhaler available in the flight was for adults, and wasn’t of much use.

It could have been an extremely long and painful journey for the child, had it not been for a fellow passenger who quickly created a makeshift inhaler and saved his life. –

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The fellow passenger, on the Air Canada flight from Spain to the US, was Dr. Khurshid Guru – Director of Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York.

When he found out that the child needed immediate medical intervention, he got together a plastic water bottle, a cup, some tape and an oxygen tank to make an inhaler.

He basically converted an inhaler for adults into a paediatric nebuliser, a machine meant to deliver asthma medication by turning it into mist which can then be inhaled through a face mask or mouthpiece.

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He attached the adult inhaler to a hole in the bottle and added an oxygen mask through another opening he had made, so that the child could inhale both simultaneously. To make the instrument more convenient, Dr. Guru took a plastic cup and created a hole in it. He then mounted the cup on top of the bottle so that it could be held against the kid’s mouth and nose.

He asked the parents to keep the cup against the child’s mouth for some time, and half an hour later, his oxygen level was back to normal.

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Dr. Guru said that it is a wakeup call for all the families to keep such medical instruments with them at all times as you never know when the need might arise. The doctor has worked on several high-tech robots to treat patients in the past. –

All pics: Twitter

Source….Shreya Pareek

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When – Muslims Celebrate Eid Inside a Ganpati Pandal….

Mumbai witnessed a commendable scene during the celebration of Bakra-Eid a few days back. In a country that celebrates some very diverse festivals of different religions, all on the same day, there is one place in the city which brought them together in an admirable manner.

In a step taken by the Seva Sangh Ganeshotsav Mandal in Colaba this Friday, many Muslim devotees were seen performing their prayers inside a Ganpati pandal.

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Source: Facebook 

Initially, people were praying outside the Madrassa Rahamatiya Talimul Quran mosque, which is located right next to the Ganpati pandal. The prayers began at 7 am, but due to lack of space inside the mosque, many people could not get place. When members of the Seva Sangh Ganeshotsav Mandal saw this, they invited them to the pandal so they could pray in peace.

This committee, which organizes Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations every year, has always been very unique and inspiring for people in the region.

“During Ramzan four years ago, which coincided with the Ganesh festival, we had allowed Eid prayers inside the pandal. It may be that some people find this surprising, but it is entirely normal for us. Hindus and Muslims have always lived in unity here. There is no discrimination. Hindus too participate in Muslim festivities”, Seva Sangh member Santosh Nayak told DNA.

The treasurer of the committee, which has 70 members, is a 25-year-old Muslim man named Mehfooz Khan. And 30 other members in the committee are also Muslims. According to the members, around 1,300 people performed their prayers inside the pandal, and with steps like these, they want to spread a strong message of Hindu-Muslim unity.

Kudos to their spirit of unity in diversity!

Source……..Tanaya Singh in http://www.the betterindia.com

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நரேந்திர மோடி ஏன் உலகை கவர்கிறார்…..

உலகளவில் அமெரிக்க அதிபர் ஒபமாவுக்கு பிறகு சமூக வலைதளங்களில் அதிகம் பேர் பின்தொடரும் நபராக இந்திய பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடி இருக்கிறார். தகவல் தொடர்பு நிறுவனங்களின் உலகத் தலைநகராக கருதப்படும் சிலிக்கான் வேலியே அவரது வருகையால் சிலிர்த்துக் கொண்டது என்றுதான் சொல்ல வேண்டும். உலக நாடுகளில் மோடிக்கு ஏன் இவ்வளவு வரவேற்பு இருக்கிறது என்றால் அதில் சில ரகசியங்களும் அடங்கியிருக்கிறது.

பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடி பொலிட்டிக்கல் சயின்சில் முதுகலை பட்டம் பெற்றவர். அதோடு அமெரிக்காவில் ‘இமேஜ் மேனேஜ்மென்ட் மற்றும் பப்ளிக் ரிலேஷன்ஷிப்பில் சிறப்பு பட்டம் பெற்றவர் என்பது நிறைய பேருக்கு தெரிந்திருக்க வாய்ப்பில்லை. அவருக்கு ஒரு விஷயத்தை பற்றி மக்களிடம் எப்படி செய்தி சேர வேண்டும் என்பதில் தெளிந்த அறிவு உண்டு. இளம் வயது முதலே ஊர் ஊராக பயணம் மேற்கொள்வதில் மோடிக்கு மிகுந்த ஆர்வம். எங்கே போகிறோம் என்று தெரியாமலேயே மோடியின் பயணம் அமைந்திருக்குமாம். அப்படி ராஜ்கோட் முதல் இமயமலை வரை மோடியின் இளம் வயது பயணம் அமைந்திருக்கிறது. சில காலம் இமயமலையில் சந்நியாசி வாழ்க்கை கூட மோடி வாழ்ந்திருக்கிறார். மோடி வெளிநாடுகளுக்கு ஏன் அடிக்கடி பறக்கிறார் என்பதற்கு இப்போது விடை கிடைத்திருக்கிறதா?

பிரதமர் மோடி ஒரு மிகச்சிறந்த புகைப்பட கலைஞர். அவர் எடுத்த புகைப்படங்களை கொண்டு கண்காட்சியும் நடத்தியிருக்கிறார். அவரது தாய்மொழியான குஜராத்தியில் கவிதையும் புனைந்துள்ளார். சில புத்தகங்களையும் எழுதியுள்ளார். அமெரிக்க அதிபர் ஒபாமாவுக்கு பிறகு ட்விட்டரில் அதிக ஃபாலோயர்கள் உள்ள தலைவர் மோடிதான். இவரை ட்விட்டரில் ஒரு கோடியே 20 லட்சம் பேர் தொடர்கின்றனர். உலகளவில் மோடிக்கு இதில் 2வது இடம். 1965ஆம் ஆண்டு பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு எதிரான போரின் போது மோடியும் நாட்டுக்காக தன்னால் முடிந்த பங்களிப்பை செய்திருக்கிறார். அதாவது ரயிலில் செல்லும் ராணுவ வீரர்களுக்கு உதவி செய்யும் சிறுவனாக பயணித்திருக்கிறார்.

குஜராத் முதலமைச்சராக மோடி 13 ஆண்டுகள் இருந்திருக்கிறார். இதில் ஒருநாள் கூட அவர் விடுமுறை என்று எடுத்ததில்லையாம். இரவு லேட்டாக உறங்க சென்றாலும் மோடியின் விடியல் காலை 5.30 மணிக்கு தொடங்கி விடும். பள்ளி, கல்லூரி காலத்தில் நாடகங்களில் நடிப்பதில் ஆர்வம் உண்டு. பல வேடங்களில் கலக்கியிருக்கிறார். மோடியின் சொந்த ஊரான வத்நகரில் உள்ள ஏரி, முதலைகளுக்கும் வசிப்பிடமாக இருக்கிறது. இளவயது மோடி அந்த ஏரிக்கரையில் விளையாடுவது வழக்கம். கரையில் கிடந்த முதலையிடம் வம்பிழுத்திருக்கிறார். முதலை வாலால் தாக்கி விட சிறிய காயத்துடன் தப்பிய வரலாறும் மோடிக்கு உண்டு.

மோடி குஜராத் முதல்வராக இருந்த போது கடந்த 2010ஆம் ஆண்டு உலகின் மிக வேகமாக வளர்ந்து வரும் 3வது நகரமாக அகமதாபாத்தை ஃபேர்ப்ஸ் இதழ் தேர்வு செய்தது. முதல் இரு இடங்களை சீனாவின் ஜோக்ஜிங், செங்குடு நகரங்கள் பெற்றன. ஒரு மாநாட்டில் மோடி பங்கேற்கிறார் என்றால் அங்கு பேச வேண்டிய விஷயங்களை ஹோம் வொர்க் செய்து பார்த்து விட்டுதான் மோடி மேடையே ஏறுவார்.

Source…..www.dinamalar.com

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No one can figure out whether this little girl is underwater or jumping into the water…

Confusion … Is this little girl underwater or jumping into the water? Picture: Imgur

IF there’s one thing the internet loves, it’s a mind-bending photo just like this.

Imgur user ‘maskari’ posted the image of a girl playing with some water over the weekend, and social media users were quick to point out its weirdness.

“This girl looks like she’s underwater and jumping into water at the same time,” the caption said.

At first glance, the splashes (bubbles?) around the child’s face makes it look like she is swimming underwater.

Illusion? ... Millions have debated what this girl is actually doing in this photo. Picture: imgur/maskari

Illusion? … Millions have debated what this girl is actually doing in this photo. Picture: imgur/maskariSource:Supplied

But on closer inspection her hair is dry, meaning she hasn’t gone underwater yet?

“Her hair is dry. She is just jumping in a shallow pool and little droplets have flown around her looking like air bubbles,” one Imgur uses said.

“She’s neither underwater or jumping in… She’s obviously squatting down in a shallow pool and splashing the water up!!!” another said.

Since being uploaded the photo has been viewed close to 3.2 million times.

What can you see?

source….Michael MorrowNews Corp Australia Network….www.news.com.au

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“இல்லத்தில்…அலுவலகத்தில்… பொது வாழ்வில்…மனித உறவுகள் சீராக இருக்க”….

     A to Z 🔔

🔔APPRECIATION – மற்றவர்களின்  நிறைகளை மனதாரப் பாராட்டுங்கள்.
> 🔔BEHAVIOR – புன்முறுவல் காட்டவும் சிற்சில அன்புச்சொற்களைச் சொல்லவும் கூட நேரம் இல்லாததுபோல் நடந்து கொள்ளாதீர்கள்.
> 🔔COMPROMISE –  அற்ப விஷயங்களை பெரிதுபடுத்தாதீர்கள். நேரில்  சந்தித்து மனம் திறந்து பேசுங்கள்.
> 🔔DEPRESSION – மற்றவர்கள் நம்மை புரிந்துகொள்ளவில்லையே என்று சோர்வடையாதீர்கள்.
> 🔔EGO – மற்றவர்களை விட உங்களையே உயர்வாய் நினைத்துக் கர்வபடாதீர்கள்.
> 🔔FORGIVE – கண்டிக்கக்கூடிய அதிகாரமும் , நியாயமும் உங்கள் பக்கம் இருந்தாலும் எதிர்த்தரப்பினரை மன்னிக்க வழி இருக்கிறதா என்று பாருங்கள்.
> 🔔GENUINENESS – எந்தக் கட்டத்திலும் சந்தேகம் வேண்டாம். எந்த விஷயத்தையும் நேர்மையாக கையாளுங்கள்.
> 🔔HONESTY – தவறு செய்தால் உடனே மன்னிப்புக் கேட்பதைக்
> கௌரவமாக கருதுங்கள்.
> 🔔INFERIORITY COMPLEX – எவரையும் பார்த்து பிரமிக்காதீர்கள் நான் சிறியவன் என்ற தாழ்வு மனப்பான்மையை விட்டு விடுங்கள்.
> 🔔JEALOUSY –  பொறாமை வேண்டவே வேண்டாம். அது கொண்டவனையே  அழிக்கும்.
> 🔔KINDNESS –  இனிய, இதமான சொற்களை மட்டுமே பயன்படுத்துங்கள்.
> 🔔LOOSE TALK – சம்பந்தமில்லாமலும், அர்த்தமில்லாமலும், பின் அறியாமலும் பேச வேண்டாம்.
> 🔔MISUNDERSTANDING – மற்றவர்களைத் தவறாகப் புரிந்துகொள்ளதீர்கள்.
> 🔔NEUTRAL – எப்போதும் எந்த விஷயத்தையும் முடிவு எடுத்துவிட்டுப் பேச வேண்டாம் .பேசிவிட்டு முடிவு எடுங்கள். முக்கியமாக நடுநிலை தவறவேண்டாம்.
> 🔔OVER EXPECTATION  -அளவுக்கு அதிகமாகவும், தேவைக்கு அதிகமாகவும் ஆசைப்படாதீர்கள்.
> 🔔PATIENCE  – சில சங்கடங்களை சகித்துத் தான் ஆகவேண்டும் என உணருங்கள்.
> 🔔QUIETNESS  -தெரிந்ததை மாத்திரமே பேசுங்கள். அநேகப் பிரச்சனைகளுக்குக்
> காரணம் தெரியாததைப் பேசுவதுதான். கூடுமானவரை பேசாமலே இருந்துவிடுங்கள்.
> 🔔ROUGHNESS – பண்பில்லாத வார்த்தைகளையும், தேவைஇல்லாத
> மிடுக்கையும் காட்டாதீர்கள்.
> 🔔STUBBORNNESS – சொன்னதே சரி, செய்ததே சரி என பிடிவாதம் பிடிக்காதீர்கள்.
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> 🔔TWISTING  – இங்கே கேட்டதை அங்கேயும், அங்கே கேட்டதை
> இங்கேயும் சொல்வதை விட்டு விடுங்கள்.
>
> 🔔UNDERESTIMATE  – மற்றவர்களுக்கும் மரியாதை உண்டு என்பதை மறவாதீர்கள்.
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> 🔔VOLUNTARY  -அடுத்தவர் இறங்கி வரவேண்டும் என்று
> காத்திராமல் நீங்களே பேச்சை முதலில் தொடங்குங்கள். பிரச்சனை வரும்போது எதிர்தரப்பில் உள்ளவரின் கருத்துக்களுக்கு முதலில்
> காது கொடுங்கள். பின்பு அதற்கு பதில் கொடுங்கள்.
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> 🔔WOUND  – எந்தப் பேச்சும், செயலும் யார் மனதையும் காயப்படுத்தாமல் இருக்கட்டும்.
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> 🔔XEROX  – நம்மை மற்றவர்கள் எப்படி நடத்தவேண்டும் என்று எதிர்பார்க்கிறோமோ அப்படியே மற்றவர்களை நாம் நடத்தவேண்டும்.
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> 🔔YIELD  – முடிந்தவரை விட்டுக்கொடுங்கள். விட்டுகொடுப்பவன்
> கெட்டுப்போவதில்லை, கெட்டுப்போகிறவர்கள் விட்டுக்கொடுப்பதில்லை.
> 🔔ZERO – இவை அனைத்தையும் கடை பிடித்தால் பிரச்சனை   என்பது பூஜ்ஜியம் ஆகும்.
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>Source…..unknown….Input from a friend of mine

Natarajan

Top executives of tech giants pledge support for Digital India initiative…

Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Qualcomm and Adobe executives express desire to deepen their participation in the Digital India initiative

PM Narendra Modi claps (2nd from right) with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (centre), Cisco executive chairman John T. Chambers (2nd from left), Qualcomm executive chairman Paul E. Jacobs (right) as Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) walks to his seat after his speech in San Jose on Saturday. Photo: PTI

PM Narendra Modi claps (2nd from right) with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (centre), Cisco executive chairman John T. Chambers (2nd from left), Qualcomm executive chairman Paul E. Jacobs (right) as Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) walks to his seat after his speech in San Jose on Saturday. Photo: PTI

Top executives of global information technology giants Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Adobe Systems Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. on Saturday said they are keen to join hands with India and deepen their participation in the Digital India initiative that aims to ensure that government services are available to citizens over the Internet.

The chief executives of the top technology firms were speaking at a Digital India forum in San Jose, California during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US.

“India has more than 300 million Internet users and smartphone users. People are educating themselves and their loved ones how to use technology,” said Sundar Pichai, chief executive, Google. “India is coming online at an unprecedented pace.”

“I can feel the change in the air,” he said. “I am excited about technology, and India will play a big part in its future.”

He also said India has become the fastest growing start-up nation.

Paul Jacobs, executive chairman of Qualcomm, told the forum that his semiconductor company is keen to promote the Digital India vision. “To promote ICT (information communication technology) in India, we will be setting up a $150 million fund to fuel innovation and foster promising Indian start-ups who are contributing to the mobile and ‘Internet of Everything’ ecosystem.”

“In line with the Make in India initiative,” he added, “the company will set up design centres in India to design products from India for the world.”

Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella said the company is looking to bring low-cost Internet in India. “We want to help people make things and make things happen. It is time to collectively combine efforts to empower the people,” he said.

The company worked with researchers to bring low-cost Internet infrastructure to rural Andhra Pradesh using television’s white spaces, he said. “We are now looking to replicate the same pilot project in Varanasi.”

“We are in talks with state governments to expand it in 5,000 villages,” he added.

Modi, in his address, thanked the companies for their initiatives.

“We will see the perfect picture of US-India partnership emerge in the digital economy,” he said adding it is a new era of empowerment where global firms are creating infrastructure and services to support the government with the Digital India initiative.

“Technology is empowering people,” Modi said. “We are attacking poverty with network and smartphones.”

“In the digital age, we have the opportunity to transform the lives of people. About 170 e-governance applications are there to make government services available in better and faster way,” he added.

Stressing on the role of social media in empowering citizens, Modi said, “Facebook, Twitter, Instagram have become the new neighbourhoods. Social media has turned everybody into a reporter.”

Briefing reporters later, foreign ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said Modi had invited Apple to set up a manufacturing base in India.

The Prime Minister (in his meeting with Cook) said he would like Apple to start manufacturing in India. He mentioned the huge opportunities India offered,” Swarup told reporters. Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, which is the largest manufacturer of Apple products, has already decided to set up a manufacturing base in India, Swarup said. “Cook responded positively. I think India does fits into his long term plans. He particularly was interested in the whole app development economy, which he said could be a very, very important factor for entrepreneurship where individual app developers can just become part of the app universe,” Swarup said.

There was also some discussion on how Apple Pay could be a part of India’s financial inclusion Jan Dhan Yojana and other such initiatives, he added.

Indian ambassador to the US, Arun Singh, told reporters that during the Modi-Cook meeting “there was a sense that a lot of design innovation is happening in India.”

“As Apple expands its presence in India, including a manufacturing presence there could be enhanced opportunity for app development related to the apple platforms,” he said.

During the meeting, Cook is said to have recalled how Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs came to India as a young man seeking inspiration.

Source…. Moulishree Srivastava  &Elizabeth Roche ….www.livemint.com

Natarajan

Images of the Day… Super Moon Night …!!!

The moon is seen against the peak of the tomb of Jama Masjid in New Delhi. Picture: AFP / Chandan KhannaSource:AFP

 

The moon is seen against the peak of the tomb of Jama Masjid in New Delhi. Picture: AFP / Chandan Khanna

 

The full moon is seen on the city skyline as Indian devotees carry statues of elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesha for immersion in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. Picture: AFP / Punit ParanjpeSource:AFP

The full moon is seen on the city skyline as Indian devotees carry statues of elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesha for immersion in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. Picture: AFP / Punit Paranjpe

 

An Indian man leans on a wall on top of a building in New Delhi as the moon does time as a backdrop. Picture: AFP / Roberto SchmidtSource:AFP

An Indian man leans on a wall on top of a building in New Delhi as the moon does time as a backdrop. Picture: AFP / Roberto Schmidt

 

A full moon shines behind a tower of the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi. Picture: AFP / Roberto SchmidtSource:AFP

A full moon shines behind a tower of the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi. Picture: AFP / Roberto Schmidt

Source…..www.news.com.au

Natarajan