COMMUTERS FORGOT 43 LAKH CASH, 283 MOBILES ON DELHI METRO

A whopping Rs 43 lakh in cash, 283 mobile phones and 79 laptops were among the belongings left behind by commuters while travelling in the Delhi Metro till August this year, according to the rail network's 'lost and found' data.

The recovery of cash forgotten and later restored to the traveller, as per data accessed by PTI, is one of the largest in the last few years. For the entirety of last year, the corresponding figure was only over Rs 1.8 million.

As per data prepared by CISF, the security force tasked to secure the Metro network, a total of Rs 43,18,155 in forgotten cash was recovered by its personnel apart from foreign currency worth over Rs 26,000 and bank cheques/drafts worth over Rs 4.08 million.

Besides that, 79 laptops, 23 pieces of gold ornaments, 283 laptops, 63 watches, nine cameras and as many tablet phones were recovered from the Delhi Metro from January to August this year.

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COLDPLAY TO PERFORM IN INDIA FOR ANTI-POVERTY CONCERT

Rockers Coldplay will play their first-ever show in India in a free performance as the anti-poverty Global Citizen Festival on Friday announced an expansion. The festival, which distributes tickets in return for individual actions to fight extreme poverty, said it would release further details Monday. 

But it confirmed Coldplay's participation and said the November 19 show in Mumbai would be free after press reports in India said the concert would be exorbitantly expensive.

The Global Citizen Festival, established in 2012, takes place each year in New York's Central Park on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to push world leaders to put anti-poverty efforts high on the agenda.

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EXPORT OF TERROR COMMON SECURITY THREAT: MODI TO ASEAN NATIONS

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (Sept 8) expressed deep concern at the rising ‘export of terror’, in an apparent reference to Pakistan, saying it is a common security threat to the region as he sought a coordinated response from ASEAN member nations at Vientiane, Laos to combat the menace.

While addressing the 14th ASEAN-India summit here, the Prime Minister also noted that growing radicalism through the ideology of hatred and spread of extreme violence are the other security threats.

"Export of terror, growing radicalisation and spread of extreme violence are common security threats to our societies," he said in his second attack on Pakistan in two days amid escalating war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad.

"The threat is local, regional, and transitional at the same time. Our partnership with ASEAN seeks to craft a response through coordination, cooperation at multiple levels," Modi said.

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INDIA’S MINISTER FOR FOOD PROCESSING INVITES UK INVESTMENTS

UK companies should invest in India's food sector which is booming with increasing income and changing consumer preferences, Minister for food processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal said on Tuesday (Sept 6). The minister, who arrived in London on a three-day visit, was addressing a roundtable titled ‘Food Processing in India: Collaborative Opportunities’ organised by the Indian High Commission here and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

"With increasing disposable income and changing consumer preferences in India, retail and e-commerce are booming in the food segment and this is where the opportunity lies," Badal told potential investors, which included large UK retailers, specialty foods businesses, e-retailers and beverage manufacturers.   

"Over the past two years, the government of India has taken a number of policy decisions to spur vibrant growth in the food processing segment. With such a progressive policy outlook, we will offer full support towards new collaborations and greater investment," she said.

Senior representatives from firms like Sainsbury, Holland & Barret, Diageo, Ty-Phoo Tea, British Agri Food Consortium, Food and Drink Federation, Whittard of Chelsea, and Food and Drink Exporters Association were among those who participated in the roundtable. The minister also has one-to-one meetings with senior leadership of Sainsbury plc, Tesco plc and Marks & Spencer plc and will be meeting senior leadership of Partridges, McCormick & Company, Waitrose, 

Holland and Barrett International, Morrisons and Harrods over the next two days to discuss trade and investment prospects into India.

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US: PAK MUST DO MORE TO ELIMINATE TERRORIST SAFE HAVENS

Amid growing pressure against Pakistan to curb terrorism, the US on Tuesday (Sept 7) asked Pakistan to do more to eliminate terrorist safe havens saying terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed continue to be a threat to everyone.

"We're also aware India is located in a challenging neighbourhood and the United States has been very clear, at the highest levels, that Pakistan can and must do more to eliminate terrorist safe havens," US Ambassador to India Richard R. Verma said at the US-India Expert Workshop on Countering Terrorist Use of the Internet.

Verma said last year, the US and India signed a Joint Declaration on combating terrorism, which outlined a shared vision for counter terrorism cooperation and reiterated the "concerns about terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Haqqani Network, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and others".

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SCANDAL-HIT VAZ RESIGNS AS CHAIR OF COMMONS PANEL

Britain's longest serving Indian- origin Labour MP Keith Vaz on Tuesday (Sept 6) resigned from his post as chair of the influential Parliamentary committee following a sex scandal involving male prostitutes. The 59-year-old influential lawmaker has served as chair of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee for over nine years but told its members at a meeting on Tuesday (Sept 6) he was ‘genuinely sorry’ over recent events but added that ‘those who hold others to account must themselves be accountable’.

"It is in the best interest of the Home Affairs Select Committee that its important work can be conducted without any distractions whatsoever. I am genuinely sorry that recent events make it impossible for this to happen if I remain chair," he said in a statement. "Those who hold others to account must themselves be accountable... I told the committee today of my decision to stand aside immediately from committee business, and my intention to resign. This is my decision, and mine alone, and my first consideration has been the effect of recent events on my family," Vaz said.

His resignation follows allegations published by the 'Sunday Mirror' tabloid that the married, father of two, had met two male prostitutes from eastern Europe at his London flat last month.

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TATAS GET BOEING JOB ORDER FOR INTERIOR PANEL SUPPLY TO P-8S

India's next four Poseidon-8I long-range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft could come fitted with domestically-made composite interior panels. Tata Advanced Materials Ltd (TAML), a subsidiary of Tata Industries, has been awarded a contract from Boeing to provide composite interior closeout panels for the P-8 aircraft that cover the interior wall structure of the aircraft, a statement from the Tatas said.

The contract entails supplying interior panels on a global basis. However, industry sources said it is not clear if the Indian version of the aircraft would come fitted with TAML-made panels as they are not the sole providers. The P-8 is designed for long-range anti-submarine andanti-surface warfare as well as armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

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