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India has eased the passport norms for single mothers, adopted children and sadhus/sanyasis while reducing the paperwork for several other categories of applicants.

In the last two to three issues of "Asian Voice" I saw a few letters by subscribers and articles on "Demontisation" in India. I observed that NRIs are making a lot of "noise" in respect of the old notes which are in their possession.

It seems outgoing President Obama is hell bent on making mischief for incoming Trump, by expelling 35 Russian diplomats and imposing new travel restrictions on Russian security personals. If his action was meant to mesmerize, provoke luminary Putin to react similarly, then Putin’s calm diplomacy has thrown spanners in Obama’s strategy, as Putin refused to employ “Kitchen Sink Diplomacy” stoop low to Obama’s level, drawing praise from President Elect Trump. Putin would wisely play waiting game; give leeway to Trump to negate Obama’s cold war rhetoric’s.

On New Year’s Eve, Shri Modi in a nationwide address thanked the general public for their support and patience (queuing for their own money) on the demonetisation which he rightly described as (Shuddhikaran) purification.

I would like to suggest to your readers that they go to Willesden Green Library, Willesden, London NW10 where there is an exhibition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the heroic struggle led by Mrs Jayaben Desai with her ‘white’ and ‘non white’ work colleagues against the atrocities by the employers of Grunwick photograph processing factory in Dollis Hill, London NW10.

As we know, emergency 999 calls have nearly doubled during last couple of years. The worse aspect is that people are misusing this service for trivial reasons. As reported by police, some bizarre, hotchpotch reasons for ringing police is sighting of foxes in their gardens, to complain about late delivery of consumer goods, unavailability of GP appointments or just to ask time, complain about neighbours which has nothing to do with police.

Yet another blow emanating from the Brexit saga! While the former Bank of England Governor, Mervyn King says that Britain should be “self confident” about leaving the European Union, Donald Trump’s new trade chief, Wilbur Ross, has reportedly urged Britain’s rivals to profit from Brexit and take business away from the UK.

India’s National flag is a symbol of the nation’s respect and pride. There is liberal use of the flag on Independence Day and Republic Day. There is a new trend of selling flags made of paper and plastic, which is incorrect. With a sense of national pride, people enthusiastically buy such flags but the very next day, we find these flags being trampled upon on roads, in dustbins and elsewhere.

Vibrant Gujarat is all set for the eighth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit, scheduled to commence on January 10