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SPORTING STYLE This week, in 1948, a hand-built aluminium prototype labelled ‘No. 1’ became the first vehicle to bear the name of one of the world's leading luxury car manu facturers: Porsche. Once known primarily as a sportscar manufacturer, these days Porche makes all sorts of vehicles.
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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER
LOSING ITS VALUE Though writing on the watermark window of currency notes is a punishable offence, people use them for everything — from confessing their love to giving out their mobile numbers.
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DASARI NAMED IN COALGATE FIR The CBI has filed an FIR naming Congress MP Naveen Jindal and former minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao for their role in the coal scam.
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ASSEMBLY Today, the government introduced two crucial Bills but the Opposition in the chaos failed to take note of it. Each party, following its own agenda, caused great loss of time and money.
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AMY JACKSON RAISES THE HEAT IN YEVADU Amy Jackson is all set to make her debut in Tollywood later this year with Vamshi Paidipally's upcoming film Yevadu. Ram Charan plays the lead role while Shruti Haasan plays the female lead in this action entertainer.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013
city events
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Karate classes for kids will be held. Where: Colorama Printers, Secunderabad When: Till June 14, 4 pm to 6 pm Contact: 80086-24949
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WORKSHOPS
Two together Free lamaze session for expecting couples will be conducted. Where: The Birthplace, Banjara Hills When: June 15, 3 pm to 4.30 pm
Film appreciation Reflect and unwind about thrillers from world cinema. Where: Yavanika Films, Begumpet When: July 22 and 23, July 29 and July 30, 11 am to 7 pm
DINING
Counselling workshop Choice 2013 - Career counselling workshop will be held. Where: Ravindra Bharathi, Saifabad. When: June 11, 10 am
Foodie's haven Non vegetarian cooking classes will be held. Where: Colorama Printers, Secunderabad When: From June 12 to June 14, 10
SHOWS Summer splash Lesson for kids with Keith Moss on swimming. Where: Taj Banjara, Banjara Hills When: Till June 12, 8 am
Dancing delight Kathak dance performance by Sanjay Kumar Joshi Where: Ravindra Bharathi, Saifabad When: June 13, 6.30 pm yo 8.30 pm Contact: 98493-16526
Film making workshop A workshop where participants will learn to develop ideas into a script, and the concepts and grammar of film-making and editing. Where: Yavanika Films, Begumpet Contact: +919490100404
am to 12.30 pm Contact: 80086-34949 Father's special A grand buffet, cocktail training session and head massage will be organised during the occasion of Father's day. Where: The Square, Novotel Hotel When: June 16
Fountain of youth Workshop on make up tips Where: Ushodaya Enterprise Private Limited, Moosapet When: From June 11 to June 13, 10
Book launch Book Stray Birds by Anand Vishwanadha will be launched. Where: Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, Banjara Hills When: Juen 13, 6 pm French Film screening Tony Gatlif’s Liberté (Freedom) will be screened. Where: LV Prasad Preview Theatre, Road No 2, Banjara Hills When: 14th June, 6.30pm Reel abilities A play Farmer Suicides will be Commissioner & Spl Officer
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SAD DAY FOR ASSEMBLY
Today, the government introduced two crucial Bills but the opposition, in total disarray, failed to take note of it. Each party following its own agenda caused great loss of time and money. N SHIVA KUMAR
Police presence outside the Assembly was stepped up for the second day of the monsoon session.
TDP party workers, led by their chief Chandrababu Naidu, protest the Bayyaram iron ore mining issue.
INKESHAF AHMED ahmed.m@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Assembly seems set to make a record of sorts in the utter lack of co-ordination among the opposition parties even on searing public issues. The House has not witnessed a single day in the past one year in which the Opposition closed ranks and moved a motion on a pressing public issue. As the House met for the second day today of its monsoon session, the same situation emerged where each party from the main opposition — from the TDP to the BJP — was found toeing its own path. What is widely seen as a major failure of the TDP, all parties pursued their own agenda, giving the Speaker the pleasure of summarily rejecting them all. In the process, precious time of the House was wasted. The TDP wanted an adjournment motion on the steel factory in Bayyaram of Khammam district, which is being opposed by the TRS. The YSR Congress moved an adjournment motion on the reservations in gram panchayat elections. The TRS and CPI pushed the Telangana bill — to resolve creation of a separate state. The CPM, the counterpart of the CPI, had another agenda, the conditions of anganwadi workers. The BJP took up T-issue and the MIM wanted the House
to discuss electricity issue. Following rejection of all motions, parties rushed to the podium shouting slogans denouncing the government. The chair first adjourned the House for 30 minutes and as the situation remained the same, he announced the second adjournment. The House was in disarray and could not meet till 11.30am (at the time of going to press). The House’s business achievement, thus, proved zero today. AROUND THE
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Standing Committee submits report Amidst the din created by the rival parties, the State government also introduced two Bills pertaining to municipal administration and medical and health department. On the other hand, the chairpersons of 12 standing committees that were formed for the first time to study budgetary allocations of the State government submitted their reports to the House. The standing committees made scores of recommendations to the State government in spending funds on various development programmes. Earlier in the day, the main opposition TDP led by its party president N Chandrababu Naidu held a dharna at Gun Park protesting the Bayyaram iron ore mining issue.
TDP MLAs busy with surveys Meanwhile, the TDP MLAs were busy transmitting bogus survey reports claiming that one agency, the hitherto unknown “People’s Edge”, gave the TDP 117 seats in the next Assembly elections. It said the YSRC and TRS would together win less than 50 seats. Other opposition parties called the bluff, asking the TDP members to show the survey details. “CBN is daydreaming, wake him up,” said a Congress MLA. TDP chief and his supporters are escorted by security personnel at Gun Park.
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ENCROACHMENT
LAST YEAR... HERE
Prajavani — just paying lip service?
The cancerous slip
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ast year we had reported that carcinogens on paper products, like ATM slips, might cause health problems for citizens. Like with most carcinogens, the bisphenol-A present on the ATM slips can’t be held solely responsible, but doctors say that there might be an increased risk of cancer. Besides this, the amount of paper wasted is also an issue.
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NUMEROLOGY
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What GHMC feigns not to know is that most grievances citizens have relate to encroachments and illegal buildings. Town planning is the villain in all these affairs. AROUND THE
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km is the distance a Japanese man has walked in four-and-a-half years in an attempt to walk around the world. Masahito Yoshida and his trusty two-wheeled cart will soon complete the epic trip.
Lakhs of currency notes, mostly the denomination of 10s and 50s, are damaged to such an extent that those notes have to be discarded. T Sudhakar Sub-manager, Corporation Bank See page 8
THINGS WE 5LEARNT TODAY The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the world functions.
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Missing Sri Lankans a cause for concern. The case of a popular SL cartoonist, who went missing in 2010, and the thousand other like him, should be a top priority for the government, a human rights organisation said.
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India’s Siddhi tribe brings diversity to Hyderabad. The Siddhis, who are of African descent, have imbibed both Indian and African cultures, and remain an integral part of India’s diversity.
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El Salvador church up in arms about abortion. Doctors performed a C-section on a chronically ill woman. The baby, who had cerebral malformation died soon. The church claims the doctors are trying to push to legalise abortion with the case.
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From black cloaks to colourful sarees. Lawyer turned designer Vinay Narkar is out to preserve the art of hand-woven sarees.
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Want a pet? How about a tarantula? A farm in Chile breds and exports the huge spiders as pets.
Md NIZAMUDDIN nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: “I was a teenager when India got Independence. If this was how Independent India was going to be, we should not have sought freedom,” sighs B Bapu Rao, a senior citizen, who has been running from pillar to post for at least 10 years. His was one of the cases which came up at the weekly Prajavani programme. Rao is demanding demarcation of his plot adjacent to the land marked as a playground in HUDA layout (1995) of Nallagandla, Serilingampally. Close enough to the zonal commissioner’s office (West),
the idea of a playground never took off on the four-acre plot. Now owned by the GHMC, it was used as a garbage dump for years. The activity was so organised that it blurred the demarcation of neighbouring private property, including Bapu Rao’s. “Heaps of garbage used to be dumped in the area as an alternative to Jawahar Nagar before construction activity around the area prompted GHMC to seek other alternatives. My plot was also made to suffer in the process. Now I cannot dig a borewell, as the entire groundwater is contaminated with years of released leachate. Nothing can be done about it now but all I am
demanding is replacing of boundary stones that were removed by the bulldozers,” he laments. According to Bapu Rao, only lip service is provided by the mayor, commissioner and other officials during the last few years, but on ground nothing has been done. “What if the entire area is encroached by land sharks, as land values in Gachibowli have touched the sky,” he wonders. But what aggravates his angst is the reply from additional commissioner (planning) K Dhananjaya Reddy, who said that the playground belongs to GHMC, and it was none of his business to speak about it. “You speak about your property problem. The playground belongs to us, we shall take care of it,” the official said curtly. According to him, it is a violation of AP Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923. Now Bapu Rao has only one option — to knock on the doors of the court. But will his health support this is another question that makes him ponder. Special commissioner Navin Mittal was in charge of the Prajavani. As most of the cases were related to the town planning wing, the additional commissioner (planning) responded to most of the grievances. In all, this week’s Prajavani received 31 representations, apart from a few whose complaints were registered in previous weeks.
DOLPHIN IN DISTRESS
Kiwis urged to save rarest dolphin The Maui's dolphin is listed as critically endangered, with only 55 adults remaining. NEIL SANDS Agence France-Presse WELLINGTON: New Zealand is facing pressure to save the world's rarest dolphin at an international scientific meeting underway this week in what conservationists say is a test of the nation's "clean, green" credentials. The Maui's dolphin, found only in shallow waters off the North Island's west coast, is listed as critically endangered, with just 55 adults remaining and experts fearing it will disappear by 2030 unless urgent action is taken. The grey and white Maui's, named after a Polynesian demigod, is one of the world's smallest dolphins, with a maximum length of 1.7 metres (5.5 foot). AROUND THE
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Associate professor of zoology at Otago University Liz Slooten said an expert panel appointed by the government estimated last year that five of the dolphins were killed annually as fishing industry "bycatch". "They are literally teetering in the brink of extinction," Slooten said. "They won't last if we don't do something right now." The New Zealand government believes that entanglement in gill nets — vertical mesh nets left in the water for long periods — is the main cause of death. Conservation groups say proposals for seabed mining, including seismic surveying, also pose a major threat. Some restrictions on gill netting and trawling in the dolphins' habitat were introduced last year but the government stopped short of meeting an International Whaling Commission (IWC) call for an immediate ban to save the species.
CITY BRIEFS 10-year-old girl ‘commits suicide’
DOB certificates to be given within 24 hours
Door-to-door survey of Backward Caste voters
Chainsnatchers target woman in Mehdipatnam
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n a highly suspicious case, a 10year-old girl was reported to have ‘committed suicide’ by her parents in Medipallay. The deceased, Kavya, is said to have been beaten unconscious by her father, Mallesh, after a bout of quarrel with his wife Renuka. Later, the couple reported that the girl had set herself afire and died.
he GHMC launched a free service of ‘Date of Birth’ certificates to newborn at door steps within 24 hours. The certificate will be couriered to the parents. Parents must make sure that they gave correct address, phone number and email id at hospitals. The certificate will have dates of vaccination for particular child.
HMC has decided to call for suggestions from citizens and registered political parties belonging to the Backward Caste listing in GHMC limits. According to a survey conducted by the civic body, so far 16,10,167 BC voters have been identified. GHMC has been directed to start door-to-door survey for identification of the BC voters.
natchers got away with a threetola gold chain from one Srilata, a resident of Mehdipatnam. Srilata was said to be standing in front of the house she is building at Bhawani Nagar when two helmetwearing bikers sped past her snatching the gold chain. She has noted down the licence number but police believe it would be fake.
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‘VANISHING ACT’
UNITED STATES
SL asked to answer for ‘lost ones’ Prageeth Ekneligoda, a government critic, has not been seen since leaving work NEW YORK: Sri Lankan authorities should challenge a parliamentarian’s claim as to the whereabouts of a political cartoonist who was forcibly disappeared in 2010 and provide information on his fate, Human Rights Watch said. Lawmaker Arundika Fernando told the Sri Lankan parliament that Prageeth Ekneligoda, a cartoonist and
CHINA
Shenzhou: Symbol of rising power BEIJING: China was to launch its longest-ever space mission on Tuesday, with its second woman astronaut among the crew, as it steps up its ambitious space programme, a symbol of the country's growing power. The Shenzhou-10, meaning "Divine Vessel", was due to lift off at 0938 GMT from the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi desert. The three astronauts on board, including Wang Yaqing, 33, are scheduled to spend 15 days in space, programme spokeswoman Wu Ping said. Beijing sees the multibillion-dollar space programme as a marker of its rising global stature and mounting technical expertise, as well as the ruling Communist Party's success in turning around the fortunes of the once poverty-stricken nation. It is heavily promoted to the domestic audience. The mission was given blanket coverage in state-run media with stories and pictures of astronauts in their blue jumpsuits and Chinese flag pinned over their chests. AFP
government critic who has not been seen since leaving work Jan 24, 2010, is currently hiding in France. “Solving the disappearance of Ekneligoda and that of thousands of other Sri Lankans over past decades should be a top priority of the Sri Lankan government and its investigative agencies,” said Brad Adams of Human Rights Watch.
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The Sri Lankan government needs to take serious measures to end enforced disappearances, provide information to families on the fate or whereabouts of their relatives, and prosecute all those responsible, Human Rights Watch said.
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has recorded 5,671 reported cases of disappearances in Sri Lanka during its 26-year-long civil war, a figure that does not include those unaccounted for during the end stages of the war in 2008-09 or people “disappeared” since then. IANS
CRIME
City CEO cheats company, escapes A company engaged in providing tech service to Wipro found to its horror that its young CEO siphoned off large funds and bolted. Mohd SUBHAN mohd.s@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: his Chief Executive Officer is just 37 and he is charged with cheating the company that promoted him to the top. Hari Singh, CEO of a national company, quit his job and left the City. Only afterward the company’s director Rajasekhar realised that around `60 lakh was taken away by forging employees’ signatures and also by creating bogus employee roll. Employees who did not receive their salaries revealed the scandal. Their complaints to the court triggered a police probe against the CEO’s financial irregularities. According to complainant Rajasekhar, who has lodged a criminal complaint with a Secunderabad court against Hari Singh, his company which situated in Vengalrao Nagar,
Morning-after pills get nod for all ages WASHINGTON: The Obama administration said it would comply with a judge's order to allow women and girls of any age to purchase emergency contraception, ending its efforts to restrict the drug's availability. The reversal on the politically sensitive issue means that anyone, including young girls, will soon be able to purchase the popular Plan B One-Step morningafter pill over the counter, without a prescription. President Obama's administration had fought against US District Court Judge Edward Korman's order seeking to make the drug widely available after a more than decade-long court fight, warning of health and social dangers. AROUND THE
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provides expert service to Wipro and in this connection Hari Singh, empowered to deal with financial matters, appropriated a cheque of `60 lakh. Apparently, he had shown the cheque to have been distributed to the staff. But it seemed like he was involved in creating a lot of bogus staff and he pocketed the
entire sum before resigning in a hurry, pleading that he had to leave due to some emergency. When the employees did not receive their salaries, the investigation began internally. Then the whole issue got disclosed, but by the time they could do anything, Hari Singh, using the good faith the company had in him, had already quit in a huff and left the City in a hurry. Police inquiries reveal that apart from Singh, some more people are involved in this case.
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Levonorgestrel-based contraception contains the same ingredients as birth control pills but at higher doses, and may prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. In April, the FDA approved Plan B One-Step for girls aged 15 and up. But the move applied to one brand of contraception, and required that it be securitytagged to avoid theft and only sold over the counter in stores Korman had slammed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius's decision overruling the FDA to require teens under 17 to obtain a prescription as “politically motivated” and "scientifically unjustified." AFP
NATION BRIEFS Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi on Thursday
Death toll in building collapse climbs to four
Pichad, 3 new faces into the Maha cabinet
Two killed in a mishap in Uttar Pradesh
Two mines recovered along Indo-Pak border
LUCKNOW: Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting his parliamentary constituency Amethi to interact with party workers. His agenda include a follow up on power supply in his constituency, and hear out people’s difficulties in getting employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act scheme.
MUMBAI: With three more people succumbing to injuries, death toll in the Central Mumbai building collapse has risen to four. According to BMC, debris removal operations are still on at the collapse site of 'Altaf', located on Cadell Road. The injured were admitted to Bhabha Hospital in Bandra, KEM and at Sion Hospital among others.
MUMBAI: Maharashtra NCP President Madhukar Pichad and three party MLAs will take oath as ministers in the Maharashtra govt. The three new faces in the cabinet are Sanjay Savkhare, Uday Samant and Shashikant Shinde. Pichad, Shinde and Sopal will be cabinet ministers while Savkhare and Samant will be Ministers of State.
FIROZABAD: Two persons were killed and eight others injured when a car rammed into a stationary tractor-trolley in Matsaina area. Khurshid, 55, and Alshifa, 7, were killed on the spot in the accident when the car driver lost control over the vehicle, police said. The injured were rushed to hospital, where their condition was stated to be critical.
JAMMU: Two anti-personnel mines were recovered and defused by security forces in agriculture fields along the Indo-Pak Border in Samba district. A farmer found two mines in his field along the borderline in Garkhal belt and informed the security forces last evening, a BSF officer. The mines were later recovered and defused, he said.
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WHEN PASSION BECOMES PROFESSION
A tale of revival
Designing was an avocation for Vinay: now it’s a passion. ‘I get my satisfaction from this.’ KANCHAN AGARWAL Kanchan.a@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: It had been a busy weekend for Vinay Narkar, the lawyer-turned-designer who presented handwoven sarees he designed at a three-day exhibition at Our Sacred Space, Secunderabad. The name of the exhibition was Reviving Rare and Ancient Weaves in Contemporary Sarees, for that is exactly what he intends to do: revive a dying art. The exhibits have been woven by weavers from Chanderi, Gadwal and Sholapur under his guidance. Vinay says the career transition from that of a lawyer to a desionger’s was natural. “I was always very fond of textiles,” he recalls. “During our travels, my wife would purchase a variety of handloom sarees, but there was always something missing. Coincidentally, we came across
weavers who were ready to make custom-made sarees for us. I designed a saree for my wife. Our friends liked it. Then I realised I had some acumen for design.” Going a step further, Vinay began working with
Today’s woman can express through her attire. Contemporary is what she can stand out in, in a crowd. I think the presence of a woman in a saree is very nice. Vinay Narkar Lawyer-turned-designer
weavers in his hometown Sholapur. These weavers are migrants from Andhra Pradesh. Language, of course, was and still is a barrier, as Vinay speaks Marathi and can hardly understand Telugu. But they have managed. The other barrier was the mindset. “They have been weaving for ages and have been weaving the same patterns. No matter how much money is offered, they are hesitant about trying new patterns,” he explains. However, the younger generation have been open to his ideas and the result has been just right. Vinay’s colours attract and please instantly. “Good colours on good fabric, and then the motif is how I prioritise. This is essential to make an impression with your clothes,” he says. About his idea of contemporary clothing, Vinay explains, “Today’s woman can express through her attire.
KILLING THE KILLER
‘Lead’ing the way in the war on cancer This new weapon against these aggressive cancers is a variety of lead: the isotope Pb 212. JEAN LOUIS SANTINI Agence France-Presse BETHESDA: Atomic medicine has “fantastic potential” for fighting deadly, difficult to treat cancers, the head of French nuclear giant Areva’s medical arm told AFP in an interview. “We are interested in tumors against which the current therapeutic arsenal is very limited — like ovarian, gastric and AROUND THE
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Convinced of the great medical potential of this isotope, Areva created its medical affiliate in 2009 in the United States, which, since then, hasn’t stopped growing. “The trials are advancing in a satisfactory way,” Bourdet said, adding that he couldn’t be more optimistic at this point.
pancreatic cancers — where the needs are huge and patients are waiting,” explained Areva Med chief Patrick Bourdet. Based in a Maryland suburb of the US capital, not far from the National Institutes of Health, Areva Med is pitting its hopes on a rare radioactive isotope that may be capable of selectively annihilatingcancer cells. This new weapon against these aggressive cancers is a variety of lead: the isotope Pb 212. It is extremely rare, extracted from an equally rare metal called thorium. Only the few major nuclear powers have stocks of the radioactive metal — France, being one of them, with a considerable cache, Bourdet told AFP. France’s stock can be traced back half a decade to its nuclear subsidiary. At that time, the Commissary of Atomic Energy, or CEA, a governmentfunded research group, decided to hold on to thorium after it extracted uranium — which has become the principal material used in nuclear power plants. In 2003, researchers had the idea of extracting the isotope Pb 212 from the thorium, with Areva’s scientists among them, looking in part for possible applications against cancer.
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Contemporary is what she can stand out in, in a crowd.” Sarees are his forte because designing them comes easily to his mind, even though dress materials sell rather easily. “I think the presence of a woman in a saree is very nice,” he remarks. With the middlemen cut, life is much better for the weavers
working with Vinay. “What they get as labour cost has almost doubled than before,” Vinay says. Not only this, they are also exposed to new thread and colour combinations. But Vinay is modest about all this. “I have so much to learn from them. They know a lot more than I do — they have been doing it for years.” Designing was an avocation for Vinay: now it’s a passion. “I get my satisfaction from this.”
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MORAL CONUNDRUM
C-section case used to enact abortion: Church Beatriz’s case got world attention, with women’s organizations and rights groups outraged at her plight. SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador’s Catholic Church accused activists of using the case of a woman who delivered a baby with cerebral malformation to “open the door” to legalized abortion. On June 3, doctors performed a C-section on the chronically ill woman, known only by the pseudonym “Beatriz." The baby girl was born without a brain and lived for only five hours. “They had crooked inten-
Salvadorean Health Minister, Maria Isabel Rodriguez(center) in a press conference with the medical team. AFP PHOTO/ Jose CABEZAS.
tions," Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar told reporters after officiating Mass. “There were things that were said about Beatriz that were untrue and lacked evidence. With this case, they want to leave the door open to promote the practice of abortion." Beatriz had requested an abortion, strictly forbidden in the Central American country, because she suffers from lupus, a disease that weakens the immune system.
Doctors had said that the fetus she was carrying had anencephaly, a total or partial absence of the brain and the skull, and would likely die upon birth. Beatriz, 22, is recovering from the surgical procedure at a maternity hospital. The archbishop said the Supreme Court’s decision to reject the woman’s request for an abortion was successful because it “protected the life of the child in the womb." But he expressed regret that the baby
LEADERSHIP CRISIS
Media reports earlier claimed that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had called Rajnath Singh to discuss the issue. AROUND THE
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gested this were baseless. “I want to make one thing clear that on some channels news has been telecast that RSS has said this or that. I want to make it absolutely clear that Sangh has not said anything. “I have inquired from people in Sangh, whether they’ve made a statement. They told me that there has been no statement from their side, all this news is completely baseless," he added. Media reports earlier claimed that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had called Rajnath Singh to discuss the issue. Sources said that both the BJP and RSS were of the view that there should be no going back on
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died subsequently. The woman, who is already a mother, could have been jailed for 50 years had she had an abortion. The Supreme Court rejected Beatriz’s request for an abortion, saying the rights of the mother could not take precedence over those of the unborn child. AFP
GRAFT PROBE
No RSS pressure over Advani issue: Rajnath
PARIS: BJP President Rajnath Singh today denied reports that the party was under pressure from the RSS over the crisis triggered by the resignation of senior leader L K Advani from all party positions. Speaking to reporters here he said that news stories which sug-
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the decision to appoint Gujarat CM Narendra Modi as head of the election campaign committee. However they feel that Advani should be given due respect and all efforts should be made to convince him to take back his resignation. RSS had yesterday described as shocking and unfortunate Advani’s resignation from all party posts, noting all is not well in the saffron party. M G Vaidya, a veteran leader of BJP’s ideological fountainhead, said some resignations of his followers may follow. He also said RSS would not directly intervene in the crisis in the party unless asked by it. “It’s shocking that leader of such a great stature has to quit. It is now evident that all is not well in the BJP.
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ammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today expressed surprise over the projection of LK Advani, who quit all BJP posts yesterday, as a symbol of secularism in NDA by some quarters. “LK Advani as the NDA’s mascot of secularism. Who would have imagined!!!!!!" Omar, whose National Conference was a constituent of the alliance from 1999-2003, tweeted. Advani was probably perturbed over the inner crisis in the BJP and therefore quit all positions," Vaidya, a former RSS spokesperson, had said. PTI
Dasari, Jindal named in Coalgate FIR NEW DELHI: Well known film director and former union minister of state for coal and mines, Dasari Narayana Rao appears to be in trouble in connection with the coal scam that rocked the nation. The CBI which has filed FIR against him in the coal scam, started searching the director’s residence in Hyderabad and hase been grilling him. In the FIR registered in connection with the coal scam, CBI AROUND THE
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named Congress former minister Naveen Jindal and Dasari Narayana Rao. The agency also named ‘Jindal Steels and Power’ and ‘Gagan Sponge’ in the FIR. Sleuths of the agency have launched raids at 19 places in the country including Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata. In Hyderabad, CBI is conducting raids at two places, including Dasari’s residence in Banjara Hills. AGENCIES
WORLD BRIEFS Two dead from Australian home brew
SYDNEY: Two men are dead and two others critically ill after reportedly drinking home-brewed alcohol in Queensland state, police said Tuesday. The four friends had been drinking the same batch of the home-made Italian spirit grappa, a grape-based drink, at a house at Ballandean, in Queensland’s wine-growing region on Saturday.
US diplomatic security accused in cover-up
WASHINGTON: A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sexand-drugs charges against agents and diplomats. A State Department internal memo found eight cases in which inquiries into criminal activity by agents or contractors were influenced or halted.
Mandela remains in intensive care
JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela faced a fourth day in hospital Tuesday where he was said to be in a serious but stable condition receiving intensive care for a lung infection, as South Africans to come to terms with the mortality of their anti-apartheid hero. He “remains in hospital, and his condition is unchanged," the presidency said.
Half of Ivory Coast’s press suspended
ABIDJAN: More than half of the Ivory Coast’s press industry have been suspended, the regulatory authority announced Monday as it promised to “clean up” the sector. Of the 60 press businesses evaluated, 34 were suspended for violating their obligations, notably concerning press cards and journalists’ remuneration.
Nauru swears in new president
WELLINGTON: The tiny Pacific nation of Nauru swore in a new president on Tuesday after the island’s parliament elected longserving minister Baron Waqa as its leader, officials said. Waqa, who has held a range of ministerial portfolios, defeated former finance minister Roland Kun 13-5 in a parliamentary vote for the presidency.
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MONEY PROBLEMS
SRINIVAS SETTY FOR REPRESENTATIVE PURPOSE ONLY
Though writing on the watermark window of currency notes is a punishable offence, people use them for everything — from confessing their love to giving out their mobile numbers.
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ohan* weds Sneha*”, “Call me on 9 4 9 0 …. . 8 8 ” , “Ramesh* loves Snigda*” — creepy as it may look, these are some writings commonly seen on currency notes. Despite the Clean Note Policy of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Banking Regulation Act restricting people from any sort of writing on the watermark window of currency notes, many continue to write and disfigure the currency notes because of lack of awareness. Under the RBI guidelines, any sort of writing or inscription on the watermark window of currency notes is a punishable offence under Section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act 1949; something common citizens seem unaware of. Though in 2001, the RBI had issued clear instructions to all banks regarding the clean note policy, bank staff themselves fail to adhere to the rules. When the common citizen goes to the bank to deposit cash, most of the time, the cashiers write the total number of notes on the watermark window of the currency notes. Surprisingly, not many officials are aware of the RBI policy. Those who are justify their writing by saying they are left with no option. “To keep a track on the number of notes, the cashier writes the number of notes since there is no other provision. We cannot help it because writing it separately on another paper or book
might cause confusion, especially during peak working hours,” said the sub-manager of a nationalised bank. If this was the story of bank officials, who restrict themselves to writing numbers on notes, the general public uses currency notes for everything — from confessing their love to giving out mobile numbers. Currency notes with political symbols is another common sight these days, say bank officials. When Postnoon contacted officials of the State Bank of Hyderabad regarding the kind of action that should be initiated regarding such acts, bank officials said that the police would know what kind of action should be initiated against such acts. AROUND THE
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City police, however, say that so far, no such case has been reported to them. “We live in a system where everything goes on and matters like this are easily ignored. When it comes to fake notes we can take action, but for soiled notes there is nothing much we can do. The RBI should send out circulars about the clean note policy and every bank should have it displayed,” said additional commissioner of police Anjani Kumar.
LACK OF AWARENESS Indian currency is a very important government document. However, many people ignore this fact. If some write on notes,
others fold them to such an extent that the notes tear by the time they reach the bank. “Twice a year, the RBI conducts inspections on the currency notes. Lakhs of currency notes, mostly the denomination of 10s and 50s, are soiled and damaged to such an extent that those notes have to be discarded. This is such a loss to the government. The government should bring about more awareness among citizens, by advertising about the clean note policy to bring a change in the attitude and minds of people,” says T Sudhakar, sub-manager of Corporation Bank (Jubilee Hills branch). Stating that the practice of writing on notes and soiling them has come under criticism from various quarters, chief general manager of RBI, BP Vijayendra says, “In the recent past, instances of certain branches of banks following old practices like writing number of notes in loose packets on watermark window of notes, disfiguring the watermark impression, stapling, and rendering it difficult for easy recognition have come to our notice. Such practices are against the Clean Note Policy of Reserve Bank of India. In this connection, we have issued notices to all the banks to do away with stapling on note packets. Banks should forthwith stop writing on any kind on watermark window of bank notes and issue only clean notes. Further, the public also should respect the national currency and stop writing on the watermark window of the currency notes.”
Waiting for plastic
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aking a leaf from countries like Australia and Singapore which have plastic note currency, the Reserve Bank of India recently stated that the central bank will very soon bring in plastic currency notes on pilot project basic. Stressing the importance of the long shelf life of the notes and also that plastic notes cannot easily be soiled, the RBI has taken this initiative. “As a part of this initiative, one billion `10 plastic notes will be released initially in certain states. “If these notes are successful, more notes will be released in all the states of the country. We are eagerly waiting for these notes to reach us,” says Kiran Kumar, an employee of a nationalised bank.
ith the fake currency scam increasing every day, various service providers who had bitter experiences in the past of dealing with fake currency have been requesting their customers to write their contact details on the currency notes. “Recently when I had gone to pay my internet bill at the customer care centre, the executive had asked me to write my contact number on the `500 currency note. When I asked why, she had told me that it was their policy for customers paying in denominations of `500 or `1,000. Though I tried to reason with the executive that she could take my details separately along with the serial number of the notes, the executive failed to listen to my request,” says Satish Basvaraj, a private firm employee.
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SPY GAMES
US plans action against Snowden Senior lawmakers branded Snowden’s actions as ‘treason’, saying he should be extradited from Hong Kong as quickly as possible. Assange: He’s a hero
DAVE CLARK Agence France-Presse
SYDNEY: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Tuesday called whistleblower Edward Snowden "a hero". Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for nearly a year after claiming asylum, urged nations around the world to offer a similar safe haven to the 29-year-old.
WASHINGTON: The whereabouts of whistleblower Edward Snowden were shrouded in mystery Monday as US lawmakers demanded his immediate extradition from Hong Kong over his sensational leaking of an Internet surveillance program. Snowden, a 29-year-old technology expert working for a private firm subcontracted to the US National Security Agency, checked out of his Hong Kong hotel after revealing his identity to the British-based Guardian newspaper on Sunday. The private contractor has become an instant hero for transparency advocates and libertarians around the globe following his exposure of the NSA's worldwide monitoring of private users web traffic and phone records. But the US government appeared to be gearing up to take action against Snowden on Monday with senior lawmakers branding his actions as "treason" and saying he should be extradited from Hong Kong as quickly as possible. California's Democratic
Manning follow-up
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S Army Private Bradley Manning's defense team sought Monday to cast doubt on some of the charges he faces for passing hundreds of thousands of secret government files to WikiLeaks. The court heard that a program he is said to have illicitly added to his computer was used by everyone in the intelligence cell where he worked.
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Snowden tried to join US special forces
Senator Dianne Feinstein -- chair of the Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence -declined to go into specifics but said US authorities were vigorously pursuing Snowden. "All the departments are proceeding, I think, aggressively," Feinstein told US media. Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, has had an extradition agreement with the United States for more than a decade. "The extradition agreement with Hong Kong was
signed in 1996 and entered into force in 1998. It is still in force, and we've actively used it over the years," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. Lawmakers from across the political spectrum lined up to demand Snowden's speedy return to America as a Washington Post poll indicated that public opinion placed a higher importance on investigating possible terrorist threats rather than protecting an individual's personal privacy.
WASHINGTON: The young contractor behind leaks exposing America's surveillance programs tried but failed to join the US Army's elite special forces in 2004, officials said Monday. Edward Snowden, 29, has revealed himself as the source for sensational revelations in The Guardian and The Washington Post on how US spy agencies trawl through phone records and Internet traffic looking for possible terror threats. The government contractor served as a private first class in the US Army at Fort Benning, Georgia, said Colonel David Patterson, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon.
COMMUNITY
Siddis add lustre to cityscape
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HYDERABAD: Dark faces glistering with sweat, sturdy men clad in T-shirts and lungis cast a spell to a maiden visitor to their midst. Their Indianised mien and African features prove a curious contrast. But their local lingo is much like our own. The Siddis, an ethnic group of African descent, are different yet so similar to
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Indians. Established in the 18th century by Arab Siddi diaspora, the Siddi community served as calvary guards of Asif Jahi Nizam's irregular army. Ahmed, a Siddi, says, “Our fathers came here 60 years ago to serve as soldiers to Nizam. About 300 people had come to Hyderabad from Yemen, out of which 200 stayed while 100 left.” They take pride in their famous foot tapping ‘marfa’ band. Says Ahmed, “Marfa is an intimate part of
our life and culture. No celebration is complete without Marfa.” However, the culture is dying. Ahmed adds, “People are slowly drifting towards private jobs but a few, in order to save their culture, have come up with private bands.” While most of the migrants are Muslim, a small proportion of them converted to Christianity. Very few chose Hinduism because of the caste hierarchy. The Siddis of Hyderabad have traditionally resided in AC Guards area, known locally as Siddi Risala. The area was earlier known as Nizam Bodyguard area and was later named as African Calvary Guards. The Siddis have adopted both cultures equally. Says Aisha Bibi, “We follow Islam strictly and celebrate all the Islamic festivals.” In acknowledgement of their ancestors’ achievements and bravery, they celebrate faitha, a day when they distribute food and other items to the needy. Their dark complexion, broad nose and curly hair are slowly giving way to typical Indian features as youngsters marry outside the community. “I was married to a Sikh. We do not believe in con-
straints.” Though rich in culture, many of the Siddis are living in sheer poverty. Goisya Sultana, also known as Mamma, is a famous figure in the basti. “You can see the condition we are living in,” says Sultana as she points at the tattered houses. “About 17 years ago, a man called MA Khadir demolished the buildings. Inspite of having proper papers, we couldn’t do anything as we were uneducated. Had it not been for advocate Bari MA, we would have been shelterless.” Sultana also blames P Janardhan Reddy for their condition. However, she has good things to say about Asaduddin Owasi and PV Narasimha Rao. “They are the only people who helped us.” Due to the change in their features, they no longer stand out. “People are in a dilemma sometimes,” laughs Abdul Aziz Bin Almas. “We are not looked upon as strangers anymore,” adds Ahmed. The community is also undergoing other changes. They now educate their children, including girls. Says Sultana, “I have six daughters. My elder daughter is a nurse while the others are still studying.”
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ART
Trapping soul in colours
Ajay Rathore, with a pencil in hand and a cogitated look, produces a painting which seeks to reflect a person's soul — not on a surreal state but along realistic lines. NEHA DWIVEDI feedback@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: Emerging painter Ajay Rathore has a way with pencils and colours. His ability to infuse life into his paintings by illustrating the harsh reality of life is what makes him different from others. Inspired by Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso, Ajay likes to dabble with pencil and charcoal sketches. The striking images in his surrealistic workwill engross you completely. "I liked playing with colours since childhood, but never took painting seriously," says Ajay, who is persuing Engineering from St Peter's college. An incident in life changed his outlook. "The person I loved the most walked out on me, and that is when I took to painting. It was the only way through which I could let out my pain and anguish ," says Ajay. “It was only when I held a painting gallery
NORTH KOREA TALKS
South wonders who is coming SEOUL: On the eve of what are scheduled to be the first high-level talks between North and South Korea for six years, it was still unclear exactly who would be doing the talking. As of midday, South Korea was still waiting for the North to send the names of its negotiating team who will cross the land border on Wednesday and drive to the talks at the Grand Hilton hotel in Seoul. "We have no idea when the North will convey their list of delegates," a spokesman from Seoul's Unification Ministry told AFP. "We've been waiting since early this morning," the spokesman said. After months of elevated military tensions that triggered dramatic threats of nuclear war, it is
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two months ago that people started appreciating and recognising my work.” He isn't just a good painter, but also one of the toppers of his class. He loves mechanical engineering and believes that mechanics too requires creativity and balance. “I love machines. I have designed some robots as part of my college project," says the machine lover. His talents include that for singing and photography. "I am a part of my college band," says Ajay.
Time is never an issue for him. "I believe, if you love something, you can always find time for it without any excuses.” The reflection of reality in his paintings compel people to have a glance at his art. Kalyan, Ajay's friend, says, "I saw his painting of a lady surmounted by a pomegranate, depicting that the woman looks tough from outside but is soft from inside.” His paintings have garnered him many female fans as well. Ajay plans to go professional. “I recently sold two of my paintings for 3,000 bucks and have approached two companies which hold exhibitions,” says Ajay. While mechanics is his life, paining is his soul. “Choosing between the two is tough, but if a day comes when I have to choose any one of them, then it would be painting,” he adds.
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But if both sides are sincere about making tangible progress, then their delegations need to be headed by someone with the authority to negotiate and make decisions. South Korea had wanted the two-day talks to be between its pointman on North Korea, Unification Minister Ryoo KihlJae, and his counterpart in Pyongyang, Kim Yang-Gon. AFP
A Turkish boy jumps over fire during clashes in the Gazi district of Istanbul on Tuesday. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet on June 12 with protest leaders whose mass anti-government demonstrations, now in their 11th day, have rocked the country, his deputy said. The protest movement sprang up after police on May 31 brutally cracked down on campaigners protesting against plans to redevelop Istanbul's Gezi Park, sparking a mass outpouring of anger against the Islamic-rooted government, AFP/BULENT KILIC seen as increasingly authoritarian.
BLOOD IVORIES
Philippines to destroy 5 tonnes of ivory tusks
MANILA: The Philippines said it would destroy five tonnes of confiscated elephant tusks as part of a global campaign to raise awareness against the illegal trade of so-called "blood ivories". The seized tusks represent
a portion of the 13.1 tonnes of Tanzanian elephant tusks seized in 2005 and 2009 that are kept in a government vault, said Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau head Theresa Mundita Lim. "This action is meant to
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send a message that Philippines is against the illegal trade of ivory and the merciless mas-
sacre of elephants," Lim said. The haul will be crushed using a road roller and burned and rest will remain under lock and key to be used as evidence against illegal traders or as educational materials. The Philippines is a signato-
ry to the Geneva-based Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES), which bans the trade of ivory in a bid to combat drastic declines in the numbers of elephant populations in Africa. AFP
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TRAVEL
Around the world in 4.5 years, on foot MOSCOW: A Japanese man has walked about 40,000 km around the world with a twowheeled cart and is preparing to complete his journey which has already lasted for 4.5 years, local media said. Masahito Yoshida, 32, started his journey in 2009 in
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Shanghai. It took him a year and eight months to walk 16,000 km to reach Cabo da Roca, in Portugal. He did fly
from Europe to Philadelphia, and then walked from New Jersey to Vancouver, where he arrived in October 2011. During his trip, Yoshida crossed Australia and returning to Asia, he passed through Singapore and Vietnam. Despite having health prob-
EXTREME PETS
Chilean farm exports Tarantulas As pets go, they are low maintenance. So, how about snuggling up with a giant, non-biting tarantula?
BATUCO: A farm in Chile exports the palm-sized critters to Asia, Europe and the United States for sale as exotic household companions. They go for $25 each plus shipping, and need to be fed just once a week, preferably live cockroaches or worms. And they live a long time -- up to 25 years in the case of females. "Not everyone can keep a dog or cat. Tarantulas are cheaper and do not need as much attention. What's more, the world has changed and what with technolo-
gy and cable television, people are learning about this kind of exotic animal and want one for their home," said Juan Gonzalez, a vet at the farm. It is owned by one Juan Pablo Orellana, an agronomist who gathers and raises these Chilean rose hair tarantula (Grammostola rosea). Orellana's farm exports about 30,000 of them a year. They travel in boxes with holes in them and a certificate that could be seen as a pedigree. He also gathers arachnids in hills outside Santiago, and also raises and breeds species that are hardest to find. In Chile only 11 species of tarantulas have been formally classified scientifically, but he himself possesses 20 different kinds. His farm boasts a rainbow of tarantulas: some have red abdomens, others have coppercolored skin, and they have varying degrees of hairiness. After filling his house with pet spiders, Orellana founded his company, called Andespiders, employing several family members, mostly women. "It is labor intensive and very specialized, and I prefer women because the creatures are fragile, and if mishandled, they can die," Orellana says. The breeding process is rather involved and requires a delicate
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At the farm, there is a hospital-like quality: women in white robes with rubber gloves and face masks separate hundreds of newborn spiders into small plastic containers with breathing holes. The women are working all out to fill an order for 3,000 spiders that will go to Germany. But there is one specimen that is not for sale: a coffee-colored tarantula named Rufina, a particularly big creature that Orellana gave to his now wife when they first started dating. AFP
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lems, the traveller walked at least 30 km a day. He plans to walk another 500 km from Shanghai to Taiwan and then return to his homeland. The "planet walker" said he wants to share his unique experience with the Japanese children.
OLD IS NOT GOLD?
Advani blow will hurt BJP... a lot DELHI: It is a painful irony that the one man who was most responsible for taking the once also-ran BJP to dizzying heights had to deliver a stinging slap that is going to hurt it for a long, long time to come. Irrespective of how la affaire Advani plays out, the BJP will find it very tough to live down the allegation — from one of its own patriarchs — that most of its leaders pursue "personal agendas". If the Congress had stated this, it would not have fetched more than two obscure paragraphs in a newspaper. But this was an anguished Advani speaking, a man who has been a part and parcel of the Hindu rightwing for over six decades and who now felt increasingly ignored by the BJP's second-rung leadership. It would have been painful for one who in the 1980s and even beyond was the singular face of the
But this was an anguished Advani speaking, a man who has been a part and parcel of the Hindu rightwing for over six decades and who now felt increasingly ignored by the BJP's secondrung leadership.
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Hindutva brigade as it roared against and later razed the Babri mosque at Ayodhya in 1992. When he took charge of the BJP from Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1986, it had just two members in the Lok Sabha. Those were the years when Advani had to tag behind other opposition stalwarts, all faced with a brute Congress majority in the Lok Sabha. Backed by the larger Hindutva family, Advani began to aggressively spearhead the Ayodhya movement, helping the BJP to grow and grow until it became the main opposition party and finally the ruling party. As long as Vajpayee loomed large, Advani could not become the prime minister. With Vajpayee ailing, Advani led the BJP's Lok Sabha challenge in 2009 but was worsted by the Congress. IANS
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FRACKING
Fight to save rural Romania Clad in black cassock, Father Laiu has joined thousands of locals in protests against a project he says ‘threatens man, nature and future generations’. ISABELLE WESSELINGH Agence France-Presse BARLAD: As Orthodox priest Vasile Laiu gazes over the picturesque hills of eastern Romania, he prays they will be spared the shale gas wells and drilling rigs dotting some US landscapes. For months the 50-year-old cleric has been one of the most outspoken opponents to plans by US energy giant Chevron to drill for shale gas in this rural and impoverished region. Like many, he opposes the controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing or AROUND THE
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"fracking". It involves injecting huge amounts of water, mixed with sand and chemicals, at high pressures to break up rock formations and release the gas. Widely used in some US states such as Pennsylvania and Colorado, it has been banned in Vermont as well as in France and Bulgaria because of potential air and water pollution. When the mayor of Barlad banned a rally against fracking last April, Laiu welcomed the protesters in his church. "The Church does not interfere in politics but if the health or life of only one of my fellow men is put in
danger, it is my duty as a priest to intervene," he said. Since 2011, when Chevron obtained a 1.5 million-acre concession to look for shale gas, the region has been caught in a new battle. Its promoters say shale gas extraction can create jobs, slash energy prices and provide a boost for the Barlad economy plagued by 10 percent unemployment, the highest rate in Romania. Others dismiss the shale frenzy as a temporary fad that could cause lasting damage to the environment and public health. Thanks to the globalised world, the Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland and testimonies from American families about health problems they believe are linked to shale gas drilling have reached this far-flung corner of Romania. A 2012 study by Duke University showed that drinking water wells are at risk of contamination from fracking. Father Laiu's main fears are over water. The area suffers from droughts, and fracking needs enormous amounts of water per well — up to 20,000 cubic metres — according to industry figures.
CHILD, 4, DIES OF TUMOUR
The disposal of wastewater laced with corrosive salts, carcinogens and natural radioactive elements is another worry in an area where villagers grow their own fruit and vegetables and raise livestock.
Vasile Laiu, the Christian Orthodox archpriest of Barlad, takes part in a protest against shale gas exploitation next to a placard reading in Romanian "Romania without fracking, Romania say STOP" in Barlad city. Laiu fights against operating shale gas project by the US energy giant Chevron. DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP
Chevron spokeswoman Sally Jones stressed that it "operates at the highest standards in terms of safety and environmental protection". But Father Laiu says the villagers are being ignored. "Parishioners found prospecting equipment sinking pipes into fields without prior notice. Then they saw the walls crack on their
buildings,” he said. But Laiu remains determined to make the voice of the locals heard. "Years ago, my four-yearold daughter died from a tumour. When I asked the doctor why, he answered: 'Only God knows, father. But we are too close to Chernobyl and that could be the cause'". AFP
S-300 MISSILES
Iran to settle contract row with Russia MOSCOW: Iran seeks to settle its contract dispute with Russia over the supply of S300 anti-aircraft missile systems, Iranian ambassador to Moscow has said. The Islamic republic is suing Moscow in the International Court of Arbitration demanding $950 million of compensation for the contract cancelled by Russia arms export agency Rosoboronexport. "We want to resolve that issue peacefully and don't want there will be spots in our relations with Russia," AROUND THE
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Xinhua quoted Reza Sajjadi as telling reporters here Monday. The UN Security Council in 2010 passed a resolution banning supply of conventional weapons to Iran, including missile systems, tanks and warships. Russia cancelled the S-300 contract, saying the resolution applied to former contract of the missile system. Rosoboronexport earlier admitted it has been seeking a settlement agreement with Tehran over the contract after the court fined Russian company $3 billion. IANS
POLISH FOOD
Cuisine sheds Soviet-era blandness Polish cuisine was once rich with Italian, German, Jewish, even Armenian influences, but communism stripped it of its variety, leaving it with a reputation of being simple and bland.
BERNARD OSSER Agence France-Presse WARSAW: After years of communist-era shortages, then a craze for Western fast food, Polish cuisine is undergoing a revival thanks to quality local ingredients and a modern twist on traditional fare. Leading the renaissance is Atelier Amaro, a Warsaw eatery that won Poland's first Michelin star in March for using "local produce to create innovative cuisine and original combinations". Tucked away in a wooded area by the capital's modern art centre, the 32-seater began serving up modern takes on Polish
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specialities in September 2011. With no fixed menu, the dishes change with the season and feature such inspired ingredients as bison grass, burnt oak oil, wild rose petals, and nettle — a stinging plant common to Poland. The emphasis, according to owner-chef Wojciech Modest Amaro is on natural ingredients, preferably Polish. The 41-yearold electronics expert and political scientist learnt to cook while living in England. He then honed his skills at
elBulli, Spain's now shuttered Michelin three-star restaurant, before opening up his own place. "For 50 years, really only around a dozen staple ingredients were available," Amaro told AFP, referring to the chronic shortages under communism, when even toilet paper and bread were scarce. "So we learnt to cook very simple dishes like pierogi and breaded pork chops, which ironically are not part of traditional Polish cuisine.” "After the fall of communism, Poles quickly grew richer and adopted a Western lifestyle, fast food included, and it's only recently that they've begun to respect local products." AFP
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Business BOND PURCHASE
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Top German court examines ECB’s anti-crisis weapon FRANKFURT: Germany’s highest tribunal, the Constitutional Court, begins two days of hearings Tuesday to decide whether the European Central Bank’s controversial OMT bond purchase programme is compatible with Germany’s Basic Law. Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann — one of the most vocal critics of the Outright Monetary Transactions — is scheduled to take the stand alongside ECB executive board member Joerg Asmussen. The issue for the court is whether the scheme is in line with Germany’s constitution. AFP
EU, ISRAEL SIGN OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT
The European Union and Israel signed an “open skies” agreement on Monday which will lead to more direct flights and lower air fares, the EU said. The deal will see the market gradually opened up over the next five years until all restrictions are lifted by 2018.
The MYK LATICRETE-IIID awards being presented at a glittering function held on May 8 at the Marriot Convention Centre in the City. The annual competition acknowledges and promotes promising talent in the field of design and architecture from across the State. This is the eighth year in succession that MYK LATICRETE has sponsored the event and is a natural corollary of its corporate philosophy of supporting innovation.
NEW FACE OF MUSIC
FRANKFURT: German engineering giant Siemens plans to cut 1,000 more domestic jobs at its energy division over the next few years, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported in its Tuesday edition. The company plans to initially cut 340 jobs in its energy-solutions unit in Erlangen and Offenbach, the daily newspaper said. Siemens then plans to scrap another 650 jobs at those sites while it creates new ones in South Korea, strengthening its position in Asia. The Munich-based company was not immediately available for comment. Siemens has said its target was to cut six billion euros in costs by 2014.
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Apple launches iTunes Radio $21.6 Unveils a slew of upgrades, additions and innovations at the developers conference. SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Monday unveiled its hotly anticipated iTunes Radio Service as it announced a dramatic overhaul of the touchscreen interface for its popular smartphones and tablets. The free Internet radio ser-
vice features over 200 stations “and an incredible catalog of music from the iTunes Store,” Apple said in a statement as it opened its annual developers conference in San Francisco. The ad-supported free music service is set to launch later this
year and “offers music fans access to thousands of new songs every week, as well as serving up exclusive music from new and popular artists before you hear them anywhere else,” Apple said. The service will be integrated with Apple’s personal voiceassistant software program Siri, so users will be able to find out “who plays that song?” or ask the programme to “play more like this”. “iTunes Radio is an incredible way to listen to personalised radio stations which have been created just for you,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet software and services. Changes included transparency and motion-responsiveness that allows users to tilt an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to “peek” below icons on screens to see rich images beneath. The new mobile operating system allows multi-tasking of applications while software
Siri software got an upgrade, including new voice and languages for responses; incorporating Bing internet search. behind the scenes works to maximise battery life by more efficiently fetching and managing data. An Air Drop application sensed when friends with Apple gadgets are near and allowed images, video or other files to be instantly shared. Improvements to the photo application include enabling special effects such as those popular at Facebookowned Instagram. A new Activation Lock renders a device inoperable if someone without the owner’s Apple ID tries to wipe devices or turn off a gadget-finding feature. AFP
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MEXICO’S TELECOM LAW MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s new telecommunications law took effect on Monday, capping President Enrique Pena Nieto’s bid to end monopolies in an industry worth more than $32 billion a year. The legislation aims at increasing foreign investment, allowing non-Mexican companies to own 100 per cent of the capital of a telephone firm — compared to 49 per cent today — and 49 percent of radio and television broadcasters — compared to zero now. Currently billionaire Carlos Slim’s fixed-line phone company, Telmex, controls 80 per cent of the industry while his cellphone service, Telcel, holds 70 per cent of the mobile market. The legislation also aims to break the dominance of the country’s two powerful television broadcasters, Televisa and TV Azteca. Televisa holds 70 percent of broadcast television and 60 percent of the cable market. Two new autonomous regulators will also be created under the reform. A telecoms regulator, Ifetel, will have the power to approve or revoke concessions.
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Comment They who dream by day are cognisant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe American author
Obama and Xi play nice, but future unclear SHAUN TANDON Agence France-Presse
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he leaders of the United States and China appear to have started off on friendly terms during a weekend together in the California sun, but it remains to be seen if good vibes can bridge deep gaps. At the aptly named Sunnylands retreat, President Barack Obama gave his counterpart Xi Jinping a redwood bench as a gift, and the leaders of the rising and established powers took a 50-minute stroll with only their interpreters. The two sides had billed the casual summit as a way to set a positive tone after Xi became president in March. Xi will probably be in charge over a decade in which China eclipses the United States as the world's largest economy. While the two governments had an obvious interest in describing the summit as a success, experts said that the talks at least went smoothly -- not an insignificant feat considering the number of disputes. "Did they emerge as the best of chums? That's hard to tell -- my guess is probably not. But they understand each other and I think that's important," said Chris Johnson, a former CIA analyst on China who is now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Both sides seemed to suggest that they can work with the other guy, and I think that's very substantial," he said. In one signal of cooperation, the two countries said that they would work together to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, the mega contributors to climate change found mostly in made-in-China refrigerators and air conditioners.
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Next time you think how cool it is to be an actor, think again. They get loads of money for their work, but look at how they stretch themselves. Russell Crowe, who stars in Man of Steel, says he had to hold his pee for eight hours thanks to his spandex suit costume in the movie.
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hotographs of the bloodied face of a 14year-old boy executed in front of his parents by jihadist rebels in northern Syria have thrown into stark relief the sometimes extreme justice meted out in rebel-held areas. Fighters of Al-Qaeda front group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria accused Mohammad Qattaa of blasphemy but a human rights group said he had done nothing more than use a common Arabic phrase that makes reference to the Prophet Mohammed's name. Pictures of Qattaa's face, bloodied by the three shots that cut short his life on Sunday, spread like wildfire on social media websites, prompting a strong condemnation of his killing from the mainstream opposition. "If someone shot a dog in the street, people would act," cried the boy's grieving mother Umm Mohammed in amateur video footage distributed by activists. "Where are his rights? He was a child! How could they kill him? "They killed him right in front of my eyes... May God take
revenge on them... I saw his blood streaming down," she wailed. "We are with neither side (in Syria's raging conflict). We just look after ourselves... Why did you kill my son? Is he a terrorist?" The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants responsible for the boy's execution were foreign volunteers with the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. "A member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria spoken to by an Observatory activist said the boy deserved to die," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman. "Those who executed the boy were not Syrian," he added. Large swathes of northern Syria have fallen into the hands of various rebel groups, some of them Islamist, which have set up their own justice systems in areas they control. Qattaa's killing was the latest in a series of abuses by rebel fighters that have discomfited the mainstream opposition and its Western backers. Just last month, amateur video showed a rebel fighter in the devastated province of Homs eating the organs of a slain soldier. Opposition National Coalition member Alia Mansour said: "This execution is a crime against humanity and a crime
against Syria's revolution." "As the conflict develops, it is logical that we will see more problems of criminality emerge," said Aron Lund, who has written extensively on the Syrian insurgency. "The core problem in Syria, aside from the war, is the lack of law and order. Religious extremism is a response to the lack of law and order, as radicals see a chance to step in like a sheriff in the Wild West," Lund told AFP. "On the regime side, power is concentrated in Assad's hands. But on the rebel side, it is more complicated because many insurgent groups are competing against each other for territory, and have many different ideas about how Syria should be ruled," he added.
Nadim Houry of Human Rights Watch said it was imperative that the opposition go beyond mere condemnation, as allegations of abuses by rebel fighters were multiplying. "Executions are on the increase, and a rising number of groups are taking the law into their own hands," Houry told AFP. "The rule of the gun is what dominates in Syria now, whether in opposition or regime-held areas. What is essential is that there be space for Syrian non-combatants to be able to speak up and condemn such acts," he said. "This kind of ability to mobilise and put pressure on the guys with the guns is essential for Syria's future."
EDITORIALS Move forward
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hatever one says, the Congress has always proved itself lucky. When the party in rule for nine years at a stretch is bathed in corruption of gigantic scale, it was provided with a sharp weapon by none other than its main rival, the BJP. The corruption, challenging judiciary, vetting CBI report on PM... the omissions and commissions of the party crossed all boundaries of rule of law. And when it was struggling to find a way out to face the electorate in less than a year, out came the very party ‘with a difference,’ giving a grand comic opera exposing itself to the whole world how ‘different’ it was. The party with a difference indeed proved a party with difference. The BJP has got a bigger list of leaders wanting to be prime
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minister than the Congress must understand that there is a law of levity where things and issues are to be prioritised before tackling them. The pertinent question is if anybody, be it a tall or small leader, is indispensable or has a birthright to claim positions in the party. In more plain language, should not octogenarians give a chance to the younger elements to prove themselves? Coronation is okay for the Congress as it is still in the vice grip of the Nehru family, but a right wing party like the BJP does not have the luxury. The best option is to move forward —whether be for the best or for the worst. Wasting time on those who do not age gracefully is not worth the candle.
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CLOTHES MAKE A PERSON
What are you wearing to work? Some 15 years ago, the only people who went to work dressed in shorts and a pair of chappals were maybe film directors and rock band musicians. But now, if you work at a multinational company or a start-up, dress codes are visibly less rigid. KANCHAN AGARWAL kanchan.a@postnoon.com
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ou can go to office in round necked t-shirts, shorts, casual dresses, floral dresses, palazzo pants and chappals, no one will say a thing whether you are male or female. If you have not shaved for a week, it is okay as long as you are doing your work right. “The look that we sport to office is just how the atmosphere there is — casual. We wear jeans, or shorts, even. No one cares if you are clean shaven or not. If you have not cut your nails, no one will ask you because it is a matter of personal hygiene. You can even cut them at office. We have a homely atmosphere,” says Arjun Nair, who works at Facebook. However, what you can wear varies depending on the nature of your work. If your work requires you to meet clients and bring business to the company, there is some decorum that should be followed for practical reasons. “If a client comes shabbily dressed to office, it puts me off. It reflects poorly on him. It makes one look unprofessional, incapable and someone who will slack at work,” says Nakul Verma*, who works at a reputed social media company. If you are not well groomed, whether it is about the
length and style of your hair or if there is a visible stubble or not, there is no waiting for direct remarks. Those who have been in business for long enough can say it can affect your deals. “It leaves a bad impression and eventually, deals don’t strike. Some offices allow for casual grooming but marketing teams always have to stay sharp,” explains Nakul. While men can do just fine by maintaining personal hygiene, women have to be a bit careful in how casual they are. Tiny matters of leaking mascara, dry lips, undone nails can tell much in the negative about a woman. “I don’t wear anything more than lip balm and kajal but if there is an event coming up, I make sure to visit a beauty salon,” says Kavita Kataria, a senior PR executive. You can be dressed casually, or semi-formally but ensuring a neat look takes you a long way. “It builds your credibility. You are representing your company. If you look good, your company looks good. It builds brand image for both of you. Being casually dressed has at times been taken as immense confidence. I have also not been taken seriously only because of leaking mascara,” says Neelam Sharma*, an event manager. (Names have been changed on request.)
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Not on holiday JYOTSNA NAMBIAR jyotsna.n@postnoon.com
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hen I tell people I’m a tour manager, everyone always goes, “Oh that’s so cool! You get paid to travel! I wish I could have your job!” Trust me, you don’t. If you think the job is like a permanent vacation, then your idea of a vacation probably includes waking up at 4am every day, dealing with angry clients, trying to fulfill the strangest of requests and finishing tonnes of paperwork. It’s not like I get to pick what I want to do. I have to make sure my group of 40-50 people is happy. I have to ensure they stick to the schedule drawn up by my travel agency. They don’t understand why I won’t allow them to shop for an hour more, or spend more time at lunch. The problem
with a pre-planned tour is that there is always somewhere to be, and I have to ensure we get there. I’ve been yelled at and insulted by my clients. I’ve had to apologise to the hotel staff for the way my clients sometimes behave. Quite often, my clients act as if I am their servant, and expect me to pick up after them. The hours are irregular and there isn’t any sort of support system — you can’t expect a colleague to cover for you if you’re not feeling up to it. You are, quite literally, alone in a foreign country, trying to handle a bunch of unruly adults who don’t want to listen to you. It’s not all bad, though. In my two short years in this line, I’ve gained tremendous confidence in my own abilities. Even if they complained during the whole tour, most of my clients hug me and tell me they had a wonderful time at the end of it all. It’s not an easy job by any means, but I’ll take it over a desk job any day.
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Poorvi Arts and Crafts are organising an exhibition cum sale of exquisite sarees and dresses handcrafted by weavers and artisans. The event, which is being held from June 9 – 16, was inaugurated by Tadaka movie fame Akshya at Sri Satya Sai Nigamagamam, Sri Nagar Colony.
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health
BIOMATERIAL FOR BONE IMPLANTS BEING DEVELOPED
Exploiting zinc’s stimulatory effect on bone formation, a zinc doped hydroxyapatite — a new biomaterial useful in bone implants — is being jointly developed by two institutes, Kolkata-based Central Glass and Ceramics Research Institute (CGCRI) and the School of Bio-Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University.
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Apart from the common, yet dangerous, coronary and hypertensive heart disease, the human pump can suffer a myriad other ailments. Here are a few. Cardiac dysrhythmia What is it: It is any of a large and heterogeneous group of conditions in which there is abnormal electrical activity in the heart. The heartbeat may be too fast or too slow, and may be regular or irregular. A heart beat that is too fast is called tachycardia and a heart beat that is too slow is called bradycardia. Although many arrhythmias are not lifethreatening, some can cause cardiac arrest. Symptoms: The most common symptom of arrhythmia is an abnormal awareness of heartbeat, called palpitations. These may be infrequent, frequent, or continuous. Some of these arrhythmias are harmless (though distracting for patients) but many of them predispose to adverse outcomes. Diagnosis: Cardiac dysrhythmias are often first detected by simple but nonspecific means: auscultation of the heartbeat with a stethoscope, or feeling for peripheral pulses. Treatment: The method of cardiac rhythm management depends firstly on whether or not the affected person is stable or unstable. Treatments may include physical manoeuvres, medications, electricity conversion, or electro or cryo cautery.
Heart of the matter Myocarditis
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What is it: Myocarditis or inflammatory cardiomyopathy is inflammation of heart muscle (myocardium) sometimes caused by a pathogen.
What is it: This literally means ‘heart muscle disease’ and is the measurable deterioration of the function of the myocardium (the heart muscle) for any reason, usually leading to heart failure;
Diagnosis: Myocardial inflammation can be suspected on the basis of electrocardiographic (ECG) results, elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) and/or Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and increased IgM (serology) against viruses known to affect the myocardium. Treatment: As most viral infections cannot be treated with directed therapy, symptomatic treatment is the only form of therapy for those forms of myocarditis.
Cor pulmonale What is it: It is the enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart as a response to increased resistance or high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension). Diagnosis: In many cases, the diagnosis of pulmonary heart disease is not easy as both the lung and heart disease can produce similar symptoms. Most patients undergo an ECG, electrocardiogram, chest X ray, echocardiogram, CT scan of the chest and a cardiac catheterisation. Treatment: Elimination of the cause is the most important intervention. Smoking must be stopped, exposure to dust, flames, household smoke and to cold weather is avoided. If there is evidence of respiratory infection, it should be treated with appropriate antibiotics after culture and sensitivity. In COPD, long-term oxygen therapy may improve cor pulmonale.
Symptoms: Dyspnea (breathlessness) and peripheral edema (swelling of the legs). People with cardiomyopathy are often at risk of dangerous forms of irregular heart beat and sudden cardiac death. The most common form of cardiomyopathy is dilated cardiomyopathy. Diagnosis: EKG abnormalities are often present, although the changes are frequently nonspecific. Treatment: Treatment depends on the type of cardiomyopathy and condition of disease, but may include medication or pacemakers. The goal of treatment is often symptom relief, and some patients may eventually require a heart transplant.
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Technology ‘SMART’ MOVE
SMALL CHANGES Emphasis on smartphone and smaller screens shakes up website world Social games pioneer Zynga, which rose to stardom making titles played at Facebook’s website, is cutting nearly a fifth of its staff as part of a move to focus on titles for mobile gadgets.
PS4 WINS? The PlayStation 4 will cost $399 and will go on sale “this holiday season”, Sony announced at its E3 press event at Los Angeles. That’s $100 less than the Xbox One, which Microsoft said today would retail for $499, starting in November. Sony announced the PS4 back in February, but didn’t show the console at that time. Now we know what it looks like, and — surprise! It’s a smooth, black, rectangular box with buttons and a disc drive. Just as Microsoft began its earlier presentation by talking about the Xbox 360, Sony began by talking about its existing hardware. However, no hardware refresh was announced for either device.
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nternet giants from Google and Facebook to Yahoo and Zynga are scrambling to adapt to an online world where people reach for smartphones or tablets instead of traditional computers. Social games pioneer Zynga, which rose to stardom making titles played at Facebook’s website, is cutting nearly a fifth of its staff as part of a move to focus on titles for mobile gadgets. After taking over as chief executive at Yahoo last year, former Google executive Marissa Mayer laid out a turn-around strategy that made a priority of tailoring offerings to smartphones and tablets. The dismal performance of Facebook’s freshly-launched stock last year was blamed in large part on fears that it lacked tools to cash in on members who are increasingly accessing the social network from mobile devices. Google has proved prescient by creating and giving away an
Android mobile operating system that showcases its software and services on smartphones and tablets. Even the Mountain View, California-based technology titan’s seemingly offbeat “big bets” on Internet-linked Glass eyewear and Web-connected self-driving cars are seen by some analysts as shrewd moves to remain anchored in lifestyles. “The head-mounted display makes the mobile user much more valuable because you can serve ads as they are walking and make them locationbased,” independent Silicon
Valley analyst Rob Enderle said of Glass. “With self-driving cars, the dashboard is a huge tablet; if the car is driving and someone is bored, you can serve up whatever you want.” Companies that staked claims with websites visited by people using desktop or laptop computers risk obsolescence if they don’t adapt to Internet users switching to apps on smartphones or tablets. Industry data shows that people are moving “aggressively” to apps and away from traditional websites, according to Gartner analyst Van Baker. “It is important to cater to that mobile user,” Baker told AFP. “That is the driving force in the market right now; the one device a person carries everywhere — the smartphone.” Not only are the devices
preferred by Internet users changing, so is their behaviour. Gartner research shows that people using smartphones access the Internet an average of 20 times a day with sessions lasting about a minute, compared with four times daily for about 35 minutes a pop on traditional computers. “It is a big challenge, because the behaviour associated with a smartphone is dramatically different from a notebook computer,” Baker said. “Your experience needs to be two clicks deep and be done in a minute,” he continued. “If it takes any longer, they are gone.” Smartphones in particular have small screens, raising the risk of people being annoyed by advertising. Mobile devices also allow location, calendar information and other contextual data to be woven into services to win people over with desirable information at just the right moments and places. “The opportunity to be relevant or helpful is much greater because of the contextual information,” said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin. AFP
Alienware has announced a new lineup of laptops that will replace the ones they have in the market right now. The new models are 60 per cent metal, including a 100per cent aluminium A panel [lid] and a magnesium alloy chassis. The trackpad is now backlit and as always you will be able to change the colours of all LEDs around the device. The price range for the new series ranges from $1,199 to $2,099 and these power horses look as massive as they always did.
No One in Nov Xbox One launch has been a bummer till now. There was a lot riding on Microsoft’s E3 press conference as gamers were hoping against hope that the company will change a few things about the console that got them more negative attention than they had hoped for. However, gamers will be gamers and there will be plenty of people who will line up to buy Xbox One on day one. For those people in India there is some bad news, Xbox One may not be available here during launch. We may not be among the 21 countries that will get the console when it releases in November.
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Entertainment A STAR IN THE MAKING
Amy Jackson raises the heat in Yevadu The British model turned actress is going to sizzle in her debut film Yevadu in which she's paired up with Ram Charan.
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Alia Bhatt: ‘Filming Imtiaz Ali’s Highway was intense’ A lia Bhatt has said that shooting new project Highway was an intense experience. The actress recently finished filming the Imtiaz Ali project after travelling across locations in six Indian states. “The experience of shooting for Highway was intense and extremely fulfilling. If I start talking about the film I won’t stop, so I’d rather save my emotions for myself to know,” Bhatt revealed to Digital Spy. Despite extreme weather conditions and difficult terrain, Ali announced that the shoot was wrapped up in 52 days, a week ahead of schedule. “The shooting of Highway was fast and furious and the completion of shooting was an emotional event for the unit,” explained the filmmaker. “We have shot this film at unusual places, we have had to support and help each other very often to get by because many places were too remote to have facilities. “Highway united all of us. We have had a charmed journey. We hope the audience has the same.” Also starring Randeep Hooda, the project is due for release on December 13.
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY
The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives. John Green
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SUDOKU How to play kakuro Kakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is also suitably different. The key question: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well here are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once. Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly: In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on... So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is done through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run. Note the second cell in row two — it contains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.
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4 Clinched, as a victory 5 ‘The Fresh Prince of ___ Air’ 6 Certain Ivy League athlete 7 Spacebar neighbor 8 Multicolored 9 Companion of Artemis 10 Has din-din 11 Drive away, as one’s friends 12 Beer blast centerpiece 13 Classified fodder 18 Common Market inits, once 19 Pastoral place 23 Emulates a donkey 24 Norwegian explorer ___ the Red 25 Headlight lamp type 27 Having hit the hay 28 White House memento 30 Formicary dwellers 31 Ward of classic TV’s ‘Batman’ 32 Cancel a departure 33 Pests that form black clouds 34 Bifocal ___ (Benjamin Franklin invention) 35 Ready money 36 Bit of keyboard dazzle 37 Cause agitation 38 Chiffons’ ‘___ So Fine’ 41 Spanish inn 42 Break bad habits 43 Arid region’s watercourse 44 Lamented loudly 46 Isn’t quite erect 47 Ending for ‘mock’ or ‘cook’ 48 Columnist Coulter 50 It all comes out in the wash 51 Mashhad’s country 52 Add the audio 53 Yoko’s last name 54 Make repairs to 55 Bagpiper’s beret 56 67.5 deg on the compass
Chai Time TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 Thiruvaikumar
STAR POWER for 12-6-2013
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ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
LEO
VIRGO
LIBRA
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
CAPRICORN
AQUARIUS
PISCES
Businessmen advised to go slow with their expansion plans. Held-up marriage talks resume and progress well. Son will get a good career opportunity. Minor ego clashes likely between couples; be cordial and avoid magnifying issues.
STRIP TEASE AGNES
Court issues might get delayed and not go in your favour. Trips abroad may be postponed for a while. Though plenty of marriage proposals likely, taking a decision will be difficult. Decisions taken in a hurry may go wrong. Health problem likely.
Employees face an uncomfortable situation at workplace. Businessmen might face slowdown and new efforts may not work as expected; stay cool. Marriage talk might hit a roadblock. Put them on hold for some time and resume later.
Those in a confused state will come out and adopt a clearcut plan of implementation. Son or daughter might go abroad for higher studies. A long-term and pet plan becomes reality now. Stay away from women friends as you could land in trouble.
Haunting debts get cleared. Those who have graduated recently get a good career opening. Delayed work will resume and progress exceedingly well and get completed successfully. Businessmen are in a good phase and do very well.
Expected financial assistance of businessmen gets sanctioned. Debt issues might resurface, but you manage them well. A delayed court issue will go in your favour bringing relief. A major problem between couples will come to a happy end.
Your stock is set to pile up. Employees working on a temporary basis likely to get confirmed with a revision in pay. Lazy and inactive ones become brisk and work with speed. Trouble from indirect enemies ends bringing joy to you.
Employees will be comfortable at workplace as colleagues and superiors co-operate. Businessmen get govt sops. Tension and worries likely. Debt issues bothering you will come to an end. Money inflow is good, but expenses likely to increase too.
Good news to arrive from distant relatives. Some have a bright chance to buy a house or land. Bondage between couples will improve. You undertake a jolly trip with family and close relatives. New efforts of businessmen yield fine results.
TAROT READ
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ARIES:
GEMINI:
Page of Swords – You are interested in events that enhance your inclination toward culture and refinement. It may also be an outlet to your own pent-up feelings.
LEO:
Six of Swords – Physical aches and pains need to be checked thoroughly by a physician. Don’t self-medicate or begin to assume that you may know how to treat it.
LIBRA:
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
Seven of Cups – Your culinary skills are put to the test. You’re at your creative best and those getting a taste of this will like what they see/smell/taste.
SAGITTARIUS:
Six of Pentacles – Some event or chance encounter may take you a bit off guard. You’re unsure about how to deal with feelings and want to get some distance.
TAURUS:
The Chariot – You are in the process of amassing wealth. Remember that too much wealth can also get you into trouble. Stay balanced and practical.
CANCER:
Two of Wands – You tend to get carried away by the status accorded to a material object or a position of power when indeed it’s not the most enviable place to be.
VIRGO:
Nine of Wands – You may come across strange coincidences today. Your occult faculties are heightened and you feel new kinds of emotions. Don’t be afraid.
SCORPIO:
Seven of Swords – You may be coming across as cold and not fully realising needs of others. You need to be understanding. Put yourself in the other’s shoes.
CAPRICORN:
The Wheel of Fortune – A hunt for a new job or assignment may bring you back to square one. You may realise that you enjoy what you’re doing right now.
PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS
PISCES:
Knight of Wands – When out at a restaurant, give a generous tip as gratitude for the service. Sometimes, making someone else’s day makes your own.
NUMBER GAME
Someone may be trying to influence you against another person. Listen to what this person says but reserve judgment. You cannot be naïve.
SCRABBLE
AQUARIUS: Temperance –
POOCH CAFE
Money from expected source gets delayed upsetting you, hence you might fail in your commitments. Do not worry as the situation will change for better soon. Be careful in expressing opinion as you might be misunderstood.
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Three of Swords – There is some form of adjustment required on your part. You need to contain your anger and strong emotions to enjoy this transition.
NON SEQUITUR
A haunting debt will be brought under control. You march ahead with confidence as delays and hurdles get over. Businessmen successfully procure expansion equipment. Their business increase and profits jump beyond their expectations.
SUDUKO
Erratic behaviour of the spouse to upset you. Colleagues extend co-operation to employees, letting them relax. Though inflow of money is good, you might run short of funds to implement an important project leading to disappointment.
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WORLD TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013
Jacques Audiard's critically acclaimed French prison drama, Un prophète is going to be remade in Hollywood by Sony Pictures. “The hero in my film is there to illustrate the capacity for resistance of the individual and his ability to make himself his own rules, his own life” ~ Jacques Audiard
Un prophète set for a Hollywood makeover
HEMANTH KUMAR hemanth.k@postnoon.com
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acques Audiard, one of the most acclaimed filmmakers in contemporary French cinema, has been on the radar of Hollywood studios for quite sometime now. Right from his breakout film See How They Fall (Regarde les hommes tomber) which released in 1994, to his recent work Rust and Bone, his films have won several awards including a BAFTA, Grand Prix at Cannes and being nominated for Academy Awards. Last year, he ruffled quite a few feathers with his heartwarming drama Rust and Bone which revolves around a young man who stands by a beautiful whale trainer who tries to recover after a terrible accident which leaves her handicapped. In 2009, Jacques Audiard’s Un prophète was a smash hit in film festival circuit across the world and it remains his most talked about work. The film revolves around Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim), a young French man of Algerian descent, who’s sentenced to prison for attacking police officers. Once he lands in prison, he finds out
that the prison is divided into two factions — the Muslims and the Corsicans. Despite his origins, a Corsican mobster Cesar Luciani (Niels Arestrup) takes Malik under his wing and slowly Malik rises up to become a mafia kingpin. Made on a budget of 13 million Euros, the film grossed more than 20 million Euros and it was also nominated for Best Foreign Film at 82nd Academy Awards and won the
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Grand Prix award at Cannes at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, apart from nine Cesars awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. In an interview to The Guardian, Jacques Audiard once said, “You don't have to like heroes. The hero in my film is there to illustrate the capacity for resistance of the individual and his ability to make himself his own rules, his
own life.” That pretty much sums up why Malik El Djebena is such a complex character in the film and the critical acclaim for the film propelled Tahar Rahim’s career who went on to do films like Our Children and Asghar Farhadi’s The Past. Four years after the film released in France, Sony Pictures has bought the remake rights of Un prophète and the English remake will be produced by Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe. Incidentally, Neal H. Moritz had earlier backed films like Fast & Furious series, Total Recall and 21 Jump Street. Although Sony Pictures haven’t signed any director to helm the project yet, it could be a great chance for Jacques Audiard to make a crossover to Hollywood, but the question is will he jump into the Hollywood bandwagon. In the past few years, several French filmmakers like Guillaume Canet, Pascal Chaumeil, Olivier Megaton and Pierre Morel have found a footing in Hollywood and the remake of a hugely successful drama like Un prophète would make Jacques Audiard a hot property in the market. More details about the cast of this remake will be announced soon.
PICK OF THE WEEK
Ober (2006) Directed by Alex van Warmerdam, Ober (Waiter) is a Dutch comedy film which revolves around a restaurant waiter named Edgar, who’s completely dejected with his life. When the problems spiral out of control, he meets a writer who created him and begs him to include some happy events in his life. When the writer introduces a nice woman into his life, Edgar’s life becomes even more complicated.
Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin. Luc Besson Director
DID YOU KNOW? Michelle Yeoh, one of the most prominent actresses from Asia, is among the very few actresses whom Jackie Chan allows to do her own stunts. Although she was born in Malaysia, Michelle became quite popular in Hong Kong film industry in the ‘90s and for the longest time, she was known as the Queen of Martial Arts.
Pier Paolo Pasolini, one of the most influential Italian filmmakers, was born to Carlo Alberto Pasolini, a lieutenant of the Italian army and Susanna Colussi. Once Carlo saved Benito Mussolini's life and soon, he became quite popular in the country. Ironically, Pier Paolo Pasolini claimed that he was a communist and never aligned himself with Mussolini’s fascism.
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LOCAL SPORTS
Nitheesh takes top honours HYDERABAD: P Nitheesh of St Peters School won the juniors competition of the 85th Brilliant trophy chess tournament held at Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar, while R.Jayanth and S. Meghana came second and third respectively with five points each. In the open category Deepthamsh Reddy and Naga Shashank were tied at the first place with six points each. In the tie-break Deepthamsh Reddy was declared the winner while Nagashashank was awarded the second place. MY Raju came third with five points. M Janakidevi won the Hyderabad district women championship with four points, while Vatsalya, B Poojanjali and V Srilatha were placed second, third and fourth respectively 3 points each. These four players will represent Hyderabad District in A.P Women chess championship at Vijayawada later this week.
Winners: Juniors category prize winners: Boys: Under-14: Sai srikar, B Sai Revanth under-12: R Jayanth, M Sourya Under-10: M Koushik, K Neeraj Anirudh Under-8: T. Saketh, S Midhush
Girls: Under-14: R Priya, Sri Anjali Under-12: SK Munirunnisa, Manaswini Under-10: S Meghana, K Vaishnavi Under-8: Abhirami Under-6: Anjum
Open category: Deepthamsh Reddy, Nagashashank, MY Raju, Subbaraju, Abdul Azeez, Vardhan A Sk Shabaaj, UV Srinivasarao, Hemanth Easwar, Satyanarayana.M Best woman: Manisha Chowdary Best veteran: Baytal Kaka
Vasishta Open Tennis Tournament Results: Boys Under-8: (Semifinals): D Abhinav Simha bt R Krishna Monith 5-2, Ch Adithya bt Akhil Siddharth 5-4 Under-10: (Quarterfinals): K Sashedhar bt M Varshith Reddy 6-1, Yashwanth VVS bt Nikhil Swathi Prasad 6-0, G Sevanth bt B Asheesh 6-1, B Karthik Reddy bt Yash Kashtikar 6-2. Under-12: (pre-quarters): Reddy Chainta Pranav bt Syed Khasim Ali 6-2, I Nikil bt R Archit 6-4, J Yashwanth bt Ch Aniketh 6-2, Rahul Chandana bt Aneesh 6-0, R Anurag bt Goutham Deva 6-0, Sri Ram Suresh bt K Vamsi Krishna Reddy 6-2, Lohith Sai Deva bt M Sai Srinivas 6-2, M Varshith Kumar Reddy bt Kirthi Tejasvi 6-1 Under-14: (pre-quarters): G Ganga Jathin bt Aayush Bhandari 6-1, T Akhilesh Reddy bt Sharuk Fararz Kulmny 6-1, Anirudh Suddasani bt B Pavan Goud 6-4, Sparsh Mittal bt Ar Avinash 6-2, R Anurag bt Akshith Reddy K 6-3, K Paresh bt Sathwik Samaleti 6-2, Reddy Chintha Pranav bt Syed Khasim Ali 6-3, B Yogeshwar bt K Lalilth 6-3. Girls: Under-8: (semifinals): G Diya Reddy bt Bhumi Shekar 5-4, Chahana Budhbgatti bt A Diya 5-0 Under-10: (semifinals): Sanjana Sirimalla bt Sai Dhanvi Lalasa 6-3, R Srujana bt R Veda Varshita 62 Under-12: (quarterfinals): R Srujana bt Sai Dhanvi Lalasa 6-3, Sanjana S bt G Ashwitha 6-2, Anishitha V bt P Geethika 6-3, Sai Deepa Reddy bt Srija Reddy 6-1 Under-14: (quarterfinals): S Sreya bt P Vaishali Thakur 6-5, B Gayatri Choudary bt A Ishika 6-4, Aishwarya bt R Sanjana 6-2, R Anjana Reddy bt G Nikitha 6-5.
NBA
Grizzlies dump Hollins Hollins will not be offered a new contract to coach Memphis Grizzlies, the team announced, despite his guiding them to the best playoff run.
MEMPHIS: Lionel Hollins will not be offered a new contract to coach the Memphis Grizzlies, the team announced on Monday, despite his guiding them to the best playoff run in their 18-year history. The Grizzlies reached the Western Conference finals for the first time this season, winning a club-record 56 regular-season games and beating the Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City before losing to the San Antonio Spurs. Hollins, 59, is under contract as the team's coach until June 30 but will not be offered a renewal deal after the Spurs swept Memphis out of the playoffs. "After a thorough internal process, which included conversations with Lionel and his representatives, we decided as an organization to move in a different direction," Grizzlies chief executive and managing partner Jason Levien said. Hollins served as an interim coach of the Grizzlies in the 1999-
2000 season when they were based in Vancouver and coached the last four games in the 2004-05 season after Hubie Brown resigned as
TOUR OF SWITZERLAND
Frank takes yellow as Sagan wins stage
MEIRINGEN: Swiss rider Mathias Frank (in pic) claimed the overall leader's yellow jersey as Slovakian Peter Sagan took stage three honours at the Tour of Switzerland on Monday. The pair were part of a four-man breakaway who moved clear of a larger 12-man group on the final descent into Meiringen after a 203.3km run from Montreux. Sagan proved too strong for his breakaway companions in the sprint for the line, finishing ahead of last year's overall winner Rui Da Costa of Portugal and Czech Roman Kreuziger, with Frank fourth. An elite group formed on the final category one Hasliberg climb as
American Tejay van Garderen pushed the pace for his BMC teammate Frank. That burst decimated the peloton until around a dozen riders were left but the next split happened on the descent when Italy's 2011 Giro d'Italia winner Michele Scarponi crashed into a grass verge, holding up those behind him. Da Costa made an immediate dash to join the three ahead of him, but no-one else could bridge the gap and the stage win came down to the front four. With three of that group eyeing overall victory more than a stage success, Sagan was never in any danger of being challenge and he won the sprint at a canter. AFP
coach. In January of 2009, the Grizzlies hired Hollins as their coach and he went 195-155 over four seasons, reaching the playoffs each of the past three campaigns. "Lionel, the coaching staff, the players and the organization achieved new heights this season with our run to the Western Conference Finals and for that, we are grateful," Levien said. "The entire Grizzlies family wishes Lionel all the best and great success as he moves forward in his career." The Grizzlies are looking at George Karl, this season's NBA Coach of the Year who was fired last week by the Denver Nuggets, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper. Hollins is expected to attract interest from several NBA clubs, including Denver, the Clippers and the Brooklyn Nets. AFP
Pistons name Cheeks as coach DETROIT: Maurice Cheeks, a former point guard who helped the Philadelphia 76ers win an NBA title in 1983, was named coach of the NBA's Detroit Pistons on Monday. Cheeks, who spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder, has previously served as a coach in Philadelphia and Portland. The 56-year-old Cheeks, who signed a multi-year deal with the Pistons, compiled a 284-286 record from 2001-2005 with Portland and 2005-2009 with Philadelphia, but only made the playoffs three times in eight seasons and never made it past the first round. "After spending some time with Maurice, I was very impressed not only with his basketball knowledge, but his communication and leadership skills," Pistons owner Tom Gores said. "We are very excited to have someone of his experience and talent help take this franchise into the future." The Pistons, who fired coach Lawrence Frank after going 29-53 this past season, have missed the playoffs for four seasons in a row and won no more than 30 of 82 games.
TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013
South Africa defeat Pakistan Chris Morris took two wickets on his ODI debut and Ryan McLaren a career-best of four for 19 as South Africa returned to winning ways in the Champions Trophy with a 67-run success over Pakistan. JULIAN GUYER Agence France-Presse BIRMINGHAM: Chris Morris took two wickets on his one-day international debut and Ryan McLaren a career-best four for 19 as South Africa returned to winning ways in the Champions Trophy with a 67-run success over Pakistan at Edgbaston on Monday. Pakistan, set 235 to win, finished on 167 all out as South Africa made light of the absence of premier fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel in winning with five overs to spare. Man-of-the-match Hashim Amla made 81 -- after being dropped before he reached double figures -- and that was the cornerstone of South Africa’s 234 for nine, a total the Proteas had no trouble in defending. “Not many teams would have been able to get 234 against that bowling attack like we did,” said South Africa captain AB de Villiers. “A quick word for Chris Morris, who enjoyed a wonderful debut today.” Pakistan captain Misbah-ulHaq, who top-scored for his side with 55, lamented the team’s batting. “We needed four-and-a-half an over but we could not rotate (the strike) in the middle. That score you could have chased down.” McLaren’s return, which
Scoreboard PAKISTAN V SOUTH AFRICA South Africa innings CA Ingram lbw b M Hafeez 20 HM Amla c M Hafeez b S Ajmal 81 F du Plessis c S Malik b M Irfan 28 AB de Villiers*† run out (Misbah-ul-Haq) 31 JP Duminy run out (Misbah-ul-Haq) 24 DA Miller c Misbah-ul-Haq b Junaid Khan 19 R McLaren lbw b Shoaib Malik 4 RJ Peterson not out 16 CH Morris run out (Wahab Riaz) 1 AM Phangiso run out (†Kamran Akmal) 0 Extras (lb 5, w 4, nb 1) 10 Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 234 Bowling: Mohammad Irfan7-1-27-1, Junaid Khan 8-0-45-1, Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-38-1, Wahab Riaz 9-0-500, Saeed Ajmal 10-0-42-1, Shoaib Malik 6-0-27-1
South Africa’s Francois du Plessis (R) celebrates with teammates after catching Pakistan’s Kamran Akmal during their 2013 ICC Champions Trophy match at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Monday. AFP/ANDREW YATES
included a spell of four for five in 11 balls, saw him enjoy fresh success at an Edgbaston ground he’d once helped look after while with Warwickshire 2nd XI. In 2007, the seamer took a hat-trick at Edgbaston for Kent as they won English county cricket’s Twenty20 Cup. Both Pakistan and South Africa needed to win this day/night fixture after losing their opening Group B matches to the West Indies and India
respectively. But defeat left Pakistan’s hopes of a semi-final spot hanging by a thread. The match was always set to hinge on whether Pakistan, bowled out for just 170 by the West Indies, could make a winning score against a South Africa attack missing Steyn, still to feature in this tournament because of a knee injury, and Morkel, whose Champions Trophy ended after he suffered a leg injury
against India. Pakistan’s chase stalled from the outset when Morris, a late call-up to the squad after Morkel was ruled out, produced a newball burst of two wickets for 10 runs in 19 balls. The 26-year-old Highveld Lions seamer, struck with his fifth ball when he knocked over left-hander Imran Farhat’s off stump. Morris, who’d previously played two Twenty20 interna-
Pakistan innings Imran Farhat b Morris 2 Nasir Jamshed c & b Tsotsobe 42 M Hafeez c Miller b Morris 7 Shoaib Malik b Duminy 8 Misbah-ul-Haq* c Amla b Tsotsobe 55 Umar Amin c Ingram b McLaren 16 K Akmal† c du Plessis b McLaren 0 Wahab Riaz b Phangiso 13 Saeed Ajmal c Ingram b McLaren 5 Junaid Khan b McLaren 4 Mohammad Irfan not out 0 Extras (lb 7, w 8) 15 Total (all out; 45 overs) 167 Bowling: LL Tsotsobe 9-1-23-2, CH Morris 7-0-25-2, R McLaren 8-3-19-4, AM Phangiso 10-0-50-1, JP Duminy 70-26-1, RJ Peterson 4-0-17-0 South Africa won by 67 runs
tionals, then saw Mohammad Hafeez fail to get over the top of a bouncer and hole out to square leg. By the time McLaren took two wickets in an over, Pakistan were 134 for six off 39 overs.
Misbah slams batsmen after loss
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq (right) turned on his “totally lost” top order after another poor display with the bat left his side struggling to qualify for the Champions Trophy semi-finals. Pursuing, in Misbah’s words, “a gettable” target of 235 against South Africa, Pakistan collapsed to 167 all out during a 67-run defeat by the Proteas in a day/night clash at Edgbaston on Monday. This followed their slump to 170 all out in an opening two-wicket Group B loss to the West Indies at The Oval last week. Now even victory over arch-rivals India at Edgbaston on Saturday may not be enough
Champions Trophy points table Group A P W L T NR Pt Kiwis England Australia Sri Lanka
1 1 1 1
1 1 0 0
1 1 2 2
1 1 1 0
0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
2 2 0 0
NRR
+1.048 +0.96 -0.96 -1.048
Group B W Indies India S Africa Pakistan
0 0 1 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
2 2 2 0
+0.830 +0.520 +0.41 -1.11
to take Pakistan through to the last four. The 39-year-old Misbah made a career-best 96 not out against the West Indies and was again Pakistan’s top-scorer on
Monday with 55. Nasir Jamshed followed up his 50 at The Oval with 42 at Edgbaston but Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik again all fell for single figure scores. And bringing in Umar Amin for Asad Shafiq, out for nought against the West Indies, made little difference with the newcomer only managing 16 on Monday. Misbah was jeered by an overwhelmingly pro-Pakistan 25,000 capacity crowd at the post-match presentation ceremony, not that he had any complaints about his reception. “One day it is ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ (long live Pakistan), the next day it is boos,” Misbah
told reporters. “When you produce these sort of performances, they (the fans) have the right to say this. The players need to take responsibility. If you are not delivering as a player, the team will suffer. At the moment, no-one is justifying their place in the team. No-one is getting runs. “You think about selection after the tournament. We thought these were the best six batsmen in Pakistan when we came here. “Again, it is about application and batsmen applying themselves. All the responsibility lies with the players. It’s really difficult when your batting is performing like that. It’s really disappointing.” AFP
30&31 Ramdin banned for 2 matches
LONDON: West Indies’ wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin was on Monday suspended for two one-day matches and fined 100 percent of his match fee for wrongly claiming a catch in the Champions Trophy. Match referee Chris Broad charged Ramdin with violating the spirit of the game following a hearing in London after the wicket-keeper had pleaded not guilty to the offence. “This is regarded as a serious offence as it is the responsibility of all players to act in the spirit of the game,” Broad said in a statement released by the International Cricket Council (ICC). “I hope Ramdin has learnt his lesson from this incident and that we will not see such behaviour by him or any player in the future,” the former England batsman added. The suspension means Ramdin will miss Tuesday’s match against India at the Oval and the last group game against South Africa in Cardiff on Friday. AFP
Row not a worry: Dhoni LONDON: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni insisted on Monday his Champions Trophy squad was not distracted by the spot-fixing row back home. Indian cricket was thrown into chaos last month after three players, including recent Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, were arrested over allegations of spot-fixing during the Indian Premier League (IPL). Two team officials, Gurunath Meiyappan of Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings, and Raj Kundra of the Rajasthan Royals, were also suspended from cricket-related activities for betting on matches. Although the players and officials have denied any wrongdoing, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is busy taking measures to ensure the IPL does not lose further credibility. Dhoni, preparing for Tuesday’s key Champions Trophy match at the Oval in London, said the entire squad were staying away from the ongoing controversy. “We don’t read newspapers, so whatever is happening back home is happening back home,” he said. “We just practise and
play to the best of our abilities. “Those are things in our control and helps to improve our game.” India have looked impressive so far in the tournament, beating South Africa by 26 runs in their first match in Cardiff after posting a commanding 331-7. With the West Indies having defeated Pakistan by two wickets at the Oval, the winner on Tuesday is almost certain to take
one of the two semi-final berths from group B. India, the reigning World Cup champions, have won eight of their last 11 one-dayers against the West Indies over the past three years, but victory cannot be taken for granted. Dhoni knows the bowlers will have to deliver against a line-up that includes matchwinning batsmen like Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels and Kieron Pollard.
“The Gayle factor will always be there,” the Indian captain said. “He is an individual who has a big impact on the game. It’s always good to get him out early. “With a new ball at either end, overcast conditions and a bit of help from the wicket, our fast bowlers will have a fair chance to get him. “If you don’t get batsmen like Chris Gayle out early, most likely he will take you out of the game.” Dhoni said the Oval pitch was the same on which the West Indies lost eight wickets while trying to surpass Pakistan’s 170, adding that the bowlers could dominate again. “It has a bit of a grass covering and there was bounce in the last game, so fast bowlers will get help,” he said. “But since we are playing on a used wicket, the spinners could get some more turn.” Dhoni said he was a huge fan of one-day cricket since it was a mix of Test and Twenty20 formats, but did not favour constant changes in rules. “We are trying to make a one-dayer like a T20 game,” he said. “Too many changes can actually spoil the recipe at times.” AFP
Amla buoyed by new-look Proteas BIRMINGHAM: Hashim Amla hailed South Africa’s rising stars after a team missing injured strike bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel returned to winning ways at the Champions Trophy. Man-of-the-match Amla laid the foundation for a 67-run victory over Pakistan in a day/night clash at Edgbaston on Monday. The opener’s typically stylish 81 off 97 balls was the centrepiece of South Africa’s 234 for nine made after skipper AB de Villiers won the toss. Amla’s excellence is no surprise but what caught the eye was when Chris Morris, called up after Morkel suffered a tournament-ending leg injury in the Proteas’ opening loss to India, marked his one-day international debut with a new-ball burst of two wickets for 10 runs in 19 balls. Left-arm paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe chipped in with two for 23 and Ryan McLaren, a right-
South Africa’s Hashim Amla (R) scores runs past Pakistan’s Kamran Akmal during their 2013 ICC Champions Trophy match at Edgbaston in Birmingham, on Monday. AFP/ANDREW YATES
arm seamer like Morris, wrapped up the match with a career-best four for 19 as the Proteas won with five overs to spare. South Africa arrived at this tournament without injured Test captain and opening batsman Graeme Smith while veteran allrounder Jacques Kallis was omitted for personal reasons. Yet in beating Pakistan so comprehensively, South Africa have now given themselves a real chance of qualifying for the semifinals when they face the West Indies in their final Group B match in Cardiff on Friday. “Not having Dale and Morne in the team, any bowling attack will miss them,” said Amla. “And obviously Jacques and Graeme are not here and their experience is missed. “But it’s water under the bridge for us. We have new guys in the team, new energy, and fortunately a victory like this will boost the confidence of everybody.” AFP
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GRITTY HEWITT DOWNS RUSSELL
Lleyton Hewitt admitted he was relieved to be back on his favourite grass court as the Australian ended his losing streak with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over America’s Michael Russell in the first round at Queen’s Club on Monday.
SPOT-FIXING SAGA
BREEDERS’ CUP
Tourney will return to Santa Anita in 2014
Kundra suspended amid spot-fixing clean-up Officials suspended Kundra and announced plans for a clean-up of the sport. NEW DELHI: Cricket officials on Monday suspended the coowner of an Indian Premier League (IPL) team and announced plans for a major clean-up of the sport after an illegal betting and spot-fixing scandal. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) held an emergency meeting in New Delhi into the Rajasthan Royals IPL franchise and its co-owner Raj Kundra (right) amid the ongoing scandal. “Mr Raj Kundra has been suspended, pending an inquiry, from all cricketing activities," BCCI interim head Jagmohan Dalmiya told reporters after the meeting. Kundra, the businessman husband of Bollywood actress and former contestant on UK show “Celebrity Big Brother” Shilpa Shetty, has admitted illegally betting on his own team, according to police.
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Three Royals players, including Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, and numerous bookmakers have been arrested over allegations of spot-fixing during the recently-completed edition of the IPL. After Monday’s meeting Dalmiya released a blueprint called “Operation Clean-up” aimed at stamping out “sleaze” and corruption in the multi-billion dollar Twenty20 tournament. Under the plan, IPL players, team owners and support staff face a “strict code of conduct". Owners’ movements in team dugouts and dressing rooms during matches will be restricted. “Removal of sleaze; no cheerleaders, no after-match parties for players and support staff," the 12-point plan reads. Cellphone towers will be jammed during IPL matches,
and players will have to “disclose all financial transactions they are carrying out with any particular organisation or person". A timetable for implementing the plan, which also includes a ban on players using microphones and earplugs during matches, was unclear. “If we are able to clean it, it will be a great service to the game," Dalmiya said. Sreesanth, along with his teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, were arrested last month over allegations they deliberately bowled badly in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars during IPL matches. Police say the trio were acting under orders from international crime syndicates to give away a specific number of runs in certain overs after striking deals with bookmakers. The players have denied wrongdoing. AFP
LOS ANGELES: Organizers of the Breeders’ Cup horse racing event, a 14-race showdown with $27 million in prize money on the line, said Monday they will stage the 2014 thoroughbred event at Santa Anita Park. That will mark the third year in a row that the facility in suburban Los Angeles will host the event, with the 30th Breeders’ Cup set for next November 1-2. The 2014 event will be staged on October 31-November 1. Santa Anita hosted the Breeders’ Cup for the sixth time last year, having also staged the event in 1986, 1993, 2003, 2008 and 2009. “Santa Anita has proven to be an outstanding host for our championships," said Breeders’ Cup president Craig Fravel. “We are delighted to extend our partnership with Santa Anita for a third consecutive year." Breeders’ Cup officials said no decisions have been made regarding sites for the event beyond 2014.
Handshake could signal end to feud
Tiger Woods (L) of the United States hits a shot on the practice range during a practice round on Monday prior to the start of the 113th US Open on June 10, 2013. AFP/ROSS KINNAIRD
ARDMORE: Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia shook hands on the practice tee Monday at the US Open, a signal that their long-running feud might have seen its final days. Details about the handshake and a brief conversation afterward are expected to come on Tuesday when each man will have a news conference ahead of Thursday’s start of the 113th US Open at Merion Golf Club. The moment was believed to be the first face-to-face meeting between Woods and Garcia since last month when the Spaniard attempted a joke about what he might serve Woods should they have dinner together. “We will have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken," Garcia said. The reference to fried chicken, seen as an insult to AfricanAmericans, sparked a racism furore much the same way that
Woods and Garcia shook hands on the practice tee, a signal that their long-running feud might have seen its final days. Fuzzy Zoeller had in 1997 when he suggested Woods serve fried chicken at a Masters champions dinner. Garcia later apologized in a statement and at a news conference and said that he wanted to do so in person to 14-time major champion Woods, who had quickly tried to put the comment behind him in a Twitter posting.. “The comment that was made wasn’t silly. It was wrong, hurtful and clearly inappropriate," Woods tweeted, but added. “It’s long past time to move on and talk about golf."
Jack Nicklaus, who has won a record 18 majors, called the incident “stupid” and said it was time to move on. Woods, who has won four times this year and this week seeks his first major title since the 2008 US Open, said dealing with racial stereotypes is nothing new for him. “Well, I live with it," he said. “It’s happened my entire career. It exists all around the world, not just in the sport of golf. “I know a lot of people are trying to make a difference and trying to make it more fair for all of us." Woods and Garcia, rivals for more than a decade, had an incident while playing together in the third round of last month’s Players Championship, with Garcia upset that Woods played when he was preparing a shot and Woods saying he had been told by course marshals that Garcia had already hit his shot. AFP
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