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With the Supreme Court giving the green signal to the controversial Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project, India’s nuclear ambitions have once again been made clear. We look at the spread of nuclear power projects in the country.
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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER
THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES
Lying at the workplace is a common practice — we do it all the time. But, trouble sets in when we get caught in the act. Postnoon gives you few tips on lying smartly in a professional setting.
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OF SLAVERY AND SEXPLOITATION B Narsing Rao’s award-winning film Daasi throws light on how chieftains exploited people working under them in the Telangana region during the pre-independence era. The critically acclaimed director opens up about the themes the film tries to address and a lot more.
WAITING FOR
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Even as the City reels under power outages, three completed sub-stations have been sitting idle for two years — thanks to red tape.
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AFTER 10 YEARS Three young women who had been missing for a decade — two of whom disappeared as teenagers — were found alive in a house in Cleveland in the US. The cops have arrested three men in connection with the case.
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TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
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FREEZING A MOMENT
Basic photography workshop by Lakshmi Prabhala will be held at Inner Circle, Somajiguda from May 10 and May 11. The event will be conducted from 10 am to 5 pm.
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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES between the age group of 6 and 16 is being organised. Where: Shilparamam, Madhapur When: Till May 20, 11 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm
DINING Ocean's Eleven Eleven of the finest prawns are on offer. Where: Lacantina, Novotel, Hyderabad When: Till May 31, 7 pm to 11 pm
Potters all A pottery workshop will be held. Where: Saptaparni (After School Activities) (2.6 km), Banjara Hills When: Till May 11, 9 am to 11 am and 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm
MISCELLANEOUS Mother's Day Special Along with a gala brunch spread,plan a perfect day for mothers filled with activities like mehendi, bangle making, foot massage and salsa class. Where: The Square, Novotel, Hyderabad When: May 12
Dosa and lassi Dosa and Lassi festival is on. Where: Quality Inn Residency, Nampally When: Till May 11, 7 pm Foodies' haven Awadhi food festival is on. Where: Bidri, Hyderabad Marriott Hotel, Tank Bund When: May 7, 6.30 pm to 11.30 pm Mega mugs Thank God It’s Friday (TGIF) announced TGIF’s mega mugs offer to coincide with the start of the IPL. Where: TGIF, Banjara Hills When: Ongoing
Mango Mania You can ask for mango cheese cake,
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Fitness & Dance studio is on. Where: Twist N Turns Fitness & Dance Studio, Ranigunj When: Till May 11, 10 am
mango gateau, mangao almond tart, mango milk shake and others. Where: Le Cafe, Novotel When: Till May 31.
Adventure fun Summer camp in sport climbing and bouldering is being held. Where: Adventure Club of Andhra Pradesh When: Till May 10, 6 am to 9 am Contact: 93948-83999
WORKSHOPS Dish out A workshop on cake baking and chocolate making. Where: Colorama Printers, Secunderabad When: Till May 8, 10 am to 1 pm The joy of reading Oxford Bookstore in association with GHAC and LICH is organising an informative, exciting and fun-filled workshop in social sciences and Humanities for kids. Where: Oxford Bookstore, The Park When: Ongoing, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
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BEATING THE HEAT: With the summer setting in, the sale of air conditioners and coolers is increasing day-by-day. M ANIL KUMAR Seen near LB Stadium, a person taking home a cooler.
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Art lovers An art and craft workshop by Meena will be organised. Where: Saptaparni, Banjara Hills When: Till May 10, 10.30 am to 12 pm Dancin’ Party A dance workshop by Twist N Turns
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Army talk A talk by Captain Alok Bansal on Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir: The Future Trajectory. Where: Badruka PG Centre (College), Kachiguda When: May 8 from 6 pm Contact: 93978-20222 Movie matter French movie L'Arbre will be screened. Where: Alliance Francaise, Banjara Hills When: May 10, 6.30 pm
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Waiting for deliverance: Three sub-stations Just for a simple nod from R&B department for road cutting for cable laying! Worst example of red-tape delaying city development. RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA rahul.r@postnoon.com
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hile the City is sweating it out, three substations ready for service are standing idle due to official apathy to public weal. Three of the 15 sub-stations the CPDCL is building in the City have been ready since 2011 but they are yet to be electrified. It turns out that the R&B (roads and buildings) department is sitting on it for a simple procedure of giving its assent to cut the road for laying input lines. All the roads in Hyderabad are under the GHMC’s purview whereas the select national highways passing through the AROUND THE
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City are under the roads and buildings department’s jurisdiction. The three sub-stations — Nizam College 33KV sub-station, the Koti Women’s College 11KV sub-station and an interlink between Shivarampally and Chandulal Baradari substations — need the R&B nod. “We are waiting for road permissions from the R&B department so that input lines can be laid,” say officials. According to T Srinivas, CPDCL Hyderabad City plan head, “Though the GHMC has cleared permissions for road works in many parts of the City,
national highway under the R&B department. Similar is the case with the Koti Women’s College whose line lies along the NH9 Mumbai to Hyderabad Highway. “As of now, we are expecting a `2,000 per meter expenditure for road cutting between the two sub-stations. This will however be a locked investment for the CPDCL as we are yet to see any effect of the permissions trickling through,” Srinivas added.
DR Congo worst place to be mother, says study
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he Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday displaced fellow African nation Niger to gain the unenviable distinction of being the worst place in the world to be a mother, according to the annual report of Save the Children. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa took up each of the bottom 10 places for the first time in the 14 years that the report has been produced. In contrast, Finland took the top spot, with its Nordic neighbours filling the other leading positions. The London-based charity’s “State of the World’s Mothers” AROUND THE
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the road from the Secretariat to Adarsh Nagar under R&B department has not been given permission. The permissions were requested in 2011 from the R&B department. We need to supply power to Nizam’s College from the Hussain Sagar sub-station and Koti Women’s College sub-station needs input lines from Imlibun sub-station. A contract copy was signed and letters of intent were issued way back in December 2011 but we are still waiting for their goahead.” The approximate cost of construction of each sub-station is `11 crore, officials say. The input lines that need to be laid at the Nizam’s College and Koti
The approximate cost of construction of a sub-station is `11 crore. The input lines that need to be laid at Nizam’s College and Koti Women’s College are to pass through the SecretariatTelugu Talli Flyover road, which is under the R&B department. Women’s College are to pass through the Secretariat-Telugu Talli Flyover road, which is a
The decision to grant permission for road cutting along these lines will soon be granted, senior officials from the R&B department say. “The system of finance and payments has been changed after a decision was taken to remove contractors out of the payment chain. The policy of the R&B department now is to directly receive payments from the departments concerned seeking permission, which will in turn reduce collusion between the contracting agencies and engineers involved in the project,” superintendent engineer of Hyderabad circle, YB Reddy said. Meanwhile, sub-stations at Zamisthanpur RTC ‘X’ roads, Aliabad, Old City Alluri Sitaramaraju Kalyana Mandapam, Mallapally ITI institute, and Tirumalgari are currently in progress.
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compared 176 countries in terms of maternal health, child mortality, education and levels of income and political status. The group called for investment to close the “startling disparities” in maternal health between the developed and developing world and for a push to fight inequality and malnutrition. The report found that a woman or girl in the DRC has a one in 30 chance of dying from maternal causes — including childbirth. In Finland the risk is one in 12,200. After the DRC, the next worst countries were listed as Somalia, Sierra Leone, Mali and Niger. The report blamed the high death rates for babies in subSaharan Africa on the poor health of mothers — citing figures which show 10-20 per cent are underweight. AFP
CITY BRIEFS Emergency Cell for south zone by May end
Constable drowns in Rampally lake
Speaker issues notice to errant MLAs
27-year-old woman commits suicide
LS Speaker unveils NTR’s statue
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n Emergency Cell for GHMC south zone will be set up by the end of this month, officials said. Mayor Mohd Majid Hussain, who had held a meeting with engineers on the issue of de-silting of nallahs, directed the chief engineer to set up an Emergency Cell in south zone by May 20. The cell will be inaugurated on May 25.
constable of Armed Reserves, M Shamsunder, 26, a resident of Damaiguda, drowned accidentally on Monday in the lake of Rampally yesterday. He is reported to have gone for a swim when the incident happened. His body was fished out late night by the police with the help of swimmers. Kesara police have registered a case.
inally, Speaker Nadendla Manohar has issued notices to 18 MLAs who defied their party whips during the last voting on the noconfidence motion against the government. The Speaker asked nine of them to come to him for a personal explanation on May 13 and the remaining MLAs are to appear before him on May 14.
hagya Laxmi, 27, a resident of Ravindra Nagar, reportedly committed suicide by setting her clothes ablaze on April 21. She was admitted to Osmania Hospital with severe burns and she died yesterday. Police report said Bhagya was being harassed by husband and in-laws. Asif Nagar police have not ruled out murder or abetting murder.
ok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today unveiled the statue of NT Rama Rao in the presence of many dignitaries. TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu was present as he got a last minute invitation. Junior NTR and Balakrishna too were present. Also present were ministers Jairam Ramesh, Pallam Raju, Chiranjeevi, Jaipal Reddy, Sarve Satyanarayana.
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News TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 LAST YEAR... HERE Death race
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ast year we had reported how the stretch that is Necklace Road adjoining Hussain Sagar Lake was a thrill ride for young bikers, who seem indifferent to the dangers and risks involved. To prevent the adrenaline junkies from getting into accidents, the police decided to close the stretch at night. That did not stop the daredevils, but it lessened the problem.
The suspected culprit, an autorickshaw driver, has not been traced yet. Cops claim he will be picked up soon.
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nother girl of tender age is in N i l o u f e r Hospital with rape mark injuries. And the aggressor, despite being an auto driver, is yet to be traced and arrested. The eight-year-old girl already faces a grim life as her mother, Shabana, died and her father, Mohd Ghouse, abandoned her. She was being taken care of by her grandmother who lived in Chanchalguda jail area. The grandmother had sent her to a hostel in Kurnool to work and earn something for her life. She was just back with the grandmother for a vacation. On Monday, the girl was crossing the road in Saidabad when sudden-
NUMEROLOGY
3,00,000 babies die within 24 hours of being born in India each year from infections and other preventable causes, a report said, blaming a lack of political will and funding.
Chances of contracting viruses when on the street is very low since each dog has a lot more space than in rescue homes. There are 30-40 dogs cooped up in the rescue home. Dr Lakshmi Ramana, vet See Page 9
THINGS WE 5LEARNT TODAY The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the City functions.
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While the City sweats, the government dozes. Three power sub-stations are ready to be used in the City, but red tape prevents them from being commissioned. For a simple permission from one department, the entire City has to suffer.
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Rahul gives AP MPs sleepless nights. AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s decision to summon the party MPs from Andhra Pradesh to meet him on May 9 has pressed the panic button among the Telugu Parliamentarians. .
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New sex superbug could be worse than AIDS. Drug resistant gonorrhoea could cause trouble for healthcare as it spreads faster.
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Coming home after 16 long years. The Mizoram government has agreed to resume the rehabilitation of over 40,000 tribals.
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India’s birth record abysmal, shows report. More than 3,00,000 babies die within 24 hours of being born in India each year, said a report.
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ly, an autorickshaw came to a halt near her. The driver gagged her and put her in the vehicle. He took her to the bushes a few yards away and raped her, the police said, based on the girl’s complaint. As the child screamed, people nearby rushed to the spot. They tried to catch the driver but he sped away in his auto. It is said the locals made a vain bid to deflate the tyres and hold him down but he slipped away. T h e girl was sent
for medical examination and treatment. The hospital has reportedly treated her for the bruises she suffered. The girl is in a daze, police said. The cops added that the vehicle driver’s address was traced but he has not been seen
EAMCET takers conned POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com
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ixty-seven students intending to appear for the EAMCET were conned by a computer operator of a City private college. He collected their fees with the promise of getting them admission but did not submit their forms and money. The students then approached Saidabad police who arrested him. AROUND THE
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Suryanarayana, 40, is a computer operator with a City college in Champapet locality. Students used to trust him with their examination works. For the just-concluded EAMCET, 167 students gave him the fee. He paid for 100 and the money of the rest, he pocketed. The students after waiting in vain for hall tickets sought out him but he evaded them. The students who lost a year told exam authorities and police what happened. But since the exams were over, the authorities could not do anything.
TECH
First 3D-printed gun test fired The makers, Defense Distributed, plan to make the blueprints available online.
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he world’s first gun made with 3D printer technology has been successfully fired in the US, reported BBC. The controversial group which created the firearm, Defense Distributed, plans to make the blueprints available online. The group has spent a year trying to create the firearm, which was successfully tested on Saturday at a firing range south of Austin, Texas. 3D printing technology works by building up layer upon layer of material — typically plastic — to build complex solid objects. The gun was made on a 3D printer that cost $8,000. It was assembled from separate printed components made from ABS plastic — only the firing pin was made from metal. Defense Distributed is headed by Cody Wilson, a 25-yearold law student at the University of Texas. Wilson said: “I think a lot of people weren’t expecting that this could be done.”
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Anti-gun campaigners have criticised the project. Europe's law enforcement agency said it was monitoring developments.
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Mr Wilson, who describes himself as a crypto-anarchist, said his plans to make the design available were “about liberty”. He told the BBC: “There is a demand for guns — there just is. There are states all over the
world that say you can’t own firearms — and that’s not true anymore. “I’m seeing a world where technology says you can pretty much be able to have whatever you want. It’s not up to the political players anymore.” Asked if he felt any sense of responsibility about whose hands the gun might fall into, he said: “I recognise the tool might
f you plan to buy a new car after years, it might come out of a massive 3D printer rather than from a showroom. An American company, Kor Ecologic, has managed to print an entire car that will be much lighter but also stronger than traditional automobiles. The car, now called Urbee, is a three-wheel, two-passenger car printed using molten polymer. There is a slight problem with this concept though. 3D printing is very very slow — the whole threemetre long car takes about 2,500 hours! The company says that they managed to bring down the cost as they had a unibody design for the cars instead of building and then assembling smaller parts. The company has got 14 orders so far.
be used to harm other people — that’s what the tool is — it’s a gun. But I don’t think that’s a reason to not do it — or a reason not to put it out there.” AGENCIES
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EDUCATION
Teachers to get more time The duration of the eligibility test for CBSE and central teachers has been extended by an hour. ALEENA ALICE aleena.t@postnoon.com
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or candidates aspiring for jobs in central government or private CBSE affiliated schools, the Central Teachers Eligibility Test (CTET) this year comes as a ray of hope. Since the time this exam came into effect, there were not more than 13 per cent candidates who passed the examination. Last year, the pass percentage was less than one per cent. Candidates appearing for the exam complained that the time given (90 minutes) was not sufficient to answer the questions and hence the bad performance. To make it easier for candidates appearing for the exam this year in June, the ministry of human resource development has revised the paper and the time duration for the CTET
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high-schooler has been arrested by police outside Boston after he posted a rap video on Facebook, in which he claimed to ‘one-up’ the recent attack during Boston marathon. The 18-year old has been charged with making terrorist AROUND THE
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threats and could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison if convicted. He is being held in custody for a $1 million bail. This is not the first time he posted such a threat online. The police is expecting to uncover more evidence at his residence and have applied for a search warrant. AGENCIES
exam, increasing it from 1.30 hours to 2.30 hours. A CBSE circular that was released recently states, “The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has increased the time duration for CTET examination from 1.30 hours to 2.30 hours for a period of six months or till the report of the
committee for this purpose is submitted and a decision is taken thereon, whichever is earlier.” “This year, the CTET-July 2013 examination has been revised with regards to the time duration; the format, however, remains the same,” confirmed Pitam Singh, director for special education and CTET. “Paper I
will be conducted on July 28 from 9.30am to 12pm and Paper II exam will be conducted on the same day from 2pm to 4.30pm,” he added. To improve the quality and standard of teaching in schools after the RTE Act, 2009, the CTET exam was introduced in 2011. The examination is mandatory for teachers who want to teach Class I to VIII in any CBSE or central government school. Candidates appearing for the exam are positive that the revised exam timings will bring better results. Sandhya Rani, who will be attempting CTET Paper II examination for the second time says, “I was not able to complete all the questions within the stipulated time. Not that the paper was tough but there were some analytical questions that required more time. I feel this year, I will be able to score more.”
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Pattern for CTET 2013 Paper 1 n Child Development and Pedagogy: 30 questions n Language I: 30 questions n Language II: 30 questions n Mathematics: 30 questions n Environment Science: 30 questions
Paper 2 n Child Development and Pedagogy: 30 questions n Language I: 30 questions n Language 2: 30 questions n Mathematics and Science: 60 questions n Social Studies: 60 questions
MUSIC
Finding fame on YouTube YouTube is proving to be a powerful launch pad for a new generation of Internetsavvy music stars from Psy to Macklemore and beyond.
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he video-sharing website has catapulted Psy, Macklemore, Justin Bieber and others onto global stages where they can cash in on digital downloads of songs; packed concerts; online ads, or even sponsored music videos. “Music has always been a universal language, and YouTube is a perfect platform to build community around the energy that is music,” said Vivien Lewit, artists attorney turned YouTube music content partnerships director. “It crosses territories; peo-
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ple in the US have access to what Psy is doing in Korea,” she continued. “It’s not just him. The boundaries have come down and other artists have broadened the horizon.” After racking up more than a billion views of his ‘Gangnam Style’ music video at YouTube, Psy used the website to debut a new ‘Gentleman’ clip in April that had logged more than 275 million views as of Sunday. Psy is reported to have earned more
than eight million dollars by capitalizing on the Gangnam Style video at YouTube. YouTube splits ad revenue from popular music videos with performers but does not disclose figures. “Thousands of individual creators make more than $100,000 per year,” Lewit told AFP. “Not only do they make money through their own uploads of video, they make money every time a fan uploads.” YouTube has paid the record industry more than a half billion dollars in the past two years from ad revenue, according to Lewit. AFP
NATION BRIEFS Sanaullah's family Wife sets herself ablaze members arriving in India after hubby refuses food
Khandeparkar panel to delve into illegal mining
BSF foils infiltration bid near Jammu
Mumbai traders' strike continues for second day
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pset over her husband declining to have food prepared by her, a newly married wife took her life by setting herself ablaze at her home, police said today. Her husband and her brother doused the fire by pouring water and rushed her to hospital but she succumbed to her injuries last night, Salem District Valapadi DSP P Mathavan said.
he Goa government-appointed Justice RMS Khandeparkar committee on illegal mining has decided to probe further the illicit tapping of iron ore in Goa, which will help the government arrest illegalities and prepare a roadmap for future of mining industry. He said the Committee will also probe several aspects left untouched by the Shah Commission.
he Border Security Force (BSF) troopers foiled an infiltration bid from Pakistan at Samba sector of the border near here early Monday, an official said. Troopers guarding the Ballad border post, about 55 km from here, noticed some movement around 5am and opened fire to challenge a group of people trying to infiltrate across the border into India.
anking activities in Mumbai remained paralysed and most businesses were shut too Tuesday, day two of the indefinite strike called by over 1.5 million traders and manufacturers to protest the Maharashtra's government's local body tax (LBT) in lieu of octroi. Neighbourhood retail shops, wholesale trading in clothes, electronics, hardware were shut.
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ELECTIONEERING
Kiran eyes jobless
It would further enlarge the already bloated bureaucracy and put a big burden on government treasury, point out economists. INKESHAF AHMED ahmed.m@postnoon.com
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n the penultimate year of elections Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has a grand plan to win over the youth. He says he will quicken the process of identifying vacancies and recruiting for all wings and departments of the State government. Kiran recently directed AROUND THE
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Chiefs of various departments to speed up the process of filling up the existing government vacancies at the earliest. Following the directions from the CM, a meeting of Special Chief Secretaries, and Principal Secretaries to review the progress for notification of vacancies of government jobs in the current year was held
at Secretariat. The meeting came to the conclusion that a total of 63,621 vacancies were reported by various govt departments. The number of vacancies is likely to go up as some of the departments will submit their lists in a couple of days. The vacancies so reported will be sent to Finance Department for its perusal and approval. If we look at the department wise list of the vacancies, the School Education Department topped the list with over 20,000 vacancies. The notifications for these posts are likely to be issued in a phased manner in coming days. Financial experts have however decried the politicians’ penchant to enlarge bureaucracy with more appointments. “If anybody thinks sort of adding more flab to the giant bureaucracy would solve unemployment, he is in a fool’s paradise,” remarked a financial expert on Kiran’s move.
Vacancies in various departments 1. School Education 20,790 2. Police 10, 730 3. CCLA 6, 095 4. Intermediate education 4,898 5. Transco & Discoms 3,208 6. Family Welfare 2,234 7. AP Genco 1,303 8. APVVP 974 9. Medical Education 963 10. Fire Services 886 11. Ayush 729 12. Collegiate Education 685 13. Residential Education 684 14. Forest 600 15.Employment &Training 577 16. Commercial Taxes 573 17. Treasuries 407 18. Prisons 383
BADGE MAN
Rotarian from Pakistan M Aslam Chishti displaying lapel pins weighing over 9 kilograms on his blazer during recently held Rotary Summit in Hyderabad
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AIZAWL/AGARTALA: Despite uncertainties among refugees, the Mizoram government has agreed to resume the rehabilitation of over 40,000 tribals who sought refuge in Tripura for about 16 years, a home ministry official said Monday.
In contrast, refugee leaders are insisting that without a formal agreement between the governments of Mizoram and Tripura, the Union government, and tribal leaders, the rehabilitation of refugees would remain uncertain. "The core committee on refugee repatriation last week held a meeting and decided to resume return of refugees this month end," a official said. IANS
19. Excise 364 20. Survey & Land Records 342 21. Animal Husbandry 290 22. Town Planning 288 23. Technical Education 286 24. Irrigation (AW) 277 25. Agriculture 236 26. Public Health 225 27. Civil Supplies Corp 223 28. SAAP 194 29. Special Protection Force 185 30. Endowments 180 31. Horticulture University 167 32. APCO 162 R&B 135 33. Finance (Director of Insurance) 113 34. GAD 104 35. Finance Works & Accounts 103
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‘Pak bought China arms worth 11 bn in 5 years’
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2007 to 2011, China signed approximately USD 11 billion in agreements for conventional weapons," the Pentagon told the Congress in its annual report on China. It added that Chinese defence firms are marketing and selling arms throughout the world with the bulk of their sales to Asia and the Middle East or North Africa. PTI
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child has contracted polio for the first time in Pakistan’s militant-infested tribal belt since the Taliban banned vaccinations a year ago, a UN official said yesterday. “The new case has been detected in North Waziristan where we had been denied access in June last year,” the World Health Organization’s senior coordinator for polio eradication in Pakistan, Elias Durry,
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told AFP. Tribesmen in North Waziristan, Pakistan’s most notorious stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants, endorsed the Taliban ban and stopped authorities from vaccinating children under a nationwide campaign.
“This has been the first case since we were stopped from vaccinating children in the region last year,” Durry said. The Taliban alleged that the campaign was a cover for espionage. Efforts to tackle the highly infectious disease have been hampered over the years by local suspicion about vaccines being a plot to sterilise Muslims, particularly in Pakistan’s conservative
and poorly educated northwest. “We are worried because this new case comes as an example of a bigger impending outbreak of disease in the region,” the WHO official said. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the only three countries in the world where the highly-infectious, crippling disease remains endemic and infections shot up from a low of 28 in 2005 to almost 200 last year. AFP
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GHMC turns a blind eye to illegal structures. It was Mayor’s drive that compelled Town Planning officials to act against lake encroachments. MD NIZAMUDDIN nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com
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HMC’s demolition drive at Mysamma cheruvu yesterday and the consequent violence is a grim reminder of the civic body’s style of functioning. The lakeside demolition was not a voluntary action initiated by the Town Planning department but a result of the Mayor Mohd Majid Hussain’s relentless effort to free the water bodies from the clutches of encroachers. The drive came into effect following Mayor along with Standing Committee’s inspection along the water bodies. The Standing Committee has demanded immediate demolition of illegal structures to restore actual FTL (Full Tank Level). Since a decade the land sharks eyed on the West Zone. Officials appear to be embarrassed by the fact that during the construction of these buildings no one objected and now suddenly a full battalion descended on the scene. “The drive is on in accordance with the authorisation of the Mayor
and the Commissioner”, said B V Gangadhar Reddy, Deputy Commissioner, Kukatpally, when pressed for answer. The officials working in GHMC head office do not seem to be interested in answering to what has happened at the demolition site. The Chief City Planner, GV Raghu is on leave. Additional CCP, V Ramudu, was not forthcoming with answers. The Deputy Commissioner was also not sure if the demolitions would continue in the future too. “We shall be deciding it in a couple of days whether to resume the demolition drive or not”, he said. According to officials, the
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Mysamma Cheruvu in Kukatpally village falls under the jurisdiction of Kukatpally Circle-14. Due to its proximity to KPHB and Hi-tech city, the land value has gone up abnormally and the land mafia has constructed houses and basements along Mysamma Cheruvu without paying heed to FTL norms. Over 50 per cent of the FTL area has already been encroached over the last 10 years and at least three colonies were developed within the FTL area. Over 200 people led by a local leader Rangoji yesterday
marched to the circle office raising slogans against the demolition drive and tried to obstruct it. However, officials razed illegal structures amid security. Similar demolitions in West Zone have drawn a wide range of criticism from the political leaders. For instance, the demolitions at Anjaiah Nagar and Siddique Nagar helped a local MLA to make political mileage. Omim Maneckshaw Debara, general secretary, Forum for a better Hyderabad said that the politicians get involved into this for political mileage. “There are number of court directions to demolish illegal buildings but GHMC not publicised them,” says Omim.
SOUL HAILS THE MOVE SOUL (Save Our Urban Lakes) convenor, Jasveen Jairat, has supported the action of the authorities but demanded compensation to the homeless as they bought land from realtors without knowing the facts. “The fraudsters should be identified to pay compensation to the victims, who put their life savings into house.
BJP adamant in its stand demanding PM’s resignation. NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha was today adjourned till noon as the BJP continued with its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks and other issues. The upper house of parliament was adjourned minutes after the day's proceedings began at 11am amid slogans by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) AROUND THE
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members. When his entreaties for silence went unheeded, Chairman Hamid Ansari adjourned the house till noon. Both houses have seen repeated disruptions by opposition parties over the allocation of coal blocks and 2G spectrum. The BJP has said it will not let parliament function till Manmohan Singh resigns over the alleged involvement of his office in irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks and 2G spectrum. IANS
NEWS BRIEFS Pakistan election rally death toll climbs to 23
China reports 4 more deaths, 129 bird flu cases
China sends large fleet to disputed islands
Europe launches new satellites into space
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he death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has risen to 31, according to official figures, with four more people dying of the virus in China's eastern provinces. The number of people infected also increased to 129, up two since Thursday. The four new deaths included two from Jiangsu and one each from Zhejiang and Anhui.
hina has sent one of its largest recorded fishing fleets to disputed islands in the South China Sea, state-run media said today, amid tensions over Beijing's assertion of its claims in the region. A flotilla including 30 fishing vessels set sail for the Spratly Islands, an archipelago disputed among China and Vietnam and the Philippines.
urope's light-weight rocket, Vega, was launched from Kourou space base in French Guiana late Monday for the first mission, webcast live, since its maiden flight in February last year. The rocket lifted off at 0206 GMT Tuesday, carrying two small Earthobservation satellites and a microsatellite.
hina has engaged in widespread cyber espionage in a bid to extract information about the US government's foreign policy and military plans, said a Pentagon report issued Monday. China kept up a steady campaign of hacking in 2012 that included attempts to target US government computer networks.
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on April 14 in the Mumbai suburb of Kandivli and he was suspended on Monday. There were posts on NSUI’s official Facebook page condemning Thakur’s disorderly behaviour. The NSUI post states that Suraj Thakur had been suspended on the grounds of indiscipline. “NSUI stands strongly against anyone who flouts discipline. Stringent actions will be taken up against such individuals,” it further reads. AGENCIES
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More trouble in store for PIO doc MELBOURNE: A 36-year-old Indian doctor, who won an appeal in an Australian tribunal against his deportation, may face fresh trouble as immigration authorities have said they could challenge the verdict. Suhail Durani had been held at an immigration detention centre in Perth since his release from Casuarina prison in February, where he served more than 18 months jail for indecently assaulting a patient at Royal Perth Hospital. He was taken to the centre on the day he left Casuarina after federal immigration authorities terminated his visa. He then lodged an appeal with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to fight the deportation order, saying he should not be separated from his family. In its review of the decision, the tribunal ruled yesterday the doctor should be allowed to keep his visa. The Immigration Department said that it was now “exploring options” and could appeal the decision in the federal court, an AAP report said. “We’re considering if there was an error of law,” a spokeswoman said. The department will provide advice to the immigration minister, who will decide whether to pursue the case, the report said. Durani was jailed for more
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Delhi cops groom subs for ace sniffer New Delhi: With memories of Anuradha, one of its most brilliant sniffer dogs that died last month, still fresh, dog handlers of Delhi police have started training five new Labradors, hoping to groom them to her level of excellence. AROUND THE
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Fondly named Anu for being the “most friendly” canine, she was relieved of her duties at the end of March after serving the police force for over 10 years. Due to failing health, Anuradha
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died in early April, before her retirement process could be completed. “The news of her death saddened us all... We miss Anu, she was special,” a handler told IANS. The handler said when Anu was relieved of her duties, five Labradors - Gagan, Blade, Honda, Dambola and Munna, all of them one-and-a-half-year old were inducted. Bought for `1.5 lakh each in March from the Indian Army’s Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) based in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, the five are undergoing training similar to that of Anu. IANS
Suhail Durani had been held at an immigration detention centre in Perth since his release from Casuarina prison in February, where he served more than 18 months jail.
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than 18 months for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old patient while examining her at Royal Perth Hospital’s emergency ward in February 2010. Durani had said that he will now focus on challenging his conviction. Australian Medical Association (AMA) Western Australia president Richard Choong was quoted as saying that the organisation had been assisting Durani’s family since he was moved into detention. “We thought it was unfair
because he wasn’t able to see his family,” he said, adding that if Durani was successful in his appeal, he could return to practicing medicine in Australia. He said the AMA WA would support Durani in pursuing the appeal, but not financially. The tribunal yesterday stated if he was deported to India, his four-year-old son’s social, emotional and general wellbeing would be substantially affected. The tribunal said it “has no doubt that cancellation of the visa is not in the best interests of the child.” The tribunal also found it’s “most unlikely” Durani would commit any serious offence again. The review also included a statement from his wife Falaq. She said she was afraid if her husband did not stay in Australia it would be traumatic for her family. PTI
WW vets scrap fest for geese W
orld War II veterans in the Russian city of Kologriv have shown a laudable disregard for celebrations in their honour. They have asked the administration to scrap a fireworks display to mark Victory Day so as not to scare migrating waterfowl. Since 2005, Kologriv, a city of 3,400 in Russia’s central Kostroma region, has celebrated Goose Day May 11, two days after Russia marks the Allied victory in World War II. AROUND THE
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The city has been dubbed “the goose capital of Russia” by media due to the hundreds of thousands of graylag geese that stop over in Kologriv’s forests in early May during migration. “The geese feel safe in Kologriv. It’s the only place where they don’t post sentinels around the flock’s perimeter when feeding,” said Mikhail Prostov, an official with the regional department of culture. He did not say whether the request would be granted or how many veterans there are in Kologriv. Victory Day, a public holiday, remains one of the most revered and scelebrated holidays in Russia 68 years after the defeat of Germany. IANS
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Volcano Mount Mayon spews a thick column of ash 500 metres into the air, as seen from the city of Legazpi, southeast of Manila on Tuesday. At least five climbers have been reported killed by lava and roacks. AFP/ CHARISM SAYAT
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ohamed Abdi Hassan, one of Somalia’s most notorious pirate chiefs, appears far more businessman than a sea bandit, as he explains why he now wants to end the murderous hijacking of ships. Hassan, better known as “Afweyne” or “Big Mouth”, whose men once terrorised vast stretches of the Indian Ocean — generating millions of dollars in ransoms from seized ships — now claims to have renounced piracy. “The young men need to be trained, to get skills and get integrated into society,” Afweyne said, pulling out of his briefcase an official letter apparently nominating him as an “anti-piracy officer”. Afweyne, who says he earned his nickname as a child “because I would cry a lot”, claims to have persuaded almost a thousand young pirates to quit. “We are convincing the AROUND THE
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We are convincing the youths to give up piracy... I have influence, and have been mobilising the community... to keep the men from the water. Hassan aka Afweyne Ex-Pirate chief youths to give up piracy... I have influence, and have been mobilising the community... to keep the men from the water,” he told AFP over a cup of tea in an upmarket hotel in Somalia’s war-ravaged capital Mogadishu. Last year, a United Nations report described Afweyne as “one of the most notorious and influential leaders” in Somalia. Pirate attacks have in recent years been launched as far as 3,655 kilometres (2,277 miles) from the Somali coast in the Indian Ocean. The World Bank last month calculated between $315 million and $385 million has been paid in ransoms since 2005, a figure dwarfed by the estimated $18 billion that piracy costs the world economy annually. AFP
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BOSTON BLASTS
North Korea moves missiles from launch site
Kadyrov has no sympathy for Tsarnevs
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eferring to them as “shaitans”, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said he has no plans to offer any assistance to the suspects in the deadly bombings in Boston, and that the two brothers “got what they deserved”. “The Tsarnaev brothers committed a crime and got what they deserved. I’ve studied information about these brothers and I’m convinced that AROUND THE
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to return to a launch-ready status, two US officials said. The move was revealed in Washington on the eve of a first summit between President Barack Obama and new South Korean President Park Geun-Hye at the White House on Tuesday. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been on the brink of boiling over for months, with the North issuing a series of apocalyptic threats
over what it sees as intensely provocative US-South Korean military exercises. Although large-scale, joint drills were wrapped up at the end of last month, Pyongyang said smaller artillery and antisubmarine exercises had continued as it issued a fresh warning on Tuesday. North Korean troops near the disputed Yellow Sea border with the South sector have been ordered to strike back if “even a single shell drops” in their territorial waters, the North’s army command said in a statement. AFP
they were members of terrorist groups. I refer to them as “shaitans” (Islamic word for Satan or an evil spirit),” Kadyrov said. Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar, whose father is an ethnic Chechen, are suspected of planting two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured more than 250 April 15. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police April 19, while Dzhokhar was injured and captured after a massive manhunt in Boston, and is being held at a prison medical facility in Massachusetts. IANS
PET PEEVES
When ‘puppy’ love goes wrong Getting healthy puppies to rescue homes has the opposite effect since these puppies can contract dangerous infections from puppies that are ill there. AMY ROSE THOMAS amyrose.t@postnoon.com
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every animal on the street. This in no way helps the puppy since apart from curbing their freedom, they are also exposed to diseases that others in the rescue home have,” Dr Lakshmi Ramana of Animal Care Clinic says. She says she has lost many puppies just because they were sent to rescue homes and con-
tracted diseases from others. Canine distemper and canine parvovirus are two deadly viral infections common in puppies. These are highly contagious and once contracted, chances of survival are very low. “Chances of contracting these viruses when on the street is very low since each dog has a
lot more space to itself than in rescue homes. Most of the times there are 30-40 dogs cooped up in the 30 square yards of a rescue home. Rescue home is for the sick dogs so that they can get well before being released. But healthy pups also end up there,” she says. Dr Lakshmi suggests that instead of taking healthy dogs to rescue homes, just give them food once in a while. “Do take them to an animal hospital if you find them ill and also get them neutered so that they do not get pregnant every two months. In case of puppies, take them directly to adoption drives, not to the rescue homes,” she says.
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US anti-rape officer held for assault A US Air Force officer in charge of preventing sexual attacks has been arrested for assaulting a woman, police said on Monday POSTNOON NEWS feedback @postnoon.com
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US Air Force officer in charge of preventing sexual attacks has been arrested for assaulting a woman, police said Monday, in the latest setback for a force struggling to stem a pervasive rape problem. US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel “expressed outrage and disgust over the troubling allegations and emphasized that this matter will be dealt with swiftly and decisively,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said. Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Krusinski, head of the Air Force’s sexual assault prevention and response program, was drunk
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Battle on to save Chad’s elephants I n an isolated wilderness in Chad, a war is being fought to save central Africa’s decimated elephant herds from gangs of ivory poachers. The frontline is the southern Zakouma National Park: a 3,000-sq km sanctuary that has lost 90 per cent of its elephants in the last 10 years. Numbers plunged from 4,300 in 2002 to 450 a decade later. The reserve now uses paramilitary-style tactics, with 60 guards who act like soldiers and a 15-member rapid reaction force. The shift to beef up protection came two years ago when the South African conservation group African Parks took over management of Zakouma. The first step was establishing a permanent presence in the
when he “approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks,” according to a police report from Arlington, Virginia, just outside the US capital. “The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police,” police said. Krusinski, 41, was charged with sexual battery and held on a $5,000 bond, it said. Little confirmed Krusinski was head of the service’s prevention program and said he has been removed from his post pending the outcome of an investigation. “The American people, including our service members,
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel “expressed outrage and disgust over the troubling allegations and emphasized that this matter will be dealt with swiftly and decisively,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said. should expect a culture of absolutely no tolerance for this deplorable behavior,” he said, adding that Hagel would soon announce new steps in “ongoing
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spots. “The only way we can save the elephants in Chad is by knowing where they are going,” said Lorna Labuschagne, head of logistics in Zakouma. As a result the elephant massacre has been stemmed -- just 13 have been lost since 2011. And the once highly stressed animals have started to breed. AFP
efforts to combat this vile crime.” The Air Force has come under severe criticism after a general recently tossed out a sexual conviction from a court martial against a fighter pilot, Lieutenant Colonel James Wilkerson. And the Air Force has been reeling from a scandal at its main training center in Lackland, Texas, where more than a dozen training instructors have been accused of misconduct with recruits, including sexual assault. Lawmakers have slammed the Air Force and the broader military over sexual assault cases, saying the Pentagon has failed to come to grips with the problem.
President Barack Obama, right with Sen Bob Corker, R-Tenn., left, on the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base, Monday, May 6.
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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has lost a golf match while playing with two Republican senators Saxby Chambliss and Bob Corker, a White House official said. Obama, paired with his fellow Democrat Mark Udall yesterday, got defeated by the duo Republican lawmakers. “This afternoon, the President, who has the highest handicap of the foursome, paired with up Senator Udall, who has the lowest. Senators Chambliss and Corker, aided by Chambliss’s hole-in-one on the 11th, won the match,” a White House official said after the game was over. “The President enjoyed the chance to spend some time on the golf course with the Senators. Most of the talk centered on the round of golf and not the latest round of legislative negotiations in Congress,” the official said, adding that, Obama was pleased that the rain held off, despite the damp forecast. Earlier in the day, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that playing golf is in keeping with Obama’s engagement with lawmakers of both parties to see if he can find some common ground on some of the challenges that confront the country.
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Now, read all of Tagore’s works online
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ne can now have access to the entire oeuvre of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore online, in both Bengali and English. ‘Bichitra’ (meaning variety) will provide a full electronic archive of Tagore’s works in
manuscript and print, with all significant versions and revisions of each work. It is offered as a tribute to Tagore in honour of his idea of universal dissemination as part of his 150th birth anniversary celebrations. The archive has been devel-
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oped by the universities of Jadavpur and Visva-Bharati, which he founded at
Santiniketan. The effort has the support of the Union government. The website, launched by President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday, is the largest database of original texts by a single author. Altogether, 35 scholars in
the fields of English, Bengali, comparative literature, Sanskrit and computer science toiled for two years to complete collecting the works of Tagore, whose rich and vast literary output is virtually unmatched in the world. IANS
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India accounts for 29 per cent of all newborn deaths worldwide, according to the charity Save the Children . 75 percent. A decade of rapid economic growth has allowed India to boost spending on poor and rural communities but Save the Children said most such programmes had not benefited those most in need. More than half of all Indian women give birth without the help of skilled health care professionals, leading to infections and complications. In far-flung areas, doctors and hospitals are rare
and villagers often put the health of their children in the hands of poorly trained substitutes. But even in cities such as New Delhi with relatively better healthcare facilities women are delivering at home, said Sharmila Lal, a Delhi-based gynaecologist. "Even if hospitals are near at hand, the women are having babies at home in a highly unsafe and unhygienic environment just because of lack of awareness," Lal added. Lal said India must invest in creating a pool of paramedical staff trained in childbirth to take the load off doctors "who often don't have time or patience to explain simple life-saving measures to expectant mothers". "If all newborns in India experienced the same survival rates as newborns from the richest Indian families, nearly 360,000 more babies would survive each year," the report said.
octors are warning of a new sexually-transmitted superbug which they fear could ultimately prove to be even deadlier than AIDS. The antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhoea, HO41 — now considered a superbug with other bacteria such as MRSA and CRE — was discovered in Japan two years ago in a 31-year-old female sex worker who had been screened in 2009. “This might be a lot worse than AIDS in the short run because the bacteria is more aggressive and will affect more people quickly,” said Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine. Even though nearly 30 million people have died from AIDS-related causes worldwide, Christianson believes the effect of the gonorrhoea is more direct, CNBC News reported. “Getting gonorrhoea from this strain might put someone into septic shock and death in a matter of days. This is very dangerous,” Christianson said.
Now, portable device to detect TB
handheld cancer diagnostic device can rapidly detect tuberculosis and other important infectious bacteria, scientists have found. The device developed by Massachusetts General Hospital combines microfluidic technology with nuclear magnetic resonance to diagnose these infections and determine the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. PTI
“It’s an emergency situation. As time moves on, it’s getting more hazardous,” said William Smith, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors. These superbugs kill about half the people they attack, and nearly one in 20 hospital patients become infected with one, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PTI
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connected to the students and through video conferencing. Test results obtained through the digital lab were shared instantly and further advice was given by the doctor as per requirements. The model is now taken up by three NGOs — Rotary Club, Saur Urja and Sewa Viklang Kendra, Navjyoti — to be implemented in Rajasthan. PTI
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Building base for dreams NEW DELHI: He is the brain behind several world-class and award-winning buildings that include airports and hotels in the US. Several milestones and achievements later, the dream of doing something meaningful for his home country has brought Indian American architect Harshad Patel to his roots, determined to provide low-cost houses to the poor. Patel, who was born in Kampala, moved to India with his family when he was 12. An avid sketcher, he took to architecture on the advice of his elder brother. Once he completed his studies in India, he moved to the US in 1973. And now, with all his expertise and discussions with international firms to come up with solutions for low-cost residential structures specifically catered for India,
A renowned architect of Indian origin has returned to his roots to give wings to every Indian’s dream — affordable housing. Patel wants to give back to his native country, especially to make his father's vision come true. As per Patel, the price of land triples within a span of a few years. So, if the government allots land for a low-cost housing society, by the time it is approved and everything is in place, the price of the land would have skyrocketed, making the project unviable.
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But he has a solution in sight - a mix of prefabricated residential projects that guarantees to reduce costs and construction time. "Prefabricated buildings can be built in a factory at a much quicker pace and also with less wastage," said Patel, adding that some major developers in India are in consultation with him to design and build low-cost housing projects. "We are in talks with Mexican and Chinese companies who can set up factories here and provide us with prefabricated buildings," Patel said. IANS
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A homecoming after 10 years The dramatic discovery drew hundreds of cheering people to the usually quiet, residential street to celebrate that girls, long feared dead, were very much alive. CHICAGO: The dramatic discovery drew hundreds of cheering people to the usually quiet, residential street to celebrate that girls, long feared dead, were very much alive. The details of the trauma they may have suffered in captivity were not yet known, but it appeared that at least one of the girls had borne a child during her captivity. The nightmare ended when Amanda Berry reached her arm through a crack in the front door and called for help. “I heard screaming... And I see this girl going nuts trying to get outside of the house,” Charles Ramsey told the local ABC news affiliate. “I go on the porch, and she said ‘Help me get out. I’ve been here a long time.’” Ramsey said he tried to get her out through the door but could not pull it open, so he kicked out the bottom and she crawled through “carrying a little girl.” Berry went into a neighboring home and called police, begging them to come as soon as they could “before he gets back.” “I’m Amanda Berry. I’ve been kidnapped. I’ve been missing for 10 years. I’m free. I’m here now,” Berry said in the recording of her frantic call to 911. She told the dispatcher that the man who had held her captive was called Ariel Castro. When police arrived she told
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They were last seen... n Berry was last seen on April 21, 2003 when she left work at a fast food restaurant that was just a few blocks from her home around 7.40pm, according to the FBI. She was 16 when she disappeared. n DeJesus was 14 when she vanished while walking home from school on April 2, 2004. n Michele Knight who was 21 at the time of her disappearance, was last seen at a cousin’s house on August 23, 2002, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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hree men have been arrested in the case of three young women who were kidnapped several years ago and found alive on Monday, police in the Midwestern US city of Cleveland said. “The Cleveland Division of Police confirms that there are now three suspects under arrest. All three are Hispanic males, ages 50, 52 and 54,” it said on its official Facebook account, adding that a residence was being searched. The three women’s nightmare ended when Amanda Berry, kidnapped 10 years ago
at the age of 16, managed to escape the house with the help of a bystander and call police. A panicked Berry told an emergency dispatcher that the man who had held her captive was named Ariel Castro, and media identified those arrested as Castro and two of his brothers. However the police declined to confirm the reports, saying: “at this time, suspect information regarding the missing persons investigation, including names and photos, will not be released.” AFP
them there were other captives in the home. “All three women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight, seem to be in good health,” Cleveland police said in a statement. “A 52-year-old Hispanic male has been placed under arrest regarding this incident.” Berry was last seen on April 21, 2003 when she left work at a fast food restaurant that was just a few blocks from her home around 7:40 pm, according to the FBI. She was 16 when she disappeared. Her mother, Louwanna Miller, reportedly died of heart failure in March 2006. DeJesus was 14 when she vanished while walking home from school on April 2, 2004.
I’m Amanda Berry. I’ve been kidnapped. I’ve been missing for 10 years. I’m free. I’m here now. The 911 call that Berry made from a neighbour’s house. Knight, who was 21 at the time of her disappearance, was last seen at a cousin’s house on August 23, 2002, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Kayla Rogers, 23, went to school with DeJesus and joined the crowd gathered near the house on Seymore Avenue where her friend had been held captive.
ll three women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight, seem to be in good health, police said.
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he nightmare ended when Amanda Berry reached her arm through a crack in the front door and called for help. “I heard screaming... And I see this girl going nuts trying to get outside of the house,” Charles Ramsey told the local ABC news affiliate. “I go on the porch, and she said ‘Help me get out. I’ve been here a long time.’” Ramsey said he tried to get her out through the door but could not pull it open, so he kicked out the bottom and she
Charles Ramsey crawled through “carrying a little girl.”
Amanda Berry (L) and Georgina DeJesus (R) when they went missing.
“They don’t find people who go missing, you know,” Rogers, 23, told the Plain Dealer. “I’m at a loss for words.” Rogers said she only attended one vigil over the years, because it was too painful. Neighbor Charlie Czorb said he was stunned by how long the women had lived at the house undetected. “This is our own backyard,” Czorba told the paper. “These girls were locked up in our own backyard.” Castro was described by neighbors as a friendly school bus driver and musician whose daughter would often come over with his grandchildren. Tasheena Mitchell, 26, said she didn’t believe her brother at first when he called to tell her
that their cousin Amanda had been found alive. She’d had her hopes dashed by false reports before. But this time, it was true. So she rushed to the hospital in hopes of confirming it with her own eyes. “She was my best friend,” Mitchell told the Plain Dealer. A friend interrupted her, “She’s alive. She is your best friend.” “You’re right,” Mitchell continued. “She is my best friend. I’m so nervous. I’m so excited. They won’t let me inside. But I will stay here all night if I have to.” An emergency room doctor who treated the three women said they were in fair condition and were being evaluated. AFP
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
Business FIRE SCARE
GM recalls 43,500 cars in US, Canada CHICAGO: General Motors is recalling nearly 43,000 hybrid vehicles in the United States and around 500 in Canada to fix a defect that could cause a fire in the trunk, the automaker said Monday. The recall affects Chevrolet Malibu Eco models from the 2013 model year and Buick LaCrosse and Regal sedans from 2012 and 2013 which are equipped with eAssist hybrid gaselectric engines. “The issue is the potential overheating of the circuit boards in the generator control module, but it does not involve the eAssist battery,” GM said. GM said an overheating circuit board could lead to a loss of battery charge and cause the engine to stall. AFP
EA INKS DEAL WITH DISNEY A deal announced Monday by videogame giant Electronic Arts and The Walt Disney Company calls for EA to develop new game titles across interactive platforms such as consoles for “a core gaming audience.”
LEGAL TANGLE
GROWTH STRATEGY
BoA settles MBIA dispute in $1.7 bn deal NEW YORK: Bank of America and insurer MBIA on Monday announced a $1.7 billion settlement deal resolving their dispute over mortgage securities that soured as the housing market collapsed. Bank of America will pay $1.6 billion in cash to MBIA and $137 million in the outstanding MBIA notes it held. Under the settlement terms, the Charlotte, North Carolinabased bank will end all of the remaining credit default swap (CDS) protection agreements it had purchased from MBIA on commercial mortgage-backed securities. In addition, the bank will provide a $500 million credit facility to MBIA Insurance Corp., a unit of the Armonk, New York-based company. MBIA will give Bank of America warrants to purchase 9.94 million shares to take a roughly 4.9 percent stake in the
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insurer, at $9.59 per share. The settlement requires certain approvals of the New York State Department of Financial Services. Once completed, the settlement will dismiss the litigation that began in September 2008 against Countrywide Home Loans and others, and later amended to include claims against Bank of America.
In 2008, Bank of America bought Countrywide, which was, at the height of the US home-buying boom in the 2000s, the largest mortgage origination company in the United States. MBIA contended that the subprime mortgage giant had misled it into buying the risky debt that soured as home prices collapsed. AFP
Intel revamps chipsets in new mobile push
SAN FRANCISCO: Intel Corp. on Monday unveiled a new line of computer chips as part of the tech giant’s efforts to gain traction in the fast-growing mobile sector. The Silicon Valley giant said its new, low-power, highperformance Silvermont chip design could be used in segments ranging from smartphones to the data center. “Silvermont will be the foundation for a range of innovative products beginning to come to market later this year,” Intel said in a statement. Intel is the world’s biggest maker of chips for personal computers, but is struggling to make inroads in the surging marker for small, energy-sipping processors for smartphones and tablets. “Silvermont is a leap forward and an entirely new technology foundation for the future that will address a broad range of products and market segments,” said Dadi Perlmutter, Intel executive vice president and chief product officer. AFP
GROWING CLOUT
Brazil confident on WTO leadership ... to get $7 bn Fiat investment
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talian carmaker Fiat is upping its stake in Brazil, pouring about $7 billion into local investments by 2016, according to a plan its CEO Sergio Marchionne handed President Dilma Rousseff on Monday. The company’s plans expand — dramatically so — on an earlier outline that called for about $4 billion in investment between 20112014, state news agency Agencia Brasil reported. The outlays will fund building and expansions of factories in Brazil, the agency said.
BRASILIA: Brazil said on Monday it was confident about the outcome of the contest between its candidate and his Mexican rival to lead the World Trade Organization. “We are awaiting with confidence” the runoff election between Brazilian candidate Roberto Azevedo (pictured) and Mexican Herminio Blanco, Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said Monday. The result of the closelywatched race could come as early as Tuesday. “The Brazilian candidate has all the qualifications to do an excellent job at the WTO,” Patriota said. The Brazilian press reported Monday that Azevedo already
had the necessary votes to be elected. But Patriota refused to speculate about the outcome. The winner will have the tough task of reviving longstalled global trade liberalization talks. He is to succeed Frenchman Pascal Lamy, a former European Union trade chief, who bows out on September 1
after two four-year terms as director general of the WTO. The so-called Doha Round, launched at a summit in Qatar in 2001, aims at lifting developing countries out of poverty by striking an accord that would cut agriculture subsidies and tariffs on industrial goods. The 55-year-old Azevedo could benefit from his insider status. He has been Brazil’s WTO ambassador since 2008, after working as a chief litigator in high-profile trade disputes, making him well placed to navigate the system to try to clear the Doha logjam. Like Mexico, Brazil repeatedly has touted its candidate’s broad support across nations and economic levels. AFP
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Comment Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill Former British PM
Outcry over Guantanamo grows CHANTAL VALERY feedback@postnoon.com
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ree them or put them on trial. Thus urges a petition to President Barack Obama over the prisoners held at Guantanamo, jailed and in limbo for more than a decade. The petition launched by Guantanamo’s former chief military prosecutor Colonel Morris Davis was signed by more than 145,500 people by Monday for the president to bring some kind of closure to the fate of the terror suspects at the US prison on the eastern tip of Cuba. Behind the walls of the prison at Guantanamo, the men in indefinite detention seek to draw attention to an unprecedented hunger strike nearly two-thirds of them are waging. On Monday, the hunger strike enters its fourth month. Afghan prisoner Obaidullah echoed the sentiment of many of his fellow inmates when he said he was “losing all hope.” His testimony was declassified Friday. “Eleven years of my life have been taken from me,” he said. As of Monday, 100 of the “war on terror” detainees were observing the hunger strike, out of a total of 166, prison officials say. Of them, 23 were being fed with tubes running down their noses and two were hospitalized even though their lives were not in danger, said prison spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Samuel House. Lawyers for the inmates say there are actually 130 hunger strikers, some of them refusing food since February 6. Of the prisoners still languishing at the US military prison, more than half — 86 — have been cleared for transfer to their home nations.
HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS
The picture on Page 9 is Kim Jong-un inspecting a biotechology centre that was inaugurated recently in his country. At one look it looks he was taking a stroll and had stopped to muse looking at the green grass. What a harmless creature he looks then!
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Hazaras keep up hopes THE INSIDE STORY Dan Martin
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n the city that has become the epicentre of sectarian bloodshed in Pakistan, Shiite Muslim candidates are braving death threats to make themselves heard in Saturday’s election. Shiites make up around a fifth of Pakistan’s 180 million population but they are caught in a rising tide of sectarian hatred, targeted by extremist Sunni Muslim bombers and vilified on the campaign trail. Quetta, capital of the southwestern province of Baluchistan, has been a focus for much of the violence and two devastating bombings earlier this year killed nearly 200 people from the city’s ethnic Hazara Shiite population. Banned Sunni extremist organisation Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), which has links to AlQaeda, claimed the attacks and vowed to strike again. The authorities stepped up security in some Hazara districts of Quetta but those running for office say the threats to their lives are so great that they are unable to move around freely to canvass for votes. Ruquiya Hashmi, a doctor and a former soldier, faces a double challenge — as well as being Hazara she is also the first woman to stand in Quetta for the national assembly. For the past few days she has had threatening phone calls and letters sent to her offices.
She is running for Pakistan Muslim League-Q, an ally of the outgoing government, but she is determined to stand up to the extremists. “I’m lucky I’m a very brave woman. It’s very challenging being a woman, being a Hazara, but God willing I will face the challenges and I will raise my voice,” she said. The threats mean Hashmi, an energetic 62-year-old whose husband is running for the provincial assembly, has had to abandon rallies and take her campaign door-to-door, pressing her leaflets onto voters with a bright, reassuring smile. There is no doubt the dangers are real — on April 23 a suicide bomber blew up his car at one of the checkpoints at the entrance to a Hazara district, killing six people. Attacks targeting politicians and political parties have killed 87 people across the country since April 11, according to an AFP tally. Abdul Khaliq Hazara, the chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party, who is running for both the national and provincial assemblies, believes he was the target — he had opened a campaign office nearby shortly before the blast. He said not enough is being done to protect the nine Hazara candidates running for office from Quetta. “The government promised us, police promised us, they would provide us guards. It has been two months and till now I think I have been given only one guard,” he said.
“How could I move with only one policeman to those areas where always there is the shadow of terror?” Quetta city police chief Mir Zubair Mahmood said security had been provided to every candidate who had asked for it and that fears of attack were “to some extent” exaggerated. Human Rights Watch says more than 400 Shiites were killed in Pakistan in 2012, the worst year on record, and while attacks have declined since the atrocities in Quetta in January and February, the rhetoric of sectarianism continues unabated. In the Punjabi city of Jhang, birthplace of the LeJ, a cleric running for parliament for a party linked to the militant group told AFP he wanted to win so he could carry what he called his “anti-Shiite mission” to the world.
His Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat movement is fielding scores of candidates for national and provincial assembly seats, and while they have little chance of winning, their presence is a stark reminder of intolerance. Among Quetta’s Hazaras, though, there is a determination to brave the threats and make their voices heard through the ballot box. Flags and posters of Hazara candidates dot the dusty, lowrise city and in Hazara Town, on the very spot outside a snooker hall where a car bomb in January killed 92 people, a witness to the attack said he owed it to the victims to vote. “A lot of my relatives died here and I will cast my vote because we need change and it is my responsibility — we are Pakistani and I will vote for Pakistan,” he said.
EDITORIALS Drop tainted ministers, UPA
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e live in degrading times. Political morality has been given a R.I.P and we do have no qualm voting those who have been indicted by the judiciary or by the CBI. The clear affidavit of the CBI director to Supreme Court yesterday leaves no scope of doubts about the culpability of law minister and the arrest of a close kin of railway minister on bribery case too is as clear as daylight. And yet, the ruling Congress behaves like ostrich which goes a long way eroding public faith in the government system and political morality. In any government it is an accepted norm that when shadow of doubts cast at a top official or a minister, he or she should resign and pave way for the law to take its course. But no, in our times it is too much to expect. The government of the day can’t find fault with the Opposition if it resorts to agitation demanding drop of the ministers. The judicial dictum, justice is not merely done, it has to be seen to have been done applies to democratic government too.
READERS’ VIEWS
The lost ones
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ore than 300,000 babies die in India within 24 hours after they are born. In a nation that boasts and is touted to be a superpower in the future, this is shocking. India accounts for 29 per cent of all newborn deaths worldwide, according to the charity Save the Children. More than half of all Indian women give birth without the help of skilled health care professionals, leading to infections and complications. If we are to be a true superpower, we should be able to save our future citizens, too.
We invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to feedback@postnoon.com or #1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 4067 2222. Editor: Dean Williams
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workplace
CONSTRUCTION EXPERT IS THE TOP BUSINESSWOMAN
Civil engineer Michelle McDowell has been named Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the year. BDP's chair of civil and structural engineering was singled out for work on low-carbon building and promoting engineering as a career for all.
HERE’S THE DOPE
PLAYING IT SMART
The truth about lies Lying at the workplace is a common practice — we do it all the time. But, trouble sets in when we get caught in the act. Postnoon gives you few tips on lying smartly in a professional setting.
NIDHI BHUSHAN nidhi.b@postnoon.com
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eople lie whether or not feelings and emotions are involved. Some times, we lie not to hurt others, and on other occasions, because we don’t want to get hurt. The main difference between lying in social circles and professional ones is that the former involves emotions whereas the latter is less sentimental and more result-oriented. And, whether we tell the truth or a lie, consequences are a definite reality especially at the workplace. Here’s a quick guide to playing it smart.
‘HOW DO I LOOK?’
Being friendly at the workplace is a healthy attitude for sure. And, we’ve grown up believing that friends are mostly ‘honest’. However, if your boss asks you for an opinion on her new hair style, she isn’t looking for honesty, no matter what your equation with her is. Take the example of Arvind Kumar. He failed miserably when tested in a similar situation. “My boss was quite fat and mostly confided in me with her insecurities appear-
ance-wise. And, like a good friend, I was always there to make her feel better until... she got a new hair style. She kept asking me if it looked good. It didn’t. And, I told her. After that, I was ignored and treated very badly in front of other employees. And, no, she isn’t a ‘friend’ of mine anymore.” Lesson learnt: Your boss is perfect!
DON’T BURN BRIDGES
Theoretically speaking, an exit interview is to know exactly why an employee has resigned. Whether it’s for a better opportunity or there is a problem at the workplace, exit interviews are full disclosures. Fact: they aren’t. They’re just a formality that a company must fulfill for their records. So, if you want to be a successful former employee, don’t spell out your grouse in the exit interview. I know, you’d have to lie and come up with something that sounds good, but believe me, it’s worth the trouble. “I had complained about my boss during my exit interview. I still r e g r e t doing t h a t
because he is a big shot now and I can’t ask him for a job. Ever,” says Nisha Dayal. Lesson learnt: Snitching on your boss can be career suicide.
MONEY MATTERS
Negotiating a salary is probably the most tricky things about job hunting. You get offers and you are asked what you think your worth really is. The trick is to oversell yourself with confidence. When asked about how much you expect, just add 20 per cent to the figure that you have in mind. “I knew someone who was expecting `25,000 per month from his second job. He asked for `50,000. He got it,” says Nitika Sharma. Lesson learnt: You are worth more than you think!
FEELING SICK
The most common form of lying at the workplace is calling in sick. Whether it’s something as simple as acidity or as complicated as d y s e n t e r y,
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calling in sick can be very very tricky. First and foremost, one shouldn’t think of a complicated problem. However, if you want to go with a difficult medical issue, please learn the background of it. Remember that colleagues will be waiting to know what the exact treatment was, its expense, period of healing, etc. etc. Be prepared. Take the example of a person I worked with. “She met with an accident near office during our night shift. Even though she was merely nudged by a moving car, she was traumatised by the incident. We all immediately took her to the hospital as she complained of pain in both her legs. There was no blood or swelling in either. We all assumed that she would take the following day off to recover, but instead she took three weeks off. As if it wasn’t funny enough that she took so much leave for clear X-Rays, she started limping with her right leg instead of left on the day of her return.” Lesson learnt: Lie smartly!
Confessions of a beauty queen KANCHAN AGGARWAL kanchan.a@postnoon.com
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didn’t have to be a beauty queen. I never wanted to be one. By the time I was 19, people started noticing I was pretty. I was pushed and pulled into taking part. I never had any plans to. But I will be honest — the lust in the possibility of being a beauty queen was hard to ignore. I could be famous and glamorous. So I filled forms, sent a few pictures, got selected and the drill began. Once again, I was being taught how to sit, stand, eat, laugh, cry, and feel emotions that were not mine; they came from a box of stereotypes associated with beauty queens. I was given a dream to aspire to, dream which did not
belong to me. I was in a race to grab a tiara and a prestigious title which was not to appreciate me for who I was but the idea of how an ideal woman should look like. I was a dancer before and I started beating myself for not walking the ramp well. I also wanted to write. Sometimes I think of pursuing those dreams. Sometimes I think I am working on those goals. Now I am just a pretty face making appearances at showroom launches, and getting paid for wearing a figure hugging dress and tons of makeup. I am also paid to smile incessantly and talk highly about the product I have never even heard of before. I have all the confidence to be on the stage now but I am not really sure of what I want to do with myself. Did I make friends for life in those weeks of grooming sessions? Maybe a few, I can call friends. We are not friends for life, though. We are nice to each other and we share a few secrets. We end up talking about the boys we are chasing and running away from.
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HAVING A BALL GAME
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Sunrisers team members including Parthiv Patel were seen at a promotional event titled Bowl Out. It was held at the City Centre Mall, Banjara Hills, recently.
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health
KASHMIR SHUTS DOWN OVER SPURIOUS DRUGS ISSUE
Life in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley was affected Monday by a shutdown against the alleged spurious drugs scam called by the local doctors' associations. The scam has been hogging headlines in local newspapers for over a month. IANS
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS
ARE YOU ON THE PILL?
One of the most widely used forms of contraception, the oral contraception pill created a stir with studies linking it to cancer. But doctors say benefits outweigh side effects. We find out. Contraception: A brief history (to be contd)
DEEPASHRI VARADHARAJAN
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rom being illegal, banned and being a taboo, contraception, or methods used to avoid pregnancy after sex, has come a long way. Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) are widely used today. There are several different types of OCPs which use a combination of female hormones. The most common are the ones with a combination of the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone, said Dr Devika Gunasheela, managing director and consultant obstetrician gynaecologist at Gunasheela Hospitals, Bangalore. “A constant dose of hormones suppress the ovary and pituitary axis, so you don’t ovulate. The lining of the womb becomes unreceptive to the embryo. There are so many small, additional ways in which it (the pill) will act,” she said. Apart from contraception,
Charles Goodyear invents technology to vulcanise rubber and uses it to make rubber condoms.
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the pills have other uses as well. It is used to regularise periods and menstrual cycles, reduce unwanted cyst production in the ovary and prevent benign breast tumours from growing, said Dr Gunasheela. Natasha Paul (name changed), 29, has polycystic ovarian disease. She was prescribed contraceptive pills to regulate
her periods. She took the pills for two years (21 days at a stretch, a gap of seven days). “I put on a lot of weight, lost a lot of hair, got pimples, facial hair and had frequent mood swings,” Paul said. “I heard if you take it for more than two years at a stretch, it increases the risk of breast cancer.” So how far is this true?
Talking about the side-effects, Dr Devika said, “Few people tend to put on weight. Those with migraine or clots in the veins cannot take the pills as they will aggravate the condition.” She said studies linking cancer with OCPs have been disproved, but she wouldn’t recommend them to a patient with a family history of breast cancer.
A large cervical cap, an early version of the diaphragm is developed.
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n 1981, a study found that women who took OCPs before their first full-time pregnancy had a 125 per cent increased risk of cancer before the age of 32. The Cancer And Steroid Hormone (CASH) study, an American trial, also showed that woman under the age of 44 who took OCPs before their first full-
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time pregnancy had a 40 per cent increased risk of breast cancer. Other studies, like the United Kingdom Nation study that followed, established similar links between breast cancer and OCPs. An Oxford study, the largest meta-analysis on the issue till date, published in the Lancet,
HOUSECALL Panniculitis Panniculitis is a broad term referring to inflammation of the fatty layer underneath the skin. It is usually seen in women, on the thighs and lower legs. There are many types of panniculitis, all with different causes, but the condition generally causes the skin to feel hard and to develop painful red lumps (nodules) or patches (plaques), making it look darker in places. There are many possible causes for it. nhs.uk
concluded that “women who are currently using combined oral contraceptives or have used them in the last 10 years have a slightly increased risk of breast cancer diagnosed…” but concluded that beyond 10 years, no risk has been found. Source: The Polycarp Research Institute (polycarp.org)
DID YOU KNOW? More corn around than you think Corn is a key ingredient in breakfast cereals, bread, potato chips and many prepared foods. In his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan writes that more than a quarter of the items in the average grocery store now contain ingredients that came from corn. besthealthmag.ca
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Ban on birth control lifted. Diaphragms become popular method of birth control.
Sources: TIME Magazine, Our Bodies Ourselves (Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, Inc)
PIONEERS Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. She was a pioneer in promoting the education of women in medicine in the United States and a social and moral reformer in both the United States and in England. After leaving for England in 1869, Blackwell was active both in social reform and authorship. en.wikipedia.org
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Technology SECURITY
The average cost per data breach for business in 2011
Data breaches caused by negligent users cost companies an average of of data breaches caused by MALICIOUS ATTACKS are the result of negligence, including PASSWORD THEFT.
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Cost of a
GOOD PASSWORD Complex password policies are creating havoc in the workplace. The cost of common security measures may be more than you expect.
What do people use to remember their passwords?
With whom have people shared their password with in the past?
Memory
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Password management software Browser keep track of my password Word document on my computer Sticky notes or typed list on my computer Other
To help prevent brute-force attacks, your organisation may lock your account. How often many companies require users to change their password. TIME TO CALL IT... Most organisations are working across of consumers change multiple applicatheir passwords only tions, each requiring once a year. its own password.
System admin A friend Co-worker Boss None of the above
This is my p@55 word
With so many passwords, users may opt to write them down and leave it out in the open.
Of all help desk calls are for password resets. Password reset cost ranges from
Even Worse...
Some users may keep a spreadsheet of passwords on their computer. This one File can compromise enterprise identity security
FOR THE LABOR ALONE
ADOBE’S BIG BET In a major shift for its business and its customers, Adobe Systems announced it no longer will sell its Creative Suite software as it moves instead to the $50per-month Creative Cloud and other subscription plans. When Adobe launched its Creative Cloud subscription last year, executives weren't sure how long it would offer it alongside the traditional perpetual-license sales for its software. But customer enthusiasm for the Creative Cloud, combined with a desire to end piracy of its products led the company to move aggressively to the subscription plan. Individual applications such as Photoshop can be subscribed to at a rate of $20 per month.
RELAX... ALL IS WELL
Microsoft’s next Xbox model will work without an Internet connection according to a leaked memo sent to all members working on the console. The company was severely criticised after there were rumours of the company shipping the console with an always-online requirement. However the console might need to connect to the Internet every time you play a new game as it might require to verify if a copy of the game is legitimate or not. The console will make it impossible one to try used games because of the way it is designed.
Retina iPad anyone? The iPad Mini will get a refresh in the third quarter with a Retina display, NPD DisplaySearch predicted late Sunday. This is an update to information that DisplaySearch provided earlier Sunday. NPD had earlier stated that the first iPad Mini with a Retina display would appear in the first quarter of 2014. That will actually be the second refresh, according to NPD's updated prediction. It's not clear yet which display technology will be used. One of the candidates is LTPS, or low-temperature polysilicon -the same technology used in the iPhone 5.
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Entertainment A TALE THAT NEEDS TELLING
CINE BYTES
Of Slavery and Sexploitation B Narsing Rao’s award winning film Daasi throws light on how chieftains exploited people working under them in the Telangana region during the pre-independence era. The critically acclaimed director opens up about the themes the film tries to address and a lot more.
HEMANTH KUMAR hemanth.k@postnoon.com
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Narsing Rao’s Daasi is a disturbing film about how the Doras, the chieftains who ruled over various lands in Telangana before independence, treated people who worked under them. Although the film makes a statement on the economic condition and social hierarchy in the mid-1920s, the central figure of the film is a daasi named Kamalakshi. We are told that she was sold by her parents to a wealthy couple when she was a child and that sealed her fate. She works at the house of the local chieftain, where she does all kinds
of chores, but her beauty and sensuality results in her becoming a sexual toy in the household. In one of the best moments of the film, she tries to resist the advances of the dorasani’s brother, but she realises that she cannot fight back and camera focuses on her slowly unclutching her palm. That one shot encompasses everything which the film tries to depict, that there was no hope and pleasing the doras, in every possible way, was not only expected from the daasis but also an unwritten rule. The film won five national awards in 1988 and it was also screened at various film festivals abroad. Upon its screening in Hyderabad, B Narsing Rao opened up about the making of the film and various themes it addresses. “We did a lot of research about the
lives of daasis and I had come across several other shocking revelations which I couldn’t include in the film. I was born in one such Dora’s family in Warangal and all those things I had heard and seen when I was young helped me in making this film,” Narsing Rao reveals. Answering a question on whether the film commodifies women to a large extent, he said, “Well, these women had no rights or freedom. Everything you have seen in the film is real. When the film was released in 1988, we screened the film to several daasis from Warangal district. They were so moved by the portrayal of their lives that they couldn’t stop their tears when they met me,” he says. The film’s lead actress Archana, who played Kamalakshi, had already acted in films like Ladies Tailor, and Nireekshana before Narsing Rao approached her with the script of Daasi. “I wasn’t sure if she would accept the role because of its sexual content, although she was perfect for it. It was Balu Mahendra who convinced me to meet her. She liked the story and after she came onboard, it was she and cinematographer Apurba Kishore Bir who were convinced that we were working on something special. Both forced me to edit the film and get it censored before December 31 that year. After I finally relented to their request, the censor board refused to pass the film and we finally went to the revising committee. Surprisingly, the film won five national awards. I wouldn’t say I expected it,” he recalls. The depiction of women in the film leaves a lump in your throat and it’s fair to say that a feeling of helplessness creeps in after watching it. “I think we have dealt with a very contemporary issue. Although times have changed, women are still treated very badly,” he says. Daasi was screened at Lamakaan recently as part of the ongoing film festival dedicated to B Narsing Rao.
Hansika goes to Slovenia
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ansika is all set to begin shooting for her upcoming Telugu film in the untitled multistarrer which has Mohan Babu, Vishnu and Manoj in lead roles. The first schedule of the film will be shot in Europe and currently Hansika and Vishnu are in Slovenia to shoot for a song. Srivas is directing the film. Hansika and Vishnu had earlier teamed up for Dhenikaina Ready
Balupu has an added attraction
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avi Teja, Shruti Haasan and Anjali starrer Balupu is going to have an added attraction. Although, Gopichand Malineni, the film’s director, hasn’t revealed the name, he has stated that a top heroine is going to make a special appearance. Thaman is scoring the music and the film might release in June.
PKC postponed to June?
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udheer Babu, Nandita starrer Premakatha Chitram has been reportedly postponed to June, according to the latest buzz. J Prabhakar Reddy has directed the film and Maruthi has written the script and dialogues. The film was originally supposed to release on May 11. The film’s audio has already been launched and Maruthi had said that the film will be different from his earlier films.
Entertainment TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 CINE BYTES
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TIME FOR CELEBRATION
‘SHOOTOUT...’ WOWS Riteish addicted to Aashiqui 2 songs
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ctor Riteish Deshmukh says he can’t stop himself from listening to Aashiqui 2 songs. “Addicted to the music of Aashiqui 2, plays on repeat mode in my car,” the 34-year-old tweeted. Released on April 26, the film starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, has 10 tracks and Tum hi ho, sung by Arijit Singh, is one of the most sought after songs. IANS
Rahasya shooting begins, Tisca excited
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ctress Tisca Chopra, who has featured in movies like Taare Zameen Par, Firaaq, and Mirch, is excited to start shooting for Rahasya. “First day shoot of Rahasya... great script, fabulous director, crew and some very talented actors. Here we go, starting a new journey to entertain you,” Chopra tweeted. IANS
Grand Masti shoot over, tweets Vivek Oberoi
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he shooting for Grand Masti, a sequel to 2004 hit sex-comedy Masti, is over. Vivek Oberoi, who plays one of the male leads in it, says he will miss the team. “And it’s a wraaaaaap! I’m going to miss you guys and the fun times we had on the sets,” Vivek shared the news through his tweet. Grand Masti also stars Riteish Deshmukh and Aftab Shivdasani and all three were part of the original. IANS
BOTH CRITICS, VIEWERS; SONU HAPPY S onu Sood is thrilled with the positive response to his crime thriller Shootout at Wadala from both the critics and the audiences alike and says the combination is something very tough to achieve. “I always say that it is not easy to get the audience’s whistles and the critics stars together. Shootout at Wadala has got both and that is very encouraging that both the critics and the audiences have liked the film,” the 39-year-old said. Directed by Sanjay Gupta, Shootout at Wadala came out Friday. Sonu was accompanied by Tusshar Kapoor, who plays gangster Sheikh Munir in the film that revolves around the encounter of gangster Manya Surve, played by John Abraham. The public here was addressing Tusshar by his screen name ‘Munir’ and Sonu, who plays Dawood in the film, believes it is a parameter of success. “People are liking the film. You saw they are calling him (Tusshar) Munir and when actors are called by character’s name that shows the impact of the film,” said Sonu, who had impressed as Chhedi Singh in Dabangg. “We are happy to be standing where we shot the first scene of the film. We had said that we would come here to thank the God if the film is a success and today we have,” added Tusshar. IANS
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BALLET TO THE RESCUE
CINE BYTES
'We were waiting for Matthew to do good stuff'
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he director of Matthew McConaughey's latest film, Mud, has revealed that he had to play the long game when it came to casting the Texan star. "I've been thinking about this story for over a decade, and it was always Matthew McConaughey. I wrote it in his voice," explains Jeff Nichols. Matthew McConaughey has won critical plaudits for his title role of Mud.
Zoe Saldana suffered from ADD A
ctress Zoe Saldana has revealed she suffered from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) as a teenager and it was with the help of ballet that she learnt to deal with the condition. The 34-year-old Star Trek: Into Darkness star lost her father, Aridio in a car crash when she was only nine. Following his death she was dragged to ballet lessons by her mother where she learnt to deal with the symptoms of ADD, reported Contactmusic. "I was ADD. I was suffering. I couldn't hold a thought. But there was something about the piano, the barre, your breath ... and I became the most quiet, just lethal little machine with ballet," Saldana said. The Avatar star said, "Then for the next 10 years, I was dancing. It gave me so much peace, it centred me. Had my mum not had the intuitive wisdom to put me in ballet, I think she would have eventually opted to concede to the medication the doctors were suggesting." The actress and her siblings moved from New York to the Dominican Republic, their father's birthplace along with their mother, after his death. PTI
Men In Black 4 gets a writer
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ith Men In Black 3 having posted a respectable box-office return despite receiving a series of lukewarm reviews, Sony looks is pushing forward MIB 4. Oren Uziel has been hired to begin work on the script, having recently got the nod to write another Sony sequel, 21 Jump Street 2.
Luke Evans signs on to head up The Crow
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fter a month of speculation in which James McAvoy, Tom Hiddleston and Alexander Skarsgard were all linked to the role, the remake of The Crow has finally found its Eric Draven in the shape of Luke Evans. Deadline reports that Evans had long been on Relativity Media’s radar, but had initially been unable to commit to the role on account of his busy schedule.
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Chai Time
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it. Augustus Hare
KAKURO
QUICK CROSSWORD
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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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PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER
SCRIBBLING PAD
1 Agent from Washington 4 “Donna” singer Valens 11 The Rockies, e.g. (Abbr.) 14 Pasture 15 Along the way 16 Car assemblers’ org. 17 Person associated with 16-Across 19 Caribbean calypso cousin 20 Chess piece 21 Hand warmer 23 Incites 25 Original “I Love Lucy” network 28 “___, meenie, miney ...” 29 Rhyming boxing legend 30 “O ___ Night” 32 Suffix with “kitchen” 33 Sentence ender 37 Hotel patron 39 Certain scholar 43 The best of all worlds 44 Serengeti laughers 46 Mocked 49 Stern’s counterpart 51 Through 52 Arena tops 54 Reagan’s “Star Wars” plan, for short 55 Mix together 57 “Good Times” actor Walker 59 Seat for 67-Across 61 Find a function for 62 Three-horned dinosaur 67 Wino 68 Toughs it out 69 Thanksgiving staple 70 It’s a blast 71 Absolutely resolute 72 Airport posting (Abbr.)
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1 Cause of many a sick day 2 Nighttime, poetically 3 Popular rum drink 4 Russo and Auberjonois 5 “By the powers vested ___ ...” 6 Battlefield furrow 7 Internet address ending, typically 8 Center 9 Agendum 10 Creepy 11 More than shouldn’t 12 Cue to a soloist 13 River in a Stephen Foster tune 18 Start of the Lord’s Prayer 22 Cut one’s choppers 23 Vermont harvest 24 Academy freshman 26 Completely confused 27 Nasty remark 31 “She Loves You” lyric 34 Footnote word 35 ___ Glory (U.S. flag) 36 Bites the dust 38 Person with intelligence? 40 Stable staples 41 Academy Awards prop 42 Precipitation 45 Down in the dumps 46 Become adapted 47 Skull-and-crossbones stuff 48 Kelly the clown 50 Penny-pinchers 53 Decided on a location 55 Vain claim 56 Universal workplace? 58 Coastal flier 60 Cherry or lemon, e.g. 63 First lady McKinley 64 Moo chew? 65 Orchestra’s location 66 Fisherman’s lure?
Chai Time TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 Thiruvaikumar
STAR POWER for 8-5-2013
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As per Hindu panchang thiruvaikumar@yahoo. co. in, 040-27177230 / 9177596118
ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
LEO
VIRGO
LIBRA
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
CAPRICORN
AQUARIUS
PISCES
Your pet project might face roadblocks beyond expectations; keep your efforts alive and proceed without giving up. Delays and inconveniences will put you under stress. Adopt a patient approach in all the works.
STRIP TEASE AGNES
Financial position looks to be strong with which you will feel relaxed. Expectation will be fulfilled but you may not be fully satisfied. Be content with whatever good things happen and avoid being more greedy.
Avoid taking suggestion from others as your own decisions will be perfect and yield desired result. Be positive in your approach. Never get annoyed with anyone under any circumstances, come what may.
Politicians and Govt. employees might face tension. Never get frustrated if things are not happening as per your expectations. Proceed with a determination without giving up so that you will succeed without fail.
Be alert as you might face unexpected blames. Avoid taking controversial stance. Friendship circle will expand. Avoid taking any important decision today and undertaking travel too. Businessmen may have a hard time.
Health needs to be taken good care of. Businessmen will be signing new contracts which will be more profitable. Assess the pros and cons before undertaking any important work and accordingly put proper efforts to complete them. Postponed marriage talks will resume and finalization is most certain. Your influence is set to increase. Your creative abilities will get sharpened and all the efforts will bear fruits. Plan your trips whether in India or abroad properly.
Never ignore health problems and take immediate treatment to avoid any major troubles in future. You might be in a fix to decide on an important issue but you need to go as per your plans and intuition only.
Influx of visitors will charge the atmosphere at home and family will be cheerful. Your financial position looks very strong. All your dreams and expectations will get fulfilled. Businessmen are advised to be cautious and think twice.
TAROT READ
Sumaa Tekur
tarotreadhyd@gmail. com
ARIES:
GEMINI:
The Emperor – By creating borders between people and making rules and regulations, you kill creativity and put the brakes on other interesting possibilities.
LEO:
Knight of Wands – You’re in a creative phase. What’s more, you have the youthful energy to see your ideas through. Don’t freeze your ideas yet. Work on them.
LIBRA:
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
Four of Swords – Your area of expertise is too narrow. If you have time on your side, branch out and pick up new skills so that you always stay in demand.
SAGITTARIUS:
The High Priestess – Expect a letter from overseas which will not just surprise you but also open up new possibilities, in terms of career.
TAURUS:
Page of Wands – You’re in the monsoon mood, and are ready for the rains to sweep you away to a world of imagination and creativity. The clouds are calling.
CANCER:
Nine of Swords – There’s an undercurrent and a narrative that your conscious mind has been ignoring for long. It could be a crush you have on someone.
VIRGO:
Ace of Swords – Don’t abandon an idea despite obstacles. These are only testing your determination to make your idea work. Try new things.
SCORPIO:
Seven of Wands – You may be tempted to seek help from a fortune teller. It will only give you some direction. The ultimate decisions have to be yours.
CAPRICORN:
King of Wands – Writers, artists, photographers and other creative people will have a good time ahead. Your plans will come together.
PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS
PISCES:
King of Pentacles – Look for a more stable and permanent situation. There is no use hopping from one place to another, or one thought to another.
NUMBER GAME
Time to mend fences and do things practically. Offer the olive branch and make a promise to them and yourself, that you will not repeat mistakes.
SCRABBLE
AQUARIUS: Ten of Cups –
POOCH CAFE
Strained relationship will resume and go strong in the future. You will be more positive and cheerful. With determination and push, you will win wherever you have faced failure and that brings you more cheer.
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Eight of Pentacles – Join a club or weekend activity group to learn a new skill and to make new friends. Choose a hobby you enjoy.
NON SEQUITUR
Avoid harsh talks and irrelevant arguments with anyone. You might feel depressed to see that most of your works get struck half way. Time will change and stop not till your goals are achieved. Friends may not act favourable to you.
SUDUKO
Intolerance in dealing with any issue is to be avoided. Opportunities are to knock at your door; ensure to make full use of them. Avoid acting in haste in the works undertaken to avoid failure and disappointment.
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WORLD TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
PICK OF THE WEEK
A bumpy ride ahead
After years of dabbling with serious themes, acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s next film titled I’m So Excited is a light-hearted comedy about passengers and cabin crew of a flight coming to terms about a fatal crash landing. HEMANTH KUMAR hemanth.k@postnoon.com
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edro Almodovar is back after a brief hiatus and this time, he’s presenting a light-hearted comedy which in many ways seems like a metaphor to what’s happening in Spain these days. “It’s my gayest film ever,” Pedro Almodovar claimed in an interview to The Guardian last month. He’s talking about his latest film I’m So Excited, which narrates the story of a group of people onboard an airplane which is about to crash. Since everyone onboard the airplane knows that their death is imminent, instead of wailing about it, they indulge in debauchery, singing, dancing among many other things. “The movie is a tribute to the Eighties. That was when we started with democracy and
there was an incredible explosion of freedom in every sense,” Pedro Almodovar stated in another interview to The Telegraph. I’m So Excited is his first comedy in nearly 25 years. Back in 1988, he directed a comedy film titled Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, which won several awards and he was nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA and a Golden Globe award. However, his work took a different shape in the 90s and between 1999 and 2006 he directed four films — All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education and Volver, which made him one of the most revered contemporary filmmakers in the world. The visual brilliance and the themes he has dealt with in these four films made a lot of critics go gaga over his work.
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His last film The Skin I Live In, starring Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya, was a psychological thriller about a plastic surgeon who becomes obsessed with a mysterious young woman, who becomes his guinea pig for all his experiments. Considering all the themes he has dealt with in the past, it does come as bit of a surprise that he has changed gears and made a light-hearted comedy like I’m So Excited. The film stars Javier Cámara, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas and Raúl Arévalo in lead roles, along with cameo appearances by Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Paz Vega. So what exactly does the film try to convey? Although it’s sprinkled with witty dialogues and humour, Almodovar reveals that it’s his most political film of his career. The entire story
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring (2003) unfolds in the business class of the airplane and the passengers in the economy class are drugged upon the instructions of the pilot. The setting has a stark resemblance to the current political scenario in Spain which is facing the aftermath of an economic crisis. No one has a clue about what’s happening or what’s going to happen, as Almodovar puts it. “There was always the metaphor of a Spain that doesn't know where it is heading, that doesn't know where to land or who will be in charge, nor what the dangers are,” Almodovar stated in an interview to The Guardian. So what do the crew and passengers on the flight do to escape from what’s in the offing? They sing, dance and make their fantasies come true. Now that’s a good enough reason to make anyone smile.
Directed by South Korean auteur Kim Ki Duk, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring narrates the story of a young boy, a disciple of an old monk, and how he learns to become a Buddhist monk as seasons and years pass by. The film stars Su Oh-yeong, Kim Young-min, Seo Jae-kyung, and Kim Jong-ho and it’s one of the most critically acclaimed films in Kim Ki Duk’s career.
No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. Ingmar Bergman Director
DID YOU KNOW? Lars von Trier, a Danish filmmaker who played a vital role in the formation of Dogme 95, shot to fame in the 80s. His popularity grew by leaps and bounds over the span of next few years and after watching Europa, Steven Spielberg was so impressed that he offered him a chance to direct a film in the US, Lars Von Trier turned down the offer.
Breathless (À bout de souffle), one of the earliest andmost influential films of the French New Wave in the 60s, is often praised for its cinematography. The film’s director Jean-Luc Godard apparently couldn't afford a dolly, so he pushed the cinematographer around in a wheelchair through many scenes of the film.
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TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
NBA
Bulls shock Heat in East series opener
MIAMI: Nate Robinson scored the go-ahead jumpshot with 1:18 left as the Chicago Bulls scored the final 10 points en route to a 93-86 win over reigning champions Miami in the opener of their NBA playoff series. Robinson, who was bloodied in the first half after a collision with LeBron James, carried the visiting Bulls on his back down the stretch by scoring the final seven points Monday to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead in the best-ofseven series. “We’ve been hit all year with a lot of different things, but I like the mental toughness of our team,” Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. “This is just one game.” Robinson finished with 27 points and nine assists for the injury-riddled Bulls, who had snapped the Heat’s 27-game winning streak during the regular season and handed them their first loss in their last 13 games on Monday. Robinson played with 10 stitches in his mouth after hitting his face on floor. He left the game to get medical attention but returned later. “It was just a hustle play that went wrong,” Robinson said. “You have to play through it.” James had 22 of his 24 points in the second half for Miami,
LOCAL SPORTS
Yash, Arvind claim GHMC quiz title HYDERABAD: Yash Gupta and T.M.Arvind duo of (Marredpally PlaygroundCricket) won the GHMC North Zone Sports Quiz Championship in the GHMC Summer Coaching Camps 2013 at GHMC Secunderabad Swimming pool here on Monday. N.Srujana and M.Naveen Kumar (Malkajgiri Gandhi Park Playground-Volleyball) claimed the second place while B.Sai Laxman and B.Rajes-
hwari both of Swimming – Secunderabad Swimming pool Clinched the third place. Chief guest Smt.T.Maheshwari Corporator Begumpet Div – 148 Secunderabad Circle - 18 gave way the prizes.Sri.Dr. SR Prem Raj, Director of Sports,GHMC welcomed the gathering while Sri. Samuel Vasanth Kumar, Assistant Director of Sports, North Zone, GHMC proposed a vote of thanks.
ECDG wins U-19 crown Bangalore: ECDG won the Inter State Emerging Cricket Tournament under-19 title held in Bangalore.
Jimmy Butler #21 of the Chicago Bulls drives to the basket against Chris Andersen #11 and Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat in Game One of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the Playoffs on Monday. AFP
which lost its third game in its last 44 going back to February 3. Miami will host game two Wednesday where the Heat will try to get a split of their two games at home to begin the second-round series. The Heat, who had been idle for the past week, looked rusty down the stretch. The Bulls bottled up James late in the fourth as they appear to have developed a formula this season for beating the mighty
Heat. The Bulls finished the contest on a 10-0 run. “Our offence was not as fluid and efficient as it normally is, and you have to give credit to their defence for that. We need to show more poise, patience and aggressiveness,” Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra said . Chicago ended Miami’s 27game winning streak, which was the second-longest in league history. AFP
BOSTON CUP
Under-19 (semis): ECDG 303 in 38 overs (Kartikeya Kak 105, Sai Trived 40) bt Rashtriya Military School 251 all out in 36 overs (Akhilesh 50 n.o., Kartikeya Kak 4/60, Vijay 2/50). Under-19 (final): ECDG 207/9 in 25 overs (Faraaz Khan 23, Kartikeya Kak 66, Sai Trived 28, Abrar 22, Rakesh 3 for 29) bt
KIOC 178/2 in 25 overs. Under-16 (semis): Zee International School 86 all out in 14.5 overs (Aryan Kak 2/15) lost to ECDG 88/8 in 18 overs (Nithish 31 n.o., Arav 3/22, Manzoor 2/18) Under-16 (final): KYCA 145 all out in 19.4 overs (Prajwal 30, Rahul 20, Manishwar 3/25, Aryan Kak 2/30) bt ECDG 120 all out in 18.4 overs (Shashwat Biswal 23, Abdul Rahman 45 n.o., Aryan Kak 22).
Amway Nutrilite Tennis Results Hyderabad: Vibha Naik Navare and Kalaparthi Kousalya are set to clash in the Grils U-16 finals after they won their respective semifinals matches of the Amway Nutrilite tennis tournament.
Girls U-18: Kalaparthi Kousalya bt Vibha Naik Navare 9-8 (3), KotteSahsmitha bt Rikitha Mansi 9-2.
RESULTS: SEMIFINALS:
Boys U-16: V Aravind Reddy bt C Vishal Reddy 9-6, Rohit Jain bt Harshit Kosaraju 9-4
Girls U-16: Vibha Naik Navare bt Hanumakonda Raashi 9-2, Kalaparthi Kousalya by Kotte Sahsmitha 9-2.
Boys U-18: Aditya Ganesh bt Amaan Ayub Khan 9-4, V Aravind Reddy bt C Vishal Reddy 9-6.
Kousik defeats Siddarth
Indian Women’s Cricket Captain Mithali Raj, meeting the Boston Cricket Team at the Inaugural Ceremony of 14th Boston Cup 2013. Also seen is Mohd Shaker Ahmed, Correspondent of the Boston School.
Hyderabad: V Kousik Kumar Reddy defeated Sirimalle Siddarth in quarterfinals of the Aster Minds AP State Ranking tennis tournament on Monday. Boys U-10 (Quarters): V Kousik Kumar Reddy bt Sirimalle Siddarth 7-2;R. Mukund Reddy bt C.Sri Sai Ashish 7-1;Vaddepalli Karthik Neal bt Yuvraj Bandi 7-4;Kota Sashidhar bt Yash Rayasam 7-4. Boys U-12 (Quarters): Vallabhaneni Preetam bt Ch.Aniketh 7-2;V.Kousik Kumar Reddy bt N.Shreynak 70;V.Jaiwanth bt Vaddepalli Karthik Neal 7-0;Harshit Kosaraju bt Kota Sashidhar 7-0. Boys U-14 (Semis): Vallabhneni Pretam bt K.Brihat 7-4;Harshit Kosaraju bt Sai Sekhar 7-0.
Girls U-10 (Quarters): R.Veda Varshitha bt Diya G Reddy 70;Chahana Jai Budhbhatt bt Sanithi 7-2. Girls U-10 (Semis): R.Veda Varshitha bt J.Apoorva Reddy 7-0;Chahana Jai Budhbhatt bt M.P.Vennela 7-5. Girls U-12 (Quarters): Smriti Bhasin bt Sonali Jaiswal 7-5;Sri Harshitha Vanchinathan bt Sumana Panuganti 7-3;Tanuja Chauhan bt Koka Shreya 76(0);D.Sanskriti bt Simhabhatla Nikitha 7-4. Girls U-12 (Semis): Sri Harshitha Vanchinathan bt Smriti Bhasin 7-5;D.Sanskriti bt Tanuja Chauhan 7-0. Girls U-14 (Semis): Smriti Bhasin bt P.Lasya 7-4;Sri Harshitha Vanchinathan bt K.Sreeja Reddy 7-6(3)
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RYDER ASSAULT
BRAWL
20-yr-old pleads guilty A New Zealand man has pleaded guilty to assaulting cricketer Jesse Ryder during an altercation outside a bar last month. WELLINGTON: A New Zealand man has pleaded guilty to assaulting cricketer Jesse Ryder during an altercation outside a bar in the South Island city of Christchurch last month, reports said Tuesday. The 20-year-old, whose name was suppressed, was convicted after pleading guilty to one charge of assault and will reappear in the Christchurch District Court on June 5, the Christchurch Press reported. It said a second man, 37, the convicted man’s uncle, elected to contest charges of assaulting and injuring Ryder and planned to take the case to trial. His lawyer, Jonathan Eaton, said the dispute erupted after Ryder had a drink with the men then left the bar without buying a round in return. “It was all over in seconds, where it is alleged there was one kick at the shoulder... a breaking up of that incident and then my client then alleged to have delivered a single punch which caused Mr. Ryder to fall to the ground,” he said.
Thomas Drouet of Monaco (L), training partner of Bernard Tomic, leaves a court house bandaged in Madrid on Monday. Drouet was allegedly headbutted by Tomic’s father and coach, John Tomic. AFP/DOMINIQUE FAGET
Tomic takes place among bad dads MARTIN PARRY Agence France-Presse injuries, including a collapsed lung. The batsman was released after six days in hospital and earlier this month tweeted that he was back at the gym. He has told police he has no recollection of the attack, which prevented him from taking up a lucrative IPL contract.
“He hit his head, causing a severe concussion. He swallowed vomit, which is the reason he had lung issues during the course of his treatment.” Police initially reported that Ryder was rushed to hospital in a critical condition and put into an induced coma suffering from a fractured skull and internal
ASHES TOUR
Tour game in Alice Springs SYDNEY: Australia’s red centre Alice Springs will host England on their Ashes tour this year, with a two-day match announced Tuesday at Traeger Park against a Chairman’s XI. Alice last hosted an international game in 2001 when the West Indies played a
Northern Territories XI, and Cricket Australia said it hoped fans would travel to the iconic Outback town for the November 29-30 game. “We are excited about this announcement, and about the opportunity to bring elite cricket to the red centre,” said Cricket Australia official
Andrew Ingleton. Chairman’s XI fixtures are usually played in the national capital Canberra but Ingleton said “we wanted to bring the match to an iconic part of Australia”. Traeger Park sits against the backdrop of the MacDonnell Ranges and the red Australian desert. AFP
SYDNEY, May 7, 2013 (AFP) Bernard Tomic’s father may escape conviction of assault charges in Spain, but whatever the outcome he is assured of cementing his place in the club of infamous tennis parents. Australian John Tomic denied a charge of assault on Monday against his son’s practice partner Thomas Drouet in a brawl outside a hotel where players in the Madrid Masters were staying. “I don’t feel guilty. I did not do anything wrong,” John Tomic told reporters, claiming he was acting in self-defence when he had headbutted the player. Drouet, from Monaco, appeared outside court in a neck brace with a white plaster over his nose. The court postponed a hearing until May 14 but whatever happens next, Tomic has already taken his place alongside other notorious tennis parents, including Jim Pierce,
Media, players urge Tomic to dump dad SYDNEY: Australian media and former players Tuesday urged the country’s top-ranked tennis star Bernard Tomic to dump his father as coach after he was accused of headbutting his son’s training partner. John Tomic denied a charge of assault in a Spanish court Monday against Thomas Drouet during a brawl outside a hotel on Saturday where players in the Madrid Masters were staying. AFP
Damir Dokic and Stefano Capriati. Tomic, a former taxi driver, had previously courted controversy when he once ordered his son off court in Perth, haranguing the umpire who he claimed was not penalising the opposing player.
BANGLADESH’S TOUR OF ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe look for rare series win in ODI decider BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe and Bangladesh go into Wednesday’s third and final one-day international in Bulawayo locked at one match apiece, yet it is the hosts who know they will need to improve their game if they are to claim a rare series victory. After being humiliated by 121 runs in the first match last week, Zimbabwe drew level with a six-wicket victory on Sunday, preventing Bangladesh from extending their unbeaten
run in bilateral one-day series to three. However Zimbabwe have enjoyed the benefit of bowling first in both matches so far, with early morning starts giving their seam bowlers an advantage against Bangladesh’s strong top order - none of whom have registered telling scores as a result. Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan remain some of the most dangerous batsmen on either side, yet none have passed
After being humiliated by 121 runs in the first match last week, Zimbabwe drew level with a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Sunday. 34 in the series thus far. “They are always a side that is very threatening,” Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor said.
“Some of their big players have not fired so that’s a concern for us. “However if we can bowl well like we have been bowling up front it’s always going to be tough to score. Hopefully we can execute our skills better and get over the line.” Having shared the two-Test series 1-1, both sides will see Wednesday’s match as an opportunity to confirm a modicum of superiority ahead of two T20 internationals at the weekend.
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BATTLE OF THE TITANS
METRE
6 S 437
Chris Gayle (RCB)
40 4S 1389
56
Michael Hussey (CRK)
HIGHEST SCORE
175*
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 Chris Gayle (RCB)
BEST BOWLER
5-20
James Faulkner (RR)
RR eye victory at home I think the basic technique has to be there even when you want to accelerate. But I think it’s about shifting gears at the right moment. Cheteshwar Pujara RCB player
Chris Gayle (RCB) 566 runs
Dwayne Bravo (CSK), 20 wickets
Rode the luck while it was there: Miller
E
cstatic after powering Kings XI Punjab to an improbable IPL win over Royal Challengers Bangalore, young batsman David Miller said a “nice piece of willow” and a lot of luck carried him through to the best knock of his career so far. The 23-year-old South African struck an unbeaten 38ball 101 to guide KXIP home while chasing a mammoth target of 190 against the RCB last night. “I just tried to enjoy myself and play the best cricket I can,” he told reporters after the match. “The idea was to just get myself in, first 10-15 balls and just if it was there go for it. We needed 12 plus an over,” he had said. PTI P
W
L
T PT
CSK
12
9
3
0
18 +0.419
RCB
12
7
5
0
14 +0.568
MI
11
7
4
0
14 +0.403
RR
11
7
4
0
14 +0.399
SRH
11
7
4
0
14 +0.107
KXIP 11
5
6
0
10 +0.171
KKR
11
4
7
0
8 +0.005
DD
11
3
8
0
6 -0.766
PWI
12
2
10 0
4 -1.291
P-played; W-win; L-lost; T-tie; NR-net run rate; PT-points
NR
G APARNA SAI
aparna.s@postnoon.com
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our teams, the sides from the second to the fifth positions, are all tied on 14 points. Rajasthan Royals, who are placed fourth, will seek victory in today’s match when they take on the Delhi Daredevils today in Jaipur. A win for the Royals today would help them either be placed at the second or third spot (depending on the outcome of the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders match). Rajasthan Royals have had a good run at their home ground. They have put up a decent show this season and a victory today can see them get closer to qualifying for the play-offs. Delhi Daredevils, on the other hand, after a shoddy performance this season, do not stand a chance of making it to
RR VS DD AT 4PM ON SET MAX the play-offs. They were required to win every match, from their previous clash, but after their miserable defeat to the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday, DD, and Pune Warriors India, can only play for pride.
Meanwhile, all the teams fighting for the top four spots, realise that it will not be only a matter of winning the matches but they would also have to improve their net runrate since their looks to be a good chance of the NRR coming into play. Keeping this in mind, Rajasthan Royals would hope to secure a comfortable victory. Skipper Rahul Dravid has
led his side from the front. He has been well supported by his teammates who have chipped in when needed. Shane Watson has hit a century this season while James Faulkner has been the only player to scalp five wickets in a single innings. Players like Ajinkya Rahane and Stuart Binny only add to the team’s strength.
MI-KKR in crucial tie
SCORECARD KINGS XI PUNJAB V ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE Kings XI Punjab innings (target: 191 runs from 20 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum) CA Pujara b Gony
51
Mandeep Singhc †Arun Karthik b Vinay
CH Gayle b Gony
61
SE Marsh c de Villiers b Rampaul
V Kohli* c Marsh b Awana
14
AB de Villiers not out
38
MC Henriques not out Extras (lb 5, w 4, nb 1) Total (3 wickets; 20 overs) Bowling P Kumar
O 4
M R 0 28
16 6
Gurkeerat Singh† lbw b Kartik
20
DJ Hussey* c Henriques b Kartik
13 101
16
DA Miller not out R Sathish not out
27
10
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 4, nb 1)
11
190
Total (4 wickets; 18 overs)
194
W Econ
Bowling
O
M R
W Econ
0
R Rampaul
4
0 27
1
RP Singh
3
0 38
0 12.66
MC Henriques 3
0 29
0
9.66
R Vinay Kumar 4
0 48
1
12.0
M Kartik
3
0 24
2
8.00
CH Gayle
1
0 22
0 22.00
7.00
P Awana
4
0 28
1
MS Gony
4
0 41
2 10.25
7.00
MG Neser
4
0 62
0 15.50
PP Chawla
4
0 26
0
6.50
Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets
6.75
M
umbai Indians take on Kolkata Knight Riders today, in a do or die match with KKR, at the former’s home ground. The Kolkata side have only four victories from the 11 games they have played and they cannot afford to lose a game if they want to make it to the playoffs. While the team boasts of big names like skipper Gautam Gambhir, Brett Lee, Sunil Narine, Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan and Eion Morgan, the defending champions have failed to live up to the expectations. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Indians, who are tied with three other teams on 14 points, need to win this match to improve their chances of qualifying for
the playoffs. They managed to pull-off a splendid victory against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday when they restricted CSK to a paltry 79 runs. But Mumbai need to carry forward that momentum in all their future matches.
MI VS KKR AT 8PM ON SET MAX Most of the players have put up a decent show in most of the matches but Sachin Tendulkar has failed to create an impact and his poor run with the bat could be a cause of concern. But if the Indian Mastero gets into the groove then there is no one who can stop him from scoring big.
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
sports SERIE A
Fight for Europe begins in earnest JUSTIN DAVIS Agence France-Presse MILAN: Juventus may have won their 29th Scudetto but the battle for Serie A's lower placings, and the rich pickings they could offer at the end of the month will begin in earnest on Wednesday. A full programme of Serie A action is on the cards and while Juventus travel to Atalanta knowing the Scudetto is theirs for the second successive year, for a handful of other clubs the season is far from over. Napoli, 11 points adrift of Juve with three games remaining, travel to Bologna hoping to grab the three points that would secure the runners-up spot which guarantees Champions League football next season. AC Milan, who are seven points behind the Neapolitans, are away to
already-relegated Pescara knowing any kind of slip-up could give Fiorentina a chance of eventually pipping the Rossoneri to third place, for which the reward is a spot in the Champions League play-off round. For Roma, any such dreams faded months ago. But Aurelio Andreazzoli's men, who remained fifth on Saturday thanks to a late 1-0 win at home to Fiorentina, have it all to do if they are to finish either fourth or fifth and claim a place in next season's Europa League. Roma have a total of 58 points, and a cushion of one point on Udinese, three on city rivals Lazio and five on Inter Milan, who have dropped to eighth. Milan will kick off proceedings in Wednesday's earlier match, and coach Massimiliano Allegri has called for nothing less than a win. AFP
BARTON GIVEN SUSPENDED BAN FOR SILVA JIBES
English midfielder Joey Barton was handed a suspended two-game ban by the National Ethics Commission (CNE) on Monday in relation to a string of insults he directed at Paris Saint-Germain's Thiago Silva last month.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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Spurs spell trouble Juan Mata's goal against Man U lifted Chelsea above Spurs and they will be virtually guaranteed a place in the next season.
TOM WILLIAMS Agence France-Presse LONDON: Juan Mata's decisive strike at Manchester United at the weekend means Chelsea can all but guarantee Champions League qualification by beating fifth-place Tottenham Hotspur at home on Wednesday. The Stamford Bridge showdown looked destined to be a straight shootout for a top-four place until Mata struck with three minutes remaining at Old Trafford on Sunday to give Chelsea a precious 1-0 victory. The Spaniard's goal, via a telling deflection off Phil Jones, lifted Chelsea three points above Spurs and means they will be virtually guaranteed a place in
Had Juan Mata and his team-mates failed to overcome Manchester United, then Spurs would have travelled to west London next season's Champions League if they defeat their London rivals. The win over United was Chelsea's 65th game of the season, but with Champions League qualification at stake and a Europa League final against Benfica still to come, Mata says there is simply not enough time for mental fatigue to creep in.
"Three points here (at Old Trafford) is amazing, because now we are in third position. If we win against Tottenham we will be in the Champions League," he said following Sunday's match. "Mentally you don't have time to disconnect. We play Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday, so mentally you are always focused. "We need to rest, to train and get ready. We want and need to win against Tottenham." Had Mata and his teammates failed to overcome United, Spurs would have travelled to west London knowing that victory would have taken them into the Champions League places at Chelsea's expense. AFP
PREMIER LEAGUE
Ten-man Sunderland edge nearer safety SUNDERLAND: Ten-man Sunderland took a small step towards Premier League survival after coming from behind to draw 1-1 at home to Stoke on Monday. Former Manchester United defender John O'Shea rescued a point for Paolo di Canio's side, already a man down after Craig Gardner was sent off, when he struck from close range in the
63rd minute following a corner. Jon Walters gave Stoke a ninth minute lead, reacting first to fire home after his header from Charlie Adam's cross was blocked. Then, for the second match in a row, Sunderland found themselves down to 10 men after Gardner was shown a straight red card by referee Lee Mason for an over the ball one-footed
Sunderland's English defender Danny Rose (R) vies with Stoke City's Irish striker, Jonathan Walters (L) during an English FA Premier League football match at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, on Monday. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. AFP/GRAHAM STUART
challenge on Adam. The draw left Sunderland as one of three teams on 38 points (above Norwich and Newcastle on goal difference) and three points clear with two games to play of Wigan, who currently occupy the third and final relegation place. However, FA Cup finalists Wigan will also move to 38 points with two league games left. AFP