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…and counting. You share the planet with seven billion more! The earth seems to be getting heavier by the day, and according to UN’s current projections, the global population is expected to reach between 8.3 and 10.9 billion by 2050. On World Population Day, Postnoon gives you a few facts and figures about our world.

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Rockstar released the first gameplay video for their upcoming game Grand Theft Auto V and it has got gamers talking.

Teachers want jobs in public schools but enrol their children in swanky B schools. Societal chicanery is killing the once-proud public school system that has churned out so many past masters.

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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

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CULINARY JOURNEY

Exotic biriyanis of India are on offer. Where: Firdaus, Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills When: Till July 15 Contact: +91-040-6629 3306

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES Music theory Theory of music by Hyderabad Western Music Foundation Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills When: Till Aug 3, 3 pm to 4.30 pm Contact: 96427 31329

WORKSHOPS Newborn handling A workshop for expecting parents. Where: The Birthplace, Banjara Hills When: July 13, 3 pm to 5 pm Contact: 80086-24949

Mime Explore your expressions in Natvarya-a mime workshop by Indian Mime Academy Where: Sutradhar school of acting, Nampally When: Till July 20, 6 pm to 9 pm Contact: 8297117515

Weekend workshop Oakridge International Schools to host weekend experiential learning workshops — ‘Weekend Voyager’. Where: Oakridge Gachibowli and Bachupally campuses. When: Every Saturday, 9am to 12pm Contact: 1800-200-8171 Website: www.oakridge.in

SHOWS

Vegetable carving Learn the nuances of vegetable carving organised by Agri-Horticultural Society Where: Public Gardens, Nampally When: July 12 to July 14, 11 am to 2 pm Contact: 2329 9779

SALE Discount offer Walk in to any Global Desi store and avail an exciting discount ranging from 20% to 50% on apparel and accessories. Where: Global Desi When: From July 2 Zoom in Zoom: A Collection is on display. Where: Kalakriti Art Gallery, Banjara Hills When: Till July 15, 11 am to 7 pm

Dancing delight Dandiya and garba dance workshop will be organised. Where: Colorama Printers, Secunderabad When: From July 8 to July 13, 1.30

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COLOURFUL CARNIVAL: The much-awaited Bonalu festivities started at the temple atop the Golconda Fort today. N SHIVA KUMAR pm to 4 pm Contact: 80088 85493 Cooking class Learn to cook vegetarian and non-

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State of the Art Voyage of exploration, a collection of paintings, drawing and sculptures by students of MFA programme 2013 from Sarojini Naidu School of Art & Communication, University of Hyderabad is on. Where: Shrishti Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills When: Till July 25 Contact: +91 40 23554485/86

51% discount Get 51% off on Indian and international brands. Where: Shoppers Stop When: July 13 onwards

On display Expressionist art by Naresh Das will be on display. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills When: Till July 11, 11.30 am to 7 pm Contact: 98499-68797

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Sale begins AND is back with its much awaited end of season sale for its spring — summer collection. Discounts range from 20-50 per cent. Where: All exclusive AND outlets and multi-brand outlets.

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TODAY’S QUESTION

YESTERDAY’S QUESTION

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IS THE SC CUT OFF FOR CRIMINAL LAWMAKERS JUSTIFIED ?

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CRIMINAL POLITICS

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a convicted elected representative cannot continue in office. NEW DELHI: An analysis of affidavits declared by MPs and legislators shows that around 30 per cent of 4,807 lawmakers have criminal cases against them, said a think-tank. The Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch, in an analysis of the affidavits provided by candidates to the Election Commission of India before contesting an election, also found that 14 per cent of the current MPs and legislators have "serious criminal cases" against them. According to the data, 162 or 30 per cent of the 543 Lok Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 14 per cent of the

A smart Alec from Bihar came to the City just two months ago, opened a shop, declared himself an expert in securing Umrah visa, and cheated at least 300 pilgrims of one crore rupees before bolting from the scene with the loot.

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of the staff is as unaware of the incident as anybody else. Nor do they have an inkling of where he has disappeared to. Inspector Mohammed Riyazuddin said, Hafeez had come to the City just two months ago with a clear intention to dupe the unwary pilgrims. He started a travel agency office with the name of “Almakki Tours and Travels in” in Mehdipatnam. This was supposed to be specially catering to the Haj and Umrah. Hafeez had advertised in local Urdu papers promising Umrah papers quickly at a lower rate than that offered by

others. The aggressive advertisements came daily and several hundred contacted him. From each, he had taken `55 — 60,000 which included travel, food, lodging and transport. Those applied were asked to come to RGI airport and collect the tickets and visa on July 6. Accordingly over 300 people came to the airport and found no Hafeez. During investigation another shocking thing came through. The inspector said Hafeez had earlier sent a few batches for Umrah and they are suffering in KSA as their documents are not in order. None knew these facts until the police began probe. However, the most tragic thing is that nobody knows his roots and therefore it is difficult to trace him in Bihar.

30 per cent lawmakers have cases against them

City pilgrims looted

HYDERABAD: Medusa A travel agent, Hafeez Mohammed Shareef, has cheated hundreds of peoples using religious sentiments, police say. Hafeez, said to be from Bihar, had publicised his service of ‘Holy Umrah Visa’ and many were drawn to it. In two months, he netted 300 intending pilgrims who paid him over `1 crore for the Umrah visa to Saudi Arabia. The victims realised they were cheated only after the scheduled day of departure. By the time, he had bolted. Tappachabutra police have registered a cheating case against Hafeez and started investigation. In his office most

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Lok Sabha MPs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, said the think-tank. It said 1,258 - or 31 per cent — of the 4,032 sitting legislators from all state assemblies have declared criminal cases, while 15 per cent of the current legislators from all state assemblies have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. The Jharkhand 2009 assembly has the highest percentage of elected representatives, 74 percent, who had declared criminal cases against themselves. IANS

ENVIRONMENT FAPCCI holds workshop on pollution control

HYDERABAD: The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI) in association with Jeedimetla Effluent Treatment Limited, has jointly organised a Workshop on Prevention and Control of Industrial Pollution & Environment today at Surana Udyog Auditorium, Red Hills. Jayesh Ranjan, Managing Director, APIIC was the chief guest for this occasion. Srinivas Ayyadevara, President, FAPCCI, GKB Chaowdhary, Chairman, JET Limited, B. Madhusudhana Rao, Joint Chief Environmental Engineer, APPCB, among others participated as key speakers at interaction. Srinivas

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Ayyadevara said that a combination of industries in AP very significantly contributes to the State’s economic growth and develo pment. Jayesh Ranjan, said that APIIC is making industrial zones as environmental friendly through its Industrial Environment Improvement Drive. The APIIC has initiated a one month Industrial Environment Improvement Drive to improve the environmental awareness and conditions of the IPs.

CITY BRIEFS Aadhaar card must from Counselling for IIIT September 1 colleges to begin July 24

YSRC alleges tampering of voters list

Security arrangements in SCR extends run of AC place for festivals special trains from City

Stating that gas cylinders will be supplied on subsidy basis only when the consumers furnished Aadhaar card details before September 1, the Financial department principal secretary Dr PV Ramesh has said that the gas consumers have to utilise the DBTL by furnishing Aadhaar details to the oil companies.

YSR Congress has said that the voters list has been tampered with in many places in the State. Pileru Assembly constituency is a classic example. It urged the Election Commissioner to rectify the errors on time. “The names of many supporters of YSRCP in the CM’s constituency have been deleted though they have voter IDs while Congress workers are having dual voting rights,” party leaders said.

Elaborate security arrangements have been taken with additional forces i.e 5-Addl.SPs, 20-DSPs, 60CIs, 80-Sis, HCs-140 ,PCs-550 and SPF-40 platoons, APSP forces for Ramzan-Bonalu festivals that begin today, City police commissioner Anurag Sharma said. A separate control room for the fest has also been opened in the Old City.

Rajiv Science and Technological University officials have said that they will conduct counseling for IIIT colleges on July 24 and 25. They revealed that the process of filling up of seats was over and the details of 2,804 seats were uploaded on the university website. The officials said that they selected 81 per cent students from government schools and 19 per cent from private schools.

South Central Railway has extended the run of AC Special trains between Secunderabad and Lokmanya Tilak for six more services. Train No. 02701 Secunderabad – Mumbai LTT AC Special Train will depart Secunderabad at 23.45 hrs o¬n July 14, 21 and 28 (Sundays) and arrive Lokmanya Tilak at 16.30 hrs next day.

News THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013 LAST YEAR... HERE Tree growth stunted

ayward growth of trees causing trafﬁc affcdents in the City. We reported how the civiv body ofﬁcials were going around indiscriminatley cutting trees here there and everywhere.Even for the COP seminar in the City similar felling went on. A year later it’s due to weakened roots, and human takeover of land that trees in the City are falling.

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NUMEROLOGY

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teens give birth every year in India.Every hour, three of seven deaths due to complications from pregnancy, child bearing and unsafe abortions occur among girls and women aged 15-24 years, the UNFPA report said.

I don't see myself doing anything else, expect being in film industry. I haven't studied much and cinema is the only thing I know. For that matter, I don't have big dreams. Nani, Actor See page 9

THINGS WE 5LEARNT TODAY

The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the world functions.

Many Indian lawmakers have criminal cases against them An analysis of afﬁdavits declared by MPs and legislators shows that 30 per cent of 4,807 lawmakers have criminal cases against them.

Teachers opt for public schools for wards Despite teaching in government schools, teachers want their wards to be admitted to public schools because of lack of facilities at government schools.

Study exposes India’s failure to implement e-waste rules The implementing agencies have failed to put any systems in place, even two years after the rules came into force.

Bangalore’s barwomen told to dress ‘decently’ Barwomen should be aged 21 years or above and wear full-length trousers and full-length shirts with or without a blazer or a salwar kameez .

Pilot of ill-fated Asiana ﬂight gave ‘no evacuation’ order Pilot of the Asiana Boeing 777 told attendants not to begin evacuating passengers after crash.

EDUCATION

A SHAME GAME

Teachers want jobs in public schools but enrol their children in swanky B schools. Societal chicanery is killing the once-proud public schools which have churned out all those past masters. ALEENA ALICE aleena.t@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: “It’s good enough for thee, but not for me,” seems to be the attitude of government school teachers when it comes to the education decisions made by them for their own children. According to the orders by the school education department, admission into any school is open till the first week of August. However if there are any vacancies for seats at this time of the year it’s only at government schools. Unfortunately even the Vidya Smabarallu organised by the education department this year failed to attract many students. Of late, government schools seem to have become a place of education only for children below poverty line. But even the rich teachers want to teach in government schools! What a double-game! A newly- appointed teacher at a government school requesting anonymity said, “This year I admitted my daughter in Lower Kindergarten at a private school. The facilities at government schools are very bad. If not luxury at least basic facilities should be provided, but that does not happen there. I do not want my daughter to suffer hence I admitted her into a private school.” While ironically, it’s these same teachers who clear several competitive exams for a job at a government school. Another government teacher, said

“Students who take admission into government schools, come with medium IQ, and no scope for students to compete and do better. The quality of education is better at private schools, so I would prefer my children study at a private school.” Enraged at their mask, a tax professional in the City, Narendra Sahu said, “These teachers and staff of public schools do not realise that when they denigrate public schools it includes them, as sub-standard teaching is one of the main reasons for parents to prefer private schools.” Condemning this attitude various unions and child rights organisations say, that it’s because of this attitude by the teachers, the government is taking public schools for granted.

These teachers and staff of public schools do not realise that when they denigrate public schools it includes them, as sub-standard teaching makes parents choose private schools. Narendra Sahu Tax professional “We have been requesting the government to make it compulsory for teachers to admit their wards only in government schools. Presently most of the

student enrolling in government schools come from below poverty line families. Their parents cannot fight for the facilities. But when children of government school teachers study in these schools, they will be a demand for the government to provide better quality education to these school,” says Achyut Rao, President of the AP Balalahakkula Sangham. Commenting about this attitude of teachers from government schools, Subba Reddy District Education Officer Hyderabad said, “We always urge the teachers to get their own wards admitted in the government schools, but still some teachers prefer private schools for their wards. We are doing our best to improve the facilities.”

POLLUTION

‘States fail at e-waste handling’ NEW DELHI: Most of India’s states have failed to implement e-waste rules which came into being in 2011, according to a study released Tuesday. The study ‘E-waste Management in India — Role of State Agencies’ by Toxics Link exposes the lack of effort and action by most state pollution control boards and committees. “The implementing agencies have failed to put any systems in place, even two years after the rules came into force,” the study said. The Union environ-

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mushrooming e-waste. “This deficiency is reflective of lack of application and commitment to improve environmental management in the country and the need for some

stringent measures to change this situation,” said Ravi Agarwal, director, Toxics Link. According to the rules, state pollution control boards were required to undertake inventorisation of waste in their respective states but only a couple of states have completed this. The state pollution control boards and committees are the agencies responsible for monitoring the implementation of E-waste Management and Handling Rules, 2011. However, with no initiatives to create compliance

mechanisms and no action taken against violators, large electronic brands have been continuing to brazenly defy the letter and spirit of the rules. Management of e-waste is critical in India, owing to its exponential growth and the rudimentary recycling practices prevalent in the unorganised sector. Studies so far indicate that eight lakh tonnes of e-waste is generated in India annually, a figure expected to go up 500 times by 2030. IANS

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POLITICS

‘SAFETY ISSUES’

SEC ban on Amma Hastam deflates Congress The ruling party had been banking on welfare schemes to win the panchayat polls but the stay from the election commission has punctured its hopes. MD INKESHAF AHMED Ahmed.m@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: The unexpected order of the Election Commission barring Amma Hastam (kit of nine essential commodities at fair price) to white ration card holders till the local polls are over has doused the spirits of the buoyant Kiran camp. The State Election Commission has vetoed the distribution of the kit on the plea that the plastic carry bag contains the photographs of the chief minister and other Congress leaders. The Kiran camp was heavily leaning on the series of welfare measures recently announced to see them through the elections. It was calculated that the latest measures such as Amma Hastam will prove an ace for a victory. This benefit was aimed at some 2.5 crore white ration card holders. Besides the kit, Bangaru Thalli for girls, SC, ST sub plans are other schemes

The SEC has vetoed the distribution of the kit on the plea that the plastic carry bag contains the photos of the CM and other Congress leaders. the Amma Hastham scheme during his visits to villages. Another recently launched Bangaru Talli scheme, which aims at providing monetary benefits to girl child.

OPPOSITION WELCOMES THE BAN considered to be vote-catchers. According to the Congress party leaders, the Amma Hastam scheme is a big hit with the villagers. “Poor and marginalised families of the state are very happy about the scheme as they are getting essential commodities for a very low price. It has helped these

families enormously in reducing their monthly expenditure on basic needs,” Senior Congress leader and Party Whip A Mohan told Postnoon. Another Party Leader and MLA A Praveen Reddy also expressed similar views. He said that he personally monitored the benefits extended by

But the opposition TDP calls it a flawed scheme. “The schemes launched by the Congress party have lot of defects. The Amma Hastham scheme has become famous for supplying defective and adulterated food items to poor people of the state,” TDP senior leader PL Srinivas told Postnoon.

CAUSE FOR CONCERN

4mn teens give birth every year in India Every hour, 3 of 7 deaths in this age group are due to child birth complications. often means an abrupt end to childhood, curtailed education and lost opportunities, the experts said. To bring these issues to global attention, the theme for World Population Day this year is adolescent pregnancy. According to the UNFPA, there are over 600 million girls in the world today, more than 500 million of them in developing countries.

Bangalore’s barwomen told to dress ‘decently’ BANGALORE: Women hired as bartenders in Bangalore must wear “decent” clothes including long-sleeved shirts and trousers, according to new state government guidelines approved by a top court. The government of Karnataka issued the guidelines after bar and restaurant owners took legal action to try to stop police shutting down licensed premises that employed women on the grounds of indecency. The Bangalore High Court ordered police Tuesday to allow AROUND THE

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the hiring of women as bartenders after accepting the state government’s dress guidelines. “We have submitted to the Karnataka High Court a set of guidelines to be strictly followed by owners of bars and restaurants employing women to serve their customers,” a state home department official told AFP. Barwomen should be aged 21 years or above and wear fulllength trousers and full-length shirts with or without a blazer or a salwar kameez to “prevent indecent displays of their body”. The guidelines are legally binding, with police given the power to strip bars of their licences if female employees do not follow the new dress code. They are the latest example of what critics decry as moral policing in Bangalore. AFP

"Far too many of the estimated 16 million teenage girls (across the world) who give birth every year never had the opportunity to plan their pregnancy," said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for greater attention to adolescent pregnancy on World Population Day. Experts say complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death

among girls in this age group in developing countries. Adolescent pregnancy is not just a health issue, it is a development issue as well. It is rooted in poverty, gender inequality, child marriage and lack of education. It

Major fire in Srinagar secretariat

Three militants lynched in Meghalaya

‘Students should savvy democratic ideals’

SC ruling to keep out criminals out of power

Five killed in Jharkhand road accident

SRINAGAR: A major fire broke out Thursday inside the civil secretariat complex in summer capital Srinagar in which a wooden building was gutted as dozens of fire tenders and scores of fire fighters battled the flames. A senior official said, around 8.30 am Thursday smoke was seen billowing out of a portion of the civil secretariat.

SHILLONG: Angry villagers Wednesday lynched three militants in Meghalaya, police ofﬁcial said. The three suspected members of the breakaway faction of the A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVCB) were beaten to death in Omarpur village in North Garo Hills district, a police ofﬁcial said. Police said two Chinese pistols were recovered.

JODHPUR: President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said students need to understand the democratic ideals of the country. Addressing students at the ﬁrst Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, the president said they are not only a valuable asset for their profession but also the intellectual wealth.

NEW DELHI: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court Wednesday declared unconstitutional the provision of the Representation of the People Act that allows elected representatives to continue as members of the elected bodies even after conviction in criminal cases. The judgment came into effect from Wednesday.

RANCHI: Five people were killed Thursday when a bus collided with an autorickshaw in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, police said. According to police, the bus going to Dhanbad from Hazaribagh district collided with the autorickshaw near Kothra petrol pump of Ramgarh district, which is around 55 km from here.

NEW DELHI: Four million adolescent girls in India aged 15-19 years give birth every year in India, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Every hour, three of seven deaths due to complications from pregnancy, child bearing and unsafe abortions occur among girls and women aged 15-24 years, the UNFPA report said.

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WORLD POPULATION DAY

Hyderabad’s bursting at its seams High birth-rate and increased migration have pushed city planners to the wall. PADMINI COPPARAPU padmini.c@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: With an 87 percent rise in population over the last decade, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Area is likely to buckle under its weight if left unchecked, say urban planners and demographers. From a population of 4,010,328 in the 2001 (according to the census), the number has almost doubled: as per the Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration, it’s 7,749,334 in 2011. In fact, with the incorporation of 12 municipalities of the Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Medak districts into Greater Hyderabad, it is now estimated to be the fourth populous city in the country. But the intense growth has placed huge strain on the city’s natural resources and infrastructure. “Our city’s master plan, i.e, our infrastructure is planned as per previous statistics and future

projections but the ground reality is different. New areas with high population density are coming up in the city everywhere without proper infrastructure. Horizontal growth of the city is eating up agricultural lands and ground water is rapidly depleting. Rising transport costs mean that more people want to stay closer to the city. Inequitable development and rural to urban

migration mean that we are going to have a lot of challenges,” warns Anand Babu, additional commissioner of town planning, GHMC. But experts say that sharp rise in the city’s population cannot be seen in isolation but as part of the county’s changing demography. Compared with cities like Delhi and Mumbai, Hyderabad is placed a little ahead of its needs,

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Requiem for Agra's British-era train

BRIJ KHANDELWAL feedback@postnoon.com TANTPUR (UP): Yet another Britishera relic is chugging into history books. The days of the 65-km-long narrow gauge train from Dholpur to Tantpur in Agra district are numbered. The century-old train, that ferried the famous Dholpur stone for the construction of Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament House in Delhi, is going to make way for a bigger and more modern one. North Central Railway has drawn up plans for gauge conversion on the line and in this year’s railway budget `212 crore were released to begin work between Dholpur and Sir Mathura. As the train chugs into history, locals have been filled with nostalgia. A senior scribe from the area, Rajiv Saxena, said he would miss the slowmoving train. “The romance of this adventure trail will now be over,” Saxena told IANS. Rao Narendra Singh from the royal family of Sri Mathura said: “It’s slow like a snail, you can get off and climb back and it’s fun to be on the roof of this strange mode of transport.”

“The British, who wanted to shift the capital from Calcutta to Delhi planned the railway network in this area to ferry the famous Dholpur stone used for construction of the official buildings in New Delhi,” recalled Rao Narendra Singh. The narrow-gauge train literally inches forward through a rough terrain, the dry and barren stone quarries from Dholpur via Bari, to Sir Mathura and Tantpur. AROUND THE

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Officials said the route will now be extended to Gangapur city to connect Dholpur to the Delhi-Mumbai trunk route. In February, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot laid the foundation stone for the `2,000-crore project at Sir Mathura. In the British era, the whole region was picturesque, with patches of green and the wildlife was in abundance. “One station master travelling in the engine shot a deer for a grand dinner. I remember the scion of the local royal family once decided to race with the narrow gauge engine on a horse. Obviously, he won,” recalled Narendra Singh. IANS

but not for long. “Ideally, we should have a preventive approach to planning and development, but at this stage, our approach must be curative. We must concentrate not just on bigger cities but smaller ones, too. To make our city livable, we must concentrate on improving public health and sanitation, measures to control pollution contributing to climate change, increase food security, deal with migration and focus on dynamic short-term plans not just on long-term master plans,” explains Paramita Dutta, a faculty-member from the National Institute of Urban Planning, Delhi. With a population that’s far from showing any signs of stabilisation, India is estimated to overtake China by 2028 (if not earlier) as the world’s most populous country. From 1990-2010, India growth rate was an alarming 40.2 per cent to China’s 17 per cent followed by the United

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From 1990-2010, India growth rate was an alarming 40.2 per cent to China’s 17 percent followed by the United States at 22.5 percent. States at 22.5 per cent. However, there is a silver lining. P Arokiasamy, professor and head, department of development studies from the International Institute for Population Sciences. “India’s population is youthful and it is a great advantage. If we are able to harness this human capital, we can surpass China and the US as the world’s foremost economic power. However, this requires a systematic policy regime.”

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DEMOLITION DRIVE

88 dilapidated buildings identified As many as 50 old buildings in several parts of the City were demolished on the second day of GHMC’s demolition drive. POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com

Yakutpura, Pusalabasti, Brahmanwadi and Bada Bazar. The compound wall of the landmark Victoria Memorial Home at Saroornagar was also demolished.

HYDERABAD: The second day of GHMC’s demolition drive saw as many as 50 old buildings being brought to the ground in various parts of the City. Joint inspections were also carried out by the Engineering and Town Planning staff and a total of 88 dilapidated buildings were identified on Wednesday. Thirteen buildings were demolished at Circle 1 in Kushaiguda and Yellareddyguda followed by nine at Circle 4 in Gowlipura, Purani Haveli,

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Around five buildings were demolished in Banjara Hills and Chintalbasti too. The demolition squads also attended to five buildings at Circle 6 in Premavathipeta, Shivarampally

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Accused excommunicated As the juvenile accused in the Delhi bus gang-rape awaits a verdict, in all likelihood a light one, his village has said he won’t be allowed to stay there. POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com NEW DELHI: A verdict on the juvenile accused in the Delhi bus gang-rape case is expected today from the Juvenile Justice Board. At the time of Postnoon’s going to press, the hearing was still going on in New Delhi.

If found guilty, the accused, faces a maximum sentence of three years in a correctional facility, including the time he has already spent in one. More lenient punishment could include having to do community service. Whatever the verdict today the name of the accused and his role in the crime will remain perma-

and Laxmiguda. Three commercial and three residential structures were also demolished at Nala Bazar and kapra. Residential and commercial structures were also demolished in Bhoiguda. The Town Planning wing of Circle 12, led by zonal commissioner Aleem Basha, also seized two buildings – a residential building at Taranagar and an Anganwadi Centre in old Hafeezpet. With the help of police, the team also removed 50 encroachments at the Allwyn junction.

nently sealed. His crime will not reflect when he applies for jobs in the future. This is because at the time of the commission of the crime, he was not a major yet. He turned 18 this June 4. The police in their submission had stated that he was the most brutal among the six accused during the perpetration of the act. As the nation eagerly awaits what the verdict would be, the father of the victim who was a 23year-old medical student demanded that all six accused must be served the death sentence. “We cry every day remembering our daughter. A strict judgement is our only hope for justice. Our fight, the nation’s cry will go waste if strict punishment is not granted," he was quoted as saying by a news channel. Meanwhile, the accused’s

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As the nation eagerly awaits what the verdict would be, the father of the victim who was a 23-year-old medical student demanded that all six accused be served the death sentence. family has said they would not allow him in their house. They say that he should get severe punishment like other accused of the gangrape case. The village head say that even if he is shown leniency due to his juvenile status, the villagers will not him to stay in the village.

Storm alert: 2,000 tourists evacuated TAIPEI: Taiwan evacuated more than 2,000 tourists on Thursday as the island braced for supertyphoon Soulik with authorities warning of fierce winds and torrential rains. The typhoon, packing gusts of up to 227 kilometres (140 miles) per hour, was 960 kilometres east of the island’s southernmost tip as of 0300 GMT, Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said. Soulik is moving west-northwest towards Taiwan at about 22 kilometres per hour and could narrowly skip or make landfall in the north of the island sometime between late Friday and Saturday morning, the bureau said. Authorities on Thursday evacuated 2,300 tourists from Green Island, off the southeastern city of Taitung, and issued a warning to ships sailing north and east off Taiwan to take special precaution. The Hong Kong Observatory has classified Soulik as a ‘super typhoon’ on its website. AFP

WORLD BRIEFS China rain landslides leave 9 dead, 62 missing

China H7N9 bird flu toll up to 43: govt

Exile group claims proof of hidden nuclear site

Australian charged after car hits US embassy

16 dead as bus plunges into ravine in Peru

eavy rain in southwest China has left at least nine dead and 62 missing, ofﬁcials reported Thursday, after landslides crushed homes, bridges collapsed, and dozens of villages were cut off. The storms which began Monday have affected some 1.45 million people in Sichuan, the provincial government said.

he death toll from the H7N9 bird ﬂu outbreak in China has risen to 43, national health authorities said in their latest monthly update on the disease.A total of 132 human infections of the virus had been conﬁrmed on the Chinese mainland by the end of June, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said late Wednesday.

n exiled Iranian opposition group claimed on Thursday to have evidence of a hidden nuclear site located in tunnels beneath a mountain near the town of Damavand, 70 kilometres (44 miles) northeast of Tehran. The Paris-based militant group the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), alleges the site has existed since 2006.

man has been charged Thursday after a car crashed into the gates of the US embassy in the Australian capital Canberra while ambassador Jeffrey Bleich was at home, police said. The 30-year-old Australian was charged with damaging “premises of an internationally-protected person". Police arrived to ﬁnd the car lodged against the gates Wednesday.

t least 16 people were killed and another 15 were injured Wednesday when an intercity bus plunged into a ravine in southern Peru, police said."We have recovered 16 bodies and another 15 people were injured," police ofﬁcer Jose Paredes said from Huancavelica. The cause of the deadly crash is under investigation, Paredes said.

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Pilot asked all to stay seated after US crash

Tsarnaev pleads not guilty Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded ‘not guilty’ on all 30 counts read out against him in the US federal court. BRIGITTE DUSSEAU feedback@postnoon.com

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he pilot of the Asiana Boeing 777 which crashed in San Francisco told attendants not to begin evacuating passengers in the chaotic immediate aftermath of the accident, air safety officials said Wednesday. Deborah Hersman, head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said cabin crew had sought guidance from the cockpit after Saturday's crash, which left two people dead and more than 180 injured. Pilots initially told flight attendants not to initiate evacuation procedures, Hersman said. It was only after cabin staff alerted the cockpit to flames spreading outside the plane that the order was given to begin evacuation. “We don't know what the pilots were thinking, though I can tell you in previous accidents there have been crews that don't evacuate, they wait for other vehicles to come to be able to get the passengers out safely,” Hersman said. Hersman suggested that pilots in the cockpit may not have been in a position to spot the fire outside the plane. She emphasised that once flames were sighted, the evacu-

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light 214 crashed when it clipped a seawall short of the runway, skidding out of control, shredding the tail of the plane and catching fire.

zhokhar Tsarnaev, the teenager accused of carrying out the Boston bombings, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to all charges in the US federal court. “Not guilty,” the 19-year-old Tsarnaev — in handcuffs, shackles and wearing an orange jumpsuit — said repeatedly as the 30 counts were read out at the arraignment in Boston, which lasted seven minutes. Seventeen of those counts are punishable by the death penalty or life imprisonment. Security was tight at the courthouse for the hearing, which marked the first time Tsarnaev — an ethnic Chechen Muslim and naturalised US citizen — had been seen in public since his capture. The shaggy-haired teen, who was seriously wounded as he tried to evade capture in the days after the attacks, still sported a cast on his left arm. The courtroom was packed with emotional victims of the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line, some of

whom needed canes or crutches to walk, and their relatives. “I just want to know why,” said Liz Norden, whose two sons aged 32 and 33 each lost a leg in the attacks. “I just don't understand how you can live in this country and feel that way.” Also in court were many journalists and a few people who identified themselves as friends or supporters of Tsarnaev, who had been a student at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. “Exonerate Jahar,” read a small sign carried by Karina Figueroa, who travelled from New York for the hearing. Tsarnaev's friends pronounced his name ‘Jahar.’ “He is innocent. I don't see any evidence,” Figueroa said. The attacks had left three people dead and more than 260 wounded. The pressure cooker devices were packed with metal fragments to cause maximum damage, and several people lost one or more limbs. Tsarnaev is accused of plotting and carrying out the attacks with his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan, who died in a shootout with police as the pair

A file picture showing relatives mourning the loss of a loved one in the Boston marathon bombings.

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tried to escape the Boston area several days later. He is also charged in connection with the shooting death of a campus police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the brothers' wild overnight getaway attempt. The younger Tsarnaev was captured on April 19 after a huge manhunt that virtually shut down the Boston area. Police

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Indian experts use neem protein to fight cancer Instead of targeting the cancer cells directly, the protein — Neem Leaf Glycoprotein or NLGP — modulates the immune cells present within the tumour environment.

ation began swiftly — approximately 90 seconds after impact. Emergency response vehicles arrived on the scene approximately two minutes after the crash and began extinguishing flames three minutes after impact. Flight 214 crashed when it clipped a seawall short of the runway, skidding out of control, shredding the tail of the plane and catching fire. The NTSB has already determined that the plane was travelling well below the target speed necessary for landing. It has also emerged that the otherwise experienced pilot of the plane, 46-year-old Lee Kang-Kuk, was undergoing his first major training on the Boeing 777. AFP

found him hiding in a boat in a suburban backyard. He allegedly scrawled a rambling explanation of his motives for the Boston attacks on an interior wall of the boat. “The US government is killing our innocent civilians,” Tsarnaev wrote. “I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished ... we Muslims are one body, you hurt one you hurt us all.” “Now I don't like killing innocent people it is forbidden in Islam but ... stop killing our innocent people and we will stop.” AFP

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KOLKATA: The medicinal power of the humble neem, widely used in India as an insecticide and germicide, is now being channelised by a group of Kolkata scientists to wage a war against cancer. The team of researchers at the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) here has shown (in its two successive papers) how a purified protein from neem leaves inhibits growth of tumour cells in mice. Instead of targeting the cancer cells directly, the protein — Neem Leaf Glycoprotein or NLGP — modulates the

immune cells (cells that are responsible for providing immunity to the body against harmful agents) present within the tumour environment and also in the peripheral system

like blood. Immune cells are normally hostile to cells that are dangerous to the body including cancer cells. However, in a unique role-reversal during tumour development, these crucial defence elements are enslaved by the cancerous cells to promote their growth and proliferation. Therefore, instead of destroying the lethal cells, the guard cells actually favour their growth. What makes NLGP special is that the extract modifies the milieu of cells surrounding the tumour (called tumour microenvironment or TME) and spurs these cells towards a normal state that is debilitating for toxic cells like cancer cells. IANS

UN to probe chemical arms claims

he United Nations has accepted Syrian government's invitation for a visit by two senior UN officials for talks on the purported use of chemical weapons in the country's bloody civil war, a UN spokesman said Wednesday. The offer of talks was made to Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom and Angela Kane, UN High Representative for Disarmament. Sellstrom and Kane have accepted the invitation "with a view to completing the consultaAROUND THE

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tions on the modalities of cooperation required for the proper, safe and efficient conduct of the UN mission to investigate allegations of the use of chemical weapons in Syria," said Martin Nesirky, spokesman for the UN chief. AFP

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Change is the only constant Nani has come a long way from starting his career as an assistant director to becoming one of the most promising actors today. In a chat with Postnoon, he talks about what he has learnt from the film industry and life in Hyderabad.

What do you miss the most about that time? I miss watching movies on the first day. I

You started your career as an assistant director and now you are an actor. How much has your understanding of What's your biggest fear, cinema changed over the now that you have made a years? name for yourself? A lot has changed over the years and I'm I am worried that I'll watch my films as sure it'll keep happening. When I acted an actor instead of thinking in Ashta Chemma, I thought I was the audience's point decent but after three months, I IVERS from of view. Right now, I can thought I should have done a NN disconnect myself from much better job. I am quite A my films and watch it critical in the sense that everyfrom a third person's thing I do feel outdated after point of view, but one sometime, which is why I day, I'm afraid that I'll have to keep pushing myself become too self-cento do better film after film. tered. For now, I am When I hear a script, I try to able to visualise the think about what value can I film when I listen to add to the film and how's it going the script instead of to be any different if the same script being self-centred. I'm worwas offered to someone else. It takes a ried that one day, the actor in me long time to get to that change. On the will dominate the audience in me. other hand, the perspective of people in That's frightening because we get the film industry has changed a lot and carried away and make all sorts of it'll keep changing. Sometimes, you have mistakes. to break all rules to feel that change. It happened when we moved from silent What's your idea of movies to sound and then from black ideal life? and white to colour. We might fail few times but that's okay. Filmmaking has no I just want to go sleep every night without any tension. I rules and people who claim there are don't see myself doing anything couldn't be more wrong. else, expect being in film industry. I If there's so much change, then why haven't studied much and cinema is the is that we have not been able to match only thing I know. For that matter, I up to other film industries in terms of stories we tell? It's not like we don't have don't have big dreams or a zeal to earn big bucks. I like living in the present the budget or the market. and there's no concept of savings and A lot of times, people keep saying investing for a secure future, in my that every time they tried doing a differlife. I don't have a fear of what's ent film, the audience didn't accept them going to happen tomorrow. and this discussion has been going on

Watching a film in Hyderabad is more than just a ritual and it used to be much more vigorous few years ago. Do you have any fond memories from your teenage years? Absolutely. I still remember the incident which happened while I was trying to buy tickets for Krishna Vamsi's Murari. The theatre gates were opened just an hour before the show and the crowd was so huge that it led to a stampede. On top of that, there's no guarantee that you'll get a ticket. We used to fight a lot for the tickets and it was a big achievement when finally got our hands on them. I was once even beaten up by the police for standing in the wrong queue (laughs). After all these years, when I finally got a chance to work with Krishna Vamsi sir, we share a very different equation. I'm brutally frank with him on almost every aspect and if he tries to object, I remind him about the incident which happened on the day when I watched Murari. It's almost like I have a right to express my opinion because I revere his work so much and expect him to live up to the standards he is known for.

for a while now. The thing is, unless you have good content, no matter how different films are, they'll not be accepted. We can't blame the audience and the change should happen in film industry first. Film-makers like K Vishwananth experimented a lot more in the 80s, but we have not been able to match up to the stories they told back then, despite having all the technology, budget and a surge in moviegoers. Will anyone be able to make a film like Shankarabharanam now? There'll be a lot of people who would say that even if such films are made, people won't watch them today and that's a big debate.

Having lived all your life in Hyderabad, how much has the City changed over the years? I feel that the City keeps changing all the time. When I got to other cities to shoot my films, when I come back, I can see the difference. It's interesting how we notice small things, despite knowing almost everything about the City. They say that home is where the heart is and Hyderabad is my home. Honestly, I feel like an alien in every other city and it's only now that I am getting used to Chennai. Having said that, this is not the city where I grew up in. It used to be quite a peaceful and a secure city to live in for families, but off late, it's slowly changing. A lot needs to be done to restore the harmony which the City once had and it has to be a collective process.

became obsessed with cinema after watching all the hype and hoopla surrounding a big film's release, fighting to get tickets and then going berserk in the theatres every time there's an action sequence or dialogue. People start screaming even before the titles roll on the screen. There was a tinge of sadness when the film ended and I was all the more eager to watch it again. Now, I can't do all that. People who are used to watching films in multiplexes don't understand the craze for big stars and they won't until they watch such films in single screens. It's unadulterated joy.

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Ship of Theseus set to dock in Hyderabad Arun Gandhi started out as a writer of Ekta Kapoor’s longest running soaps. That was a long time back and he has come a long way, as his movie stands testimony to the transformation. ARUN DANIEL YELLAMATY

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HYDERABAD: Ship of Theseus, the philosophical movie of Anand Gandhi, which has been drawing attention, is set to release in the City soon. The makers of the film have put up a voting system where people who want to see the release of the film in their city should vote for the film. According to the system, Hyderabad film lovers have sent in a lot of votes for the viewing of the film in their city. Talking about the Movie’s release in Hyderabad, Anand, says, “I am very happy the movie is being released now in Hyderabad. We had a voting system to know which city’s people are responding to the film and we got a lot of response from the Hyderabad audience. So it is all set to release in Hyderabad.” Anand Gandhi began his career in showbiz as the writer of Ekta Kapoor’s longest running soaps, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, but he says it was 10 long years ago. “I was a 19-year-old, I was doing quite a lot of things, I was exploring all kinds of expression, painting, sculpting and trying out a lot of things I was interested in, other than television. It’s just that a few articles have been coming out about the serials I have done, but it was long ago. I left television when I was 20 ... long ago.” Talking about the film and how the idea of making this film

came about, he said, “ I had a lot of philosophical questions on morality, ethics and ideologies. I made two short films before this film, so I was looking at a few philosophical problems, so when I thought I could bring the philosophical thought into narrative format, I decided to make a feature film and found a way to put all the things that matter to me

People should learn and work on world view, art and design, their understanding and explore properly. They should never make a film out of impatience.

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together.” The film has been getting quite a lot of recognition from many filmmakers and festivals. “The response has been amazing; festivals around the world has given a good rating to the film, critics gave encouraging reviews. I am very happy. For my next project, I am producing a film with the actor of the film, Sohum Shah. We both have set up a company to produce films that we believe in.”

Talking about the movie being different from the regular Bollywood masala films, he says, “It’s high time, everyone is tired of the routine bollywood films, but again there are also a lot of people who like what is out there.” Advising the new breed of films makers, he says, “People should learn and work on world view, art and design, their under-

standing and explore properly. They should never make a film out of impatience.” Ship of Theseus weaves four different stories together: one of an intuitive brilliant blind photographer; the next a monk’s ethics put to test; then of an obsessive compulsive clockmaker with an ailing heart; and last a young stock broker who gets caught up in the stolen kidney

racket. Set in Cairo, Stockholm and Mumbai, the film questions the very idea of art through stories that deal with redemption, maturation, illumination, fear of death and paranoia. Many well established filmmakers commented on the film, Shekhar Kapur tweeted, “Finally a brilliant new filmmaker emerges in Anand Gandhi with Ship of Theseus.” Anurag Kashyap calls it, “The most brilliant film to have been made in India in decades.” Celebrated documentary filmmaker and polemist Anand Patwardhan wrote, “Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus is Kislowskian, in scope and delivery, playing between serendipity and causality, but it took me that crucial step further in its rediscovery of the human.”

CONTROVERSY

Strauss-Kahn has no problem with women

WASHINGTON: Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he doesn’t have “any kind of problems with women," in an interview that aired Wednesday on CNN, two years after the sex scandal that lost him his job and his presidential aspirations. The French politician was arrested in May 2011 after a New York City hotel maid accused him of sexually assaulting her, charges that were later dropped.

He later reached an undisclosed financial settlement with his accusor — reportedly in excess of $1.5 million — to end a parallel civil case. In the wake of the arrest, several other sex scandals emerged, including accusations of rape and pimping, but he was never convicted. “I dont think I have any kind of problems with women," Strauss-Kahn, in Paris, told CNN

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in his first English-language interview since he was forced to resign as head of the International Monetary Fund after the New York charges emerged. The scandal also crushed his aspirations to run for the French

presidency in 2012. But, the former official said, “I certainly have a problem with understanding that what is expected from a politician of the highest level is different from what can do Mr. Smith in the street." “I had in mind that I had my private life," he explained, “and that I could do what I want as long as nobody was hurt or some legal problem appeared." AFP

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TRAILBLAZERS

The streak of entrepreneurship History provides us with innumerable examples of how a creative person feels most comfortable working for himself. Creativity with a strong sense of business can take your start-up a long way. KANCHAN AGARWAL kanchan.a@postnoon.com

he world of start-ups is ever-growing. While the fraction that feels secure in a 9 to 5 job is just as vast, it is hard to ignore the fast growing shift to entrepreneurship. Dharuni Garikapaty left behind her 18-year long career in documentation and technical writing when the need to do something meaningful took over. It took her about seven months to put her finger on crafts while knowing it well that it had to generate profits even if it was more out of passion. “Stories of hardships faced by artisans were doing the rounds. I wanted to help, I wanted to work with other people, but I knew this was no charity,” she recounts. Dharuni runs Hands for Help which makes products of contemporary taste using handlooms. Hands for Help has been a big risk for Dharuni but she finds it stimulating. Like her, there are many who leave their long careers behind and start all over besides the fresh graduates who jump into it even before they procure their degrees, or think of applying to a Master’s course. They start off

with what they know and seems like the trial-and-error method gives them the kick of being an entrepreneur. Besides, the most important factor is not having to answer to a boss, and creating something. Chandni Mathur, 23, and her friends, launched Hoozinc making t-shirts that Hyderabadi youngsters could easily connect to. Three years down the line, they have branched to customized canvas paintings and official merchandise, and have recently set up a store in Banjara Hills. “Our parents loaned us money, and we had some saved, too. Our friends who had taken

There are start-ups like Hyderabad Angels to encourage other start-ups. Hyderabad Angels identifies potentially viable start-up ideas, connects them to investors.

Chandni Mathur, 23, and her friends, launched Hoozinc making tdxf shirts. Since 2011, there have been 2,000 registered start-ups from Hyderabad alone. Of these 300 are active. And experts say 10 new ones are expected to open shop every month.

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up jobs were making more money than us but that didn’t bother us. We knew what we wanted to do. The odds were 5050. Either we would be accepted or not accepted. But we never thought it wouldn’t work. We just kept at it and learned on the job,” she says. History provides us with innumerable examples of how a creative person feels most comfortable working for himself.

PRIDE IN THEIR PRODUCTS

Creativity with a strong sense of business can take your start-up a long way. Aniket Shah, now 26, began designing jewellery at 20 with no formal education in the field. His assets were exposure to his family business, a course in MBA and a diploma in diamond grading. Designing jewellery was only a hobby until people in his social circle expressed an interest in it. Now he is a fulltime designer at his start-up Flirt

Diamonds with a clientele that includes multinationals. These have been strenuous six years, but he has no complaints. “When you see what you have created from your imagination, you forget the hardships you have had to face. I am an entrepreneur by choice.” Support from family is crucial for entrepreneurs. Sometimes families can only extend moral support is well-

known. To fill in the monetary gaps, there are start-ups like Hyderabad Angels to encourage other start-ups. Hyderabad Angels, (since 2010) identifies potentially viable start-up ideas, connects them to investors and mentors them. Sanjay E Shetty, secretariat member of the company explains, “The silicon valley led to the dot.com boom. People had innovative concepts which they were more than willing to pursue. Since 2011, there have been 2,000 registered start-ups from Hyderabad alone and I think soon there will be 10 new ones every month. So far I have found 300 of these to be active. Sadly, women entrepreneurs don’t make for more than 4% of the count.”

Bakers for tagging German bread on UNESCO page KATHARINE MILLAR Agence France-Presse SCHWANTE: “It’s a sense of home,” German master baker Karl-Dietmar Plentz muses, dipping his hands into a tray of flour and letting it run through his fingers as 26 types ofbread bake in the ovens of his 136-year-old family business. Behind him a worker deftly kneads two pieces of dough into identical loaves, one in each hand, as they roll off a cutting machine. They belong to a batch of ‘potato bread’, one of Plentz’s specialities that is still partly made the way his grandfather

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did it. German bakers are calling for their breadmaking to be recognised by the United Nations’ cultural organisation, UNESCO, as “intangible cultural heritage”, alongside Argentina’s tango, carpet weaving from southwest Iran and France’s four-course gastronomic meal. Pondering why Germany’s rich assortment of bread should be considered a global cultural asset, Plentz, a 46-year-old fourth generation baker from northeast-

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ern Germany who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, says “individuality” is important. That’s not necessarily easy with supermarkets and petrol stations jostling to sell bread, cakes and pastries, and a changing on-the-go lifestyle meaning that Germany’s traditional ‘Abendbrot’ — supper of bread with cold meats — is on the wane. About 500 bakeries closed over the past year, according to the German Federation of the Bakery Trade. Peter Becker, federation president, said “diversity” was key to the UNESCO bid and would recognise the “pride in our products”.

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TECHNICALLY SPEAKING NT BALANARAYAN

BEST OF THE BEST

GALAXY S4 MINI

f S4 is out of your reach and you really like some of the features it comes with, you should give this device a try.Though cheaper than the high-end S4, the mini is still a premium device going by the `27,990 price tag it comes with. It sports a 4.3-inch super-AMOLED screen of 540x960 resolution and has a pixel density of 256ppi. The smartphone is powered by a 1.7GHz dual-core processor along with 1.5GB of RAM. It offers 8GB of internal storage of which 5GB is user accessible. The internal storage can be further expanded by up to 64GB with the help of a microSD card. The phone runs Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with Samsung's TouchWiz Nature UX layer on top.

10 REASONS TO PRE-ORDER THE GAME

It’ll be awesome Rockstar released the first gameplay video for their upcoming game Grand Theft Auto V and it has got gamers talking.

CHARACTERS

One thing I never liked about GTA series to date was the characters. I could never relate to them completely. This time around the game gives you three protagonists with very different lifestyle and issues, so that way everyone can have their kind of fun with one particular guy. It gives you options from a rich white guy, to a black guy who is part of a gang. Oh there is also a person who is a white trash stereotype.

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his 2200mAh battery back-up is one of the best because of the wide range of devices it supports. While most such battery packs come with support for Android and iOS devices some of the older devices never get the love. This pack from Digiflip however comes with an array of adapters so you can hook up any device that’s low of juice. It is available in black and silver finish and costs only `699.

GEEK SPEAK IMBA

f you ever end up playing one of those hardcore MMORPGs this is one term you’ll hear a lot, especially when one person dominates others. It is a shortened version of ‘imbalanced’ and the term became common gaming parlance thanks to Ragnorok. These days you can hear imba calls when a Counter Strike LAN match is on or even when there is a DoTA tournament. Though is started off as a derogatory term, it is now used to laud someone for their gaming skills, especially when someone manages to standout despite having the same powers as the rest. When not used in context to a game, it means elite or awesome.

GTA has all been about missions, only this time around Rockstar really put some effort into it. Instead of driving to point A and doing something and then driving to point B to do something else, you have the option to fully plan out a heist. As they say in the trailer you have the option to do it the smart way or in a “dumb a** way”. That’s the kind of depth we haven’t seen in the series to date. Apart from these missions you can also spend a lot of time playing cat and mouse with cops which brings me to...

DRIVING

The first game in the series was all about stealing cars and getting away from the cops but sometime along the road the other things sort of became the priority. GTA V comes packed with some awesome cars, bikes and quad bikes that should make this game a lot of fun. Not only

sport with any of your missions.

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do they look better, they also seem to handle better than the vehicles in the previous game.

PLANES

GTA V has one of the biggest maps in the series to date, but travelling the whole distance via road can be a pain. But fear not, you can always fall back on these impressive looking planes in the game to get around. The best part I thought was the availability of fighter jets and big Boeing like planes. Oh and Rockstar, please do include a jetpack for old time’s sake.

SIDE ACTIVITIES

What do you do with all the money you make in the game? Bowling can be really boring after a while. GTA V presents some very interesting ways to spend your spare time in the

game. GTA V will let you dive off planes, or go scuba diving or even buy a car just so you could crash it. In short, this game lets you use money like you would in real life.

DYNAMIC WEATHER

Weather hasn’t been a major factor in games yet and only a few racing titles have used this feature at least reasonably well. Looks like GTA V might have dynamic weather and this might change the way you play the game. Some of the screenshots released till now show thunderstorms that might be a problem if you’re in one of those fancy jets available in the game. Hopefully weather effects won’t play spoil

We don’t know much about this yet, but I have a vague feeling this might turn out to be like Crackdown. Now imagine hundreds of people just running amok across a city flying planes incredibly low and making life hell for the cops. I wouldn’t want to live in such a city in real life but I always wanted to know what anarchy tastes like and it tastes like GTA.

CUSTOMISATION

Everything you own in this game — car, house, your own body — can be customised. The depth of customisation looks pretty awesome and just might make gamers want to spend more time in the game. According to the gameplay video that was released you can buy houses in the game, but the extent to which they can be customised or furnished is not clear yet. If by some luck they manage to pack in customisation options like in The Sims, this game will sell like gold. NOTE: This game has mature content and is not meant to be played by children.

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Business

INDIA WANTS TO BE WORLD’S PRODUCTION HUB

With India committed to make itself the manufacturing hub of the world, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has asked US corporate to look at India as a long-term business and investment opportunity.

WOOING THE US

BUY CAR, GET `1 LAKH

‘India committed to fair investment environment’ The current business environment in India is pro-growth and compliant with the World Trade Organisation rules, says the finance minister.

WASHINGTON: Pitching for US investment in India, Finance Minister P Chidambaram (right) has assured US corporate leaders and lawmakers that India is committed to ensuring a transparent, fair and non-discriminatory investment environment for foreign investors. While some concerns have been expressed about the current business environment in India, the policies adopted by India are pro-growth and compliant with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, he told Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus. As Finance Minister P Chidambaram exchanged views with Max Baucus on the global economic situation, Baucus, according to Indian Embassy officials, fondly recalled his first visit to India as a young student in the 1960s and his meeting with prime minister Jawaharlal

Chidambaram also apprised the companies of the recommendations of the Arvind Mayaram Committee on enhancing FDI caps in many sectors.

Nehru. Chidambaram, who is on a four-day visit to the US, also met with CEOs and top management officials of a number of American companies, including Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and International Lease Finance Corporation. He emphasised the need for US companies to set up local manufacturing bases in India, saying “it is in the mutual interest of both countries for India to become a large manufacturing

economy". In discussions focused on the current business and investment environment in India, the issues highlighted by the US companies included transfer pricing relating to profit allocation and, taxation. The impact of the comprehensive immigration reforms recently passed by the US Senate on future business prospects of Indian Information Technology (IT) companies operating in the US was also discussed. Chidambaram underscored

Indian concerns about the bill’s provisions relating to skilled non-immigrant visas. Indian embassy officials said the companies were appreciative of the measures taken by India to address concerns relating to transfer pricing. Chidambaram also apprised the companies of the recommendations of the Arvind Mayaram Committee on enhancing FDI caps in many sectors, and the steps being taken to implement the recommendations. He also met with the chairman of the US Ex-Im Bank, Fred Hochberg and other senior officials of the Ex-Im Bank on Wednesday. Chidambaram, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia will be keynote speakers at the 38th anniversary leadership summit.

CUSTOMER BENEFITS

Tablet wars intensify as prices tumble ROB LEVER Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON: Tablet prices are plunging amid a flood of new devices and cutthroat competition for market share. Amazon has slashed prices of its Kindle HD tablets to as low as $169 in the US and 139 pounds in Britain, while Barnes & Noble has cut the price of its Nook to as low as $129, and has announced plans to outsource production of its tablets. “Since Hewlett-Packard lau-

nched its tablet, there has been a lot of pressure on prices," said Rob Enderle, analyst with Enderle Group. HP sells its Android-powered seven-inch Slate for as low as $139, helping make the paperback-size tablet computer an affordable commodity. A Gartner survey suggests tablet sales globally will rise 67.9 percent to 202 million units this year, but analysts say the market is cooling after a couple of years of sizzling growth. Gartner said the red-hot growth in tablets and smart-

phones will taper off as these devices gain longer life cycles. The report said many consumers are opting for “basic”

tablets to cut costs. “It looks like the market may be tiring of tablets and as makers get desperate, you may see more pressure on prices," Enderle said. Some retailers are selling tablets for less than $100, but Enderle said the flood of poorquality devices may eventually backfire and turn off consumers. Jitesh Ubrani, analyst at the research firm IDC, said many of the low-cost tablets come from small, sometimes unbranded “whitebox” vendors.

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Dr Car announced the ﬁrst winner of The Great Auto Giveaway. K Suresh Babu, professor at JNTU was the ﬁrst winner of the Dr Car reward programme. A cash prize of Rs1 lakh was handed over to the winner by Viren Choudhary, director, Dr Car. The Great Auto Giveaway is an extended offer from Dr Car that aims at engaging and rewarding any individual who purchases a new car of any model and from any dealer in the twin cities. Prospective winners have to register at Dr Car’s website www.drcar.co.in or by calling 9390937074 to be part of the Great Auto Giveaway.

NUMEROLOGY

`2.5K

is the investment Birla Corporation Ltd has planned to make over the next three years to increase its cement capacity.

BRITAIN MAIL PRIVATISATION The British government has announced its plans to privatise its national mail service, the Royal Mail, by ﬂoating part of the service on the London Stock Exchange this year. The sale of the Royal Mail is expected by market analysts to raise 2-3 billion pounds (about $2.9-4.4 billion), and will take place in the autumn, reported Xinhua citing Business Secretary Vince Cable in an announcement in the House of Commons on Wednesday. “The government’s decision on the sale is practical, it is logical, it is a commercial decision designed to put Royal Mail’s future on a long-term sustainable business," Cable said.

THUS SPAKE The truth is in 2013, the China resources boom is over. While the export of resource and commodity volumes are up, the prices we receive for them have now fallen almost 25 percent since their peak and may well fall further. KEVIN RUDD, AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER

BSE NSE

19,651.63 356.40

5,929.60 112.90

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Comment Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King Jr American activist

Palestinian economic plan taking shape JO BIDDLE Agence France-Presse

ehind the scenes, a team of international experts have for months been working on a plan to boost the stagnant Palestinian economy, set to be launched if peace talks with the Israelis resume. US Secretary of State John Kerry unveiled the broad contours of the scheme to attract some $4 billion in private-sector investment over the next three years at a World Economic Forum in Jordan in late May. But decades of frustrations and disappointments mean the concrete details are being kept under wraps until there is an agreement to resume the talks, stalled since September 2010. The hope is that, hand in hand with movement on the political front, the scheme could sew tangible economic benefits on the ground to alleviate dire unemployment and poverty for the Palestinians. Kerry said business experts had been working to make the project “real, tangible and shovel-ready,” adding an initial analysis had predicted “ stunning” results. These included boosting the Palestinian GDP by as much as 50 percent over three years and cutting unemployment from 21 per cent to eight per cent. But similarly ambitious US-led plans by past administrations have faltered, and a blanket of secrecy has been thrown up as Quartet special envoy Tony Blair and his team hammer out the details with the aid of international experts. Critics say the vague details may signal a lack of substance.

HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS

When a dignitary at an international conference held recently at Paris comes back to say that India was not even mentioned in the discussions on emerging markets in Asia, you know which way we have gone since 2006 when China and India were spoken about together.

ADDICTION

SWEET. DELICIOUS. TASTY. BUT... SERIOUSLY

Ajay Hotchandani

ddiction is defined ‘as a condition that results when a person ingests a substance (alcohol, cocaine, nicotine) or engages in an activity (gambling) that can be pleasurable but the continued use of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life responsibilities, such as work or relationships, or health. Users may not be aware that their behaviour is out of control and causing problems for themselves and others’. While this was not really a topic covered in medical school, there is a recently introduced activity that has about 45 million people participating in it a day, with another 200 million recreational users. I must confess that while I am not an addict, I am a recreational user. I do occasionally find myself wanting to partake in this activity, but never had a strong desire to do it that has resulted in my forgoing daily responsibilities. The activity is often referred to as ‘crushing’, playing the game Candy Crush Saga. If you are not one of the millions that crush, you might just know someone who is addicted (in my case, my mother and sister-in-law can be found crushing daily). Here are some signs that you may be a Candy Crush addict: n You get annoyed when people talk to you while you are crushing. This also includes

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phone calls and text messages. Worse is when you are crushing on your phone and a call comes in, which you automatically decline to answer so as to continue crushing. You connected your Candy Crush to Facebook to enjoy the benefits. You have Candy Crush on multiple devices. You ask (more like beg) people for lives and tickets. People who you barely know all of a sudden become your best friends or favourite relatives because they are dependable when it comes to getting lives and tickets. You have actually spent money on Candy Crush. You have lied about spending money on Candy Crush. You have changed the date and time on your device to get more lives. It is constantly on your mind.

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The mere mention of the words Candy Crush and you can hear the little music in your head. You hate the number 65 (the addicts will be able to explain this to you)! You ask people what level they are on and when you find out they are higher than you, you get envious of them. You once took joy in playing it, now it’s a source of anger and frustration. You have neglected some responsibility of yours in order to crush. You mix and match you addictions – playing Candy Crush while in the casino playing cards or roulette. You are reading this list and all you want to go do now is go crushing. You’ve Googled ways to get free lives. Some of you may have hacked your device for

unlimited lives, only to find out it made your life worse as you are forever playing. n You start to look for other games to play while you wait to get more lives. n You have played at work, dinner table, bathroom, at funerals or weddings (same thing for a guy), or late nights in bed. n You are reading this list and trying to convince yourself you are not an addict... trust me, you are! I hope you have been enlightened by this. If you or someone you know is addicted to Candy Crush, please help them, or yourself, by deleting it from the device. If you are not sure if the person you know is addicted to it, think what they would do to you if you deleted it from their device, and if your first reaction is “crush me!” then you know they are addicted. ‘Sugar Crush’.

EDITORIALS CRIME CAPITAL VISAKHAPATNAM RED FOR VIP TRAFFIC

isakhapatnam is becoming the crime capital of Andhra Pradesh for rising crime against women. Rape and molestation by known persons and relatives of the victims is a cause for concern. According to City Crime Record Bureau, 26 cases of rape and 49 of molestation are reported in the city so far this year as compared to 56 rape and 28 molestation cases in 2012 and 51 and 31 respectively in 2011. Some of the sex scandals with origin in the suburbs of Vizag have backing in the statistics presented by the National Crime Record Bureau, women’s organisations such like AIDWA, POW. Lack of effective steps to curb atrocities against women, industrialisation of Vizag, easy availability of liquor and victims walking easily into traps laid by known accused are issues to be addressed. Stringent punishment and handling of crimes against women in fast track courts will help in creating fear in the minds of culprits. The national hue and cry after the Delhi gang rape seems to have helped little. Cases of rape against children and infants are growing.

READERS’ VIEWS

his year, VIPs with the Z (special) security cover have made 44 visits, while those with Z (with NSG cover) have made two visits. Including multiple visits by the same VIP, 545 visits have been made to the City. The PM, president, Union health minister and BJP president, have visited once each. Add to this, daily visits of the governor, CM and the TDP supremo, protests and festivals. The traffic police and the common man face difficulty in inching forward in traffic. Police should be empowered to clear traffic based on the importance of the purpose of the VIP’s visit.

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tELEVISION

BBC FOUR PICKS UP P AND R SEASON 3

BBC Four has acquired the UK rights to the third season of Parks and Recreation. The channel recently aired the first two seasons of the popular US comedy and has now confirmed that season three will follow in 2014.

SERIES REVIEW

NO WAY TO ESCAPE

POLITICALLY CORRECT

Under the Dome has all the makings of an exciting new TV show which promises edge-of-the-seat action. HEMANTH KUMAR hemanth.k@postnoon.com

hat happens when you are trapped inside a room, with few other people, and there's no way to escape? First you begin to panic, then you become frustrated with your helplessness and then you leave it to fate to decide your life. Somewhere in the middle of the process, your animal instincts emerge as an involuntary reaction to your predicament and bizarre things begin to happen. Extrapolate this situation to an entire town which is trapped under a dome, we have something even more interesting in hand. Brian K Vaughan, who developed this idea based on a novel of the same name written by Stephen King, teases us with the explosive nature of the premise right in the beginning of the series and that sets the tone for the rest of the show. If the first episode of Under the Dome is anything to go by, we have a brilliantly written TV show which promises to be an edgeof-the seat action drama, apart from all the mystery, sci-fi behind it. The first episode begins with Dale "Barbie" Barbara

(Mike Vogel), an Army veteran burying someone under mysterious circumstances and then we are introduced to Angie (Britt Robertson) and James (Alexander Koch), who are having an affair. When James proposes to Angie, she snaps at him, which irks him beyond belief. After Dale completes his mission, on his way back, his car veers away from the road and by the time he recovers from the shock, a dome like structure cuts off the entire town from rest of the world. The dome forms an invisible

fence and Dale realises that it transmits static electricity which makes it all the more dangerous to touch it for a long time. Panic grips the entire town and Howard "Duke" Perkins (Jeff Fahey), the chief of police, is the most worried of the lot. He realises that the residents will soon run out of patience, but nothing in this series is as simple as its seems. Almost every character withholds a dark secret and we are introduced to them slowly. The first episode ends with a bang and we suddenly

realise the gravity of the situation when the military gets involved. One of the good things about the show, or at least the first episode, is that there is always an element of mystery. We are informed about trucks carrying propane just days before the dome engulfs the town and James Rennie, a politician in the town and Duke seem to know what's happening around them. However, a major part of this story revolves around Dale, Angie, James and Julia Shumway (Rachelle Lefevre), an investigative reporter, who befriends Dale. The acting is spot on and for an episode which spans nearly 45 minutes, it holds our interest quite well. The conflicts between the characters are as important as the larger problem they are all trying to face collectively and this is where it turns quite explosive. Fear of the unknown is more than enough to keep us on our toes, but Under the Dome goes a step further. It delves into the survival instincts of the town’s inhabitants. That's one of the reasons, why Under the Dome is one of the most exciting series of the year. The only question is, will it be able to sustain our interest?

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving The View, it has been conﬁrmed. The Survivor contestant turned conservative political commentator is moving to Fox News, where she will take over from Gretchen Carlson as co-host of Fox and Friends in mid-September. "For a decade, Elisabeth Hasselbeck has brought her passion and strong beliefs to The View," read a statement from ABC.

DID YOU KNOW

Richard Gere has said that quality projects are moving from films to television due to channels such as HBO and Showtime. The 63-year-old actor was speaking to Total Film about his career in movies and what he thinks the future holds. Gere suggested: "Cable television is probably the future of smart, emotional movies. Showtime, HBO... That's the way things are shifting now.

TRENDING...

Sam Heughan is to lead new Starz drama Outlander. The 33-year-old will play the lead role of Jamie Fraser in the new sci-ﬁ drama from Battlestar Galactica's Ron Moore. Outlander is based on the books by Diana Gabaldon and follows a combat nurse from 1945 who is swept back in time to 1743, where she meets charming Scots warrior Jamie.

Kelly Clarkson, Jim Parsons and Zooey Deschanel are some of the stars set to appear on the forthcoming season of Who Do You Think You Are? TLC has announced eight one-hour shows beginning with People Like Us singer Clarkson on July 23. In the trailer, the celebrities reveal some of their discoveries and their reasons for appearing on the programme.

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

spotlight DOSE OF FASHION

SALSA MAGIC

Head to Cuba Libre with a partner in tow and dance the night away. The pub is hosting Salsa Socials tonight.

A fun twist

The place to be on a Wednesday night is Kismet. Party peeps were seen dancing to the latest chartbusters and letting their hair down at the pub. 1

GREEN AND SERENE

Ladies trooped to A La Liberty restaurant, Banjara Hills where Ikebana exhibition was held. D Purandeswari, minister of state for HRD inaugurated the show. Also spotted at the do were Rekha Reddy, Uma Chigurupati and others.

1 Anjali

4 Alankrita

7 Phuong, Luba, Thui

2 Poornima, Smritha

5 Shruti

8 Khushi

3 Suman, Vinod

6 Pranati

A FLAVOURFUL EXPERIENCE

Ladies had a ďŹ eld day at Taj Deccan where cooks gave a training session on sushi rolling.

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

health

LARVAE-EATING FISH TO TACKLE MOSQUITO MENACE

Himachal Pradesh is preparing a project to introduce larvae-eating fish in stagnant waters across the state to fight the mosquito menace, an official statement quoting Health Minister Kaul Singh said Wednesday..

UNDERSTANDING YOUR STOMACH -PART IV

Dr B Venkat Kumar, MS Gen Surgery Consultant Laproscopic, Bariatric and General Surgeon with Care Hospitals,Nampally, tells us how a problem in the stomach can affect the whole the body.

Keep up your

stomach FLEME VARKEY

fleme.v@postnoon.com

hen it comes to stomach pain, finding the cause of your tummy trouble can be a hard puzzle to solve. The main function of the stomach is to break down and digest food in order to extract necessary nutrients from what you have eaten. It acts as a place of storage, so that two or three meals a day can provide all our energy needs. Without this, we would have had to eat bits and pieces all day. Secondly, it also aids the digestive process, as it is here that food is turned into a semi-liquid substance so that the nutrients can be absorbed from it. A third very important function of the stomach is the destruction of contaminants that the food may contain — bacteria and other micro-organisms. Very little is absorbed into the bloodstream straight through the stomach walls — aspirin and alcohol being exceptions to this rule. A change in food habits, intolerance to a specific kind of food can cause a lot of problems. Dr B Venkat Kumar tells us more. Which are the most common diseases with which patients come to you? Most of the patients that come to us are for problems related to gall bladder stones, acidity and even ulcers. Earlier the incidence of ulcers and stones was limited to the age group of 40 and above but now with the changes in lifestyle especially chronic smoking and drinking, teenagers too come for ail-

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ments such as gall bladder stones and ulcers. Instances of stomach cancer too are on the rise, with cases of people giving into smoking. Unfortunately, no proper diagnostic centres are there in the City and often cancer symptoms are misinterpreted for acidity. What are the procedures that you have had to do the most? Previously the surgeries or operations associated acidity and ulcers were quite high a decade ago, but now due to advancement in the medical field and since medicines can cure most part of the disease incidences of such therapeutic surgeries have come down. Only in cases of malignancies do we require major surgeries. In fact, most of the cases at present are related to laproscopic surgeries for gall bladder problems. How does today’s lifestyle affect the stomach? Any lifestyle change, lack of exer-

cise, smoking by men and women, excessive drinking, improper diet especially junk food can do a lot of harm to the stomach. How does overeating or under eating affect the body? Overeating leads to obesity. Earlier obesity was just considered a cosmetic problem but now the WHO has declared it a disease. It leads to a lot of other problems like diabetes, hypertension and even heart problems in some cases. In case of under eating it does more harm than good. Cases of

malnutrition are high especially in the lower economic zones and rural areas. Lack of proper nutrients can cause brain damage and even behavioural problems. How does one work towards a healthy stomach? Taking care of the diet is imperative. Be sure to include green leafy vegetables in your meals be in the raw or cooked form. Reduce the consumption of simple sugars to prevent rise of diabetes or other related diseases. Remember to exercise and keep you weight in check. Avoid junk food as well. What other parts of the body get affected when one has stomach problems? Since the stomach is the central part of the digestive system, it is the first place that shows infection. Problems like indigestion arise and also it’s absorption power is hampered.

A doctor’s advice... Maintain a healthy weight, exercise enough and follow the doctor’s prescription.

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

Technology TABLET TAKEOVER

PC SHIPMENTS DROP

128

million tablets were sold in 2012

Which is enough tablets to build a bridge from

HOW TABLETS

swallowed up the market LONDON

TO SYDNEY

Gartner reports that worldwide personal computer shipments totaled 76 million in Q2, according to its preliminary estimate, an 11% drop from 85.32 million in the year-earlier period, making it the fifth quarter in a row of declining shipments, the “longest duration of decline in the PC market’s history.” Lenovo came in first in worldwide shipments, with 16.7 per cent share, which was up from its year-earlier share of 14.9 per cent, and its second-place spot that year, even though shipment volume of 12.68 million PCs was down 0.6 per cent, said Gartner. Lenovo edged out HewlettPackard, which had second place in global shipment share.

IT WAS A MISTAKE News broke yesterday that Microsoft was overcharging gamers for their purchases via XBL as they made the shift from using points to currency. Gamers in India and UK were among those affected and this led to some interesting discussions across Reddit. Microsoft soon clariﬁed that the listed prices were a mistake and added that all affected gamers will be refunded. This will be a huge relief for Indian gamers who had put with a lot of difﬁculties off late from EA who decided to hike the price of PC games here.

Big plans for Motorola

29,440 km 78%

Which is whopping

worth of tablets when laid out next to each other

Tablets saw a

sales growth from 2011

Tablet growth is faster than smartphones

Tablet shipments have already surpassed desktops and notebooks

AND ON TO LOS ANGELES

As Motorola prepares to unveil its ﬁrst ﬂagship smartphone since being acquired by Google last year, new details are emerging about the device's design. The moves could have broad implications across the mobile industry. Google is expected to allow its Motorola hardware unit to spend several hundred million dollars— and possibly upward of $500 million—to market the highly-anticipated device in the US and some overseas markets, including in Europe, said people familiar with the matter. Motorola also succeeded in minimising the amount of software and apps that wireless carriers will preinstall on the Moto X, these people said.

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Entertainment THE DREAM TEAM

CINE BYTES

ast year, when NTR and Srinu Vaitla decided to team up for a film, there was a collective gasp among NTR's fans, since the target audience of the two was poles apart. After Baadshah released, it became very clear that NTR is looking forward to dabble with both mass entertainers as well as the kind of films which filmmakers like Srinu Vaitla are known for. Comedy overshadows almost everything else and that seems to be the mantra for most big stars these days. Now, NTR has agreed to act in a film to be directed by Trivikram Srinivas, which, in a way, is a continuum of what started with Baadshah. The two are as different as chalk and cheese, although it's one of the most interesting combinations to have emerged in recent times. With NTR's impeccable dialogue delivery added with Trivikram Srinivas' panache in writing dialogues, this film is surely going to be a crackerjacker. My3Movies, an overseas distributor, is going to produce this film and it's expected to hit the floors in April, 2014. Currently, NTR is shooting for Harish Shankar's upcoming film Ramayaa Vastavayya and after that he'll begin shooting for Santosh Srinivas' Rabhasa. Samantha and Shruti Haasan are playing the lead roles in this action entertainer. On the other hand, Trivikram Srinivas is busy wrapping up the shooting of Pawan Kalyan, Samantha starrer Atharintiki Dharedhi and he has also agreed to direct one more film with Pawan Kalyan.

N T R to team up with Trivikram Srinivas

Varun Tej in talks with Krish

arun Tej's debut film is taking several twists and turns even before it goes on floors. Initially, there were rumours that it's going to be directed by either Srikanth Addala or Puri Jagannadh. Now we hear that Varun Tej is in talks with Krish for this film. Ashwini Dutt is going to produce the film and it'll be shot in London and Switzerland.

Salman Khan meets Yevadu's team

alman Khan, who's shooting for his upcoming ﬁlm Mental, is bonding a lot with several Telugu ﬁlm celebrities at Ramoji Film city. He recently surprised everyone on the sets of Ram Charan starrer Yevadu and spent time on the sets interacting with Charan, Vamshi Paidipally and the choreographer.

Atharintiki Dharedhi's audio launch on July 19?

awan Kalyan, Samantha starrer Atharintiki Dharedhi is gearing up for release in August this year. As per the latest reports, the film's audio is most likely to be launched on July 19 in Hyderabad. Trivikram Srinivas is directing the film and the film's shooting is nearing completion. Devi Sri Prasad has scored the music.

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

fashion

L’WREN SCOTT GOES HIGH STREET

L’WREN SCOTT has teamed up with Banana Republic to launch her first high street collection. The 50-piece range - which will marry the designer’s signature glamour with the US brand’s relaxed, sporty aesthetic - will arrive in selected stores and online on December 5, just in time for Christmas.

High-street 0

80 Barcelona Fashion presented new collections of independent designers who competed for the best collection prize award. The aim of 080 Barcelona is to provide a platform to increase the visibility of independent designers and help them make a mark in the international market. Highlights of 080 Barcelona Fashion included shows by Custo Barcelona, Mango, Desigual and others. Mango opened the first parade of the show with its collection — pinstripe suits and jackets with glut of shimmering black and some touches of red. Showstopper on the second day of the show was Brazilian model Adriana Lima, who for the first time marched in Spain for designer brand Desigual in a tight white dress with circular patterned red and green stripes.

JOSEPH ALTUZARRA IS AMERICAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHOSEN ONE

JOSEPH ALTUZARRA has been selected as the US representative for the 2013/14 International Woolmark Prize. The designer triumphed over competition from the likes of Wes Gordon and Creatures of the Wind to be named as the American entrant.

FASHION Twelfth edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion held in Spanish capital of Barcelona has now become a not-to-be-missed event for diehard fashion followers.

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Chai Time

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life. Henri-Frédéric Amiel

KAKURO

QUICK CROSSWORD

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.

ACROSS

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

SCRIBBLING PAD

1 Lift the spirits of 6 Socrates’ star pupil 11 Combative card game 14 Lawmaker of old Athens 15 Printed again, as a story 16 Solid-yellow billiard ball 17 Common New Year’s resolution 19 ‘Nay’ and ‘nah’ 20 ‘Ginger’ follower 21 ‘Star Wars’ prologue word 22 Poetic homage 23 It steadies the ship 27 Fashionable 29 Toil and trouble 30 They might be renewed or exchanged 32 Kind of decision 33 Picks out of a lineup, briefly 34 Portray onstage 36 Mashed potato servings 39 Construction sites 41 Marching band drum 43 Old Banca d’Italia unit 44 Nosy Parker 46 Flash, as of light 48 Nonexistent 49 A fictional Charles 51 Woman in cheap detective novels 52 Great leveler 53 Dwellers by the English Channel 56 Boxing champ Jack 58 Sighs of relief 59 Notorious insecticide 60 Black or white Mad character 61 Stranded motorist’s need 62 Made a stand 68 First lady McKinley 69 Shiver-producing 70 Chopper topper 71 Anthem author

72 Chain of mountains 73 Make lumber aslumber

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1 Abbr on an attorney’s nameplate 2 Yankee legend Gehrig 3 Subject of a museum in Louisville 4 Register figure 5 Make a bond servant of 6 ___ forma 7 Albanian monetary unit 8 Soprano pieces 9 Does a Latin-American dance 10 Already started 11 Was victorious, but not by knockout 12 Positively charged electrode 13 View anew 18 Quark/antiquark pairs 23 Flees the scene 24 Something attached 25 Left the straight and narrow path 26 Nasal accent 28 Chutzpah 31 Hurt with hot water 35 Group of three 37 Pickler’s solution 38 Like many bar snacks 40 Lampblack 42 Intertwine 45 Cowboy, at times 47 They may flare 50 Doria who went down in history? 53 A dyeing art? 54 Island that’s no island 55 Back in the navy? 57 Traffic cone 63 Barrister’s accessory 64 Golfer’s smallest wood 65 ‘How was ___ know?’ 66 ___’easter 67 It may come before ‘long’

Chai Time THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013 Thiruvaikumar

STAR POWER for 12-7-2013

As per Hindu panchang thiruvaikumar@yahoo. co. in, 040-27177230 / 9177596118

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Delayed marriage talks will resume and finalise. Financial position will improve steadily. You will solve long pending issues with your innovative techniques and experience. Success is yours in whatever work you undertake.

STRIP TEASE AGNES

You take successful personalities as your role model, and go ahead in your life. Those involved in construction or purchase of a house will succeed. Son will get a promising job and daughter’s marriage is likely to get settled.

Spend good time with your children and fulfil their wishes. Behaviour of close but bad friends might upset you. You will take more courageous decisions. Tension and confusion will end. Avoid anger and harsh talk that hurt others.

Some will change their residence. Persons in powerful position will become your friends. Though expenses go beyond expectations, good inflow of money will take care of the situation. You will complete even challenging tasks.

You will become more active and focused on work and complete them in time. Unwanted expenses should be controlled with available resources. Held-up work will resume and progress well. Your stock is set to pile up.

Employees are likely to be entrusted with more responsibilities. Expenses to increase but good inflow of money will take care of the situation. Though hurdles are likely in undertaken work, they will soon disappear. Blood relatives extend help.

You will become bold and take important and wise decisions, which will yield expected results. Self-confidence level will go up. Some will sell their old property for a good price and purchase a new one. Promotion is on the cards for employees.

Avoid emotional outbursts. Daughter’s marriage might get finalised but be sure to verify credentials of the boy. You need to exercise maximum patience. You might face failures and disappointments if proper planning is not done.

You will not be affected by bad events but will treat both good and bad events with a seasoned mind and absorb shocks without panicking. Though a deficit financial position is likely, help will come from expected sources.

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ARIES:

GEMINI:

Eight of Cups – You will be called upon to guide someone. In doing so, you will also learn and grow. This is a great opportunity to see life differently.

LEO:

Queen of Pentacles – Your helping nature will be much appreciated by everyone. But make sure you’re not going so much out of your way that it hurts your own time.

LIBRA:

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

Two of Pentacles – You enjoy the company of a person from the opposite sex. Maintain balance and ensure that you’re not putting all your eggs in one basket.

SAGITTARIUS:

Ten of Pentacles – Do not take anything for granted. If you’re unsure of something, put it on pen and paper and get the consent from all parties involved.

TAURUS:

Knight of Wands – Cut down on excessive and often unnecessary expenses. You need to watch the wallet and increase savings. Write down your financial goals.

CANCER:

Four of Wands – Before you jump to any conclusions, diagnose the problem first and then think of the options at hand. Move ahead with the best option carefully.

VIRGO:

King of Pentacles – Those who are into writing will have to focus on honing their skills. A lot of rewriting will be required on a current project.

SCORPIO:

Five of Wands – You get a desire to do something different. This sweeping emotion may have been triggered by something you read or saw in the news.

CAPRICORN:

The Wheel of Fortune – You are seeming a little lost at the moment and need to bring your focus back to the job at hand. Meditate more regularly.

PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS

PISCES:

Knight of Pentacles – This time is signaling the entry into a very profitable phase. You will enjoy a lot of luck and your hard work pays off.

NUMBER GAME

Temperance – You need to shove someone’s comments aside and not let them affect the way you work. Be more confident about your choices in life.

SCRABBLE

AQUARIUS:

POOCH CAFE

A very important work will be done successfully to your joy. Benefits are likely through friends. Works will get completed albeit with delay. Avoid anger and unwanted expenses to stay clear of a financial crisis. Health needs attention.

for 12-7-2013

Page of Pentacles – You must keep an open mind to exchange of ideas. By sharing and collaborating, you increase the chances of success of your own ideas.

NON SEQUITUR

Peaceful atmosphere is likely at home. Court verdict will go in your favour. You will give more importance for character rather than money. Unexpected financial fortune is likely. Delayed work will now get completed.

SUDUKO

Wherever you go, respect and the red carpet await you. Unexpected journey, sleeplessness and expenses are likely; be alert and take care. Financial inflow is good to cheer you. Those trying for a new job will get favourable result.

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Entertainment THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

STARING AT THE PAST

CINE BYTES

Kristen Stewart insulted She found ‘I love Rob’ scribbled on her car. George Clooney to receive Britannia Award

ow this is not funny ... well, it is a little bit. Kristen Stewart looked insulted after arriving back at her car to discover an ‘I Love Rob’ message written on the hood. (Obviously referring to her ex-boyfriend, Robert Pattinson). In pictures on X17online.com, the 23-year-old Twilight star can be seen staring at the harsh words left on her dirty pickup truck — most likely a prank pulled by a fan or a paparazzo. There also appears to be a parking ticket on her windshield ... yikes. Stewart and her longtime onagain-off-again love Pattinson, 27, split in mid-May following a tumultuous relationship. It was just last summer when Stewart was caught cheating on Pattinson with her Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders. Although the couple rekindled their romance for a bit, the scandal was obviously too much for Pattinson to bear. According to E! Online, the actor is “in a good place” following the breakup, while Stewart is reportedly “heartbroken.”

eorge Clooney will receive the 2013 Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA Los Angeles) announced on Tuesday. The award will be presented to Clooney at the Britannia Awards on Nov. 9, giving him a spotlight moment during the awards season in which he already has a signiﬁcant presence.

Sean Astin joins The Strain

X’s The Strain continues to bulk up on its cast. Showrunner Carlton Cuse took to Twitter to announce that the drama pilot from Guillermo del Toro has enlisted Lord of the Rings alum Sean Astin. Based on del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s book trilogy ﬁrst published in 2009, the story centres on a vampire virus that infects New York.

Halle Berry to star in, produce Mother

alle Berry will star in and produce Mother, an indie comedy that’s being developed to go into production early next year. Mother is the story of a bride who leaves her mobster ﬁance at the altar and goes on the run. She pretends to be a young man’s mother so she can hide out with him but her wild ways turn everything upside-down.

sports

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

TOUR DE FRANCE

Tony shrugs off injuries with win ANDY SCOTT Agence France-Presse MONT-SAINT-MICHEL: Germany’s Tony Martin confirmed he has put his injury concerns behind him with yet another stunning time-trial performance on the 11th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday. Martin won the 33-kilometre individual time-trial from Avranches to Mont-Saint-Michel in 36min 29.87sec to beat overall race leader Chris Froome by 12 seconds, with no other rider getting within a minute of the German. Indeed, Martin’s average speed of 54.271 km/h registered as the third-quickest ever on the Tour, with only Greg LeMond of the USA in 1989 and Britain’s David Millar in 2003 going faster. Yet the 28-year-old’s Tour could have been over almost before it had begun when he suffered a nasty fall on the first stage in Bastia. Martin fainted and was taken

Tour slipping away for Froome rivals

Stage winner Germany’s Tony Martin celebrates on the podium after winning the 33 km individual time-trial and eleventh stage of the 100th edition AFP/JEFF PACHOUD of the Tour de France on Wednesday.

to hospital on a stretcher after going down in a crash near the finish of the opening stage and, while he remarkably survived without any fractures, he still came away with concussion, widespread bruising and a deep

cut on his left elbow. Omega Pharma sporting director Brian Holm later admitted that Martin would have abandoned the race had the crash not happened right at the beginning and, after winning

MONT-SAINT-MICHEL: Chris Froome’s rivals in the race for the yellow jersey remained defiant on Wednesday but it is hard to avoid the sensation that the chances of anyone catching the Kenyan-born Briton are slipping away. Froome came in second in the 11th stage individual timetrial behind winner Tony Martin, but took two minutes on Alejandro Valverde, the Spaniard who is his nearest rival in the general classification. Meanwhile, Alberto Contador, the man tipped to push Froome the hardest before the Tour began, lost 2min 3sec on the Team Sky star and now sits at 3min 54sec. The situation looks to be an impossible one for Contador as he bids to win a third Tour title, but he and his Saxo team sought to remain upbeat at the stage finish in front of MontSaint-Michel in Normandy.

Cadel Evans’ hopes still alive JUSTIN DAVIS Agence France-Presse MONT SAINT MICHEL: Former champion Cadel Evans’ Tour de France hopes remain alive but on the day race leader Chris Froome took more time off his rivals the Australian admitted he simply didn’t have the legs. As Froome finished only 12 seconds behind Germany’s Tony Martin, the winner of the stage with a time of 36min 29sec, Evans crossed the finish 2:18 in arrears to the yellow jersey holder. Having lost 26secs to Froome on the team time trial, then over four minutes to the Kenyan-born Briton on the dra-

Cadel Evans competes during the 33 km time-trial and eleventh stage of the Tour de AFP France cycling race on Wednesday

matic eighth stage to Ax-TroisDomaines, Australia’s 2011 champion is now 14th overall at a massive 6:54 off the pace. Froome’s closest rival Alejandro Valverde of Spain is now 3:25 adrift in second place with one time trial and four tough mountain stages to go. Evans, who finished third overall on the Giro d’Italia barely six weeks ago, now looks out of the running for a place on the podium of the 100th Tour de France. The 36-year-old remains defiant, but he admitted he simply didn’t have the legs to threaten the big specialists like Martin and Froome. AFP

2020 OLYMPICS BIDDING

Tokyo pledges ‘model’ drug-free Games TOKYO: Tokyo is promising a model Olympic Games with the world’s strictest anti-doping rules if it wins the right to host the 2020 edition. Exacting testing in top-notch laboratories combined with strong social disapproval of chemical enhancements give Japan a leading edge in the race to stamp out doping in sport, advocates say. “Japan is a world leader in anti-doping, and we are proud to have one of the world’s highest standards of medical care,” said Masato Mizuno, vice president of the Japanese Olympic Committee.

“Japan will continue to be in the forefront of anti-doping activities going forward, and in 2020 we look forward to offering a model of clean sport as a legacy of excellence throughout the world.” Japan’s record with doping is admirable, say sport insiders. “It is true that Japan is one of the strongest countries” as far as drug testing is concerned, Canadian Dick Pound, an International Olympic Committee member who was the first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), told AFP in Lausanne. “The country that does have a few problems is Spain,” he said, but added

it would not be the decisive factor in the final decision on awarding the competition. The IOC meets in Buenos Aires in September to decide which of the three shortlisted cities — Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid — will play host to thousand of athletes for the 2020 summer Games. Tokyo has received widespread praise for a bid that promises a highly compact and environmentally friendly games in a city with an already welldeveloped infrastructure. Growing public support for the project is also helping, making Tokyo the bookies’ favourite. AFP

AFP

stage 11, the German praised the doctors who helped him get back to fitness so quickly. “I had always kept the focus on today’s stage. I knew I wouldn’t be 100 percent fit for the team time-trial (on stage four) but I knew had good chance for today,” said the two-time defending world time-trial champion. “I had all the support from the team and the staff to get me in my best condition after the crash. They did a fantastic job and I can say that the crash did not influence my performance today.” Froome may be the overwhelming favourite to win the yellow jersey on this year’s Tour, but when it comes to time-trialling nobody can compete with Martin just now. His victory is further good news for German cycling after Marcel Kittel sprinted to his second stage win on this year’s Tour in Saint-Malo on Tuesday, and is also his 10th straight time-trial triumph. AFP

LOCAL SPORT League Cricket A-1 three days Group A Day 3 Deccan Chronicle 454 and 27 for no loss drew with Ensconse 358 in 100.4 overs (Azmath Khan 53, Himalaya Agarwal 42, J Mallikarjun 129 n.o., Syed Ali 57, Akash Bhandari 6/89, Praneeth Kumar 3/44) Day 2 Falakhnuma 215 and 27/1 in 12 overs vs R Dayanand 308 allout in 63.2 overs (Nimeesh Reddy 93, P Shashank Nag 102, Pratyush Reddy 3/64, Abhishek Ashok 3/13) Group B Day 2 Hyderabad Bottling 205 and 98/1 in 30 overs (Vinay Goud 43 n.o., Vamshivardhan Reddy 39 n.o.) vs AOC 232 all out in 68.2overs (RK Pandey 35, Kiran Kumar 30, Brijesh Nair 64, Dhanaji Rao Shinde 41, A Rajender 5/70) EMCC 153/5 in 48.2 overs vs BDL (Day 2 called without a ball being bowled) India Cements 135 and 111/7 in 36.4 overs (Mohammed Asaduddin 40, T Suman 3/40) vs SBH 324 in 88.1 overs (S Anoop Pai 76, Ahmed Quadri 35, T Suman 34, Kushal Jilla 32, V L Shashank 8/116).

Chess tourney from Saturday HYDERABAD: Brilliant chess Academy will conduct the 86th Brilliant trophy open chess tournament from July 13 to 14 under the auspices of AP Chess Association at the Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar. A total sum of ten thousand rupees will be given to top 20 places in open category. Entries for the competition will be closed by 1pm on July 13. For further details contact J Subrahmanyam on 9247399717.

sports

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

NEW RULES

Oz to ban broomstick putters from 2016

SYDNEY: The Professional Golfers Association of Australia on Thursday said it will ban the use of broomstick putters at its sanctioned tournaments from 2016 to move in line with other international tours. The new rule will ban players from anchoring a club directly, or by use of an anchor point, against any part of the body, effectively banning belly and chest putting. The anchored stroke has been in the spotlight since being used by a series of players to win major championships, with Australian Adam Scott the latest to use the club to claim the Masters title at Augusta in April. PGA of Australia chief Brian Thorburn said his organisation wanted to avoid a situation in which professional golfers would have to compete under different conditions on different international tours. “The implementation of this rule will inevitably affect a number of our professionals who compete both at home and abroad, and it’s important they now have clarity and time to adapt,” Thorburn said in a statement. “Throughout this process our greatest priority was to ensure consistency so that when our professionals, and of course visiting internationals, play in Australia they will be competing under the same conditions adopted across all the world’s top tours.” AFP

LPGA MANULIFE FINANCIAL LPGA CLASSIC

Park back in action

Park In-Bee returns to action tomorrow, heading the field for the LPGA Classic a fortnight after her historic US Women’s Open triumph. WATERLOO: World number one Park In-Bee returns to action on Thursday, heading the field for the LPGA Manulife Financial LPGA Classic a fortnight after her historic US Women’s Open triumph. The South Korean superstar will be gunning for her fourth LPGA title in as many starts in the $1.3 million tournament at Grey Silo Golf Course. The most recent of those wins was her Open triumph at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, New York, where Park joined US sporting legend Babe Zaharias as the only women to win the first three majors in a season. Zaharias won all three in 1950. Park, who won the Kraft Nabisco in April and the LPGA Championship in June, will have

Andrews, August 1-4. “It’s been different,” Park said of the whirlwind that followed her US Open win, which has included a New York media tour featuring appearances on the Today Show and ESPN’s Sportcenter. “Last week was quite busy — I didn’t know something like that happens

Park In-Bee, the South Korean superstar will be gunning for her fourth LPGA title. a chance to become the first man or woman to win four major golf championships in a season at the Women’s British Open at St.

after the win. I’m used to getting a lot of attention on the golf course, but off the golf course in a city like New York, that big of a

US PGA TOUR

Johnson looks to defends title

SILVIS: Zach Johnson looks to defend his title at the US PGA Tour’s $4.6 million John Deere Classic starting on Thursday, the last US tune-up for the British Open at Muirfield. Johnson ended Steve Stricker’s three-year reign at the event last year, blasting out of a fairway bunker to about a foot from the pin at the second playoff hole to edge Troy Matteson — who had led after each of the first three rounds. Perhaps not surprisingly, Johnson was happy to be back at TPC Deere Run. “I love everything about this tournament,” he said. “I love the

golf course. It’s in great shape, as usual, and I just like coming back and seeing faces and friends and family. “It feels like my backyard in a lot of respects, and fortunately I’ve had some success here. “And I’m trying to put 2012 behind me. It’s not like just because I won I’ve got a threeshot lead going into Thursday, so I frankly have to put it behind me, and that’s going to be my approach.” South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, the world number 10 who is the highest ranked player in the field, shares Johnson’s enthusiasm for the

tournament and for the sponsors. He even brought his father and father-in-law, both farmers, to this week’s tournament

TRI-NATION SERIES

MS Dhoni likely to play in final

There is increasing speculation that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be back in the finals of the Tri-nation series to the lead the World Cup and Champions Trophy holders. FAZEER MOHAMMED Agence France-Presse PORT OF SPAIN: India and Sri Lanka meet yet again, this time in the final of the Tri-Nation Series at Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday, amid increasing speculation that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be back to the lead the World Cup and Champions

city, a lot of people looking at me, it was weird getting that kind of attention outside the golf course. “It was a little fun for me, I did a lot of things that I’m going to experience from now on is going to be a little different than I’ve experienced before,” she added. “I’m trying to get used to it, not totally used to it yet, but still learning.” Park said she’ll try to stay focused on the crucial task of improving her game, and not get sidetracked by records and historical comparisons. “Pretty much everything,” she said of where she can improve. “sometimes my ballstriking skills are not as good as I want, sometimes my short game skills are not as good as I want, sometimes my mentality is not there.” AFP

Trophy holders. Dhoni sustained a right hamstring strain while batting against the West Indies in his team’s first match of the tournament on June 30 at Sabina Park in Kingston and an announcement was made the following day that he was ruled out of the rest of the competition with uncapped batsman Ambati Rayudu being

flown in as his replacement. However India’s most successful captain ever has remained with the squad, and while there has as yet been no official word from the touring party, his presence on the field in pre-match warm-ups and in full team uniform during and after the final preliminary fixture against the Sri Lankans on

Tuesday increase the likelihood that he will be back as at the helm for the final. Stand-in captain Virat Kohli hinted as much at the toss ahead of the comprehensive victory over Angelo Mathews’ side when he expressed hope that Dhoni had been recovering well enough to be able to play if they had gotten through to the final.

because he’s such a fan of the farm equipment the sponsoring company makes. “All of us are big John Deere fans, and I wanted them to come and see where it’s made,” said Oosthuizen, who farms 150 acres himself. Oosthuizen withdrew from the US Open last month after the first round with a hip flexor injury. “I’m still struggling a bit with my left hip,” he said. “But it’s more on walking, not on hitting the ball itself. But I’ve got the physio with me so we’ll do a bit of work on it.” Otherwise, Oosthuizen said, his game is in pretty good shape. AFP

URN

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

ASHES 2013

THE REPORT Michael Clarke’s team bowled England out for a seemingly meagre 215 only to relinquish their grip to be 75 for four after the first day’s play.

MAN TO WATCH

Oz media slams brittle batting

SCRORE BOARD England 1st innings ANCook* c †Haddin b Pattinson13 JE Root b Siddle 30 IJL Trott b Siddle 48 KP Pietersen c Clarke b Siddle 14 IR Bell c Watson b Siddle 25 JM Bairstow b Starc 37 MJ Prior† c Hughes b Siddle 1 SCJ Broad c & b Pattinson 24 GP Swann c Hughes b Pattinson 1 ST Finn c †Haddin b Starc 0 JM Anderson not out 1 Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 8, nb 2) 21 Total (all out; 59 overs) 215 Bowling O M R W JL Pattinson 17 2 69 3 MA Starc 17 5 54 2 PM Siddle 14 4 50 5 AC Agar 7 1 24 0 SR Watson 4 2 7 0 Australia 1st innings SR Watson c Root b Finn 13 CJL Rogers lbw b Anderson 16 EJM Cowan c Swann b Finn 0 MJ Clarke* b Anderson 0 SPD Smith not out 38 PJ Hughes not out 7 Extras (lb 1) 1 Total (4 wickets; 21 overs) 75 Bowling O M R W JM Anderson 10 0 25 2 ST Finn 8 0 37 2 GP Swann 3 0 12 0

NUMEROLOGY

5-50

The figures returned by Aussie seamer Peter Siddle. Certainly the pick of the bowlers on an overcast day.

POSTNOON’S VERDICT SYDNEY: Australian media bemoaned another brittle toporder batting display in undermining the good work from the bowlers on a topsy-turvy opening day of the Ashes series against England. Michael Clarke’s team bowled England out for a seemingly meagre 215 only to relinquish their grip to be 75 for four after the first day’s play at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge ground on Wednesday. Australian hopes have not been high of Ashes success going into the series, but the country’s cricket writers said what could have been a positive start to the series was squan-

Aussie hopes have not been high, but what could have been a positive start was squandered by poor batting. dered by poor batting. “Another fragile batting performance by Australia has destroyed the good work of its bowlers on the opening day of the first Test,” The Sydney Daily Telegraph’s Malcolm Conn said. The Australian newspaper’s Gideon Haigh said Australia’s tail could yet get their team past

England’s total, but it would have to “dare to be dull”. The Sydney Morning Herald’s Chloe Saltau praised fast bowler Peter Siddle’s inspirational five-wicket haul in England’s first innings but said by the end of an epic first day Australia’s batsmen were in a familiar position — “on the ropes”. Elsewhere, the Melbourne Age’s Greg Baum said if 14 wickets fell in a day during an English county game it “would trigger a report to the ECB about the pitch”. “This day, it was the batsmen who should have been on report,” he said. AFP

THE STATISTICS

17 wickets and record-breaking first day

Australia coach Darren Lehmann forecast “outstanding” teenage sensation Ashton Agar would come into the game “more and more” after the left-arm spinner was handed a shock Test debut in the Ashes opener at Trent Bridge. Agar, a 19-year-old left-arm spinner, was only brought to England originally as a “development player” for the ﬁrst two Ashes Tests. But in a dramatic move, Agar was preferred instead of off-spinner Nathan Lyon.

he opening day of the 2013 Ashes at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge was dominated by bowlers as the Australia and England attacks shared 14 wickets between them. It was the most on the opening day of an England-Australia series since 17 wickets fell at Lord’s in 2005 and Wednesday’s tally stood equal seventh in the corresponding all-time list covering 136 years of Anglo-Australian cricket, with five of those instances at Trent Bridge.

1882 The Oval 164 20 AUS 63 ENG 101 1896 Lord’s 339 18 AUS 53 ENG 286-8 1887/88 Sydney 148 18 ENG 113 AUS 35-8 2005 Lord’s 282 17 AUS 190 ENG 92-7 1921 Nottingham 279 16 ENG 112 AUS 167-6 1890 Nottingham 240 15 AUS 132 ENG 108-5 1886/87 Sydney 121 14 ENG 45 AUS 76-4

1981 Nottingham 218 14 ENG 185 AUS 33-4 1905 Nottingham 354 14 ENG 196 AUS 158-4 2013 Nottingham 290 14 ENG 215 AUS 75-4 1878/79 Melbourne 208 13 ENG 113 AUS 95-3 1888 Lord’s 134 13 AUS 116 ENG 18-3 1997 Birm’ham 318 13 AUS 118 ENG 200-3

Most wickets on the first day of an England-Australia Test series (year, venue, runs, wickets, scores of both teams):

On a day when weather conditions suited swing bowling it was always going to be a bowler’s paradise. Siddle’s ﬁvefer and great swing bowling by Jimmy Anderson saw batsmen get into tangles. The ball that dismissed Clarke was a peach and could prove to be the pivotal wicket.

Playing swing is a skill — you have to see the line and play it as late as possible. A lot of batsmen on both sides gave their wickets away too easily. Geoffrey Boycott former England batsman

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013

sports

EVERTON SIGN BARCA PRODIGY DEULOFEU

Everton manager Roberto Martinez sealed his fourth signing in the space of three days as Barcelona teenager Gerard Deulofeu joined the club on a season-long loan on Wednesday. Deulofeu scored 18 times in 33 matches for Barcelona's B side last season.

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE PREVIEW

Plans for City youth revolution Manuel Pellegrini admits part of his remit as Manchester City manager will be to help nurture young talent and save the club spending heavily on transfer fees in the future. TIMOTHY ABRAHAM Agence France-Presse MANCHESTER: Manuel Pellegrini admits part of his remit as Manchester City manager will be to help nurture young talent and save the club spending heavily on transfer fees in the future. City, who were bought Manchester City’s new manager Manuel Pellegrini attends a press conference at the team’s Carrington Training Ground, on Wednesday. AFP/POOL/THOMPSON.

by Sheikh Mansour’s Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008, have been the Premier League’s highest spenders in the transfer market in recent years. But new financial fair-play rules have been introduced in a bid to curtail the spending of clubs like City and Pellegrini, who on Wednesday spoke to the media for the first time since he was appointed as Roberto Mancini’s successor, seemed to suggest a slight departure from that policy in the long term. “We have to have a different style here in the club,” Pellegrini said. “I mean a different style in the way Man City must work in the next few years. “It is impossible every year to buy three, four, five expensive

NEW SEASON NEW BEGINNING

players. We need a mix with young players, who work exactly the same as the first team, and as the Under 21s. “There are a lot of things we can improve. What Roberto Mancini and the other coaches have done we will continue working at and adding different things.” Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano was recently quoted as saying that he wanted Pellegrini to win five trophies in the next five years. Former Malaga boss Pellegrini knows he will be under pressure to compete for all trophies on all fronts, but the 59-year-old Chilean believes that is only part of his mandate at Eastlands. “As a coach of course we

always want immediate success,” he added. “If that will bring us trophies, perfect, we have more chances to win that way. In the same way we are working with young players and we will continue to. “I’m here not only to win trophies - the Premier League, the Champions League, the FA Cup - I am here to work with young players. “To win trophies is very important but I am not here just for that. I will do my job here completely with Ferran, with Txiki Begiristain (Manchester City sporting director), with Patrick Vieira (elite development squad manager) also working with young players.”

COSAFA CUP

Defiant Dortmund ready to rival Bayern

BERLIN: With three new additions to their squad, Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund have insisted European champions Bayern Munich will not have it all their own way this season.

Dortmund secured their latest new signing on Tuesday when midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan joined from Shakhtar Donestk, having also recruited Saint-Etienne forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang,

German Bundesliga first division football club Borussia Dortmund’s players seen during warm up session at the team’s summer training camp in Brixen im Tahle, Austria. AFP/WILDBILD

24, and defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos, 25, from Werder Bremen. Mkhitaryan, 24, impressed on Wednesday when the trio made their debuts in a 3-1 friendly win at Swiss champions FC Basel with the Armenian setting up the first goal and scoring the second. Borussia host Bayern in the pre-season German Super Cup on July 27 in a repeat of the Champions League, which the Bavarians won 2-1 at Wembley. Having won the 2010-11 and 2011-12 German titles, Dortmund were left empty handed last season as Bayern became the first German team to win the treble of Champions League, league and cup, breaking or equalling 25 Bundesliga records in the process. They finished the German league season 25 points clear of nearest rivals Dortmund but Borussia’s midfield star Marco Reus has insisted they will not have things their own way when the new season starts on August 9. AFP

SWEET REVENGE

JOHANNESBURG: Mauritius outclassed 10-man Seychelles 4-0 Wednesday to exact revenge for the darkest day of their football history. The Cosafa Cup Group A win in Zambia atoned for a seven-goal thrashing by the Seychelles in the same competition five years ago. Mauritius dominated exchanges in mining town Kitwe from the kick-off of a dead rubber in a mini-league won by Namibia Monday. Gurty Calambe side-footed a Jean-Pascal Bazerque cross into the net on 14 minutes to open the floodgates in warm, windy conditions. Jean-Stephane Pierre doubled the lead midway through the opening half by beating goalkeeper Dave Mussard at his near post with a volley. The Indian Ocean derby ceased being a contest late in the

half when Steve Henriette handled to prevent another Mauritian goal. Henriette was red carded and although Mussard parried a Fabrice Pithia spot kick, the taker fired the rebound into the net. A further blow to the Seychellois was the loss through injury of captain Alex Nibourette just before half-time at Nkana Stadium. Despite the handicaps, the team ranked 200 in the world fared better in the second half and Yves Zialor had several chances to score. Mauritius regained the initiative in the closing stages and Pierre scored again with a low shot under a diviing Mussard 18 minutes from time. It was his third goal of the southern Africa national team championship, making him joint leading scorer with Jerome Ramatlhakwane of Botswana. AFP