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THE MAN ON A MISSION

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Tony Scott’s name is synonymous with breathtaking action movies right from the days of Top Gun to Unstoppable. His sudden death earlier this week, comes as a big shock to the entire film fraternity. Postnoon pays a tribute.

HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

POWERLESS STATE,

PEACE IN PERIL The post-festival resumption of power cuts have angered people from all walks of life. With at least five incidents of protests swinging dangerously close to violence, the law and order situation is a volcano waiting to erupt.

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REPORT ON P8

PREITY ZINTA WRITING BOOK? Actor Preity Zinta, who played a reporter in Farhan Akhtar’s film Lakshya, says she is coming out with a book on fake stories about her.

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YOUTH ENSNARES MINOR, HELD Pretending to be a rich bachelor from Gujarat, a man married a minor, only to initiate her into flesh trade.

STUDENT LEADER ‘ABSCONDING’ TVIV cadres have put up posters denouncing Mahesh Konagala for cheating people and demanding money.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

city events

A NIGHT OF THE ABSURD

Head to Lamakaan, Banjara Hills for A Night of Absurd. Grim Pumpkin Theatre presents A Night of the Absurd', a staging of four plays by Alex Broun, an American playwright. The event is on August 31 from 7.30pm onwards.

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AROUND THE CITY YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES 6pm onwards Contact: (040) 2335 0443

DINING Punjabi food festival Head to Taj Deccan for a Punjabi Food festival. The food festival offers a variety of Punjabi delicacies such as saag and makke ki roti. It is also offering various specialities such as Where: Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills, Rd No 1 When: August 24 onwards Contact: (040) 66663939

ART Invisible lands An exhibition of paintings by Madhuchanda Majumder is being held. Where: Shrishti Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, When: 11am onwards Contact: (040)2354 0023

World class cocktails Select from a list of unusual concotions like Frozen Gold.. Buy two and get a world class cocktail book and experiment with a wide range of drinks yourself. Where: Marco Polo, ITC Kakatiya, Begumpet When: All through August Contact: (040) 2340 0132 DAILY TUSSLE: A girl untangles her scarf that snagged on the barbed wire barrier at Dharna Chowk.

SHOWS

Baghdad Wedding The play Baghdad Wedding dealing with weddings in Iraq will be presented at Ravindra Bharati on August 31. Where: Ravindra Bharati, Saifabad When: August 31, 7.30pmonwards Contact: (040) 2323 1245 National Silk Expo The Gramin Hastkala Vikas Samiti is organising the ”National Silk Expo” from August 18 to 26. The expo will feature various silk products.

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SRINIVAS SETTY

Where: Sri Sathya Sai Nigamagamam, Srinagar Colony When: Ongoing, 11am to 9pm

Where: Oakridge International School, Gachibowli When: August 25 and 26, 7.30pm onwards Contact: 1800 200 8171

Voices of protest A film based on the people's movement against the Koodankulam nuclear plant will be shown at Lamakaan on August 21. Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills When: August 21, 7.30pm Contact: 96427 31329

Satellite City The play is the kaleidoscopic world of a motley bunch of characters and their struggle to make their lives about something. Where: Ravindra Bharathi, Saifabad When: September 2 6.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2323 1245

Play time The play Birjees Qadar ka Kunbaa will be held at Nift Auditorium on August 24. The play is in Urdu. Where: Nift Campus, Madhapur When: August 24, 7.30pm Contact: (040) 2311 4537

Ethical hacking Oakridge International School is organising a 2-day ‘Workshop on ethical hacking and online security’ by ethical hacker and computer security expert, Ankit Fadia. The workshop is open for students and all technology enthusiasts.

Taj Khazana Sale For six days, there will be a special offer on magnificent collection of sarees, western ensembles, pashminas, hand-picked costume jewellery, men’s garments and much more. Where: Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills

Blindflyers The German movie Die Blindgagner (Blindflyers). The movie is a tale of two girls Marie and Inga. Where: Goethe Zentrum, Banjara Hills, Rd No 3 When: August 24,

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Image and imagination A painting exhibition by various artists titled Image and Imagination. Where: Kalakrithi Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Rd No 10 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 6656 4466

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Painting exhibitions Two painting exhibitions, dealing with cities and sustainability will be displayed at Vidyaranya High School. Where: Vidyaranya High School, Saifabad When: Ongoing, 10am onwards Contact: (040) 2323 7789 Elegance Artist Snehlatha Prasad presents her interpretation of the Radha and Krishna myth through her canvas. Where: Shrshti Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, Rd No 15 When: Ongoing, 11am onwards Contact: (040) 2354 0023

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

City

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CRIME

Youth ensnares minor, held The youth married the minor, claiming that he was a rich bachelor from Gujarat. She escaped when she found that he was already married and planned to push her into flesh trade. Mohd SUBHAN mohd.s@postnoon.com

According to the girl and her mother, the youth was trying to snare poor girls, marry them and use them for flesh trade.

minor Hyderabadi girl from a poor family, who thought herself lucky when a ‘rich’ Gujarati boy married her, later found to her horror that he was neither rich nor a bachelor but had a wife and two children back home. When her ‘husband’ and his first wife tried to initiate her into flesh trade, she escaped and returned home. The Tandur police have now picked up the man, Dinesh of Latur, and a mediator, Asima, who had arranged the marriage. Vidisha (name changed), a minor, is the only daughter of Shantamma, a widow, living at Indiranagar in Tandur of RR district. When Asima approached her and introduced the smartlooking Dinesh as a rich boy

from Gujarat who owns a multistorey building, other properties, three cars and a big bank balance, Shantamma fell for it. The

mediator said all the marriage expenditures plus a ‘packet of money’ would be paid to the girl’s mother, as he is very ‘chari-

table’. Accordingly, the girl’s mother arranged the marriage on July 5, after concealing Vidisha’s true age. Soon after the marriage, Dinesh took the girl to his native village, where she was shocked to find he lived in a hutment and had a wife and two kids. His wife began to abuse her and later sweet-talked her to cash in on her youth. Suffering agony and helplessness in an alien place, she underwent hell, Vidisha explained to RR district SP D Rajkumari. Somehow, she man-

aged to escape and came back to her mother. According to the girl and her mother, the youth was trying to snare poor, young girls, marry them and use them for the flesh trade. He would act well: good looking and young, Dinesh wore expensive clothes and went around in posh cars (borrowed or hired) claiming to be a rich kid from Gujarat. He spoke a bit of English, used expensive perfume and spent liberally to trap potential prey. Tandur circle inspector Srinivas picked up Dinesh and Asima and charged them under various sections for cheating, marrying a minor and indulging in flesh trade. The girl was subjected to medical tests and it was proved that she is a minor. During interrogation, it was revealed that Asima got `80,000 from Dinesh to help him trap the girl.

CRIME

OU student leader ‘absconding’ Group members have put up posters denouncing him for cheating people, demanding money. SUDESHNA KOKA sudeshna.k@postnoon.com

Missing person n Mahesh Konagala

he leader of a student group at Osmania University, Mahesh Konagala, has been absconding for the last few days, for unknown reasons. Konagala leads Telangana Vidyarthi Ikya Vedika (TVIV), which fights mainly for a separate Telangana state. Earlier, he used to be part of Swatantra JAC, but due to differences with the office members, he left the organisation and set up TVIV. Members of his own group have put up posters all over the campus which read, ‘Mahesh Konagala is a Telangana enemy’. They have also called him names like ‘drohi’ and ‘vasool raja’. The posters mention Konagala had taken `80,000 from the family of an intermediate student, but could not get her a seat in college. They allege that he had taken money from many students.

n Educational qualification:

There are 18 and more student organisations in OU. The active ones are:

BCom, MCom, MA (Linguistics) and now applied for PhD.

n Osmania University, joint action committee (OU, JAC)

n Native town: Karimnagar

n Akhil Bharthiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)

n Age: 25

Moreover, they allege that he joined hands with Congress party MLA from Parkala constituency, Konda Surekha, and took `4 lakh from her. Surekha was unavailable for comment.

The posters state: “When a Dalit student in Medipally was troubled by her principal, he threatened him and took `50,000. He damaged a film set and later took `5,000 from the producer.

Student organizations in OU

Hence, we ban him from the position of president.” His group members are on the lookout for him. “What he did was wrong. Took money from sources but never used it for the group. In his personal life, let him do anything, but he should not get TVIV’s name spoilt. We won’t leave him when he comes,” says J Shankar, TVIV party core committee member. The Osmania University police have not received any complaint against Konagala. “Until now, we have not got a complaint, so we cannot take any

n National Student Union of India (NSUI) n Telangana Rashtra Samithi Vidyarthi Vibhagam (TRSV) n SCST Student Organization n Bahujan Students Front (BSF) n Progressive Democratic Student Union ( PDSU)

action,” said K Madhu Mohan Reddy, additional inspector. Principal of the Arts college Professor Malesham said, “I was not aware of any incident. I will investigate and take action.”

city TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012 LAST YEAR... HERE Garbage nuisance

ast year, we had reported how people in popular residential areas like Ashok Nagar and Narayanaguda were suffering due to poor garbage disposal methods. The garbage, collected from more than 50,000 houses in the area, is dumped on the main road. A year later, there is some improvement in the garbage collection system, but some areas still suffer.

CIVIC

Battling mosquito menace? Start from locality, home The GHMC recently held a special exhibition cum drive to create awareness amongst people on communicable diseases and what they can do to halt them.

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NUMEROLOGY

Steps to be taken to check diseases

`1,000cr

The GHMC has come up with a few suggestions that can be implemented in households to control mosquito breeding to avoid communicable diseases like malaria, dengue and other vector scourges.

The estimated value of one full day of power loss, according to FAPCCI officials. Currently, industries are running at a 70 to 75 per cent loss of generation capacity.

1 I doubt if the CM has reviewed the power situation in the past three months. All the protests raised about the gas basin issue forced him to visit the Centre and that is all. M Venkateshwara Rao See page 8

THINGS WE 5LEARNED TODAY The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the City functions.

Not everyone ﬁnds their knight in shining armour. When Vidisha got married, she was swept off her feet. Little did the minor girl know that her ‘husband’ and his ﬁrst wife were bent on pimping her.

Not all organisation leaders are Good Samaritans. When Mahesh Konagala of the TVIV vanished after duping innocent people of their money, his own party turned against him.

Festivities and celebrations are over. Bring out candles. Now that the festival season has ended, gear up with those candles and emergency lamps as the three-hour power cuts are all set to strike once again.

Want to stay healthy? Maintain hygiene. It doesn’t pay to curse the GHMC for the mosquito menace. We’ve got to start taking basic action ourselves ﬁrst.

APSRTC shakes off lethargy, rakes in moolah. A slew of new measures, both technical and administrative, have turned around the RTC’s ﬁnances.

Do not allow water to stagnate more than seven days in any manner.

Identify all domestic waterstorage/stagnation points and remove them manually to avoid mosquito breeding.

Clean all water storage containers weekly once ie, on a fixed day (dry day) and refill them after drying.

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ith the objective of bringing in awareness among the general public, the GHMC conducted a special exhibition and launched an awareness campaign on vectorborne diseases in Malkajgiri Circle on Saturday. GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu, Malkajgiri MLA, Akula Rajender, corporator Defence Colony, Mariamma, along with senior officials inspected the exhibition organised as part of efforts to curb the mosquito menace. “GHMC had involved sanitation and entomology wing from July to November with a special focus to control mosquito breeding,” said Krishna Babu. He assured that GHMC was taking all the necessary measures for controlling

mosquito breeding. He emphasised that it was also the moral responsibility of every citizen and colony residential welfare associations to involve themselves in controlling the menace by duly coordinating with the GHMC, he said. By involving town-level federations, slum-level federations and women self-help groups, residential welfare associations, ward committee members, the commissioner expressed optimism in controlling mosquito breeding. They are creating awareness among citizens about the anti-larval operations and explaining the benefits of controlling mosquito breeding.

THE PROGRAMME The commissioner, while addressing the community members and SHGs, said that the Corporation is creating awareness about the ill effects of communicable diseases.

“GHMC is taking up special drives on every alternative week involving members from town-level federations, slumlevel federations, women selfhelp groups and along with the area corporator and local representatives, duly coordinating with the entomology wing. This involves house to house visits to create awareness about the ill effects of the communicable diseases and the importance of cleanliness and hygiene to be maintained to curb mosquito menace,” said the GHMC commissioner. The commissioner also appealed to all the citizens who reside within the GHMC limits to cooperate with the Urban Malaria Scheme (Entomology) staff of the GHMC when it came to identification, removal and treatment of all water bodies. L Vandan Kumar, additional commissioner (health and sanitation), Shalini Devi, CMOH

Dispose all unused articles either in a store room, godown or shed with a proper covering.

Ensure overhead tanks, storage drums, sumps and other water receptacles are covered with lids.

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Tie up wire/nylon mesh to septic tank vent pipes. Dispose used coconut shells, disposable plastic cups/ glasses, covers etc, in dust bins only.

De-weed all unwanted shrubs/bushes to avoid mosquito resting.

Check terraces, roof gutters, sunshades, cisterns, mortars, desert coolers etc, for source reduction.

(chief medical officer health), P Vishwanath, deputy municipal commissioner, Malkajgiri, P Ratna Joseph, chief entomolgist, along with other officials took part in this awareness programme.

NEWS BRIEFS Kiran’s meet with high command cancelled

SC issues notice to NTR Health University

Metro Rail to repair damaged road

New scholarship launched by HRD

hief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will not be going to New Delhi today to meet the party leadership as reported earlier, official spokesman said. Buzz was that he was summoned by the high command to discuss his continuance in office. He will be attending review meetings in his camp office and Secretariat, officials said.

upreme Court has issued notices to the NTR Health University and the State government on admission of meritorious students in medical colleges. Responding to a petition that meritorious students were denied admissions under the management quota, the Apex Court issued notices.

he potholes between Mettuguda and Nagole will be repaired by Hyderabad Metro Rail project. NVS Reddy, MD, inspected MettugudaNagole and LB Nagar-Malakpet stretches of Metro Corridors on Monday. This was part of the efforts to remove trafﬁc bottlenecks, improve road surface, rectify water stagnation and to help pedestrians.

he ministry of HRD has introduced a new “Central Sector Scheme of Scholarships for College and University Students.” Applications are invited for the scholarships for 2012-13 (Fresh) from the 1st year Bachelor degree students who are provisionally selected by this ofﬁce, based on IPE, 2012 results. The last date is Sept 9, 2012.

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POLITICS

Exciting Aam Aadmi vs BC bout in the offing Congress ‘hand’ finds itself in a monkey-wrench with the TDP playing BC card. The game was kick-started by the desperate TDP, which was pushed to a corner by the Congress and its derivative, the YSRC. Beaten black and blue in the electoral arena in the past two years, the TDP thought the BC a good weapon to fight back. Accordingly, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu early last month declared that his party would give 50 per cent seats to BCs in the local elections and at least 100 tickets to the BCs in the Assembly. The YSRC was not far behind. It showcased the love affairs the late YSR had with BCs and pledged similar support. It is not seats alone, they (YSRC) would ensure victory to 100 BC MLAs. “It is like satisfaction guaranteed or money back,”

PK SURENDRAN surendran.pk@postnoon.com

esides the ever-present groupism, the vexed Telangana issue, and the YSR factor, the Congress in AP is finding the Backward Caste (BC) issue a new dangerous genie released by the TDP and the YSRC. Backward castes are being aggressively wooed by the TDP and YSRC and each is promising moon and mars to the BCs, who constitute some 50 per cent of the population. “They are indulging in a dangerous game,” said APCC secretary Rasool Khan (right). “BC is not a monopoly of any party. They belong to all parties,” he said.

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derided a BJP leader. Meanwhile, the TRS and BJP are worried. Leaders of both, when contacted, said one-upmanship was a dubious game and this

kind of unscrupulous acts would lead to fissure in society. Congress party leaders are putting their heads together to find a way out of the new trap.

50 per cent reservation for women, says CM

o neutralise the BC effect, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has announced that 50 per cent reservation to women would be implemented in the municipal elections, which would be conducted in a few months. Speaking after paying floral tributes to former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his 68th birth anniversary celebrations held

at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Monday, Kiran Kumar Reddy said that while Rajiv Gandhi had introduced 33 per cent reservations to women in local body elections, the UPA government, under the chairmanship of Sonia Gandhi, had increased the quota to 50 per cent in local body elections and it would be implemented from the ensuing municipal elections.

TRANSPORT

CPI to launch APSRTC sets new ‘Praja Poru Yatra’ benchmarks in earnings To mount pressure on the Union government to announce road map for bifurcation of the State.

PI State secretary K Narayana has said that his party would organize a ‘Praja Poru Yatra for Telangana’ from August 25 to September 3 to mount pressure on the Union government to announce a road map for bifurcation of the State. Releasing a poster related to the yatra at Makhdoom Bhavan on Monday, Narayana said the yatra would start on August 25 at Palvancha in Khammam district and pass through Nalgonda, Ranga Reddy, Hyderabad, Medak, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad and Warangal districts. It will end at Warangal city and a public meeting would be held in the city on September 3. The CPI leader demanded that the Congress immediately announce its stand on the separate Telangana state

issue instead of asking other parties to announce their stands. He alleged that the Centre was trying to evade the issue in the name of achieving consensus among various political parties. Narayana also demanded that the state government declare a medical emergency in the state as it failed to control dengue and deaths of infants in Tirupati and Warangal district hospitals. The CPI leader also demanded that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy immediately accept the resignation of roads and buildings minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, who was accused of committing grave irregularities in land allocation to VANPIC. He said the State cabinet would lose its moral right to continue in office if the chief minister failed to accept Rao’s resignation. NSS

Md NIZAMUDDIN nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com

he APSRTC is setting new benchmarks in daily earnings, as the novel measures it has taken up have proved to be fruitful in containing discrepancies, both technically and manually. With the recent move to cultivate more professionalism among its personnel, it appears the organisation, which was amassing only losses, is setting new standards. Chairman M Satyanarayana Rao has applauded the efforts of the crew for reaching higher profits. “The same commitment, which brought the organisation `24 crore a day, should be maintained,” he said, while addressing the employees on Independence Day. On August 13, the APSRTC set an all-time record of `23.95 crore. The OR (occupancy ratio) was recorded as 97, which is unlikely when it comes to general working days. This was cited as the biggest achievement considering the past 80 years. The earlier records that were set in

the recent years were during festival seasons like Sankranti, Dussera, Shivaratri and Medaram Jatara. “This could be achieved only because of the personnel commitment and because of running special buses according to the needs of the passengers,” Rao pointed out. Earlier, the APSRTC recorded the highest income, `23.60 crore, on February 2 this year on Medaram and Shivaratri. An OR of 80 per cent was recorded. On

January 17, 2011, it recorded `20.30 crore and an OR of 91 per cent for Sankranti season. Similar was the record the previous year on January 18, `22.06, the highest until now. With the highest OR of 108 per cent on Dussera on October 13, the profit recorded was `19 crore. Three zones (Greater Hyderabad, Nellore and Kadapa), along with nine regions and 86 depots, recorded over 100 per cent OR on this day.

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CBD

POLITICS

‘Jagan scripting YSRC plan from Chanchalguda’ Telugu Yuvata president alleges that Jagan is running the YSRC from jail

Zoo gets a facelift Keeping in view the upcoming CBD, the City zoo is preparing itself with many attractions for visitors POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com

he City zoo (NZP) is getting ready with several attractions to welcome the overseas guests during the October 1-19 world CBD. An auditorium to hold 100 visitors is coming up at the entrance. Here the visitors will be shown a short film on the zoo and zoo ethics. The existing aquarium and natural history museum are being spruced up. A food court near the toy train station is also coming up. New toilets and drinking water points

POLITICS

CM hesitant on Dharmana resignation

DP senior leader Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu has said that CM was backtracking on the resignation of the roads and buildings minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, who was named an accused in the Vanpic scam. Talking to the media at the NTR Trust Bhavan on Monday, Gali demanded dismissal of all the ministers,who were facing corruption charges. He also alleged that Dharmana had given away lands to Vanpic not as per the decision of the cabinet, but on his own. NSS

An auditorium to hold 100 visitors is coming up. Here the visitors will be shown a short film on the zoo and zoo ethics. are also being readied where mineral water will be made available to the visitors. Small cat’s enclosures are coming up near the white tiger enclosure where the jungle cat, civet cat and leopard cat can be seen. Besides this, the zoo will be

acquire 20 battery-operated vehicles for the visitors with a capacity of 11 seats and 14 seats. Steps are also being taken to reduce pollution in the zoo. The zoo is gearing up with some other novel methods to draw the overseas guests. A publicity van with a theme of bio-diversity conservation is another attraction, zoo officials said. This van will be going to various villages around Hyderabad to create awareness among the local people about the richness of biodiversity in Andhra Pradesh and need to conserve the same.

elugu Yuvata State president Beeda Ravichandra Yadav has alleged that while the YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy was writing the script in Chanchalguda jail, his mother Vijayamma was reading it. He said that the open letter written by her to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu was one of those scripts. In a statement here on Monday, he said that perhaps the YSRC was the only party in the world which was being run from jail. He said that Vijayamma should have corrected her son, instead of welcoming him when he brought the tainted money of corruption home.

Stating that she has not changed even now, Yadav said she was now signing the letters drafted by her criminal son. He said that neither Vijayamma, nor any of her family members had the status to even mention the name of Chandrababu Naidu. He has questioned Vijayamma if it was not true that Jagan was making her write letters as he was afraid that party workers would desert him as he had gone to jail. He has also questioned if Vijayamma knew how many castes were there among BCs. Yadav has alleged that the mind of Jagan got blocked after Naidu announced the BC declaration. He reminded

He said that she should have corrected her son, instead of welcoming him when he bought the tainted money home. Vijayamma that TDP has been talking about the allocation of 100 seats to BCs since an year and advised Vijayamma to also give seats in her party to BCs like the TDP was giving. NSS

TECHNOLOGY

Googlers meet from tomorrow A two-day event called G-day India is being held by Google at HICC Hyderabad on August 22 and 23. The event aims to make google products accessible to all POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com

n Wednesday and Thursday, businessmen and developers in the City will flock to HICC as Google organises G-day India. During the event the company will showcase its products. On the first day the programmes will be directed at publishers and the company will showcase tools made by the company that can help them. They will be shown the advantage of using AdWords and will

be taught how to use Webmaster and Analytics tools to further their business. There will also be special programmes on encouraging entrepreneurship among women at the event.

The second day will be targeted at developers. They will have programmes on Android, Maps APIs and will also be shown the advantage of developing using App Engine. They

will also showcase the capabilities of HTML 5 and their web toolkit. Attendees will also get a chance to interact with Googlers from across the world. “Google technology has always been simple and easy to use and with G-days our endeavor is to make this technology accessible,” Sunil Rao, country headOutreach Programs for Google India said in a blog post. The company is also organising a session where developers stand a chance of winning up to $20,000.

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inister for tourism and cultural affairs Vatti Vasanth Kumar has said that the State government would release `25 crore to conduct the Prapancha Telugu Mahasabhalu from December 27 to 29 at Tirupati. The minister inaugurated the Mahasabhala office on Monday at Ravindra Bharathi. He said that the conference was aimed at creating awareness on Telugu language. The government constituted a cabinet sub-committee with Vatti Vasanth Kumar, minister for mines and archeology Galla Aruna Kumari, minister for revenue N Raghuveera Reddy, minister for finance Anam Ramanarayana Reddy and minister for civil supplies Sridhar Babu. He said that the State government had constituted a committee with officials which had submitted a report to the CM on the World Telugu Conference. Vatti said that they would constitute an invitation committee with ministers and MPs and MLAs from Chittoor district. He said that the government would conduct district-level cultural meetings to create awareness on World Telugu Conference in September. He said that the government would allot `20 lakh to every district. NSS

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he State government is contemplating to move the Supreme Court to challenge the verdict of State High Court of quashing the appointment of Dinesh Reddy as the DGP, it is reliably learnt. Though the High Court verdict will no way disturb the continuance of Dinesh Reddy as the State police chief, yet the government feels otherwise. Sources close to CMO says acceptance of the HC directive may pose problems. Like many other states, the Kiran government was also of the firm opinion that the appointments of State administration’s highest posts like the chief secretary and DGP should be left to the discretionary power

of the party in power, instead of following the set guidelines rigidly. As per the Central guidelines, the State government has to submit a list half-a-dozen officers in order of their seniority to the UPSC and the latter in turn will shortlist it to three and send it back for consideration. One among those shortlisted three officers would be considered for the appointment of DGP. Apparently, as many as 16 states are not following the norm. The Andhra Pradesh government is contemplating to appeal to the Centre to amend the guidelines to choose and empower the State government to appoint their chief secretaries and DGPs. NSS

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LAW AND ORDER

Power crisis threatens peace As the rains fail, the weather goes dry and power failure becomes frequent, protests are breaking out in many parts of the State.

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he vexed issue of energy crisis leading to long hours of power outage is slowly slipping into a law and order situation as incidents of people venting their anger on electricity offices are increasing. The recent protest in Patancheru of Medak district saw hundreds barge into the power station and hold up officials for the 24 hour power holiday declared in the industrial district. "You (officials) are scoundrels. You misuse power," was heard in the din. "People are identifying officials as the cause of the trouble." lamented an electricity engineer. On Sunday, agencies recorded over half a dozen incidents involving workers venting their ire over local substations and authorities. The TDP has taken up the issue. The party chief has exhorted to highlight the situation and fallout of it on agriculture.Senior TDP leader M Venkateshwara Rao said, “I doubt if the CM has reviewed the situation in the past three months. All the protests raised about the gas basin issue forced him to visit the Centre and that is all. Given the huge losses that farmers are incurring, I will not surprised if the agitation turns violent. ”The TDP has planned a massive State-wide agitation in

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TRS storms APTransco

Protests so far

n Farmers stormed the substation in Sirivel village in Kurnool district demanding a seven-hour power supply.

minor scuffle ensued when TRS MLAs and other leaders were detained this morning when they tried to carry out a protest march at the APTransco office in Khairatabad. They were demanding a 7-hour uninterrupted power supply to farmers. Led by TRS leader Harish Rao and Eetala Rajendra, a dozen or so MLAs and MLCs tried to meet the APTransco. They said the government was meting out step-motherly treatment to farmers while it supplied uninterrupted power to malls and businesses. The T leaders denounced what they called the 'naked favouritism" shown in load shedding where the Seemandhra region has only four hour power cuts but the Telangana region deals with six hours.

almost all districts from today. Substations and Transco offices will be nerve centres. On Sunday, APTransco recorded a drawal of 207.882 MU as against the demand of 270 MU. The deficit 63 MU has forced the State to reel backwards from power deficit as industries are on the verge of a lockdown. According to C Rama Rao, grid operations director, the City is being supplied by an additional 1,300 MW of power directed from sources including private discoms. “We are not trying to overdraw as it may result in the collapse of the entire grid,” he

n Sub-station was locked with its officials inside as workers and farmers from Tirumalgiri and Miryalagudem in Nalgonda district agitated against irregular power supply. n Narketpalli - Addanki highways witnessed rasta rokos by farmers. n Mirdoddi mandal workers and Patancheru industrialists agitated against the growing power cuts. n TDP launches a two-day Statewide protest against power crisis today.

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It is not only the agriculture sector, the industrial situation is pretty bad. In the past few weeks, there have been a flurry of meetings with the State government, the AP Transco and the FAPCCI, meeting to find a solution. As of now, there are 6,00,000 temporary employees engaged in industrial units who run the risk of being jobless if the crisis is not averted. Secretary general of FAPCCI M Rajeshwara Rao said, “The current energy deficit is 65 MU but for a full profitable function-

ing of the industrial sector, it requires 80 to 85 MU of power. Now with the load relief schedules and power holidays, there is about a 60 per cent loss in production value every day. If we estimate the value of one full day of power loss it equates to `1,000 crore. As of now, we are working at a loss of 70 to 75 per cent of our generation capacity which is rough `700 crore loss.” Many industrial units within the City currently function at 50 per cent of their total capacity, which in a week would mean an average loss of `3,500 crore. “If you estimate the losses since the beginning of the power holiday

schedules, the last two months have drained at least `20,000 crore,” Rajeshwara Rao says. The numbers are set to increase if the generation capacity is not raised. While the load reliefs have seeped into the Kharif season, priority of power supply has been given to the agricultural sector. Here too, it has been inconsistent. While private Discoms have been approached and 700MW of power has been bought through bidding. They say that they are ready to abide by the increased tariffs. But they grunt that welfare is not promising free power but actually generating power.

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fter Eid load shedding will return. The load relief schedule will mean that the City will go back to its daily three-hour power cuts. Even as the City rejoiced, people in Medak district had to do with candles. Irate farmers and businessmen attacked local substations, ransacking the offices and locking up officers. Their anger was directed at the three-day power holiday. In the current scenario, most of the micro businesses and

traders are forced to make do with power for only 13 days a month, thanks to the many restrictions imposed on them. This was done to accommodate the load for the Kharif season. Despite the shortage, the CPDCL managed to pull through by a one-hour power cut for the past one month. Industries had to go offline for two days for the City to celebrate. Presently the industrial sector is going through a three-day weekly power holiday. Their timetables were affected as they were forced to shut down from 6:30pm to 10.30pm every evening. The power holi-

days vary depending on what feeders the industries drew their power from. Those drawing power from 33 kv feeders were handed out a 3-day holiday and those drawing power from 11 kv feeders were given 2-day cuts. A senior engineer from AP Transco remarked, “We cannot appease everybody. On one hand the government promised free power for farmers, on the other hand they promise to get power supply back to the industries. We also need to keep a steady flow in the City. All of this with no supply coming in from the grid and dry reservoirs.”

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WAS IT A COUP OR REVOLUTION? LET HISTORY DECIDE, PARK SAYS

SOUTH KOREA

History beckons Park

After winning Prez nomination of her conservative ruling New Frontier Party, Park Geun-Hye, the daughter of an assassinated dictator, prepares to make history in a male-dominated society. SEOUL: Park Geun-Hye, the daughter of an assassinated dictator, will make history in maledominated South Korea if her campaign to become the country’s first female president succeeds. Park, who Monday won the nomination of her conservative ruling New Frontier Party, lost both her parents to gunmen while she was still in her twenties but pressed ahead undaunted with her own political career. Now 60 and a veteran politician, she enjoys high popularity with conservative and older voters nostalgic for the rapid economic growth under her father Park Chung-Hee, who ruled 1961-1979 after seizing power in a coup. Park Geun-Hye is seen as standing a good chance of victory in the December 19 election and is ahead in opinion polls. Korea University professor Lee Nae-Young cited her proven leadership skills, political experience and strong power base in her home province of North Gyeongsang. But Lee cautioned that she is seen by many young, urban voters as an autocratic figure who does not communicate with ordinary people “probably because of her personal background”. Despite her privileged upbringing, Park has demonstrated a tough streak. In 2006 an attacker at an election event where she was speaking slashed her face with a knife, leaving a wound that needed 60 stitches. In this April’s general election she impressed voters with her tireless campaigning, shaking hands till she had to bandage one wrist. Park was born on February 2, 1952, in the southern city of Daegu, and was nine when her

Park Geun-Hye (centre), the daughter of assassinated dictator Park Chung-Hee, celebrates after being elected as a presidential candidate during a national convention of the New Frontier Party for a presidential primary in Goyang, north of Seoul, on Monday. AFP/JUNG YEON-JE

father became president. He summoned her from graduate school in France to act as first lady after her mother was killed in 1974 by a pro-North Korean gunman aiming for her father. She left the presidential palace after her father was shot dead by his spy chief in 1979 and began her political career in 1998 as a lawmaker in her home town. In 2007, she narrowly lost the conservative party’s primary to Lee Myung-Bak, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a second five-year presidential term. The legacy of her father, who still receives mixed evaluations, was the source of her popularity and a limiting factor as well, said Korea University’s Lee. Park senior was widely praised for the country’s dramatic economic development but reviled for his human rights record.

It has not been a walk in the Park n Park was born on February 2, 1952, in the southern city of Daegu, and was nine when her father Park Chung-Hee became president. n He summoned her from graduate school in France to act as first lady after her mother was killed in 1974 by a pro-North Korean gunman aiming for her father. n She left the presidential palace after her father was shot dead by his spy chief in 1979 and began her political career in 1998 as a lawmaker in her home town. n In 2007, she narrowly lost the conservative party’s primary to Lee Myung-Bak, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a second five-year presidential term.

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n The legacy of her father, who still receives mixed evaluations, was the source of her popularity and a limiting factor as well.

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Park Geun-Hye, who in 2007 described her father’s 1961 takeover as a revolution to save the country, has lately moderated her stance. In May she said “history will decide” whether it was a coup or a revolution. She is also invoking the memory of her late mother Yuk Young-Soo, still fondly remembered by many as a wise and calm first lady. Supporters praise Park, who never married and leads an intensely private life, for what they see as her calm and principled leadership. Opponents portray her as aristocratic and aloof. Her restrained style reflects her secluded life as a privileged child in the presidential Blue House, said Kookmin University professor Cho Choong-Bin. Her father’s legacy has both pros and cons but complicates her efforts to broaden her power base beyond conservatives, he said. Sejong Institute analyst Jin Chang-Soo said Park’s main appeal is her strong-willed character and clean image. She also has a track record as a skilled politician, helping her party secure strong electoral results in 2004, 2006 and this year, earning her the nickname “Queen of Elections”. She stresses “economic democratisation” and expanded welfare in a country with a growing wealth gap and high youth unemployment. The economy remains dominated by the mighty conglomerates fostered by her father. North Korea has lashed out at Park, even though she has distanced herself somewhat from President Lee’s hard line on cross-border relations. “A dictator’s bloodline cannot change away from its viciousness,” its news agency said in April. AFP

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Business

SOROS INVESTS IN MANCHESTER UNITED

US billionaire George Soros has bought a stake in Manchester United, the British football club that made its Wall Street debut earlier this month, according to a filing with US regulators. Soros' investment firm bought approximately 3.1 million class A shares.

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SBH CUTS RATES

Tech initiatives clicked

We always keep common man in mind. We have non-AC buses and dormitories for the people who want to see the places with a small budget. PRUDHVI RAJU K prudhvi.k@postnoon.com

ndhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) has been coming closer to the hearts of tourists with wide range of initiatives. It is playing a crucial role in developing and maintaining the tourism infrastructure of the government. Sandeep Kumar Sultania, former vice-chairman and managing director, shared his views before he left for USA to do Masters in International Development Policy in Duke University, a one-year sponsored programme by the Indian government on policy-making. On talking about the achievements of APTDC during his stint, Sandeep said, “We want to become closer to tourists and brought online booking facility. Earlier, People had to come to CRO office for booking tickets and we realised the culture of booking tickets is changing. Customers were not ready to take the pain of being in the queue and the way forward is to take booking at their doorsteps through online.” The other successful achievement was the 24*7 SMS call centre. “There had to be interactive mechanism between

Sandeep Kumar Sultania, former vice-chairman and MD, APTDC.

the customer and organisation. The customer should be able to inform the small complaints to the APTDC. In hospitality industry, the customer complaints may look small but they are very much vital and timely in nature. For instance, a customer doesn’t get hot water from the geyser. It may look small complaint from outsider point to view but it is a big complaint from a tourist point of view. Generally, the complaints were informed to the person who is nearest to the tourist. The organisation was

not aware to what extent those problems were solved. All the immediate customer service employees (servers to bus conductors) always give a good picture to higher officials rather than explaining in what is happening in reality. “The issue was solved by starting 24*7 SMS call centre, where in the customer able to send his complaints by an SMS for unresolved problems. The SMS which tourist sends will go to all the higher officials like ED, DGM and GM and to the respective manager who has to

solve the problem. This has brought accountability and created psychological pressure on manager to quickly respond and solve the problem immediately. It is obvious that any time he may get call from the higher officials for which he is answerable. This kind of monitoring helped the organisation to get a step closer to the customer.” Talking about developing new tourist spots, he said, “The basic duty of the government is to first identify the spot and slowly develop it and expect a return in a long run. The private sector will join and take it forward once the spot gains momentum. The government has a social role and had to run even at losses for developing the property or a new tourist place. For instance, we give stipulated time for a rural property to make profits. If we close the property thinking that it is not generating enough revenues, which will close the tourist spot forever. Once the place is developed, profits will automatically follow.” “We always keep common man in mind in designing the tariffs. We have non-AC buses and dormitories for the people who want to see the places with a small budget. The margins are always kept low to make it affordable,” he added.

CHANGING ORDER

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devices. Apple topped the record of nearly $619 billion set by Microsoft in 1999, during the famed dot-com boom years. Apple shares began a rapid ascent on Friday after Jefferies investment bank analyst Peter Misek predicted the stock

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State Bank of Hyderabad has slashed interest rates on various retail loan products up to 75 basis points for all new loans under ﬂoating rate.The interest rates on housing loans have been reduced by 25 basis points for loans upto `30 lakh and 50 basis points for the loans above `30 lakh. The new interest rates are 11 per cent and 11.50 per cent respectively. Car loan interest rates are reduced by 25 basis points with applicable 11.25 per cent interest rate. Gold loan interest rates are 13 per cent for loans up to `1 lakh and 13.25 per cent for loans above `1 lakh with the reduction of 50 basis points and 75 basis points respectively.

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MILLION FOR NETFLIX Netflix on Monday announced that one million people in Britain and Ireland signed up for the film and TV show streaming Internet service in the seven months after its debut there. California-based Netflix boasted that it was the fastest adoption rate it has seen in any territory, outpacing by several times the speed with which it took Twitter or Facebook to hit that user mark globally. Comedy and drama were reported to be the most popular genres among Netflix viewers in Britain and Ireland, with Sunday nights proving the most popular time.

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3 FISHERMEN INJURED IN LANKA NAVY ATTACK In the second such incident in two days, six Tamil Nadu fishermen were injured when they were allegedly attacked today by the Sri Lankan navy which also detained 13 others near Katchatheevu. The Lankan Navymen attacked the fishermen and took away their three boats.

MARUTI PLANT

COALGATE STOPS HOUSE

Fort Manesar resumes ops Apart from 500 policemen, 100 private securitymen guard the facility. MANESAR: Maruti Suzuki India today reopened its Manesar plant amid heavy security, a month after a lockout was declared due to the violence in which one senior company official was killed and 100 others injured. Workers are standing in queue outside the factory gate to enter the plant amid heavy rain. Haryana Police has provided 500 personnel, out of which 200 are inside the plant and 300 in areas around the facility. Besides, the company has also formed its own special force numbering 100, which includes ex-service men. The company had earlier announced that only 300 permanent workers will resume work. Maruti Suzuki India COO

ASSAM FALLOUT

Police gear up for MNS march MUMBAI: Mumbai Police geared up for an MNS procession and rally in the city scheduled Tuesday afternoon, 10 days after a rally by Muslims turned violent and left two dead. The city police had Monday night grudgingly permitted MNS to hold a rally but barred the party from taking out a fivekm procession from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan, as Mumbaikars braced for disruption of normal life. A defiant MNS chief Raj Thackeray declared Monday that whatever happened, the party would take out the protest procession, compelling the police to move into top gear. Two people were killed and over 40 injured Aug 11 after a protest by several Muslim organisations to condemn the alleged attacks on Muslims in Myanmar and the Assam riots turned violent. Wiser by the incident, strong security arrangements were put in place since early morning across Mumbai, including two highways slicing the city, all major roads leading to south Mumbai, major railway stations and other locations en route.

In this photograph taken on July 19, private security guards stand behind the main gate of Maruti Suzuki Production Facility in Manesar. AFP

(Administration) SY Siddiqui had said yesterday that the workers would operate a single shift from 8 am to 4:30 pm.

Initially, about 150 cars are expected to be rolled out every day instead of the plant's normal capacity of 1,500-1,700

units. Production will be gradually ramped up at the plant, which has an annual capacity of 5.5 lakh units. The company had declared a lockout at Manesar plant on July 21 following the worst ever violence in its history on July 18. The plant suffered damages estimated to be less than `10 crore, while the overall production loss during the lockout was pegged at around`1,400 crore. MSI has also decided to terminate services of 500 permanent workers, who were allegedly found to be involved in violence inside the plant. Besides, MSI is also said to be planning to remove another 500 contract workers over their alleged role in the violence and arson. PTI

The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Tuesday as the Opposition noisily demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on coal block allocation. Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the House till 12 noon after BJP members refused to allow proceedings and rushed towards the Speaker's podium raising slogans. Country’s ofﬁcial auditor had last week revealed that the lack of transparency in the allocation of coal blocks to private players resulted in a loss of a whopping `1.85 lakh crore to the exchequer as on March 11 last year.

NEWS BRIEFS Six killed in road accident on Delhi-Jaipur highway GURGAON: At least six people including a child were killed and seven others injured in a road accident Tuesday when a Bolero collided with a Canter on DelhiJaipur National Highway in the early hours, police said. The deceased were pilgrims and travelling by Bolero. They were returning to Delhi's Sultanpuri area from Rajasthan's Balaji temple, Bilaspur SHO Babulal told IANS. When their vehicle reached Bilaspur Chowk, some 27 km from here, it collided with a Canter.

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Two drown off Mumbai's Juhu beach MUMBAI: Two men Monday drowned off Juhu beach after they went for a swim in the sea, police said here. Disaster management officials said that the two men went for a swim in the sea and were rescued by beach lifeguards after they were seen struggling. However, they died on the way to the nearest hospital. Police are checking if they were a part of any group who came for a picnic at the beach or if they were residents of the area to get more details.

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INITIATIVES

RIGHTS

Elderly hesitate to seek legal aid

Battling darkness to guide the rest He has to his credit over 80 technological solutions that range from a talking mobile phone to talking books.

ver two decades back, visually impaired student Dipendra Manocha stood outside DU’s Hindu College waiting to get an application written. After the life-altering struggle of finding a writer, Manocha set himself on a mission — helping the blind read and write. He introduced reading aids and support mechanisms for the visually challenged. Today Manocha juggles between managing three such organisations that help the blind ‘read’. “I was a research student at Hindu College at that time searching for someone who could write a simple application for me. It was baffling because I was literate and the dependency made me feel handicapped. That very moment I decided there has to be a solution to this. A blind needs to be empowered to be able to read and write on his own,” Manocha told IANS. Even after losing his vision at the age of 12 due to a genetic disorder, Manocha completed his research in Indian classical music. Throughout his education, the dependence on a reader and writer was hard-hitting, he says. It was in 1993 that Manocha left his full-time career in music and gave up a government job to plunge into the dark world of the visually impaired. Manocha still feels it was the toughest call of his life. “It was

Dipendra Manocha

really tough as I was leaving a PhD fellowship and had to be financially dependent on my parents for long,” he says. “Why do we confine disabled in cliches? Is it fair to ask a blind engineer to stop thinking of technology and indulge in candle making,” Manocha questioned. The thought of empowering the blind clicked in his mind. In 2005, Manocha received the national award for his contributions in the area of disability. “I saw this computer with voice commands at NAB after which I said to myself — this is exactly what I need! So we started a journey on coming up with more such technology-based solutions for reading, writing,” he explained. In 1993, when he started

working at the National Association for Blind (NAB), he came across a computer with speech synthesiser and screenreading software. “The idea at that time was not just rehabilitation, but to bring the blind into the mainstream,” Manocha, the former director, IT services at NAB, said. He also took the first printout from a sophisticated braille printing machine at NAB. He now has to his credit over 80 technological solutions for the blind. The aids and appliances range from a talking mobile phone to digital talking books at lowest possible cost. Interestingly, Manocha fondly remembers the first novel he was able to read on this ‘talking computer’. “Oh! It was Dracula. It was a phenomenal feeling,” the former musician breaks into a laugh. He quit his PhD in classical music in 2003 to set up the Saksham Trust for empowering the blind. Over the last two decades, Manocha and his team have helped provide publications in accessible formats to those who cannot read normal print, easycomputer operating tools and unique online braille library with 19,000 downloadable books in digital format. Some of the recent developments in his organisation includes a talking thermometer for `250, a talking qwerty phone and a digital handycam among others. IANS

NEW DELHI: A major chunk of the over 100 million senior citizens in India, whose numbers are expected to grow in next three or four decades, still lead a difficult life despite a drastic improvement in terms of education, health, life expectancy and financial Independence, according to a new survey. “Majority of them still lead a life full of miseries, disparity and worries due to lack of family support, diminishing social and traditional values and sense of loneliness fast developing among them. They remain vulnerable just because of their old age,” says a new pan Indian study by Agewell Foundation. Under a major finding of the study, 14.34 per cent of the respondents felt the need of legal protection in old age. Only 7,171 elderly out of 50,000 interviewed said that there were some occasions in their life when they felt they should go for legal action against their counterparts. Only 1,086 had opted for legal route. Again 5 of every six older persons did not file any legal case for seeking justice. The Delhi-based NGO based the survey on a representative sample of 50,000 senior citizens (29,000 from rural areas and 21,000 from urban areas) spread across

300 districts covering 25 states and Union Territories. It was found that judiciary can play a bigger role in sensitizing society towards needs and rights of older persons. Interviewers also collected input from legal practitioners including judges, legal advisors, counselors and human rights activists regarding older persons legal problems. “I have been sleeping on the streets for over 10 years. After the death of my husband my children kicked me out from our own house. They forced me to wander here and there in my old age without any kind of support, medical care and medicines. Anyhow I am alive today,” says Madhumati Biswas, 81. According to legal practitioners, the number of court cases pertaining to older persons has risen over the years. Out of total 1000 legal practitioners, 345 said that in their opinion majority of older persons are involved in house or land property related cases, 288 opined that older persons are involved in casess related to Section 498 A (anti dowry legal provision). At least 145 people dealing with legal matters, said that most of older persons who are involved in legal cases are involved in cases of domestic violence. PTI

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

World US court kills case against Infy WASHINGTON: Indian information technology giant Infosys has won a lawsuit filed against it by a former employee who alleged that it illegally used foreign workers on client projects. A US federal judge in Alabama, Myron Thompson Monday, threw out the case against Infosys brought by Jay Palmer citing technicalities in Alabama state law, according to Computerworld. Palmer had alleged he was harassed at work, sidelined and even received death threats for refusing to participate in an alleged Infosys scheme to use workers on business visitor, or B1 visas, for tasks that required an H-1B work visa. Thompson ruled Monday that some of claims brought by Palmer against Infosys aren’t covered by a state law. “Without question, the alleged electronic and telephonic threats are deeply troubling,” wrote Thompson. “Indeed, an argument could be made that such threats against whistleblowers, in particular, should be illegal.” But Thompson wrote that “the issue before the court, however, is not whether Alabama should make these alleged wrongs actionable, but whether they are, in fact, illegal under state law. This court cannot rewrite state law.” Consequently, “this court must conclude that, under current Alabama law, Palmer has no right to recover from Infosys”, wrote Thompson. IANS

NASA WANTS TO MEASURE MARSQUAKE Just 10 days after NASA’s Curiosity rover sent back its first color photos of the Martian landscape, the US space agency said Monday it wants in 2016 to take a better look at what’s happening beneath the Red Planet’s surface.

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US warns Assad on chemical weapons

Obama said the US would regard any recourse by Damascus to its deadly arsenal as crossing a “red line”. ALEPPO: US President Barack Obama warned Syria of “enormous consequences” if it resorts to chemical weapons, as a female Japanese reporter was killed while covering clashes in the northern city of Aleppo. Obama put President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on notice Monday that, while he had not ordered intervention “at this point”, Washington was “monitoring the situation very carefully” and had put together a range of contingency plans. The president said the United States would regard any recourse by Damascus to its deadly arsenal as crossing a “red line”. “There would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front or the use of chemical weapons... That would change my calculations significantly,” he told reporters at a White House briefing. Syria’s admission in July

There would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front or the use of chemical weapons...

that it has chemical weapons and could use them in case of any “external aggression” added a dangerous new dimension to a 17-month conflict which the new UN peace envoy already describes as civil war. More than 130 people were

have chosen to keep their distance from the warzone after fleeing north across the border. On the defection to Paris of the regime’s former golden boy, Manaf Tlass, a banner read: “The Charles de Gaulle Brigade led by Brigadier General Manaf Tlass has seized control of the Champs Elysees!”

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rhinos could perish by the end of the year if no action is taken to stem the illicit trade in rhino horns, Global wildlife monitoring network TRAFFIC warned on Tuesday.

killed Monday, including two children in shelling in Daraa, the birthplace of the revolution, a watchdog said, as the United Nations brought an end to its troubled observer mission. In Syria’s commercial capital Aleppo, nine civilians were reported killed late Monday, including two women, a nineyear-old boy and a five-year-old girl. The female Japanese journalist was killed after being caught in gunfire in Aleppo, the foreign ministry in Tokyo said Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three other journalists — a Lebanese woman, an Arab male working for a US media outlet and a Turkish national — were missing while covering the Syria uprising.

NEWS BRIEFS Rape remarks may kill GOP man’s Senate bid

Ethiopian prime minister Pilots suspended for has died: government cockpit row

25 killed in brawl at Venezuelan prison

WASHINGTON: The Republican Party all but spelled out its demand Monday for one of their own to drop out of elections after his shock comments about rape, seeing him as a liability in efforts to win control of the US Senate. Todd Akin apologized yet vowed to stay in this year’s race, further infuriating Republicans.

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died in hospital abroad, the government said Tuesday. “Prime Minister Meles Zenawi passed away yesterday evening at around midnight,” Bereket Simon said, adding that the 57-year-old “was abroad” when he died, without giving further details.

CARACAS: A battle between heavily armed inmate gangs at the Yare I prison near Caracas left 25 people dead and 43 injured, Venezuela’s minister of penitentiaries said. Among those killed in Sunday’s confrontation was an inmate’s relative present for visiting day, while the injured include 14 other visiting family members, Iris Varela said.

SYDNEY: Qantas said Tuesday it had suspended two pilots for a heated argument in the cockpit of their Boeing 747 at Dallas airport. The Sydney Morning Herald said the captain and second officer on the 747-400 due to make a long-haul flight to Brisbane last week were told they could not fly after disagreeing over take-off calculations.

US actress and comedian Phyllis Diller — who in the 1960s helped paved the way for female comics in Hollywood — died Monday at her Los Angeles home at age 95, her manager told AFP. The trailblazing star — known for her distinctive laugh, disheveled hair and outlandish wardrobe — died at 9.30am (16.30 GMT), said her lifelong manager Milton Suchin. “She was at home, and then she died with a smile on her face,” TMZ reported.

NUMEROLOGY

Barack Obama US President

Black comedy in bleak times Faced with a bloody conflict that has gripped their country for the past 17 months, many Syrians have opted for humour as a weapon to mock both Bashar al-Assad’s regime and their daily struggles. “Dear defectors, the Syrian revolution is taking place in Syria, not in Turkey,” read banners, mocking defectors who

‘A STITCH IN TIME...’ As debate rages over the ethics of infant circumcision, a study published Monday said falling rates of the once-routine procedure in the United States could cost billions of dollars in health costs. “We ﬁnd that each circumcision not performed will lead to $313 of increased expenditures over that lifetime,” said senior investigator Aaron Tobian, of the Johns Hopkins University team that did the study. The number pits health care costs if the boy is circumcised — about $291 for the procedure — against the projected cost of treating infections or cancers.

What I think that these comments (Todd Akin’s) do underscore is why we should not have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women. Barack Obama US President

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

Comment Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. Socrates Philosopher

Pussy Riot: Punking Putin

here's a great story from the early days of The Clash. One day Mick Jones showed up to rehearsal with a song he'd written about his ex-girlfriend titled “I'm So Bored With You.” Joe Strummer liked the tune but decided the world didn't need another song about an ex-girlfriend, so he changed the subject to geopolitics, renamed it “I'm So Bored With the U.S.A.,” and a classic was born. As with most origin stories, that one is probably at least partly apocryphal, but it gets to the heart of the counterintuitive genius of both The Clash and punk itself. Punk culture is founded on the idea that behaving in a way that's aggressively opposite to what's expected of you is inherently righteous, and its very best manifestations have lived up to that. The Russian punk band Pussy Riot is one of those very best manifestations. Last week, three of its members — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Maria Alyokhina — were sentenced to two years in prison for having the temerity to reveal that Russia's democracy is an emperor without clothes. The official charge against the three young women was “hooliganism,” which sounds like something out of a “Dennis the Menace” comic, and the trial itself was a cartoonish mix of judicial intimidation, religious hypocrisy and rote political thuggery. For those following from afar, the proceedings were flatly unbelievable — this New Republic piece is a withering blow-by-blow — and the verdict is a naked display of the worst sort of power, a bracing reminder that phrases like “freedom of speech” aren't just slogans for bumper-stickers. GLOBAL POST

HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS Women seeking an abortion are seven times more likely to report physical or sexual abuse at the hands of their partners than the US national average for domestic violence, a study published on Monday found. The timing of the study could not have been better after Todd Akin’s legitimate rape comment.

US ELECTIONS

THE WAR ON WOMEN FRANKLY SPEAKING

But what is not at all difficult to discern is that this formerly obscure, gaffe-prone congressman might have just reframed the debate for the presidential race.

Jean MacKenzie

hen Republican challenger Mitt Romney chose the eminently photogenic Paul Ryan as his running mate and heir apparent, he must have thought he was finally getting his campaign back on track. Ryan, the most prominent budget policy wonk in the US House of Representatives, would bring the debate squarely back to the economy where, in the Republicans’ minds, it belongs. Attack President Barack Obama on his economic failings, paint a rosy picture of a Romney-Ryan future, and sail into the White House come January. Not so fast. Representative Todd Akin, running for the Senate in a close race against incumbent Claire McCaskill, had a different idea. In an interview with a local television station Sunday night, Akin uttered the astonishing view that women can prevent pregnancy if they really want to. “It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that [pregnancy resulting from rape is] really rare,” said Akin. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” This was used to justify his wholesale opposition to abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. Not that Akin excuses rape, exactly. “I think there should be

some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child,” he added. Akin’s comments have set off a firestorm to rival this summer’s blazes in the Midwest. His lack of knowledge of where babies come from is only part of the problem. Even more unbelievable is his reference to “legitimate” rape, once again bringing to the fore the old doubts about women’s accusations and men’s culpability, or lack thereof.Is it Akin’s opinion that if a woman conceives after what she claims is a rape, then perhaps she really wanted it all along? Hard to tell. But what is not at all difficult to discern is that this formerly obscure, gaffe-prone congressman might have just reframed the debate for the presidential race. Romney rushed to distance himself from Akin’s comments: “Congressman’s Akin [sic.] comments on rape are insulting, inexcusable, and, frankly,

wrong,” Romney said in a telephone interview with the National Review Online. “Like millions of other Americans, we found them to be offensive.” The Romney campaign also issued a disclaimer: “Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan disagree with Mr. Akin’s statement, and a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape,’’ wrote a Romney campaign spokeswoman, Amanda Henneberg. Akin is being chastised: The national GOP is pulling funding from his campaign, and McCaskill is sitting pretty right about now. But the real punishment is likely to fall on Romney and Ryan. The pair will have a hard time running away from earlier positions on abortion and rape, and an even harder time dodging the re-emergence of women’s conviction that they are under attack from the

Republican Party. Romney has said, with his characteristic opacity, that he was “effectively pro-choice” in his early political career. In 2002, while running for governor of Massachusetts, a very liberal state, he announced that he would “preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose.” That is no longer operative, apparently. Romney now describes himself as adamantly pro-life. In fact, just five years after his heartfelt vow never to interfere with reproductive rights, he professed himself “delighted” at the prospect of signing in a bill to ban abortion nationally. With Ryan, a Catholic, the issue is even cloudier. Ryan is staunchly opposed to abortion, to funding for Planned Parenthood and, along with Akin, he co-sponsored a bill that sought to narrow the definition of rape, provoking a fierce outcry from women’s groups. He will find it difficult to walk back those views. “Todd Akin's case is unfortunately not the only and not the first of its kind,” said Dr. Sophia Yen, a pediatrician in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yen also founded and heads a nonprofit organization, Trust Women, dedicated to preventing teen pregnancy. “It is scary and dangerous that these lies are being spread and that people who are supposed to represent our interests in government are so gullible to lies,” she added. “There is absolutely a war on women,” said Yen. GLOBAL POST

EDITORIALS TRS prepares for another bout Will tiger tourism ban save the cat?

ndertaking a deadline is deadly business. TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao is now ﬁnding himself in a tricky situation, as he had told his T-JAC and cadres that an announcement on Telangana would be coming by August 28. As the D-day approaches, KCR has no clue. The Centre has not committed itself to any such deadline, it is learnt. Caught in scores of issues like the latest Coalgate and stir for Lokpal Bill, New Delhi is in no position to thrash out a long-pending thorny issue like the Telangana. The TRS is now preparing itself to another bout of protracted war against the Congress during the world CBD meet which could turn the world’s eyes to the T issue, they believe. The State has a heavy job on its hands to deal with such an eventuality, as any law and order problem during the world meet could prove disastrous, political circles point out.

READERS’ VIEWS

ould a carpet ban on tourism in all core tiger habitats in India actually save the big cat? Very unlikely. As the apex court's temporary ban on tourism in key tiger habitats ends on August 22, it will meet again then to analyse if tiger tourism can be worked out. There are thousands of people who depend on their daily bread on the big cat: safari organisers, those selling merchandise like tiger-print pyjamas, aprons, tablecloths, bedspreads. It’s been proved that the forest wing on its own cannot deal with poachers. A ban’s deﬁnitely not the answer.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

workplace

GOOGLE UPGRADES ITS MAPPING SERVICE

Google’s mapping service for mobile devices is getting an upgrade as the internet search leader braces for new competition from iPhone-maker Apple. The improvements center on listings for public transportation options in nearly 500 cities around the world.

VARIETY TO WORK

KNOW YOUR COMPANY

Mixing work and pleasure Don’t let your job come in the way of your travelling the world. Pick from our list of travel jobs and you’ll never be stuck at a desk again. Accenture

JYOTSNA NAMBIAR jyotsna.n@postnoon.com

Accenture is a multinational management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. It is the world’s largest consulting ﬁrm measured by revenues and is a constituent of the Fortune Global 500 list. As of September 2011, the company had more than 2,44,000 employees across 120 countries. Accenture’s current clients include 96 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500.

atching travel shows on television has always been a special kind of torture. Especially when you know that come 9am, you’ll have to make your way to the same old office, sit in your airconditioned cubicle and spend the next eight hours staring glassily at a computer screen. Of course everyone would love to travel, you say, but some of us have to work for a living. True enough. Not all of us are jet-setting millionaires. But what if we let you in on a secret? There are a plethora of jobs that allow you to travel as part of your work, without blowing a massive hole in your pocket. Here are some of the most popular travel jobs you can consider.

DID YOU KNOW...

Microsoft was the fastest to $100 bn in its day. It took them 25 years to reach the staggering figure. After being flat for years, their market cap has lingered around $260 bn. That is about a 6% gain in market cap per year over 16 years (although returns to shareholders have been higher due to dividends).

ESL TEACHER

Becoming an ESL (English as Second Language) teacher is one of the most popular ways to see the world while earning a decent sum. Most countries will demand a certification of some sort to check your proficiency in English, but if you’re comfortable with the language, the test is a breeze. However, the test is a little more stringent for nonnative English speakers, so brush up on your grammar skills. The type of work, conditions of living and the pay will vary from country to country, so do a thorough background check before heading off. The best part of the job is that teachers get a lot of free time to explore the place, as well as getting a chance to immerse themselves in local culture.

TOUR OPERATOR/TOUR GUIDE

Training and certification are not really necessary in this field, though a degree in tourism management might give you a head start. A fondness for travel, excellent people skills and a deep knowledge of the area are necessary in this profession. While hopping from country to country, leading tours and seeing the world sounds ideal, the demands of the job are high.

Some of the best professions to travel the world include:

WORK CULTURE

n Air hostess/steward n Pilot n Merchant Navy sailor n Cruise ship worker n Geologist/ archaeologist n Travel writer

You will be responsible for large groups of people and dealing with their demands and problems will not be easy. Most guided tours focus mainly on popular tourist sites, so if you’re interested in offbeat travel, this might not be the job for you.

VOLUNTEER WORK

The Peace Corps is probably the best known example of volunteer work that takes you overseas, but it isn’t the only one. There are a slew of NGOs that require people to volunteer for their projects in developing countries. While this is certainly not going to be a laid-back vaca-

tion, volunteering broadens your mind and helps you make a change at the grassroots level. Check out sites like www.idealist.org to find volunteering opportunities. If you are a doctor or a nurse, consider working with Medecins Sans Frontieres (doctors without borders; http://www.msfindia.in/) and finding jobs at www.travelnursing.com.

ORGANIC FARMING

If you’re interested in sustainable lifestyles and organic farming, consider becoming a w w o o f e r (http://www.wwoof.org/). The

organisation, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) is a network which links volunteers with organic farmers around the world. You will not be paid for your work, but food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic lifestyles are provided. This kind of volunteering is ideal if you are willing to immerse yourself in the culture of a country, live in rural surroundings and do physical work. Apart from working for a set number of hours on the farm, volunteers are usually free to explore the area.

My ﬁeld of interest is wireless communication and Tata Elxsi is known to be good for its Research & Development in wireless communication. This is main reason why I chose the company for my internship. Work at the company was very challenging. I plan to apply in the same company after my graduation. Prince Gupta, Tata Elxsi

I joined Genesis Burson Marsteller around three months ago. We have great colleagues, heartwarmingly eager and talented support staff, ﬂexibility, variety, interesting challenges, an extremely cool boss, writing for a living, industry with possibilities for advancement and authority at all stages of life. Shilpa Yalamanchili, Genesis

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

spotlight

DAWAT-E-iftaar

Enjoy the festivities of Eid as Angeethi, Banjara Hills with a blend of delicacies like Nawabi kebabs to curries from the land of Nizams and authentic Mughalai preparations. The buffet features kebab, Lucknowi galouti kebab, shammi kebabs and exquisite curries like Gosht Nehari, Murgh Korma and Dum ka murgh.

SRINIVAS SETTY

EID CELEBRATIONS

SPREADING

THE CHEER

Shahbaz Hussain and Rubina hosted an Eid party at their residence, Road no.5, Banjara Hills, on Monday. 4

1 Shahbaz Hussain and Rubina (C) with friends 2 Amit, Madhu 3 Asmine, Manik Madan 4 Govind Singh(l) and Ramesh 5 Aruna Bahuguna 6 Sudhaker 7 Afroz 8 Mehjaben 9 Shilpa 10 Govind Singh 11 Katiza(R)

SRINIVAS SETTY

FASHION FROM GUJARAT

The Gurjari, Gujarat state handloom & Handicrafts Emporium a unit of the Gujarat state Handloom & Handicrafts Development corporation Ltd., is organising the Garvi Gurjari exhibition cum sale at the TTD Kalyanamandapam, Liberty Circle, Himayath Nagar from August 24 to September 2 at 10am- 9.30 pm. Visitors will get to choose from a wide variety of handicrafts and items such as bandhini saris, patchwork, ethnic block printed dress materials, cotton and silk saris, Kutch embroidery, patola saris and many more.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

health

SIMPLE TEST DETECTS FAKE DRUGS IN MINUTES A simple 10-minute test that involves swiping a pill over chemically treated paper could detect fake drugs and slash the incidence of illness and deaths. A team led by Toni Lo Barstis, chemistry professor, has devised a new test for Panadol and other drugs, which takes less than 10 minutes.

MOLE MATTERS

Worried about your birth mark? Birthmarks might be quite harmless, but can cause some of us to worry that it’s a sign of something more sinister. However, doctors insist that there’s no reason to worry. ANISHAA KUMAR

anishaa.k@postnoon.com

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h that’s just my birthmark,” remarked Raina when a friend pointed out a small red patch on her arm. In most cases a birth mark is harmless and not a matter of concern but in certain cases one may be required to monitor it. In most cases one need not worry as most birthmarks are noncancerous. A birthmark refers to a type of skin colouration that exists since the time one is born. According to Dr Asna Anjum, consultant dermatologist, “A birthmark often called the nevus is a developmental defect. It is usually related to pigmentation hence is categorised as hypo and hyper. If the amount of pigment is more the birthmark is darker and if the pigment is less it is lighter. Usually such birthmarks are harmless and do not show any change in shape apart from a slight change due to expansion of the skin. But this is not something to be worried about” Birthmarks are of two type- pigmented birthmarks and vascular birthmarks. Vascular birthmarks or red birthmarks are markings due to the blood vessels while pigmented birthmarks refer to markings on the

skin that are different from the regular colour of one’s skin. They may be brown, black, bluish or blue-grey in colour. Concerns about birthmarks tend to trouble people when the birthmark is an outgrowth. Dr Asna says, “There may be a chance that an outgrowth (birthmark) may turn cancerous in the future but it depends a lot upon its depth (which level of the skin it is noticed in) and the type of outgrowth. But one cannot say that concerns should be raised about all of them. One should get it checked only if there is a noticeable change in size, structure, and colour or if there is any form of bleeding. In case a person does notice these changes then they should visit their dermatologist.” According to Dr K Sambasivaiah, senior consultant medical oncologist and clinical haematologist, KIMS, “Birthmarks turning cancerous is very rare. Moles on the other hand need to be looked at.”

biopsy is conducted on the entire outgrowth.” Dr Anjum says that usually it is advised that any outgrowth should be removed. If the outgrowth is light it can be removed surgically but when it is darker people may go for tattooing.

TESTING Talking about the testing, Dr Asna mentions, “If the outgrowth is big, a part of it may be taken and a skin biopsy is conducted. On the other hand if it is small it is completely removed and a

ANEWS PP-LYBRIEFS YOURSELF

HOUSECALL

DID YOU KNOW?

PIONEERS

Vitals

Erectile Dysfunction

Neurons grow lifelong

Garcia de Orta

Vitals is a convenient resource for anyone who would like to research a physician. The app is dedicated to giving users a way to check on their doctor or one they plan to see. The user can enter the name or search by need. User ratings are displayed so that others can see how the doctor did.

A man who has problems having or keeping an erection of his penis is said to have erectile dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction is also known as ED, impotence or male impotence. The study of ED comes within andrology. ED is not uncommon. It can be due to both physiological and psychological reasons. Physiological reasons are those dealing with how the body works. Psychological reasons involve human behaviour.

Neurons continue to grow throughout human life. For years scientists and doctors thought that brain and neural tissue couldn’t grow or regenerate. While it doesn’t act in the same manner as tissues in other parts of the body, neurons can and do grow throughout your life, adding a whole new dimension to the study of the brain.

Garcia de Orta was a Jewish physician and naturalist. He was a pioneer of tropical medicine. His remarkable knowledge of Eastern spices and drugs is revealed in his Colóquios dos simples e drogas he cousas medicinais da Índia, published in 1563. He was the ﬁrst European to describe Asiatic tropical diseases, notably cholera; he performed an autopsy on a cholera victim, the ﬁrst recorded autopsy in India.

health TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

FERTILITY

DEPRESSION

Walnuts may improve men's sperm quality A new study by UCLA has found that eating half a cup of walnuts a day improves sperm vitality. TALIA RALPH urns out sperm quality may be all in the nuts. Specifically, walnuts. According to a new study by researchers at UCLA and co-funded by the California Walnut Commission, walnuts may improve men's sperm quality. The study's scientists had 58 healthy men between the ages of 21 to 35 eat half a daily dose of walnuts, and had another group of 59 men avoid snacking on the tree nuts.

They checked both groups' sperm quality 12 weeks later, and found that those men who ate walnuts had improved sperm shape, movement, and vitality, and less chromosomal abnormalities than before they participated in the study, according to CBS News. "It would be

relatively easy to poke fun at studies, but there is increasing evidence to show that aspects of a man's diet can affect the number and quality of sperm produced by his testicles," Dr Allan Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology at the University of Sheffield. Walnuts are the

only nuts with significant omega-3 fatty acid levels, which some studies have connected to lowering male infertility, researcher Wendie Robbins of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health told WebMD. Around 70 million couples worldwide deal with subfertility or infertility, according to the research, and men are responsible for the difficulty conceiving in 30 to 50 per cent of those cases, CBS News reported. Global Post

Speech reveals depression levels SYDNEY: Speech patterns can reveal the severity of depression as well as a patient's response to treatment, suggests a new study. The study, the largest of its kind in the world, found that improvement in patients diagnosed with depression and undergoing treatment can be monitored over the phone by looking at changes in speech. Adam Vogel, who heads the Speech Neuroscience Unit at Australia's University of Melbourne, said speech was a strong marker of brain health, and changes in how we sound reflected how well our brain was working, the journal Biological Psychiatry reports. "The speech of people with depression changes when they respond to treatment, becoming faster and with shorter pauses. Those with more severe depression produce longer pauses and have slower speaking rates," Vogel said, according to a Melbourne statement. The randomised controlled trial of 105 patients looked at vocal acoustic properties such as timing, pitch and intonation to see if they could provide reliable biomarkers to depression severity and responses to treatment. Patients were required to call an automated telephone system and leave samples of their speech, such as saying how they felt, reading a passage of text and reciting the alphabet. "This offers greater treatment flexibility as we can now check on our patients remotely, looking at their speech patterns even from remote or rural areas," said James Mundt, senior research scientist at the Centre for Psychological Consultation in Wisconsin, US. "We know that depressed patients have difficulties expressing themselves, so if we can improve how we assess depression, then we can improve how we treat it," added Mundt. IANS

ASTHMA

Smoking mum increases childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asthma risk WASHINGTON:Smoking while pregnant has been found to increase asthma risk in newborns. Researchers in Sweden said that the risk of developing asthma is 65 per cent higher in kids whose mothers smoked while pregnant. The study of over 20,000 chil-

dren said that the risk is increased even if the child is no longer exposed to smoke. "These children were at increased risk for wheeze and asthma at preschool age," said Asa Neuman, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. "Furthermore, the likelihood

of developing wheeze and asthma increased in a dose-response pattern in relation to cigarette consumption during the first three months of pregnancy." The risks stood even as other factors such as weight, gender was controlled for. "These results indicate that

the harmful effects of maternal smoking on the fetal respiratory system begin early in pregnancy, perhaps before the women is even aware that she is pregnant," Neuman said.The study was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. IANS

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

Entertainment

OKKADINE SHOOTING COMPLETED The principal shooting of Nara Rohit, Nithya Menen starrer Okkadine has been wrapped up. Recently, a song was shot on the lead pair in Goa. Srinivasa Raga has directed this film.

TAKING IT ALL IN

CINE BYTES

llu Arjun is on cloud nine post the success of Trivikram Srinivas’ Julayi. For the first time in more than five years, Allu Arjun has a superhit to his credit and the success of Julayi has once again made him a hot property in the market. The film’s Malayalam version is also doing quite well at the box office in Kerala and Allu Arjun is going to interact with his fans in Kerala later this week. On the other hand, he’s currently in talks with couple of Tamil film directors including Lingusamy and Selvaraghavan; however, neither of these films have been officially announced so far. The only film which is going to take off soon is Puri Jagannadh’s Iddarammaayilatho. Ganesh Babu is producing the film and it’s going to be launched on September 20. More details about the cast will be announced soon. For the first time ever, Devi Sri Prasad is going to compose music for a Puri Jagannadh’s film and we hear that, although Chakri was the director’s first choice, Allu Arjun and Ganesh Babu were adamant on having DSP on board.

Prawin Sri’s Kaalicharan launched

rawin Sri’s upcoming film Kaalicharan was formally launched yesterday in Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad. Chaitanya Krishna and Chandini are playing the lead roles in this action and crime film which is set in the 80s. The director confesses that there are several controversial elements in the film since it’s based on a true incident.

Shriya goes an extra mile for Chandra

hriya Saran is toiling quite hard on the sets of her upcoming bilingual film Chandra. Roopa Iyer is directing this film in which Shriya plays the role of a princess. Recently, Shriya shot for a Kalari fight sequence in the film and the actress couldn’t stop raving about her experience of handling swords.

NNO to release on Aug 24

tharva, Amala Paul starrer Nirantharam Nee Ohale is going to hit the screens on August 24. Elred Kumar has directed this ﬁlm which is said to be a romantic thriller. The ﬁlm was screened at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and Atharva recently revealed that it’ll be remade in quite a few languages across the world. GV Prakash has composed the music.

Allu Arjun gears up for Puri Jagannadh’s film

Entertainment TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

ACTRESS TURNS AUTHOR

Preity Zinta writing book? A

ctress Preity Zinta, who played a reporter in Farhan Akhtar’s film Lakshya, says she is coming out with a book with fake stories about her. “I have a book coming out on all the fake stories that have come out in the past with a picture of the concerned journalist,” tweeted the 37-year-old. She further posted negative and positive sides of journalism. “An example of positive journalism was how the media started the fight for Jessica Lal case. It forced the courts and system to react fairly,” she posted. “During terrorist attacks or war, the TRP-crazy media tries to go live in the location, which causes more death by giving out sensitive information,” she said. IANS

CINE BYTES Abhay happy with response to Chakravyuh first look

he ﬁrst look of Prakash Jha’s Chakravyuh is out and Abhay Deol, who plays a naxalite in it, is happy with the response. “I am happy that people have responded to the trailer the way they have. I am only getting responses like it looks good, it’s epic, it looks grand, the characters are jumping through. I am keeping my ﬁngers crossed,” the actor said. IANS

Why is Akshay missing from Joker promotions?

kshay Kumar’s no-show has thrown up a lot of questions, but Farah clears the air. “It’s a strategy, please don’t go by what you are reading in the papers, it’s somebody trying to do mischief. It’s a strategy we have adopted,” she said. IANS

Neha open to judging reality shows

ctress Neha Dhupia says she is happy with the kind of work she is dong right now. As far as television is concerned, she okay judging reality shows. “I am very excited about the kind of movie offers. When it comes to judging reality shows, then I will take it up,” Neha said. IANS

Entertainment TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

ESTRANGED LOVERS

CINE BYTES

Rihanna calls Chris Brown the love of her life

Robsten to skip final 4 Twilight

conventions

either Kristen Stewart nor Robert Pattinson will grace the final four Twilight Saga fan conventions, a spokesperson for the gatherings has confirmed. “We will have a super line-up of other Twilight stars and the weekend will be filled with special events, movie prop and costume displays, contests, panels, auctions, parties, exclusive merchandise, music and much more, including some surprises!,” explained Creation Entertainment, in an attempt to put their best spin on the bad news. “The passion and dedication of Twilight fandom has been amazing and we’re out to throw one last giant convention, a final gathering to see old friends that have made up the Twilight family.” Surprisingly, Taylor Lautner has also opted out of the fan fests scheduled to take place in Texas, Michigan, New Jersey and California in the weeks leading up to the November 16 release of Breaking Dawn Part II. No reason has been given for the stars pulling out, but it’s not hard to guess why RPatz and KStew might want to steer clear of each other publicly for as long as they can. Rob has been making the rounds for his film Cosmopolis, but Kristen has been MIA since her cheating scandal with Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders was discovered last month.

i-Ri and Chris are not seeing each other (plus, Brown is currently in a relationship), but that doesn’t mean that the Barbados beauty has lost feelings for her ex-boyfriend. “We love each other and we probably always will, and that’s not anything that we’re going to try to change. He was my ﬁrst love and I see that he loved me the same way... I truly love him,” Rihanna says.

Justin Theroux spotted wearing a ring on left hand

he newly engaged Justin Theroux was sporting a special piece of jewellery on his left ring ﬁnger. If that ring on that ﬁnger is what it seems to be, it could mean Theroux and Jennifer Aniston already tied the knot without anyone knowing about it.

Russell Crowe, Patti Smith sang together

his actor is taking on the musical stage, but he’s not alone. Russell Crowe showed off his singing chops at Culture Night in Reykjavik while in Iceland filming scenes for Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film Noah, and the audience got a surprise appearance by singer Patti Smith. The duo got together and performed Because the Night, at two of Crowe’s three gigs.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

Chai Time

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. Abraham Lincoln

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 A gallon’s 16 5 Printer’s color 9 Less common 14 Word with “fire” or “harlequin” 15 Ear flap 16 Affix for “mentioned” 17 Feeling one’s oats 18 Ablutionary vessel 19 Tied up 20 Made the acquaintance of 21 They may be stuffed for politicians 23 Where the X-axis meets the Y-axis 25 Successful turn in Battleship 26 Be lovey-dovey 27 Finger or toe, e.g. 30 Guitar’s little brother 33 Drug made from poppies 35 Half an Asian capital? 36 Glitch or hitch 37 Function for the boardroom 40 Acted the fink 41 News morsel 42 About half of all turns 43 A miner discovery? 44 “Phobia” start 45 “Bus 9 to Paradise” author Buscaglia 46 “Ages” follower 47 “Yes ___, Bob!” 50 They don’t make cents? 56 “Cool” heist quantity 57 Anticipate 58 Louis Jolliet discovery of 1669 59 1871 Cairo premiere 60 Chutzpah 61 Span’s inches 62 “Do not change,” to an editor 63 Aconcagua’s chain 64 Ruler in old St. Petersburg 65 Combustible funeral heap

DOWN

1 Friend of Jerry or George 2 Bunk option 3 Verb form used as an adjective 4 Clandestine and canny 5 Free of four-letter words 6 Painful cry 7 Genesis name 8 “Quo Vadis” emperor 9 Greyhound pacer 10 Under way, as a game 11 Sauce thickened with flour and fat 12 Bird around the shore 13 Wines that go with steaks 21 Community of plant and animal life 22 “To ___ own self be true” 24 “M*A*S*H” film star Elliott 27 “___ circumstances beyond our control ...” 28 Less healthy 29 Beta’s follower 30 Regularity 31 “Critique of Pure Reason” philosopher Immanuel 32 They break for a morning meal 33 “Anatomy of a Murder” director Preminger 34 “Alas ___ Yorick ...” 36 Bulldogger’s beast 38 Good physical health 39 Welcoming New York island 44 5.5-point type sizes 46 “Stayin’ ___” (disco hit) 47 Scornful facial expression 48 Down for a pillow 49 Be heart-pleasing 50 “Diff’rent Strokes” actress Plato 51 “The Virginian” writer Wister 52 Cooking fat 53 ___ packing (dismissed) 54 It controls a pupil’s size 55 “Dennis the Menace” girl 59 Egyptian slitherer

Chai Time TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012 Thiruvaikumar

STAR POWER for 22-8-2012

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

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Heavy influx of visitors will make your family members happy but heavy expenses might upset you. You will conquer your enemies and march ahead. You will gain if you plan and sell your fixed asset. Those in romance will find it hard.

Bold, wise and timely decision will yield desirable result. Professionals might face difficult time.With lots of struggle,court verdict will go in your favour. Family relations will be very cordial beware of misunderstanding with guests.

You will be interested in taking up social activities. You will become inevitable at your office and management will be very happy with you and reward you with recognition. Avoid situations where you may argue with your spouse.

QUICK CROSSWORD FRED BASSET

Financial situation will be very critical but due to your harsh behaviour. Be cordial with everyone and change your attitude so that you can achieve the goals. Spouse too might not understand you well and there will be differences.

Money will be received from multiple sources which will make you strong financially. Real estate investments will appreciate beyond your expectations. Promotion and pay hike on cards for the employees.

You will get the works done successfully with the help of colleagues and close friends. You will be very active and cheerful. Speculative investments will be gainful. You look very ambitious but think well before act.

Minor hurdles likely in the way of your achievements but you will manage them wisely and remain successful. But there will be mental tensions which are inevitable. Businessmen will reach new heights in their trade.

You will go on a picnic with family members and keep them happy. Your stock is set to pile up. New opportunities await businessmen and they too will make use of them properly to gain the most out of them. Be careful: pals could become foes.

Your social status is set to increase and you will gain good importance. You will be receiving handful opportunities which if utilised properly, the gain will be enormous. Some good news await you.

TAROT READ

Sumaa Tekur

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ARIES:

GEMINI:

Knight of Cups – You are not lacking in enthusiasm, and today, this is going to be your biggest strength. The challenge will be to keep the enthusiasm up.

LEO:

Ten of Swords – You have to keep trying if you want to win. For, quitters never win and winners never quit. Keep at it and battle the doubts.

LIBRA:

STONE SOUP

The Magician – You will get a lot of encouragement and support for your ideas from your family members. They will stand behind you like a rock.

SAGITTARIUS:

Five of Pentacles – You will face tremendous criticism at work. You may be prepared. Do not get aggressive when someone calls your work mediocre.

TAURUS:

The Moon – You may come across some interesting folk tales or art and culture that makes you look at life differently. Take a closer look at rituals.

CANCER:

The Empress – You will come across someone who is going to blatantly lie to you about an important issue. Your reaction to that will determine the fate of that bond.

VIRGO:

Three of Wands – There is a good career opportunity coming to you in the next few days. Consider it carefully and only go ahead if you’re absolutely sure.

SCORPIO:

King of Cups – You are spending on something that’s unnecessary. You’re bored and need a hobby to give you company in free time.

CAPRICORN:

Four of Pentacles – There will be a need to take a closer look at a project you’ve been working on right now. Consider revising your point of view.

SOLUTIONS

PISCES:

Nine of Cups – You have seen many ups and downs in life. Now, the tides are changing and your patience will win you some luck.

NUMBER GAME

Ten of Cups – There will be a lot of frustration over delays and unexpected obstacles. Keep calm and do not lose your temper with people who matter.

SCRABBLE

AQUARIUS:

INK PEN

Unexpected fortune likely. Health needs to be taken care of, well. If neglected chances of complication likely. Whatever works that are undertaken by you will get completed successfully. Held up works will resume.

for 22-8-2012

Two of Cups – Drive carefully. If you are tired and do not feel like getting behind the steering wheel, do not force it. Get someone else to drive.

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

Good news on the cards from abroad. Ancestral property will come by and you will be benefited by the same. Good improvement likely in the financial situation. Drive away your laziness and work hard to achieve the goals.

SUDUKO

Held up works will resume, gain momentum and get completed without any further difficulties. You might commit some mistake which will lead you to legal complications with which you will be upset.

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Entertainment TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY

CINE BYTES

Beyonce’s

I Was Here

is out

fter a few days of pre-release buzz and endorsements from the likes of Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, Beyonce’s new video for I Was Here is out. The video was filmed at the United Nations in support of World Humanitarian Day and heralds a drive to send 1 billion messages of hope around the world. A rep for the singer had told the Associated Press that Jay-Z, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Michelle Obama, Bieber, Shakira and Gwyneth Paltrow had signed on to participate. Anderson Cooper hosted Beyonce’s performance at the UN. (“Is this what happens at the UN every Friday night?”). Julia Stiles, The-Dream and Diane Warren were in attendance.

Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards Throw Birthday Party for Brooke Mueller

enise Richards got together with her ex-husband Charlie Sheen to throw a birthday party at her home today for Sheen’s other ex-wife, Brooke Mueller. Richards threw a pool party for Mueller’s 35th birthday. “Brooke and Denise have spent some time together lately and there is a budding camaraderie there,” a source told.

GWYNETH PALTROW AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL TEAM UP

wyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal met up for a screening of End of Watch. The actors cohosted the event with Jessica Seinfeld. Gwyneth and Jake have been friends for years, ever since starring together in Proof. Gwyneth played matchmaker for Jake, setting him up with Taylor Swift back in 2010.

Ben honoured at Do Something awards

en Afﬂeck stepped out to attend the Do Something Awards in Santa Monica, CA, on Sunday evening. Ben was being honoured for his work in Africa on his Eastern Congo Initiative. It’s been a big few days for the actor, writer, and director — Ben Afﬂeck turned 40 on Wednesday. Ben’s wife Jennifer Garner made it back just in time to celebrate with him, though earlier in the week.

sports TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

SOUTH AFRICA IN ENGLAND

Proteas new kings of Test South Africa replaced England as the world’s best Test side after neutralising most of the hosts’ key players during a 2-0 win in a three-match Test series in England. JULIAN GUYER LONDON: South Africa replaced England as the world’s best Test side after neutralising most of the hosts’ key players during a 2-0 win in a three-match series. The Proteas went to the top of the ICC’s Test Championship table after completing a 51-run victory in the third Test at Lord’s on Monday. But they’d already done one of the most important things in a

ICC Test rankings Below is the latest ICC Test Championship table (rank, team, rating): n

South Africa

120

England

117

Australia

116

Pakistan

109

India

104

Sri Lanka

West Indies

New Zealand

Bangladesh

Note: Zimbabwe is currently unranked, as it has played insufficient matches.

South African players celebrate after winning the third Test match against England by 51 runs at Lord’s cricket AFP/IAN KINGTON ground in London on Monday. South Africa replaced England as the world’s number one Test side.

short series by winning the first Test at The Oval, before drawing the second in Leeds. And their opening success was not just any win but a crushing innings and 12-run triumph. They demoralised England by compiling a mammoth 637 for two declared featuring Hashim Amla’s national record 311 not

out. Importantly, Amla was dropped early in his innings, setting the tone for a series where England’s normally reliable fielding let them down. And to think this was an area where many felt South Africa might struggle after veteran wicket-keeper Mark Boucher

CAPTAIN’S VOICE

Smith upbeat about Australia challenge LONDON: South Africa may have gone to the top of the world Test rankings after their 2-0 series win in England but Proteas captain Graeme Smith insisted there’d be no complacency ahead of a tour of Australia. November will see South Africa in the unusual position of travelling to Australia, for much of the time since the Proteas’ re-admission to international cricket the world’s leading side, as favourites to win a Test series. However, the South Africa captain — speaking after a 51run win at Lord’s on Monday saw his side beat former England two Tests to nil with

one draw as the former number one team lost a home campaign for the first time since going down to the Smith-led Proteas in 2008 — was wary of the task ahead. “We need to have a strong base so when the wind blows we can handle ourselves,” he said. “We need to increase our bowling depth in case we get injuries and have players who can come in and perform.” “These guys have built a formidable unit but we have Australia next and that will be an awesome challenge for us. AFP

was ruled out before the series started with a career-ending eye injury. “We were able to post totals and build partnerships to get scores on the board which allowed out bowlers a little more freedom,” said South Africa captain Graeme Smith. “It allowed them to attack

and get the rewards. We caught well, too. To have won 2-0 is a great feeling.” On paper, South Africa appeared to have the stronger batting line-up and so it proved with England, despite a hundred from Alastair Cook, only making 385 in the first innings at The Oval. Significantly they were prevented from making a bigger score by fine fast bowling from Morne Morkel, who took four first innings wickets, before fellow quick Dale Steyn produced a superb return of five for 56 in the second. England’s attack lacked the same ‘bite’ with James Anderson’s nine wickets costing more than 40 runs apiece and fellow new-ball bowler Stuart Broad almost as expensive. They also lacked pure raw speed with Jacques Kallis often appreciably sharper than any member of England’s attack. Tactically, Smith was prepared to make more of the running than England skipper Andrew Strauss, who also had a poor series with the bat. Strauss’s policy of trying to frustrate batsmen into error for the most part was rendered ineffective by a South Africa top order who weren’t prepared to give their wickets away.

NEW ZEALAND’S TOUR OF INDIA

Squads for Ind vs NZ 1st Test match HYDERABAD: The following are the teams and match officials for the first Test between India and New Zealand starting in Hyderabad on Thursday: India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Subramaniam Badrinath, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma, Suresh Raina. New Zealand: Ross Taylor (capt), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Brendon McCullum, Tarun Nethula, Jeetan Patel, Tim

Southee, Kruger van Wyk, Neil Wagner, Bradley-John Watling, Kane Williamson. Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and Steve Davis (AUS) Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)

sports TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

GOLF

FOOTBALL

Gracia claims Wyndham title

Sergio Garcia of Spain watches his third shot on the 15th hole during the third round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Spain’s Sergio Garcia won the raindisrupted Wyndham title by two strokes, securing a Ryder Cup berth

HUNTER MARTIN/GETTY IMAGES/AFP

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA: Spain’s Sergio Garcia won the rain-disrupted Wyndham Championship by two strokes Monday, securing a Ryder Cup berth with his first US PGA Tour title since 2008. Garcia, one of 38 players returning to the course Monday to complete a final round halted by rain, carded a 66 for an 18-under par total of 262. It was Garcia’s first US title since he won the 2008 Players Championship, and

his first title worldwide since his back-to-back victories on the European Tour last October. “Obviously I won a couple of times last year in Europe, but it’s been a while here (in the United States) and it feels great,” he said. Garcia started the week at 11th on the world points list, and his win took him to sixth on that list and eighth in the overall European Ryder Cup selection standings. With just one more eligi-

BIG BASH LEAGUE

Warne to captain Melbourne Stars SYDNEY: Leg-spin legend Shane Warne will captain his Melbourne Twenty20 team this season, he said Tuesday, adding that talks were still underway to bring Olympic sprint king Usain Bolt into the squad. Warne is leading a campaign to bring the champion sprinter who won the 100m and 200m events at this year’s Games to Australia to play for the Melbourne Stars franchise in the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League beginning in December. He said that talks were still “ongoing” with the Jamaican sprint star who played junior cricket before turning to the track and has long voiced a love for the game, citing a particular affinity for Pakistan pace legend

Waqar Younis. Warne, 42, enjoyed a successful return to the sport with the Melbourne Stars last season and team selector Ian Chappell said he was delighted he re-signed along with Sri Lanka’s explosive fast bowler Lasith Malinga. AFP

ble event remaining at Gleneagles he can’t be pushed out of the top 10 automatic qualifying spots. European captain Jose Maria Olazabal will also make two captain’s picks for the team for the biennial match-play showdown. Garcia led after the third round and was atop the leaderboard when fourth-round play was suspended Sunday because of heavy rain. After a bogey dropped him into a tie for the lead the

Spaniard birdied four holes in a five-hole stretch to regain the advantage. Garcia began his march to the title with a birdie at 13, where he chipped to about a foot and made the putt for birdie. He birdied 15 from a bunker, sinking a five-foot putt, and birdied the parthree 16th after his tee shot landed two feet from the pin. His birdie at 17 moved him to 19-under, making a bogey at the last meaningless.

Chhetri to lead side in Nehru Cup GREATER NOIDA: Star striker Sunil Chhetri was today named captain of the Indian team for the Nehru Cup international football tournament starting at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here from Wednesday. National coach Wim Koevermans announced Chhetri’s name after a team practice session at the Jaypee Greens ground today. Chhetri, who is in the reserve side of the Sporting Lisbon, said, “It’s a huge honour to lead the country. This edition of Nehru Cup is special as it is being organized in the Platinum Jubilee Year of the AIFF. Captaining one’s country, that too in the capital city of your own country is a huge prize for any player. At the same time it’s an extra burden as you cannot ever shy away from the responsibility,” he said. An upbeat Mehtab Hossain said that the team was confident to do well in its title defence in the five-team tournament to be played in round-robin format. PTI

AFTERMATH

India after Dravid, Laxman MANOJ VATSYAYANA HYDERABAD: India were gearing for life without retired batting stars Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman as they begin a two-Test series against New Zealand in Hyderabad on Thursday. Dravid bid farewell in March and Laxman called it quits last Saturday, leaving Sachin Tendulkar the only surviving veteran of the golden generation of Indian batsman that included Sourav Ganguly. The main task for India in the busy home season that also features four Tests each against England and Australia is to find replacements for Dravid and Laxman, who had a combined tally of 22,069 Test runs in 298 matches. The batsmen in contention for the two vacant slots, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suresh Raina and Subramaniam

Badrinath, have a combined tally of just 20 Tests. Ajinkya Rahane has yet to debut in the five-day game. India will also miss Dravid and Laxman in the slips. Both were gifted with safe hands with Dravid taking a Test record 210 catches and Laxman

135. “It will be tough to replace Rahul and Laxman not only as batsmen, but also as slip catchers,” Tendulkar said. “They were great in that region and to replace them we are going to need someone to be there for an equally long period of time.”

sports TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

ATP WINSTON-SALEM OPEN

Roddick wins thriller

Fifth seed Andy Roddick defeated James Blake 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (8/6) in a all-American second round thriller to advance in the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina. WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA: Andy Roddick (right) defeated James Blake 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (8/6) on Monday in an all-American second-round clash at the ATP Winston-Salem Open. Roddick, the fifth seed, dropped serve early, but pulled level with Blake at 5-5 and went on to claim the opening set in a tiebreaker. Trailing 4-5 in the second, he saved two set points en route to a victory in one hour and 39 minutes. Roddick, winner of the hardcourt title in Atlanta last month, recorded his 20th match win of the season. “It was tough tonight,” Roddick said. “I was lucky to squeeze it out. I’m just happy to be through. Each match, you want to play better. That’s what this week is all about. “The first set I was fortunate. He came out hot and you’re at his mercy when he’s playing like that. I thought I played well in the second set. I’ve always been

Roddick dropped serve early, but pulled level with Blake at 5-5 and went on to claim the opening set in a tiebreaker.

lucky a lot in my career because I’ve been good at winning those type matches where it doesn’t

look great all the time but you kind of get your way through.” Roddick said the back trouble

that bothered him in Cincinnati last week had so far not been a problem — good news with the

US Open starting next Monday. In another second-round contest, 21-year-old Belgian David Goffin defeated 10th-seeded Serbian Viktor Troicki 3-6, 6-4, 75. The hard-fought triumph, in two hours and 22 minutes, gave Goffin consecutive ATP level match wins for the first time since he reached the third round at Wimbledon. Seventh-seeded American Sam Querrey had won the first set 6-3 from Colombian Santiago Giraldo when rain halted their second-round match for the night. They were to resume on Tuesday. AFP

TEXAS OPEN

NEW HAVEN WTA

Wozniacki cruises through Kerber withdraws, Jankovic advances NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT: Caroline Wozniacki (right) launched her bid for a fifth straight New Haven WTA title Monday with a 6-3, 6-3 first-round victory over Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova. Wozniacki, seeded third in a field headed by Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska, needed an hour and 21 minutes to book a second-round clash with Sweden’s Sofia Arvidsson, a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Melanie Oudin of US. A fifth successive title in the hardcourt tune-up for the US Open would put former world number one Wozniacki in elite company. Only Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert have won the same WTA

Tour title five or more times in a row. She improved to 18-0 lifetime at the tournament and

extended her career dominance over Makarova, who hasn’t managed to win a set from the Dane in their four meetings.

DALLAS, TEXAS: Top-seeded Angelique Kerber (right) pulled out of the WTA’s Texas Open on Monday with a sore shoulder but said she hoped it would be better in time for the start of the US Open next week. “I mean I would love to play here. That’s why I’m here,” said world number six Kerber. “Last night was not so good, so that’s why I decided to withdraw and to focus on the US Open,” the German added. She said her shoulder had started bothering her in Montreal two weeks ago, and was worse after her run to the title match in Cincinnati, where she fell to China’s Li Na.

Despite the absence of Kerber, Dallas fans saw a threeset thriller on Monday night as former world number one Jelena Jankovic, seeded second, pulled off a 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 victory over Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan. AFP

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

sports

SOCCER FAN SHOT DEAD IN BRAZIL

A fan of the Vasco da Gama soccer club was gunned down during a fight with fans of Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian. A second fan was injured in the fight, when a bus carrying Flamengo fans to Joao Havelange Stadium approached a service station where Vasco fans had gathered.

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Fellaini sinks Man United

Robin van Persie suffered a losing start to his Manchester United career as Marouane Fellaini gave Everton a surprise 1-0 win when he socred a goal in the 14th minute of the match at Goodison Park NEIL JOHNSTON LIVERPOOL: Robin van Persie suffered a losing start to his Manchester United career as Marouane Fellaini gave Everton a surprise 1-0 win at Goodison Park on Monday. Van Persie, who joined United from Arsenal for £24 million last week, was forced to watch the opening 68 minutes from the substitutes bench before coming on 11 minutes after Fellaini’s goal. But the Dutch forward was unable to inspire a United comeback and Everton deservedly chalked up a fine win in their first match of the Premier League season. Belgium international Fellaini had already been denied by the woodwork before heading the winner, while Everton midfielder Leon Osman hit the cross-

bar as David Moyes’ side dominated a toothless United from start to finish. Van Persie’s decision to snub champions Manchester City in favour of a move to United has renewed optimism at Old Trafford that they can wrestle the title back from their local rivals this season. But Ferguson’s team will need to improve on this erratic display if they are to win a 20th English league crown. Although Van Persie started his United career on the bench due to a lack of match sharpness, there was one new face in United’s line-up in the shape of Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa, the £12 million signing from Borussia Dortmund. Kagawa was impressive at time, but it was Nani who went closest to opening the scoring for the visitors, the Portuguese flash-

Everton’s midfielder Marouane Fellaini (L) heads the opening goal during the English Premier League football match against Manchester United at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north-west England on Monday. AFP/ANDREW YATES

ing a long-range effort narrowly wide in the 23rd minute, before Wayne Rooney was denied by Tim Howard’s outstretched hand

from a free-kick six minutes later. However this was anything but one-way traffic. Everton, partly responsible

for United’s title downfall last season after coming from 4-2 down to draw 4-4 at Old Trafford in April, caused Ferguson’s make-shift defence all kinds of problems before half-time. With Rio Ferdinand out with a groin injury, Michael Carrick stood in at centre-back alongside the returning Nemanja Vidic, back in the team after a longterm cruciate knee ligament injury. But the ease in which Fellaini glided past the England international before striking the woodwork in the 14th minute made uncomfortable viewing for Ferguson. In addition, United keeper David de Gea made four excellent stops to deny Steven Pienaar twice before half-time, while Leon Osman and Leighton Baines also suffered frustration at the hands of the Spanish keeper. AFP

YOUNG BLOOD

MANCHESTER UNITED LOSS

Fergie fumes after defeat Hazard promises for Sir Alex Ferguson criticised his team for failing to utilise Robin van Persie’s talents after they were defeated 1-0 by Everton

‘more to come’

LIVERPOOL: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson criticised his own players for failing to utilise Robin van Persie’s talents after they crashed to a surprise 1-0 defeat by Everton. Van Persie made his eagerly-anticipated United debut as a 68th minute substitute with his new side trailing to Marouane Fellaini’s second half goal at Goodison Park on Monday. But the Dutch striker, who completed a £24 million move from Arsenal last Friday, was unable to inspire Ferguson’s team, who lost their opening game of the Premier League season for the first time since 2004. “We played around him too much, we didn’t show enough penetration and with Robin in your team you know you want to use his ability against centrebacks in situations he is very good at. But we didn’t use him

LONDON: Eden Hazard insists there is more to come after his sparkling Premier League debut - but is adamant he has no concerns about handling the physical nature of English football. The Chelsea playmaker, 21, wasted no time making his mark following his £32 million summer move from Lille, setting up two goals inside seven minutes of his side’s league opener at Wigan. Hazard’s contribution ensured Roberto Di Matteo’s side got off to a winning start and they will attempt to build on that success when Reading visit Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. His eye-catching efforts also made him the target for some heavy challenges, but the Belgium international was quick to dismiss the attention he received.

enough,” Ferguson said. Ferguson explained his decision to start van Persie on the substitutes bench by insisting the striker hadn’t played enough during pre-season. “He’s not played any football, given the expectation of him playing at any given

moment, it was better for him to start on the substitutes’ bench,” he said. “He’s a great player and there is always the temptation to play him when you have a player like that. But the sensible route is to start him on the bench.” United were lacklustre for long spells and it required a string of fine stops by Spanish keeper David De Gea to prevent Everton from winning by a bigger margin. Midfielder Leon Osman was outstanding for the hosts, but Ferguson admitted his players failed to handle goalscorer Fellaini. “He is a handful, he is a big, tall, gangly lad and they just lumped the ball forward to him, that’s all they did,” he added. “They worked from that base all the time and they got a goal from him, so it’s justified.” NJ

Eden Hazard insists there is more to come after his sparkling Premier League debut.

The younster said that, “I already had a taste of these kind of tackles in the Community Shield.” AFP