HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 HYDERABAD WWW.POSTNOON.COM WEATHER: A MIX OF CLOUDY AND CLEAR SKIES; 26°C 32 PAGES ` 3 SHOCK! CAB SERVICES OBLIVIOUS OF CBD Ignorance is indeed bliss. Neither the government nor any other organisation has made an effort to make the City’s cab services aware of the Meet and the need to refurbish their image. Visitors to the City will be left at the mercy of fleecing autos and decrepit cabs. MAKING HYDERABAD A SMART CITY Hyderabad, a leading byte-basket, can do a lot to tackle its current troubles in pollution, infrastructure and traffic control. All it has to do is embrace the Smart City model that is changing the urban landscape across the world. We take you on a journey through the city of the future. P8 P9 N SHIVA KUMAR BANDH FIZZLES OUT IN CITY While most of the City remained open for business, over 200 members participating in the All India Bandh called by the opposition parties to protest FDI in retail sector and diesel price hike were arrested and released on personal bond. REPORT ON P6
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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 HYDERABAD WWW.POSTNOON.COM WEATHER: A MIX OF CLOUDY AND CLEAR SKIES; 26°C 32 PAGES `3
SHOCK! CAB SERVICESOBLIVIOUS OF CBD Ignorance is indeed bliss.
Neither the government nor anyother organisation has made an
effort to make the City’s cab services aware of the Meet and
the need to refurbish theirimage. Visitors to the City will
be left at the mercy of fleecingautos and decrepit cabs.
MAKING HYDERABAD ASMART CITYHyderabad, a leading byte-basket, can doa lot to tackle its current troubles in pollution, infrastructure and traffic control.All it has to do is embrace the Smart Citymodel that is changing the urban landscape across the world. We take you on a journey through the city ofthe future.P8 P9
N SHIVA KUMAR
BANDH FIZZLES OUT IN CITY While most ofthe Cityremained openfor business, over 200 members participating inthe All IndiaBandh called by the opposition parties toprotest FDI inretail sector anddiesel price hikewere arrestedand released onpersonal bond.
REPORT ON P6
city eventsTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES
Recent and retrospectiveAn exhibition of Ikebana andPainting wherein you can witness afusion of Metal, Petal and paint. It’s ajourney of scrap in the arms of petalsand paint by Sharmila Agarwal.Where: Rainbow Art Gallery,
Balyogi Paryatak Bhavan, Begumpet
When: September 25 onwards,11am-7pm
Life togetherIconart Gallery is hosting LifeTogether, a group show featuringsculptures, paintings and prints by22 artistes. A preview will be held onSeptember 28.Where: Iconart Gallery,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 12
When: September 28 onwards,11.30am-7pm
Contact: 98499 68797
Photo exhibitionAn exhibition titled Imagine is beingheld at Alliance Francaise DeHyderabad. The exhibition will feature work by Manohar Chiluveru,Srinath Vadapalli, Satya SaiMothadaka and ShivaprasadChiluveru.Where: Alliance Francaise,
Marredpally,Secunderabad
When: Ongoing,9am-6pm
Contact: (040) 2770 0734
Mudra in styleAn exhibition of paintings featuringvarious forms of Lord Ganesha willbe held at Iconart Gallery. A previewfor the exhibition was held onSeptember 15. Where: Iconart Gallery,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 12
When: Ongoing,11.30 am-7pm
Contact: 98499 68797
Recent and retrospectiveA painting exhibition by artist SudipRoy will be held at Kalakrithi ArtGallery from September 28.Where:Kalakrithi Art Gallery,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 12
When: September 28,11am onwards
Contact: (040) 6656 4466Kerala muralsA group painting exhibition featuring Kerala Temple murals byPrince Thonnakkal, Ragini Krishnan,Sangeetha and Viji Murugan will beon display at Shrishti Art Gallery.Where:Shrishti Art Gallery,
Jubilee Hills,Rd No 15
When: Ongoing,11am onwards
Contact: (040) 2354 0023
Food and winePark Hyatt brings masters of foodand wine to Hyderabad fromSeptember 19 to 22 (for lunchand dinner) bringing the finest ofglobal gourmet from two Michelinstar chef Koldo Royo, veteran Thaichef Maitree Polboon and Frenchcheese affineurEric Mickael.Where: Park Hyatt,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 2
When: OngoingContact: (040) 4949 1234
Mediterranean food festTake a trip and experience a varietyof Mediterranean delights such asbruschetta and seafood marinarapasta, bruschetta and antipasto atTruffles cafe. The fest is on tillSeptember 30.
Where: Truffles Cafe,Jubilee Hills,Rd No 10
When: Ongoing,8am onwards
Contact: (040)2355 0105
WordplayQadir Ali Baig Foundation presentsthe next session of its CelebratingTheatre series, Wordplay:Mohammad Ali Baig and SagarSarhadi in an on-stage conversationon play and screen Writing. Where: Taj Deccan,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 1
When: September 21,7.30pm onwards
Life of othersA German film Leben der Anderen(The life of others ) directed byFloren Henckel Von Donnersmarckwil be shown on September 21.Where: Goethe Zentrum,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 3
When: September 21,4pm onwards
Contact: (040) 2335 0443
Play timeLamakaan will be hosting ManchTheatre’s A Plateful of Plays onOctober 6. This 120-minute offeringis a varied and interesting collectionof humorous short plays.Where: Lamakaan,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 1
When: October 6,7.30pm onwards
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Amurderer always com-mits a mistake, is thedictum Dr Watsonmaintained. In a mur-
der mystery of a realtor in theCity, it proved right once again.
The Pahadishareef policefound the cell phone of the dece -ased Mohd Azhar on his person.Azhar was evidently murderedin his own car and the body wasthrown out onto the road in theJalpally area. Search ing for evi-dences, police recovered hismobile phone, and its call historygave away the culprits, said subinspector S Venkatesam.
Consequently, the police
tracked down Mohd Ayaz Aliand Mohd Muzaffar ofBandlaguda while the thirdaccused Mohd Muzaffar has
escaped. The arrested confessedto murdering Azhar for revenge.It is said that Ayaz, 25, was work-ing with Azhar and recently
Ayaz’s father fell seriously ill andhis medical treatment required abig sum. Meanwhile, Azhar hadrecently received a few lakhrupees in a deal and Ayaz soughtsome money from him for hisfather’s treatment but wasrebuffed. A few days later, Ayaz’sfather died.
Nursing a grudge against his
partner, Ayaz is alleged to haveplotted to kill Azhar. He enlistedthe help of Muzaffar and Junaidand had invited Azhar under thepretext of throwing a party onthe night of September 5.
Azhar fell into the trap andwent to meet Ayaz and friends inhis car. During the party, theaccused are said to have mixedsedatives in the liquor and onceAzhar fell unconscious, the triodrove the vehicle to a desolateplace in Jalpally and murderedhim. After the crime they threwthe body out and drove away.
The next day the police found the body and his mobilephone. Police said Ayaz had oncebeen convicted for a theft a fewyears ago.
Phone helps nab murderersWhen Mohd Ayaz and Mohd Muzaffar murdered Mohd Azhar and discarded his body, little did
they realise that they would be caught thanks to Azhar’s mobile phone call history.
Ayaz invited Azhar fora party and aftersedating him, murdered him andthrew his body inJalpally area.
The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.
1 Senior council members acting as peace-keepers.
Constant fights and name-callingin the Assembly are a regular fea-ture. Now senior members of thecouncil have taken up the responsibility of keeping the war-ring members at peace.
2 GHMC all set for CBD, Citycab companies ignorant?
Preparations for the CBD are on infull swing. But cab companies areunaware about the event and thetransport facilities for delegates.
3Students taken aback due tolack of communication.
From Eamcet to college entrances,changes in exam patterns withoutprior notice has upset students.The latest is the DNB CET changes.
4 Shortage of taxonamyexperts in the City?
Paucity of taxonomy experts andstudents in Hyderabad poses aproblem for the upcoming CoP-11.
5For people in the City, lifegoes on despite bandh call
The City continues to function nor-mally despite the bandh call byopposition parties to protest thediesel hike and FDI in retail.
city THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 4
Bike-pooling to beat stirLast year, we had reported how the
general public was looking atunique ways to beat the problems thatarose due to the never-ending T-stir.Bike-pooling was one such ‘invention’.Despite this being against the law, thepolice kept quiet as the public was leftwith very little choice because publictransport was off the roads for manydays together.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Two held for attack onmagazine editorThe Golconda police arrested two
youths, Madhusudan Reddy andhis associate Ramulu, in connectionwith the attack on an editor of fortnightly magazine. Police said theattack was due to a report that wascarried about the Manikondasarpanch Laxmamma. Enraged, herson Madhusudan Reddy attackedthe editor.
Gang of 10 attackfamily, four heldThe Chanda Nagar police have
arrested four members of a gangof 10 for having allegedly gangedup and attacking a home inJawaharlal colony of Lingampallayon Tuesday night. Two youths,Chaudary Maqdum, 28, Kalyani Arif,18, and Shahnaaz Begum, 25, yearswere injured in the attack. Furtherinvestigations are being conducted.
Man trying to cross railtracks killedA pedestrian, D Dasarath, 30, was
killed yesterday when he wastrying to cross a rail track locatedbetween Dabeerpura and Yakutpurarailway stations. He was a residentof Chaderghat. Dasarath was crossing the rail line when a passingtrain ran over him. The Kachegudapolice have registered a case andare looking into the matter.
Joint inspection of CoP-11 work conductedThe GHMC commissioner MT
Krishnababu and additional com-missioner (traffic) CV Anand alongwith senior officials of both depart-ments conducted a joint inspectionof the ongoing works of CoP-11along Rd No36 Jubilee Hills to HICCon Wednesday. The officials directed the required rectificationsand modifications.
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NEWS BRIEFS
70,000is the number of cabs plying in theState out of which 40 per cent are
plying on the City roads. Leading cab companies in the City still remain
ignorant about the CBD.
5THINGS WELEARNT TODAY
NUMEROLOGY
They think thattaxonomy is a
taxing subject. TheCBD authority headoffice in Chennai isdevoid of any officialwho has in-depthknowledge abouttaxonomy.
Most of us assumethat for a graduatemedical student,studies are not
difficult. However, MBBS grad-uates who have given theentrance exam for post gradua-tion are facing several problemswith the exam.
DNB CET is a national-levelqualifying entrance exam forstudents who wish to pursue apost graduation in the medicalfield. This year, several changeshave been made in the paperpattern and correction which iscreating a turbulence amongstudent community.
This year, the exam has beenmade online and negative mark-ing has been introduced. Theevaluation pattern has also beenchanged into a scaling system.This change was announced justa few days before the resultsand many students wereshocked with the result. Medicalstudents have been complainingabout the lack of transparencyand accountability in this year'sDNB CET exam .
“The date of announcementabout the change in the markingsystem was made on September10 and the results wereannounced on September 14.No prior information regarding'scaling' of marks in the examwas given to us. Moreover, theygave only formulated results.We were not provided with theraw score i.e. the number ofright answers and wronganswers. Everything is so vagueand unclear. I was expecting ascore of 65 per cent (based onthe mistakes I had made) but Igot only 55. There is no explana-tion from the board regarding
which of my answers arewrong,” fumes Dr Vinitah R*.
A six page notification forthe scaling system has beenuploaded on the site but stu-dents complaint that it’s unclearand very vague.
As per the new system addi-tional marks were given topapers in which have been list-ed as difficult.
“The scaling system justdoes not fit into this exambecause it’s completely a memo-ry-based entrance test. It’s noth-ing to do with logic. How canyou compare one person's mem-ory with another’s? Total
injustice has been done,” saidDr Raj M*.
Students have tried contact-ing the board, but in vain. Upsetand angry students have createdan online group to discuss theproblems and find ways to get justice.
A poll result on the websiterevealed that 77 per cent of thestudents’ expectations did notmatch their results. Dr D DeepaRoy on www.rxpgonline websitewrote, “Personally, I hadassumed at least 120 correctanswers among 180.Considering negative marking, Ifelt that I would at least get 50
per cent. Reality: I got 36/800.Status: Fail. So for me the resultswere quite shocking. I want toknow my actual score and willwrite to the NBE for the same.”
At the same time there isalso a small section of the stu-dents who are happy with thescaling system as they scoredmore than what they had expected.
Parents are also fuming overthe results. “If they hadinformed us beforehand, wewould have prepared andstrategised accordingly. Afterwriting the exam changing thepattern is wrong. Moreover, inother exams like US MLE medi-cal exam which follows the scal-ing system, parents have otherparameters also. In india it’s justscaling system which is unfairfor the children,” said Nikita N,a parent.
Students and parents arenow planning to approach thecourt and also use RTI to getinformation and fight againstthis injustice.
(* names changed on request)
New grading system troublesfor medical students
Changes in the DNB CET scoring has created a furore among medical students. They claim that they were not informed about this earlier.
The date ofannouncing the
change was made onSeptember 10 andresults announcedon September 14.No prior infor-mation wasgiven to us.
Dr Vintaih Rmedical student
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While the ongoingmonsoon session ofAndhra PradeshAssembly has been
witnessing continuous adjourn-ments without taking up anybusiness, the upper house of theState — the AP LegislativeCouncil is setting an example.
The business of the Councilhas been successfully going onsince it commenced onSeptember 17. Barring a slightfurore over the comments of TDPLegislative Party leader in thecouncil Dadi Veerabadra Raoagainst CM N Kiran KumarReddy, the House debated on allthe listed issues during the lasttwo days.
SETTING AN EXAMPLEThe credit for this peaceful run-ning of the Upper Houseundoubtedly goes to the mem-bers of the council, who not onlyturn up in full strength to attendthe session but also contribute to
debate on various problems. Inthe process, these MLCs are set-ting up an example for theircounterparts in the LegislativeAssembly.
“We have been successfullyrunning the House for the lasttwo days. The entire credit forthis goes to all MLCs irrespectiveof their political affiliations. Themembers are committed to runthe House without creating anytrouble,” government chief whip
in Legislative Council Y.Sivarami Reddy told Postnoon on Wednesday.
He said that the council willtake up short discussions onpower crisis, land allotment tovarious industries by the stategovernment, status of minor irri-gation in the state in remainingthree days.
Apart from this, the council isscheduled to debate on two crucial bills.
MINISTERS MAKE A BEELINEMeanwhile, the peaceful runningof the Upper House also attract-ed the State cabinet ministers.Ministers are showing interestsin attending the House sessionrather than wasting their timeand energy in the Assembly.
“It’s a matter of joy for me toattend the Council session. Wenot only get to hear the viewsand suggestions and complaintsof public representatives but also
get an opportunity to present theState government’s stand andsolution for those issues,” min-ister for finance AnamRamanaryana Reddy said. Hecomplimented the MLCs fortheir extension of support to runthe Upper House. Minister forminority welfare SyedMohammad Ahmadullah alsoexpressed similar views. Apartfrom these two ministers, manyother cabinet ministers havemade a beeline to the Council toattend its session.
LACK OF MEDIA COVERAGE According to Reddy, though theCouncil is setting up an exampleby peacefully undertaking itsbusiness, the media have notbeen showing any interest.
“I am not happy with themedia’s attitude. The council isnot getting proper coverage inthe media despite its peacefulfunctioning. The media is focus-ing on fights and slogan shout-ing of MLAs instead of highlight-ing the debates of the upperhouse, “Reddy rued.
Council plays a patriarchal roleElected members of the Assembly waste precious time at the House, warring and
name-calling, but elders in the Council are now giving them a lesson in responsibility.
It's a déjà vu situation in theAssembly. On day three, theState Assembly witnessed
uproarious scenes and wasadjourned three times so as to maintain order.
At 9am, when the House wascalled in to order, members ofTDP, YSRC, TRS and BJP were upon their feet, each demandingadjournment motions on differ-ent issues.
The TDP, YSRC and Left par-ties wanted the speaker to takeup discussions on their demandfor a rollback of price hike in gascylinder and diesel while theTRS kept up its pet theme ofTelangana.
The only, new developmentwas the partner in power, MIMjoining the chorus asking for it’sperennial theme of
minority welfare. The MIM did not join others
in their demands but carried ontheir own demands exercisingtheir vocal chords to the maxim.
As the Chair rejected all pleasfor adjournment motions, theagitated members rushed to thepodium shouting slogansdenouncing the government.speaker N Manohar announcedadjournment till 10 a.m.
When the House was recon-vened at 10am, the scene wassame. He ordered anotheradjournment till 11am. As thescene remained stormy even at11am, the house was adjournedtill 12 noon.
The strength of the Assemblywas low today as many legisla-tors left for their constituency toattend Ganesh pandal inaugura-tion. Most MLAs appeared to bewhiling away time waiting foradjournment.
Over 200 members partici-pating in the All IndiaBandh called by the
opposition parties to protestFDI in retail sector and dieselprice hike were arrested andreleased on personal bond.Activists of TDP, BJP, and Leftparties targeted bus stations to
debilitate transport sector. Butheavy police bandobast foiled their attempts, and busesbegan to ply normally.
The City largely ignored thebandh call.
It was clear that members of the Assembly didnot want discussion on anything to take place.
Day 3 of Assemblyproves to be futile
I am not happywith the media’s
attitude. The businessof the council is not atall getting proper cov-erage in the mediadespite its peace-ful functioning.
Anam Ramanaryana Reddyminister for finance
Cold response to bandh call
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In a bid to beef up securityalong the 974-km long coast-line of Andhra Pradesh, the
State government has decided toset up 15 marine police stations,in addition to the existing sixones and also appoint specialpolice officers in coastal villages,a police official said.
“In order to strengthen theinfrastructure for the coastlinepatrolling and surveillance, sixmarine police stations had beenestablished in 2006 in the firstphase,” deputy superintendentof police (DSP) of Marine policeCM Naidu told PTI here.
“Now, the government is inthe process of setting up 15 moremarine police stations in the sec-ond phase, for which land hadalready been identified andacquired,” he added.
Once these police stations st a -rt functioning, we can have a fu ll-fledged coastal security, Nai dusaid. Six marine police stations,each headed by an inspector, havebeen functioning at Kalin ga pa t n -am in Srikakulam district, Rush -iko nda in Visakha pa tnam, Vaka -lapudi in East God a vari, Gila kal -adindi in Krishna di strict, Sury -alanka in Guntur and Duguraja -patnam in Nellore district.
“Though there is a shortageof marine staff, we are ready totackle any situation on our coast-line. Marine police are keeping aconstant and strict vigil on the974-km long coastline spreadacross nine districts of the State,”the officer said.
To further strengthen thesecurity, there is a proposal toappoint special police officers(SPOs) in coastal villages. “Therewere 508 hamlets, known as‘Fishermen’s Villages’ along theState coastline and the proposalto appoint SPOs in each villagehas been pending with theFinance Department forapproval,” he said.
“Appointment of SPOs mightbegin in a month or two. Theywill act as our eyes and ears andinform us if they find any suspi-cious movements,” he said.
Among the agendas slatedfor the CoP11, the GlobalTaxonomy Initiative
enjoys great prominence. But thecurrent state of taxonomy studiesin the State is not a happy one.And the shortage of expert tax-onomists in the City proves ahandicap in the crucial debate ona workable strategy to saveworld’s biological diversity.
It’s not just experts; shortageof students in taxonomy is also alasting concern. The blameshould go to academics, not stu-dents, though. The governmentis in no small measure responsi-ble for this state of affairs, pun-dits in the field point out.
Professor Ch Manoharachary,an award winning taxonomistfrom Osmania University says,“The importance given to taxo-nomic studies has gone downbecause of preference given tothe more commercial scienceslike biotechnology, DBT, DSTcourses. MSc, PhD students optout of taxonomy because they
think it is a laborious work as itdemands a lot of field work likecollecting thousands of samplesand classifying their data.”
The fact that this field’spatrons have drifted into othersciences because of lack of fund-ing comes as no surprise. “Thenecessary academic infrastruc-ture too is unavailable in manycities. Monographs, manualsrequired for this area of study arenot available anymore. The
importance of gene banks, study-ing bacteria culture and studyingmorphology does not attract theyouth because it is not a fetchingprofession,” he rues.
Currently only three univer-sities offer a professional coach-ing of taxonomy specialisation inHyderabad — ANGRAU,Osmania University and theUniversity of Hyderabad. Heretoo, the specialisation in taxono-my and research papers related
to this field have gone down, saydepartmental heads. Taxonomyhas been pegged under theBotany and Plant Sciences areas,where students prefer laboratorywork over fieldwork.
“They think that taxonomy isa taxing subject. And this trendhas had serious impact on sever-al fields. The CBD authority headoffice in Chennai is devoid ofany knowledgeable official whohas an in depth knowledge abouttaxonomy. Students are oftengranted projects after the com-mercial value of their research isevaluated. Which means, study-ing the genes of Taxol or aromat-ic plants is only possible if a stu-dent can guarantee a profitableoutcome from his/her research,”Manoharachary says.
In the financial year of 1999-2000, the Ministry of Environ me -nt and Taxonomy had launchedthe All India Coordinated Projecton Taxonomy to encourage thisfield of study. OsmaniaUniversity was listed as the coor-dinating unit for fungi relatedtaxonomical studies. But despitethis, the preferences of students
has moved towards the morepopular fields of biotechnology.
This ignorance coupled withthe fact that the area of study is avast universe within itself hasled to its decline, experts feel.Several path breaking discover-ies originated from the study of taxonomy. For example,Streptomycin is a drug derived from the actino-bacteria Streptomyces Griceushas fought tuberculosis over thecenturies. This drug was discov-ered because of extensive taxo-nomic research.
Taxing times for TaxonomyPaucity of taxonomy experts and students in City poses problems for discussions at CoP 11.
“Is it the same meetingwhere doctors are com-ing?” asks manager of
one of the top cab services in theCity. The remark is self-explana-tory and we leave it to the read-ers to decide.
There are about 70,000 carsregistered as taxis throughout ofState. Of which 40 per cent areplying on the City roads. But theleading cab services in the City,with thousands of vehiclesengaged for providing servicesby and large remain unaware ofthe CBD. There is neither anyeffort to cash in on the huge flowof people from inland andabroad. After the Rajiv GandhiInternational Airport came intoexistence in Shamshabad, the cabindustry has seen a new dawn.Shuttling between Airport andthe City has increased the scopeof industry and has generated abig boom compared with otherneighbouring cities. But the gov-ernment failed to provide anyspecific instructions to the man-agement of the cabs on the mostprestigious gala event happeningin the City.
For instance, the Dot cab withits large fleet of vehicles plying
on the City roads has notreceived any formal informationfrom the authorities organisingthe event. “We do not have anyinformation on what this confer-ence is all about,” said AjayKumar, operations manager, Dot Cabs.
B Supraj of Green Cab, eventhough aware of the CBD confer-ence, complaints that neither thegovernment nor the GHMC hastaken into consideration the cabservices in the City. “It appearsthe government has engagedsome other parties for providingspecial services,” he points out.
When this is the situation
with well-organised Cab service-providers, one can imagine thestate of affairs of individual taxidrivers. Many cannot explainwhat this conference means:“They are coming to find out thefeasibility of investing in theCity”, feels P Mahender, whoruns a taxi from Dilsukhnagar tothe airport.
Many traffic inspectors whodeal with the traffic situation arenot aware of the approximatenumber of cars in the City withtaxi plates. “You need to refer tosome RTI activist. It is hard tosay how many cabs are there inthe city,” said a police inspector.
Experts say... “Billions of rupees worth taxonomicdata about artificial culture, genebanks etc., with the constant loss offorest cover. With new speciesbeing introduced into alien biodi-versity systems, the importance ofstudying and classifying their datahas gone un-collated. This canhave a debilitating effect on thebiodiversity of our country. Whichis why following the NagoyaProtocol, we are going to attachimportance to this agenda item inthe CoP11,” says R Hampaiah.
Shock:cab servicesoblivious of
CBD!Ignorance is indeed
bliss. Neither the governmentnor any other organisation has
made an effort to make the City’scab services aware of the Meetand the need to refurbish theirimage. Visitors to the City willbe left at the mercy of fleecing
More than half ofthe world’s pop-ulation lives inurban areas, andcountries such as
India and China are in need ofhundreds of additional cities toaccommodate growing popula-tions. People in many cities suf-fer from inadequate transporta-tion, sub-standard buildings,lack of sanitation, and poor pub-lic safety, highlighting the needfor sustainable and livable urbanplanning. But many countries arefinding Information and commu-nication technology (ICT) a use-ful tool in helping cities improvetheir safety, cleanliness, and sus-tainability.
Diana Lind, contributingauthor to the State of the World2012 report, takes snapshot ofvarious cities that have success-fully used ICT. Indian cities,especially Bangalore andHyderabad, have the scope ofharnessing this technology tomitigate its sufferings.
In many cases, cities are part-nering directly with businessesto boost urban sustainability. TheDutch city of Rotterdam, forexample, is working withGeneral Electric (GE) in an effortto reach the city’s goal of reduc-ing carbon dioxide emissions by50 percent compared with 1990levels. GE will use data visual-izations, smart meters, and othertechnologies to optimize energyefficiency and improve watermanagement. The use of theseICTs will greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Rotterdam, which emits asmuch carbon dioxide as NewYork City, while being only atenth of its size.
CITIES MUST CUSTOMIZE ICT“ICT can be an excellent tool, butit is not the silver bullet solutionto greening cities,” said Lind,executive director and editor inchief of Next American City, anonprofit that promotes sociallyand environmentally sustainableeconomic growth in cities in theUnited States. “To be effective,ICT must be used not only in
mapping problems encounteredacross cities, but also to find sus-tainable solutions to those prob-lems.” Each city must customisethe ICT to suit its needs.
State of the World highlightsthree ways that communities caneffectively use ICT to promotesustainability:n Open access to data. Impro -
ving data access is critical tocreating sustainable cities. Bysharing information, it is pos-sible to make connectionsamong seemingly disparatevariables. The SpatialInformation Design Lab atColumbia University in NewYork used data to establish theconnection between crime andpoor housing, education, andhealth care. By analysing datafrom the criminal justice sys-tem, researchers found that adisproportionate number offelons were from specificneighborhoods in large US cities. Similar research may help officials target poli-cies around education andpoverty reduction in theseareas, which could help in pre-venting crime.
n Community mapping.Mapping all neighbourhoodsand regions of a city is vital toensuring effective and sustain-
able urban planning. Kibera,the largest slum in Kenya’scapital, Nairobi, is home toapproximately 1 million people. Yet Kibera has beenexcluded from city maps, discounting its thousands ofresidents. Recently, an inde-pendent team of researcherspartnered with Kibera youthto create an interactive map of the slums. In 2009, the teamsucceeded in placing Kibera on official Nairobimaps, which resulted in a newproject, Voice of Kibera, which helps citizens report thelocation of robberies or fires, and hold discussions bytext message.
n Community watch. ICTs canenhance community involve-ment and help authoritiesrespond to local concerns. ThePublic Laboratory for OpenTechnology and Science, agrassroots-mapping commu-nity based in Cambridge,Massachusetts, uses low-techmaterials, including heliumballoons and digital cameras,to take aerial photos of areasthat may endanger publichealth or be of environmentalconcern. These tools helpedidentify contaminated areas inthe Gulf of Mexico after amajor oil spill and an illegaldumping site in Brooklyn,New York.
Using ICT helps citiesachieve sustainability efficientlywhile connecting with local com-munities, to ensure that diverseperspectives are included in thecity’s plans.
Experts point out thatHyderabad could come up witha major initiative in the field ofcivic issues. A government-ICTcoordination could do wonders,they say.
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Making Hyderabad asmart city
10 smart cities thatmake max use of ICT 1. Vienna2. Toronto 3. Paris4. New York5. London6. Tokyo7. Berlin8. Copenhagen9. Barcelona10. Hong Kong
Source: Ranking by Boyd Cohen, climate strategist
Smart cities are those that useICT to be more intelligent andefficient in the use of resources,resulting in cost and energy sav-ings, improved service deliveryand quality of life, and reducedenvironmental footprint — allsupporting innovation and thelow-carbon economy.
Hyderabad, a leading byte-basket,can do a lot to tackle its current
troubles in pollution and transport andlook smart. Here is how.
Through sensor net-works, moni-toring of envi-ronment canbe carried out.
A smart utilitygrid will makesure that themost efficientamount ofenergy is used.
Smart buildings utilise mon-itoring devices that trackusage and empower usersand service providers to bet-ter control the amount ofenergy beingused andhence reduceusage.
Health monitoring ofstructures canbe used toprevent disasters.
Through sensors inroads RTS traffic can bemanaged andcontrolled.
“The 21st century will be a century ofcities” — Former Denver mayor, W Webb
BusinessTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
10US JUDGE WON'T LIFT SAMSUNG TABLET BAN A judge has refused to lift a ban on US sales of Samsung GalaxyTab 10.1 tablet computers as legal brawling continued betweenthe South Korean electronics titan and Apple.
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Understand, the future of the internet isat stake and we must work together toprotect it. A free and innovative internetis vital to economic growth.
MICHAEL BECKERMAN, INTERNET ASSOCIATION CHIEF
Google has become the US marketleader in online display ads, and nowleads all categories for Internet adver-tising including search and mobile, amarket research firm said onWednesday. The firm eMarketer saidGoogle will top the market for onlinedisplay advertising with $2.31 billionin revenues — 15.4 per cent of themarket — in 2012. Google will thusovertake Facebook in display, after thesocial network dethroned longtimeleader Yahoo! last year, eMarketersaid. Google will see a 38 percentjump in online display ad revenue thisyear, the report said.
GOOGLE IS AD KING
With the onset of festival season,State Bank of Hyderabad haslaunched a campaign for home andcar loans from September 17 toDecember 31, under which the bankhas slashed interest rates up to 50basis points. During the campaignperiod, no processing charges wouldbe levied for car loans and there willbe 50 per cent concession on process-ing charges for home loans. The inter-est rate for loans up to `30 lakh hasslashed from 10.75 per cent to 10.50per cent and for loan above `30 lakh,the interest rate has slashed from 11per cent to 10.50 per cent. The inter-est rate on car loans for seven-yearperiod has been slashed from 11.25per cent to 10.75 per cent.
Business involves manysegments, which aretremendously importantin their own way, but
takes the valuable time of man-agers. Outsourcing variousinternal services of the business-es can let them really concen-trate on their core business. Theprocess of outsourcing internaloperations in certain segmentsis increasing in the country.
The business of Finnish tex-tile service company,Lindstrom, evolved from com-panies outsourcing their textileneeds and services and there by
focusing on their core business.Started in 1848, the €262 millioncompany has spread its opera-tions globally in 1992.
Talking about process, JuhaLaurio, president and CEO,said, “The customers can choosefrom the Lindstrom collection orget themselves customisedwork wear. The company provides laundry, locker andindividual garments design andprocurement according to specific requirements ofemployees. The garment is col-lected repaired or evenreplaced, as and when newemployee joins the company.The companies can skip procur-ing, maintaining and repairing
the textiles.On costs, he said, “The small
business does not need to worryabout fixed costs. The costs arevariable according to the num-ber of employees, which leteven small companies to affordour services. The weekly rentalstarts for `10 for single garmentand vary with the type of gar-ments,”
“Outsourcing their individ-ual textile services will increasethe quality and efficiency ofthese services. The hygiene lev-els and brand value of the com-pany is maintained in theclothes employees wear. Theclothes are designed accordingto the requirements of the
industry keeping the safety,hygiene and other factors,” hesaid.
Talking about Indian mar-ket, he said, “The business in thecountry is open to these newservices. There are wide numberof businesses from varied sec-tors that include automobiles,food, pharmaceuticals, health-care and restaurants. Almost 80per cent of the customers aresmall companies and the rest arelarge companies. These largecompanies generate 80 per centof the company’s revenues.”
The 2,500-employee compa-ny is operating in 21 countriesworldwide has forayed toIndian market in 2007, withtheir launch in Chennai. Today,the company has presence infive cities including Hyderabadand soon to expand their opera-tions to Panchkula in NorthernIndia. The company has around500 clients. Around 70 per centof their Indian customers aredomestic companies and therest are multinationals.
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NEW YORK: Bill Gates remainsthe richest person in the UnitedStates with a fortune of $66 bil-lion in 2012, up 10 percent fromlast year, Forbes magazine saidWednesday.
Behind the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist comeinvestment guru Warren Buffettwith $46 billion, then Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison with $41billion.
White Gates fattened his networth by seven billion dollars,Ellison sweetened his wealth byeight billion dollars, an increaseof more than 20 percent from2011.
Not so lucky was Facebookfounder Mark Zuckerberg. Helost $8.1 billion and has droppedto 36th place on the Forbes rank-ing with a net worth of $9.4 bil-lion. AFP
Gates the richest American Five Indian-Americans in US super rich clubWASHINGTON: FiveIndian-Americans figure inthe Forbes magazine's annuallist of the richest people inAmerica. The Indian-Americans' list is topped bySyntex’s Bharat Desai andfamily with a net worth of $2billion in the 239th place.
Next comes Romesh TWadhwani (No. 250),Founder and Chairman,Symphony Technology
Group, with a net worth of$1.9 billion.
Third is Kavitark RamShriram (No. 298), ManagingPartner, Sherpalo Ventures,with a net worth of $1.6 bil-lion. Fourth is ManojBhargava (No. 311) with a networth of $1.5 billion. Last onthe Indian-American list isVenture capitalist VinodKhosla (No. 328) with a networth of $1.4 billion. IANS
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has droppedto 36th place with a net worth of $9.4 billion.
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11RAJAPAKSA TO MEET MANMOHAN TODAYSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived on Wednesday night for athree-day official visit during which he is to meet Prime Minister ManmohanSingh and also visit Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, even as Tamil Nadu partiesprotested against his visit.
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NEW DELHI: The TelecomRegulatory Authority of Indiaon Wednesday said it will levyfinancial disincentives on oper-ators for contravention ofmobile number portability(MNP) regulations rangingfrom `5,000 to `10,000.
“In order to ensure compli-ance of MNP regulations byaccess providers, the authorityhas decided to amend the regu-lations to incorporate the provi-sions for levying financial disin-centives where contravention isestablished in rejection of port-ing requests and also in thetimelines specified in the regu-lations,” the TRAI said in itsfourth amendment to theTelecommunications MobileNumber Portability Regulations2009.
“In cases where deviation isnoticed by TRAI in the specifiedtimelines by a service provider,a financial disincentive of `5,000will be levied for each contra-vention whereas in cases wherecontravention is established inrejection of porting request by aservice provider, a financial dis-incentive of an amount ofRs.10,000 will be levied for eachrejection,” it added. IANS
NEW DELHI: Prime MinisterManmohan Singh’s bid toresolve the row over Cauveryriver water-sharing, by askingKarnataka to release 9,000 cusecsevery day between September 20and October 15 to Tamil Nadu,failed with both states “unhap-py” over the decision.
Karnataka CM JagadishShettar expressed the inability torelease the Cauvery water due todrought and walked out of themeeting after registering aprotest over the ruling, whileTamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaasaid her state would approachthe Supreme Court.
The two CMs attended theseventh meeting along withPuducherry CM N Rangasamyand Kerala water resources min-ister PJ Joseph, who was stand-ing in for an indisposed CM.
NEW DELHI: Anti-corruption activist AnnaHazare Wednesday confirmed his “separa-tion” from his former team and from key asso-ciate Arvind Kejriwal on the issue of forming apolitical party and directed that his pho-tographs or name should not be used for polit-ical campaigning.
Formalizing a split with his team andopposing the movement taking a politicalplunge, Anna said: “I will not go with anypolitical party or form any political party.”
“It is unfortunate that Team Anna has sep-arated,” Anna said after a meeting with othersocial activists who were members of erst-while Team Anna.
Anna told social activists: “Do not use myphoto or name for any political campaigning.Do whatever you can on your own basis.”
“The meeting was attended by AnnaHazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, PrashantBhushan, Santosh Hegde, Manish Sisodia,Kumar Vishwas and a few other prominentsocial activists. IANS
CAUVERY ROW
Tamil Nadu,Karnatakaunhappy
TRAI tofine operators
NUMBER PORTABILITYANTI-GRAFT FIGHT
Anna, team stand‘separated’
Mixed response to bandhThe bandh evoked little response in Mumbai owing to Ganesh festivities.NEW DELHI: The bandh called byNDA, Left parties and SP to protestagainst diesel price hike, FDI inmulti-brand retail and cap on sub-sidised LPG today evoked mixedresponse as protestors disruptedroad and rail traffic in parts of UP,Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha but ithad little impact in Mumbai.
In Delhi, most of the marketsremained closed and vehicularmovement was normal thoughprotesters blocked traffic at someplaces. Auto rickshaws plied in thecity and buses of state-run DelhiTransport Corporation (DTC) wereon the roads in large numbers.
Samajwadi Party and BJP work-ers staged demonstrations andstopped trains at a number of placesin Uttar Pradesh. Protestors stoppedtrains in Mathura, Agra, Varanasi,Allahabad and Lucknow while BJP
workers and traders blocked theAgra-Gwalior Highway by burningtyres.
The bandh evoked little responsein Mumbai owing to Ganesh festivi-ties across Maharashtra. Shiv Senaand MNS have kept away from theday-long bandh due to the festival.
Life in the Kolkata and elsewherein West Bengal was disrupted by thebandh. Though airport services werenormal, train services in EasternRailway and South Eastern Railwaywere disrupted, officials said.
In Tamil Nadu, no untoward inci-dent was reported so far from acrossthe state and the protest was so farpeaceful, police said. Government-run buses were on the road. Schoolsand educational institutionsremained open and it was businessas usual with government depart-ments. PTI
SP not sure how long it will support UPANEW DELHI: Seeking toadopt a wait and watch atti-tude on its future strategy inthe wake of TrinamoolCongress’ decision to with-draw support to UPA,Samajwadi Party today saidwhile its supports the rulingdispensation as of now, itcannot say for how long itwill continue.
“As of today, we supportthe Congress-led alliance.But for how long it will con-tinue, I cannot say. What willhappen in future will bedecided by the party leader-ship,” Ramgopal Yadav, SPGeneral Secretary, told PTI.
On the issue of mid-term polls, he said, “Midterm polls can happen even
if the government is inmajority. Congress leaderslike Digvijay Singh have alsosaid the country is headingfor-mid term polls. We areset to announce our candi-dates in a couple of days(for 2014 LS elections).”
He also said that as anally, SP had the right toprotest “wrongdoings” ofthe government.
Meanwhile, sources inthe party said the MulayamSingh Yadav-led partywould not like to make itsstrategy public beforeOctober 10 when its arch-rival BSP is likely to make itsstand public on the issue ofsupporting the UPA.
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nation THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 12RIGHTS
HUMANE REFUGE
One can call itMamata Banerjee’sMidas touch. Themaverick WestBengal CM’s intol-
erance is making heroes out offaceless people in the crowd.
After a chemistry professor, ascientist and a college student, itwas the turn of a poor marginalfarmer, Shiladitya Choudhury, toface the CM’s wrath, leading tohis arrest and subsequentcelebrity status as sympathypoured in from all quarters forthe “injustice” done to him.
Choudhury, who hails from asmall village in West Midnaporedistrict, had to spend 14 days injail just because he dared to askBanerjee in a public rally:“Farmers are dying because theyhave no money to buy fertiliser.Empty promises are not enough.What are you doing for farm-ers?”
A visibly infuriated Banerjeeimmediately branded him aMaoist, following whichChoudhury was detained,released and then arrested.
“I had gone there to informdidi (elder sister, as Banerjee iscalled) about the problems farm-ers were facing. But I was brand-ed a Maoist. Everybody inBengal now knows my case andpeople will at least recall myordeal before raising their prob-lems,” Choudhury told IANS.
Earlier this year, it was a littleknown chemistry teacher ofJadavpur University, AmbikeshMahapatra, who got instant star-
dom after being roughed up byTrinamool workers and arrestedby the police. His crime?Mahapatra was pulled up foronline circulation of ‘defamato-
ry’ cartoons — which includedphotographs of Banerjee andRailway Minister Mukul Royshowing the duo discussing howto get rid of Dinesh Trivedi —
who was forced by Banerjee togive up the railways portfolio.
Mahapatra’s ordeal not onlyevoked widespread derisionamong the masses but overnightturned him into a celebrity - whoby then had become a victimsymbolising state terror.
Mahapatra was practically anunheard of man - even the uni-versity vice chancellor told jour-nalists that he had not knownanybody by that name taught inthe university before the contro-versy broke out. And now, he is ahousehold name in Bengal and apopular face in several televisiondebates.
“Earlier either Mahapatrasaab or his wife used to come toour shop for groceries. But wedidn’t know that he was profes-sor but after the incident every-body knows him and his profes-sion,” said Raju, a shopkeeper.
The bright, bespectacled andarticulate Tanya Bhardwaj, aproduct of Bengal’s hallowedPresidency College, landed introuble after she dared to askBanerjee during a television pro-gramme about Mahapatra’sarrest. An infuriated Banerjeebranded her a Maoist and
walked out of the programme.The incident was widely criti-
cised and Bhardwaj’s interviewsand open letter to Banerjee werewidely published in the media.Later, the state security agenciesharassing her also made head-lines.
“What for have we elected agovernment? In a democracy, wehave every right to ask questionsto elected representatives. And ifa head of state behaves in such away, it’s a shame. If I get a chanceI will again ask the same ques-tion to Mamata Banerjee,”Bhardwaj said.
Banerjee’s intolerance cameto the fore again when a molecu-lar biologist, Partho Sarathi Roy,was arrested for his involvementin a human rights movement.Shocked, eminent scientists andintellectuals, including NoamChomsky, wrote to PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh urg-ing Roy’s release.
“Everything has a positiveand negative side. When I go tovillages, people recognise meinstantly and say they havederived the strength to fight stateoppression after seeing the injus-tice handed out to me,” said Roy,who is now a popular face inpanel discussions on news chan-nels.
The photographs ofMahapatra, Roy, Bhardwaj andChoudhury are now a rage onsocial networking sites with theirharrowing experiences beingcited as glaring examples of stateoppression and intolerance. IANS
Two years ago 40-year oldAnuradha, who is HIVpositive, came to Jaipurwith a frail body and
weak mind clouded with uncer-tainty about her future.
Today she is a “mother” tosimilarly-affected 25 children atRays —Asha Ki Ek Kiran, aunique home where the caregivers themselves arepatients.
Anuradha is not the only oneproviding motherly care to thechildren who don’t have parents.Rays has hired four other women— all HIV positive — who takecare of the children by givingmoral and psychological sup-port.
“Life had come to a standstill.I had no idea what to do afterlosing my husband to the dis-ease; I left my home of a jointfamily with two kids and I start-ed working for a hospital as acaretaker for AIDS patients as thequalified nurses were reluctantto come into direct contact withthem,” Anuradha told IANS.
“Life was tough but at least Icould earn a living,” she added.
That was when she was spot-ted by retired army captainGurinder Virk, then a Gurgaon-based business executive, whopersuaded her to be a part of ashelter house that he wanted tobegin.
“We had been to a state gov-
ernment orphanage once andsaw that the people there werereluctant to admit a kid who was
HIV positive. That very day Iand my friend decided that wewill open one such place wherewe will have only HIV-positivechildren,” Virk, 57, said.
Virk started the shelter homewith two children in 2010. Todayit has 25. “Most kids we have arefrom neighbouring places, espe-cially from nearby villages,” Virksaid.
Besides providing for theirlodging and food, Rays suppliesmedicines and also takes care oftheir education and extra-curric-ular activities. Running thehome costs Virk `150,000 amonth, which is contributed by adedicated band of 50 friends.
One such friend, Rashmi
Kuchhal, who owns a restaurantin Jaipur and is an entrepreneur,looks after administrative issuesand visits the home for a fewhours every evening.
Virk, who used to visit everyweekend, has given up his jobeffective October 1 to devote hisfull time to the home.
The children go to RawatPublic School, which fully sup-ports Virk.
Speaking about children, shesays with motherly anger:“Badmashi bhi to kam nahi kartehain na sabko jabardasti khilanapadta hai (They are as naughty asother children; nor have we toforce feed all of them).”
IANS
Mamata made them heroesA chemistry professor, a scientist, a college student and a poor marginal farmer faced the whimsical CM’swrath and persecution from the administration. And in no time they found celebrity status.
Their photographs arenow a rage on socialnetworking sites withtheir experience beingcited as examples ofstate oppression.
Special mums care for special childrenA shelter home provides for all needs of 25 HIV-positive children and gives them hope and reason to fight on.
WorldTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
13ROMNEY TELLS HISPANIC VOTERS: ‘I CARE FOR THE 100%’Sounding a note of inclusion and unity that belied tension coursing through the cam-paign, White House hopeful Mitt Romney told Hispanic voters Wednesday he wouldbe president for “100 percent” of Americans. The Republican nominee who trailsPresident Barack Obama two to one among Latinos in the United States.
DIVINE CONCEPTIONA British servicewoman has givenbirth to a baby boy in Afghanistanhaving not realised she was preg-nant. “Mother and baby are both ina stable condition,” said the Ministryof Defence, following the birth onTuesday in Camp Bastion, Helmandprovince. The woman, a RoyalArtillery gunner who has not beennamed by the MoD, only learnedshe was about to give birth aftercomplaining of stomach pains. BBC defence correspondentCaroline Wyatt said it is the first timethat a British soldier has given birthon the front line.
Yoko Ono, the artist and widow ofBeatles musician and songwriterJohn Lennon, will bestow a peaceaward in the couple’s name toPussy Riot, the Russian punk rock-ers, in New York on Friday. Thebiennial Lennon-Ono Grant forPeace will be given to PyotrVerzilov, the husband of jailedPussy Riot member NadiaTolokonnikova, said the globalrights group AmnestyInternational.
LENNON-ONO HONOUR
NUMEROLOGY
140kmph-fierce storms tore across the
heart of South America onWednesday, killing five people in
Paraguay, two in Uruguay and twoin Bolivia.
Unfortunatelyboth sides, gov-
ernment and opposi-tion forces, seem to bedetermined to see theend by military means.I think militarymeans will notbring an answer.
Ban Ki-moonUN chief
Google blocks anti-Islammovie in SingaporeSINGAPORE : Google onThursday blocked YouTube users inSingapore from viewing clips of ananti-Islamic film that has incitedviolent protests across the Muslimworld, acting on a request by cityauthorities. Google has also blockedaccess to clips of the film in Muslim-majority neighbours Malaysia andIndonesia.
Two Hamas fighterskilled in air strikesRAFAH, PALESTINIANTERRITORIES: An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip killed twoHamas fighters near the Egyptianborder late Wednesday, the Islamistmovement that controls thePalestinian territory said. The strike-hit a car in the town of Rafah on theterritory’s southern border withEgypt.
Miners strike refuse toend in South AfricaMARIKANA, SOUTHAFRICA: Striking workers at plat-inum giant Lonmin’s Marikana minein South Africa were set to return towork, but police fired rubber bulletsamid ongoing protests at othermines. The fresh violence at AngloAmerican mines raised fears that awage deal at Lonmin had set a dan-gerous precedent for wage talks.
Australia shelvesAboriginal referendumSYDNEY: Australia on Thursdayshelved plans to hold a referendumon formally recognising the coun-try’s Aborigines in the constitution,saying there was not enough publicsupport for the move. PrimeMinister Julia Gillard described thevote as a “once in 50-year opportu-nity” when she first unveiled plansfor the referendum in 2010.
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CONTROVERSIAL CARTOON
PARIS: Tens of thousands ofFrench expatriates in Muslimcountries face a nervous week-end amid fears they could beswept up in a rising tide ofanger over controversialdepictions of Mohammed.
Protests that have left over30 people dead in the last weekhave, until now, largely beentargeted at the United States,which has had to carry the canfor the California-producedInnocence of Muslims film.
But French ministers fearthe focus could shift to Paris’soverseas outposts following asatirical weekly’s publication
of cartoons featuring obsceneimages of the founder of Islam.
Embassies, consulates, cul-tural centres and internationalFrench schools in around 20Muslim countries will beclosed on foreign ministryorders Friday for fear of retal-iatory violence followingweekly prayers.
In Tunisia, French schoolswere shut down fromWednesday until next Mondayafter the ruling Islamistsbranded the cartoons a “newattack” on their religion.
The shutdown also cameinto force early in Egypt. The
moves reflect concern aboutthe volatility of countries stillreeling from the aftermath oflast year’s Arab Spring whichhas been exacerbated by lastweek’s attack on a US con-sulate in Libya that left theambassador, Chris Stevens,and three other officials dead.
At home meanwhile,France’s Socialist governmentfaced a dilemma over how tomanage the anger of the coun-try’s own four millionMuslims in the wake of weeklyCharlie Hebdo’s publication ofthe cartoons.
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‘IT WAS STAGED’
This still image taken on September 19, 2012 from video posted online by Chinese dissident artist AiWeiwei shows protesters blocking a car carrying US Ambassador to China Gary Locke as Chinese police tryto hold them back outside the US embassy in Beijing. Nearly 50 people protesting against Japan over aregional dispute concerning a group of islands in the East China Sea surrounded Locke’s car, threw objectsand clashed with police trying to protect the occupants. Anti-Japan protests in China were encouraged byleaders in Beijing, Weiwei said on Thursday, after he videoed demonstrators damaging the US ambas-sador’s car. Ai was visiting a friend’s apartment near the US embassy in Beijing — which is close to Japan’smission — when he heard the protest and began recording, he told AFP. AFP/COURTESY OF AI WEIWEI
French fear backlashFrench ministers fear the focus could shift to Paris
KATE NUDE PICS
HISTORIC MOMENT
Danes toojoin party
STOCKHOLM: Se og Hoer, aDanish magazine was setThursday to publish pictures ofPrince William’s wife Catherinesunbathing topless, despite theBritish royals’ legal moves inFrance to stop the spread of thephotos. A Swedish celebritymagazine on Wednesday joinedthe growing list of Europeanpublications to print thepaparazzi snaps, which werecovertly taken while the royalcouple were on holiday in thesouth of France this month. TheDanish-based Aller Media com-pany owns the Swedish maga-zine Se och Hoer (See and Hear),which splashed 11 of the candidpictures over three pages. AllerMedia also owns the Danishcelebrity magazine Se og Hoer.
Panetta visitsChina naval baseQINGDAO, CHINA: USDefense Secretary Leon Panettahad a rare first-hand look at aChinese naval base Thursday, asWashington pushes a securitydialogue with a country thatcould rival US power in thePacific. On the third day of hisvisit to China, Panetta flew to theeastern port of Qingdao, home tothe headquarters of the Chinesenavy’s northern fleet, becomingthe first Pentagon chief to set footin the facility.
A NEW BRANCH OF MEDICINE
CommentTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSIt’s too late, Mitt, it’s just too late. You can’t retract saying that you don’tgive a straw for the 47 per cent of Americans who stand by Obama, cal-lling them tax dodgers and say now that you care about 100 per cent ofAmericans. It’s mere opportunism at best, if nothing else.
Psychiatrist is a physi-cian who specialises inpsychiatry and is cer-tified in treating men-tal disorders.
Gynecologist, from theGreek, gynaika (γυναίκα) mean-ing woman, is the medical prac-tice dealing with the health ofthe female reproductive system(uterus, vagina, and ovaries),"the science of women".
I can’t tell you how it hap-pens, or when it happens, but allI can say is that it happens in aflash. Like with most topics I’vewritten about, it pretty much allstarted with a joke. With time Iwould build on the joke, andbefore I know it an article (andeven two books) has been creat-ed. The latest of such “genius”topics has to do with medicine.
As part of the routine at thehospital, after we are doneattending to the patients in theward we go to the EmergencyRoom to admit any patients thatrequire in house services. Uponentering the ER department wewould ask one of the doctors ornurses if there were any patientsfor our department. At the timethis idea was created, some of ushad just been reassigned to dif-ferent departments, myself justleft Gynecology for InternalMedicine. Upon entering ER Iasked if there were any patientsfor me. Unsure what depart-ment I was in, the ER doc askedme what department I’m in, and
like a flash of genius I answered,“Psychiatric Gynecology”. Forthose of you who aren’t aware,there is no such department asPsychiatric Gynecologist, thereis Psychiatry and there isGynecology but not together. Ifsuch a department existed itwould specialize in “treatingmentally disturbed femalereproductive systems andwomen”, translation, “dealingwith a crazy vagina!” (I wish Icould see most of your reactionwhen you read that part).
As time went by I keptexpanding on the PsychiatricGynecologist role, creating syn-dromes and disease that aPsychiatric Gynecologist woulddeal with. Every time I couldintroduce myself as that Iwould, and each time I wouldpush the envelope a little fur-ther, and once the envelopepushed back: there was a psy-chiatric patient who kept dis-robing herself and had to berestrained.
Taking this little topic onestep further I decided to useFacebook as a litmus test of myideas what a PsychiatricGynecologist would talk aboutif he/she were to be giving a lec-ture. The following was posted:
Psychiatric Gynecologist: Nextweek’s talk will be on "The correla-tion between estrogen levels andacting 'bat-shit-crazy”.
That was followed up withPsychiatric Gynecology: Next
week’s lecture will be on "Culturalslang used to refer to the femalegenitalia and its effect on the size ofunderwear".
Reactions to both were posi-tive (and by positive I mean the
guys thought it was hilariousand girls were just in shock andawe at the truth of it all).
So here I am expanding onwhat it would mean to be aPsychiatric Gynecologist. Themore I think about it the more Irealize that almost any guy whohas had to put up with a girl inhis life can be considered atrainee in PsychiatricGynecology. As for the girls, ifyou have had to put up with usguys you would be consideredpatient and understanding, andI emphasise, very understand-ing.What would some of thediagnoses be if the field actuallyexisted? What would the disor-ders be like if they crossedfields?
Affective/Mood Disorder:Experiencing sustained sadnessand emotional outburst; it’sbeen sad for a very long time.
Bipolar Disorder: Varyingdegrees of being manic alternat-ing with state of depression; itjust can’t make up its mind if it’shappy or sad to see you.
Delusional Disorder:Characterised by holding one ormore non-bizarre delusions; itbelieves that’s all guys careabout.
Paranoid SchizophrenicDisorder: Breakdown of theprocess of thinking and of emo-tional responsiveness with audi-tory and/or visual hallucina-tions; it believes other surround-ing organs are conspiring witheach other to plot against it, andbelieves they are listening on itsconversations.
Eating disorders: Involvedisproportionate concern inmatters of food and weight; do Ieven need to explain womenand their issues with weight?
The rich get rich, the poor...
Bill Gates has topped the Forbes Rich list — for the 19th year in a row. It has been a year of profits for the rich and the super rich.The net worth of the richest in the most important country in the world has only risen despite recession — 1.7 trillion. Mitt
Romney may have timed his comment wrong, but what he inadvertently reveals is the disparity between the rich and the poor. If thecream of the rich that includes Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison and the Koch brothers are from the same country where 47 percent don’t pay taxes where a majority of them just cannot afford to, the disparity between the rich and the poor can’t be measured inmiles, but in light-years. We need not search much for reasons behind the many problems that plague us for this is one of the mostimportant ones itself. It is this disparity, this imbalance that evokes hatred and criminal thoughts in those who are not among theblessed ones. For when they look up from their shanties at the cloud-kissing sky-scrapers, they see where they are and where theirbetters, who they imagine might be looking down upon them from above. And every year come out lists like Forbes’s, a constantreminder of this inequality. Something must be done to bridge this gap, soon, or some day the hatred may grow to be too big to becontained, too big to be appeased by eyewashes, sops and promises of politicians.
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All the angrymen
Areader asked me yester-day why so many of
Postnoon’s columnists(myself included) were so angry
all the time. I presumed hemeant in print, because I hope
we don’t walk around sneeringat passersby and flipping the
bird at errant citizens.Thankfully he did.
But what’s wrong with beingangry at real and perceivedinjustices that take place all
around us. I would rather beenraged than cynical; angry
rather than delusionally opti-mistic. I am my own worst criticand I enjoy it…it keeps me on mytoes and prevents the bugbear of
complacency from setting upsticks in my thought processes. Ibelieve that we in the media and
the citizen at large have beenwearing rose-tinted glasses forfar too long. We have allowed
politicians and authorities to getaway with far too much with too
little repercussion. Quite oftenit’s a case of misplaced jingoistic
servility that stops many fromgoing hammer and tongs at
those complacent leviathansbasking in someone else’s sun. It
has been a concerted effort thathas made me question every-
thing: every motive and everysliver of praise. Such scepticism
may sound sad indeed, but itdoes help you keep your eye on
the ball. Be enraged, it helps.Rage against stupidity. Rage
against laziness and its enablers.Above all rage against the
machine that winds up our livesto the extent we become clock-
work junkies looking for ournext fix of primetime delusion.
The writer is the editor, Postnoon
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tELEVISIONTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
USHER, SHAKIRA TO COACH FOR THE VOICEFollowing the news that Nicki Minaj will appear as a judge on AmericanIdol, Usher and Shakira have signed up as coaches for the US edition ofThe Voice. The two stars will take the places of Christina Aguilera andCee Lo Green on the next series of the TV singing competition. 15
DID YOU KNOW...Emmy
was derived from the term “immy,”which described the image
orthicon tubes common in early TVcameras. The 64th Primetime
Emmy Awards will be handed outthis Sunday.
Life on EarthThe series by David Attenboroughis a television natural history seriesmade by the BBC in associationwith Warner Bros. and Reiner MoritzProductions. It was transmitted inthe UK from January 16, 1979.During the course of the seriesAttenborough travels the globe inorder to trace the story of the evo-lution of life on the planet. It wasdivided into 13 programmes (eachof around 55 minutes' duration) sothat it would exactly fill a sched-uler's quarter-year.
James Marstersand Charisma
Carpenter (Spikeand Cordelia
from Buffy The Vampire
Slayer andAngel) have
signed on toguest star in the
next series ofSupernatural.
Carpenter playsa witch living in
a small townwith her hus-
band (Marsters)when she incurs
they wrath of thelocal citizens.
January Jones hasconfessed she ranscreaming fromthe room afterseeing herselfdressed as anoverweight BettyDraper in MadMen. The actressfilmed the latestseries while shewas eight monthspregnant, so writ-ers incorporatedthe baby bumpinto the story bygiving Betty aneating disorder,meaning she hadto wear a fat suit.
SERIAL SCOOP...
CLASSIC TV
GET HOOKEDAfter a rather dull season on TV, the fall line-up is finally ready. And it seems
that the American networks have some promising shows to offer.
Revolution
Revolution, set in a post-apocalyp-tic future, where an unknown
phenomenon has wiped out all electricity. With no technology orpublic order, the world is thrust back into the dark ages, being ruledby warlords and militias. Now, the Matheson family led byCharlotte Matheson (TracySpiridakos) is in the thick of themystery and are the only hope tounravelling what happened duringthe black out, at the risk of their livesand their loved ones. They say that ifyou have liked Lost, you are going tolove this one.
Airs onSeptember 17
Elementary
We thought they couldn't butthey did. The BBC series
Sherlock managed to bring theworld's favourite sleuth to life andmake everyone who watchedBenedict Cumberbatch and MartinFreeman in action fall in love withthem and the show. Now, CBS triesto one up Sherlock with their ownversion, Elementary. Jonny Lee Milleressays Holmes as a former consul-tant to Scotland Yard who travels toNYC to check in at a rehab and stayson in Brooklyn with a newly sober —believe or it or not Charlie's angel —Lucy Liu who plays Joan Watson.
Airs on September 27
Arrow
Is there ever such a thing as toomany superheroes. Latest on the
bandwagon is billionaire OliverQueen (Stephen Amell), who after ashipwreck that kills his father andlover, is marooned on a desertedisland for five years. Oliver is rescuedbut he returns a changed man. Henow has a few skills up his sleevewhich enable him to masquerade asa playboy by day and a vigilante bynight. In a dark and gritty retelling ofthe famed superhero Green Arrow,he returns to take down his familiesenemies while also restoring orderto Star City. Katie Cassady plays thefemale lead as Laurel Lance.
Airs on October 10
Airs on: October 10, 2012
666 Park Avenue
What's a TV season without a lit-tle horror? Based on a novel by
the same name, the series is cen-tered on a midwestern couple, JaneVan Veen (Rachael Taylor) and HenryMartin (Dave Annabel) who move tothe city to manage a building onManhattan's Upper East Side knownas The Drake. The building seems tomake its residents' dreams cometrue but little do they know that theyhave just made a deal with the devil.
Airs on September 30
Vegas
The only thing we love perhaps asmuch as procedurals are period
dramas. And who can protest to the sight of Dennis Quaid in cowboy heels, with a rifle or two tospare in this western. Set in 1960sVegas, the series follows a formerrancher turned sheriff Ralph Lamb(Quaid) who takes on powerfulChicago mobster Vincent Savino(Michael Chilkis) to restore order toSin City.
The episodes for these series willbe available online soon after theirairing dates.
Also watch out for...n The New Normaln Beauty and the Beastn Chicago Firen Emily Owens MDn Last Resort
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
18ALL STAR TRIBUTE BY RAVI IYER &FRIENDSRavi Iyer is one of the finest guitarists and mentor to avid guitarists from theMumbai rock circuit. Ravi will put together a specially curated set of classicsincluding an all star line-up that would enthral one and all. This is one nightyou can't afford to miss out on - be there at Hard Rock Cafe by 9pm.
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Actor Olivia PalermoBurlesque dancer Dita Von TeeseTennis player Andy Murray with fiance Kim SearsBritish cyclist Victoria PendletonModel Florence Brudenell-Bruce
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Burberry Prorsum 2013 spring/summer collec-tion catwalk show was held at the LondonFashion Week recently. Spotted at the eventwere Andy Murray and Victoria Pendleton.
A panel of international experts onCorporate Social Responsibilityanswered questions of eye careprofessionals at the IAPB 9thGeneral Assembly, which is takingplace in the City.
PREVENTINGBLINDNESS MAKING LIFE GREEN
The cast of Life is Beautiful along with the92.7 BIG FM team invited the people to
celebrate the Ganesh festival with a greenGanesha at IMAX on Wednesday.
A GLIMPSE OF JAIPURI WORKCheri Pestonji with Jaipur-based award win-ning designer Nidhi Tholia of Saffron. Nidhiwill be showcasing her wedding and festivecollection at the Anahita store in BanjaraHills. Nidhi is known for her use of traditionalRajasthani textiles and techniques.
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EARLY SEX CAUSING CERVICAL CANCERDue to early exposure to sex, the incidence of cancer of the cervix amongChinese women is on the rise. Medical experts said that the incidence ofcervical cancer among Chinese women has increased from less than fiveper cent 20 years ago to 30 per cent now due to early exposure to sex life.health
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
19Understanding cystic fibrosis
CF is a hereditary disorder that mainly affects the lungs, pancreas and the intestines.
Recurring childhood res-piratory problems hadbecome a routine forReena’s four-year-old.
The problems started to increaseand her daughter started tobecome weak. Tests finallyrevealed that she was sufferingfrom a hereditary disorderknown as cystic fibrosis.
According to Dr PradyutWaghray, MD , Kunal Instituteof Medical Sciences, “Cystic fibrosis is a condition in whichthe secretions in the body getthick. This mainly affects thepancreas and the lungs. Thethick secretion in the lungs maymake it difficult for the patientto breathe.” Cystic Fibrosisoccurs due to the mutation ofthe long arm of the chromosome7. The mutation occurs whenthree of the 6,100 codes of thegene are missing. This gene con-tains proteins that create the cys-tic fibrosis transmission regula-tors (CFTR). If they are function-ing normally, the CFTR helpscontrol the passage of the chlo-ride ions. In case of mutation,the ions cannot pass easily. Insome cases, the CFTR may becompletely absent.
Dr Pradyut explains, “Thiscauses a defect in the chloridechannel hence there is anincreased absorption of salt andwater across the cell mem-brane.” An increased number ofchloride ions should be presentoutside the cell membrane asthey help attracting the waterout of the cell membrane into
the mucous area. In case of CF,the water gets reabsorbed intothe cell thus making the mucousarea thick. The thick mucousmakes the lungs more prone tobacterial infections.
Dr Pradyut says, “CysticFibrosis (CF) is an autosomalrecessive disorder. This meansthat if both parents have CF thanthe child is at risk of CF while ifonly one parent has CF then thechild is at less risk.” This impliesthat if the mother has one regu-
lar gene and one mutated genewhile the father also has onemutated and one regular genethan the child is at risk of CF. Onthe other hand, if only either ofthe parents has a single mutatedgene than the chances of thechild getting CF is less.
He adds, “The carrier rate ofcystic fibrosis is said to be one in25. Cases of CF are more com-mon in children born out of con-sanguineous marriages.”
Cystic fibrosis manifests
mainly in childhood. DrWaghrey says, “This can be seenin the form of repeated respira-tory tract infections. Bacteriasuch as the pseudomonas havebeen seen to cause infections inCF patients.”
Testing to know if the childmay be suffering from CF can bedone in the foetal stage itself. Ifit is found that the child may besuffering from CF, the parentsmay be advised to abort thechild as there is not treatment
for that.” According to DrPradyut, cases of Cystic fibrosisare rarely seen, but, if we look atdata over the last 10 years wecan see that there are an increas-ing number of cases. Cysticfibrosis can be diagnosed withthe help of a sweat chloride testas patients suffering from SF willhave an increased sodium con-tent in their sweat. This test isavailable in many hospitalsnowadays. CT scans can also beused to diagnose CF.
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
KeasKeas is dedicated to help-ing users gain control oftheir general health. Theapp features tools thatexplain health data,including lab results. Userscan select a care plan thatis personalised to their
body’s needs. This plan is gearedtowards encouraging the user to meethis or her health goals.
Hepatitis DHepatitis D also referred to as HDV is adisease caused by a small circularenveloped RNA virus. HDV is consideredto be a subviral satellite because it canpropagate only in the presence of thehepatitis B virus (HBV). Transmission ofHDV can occur either via simultaneousinfection with HBV or superimposed onchronic hepatitis B or hepatitis B carrierstate. These can result in more severecomplications.
Human hair grows forseven yearsThe lifespan of a human hair is 3 to 7years on average. While you lose quite afew hairs each day, your hair actually has
a pretty long life provided theyaren’t subjected to trauma. Yourhair will probably get to seeseveral different haircuts and it
will possibly be decadesbefore they fall out.
Christian Jacobaeus Hans Christian Jacobaeus was a Swedish internist. He was an importantfigure of modern laparoscopy and thoracoscopy. He is credited with per-forming the first thoracoscopic diagno-sis with a cystoscope in 1910. This tech-nique was used in the treatment of apatient with tubercular intra-thoracicadhesions. His work also involved cysto-scopic diagnostics of the abdomen(laparoscopy).
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health THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 20BREAKTHROUGH
Researchers have been successful in identifying ways to block asthma attacks and
the two most significant biological triggers that bring it on.
WASHINGTON: Scientistsmay have hit upon an effectiveway to block asthma attacks byidentifying the two most signifi-cant biological triggers thatbring them on.
Researchers from theUniversities of California-SanFrancisco (UCSF), JohnsHopkins and Duke universitiesdemonstrate that these two trig-gers for asthma are tied to aspecific calcium-activated chlo-ride channel, called TMEM16A.
They regulate airway secre-tions and smooth muscle con-traction, the two major factorslinked with asthma attacks,according to the journalProceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences.
“Maybe if we could inhibit
both of these processes byblocking this one channel, wecould affect the two symptomsof asthma,” said senior studyauthor Jason Rock, assistantprofessor of anatomy at UCSF.
Asthma, a respiratory disor-der that causes shortness ofbreath, coughing and chest dis-comfort, results from changes inthe airways that lead to thelungs.
It affects 18.7 million adultsand 7.0 million children in theUS alone, according to theCentres for Disease Control andPrevention.
Normally, humans have fewmucus-producing cells. Thosesuffering from asthma, howev-er, have an elevated number ofthese cells lining the tubes that
lead to the lungs.“The overabundance of
mucus plugging the airwayscombined with hyper-contrac-tility of the smooth muscle -when the tubes get really small- make it difficult to move air inor out,” Rock said. “A lot ofpeople equate that feeling withbreathing through a straw.”
Rock and colleaguesfocused on a calcium-activated
chloride channel calledTMEM16A. This channelsecretes chloride ions, besidesregulating biological processessuch as neuron firing, gastroin-testinal activity and the secre-tion of sweat and tears.
The authors identified threechemicals that inhibit the chan-nel. “We tested the ability ofthese chemicals to inhibitTMEM16A and other channels,and we found that they specifi-cally block TMEM16A,” Rocksaid.
“It is great that we cameacross these molecules thatwere unknown previously sincewe can now try to get into clini-cal trials to benefit patients,”said Rock.
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these two biolohicaltriggers for asthmaare tied to a specificcalcium-activatedchloride channel,called TMEM16A.
Significant triggers ofasthma identified
RESEARCHCardiac care inextreme coldand heatSYDNEY: Extremes of tempera-tures during heat waves or coldspells could trigger prematuredeaths from heart attacks, says anew study by Australianresearchers.
The findings are importantbecause of how the bodyresponds to temperate extremes,the growing obesity trend andthe Earth’s climate changes, saidCunrui Huang, who led thestudy as doctoral scholar at theSchool of Public Health,Queensland University ofTechnology (QUT), Brisbane.
Exposure to extreme temper-atures can trigger changes inblood pressure, blood thickness,cholesterol and heart rate,according to previous research,the journal Circulation:Cardiovascular Quality andOutcomes reports.
The study is the first in whichresearchers examined the linkbetween daily average tempera-ture and “years of life lost” dueto cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Years of life lost measurespremature death by estimatingyears of life lost according toaverage life expectancy, accord-ing to a QUT statement.
“With increasing rates of obe-sity and related conditions, morepeople will be vulnerable toextreme temperatures and thatcould increase the future diseaseburden of extreme tempera-tures,” Huang said.
Researchers collected data ondaily temperatures in Brisbane,Australia, between 1996 and2004 and compared them to doc-umented cardiovascular-relateddeaths for the same period.
Per one million people, 72years of life were lost per daydue to CVD, researchers said.Risk of premature CVD deathrose more when extreme heatwas sustained for two or moredays, researchers found.
“This might be because peo-ple become exhausted due to thesustained strain on their cardio-vascular systems without relief,or health systems become over-stretched and ambulances takelonger to reach emergencycases,” said Adrian G. Barnett,study co-author and associateprofessor of biostatistics.
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EntertainmentTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
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Samantha in talks forSuriya’s film?
Samantha is makingwaves in the Tamil film
industry, despite losing outShankar and Mani Rathn a -m’s films. Recently, AL Vijayapproached her for his nextfilm with Vijay and the lat-est buzz is that Lingusamyis in talks with her for hisnext film with Suriya. Withsuch big projects on thetable, Samantha is clearlyspoilt for choice!
Gautham Menon goesgaga over Nani
Looks like Gautham Menon ismighty impressed with Nani.
“With Nani, what struck me washis confidence. Revelation - Nani,the most confident actor,”Gautham Menon praised Nani onTwitter and added that he wouldlove to work with him again. Naniis playing the lead role inGautham Menon’s YetoVellipoyindhi Manasu.
ANR turns 88
Akkineni Nageshwara Rao(ANR) is celebrating his 88th
birthday today. Having dedicatedmore than 75 years of his life toacting, every aspect of his lifeboth on and off screen has beenwidely written about. After play-ing the role of Valmiki in Bapu’sSriramarajyam, he’ll soon team upwith Nagarjuna and NagaChaitanya for a film titled Treyam.
CINE BYTESTHE PRINCE’S DIARY
to star in VamshiPaidipally’s film!
MaheshBabu
Mahesh Babu is on a roll these dayswith back to back big budget pro-jects. Currently, he’s acting inSrikanth Addala’s SeethammaVaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu and the
principal shooting of his next film inSukumar’s direction has already begun. Thelatest buzz is that he has agreed to star inVamshi Paidipally’s film which has been ten-tatively titled as Krishnaa MukundaaMurari. Recently, Vamshi Paidipally metMahesh Babu and gave him a basic narra-tion of the story. Sources say that MaheshBabu was mighty impressed with thestoryline and he immediately agreed tostar in the film. Dil Raju is going toproduce this film, in association withMahesh Babu’s close friend NiranjanReddy. Incidentally, Dil Raju hasproduced all of Vamshi Paidipally’sfilms so far which includes titleslike Munna, Brindavanam and thelatest project Yevadu. KrishnaaMukundaa Murari is likely togo on floors next yearafter Mahesh Babuand VamshiPaidipally wrapup their currentprojects. Moredetails aboutthis film will berevealed soon.
fashionTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
ENDLESS.COM TO SHUT SHOPAMAZON.COM INC is closing its fashion website endless.com as the world's largest Internet retailer focuses on
a new, upgraded apparel and accessories section of its main website. On September 27, endless.com willbecome part of Amazon.com/Fashion, according to a statement on the front page of endless.com.
When you think ofcelebrated couturi-ers living in thecountry, there are afew names that
can be cited on the fingers of yourhand. In the land of rich heritage,prevailing craft culture andincredible workmanship of arti-sans, it is upto these couture mas-ters to bring all the elementstogether and create a fashionhouse with its own identity and ahigh level of quality. Born inMumbai, Tarun Tahiliani graduat-ed from the prestigious Whartonbusiness school in Philadelphia,and went on to study design atFashion Institute of Technology inNew York. He set up his first fash-ion store ‘Ensemble’ in 1987 withhis sister Tina Tahiliani, which istoday one of the most reputedmulti-designer retail store in thecountry. The Tarun Tahilianibrand was launched in 1990 andtoday has stand-alone stores locat-ed in five cities with the latest onelocated within the confines of anantique house at Banjara Hills,Hyderabad.
His design and business ven-tures co-exist and have found himsuccess in various segmentsbesides fashion. Tahiliani has alsocollaborated with Johnnie Walker,Swarovski Elements, Titan watch-es to create premium limited edi-tion products. Tahiliani has
designed for hotels, restaurants,and done interiors as well.Working independently from theseasonal fashion weeks, Tahilianishowcases his new collections inlavish settings, which sets himapart from the other designers. Itwas infact the satisfying responsefrom his Couture Exposition inHyderabad last year that con-vinced him to open shop here.
Tahiliani’s base is setup inDelhi and has enabled him tohone the definition of the womenwho epitomize his label. Hiswomen (or women who wearTarun Tahiliani) walk tall, requestfor traditional wear but with amodern updated silhouette andare romantics. Saris with belts,lungi trousers, digital ethnic printt-shirts, bandhgala jacket styleblouses; Tahiliani’s trademarkstyles all reflect his penchant toupdate the traditional garmentsinto easier to wear flattering gar-ments. The brand is definitelyaspirational and has been worn bysome of the most influentialwomen of the world. When talkshow host Oprah Winfrey visitedIndia for the first time, TarunTahiliani introduced her to theIndian silhouettes. Bollywoodactress Shilpa Shetty weddingtrousseau was custom designed bythe designer. Tahilaini dressedUpasana Kamineni for her wed-
22&23FIRST FASHION WEEK IN MEGHALAYATHE NORTH-East Indian state of Meghalaya is all set to host its first ever fashion week from October 19-20in the capital city of Shillong. Initiated under the leadership of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, the event titledShillong Fashion Week (SFW) would be held at the North Eastern Hills University (NEHU) convention centre.
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BRIDEding in Hyderabad. Internationalpop star Lady Gaga wore a TarunTahiliani sari for her first and onlyperformance in India. On one ofthe most iconic Indian fashionmagazine covers, supermodelGisele Bundchen wore aTarunTahiliani digital print stringbikini.
His brand has a wide offeringof ready-to-wear and couture formen and women.
People from all over the worldhave been able to wear his designsin aplomb as he creates for a mod-ern clientele. Some high profileweddings in North India andSouth India alike have seen thetrousseau designed by Tahiliani.“The TarunTahiliani brand is themarriage of exquisite Indiancraftsmanship with westerndesign and fit that combines thespirit of old India with the form ofmodern India, to revolutionisecontemporary Indian fashion. Ifeel that it has an appeal not onlyto the women in north and south,but universally. You can be com-fortable in these garments at awedding in Rio or a fashionablecocktail in Paris!,” adds Tahiliani.
With his growing demand itmade sense for the designer toopen shop in the city ofHyderabad after Delhi andMumbai. “We have a lot of cou-ture clients (from Hyderabad) whowere flying to the studio in Delhi
and Mumbai and that's why thedecision to have a couture studioin Hyderabad” says TarunTahiliani. “My love affair withHyderabad started as a child whenI first visited and saw its boul-dered landscape and Deccanidomes. We did a wedding for aclient in the Falaknuma palaceand I truly feel proud of what wecreated that evening and what amagnificent backdrop.”
The Tarun Tahiliani boutiquein Hyderabad was launched onAugust 23, 2012. The store has thefeel of a long narrow hallway situ-ated in an old world house withinset hand knotted carpets, wood-en textures, and Osler chandeliers.This Banjara Hills store carries thecomplete collection from theTarun Tahiliani Design Studio —Chikankari Sari’s, Masterfuldrapes, Concept Sari’s, Anarkali’s,Lehenga’s, Sherwani’s, DigitalPrints etc. In addition, the storeoffers Tarun Tahiliani’s embroi-dered classics in chikankari, gota,resham, his Swarovski spangledsari’s and structured drapes forspecial occasion and bridal wearfor both men and women. All thisand more can be seen at a specialbridal event to be organised at theHyderabad store on September 27to 29 which will be hosted byTarun Tahiliani himself.
Master draper and couturier TarunTahiliani opens shop in Hyderabad for thefirst time. Read on to know about thedesigner and why you might want to sample his designs yourself.
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bonanza63 ‘Beware the ___ of March’ 64 More quick to the helm65 Train for a title boxing
match66 ‘___ we forget!’
DOWN1 Downhill skiing style2 Buddhist shrine3 Makes amends4 Safe-cracking crook5 Debatable topic6 Stint at the factory7 Make angry8 Glut9 Atlantic City attraction10 A Middle Easterner11 Lightbulb filament metal12 ‘Warm’ or ‘cold’ ending13 Mermaid's home21 Agnew under Nixon22 What mown lawns do26 Be untruthful27 Scary Hollywood street29 Feel a dull pain30 Opposite of liability31 Fabrics34 Champaign's neighbour35 Suffix meaning ‘residents’ or
‘followers’36 ‘I'm Too ___’ (hit by Right Said
Fred)37 Ominous38 Destiny, in Buddhism39 Aussie farm bird40 Was the head of43 Where Hollywood
meets Vine45 Ridicule46 Eats away47 Most inexperienced49 Apt rhyme for
‘glare’50 Mary's best friend, on TV51 ‘That's ___ nonsense!’54 Woes, as of the world55 Sticky gunk56 Pool table border57 It's fit for a pig58 It's ‘eureka!’ either way
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26THOUGHT OF THE DAYHow can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always bydoing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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How to play kakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku insome ways. But is also suitably different. The keyquestion: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakurogrid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It hasrows and columns, and dark cells like in a cross-word. And, just like in a crossword, some of thedark cells will contain numbers. Some cells willcontain two numbers.
However, in a crossword the numbersreference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are allyou get! They denote the total of the digits in therow or column referenced by the number.
Within each collection of cells — calleda run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be usedbut, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.
Let’s have an example to explain this conceptmore clearly:
In the image above, which shows a section ofa kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells under-neath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could bethe answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...
So, how do you work out the actual combi-nation? Well, this is done through eliminationand cross-referencing. For instance, as you workout the answers for other kakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the valid combinations, and hencethe answer for this particular run.
Note the second cell in row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers tothe vertical run underneath the number 30 andthe 11 refers to the two cells to the right, hori-zontally, of the number 11.
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ARIESYou stand unfazed by defeatsand disappointments. Successtoo will not go to your head.Friendship with ruling partypoliticians likely, which will bebeneficial. Govt sops likely forbusinessmen. Court verdictswill go in your favour.
ARIES: The World – Youcan make use of contacts and peoplein the know to get some contractsyour way. But do not forget the peo-ple who helped you.
GEMINI: King of Swords –Your efficiency is your biggeststrength. Use it well and also make itknown to people that you’re workinghard on these projects.
LEO: Four of Swords – Atravel plan may have to be shorten -ed for various reasons. Keep optionsopen and do not jump into collabo-rations with anyone before checking.
LIBRA: Judgement – Thereare many things about your dailyroutine that need correcting. Startwith the bedtime and also the firstthings you do when you wake up.
TAURUS: Page of Wands –You have the tendency to stick to agroup and be part of that groupeven if it’s not helping you in anyway. Get out of the clique mentality.
CANCER: Ace of Pentacles– Spend time de-cluttering yourhome. Dust articles and showpiecesthat are out in the open but have notbeen attending to for a long time.
VIRGO: Seven of Pentacles– You have to have a friendlier atti-tude for your business to click. Don’tbe arrogant with people you don’tknow. They may be helpful to you.
SCORPIO: Queen of Wan -ds – You are passionate about yourhobby and will not give it up for any-thing in the world. People aroundyo u are see it as a useless obsession.
CAPRICORN: Ten of Cups– You are feeling drained out andfeel the need for a break. Take timeoff to do things that you like. Stay athome and spend time with friends.
SAGITTARIUS: Knight ofCups – Spend time analysing peopleand their motivations. Do not get intoa situation that you’ve read someonewrong and misunderstand him/her.
AQUARIUS: King ofPentacles – Moving from one place toanother has become quite a pain.And it is taking a toll on you. You’refeeling fatigued, and need some rest.
PISCES: Seven of Wands –When you meet people of ‘loose ch a -racter’, as society defines them, ref r a -in from making any judgement. Youdon’t know what they went through.
TAURUSYou express opinions with cou -rage and without botheringabout consequences. You willbe bold enough to face anytype of challenge. Newthoughts will come to youwhich, if given shape, will yieldgood results.
GEMINIComforts are set to increase.Creativity will reach greaterheights and earn you apprecia-tion. Your charisma is likely toincrease, which will be favo -urable in completing workwithout putting great efforts. Astrong financial position likely.
CANCERYour boldness is set to increase,which will make you do workwith a decisive step. Foes toowill become friends, which willsurprise you. Written-off dueswill be received, which willimprove your financial position.Politicians will be in limelight.
LEOWith unrelenting efforts, youare certain to finish all assign-ments undertaken. Court ver-dict will be in your favour.Foreign trip, not materialisingsince long, will now become areality and you will leave soon.The purpose will also be met.
VIRGOAll wishes will get fulfilled. Youwill be invited by VIPs to takepart in celebrations at their ho -me. Good events to take placeat home, which will keep familymembers cheerful. Thosedeprived of children for a longtime will hear good news.
LIBRAYou will not like to be depen-dent on anyone. Minor healthproblems likely; take care. Somework will get delayed or will getcompleted only after makingtwo or three efforts. Avoidanger and emotional decisions.Expected money will come.
SCORPIOAvoid anger and controversialdecisions. As planetary situa-tion is not favourable, onlyclose friends and wellwisherswill understand you well andothers might misunderstandyou. However, the situation willchange gradually; relax.
SAGITTARIUSYou will never give up until youreach your goals. All commit-ments given by you will be ful-filled without any deviation.Your stock is set to pile up.Support from spouse and in-laws will make you happy.Marriage talk will progress.
CAPRICORNYou are not ready to compro-mise for anything short of yourexpectations and you needinstant results for actions takenby you. As time is favourable,work that seemed to be diffi-cult earlier will now look easyto complete.
AQUARIUSYou will be able to attract allwith your sweet talk and prop-er approach. But expenses willgo beyond expectation and in -come will erode. Minor misun-derstanding between coupleslikely. Be careful while drivingand avoid rash driving.
PISCESYou are not ready to believeanything without proper evi-dence. You look matured andhave gained worldly knowl-edge, which will help you inhandling problems wisely.Anger and emotional outburstsneed to be kept away.
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New Sin City filmslated for November
Sin City fans will probablyhave a hard time believ-
ing this, but the film's long-awaited follow-up is finallyramping up production. StarRosario Dawson — con-firmed to be reprising herrole in the prequel/sequelalongside Mickey Rourke,Jessica Alba, Clive Owen,Michael Madsen and more -has told MTV that Sin City: ADame to Kill For is slated tobegin shooting thisNovember.
Sense of humourimportant for Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow has creditedlaughing and having the
same taste in music for her suc-cessful marriage. The Oscar-win-ning actress, who has been mar-ried to Coldplay singer ChrisMartin for nearly nine years, sug-gested that sharing a similarsense of humour is part of thereason they're still together.
Sanders' wife spottedwith mystery man
Rupert Sanders' estranged wifeLiberty Ross was spotted hand
in hand here with a new man, justtwo months after she split withthe Snow White And TheHuntsman director over his flingwith actress Kristen Stewart. TheBritish model, who has two chil-dren with Sanders, was seenenjoying a night out with themystery man, reportsthesun.co.uk. IANS
CINE BYTESMUM’S A FAN
Justin’smum gushesover Selena
Not only does Selena Gomezhave millions of adoring fans,but she also has one veryimportant admirer who thinks
the world of the Disney darling: her BFJustin Bieber's mom, Pattie Mallette. OnTuesday, Pattie appeared on The EllenDegeneres Show, and the TV host could-n't help but ask Bieber's mom if sheadores the sweet-as-pie Selena."Seriously, how can you not like her? Imean you've met her," Pattie gushes toEllen. "She's so sweet." And Ellen chimesin to add that she "loves" Selena and"thinks she's fantastic." She's good forhim and they're great together," Pattiecontinues. "They're a cute couple," Ellensays. "Adorable," adds Pattie.
sports 29PGA TOUR
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
V A L K E N B U R G ,NETHERLANDS: Germany’sTony Martin on Wednesday suc-cessfully defended his worldtime-trial title, beating US riderTaylor Phinney by five secondsover 45.7km in Valkenburg, theNetherlands.
The race between Martin andPhinney was the highlight of thecompetition and saw the Germanclock an average speed of 46.8kmph. After his narrow victory,he lay flat out on the ground torecover.
The 27-year-old caughtAlberto Contador around the30km mark after starting twominutes behind the Spaniard,who recently won the Tour ofSpain. He eventually finished in
ninth spot. Phinney, 22, hadmixed feelings over taking sec-ond spot.
“I had a very good season upuntil the Olympics,” said Phin -ney, who suffered double frustra-tion in London finishing fourthin both the time-trial and theroad race. After that I preparedfor the world championships. Ifsomeone had said beforehand Iwould win the silver medal Iwould have been happy.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA: WorldNo 1 Rory McIlroy will onceagain be paired with 14-timemajor winner Tiger Woods(right) as he shoots for his fourthvictory in his last five events atthis week’s Tour Championship.
Woods and McIlroy tee off asthe final pairing of the 30-manPGA Tour field on Thursday.
McIlroy says he’s pleasedwith what he has accomplishedon the PGA Tour this year butdoesn’t think Woods is intimi-dated in any way by him.
“No, how can I intimidateTiger Woods?” he said. “Theguy’s got 75 or 70 whateverPGA Tour wins, 14 majors.
“He’s been the biggest thingever in our sport. I mean, howcan some little 23-year-old fromNorthern Ireland with a fewwins come up and intimidatehim? It’s just not possible.
“I don’t know where he gotthat from, but it’s not true.”
McIlroy was referring to arecent comment from formerAustralian golfer Greg Normanwho said he believes Woods
sees the two-time major winnerMcIlroy as a threat.
“What I’m seeing is thatTiger’s really intimidated byRory,” Norman said. “Whenhave you ever seen him intimi-dated by another player?Never.”
Woods has seen numerousrivals come and go during his 17years on the PGA Tour. McIlroyheads into the TourChampionship as world num-ber one and first on the the PGATour’s money list.
McIlroy began his recent runof fine form with a record eight-shot victory at Kiawah Island inthe PGA Championship for hissecond major.
He won back-to-back FedExCup playoff events in Bostonand Indianapolis to stretch hislead in the world rankings andbecome the front runner to col-lect the $10 million bonus thatwill be handed out after the finalround at East Lake.
As far as not being intimi-dated goes, McIlroy can say thesame for Woods.
“I don’t think intimidated isthe right word,” McIlroy said ofWoods’ towering presence. “Iam more just in awe of whathe’s done, of his accomplish-ments, of his achievements. Butnever intimidated.”
There are a number of play-ers who could win the $10 mil-lion bonus, heading into the TourChampionship which will deter-mine the FedEx Cup playoffchampion. The points are reset togive each of the 30 players in thefield a mathematical chance. AFP
HYDERABAD: P SusheelReddy won the Hyderabad dis-trict under-13 boys’ chesschampionship held here onWednesday, while Rajarith wikand SVS Rohith secured thesecond and third spots.
Anmol Jain won the girlschampionship. Manisha Chow -
dary came second andSrivardhini Reddy third.
P Susheel Reddy, Raja -rithwik, Anmol Jain andManisha Chowdary will repre-sent Hyderabad in the AP Stateunder-13 chess championshipto be played at Khammamfrom September 21–23.
Brenin State open prize moneychess tournament will be
held on September 23–24 at theTirumala Engnering College,Kesara Gutta. Those interested inparticipating can call 99511 35532for registration.
TRACK WORK IN HYDERABADPlenipotent and Specialist excel
HYDERABAD: Plenipotent,Specialist, Vijaysheel and Vijay’sChamp impressed when thehorses were exercised here thismorning (Thursday):Sand Track 800 Metres:Sheer Genius (rb) 58, 600/44.5Moved on the bit. Vijaysheel(Ravinder Sigh) 56, 600/41Pleased. Friendly Equation(app)1-3, 600/48 Easy. Kohinoor King(app) 56, 600/42 Moved well.Ashleen State (P Venkat) 56.5,600/43 Urged. Vijay’s Champ
(Ravinder Singh) 54, 600/41Impressed. Transition (app) 1-2,600/46.5 Moved freely. Kohi -noor Forever (Ajit Kumar) 1-1.5,600/45.5 Moved on the bit.Sand Track 1000 Metres:Castle Town (P Venkat) 1-12,800/56.5, 600/43.5 Pushed inthe last part. Desert Bloom(Ravinder Singh) 1-12.5, 800/57,600/43 Moved well. Ache forLove (rb) 1-15, 800/1-0, 600/45Un-extended. Rohini Star (PVenkat) 1-15, 800/58.5, 600/45
Maintains form. Odalis(Raivnder Singh) 1-30, 1000/1-13.5, 800/56.5, 600/43 Pushed.Devils Advocate (Chary) 1-34,1200/600 in 45 Easy.Sand Track 1400 Metres:A Horizotal Urge (app) 1-50,1400/600 in 1-0.5 Easy. Machia -vellianism (Joshi) 1-48, 1200/1-32, 1000/1-16, 800/1-1, 600/47.5 Moved very easy.Plenipotent (Joshi) 1-39, 1200/1-23.5, 1000/1-7.5, 800/53, 600/40Outstanding gallop of the day.
Tiger, Rory square off It will be the fifth time in the last four tournaments that Woods and McIlroy
have played in the same group and the eighth time this year.
Susheel, Anmolare U-13 champs
Chief guest of the event, national chess player Rishpal Sing pictured withthe prize winners.
Martindefends hisworld time-trial title
CYCLING EVENT
CHESS IN CITYPrize money tournamentscheduled
“He’s been thebiggest thing
ever in our sport. Howcan some little 23-year-old with a few wins come upand intimidatehim?
World No 1 Rory McIlroyspeaking of Tiger Woods
sports 30T20 WORLD CUP
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
KULDIP LALAgence France-Presse
COLOMBO: India and Australiagained full points from their openingmatches at the World Twenty20 withcontrasting wins against lesser-ranked sides on Wednesday.
India, sent in to bat, took advan-tage of their rivals’ butter-fingereddisplay to recover from a bad startand post 159-5, with Virat Kohli top-scoring with 50 off 38 balls.
The Afghans, batting with gayabandon, raced to a comfortable 75-2in the 12th over before a late collapsesaw the non-Test side bowled out for136 with three balls to spare.
Mohammad Nabi was the starbatsman with an aggressive 31 off 17balls with two boundaries and asmany sixes, while Karim Sadiq made26 and skipper Nawroz Mangalchipped in with 22.
Seamer Lakshmipathy Balaji andleft-arm spinner Yuvraj Singhclaimed three wickets each and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin tooktwo, but India were fortunate toemerge unscathed.
The Afghans continued to attacktill the end, but the loss of regularwickets cost them an unlikely win.
Tall left-arm seamer Shapoor
Zardan had given the Afghans asuperb start when he removed open-ers Gautam Gambhir and VirenderSehwag by the fifth over with only 22runs on the board.
But Afghanistan, playing theirsecond World Twenty20, were letdown by a shoddy display in thefield, dropping four catches, two ofthem return catches by Nabi.
“We could probably have donebetter,” said Mangal. “Our shot selec-tion was poor, and we should havefielded better, But we are satisfiedthat we could restrict the mightyIndian batting to below 160.”
Indian captain Mahendra SinghDhoni said the Twenty20 formatallowed lesser-ranked sides to givetheir rivals a tought fight.
“The format is such that if onebatsman or bowler has a great day, itcould change the result of the match,”said Dhoni. “It was still a good per-formance by us, but not a great one.
“To be honest, there are a lot ofareas we have to improve.”
India play defending championsEngland next in Colombo on Sunday.Afghanistan await England at thesame venue on Friday.
The top two teams from thegroup will advance to the SuperEights round.
India’s Yuvraj Singh (L) successfully appeals for a LBW deci-sion against Afghanistan’s Nawroz Mangal during their ICCT20 World Cup match on Wednesday. AFP/LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCH
COLOMBO: Shane Watsonpounded Ireland with both bat andball as Australia began their WorldTwenty20 campaign with anemphatic seven-wicket victory inColombo on Wednesday.
Watson grabbed three wicketsas Ireland were restricted to 123-7and then smashed 51 off 30 balls tohelp Australia surpass the modesttotal in the 16th over of the group Bmatch.
The New South Wales all-rounder put on 60 for the first wick-et with David Warner (26) in sevenovers, and 31 off 18 balls for the sec-ond with Michael Hussey, before hewas run out in the 11th over.
Watson, who hit five boundariesand three sixes and claimed a wick-et with his first delivery, was named
the man of the match.“We knew how important the
game was to make a statement,” hesaid. “I had been thinking abouthow to bowl the first over for abouta day and it worked out nicely.”
Barely 3,000 spectators werepresent at the 35,000-capacityPremadasa stadium to watchAustralia teach the non-Test nationa cricketing lesson in the first everT20 clash between the two sides.
Australia, who lost to Englandin the final of the 2010 World T20 inthe Caribbean, had briefly slippedbelow Ireland in the T20 rankingsearlier this month.
The slump started with the firstball of the innings, which skipperWilliam Porterfield hooked downfine-leg’s throat to the great delightof bowler Watson.
“We did not have a great start;we tried to get a platform but thatdid not happen,” said Porterfield. “Ican’t fault the lads because theytried their best.” AFP
India slog it out for win
Watson rocks Ireland
India had to ‘huff-and-puff’ their way to victory when theytook on Afghanistan in their opening Twenty20 World Cup clash. India innings
G Gambhir b Shapoor Zadran 10V Sehwag c M Shahzad b Shapoor Zadran 8V Kohli c M Nabi b Dawlat Zadran 50Yuvraj c Shapoor Zadran b Karim Sadiq 18S Raina b Mohammad Nabi 38MS Dhoni not out 18R Sharma not out 1Extras (lb 2, w 14) 16Total (for 5 wickets in 20 overs) 159Bowling O M R WShapoor Zadran 4 0 33 2Dawlat Zadran 4 0 25 1Gulbodin Naib 2 0 15 0Karim Sadiq 4 0 33 1Mohammad Nabi 4 0 35 1Samiullah Shenwari 2 0 16 0Afghanistan inningsM Shahzad c Yuvraj b Balaji 18Nawroz Mangal lbw b Yuvraj 22Karim Sadiq c Gambhir b Yuvraj 26Asghar Stanikzai c Dhoni b Yuvraj 6Mohammad Nabi c Sharma b Ashwin 31Samiullah Shenwari c & b Ashwin 1Shafiqullah lbw b Pathan 8Gulbodin Naib c Raina b Balaji 5Najibullah Zadran run out (Dhoni/Balaji) 5Dawlat Zadran Balaji 8Shapoor Zadran not out 0Extras (lb 2, w 3, nb 1) 6Total (all out in 19.3 overs) 136Bowling O M R WZaheer Khan 3 0 32 0Irfan Pathan 4 0 29 1L Balaji 3.3 0 19 3Rohit Sharma 1 0 10 0Yuvraj Singh 4 0 24 3R Ashwin 4 0 20 2
Afghanistan vs India
Australia’s Shane Watson (R) plays a shot as Ireland’s wicketkeeperGary Wilson (L) looks on during their ICC T20 World Cup match atthe R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday.
AFP/LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Ireland innings:Ed Joyce 16, Niall O’Brien 20, KevinO’Brien 35, Alex Cusack 15, Nigel Jonesnot out 14.Total (for 7 wickets in 20 overs) 123Bowling: Shane Watson 26/3, MitchellStarc 20/2, Glenn Maxwell 12/1,Brad Hogg 22/1.Australia innings:David Warner 26, Shane Watson 51, MikeHussey 10, Cameron White not out 22 ,George Bailey not out, 6.Total (3 wickets, in 15.1 overs) 125Bowling: George Dockrell 31/1, KevinO’Brien 18/1.
Australia vs Ireland
sports 31CALLS IT A DAY
SOUTH AFRICA VS ZIMBABWE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
SYDNEY: Veteran Australianopener Matthew Hayden hascalled time on his glitteringplaying career, opting not toplay in Australia’s domesticTwenty20 series this year, hisBrisbane Heat team saidThursday.
The Heat said that afterlengthy discussions, Hayden,40, had opted not to return for afinal series after signing as theirmarquee player for last season’sinaugural T20 Big Bash League.
Hayden, who retired fromTest cricket in 2009, played forthe Chennai Super Kings in theIndian Premier League in 2010.He took a sabbatical from crick-
et before returning to play forthe Brisbane team in 2011-12.
“I will be pursuing my ini-tial intention and agreementwith the Heat of moving fromthe pitch to the boardroom,where I hope to continue tomake a meaningful contributionto the Big Bash League and theBrisbane Heat,” Hayden said ina statement.
“I also plan to be very activein promoting and supportingthe Brisbane Heat both on andoff the field, and to contribute tothe long-term success of thefranchise.” Hayden said cricketwould remain a significant partof his life. AFP
SHAHID HASHMI Agence France-Presse
HAMBANTOTA: High-flyingSouth Africa batsman HashimAmla said his team was ready fortheir African neighboursZimbabwe in their Group Cmatch of the World Twenty20 atHambantota on Thursday.
Zimbabwe were smartingfrom a big 82-run defeat at thehands of hosts Sri Lanka, withmystery spinner Ajantha Mendisregistering best figures of 6-8 inall Twenty20 internationals in thetournament opener on Tuesday.
Amla, said Zimbabwe willcome down hard in their lastchance to stay in the tournament.
“Zimbabwe are a profession-al team, they must want toimprove on their performancebut we are coming well preparedso whatever they bring to theparty, obviously we need to bebetter than that,” Amla said onWednesday.
Labelled as perennial “chok-
ers” for their slumps in majorevents since being readmitted tointernational cricket in 1992,South Africa look to end their 14-year title wait after winning theICC’s knock out tournament in1998.
For that, Amla thinks, a win-ning start was important.
“I think we need to start well,each T20 game is different andgetting a victory for a good start,that’s what we are looking for.That has been our aim, fortunate-ly we’ve had a good preparationcoming here,” said Amla.
Led by the gutsy AB deVilliers, South Africa boost of astrong batting line-up withJacques Kallis as their mainstaybesides having a varied attackwith Dale Steyn and MorneMorkel spearheading the pacedepartment and Johan Botha andRobin Petersen as quality spin-ners. Amla said South Africa’srecent showings in all threeforms of the game has lifted theirconfidence.
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s policeraided a factory turning outcounterfeit ICC World Twenty20T-shirts and seized stocks of spu-rious merchandise, a senior offi-cer said Wednesday.
Deputy Inspector-GeneralAnura Senanayake said they car-ried out the crackdown on fakeWorld Twenty20 merchandisefollowing a complaint from theInternational Cricket Council(ICC) over trade mark infringe-ments. “We have arrested a per-son who produced fake T-shirtsand recovered stocks from sever-al retail outlets,” Senanayaketold AFP. “Investigations areunderway.”
The ICC said local manufac-turers were in the process ofturning out “large quantities” offake team shirts belonging to the12 countries competing in theWorld Twenty20 tournament,which opened in Sri LankaTuesday and ends on October 7.
Hayden retires fromall forms of cricket
Matthew Hayden, the veteran Australian opener has called time on his glitteringplaying career, opting not to play in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 series this year.
SA ready for Zimbabwe
CLOTHING TROUBLEPolice raidfake ICCstores
England stun Pakistan in warm-up match
Players stuck toeach other: Kabir
COLOMBO: ReigningWorld T20 championsEngland overcame a battingfailure to bounce back anddefeat Pakistan by 15 runs ina warm-up match inColombo on Wednesday.England, shot out for 111after electing to take firststrike, hit back to restrictPakistan to 96-9 on a bowler-friendly pitch at the P. SaraOval. Danny Briggs, a 21-
year-old left-arm spinner,claimed three wickets for 15runs after being asked toopen the bowling byEngland’s captain StuartBroad. Seamer JadeDernbach finished with threefor 14 as Pakistan’s batsmenfaltered against both paceand spin. Asad Shafiq’s 20was the highest score asseven batsmen failed toreach double figures. AFP
COLOMBO: Afghanistancoach Kabir Khan has creditedhis team's respectable perfor-mance against India in theWorld T20 opener here to theplayers who "stuck by eachother during difficult times.""It's the unity among the play-ers that has led to this improv-ed show. This team is one unit.The players have faced a lot ofdifficult times due to war inthe country and being in thecamps," Khan said. "There are
times when a player has facedproblems as his family hasstruggled. In such conditions,the others in the team rallyaround that person and helphim like their own familymembers," he added. Thecoach seemed happy with histeam's performance againstIndia but hoped that they getto play international matchesmore often in order to bridgethe gap between them and topinternational teams. PTI
South Africa cricketer Albie Morkeldelivers the ball during a practicesession at the Suriyawewa MahindaRajapakse International CricketStadium in the southern district ofHambantota Wednesday.
32INJURED PIQUE OUT FOR TWO TO THREE WEEKSBarcelona centre-back Gerard Pique will be out for "two to three weeks"after hurting his left foot in his side's 3-2 win at home in the ChampionsLeague on Wednesday, the club announced. The 25-year-old Spain inter-national was injured in a challenge with Spartak midfielder Romulo.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
TIM HANLONAgence France-Presse
BARCELONA: LionelMessi (above) came to therescue with a late double toearn Barcelona a 3-2 victo-ry over Group G oppo-nents Spartak Moscow onWednesday as the Catalansstuttered in the openingmatch of their ChampionsLeague campaign.
Barca are aiming for athird Champions trophy infive years but could havehad their first home defeatin the competition in nearlythree years when Romulogave the visitors the lead onthe hour mark.
The hosts have made ablistering start in La Ligawith four straight wins andwent ahead early onthrough Cristian Tello, butan own-goal from DaniAlves after 29 minutesbrought Spartak back intothe contest.
Messi savesBarça fromSpartak
IAN WHITTELLAgence France-Presse
MANCHESTER: Sir AlexFerguson’s 100th ChampionsLeague victory was hardly oneto remember as Man chesterUnited beat Galatasary 1-0 atOld Trafford but it was morememorable for Portu guesewinger Nani surprising hisveteran manager by appoint-ing himself penalty taker.
For the third consecutivematch, United missed a penal-
ty, Nani halting in his run-upto try and wrong foot goal-keeper Fernando Muslerabefore seeing his attempt easi-ly saved.
After Robin van Persie’smiss against Southamptonand Javier Hernandez’s failurefrom the penalty spot againstWigan in the weekend 4-0 vic-tory, it was an embarrassingand potentially costly error byNani. United only led 1-0 atthe time of his miss early inthe second half.
Fergie files 100th win
Celtic failed to make a winning return to theChampions League after a four-year hiatus.
ALISTAIR WATSONAgence France-Presse
GLASGOW: Celtic were held toa goalless draw by Group Grivals Benfica at Parkhead onWednesday.
Despite a frantic start thehome side failed to test Benficakeeper Artur Moraes and it wasthe Portuguese who came closestwith Fraser Forster doing well todeny Moreno Rodrigo’s shot.
The keeper had to be sharp todenied Ezequiel Garay at thestart of the second half whileCeltic had a penalty appealturned down after James Forrestfell in the box as neither sidecould make the breakthrough.
Favourites Barcelona topGroup G after coming frombehind to claim a 3-2 win overSpartak Moscow at Camp Nou.
“I think a draw was probablya fair result. We didn't work theirgoalkeeper as much as I would
have liked," Celtic manager NeilLennon said.
"Having said that I was verypleased with the team perfor-mance tonight,” he added.
Celtic held to goalless drawon return to CL
STEVE GRIFFITHSAgence France-Presse
LONDON: Juventus stunnedChampions League holdersChelsea as Fabio Quagliarella’slate strike rescued a dramatic 2-2draw at Stamford Bridge andruined Oscar’s command perfor-mance for the Blues onWednesday.
Oscar marked his first startfor Chelsea with an impressivebrace that included a stunningsolo effort to fire Roberto DiMatteo’s side into a 2-0 leadbefore half-time in their Group Eopener.
But the Brazil midfielder’sheroics were in vain thanks to agutsy recovery from the Italianchampions, who reduced thedeficit before the break throughArturo Vidal and salvaged apoint with 10 minutes left thanksto Quagliarella’s clinical finish.
While Blues boss Di Matteo,who splashed out £25 million to
sign Oscar from Internacionalduring the close-season, willhave been encouraged by hisnew recruit’s eye-catching dis-
play, it was Chelsea’s defensivefrailties that were the definingfactor. “We found ourselves in agreat position to win the game
and we only got a draw but weknew we were playing a qualityside,” Di Matteo told Sky Sports.
“We feel a little deflatedbecause we were ahead but it’sgoing to be a tough group.”
Asked about Oscar’s perfor-mance, Di Matteo added: “Wewere just waiting for the rightgame for him, it was wonderfulto watch. The second goal wasfantastic.”
The Champions League tro-phy was paraded around Stam -ford Bridge by military personneljust before kick-off. And the fondmemories of their final triumphover Bayern Munich in Mayseemed to inspire Di Matteo’sside as they set the early tempo.
But Juventus had a gloriouschance to snatch the lead againstthe run of play midway throughthe half.
Barzagli floated a long passover the top of the Chelseadefence and Claudio Marchisio’srun evaded the offside trap.
Chelsea’s Brazilian midfielder Oscar scores the opening goal during theirUEFA Champions League match against Juventus at Stamford Bridge inLondon, on Wednesday. AFP/ GLYN KIRK
Juventus hold ChelseaQuagliarella could even have won it for Juventus in the final moments, buthis looping shot clipped the crossbar saving holders Chelsea the blushes.
The penalty shot that Nani missed in their UEFA Champions Leaguematch at Old Trafford in Manchester on September Wednesday. AFP
