postnoon e-paper for 15 october 2012

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On October 14, 1979, more than 1,00,000 peoplefrom the LGBT community assembled in

Washington DC to take part in a political rallydemanding equal civil rights. It was the start of

the gay rights movement. We take a look at howpop culture addressed the issue.

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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

In an exclusive interview with Postnoon, PShankar Rao’s daughter talks about Saturday’sraid and her worries about her father’s safety.

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‘THIS IS ACONSPIRACY’

TYRA BANKS PRODUCINGAUTOBIO COMEDY

Tyra Banks and longtime friendKenya Barris are teaming up toco-create Fivehead, a comedy

that will focus on Banks’ gawkyteenage years before she became a

noted supermodel and TV host,Deadline reports.

JESSICA ALBA WILL NOT STRIPFOR SIN CITY SEQUEL Jessica Alba reportedly refused to strip for SinCity 2 because she isn’t happy with how shelooks after giving birth to two children. “Shewas crushed as she didn’t have heroriginal body back,” a source said.

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city eventsMONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

Silk Mark ExpoSilk lovers can head to Sri Sathya SaiNigamagamam. The expo is on tillOctober 16.Where:Sri Sathya Sai

Nigamagamam,Srinagar Colony

When: Ongoing,11am onwards

Photo exhibitionFrench photographer AllianceFrançaise of Hyderabad invites youto The Upside Down World ofPhilippe Ramette.Where:Alliance Francaise,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 3

When: October 22,7pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 4485

In tune with lifeJiva — In tune with life, an art exhibition of paintings and sculptures by 120 artists and art talksby experts on the concept of biodiversity is being held. Where: Iconart Gallery,


When: Ongoing,11.30am to 7pm

Contact: 98499 68797

Unspoken harmonyA painting exhibition by artist JayaBaheti titled Unspoken Harmony — ashow of art and antiquity is on.Where:Taj Deccan,


When: Ongoing11am onwards

Contact: (040) 66663 939

Tribute to MahatmaAn exhibition depicting the life ofMahatma Gandhi through the drawings of Late Venkateshwara RajuPalala is being held at SalarjungMuseum till October 31.Where: Salarjung Museum,

Afzal GunjWhen: Ongoing,

4.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2457 6443

Recent and retrospectiveA painting exhibition by artist SudipRoy is being held.Where:Kalakrithi Art Gallery,



Contact: (040) 6656 4466

MultiversalMultiversal a painting exhibition featuring 26 artists from all aroundthe country is being held at Muse ArtGallery.. Where: Muse Art Gallery,

Tank Bund


Contact: (040) 2752 2999

Electrojazz Alliance Française is hosting an electrojazz concert by FrenchJazzman Laurent de Wilde onOctober 16. Entry to the event is byinvitation only.Where:Westin Mindspace,

Madhapur When: October 16,

7pm onwardsContact: (040) 67676767

Play timeGrim Pumpkin Theater presents theirproduction of Vijay Tendulkar's play,Silence! The Court Is In Session.Where: Lamakaan,


When: October 26, 7.30pm onwards

Contact: 98490 26029

A throw of diceThe silent film A Throw of Dice isbeing screened. Tuten and BlasenOrchestra will be playing the live background music for the film.Where: Shilpakala Vedika,

MadhapurWhen:October 20,

7pm onwardsContact: (040) 2311 2704

Film workshopA filmmaking workshop and a filmappreciation workshop is being held.The workshops are being conductedon weekends. When: October 27 onwards,

1.30pm onwardsContact: 94904 40986

Bengali food festivalHotel Green Park’s multi-cuisinerestaurant Once upon a time is host-ing a Bengali Food Fest.Where:Hotel Greenpark,

Begumpet When: Ongoing

7.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 6651 5151

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YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONWILL THE MULTIPLE YATRAS DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE

GOVERNMENT'S ACTUAL PERFORMANCE?

CRIME

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3City TODAY’S QUESTIONSHOULD LOKESH TAKE OVER AND COMPLETE NAIDU’S YATRA?A) YES B) NO

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In a shocking incident, ayoung girl, Majida Begum,was found dead under sus-picious circumstances in Old

City last week. While her parentssuspect that the girl’s boyfriendIsmail Khan may be responsiblefor her demise, the police are yetto put a finger on the cause of hersudden death. In the meantime,her family struggles to find clo-sure as their questions are leftunanswered.

According to Kanchanbaghpolice inspector Shyam SunderSingh, the 20-year-old victim’scharred body was found in some

bushes last week at the DRDLquarters under Kanchanbaghpolice station limits. He addedthat Majida had been in lovewith Ismail for the last six

months, but her sudden deathraised several questions. “We arewaiting for post-mortem reportsfor further insight into the case,”he added.

Incidentally, Majida was aresident of Indra NagarPhisalbanda in Old City andbelongs to a poor family. Sheused to work as a tailor to earn a

living, while her father MohdAhmed is a tempo driver. Sixmonths ago Majida fell in lovewith Ismail, who worked as anelectrician and lived in the samearea. The couple had planned toget married, but for some reasonthis did not materialise.

In the meantime, Majida’sparents arranged her marriagewith another man, who wasworking in the UAE. It was dueto this that Ismail began to har-bour a grudge against Majidaand in a fit of rage set her ablaze,Mohd Ahmed alleged in hiscomplaint.

According to inspector Singh,the police have questionedIsmail and also checked Majida’s

call history, which revealed thatthe victim had spoken to Ismailjust 10 minutes before her death.The police also found two cellphones near the victim’s body.Both phones are registered onIsmail’s name and had beengiven to Majida as a gift.

“We suspect that this couldbe a case of suicide as the girlwas upset at her parents’ deci-sion to marry her off against herwishes to a man of their choice,”said the inspector.

However, the victim’s par-ents allege that it is a clear case ofmurder. The police have bookeda case under section 306 for abet-ment of suicide and investiga-tions are on.

Girl death: Parents suspect beauThe girl, who was to marry a man of her parents’ choosing, was found dead with burn

injuries, leading police to believe that it could be a case of suicide.

The police have foundtwo cell phones at thescene of crime thatwere registered onIsmail’s name andwere gifted to Majida.

YES (A) NO (B)

The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.

1 Want to register as a hawk-er? Go to an e-Seva centre.

Or so is the attitude of the GHMCofficials when it comes to imple-menting the FSA. But for the uned-ucated vendor, red tapism is adeterrent.

2 Anti-graft crusade won’t bea piece of cake.

So learnt former minister ShankerRao when his house was recentlyraided by the police in his absenceand his wife allegedly threatenedin connection to a land deal issue.

3 EC learns lesson, startsenrolment early.

Unlike previous elections years,the poll panel has begun its driverto enrol voters well in advance thistime round.

4 CoP takes on a local flavourto protect biodiversity.

The onus is on the local govern-ment and local bodies to protectbiodiversity as more and morepeople move to cities.

5The world will have its stan-dards, but we’re different.

Sirens for cops, ambulances andfire engines might be differentworld over, but not in Hyderabad.

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Rail Roko by T cadresLast year we had reported how the

Telangana Joint Action Committeehad declared a three day Rail Roko topress for a separate state. While therewere sporadic incidents of violenceand rail traffic and passengers were hithard, the Telangana leaders them-selves seemed to be missing fromaction. It was the cadres that were outfighting for a separate state.

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Green Pilgrimage IndiaChapter launchedAworkshop on ‘Green Pilgrimage’

is being held to draw the atten-tion of people visiting religiousplaces towards maintaining sanita-tion. The Green-Pilgrimage IndiaChapter was recently launched byminister M Maheedhar Reddy. MayorMajid Hussain and GHMC commis-sioner MT Krishna Babu appealed topilgrims to not litter the shrines.

City police to remainvigilant in view of BakridCommissioner Anurag Sharma

has instructed the police toremain vigilant in view of Bakrid cel-ebrations on October 27. Heappealed to people to observerestraint. The police will enforce cer-tain restrictions on the transporta-tion of animals from neighbouringdistricts and other rural areas toHyderabad for the festival.

Include dengue inAarogyasri: Lok SattaThe Lok Satta party demanded

that the State government bringdengue under the purview ofAarogyasri. This will provide relief tothe poor who can ill afford the treat-ment for the disease. In a statement,party general secretary KatariSrinivasa Rao recalled that KRosaiah had promised to includedengue under Aarogyasri.

YSRC demands Pithani’sresignationYSRC activists staged a dharna in

front of Social Welfare ministerPithani Satyanarayana this morningdemanding that the State govern-ment increase mess allowance givento students in social welfare hostels.They alleged that the governmentwas not interested in the welfare ofSC students and demanded the res-ignation of the minister.

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NEWS BRIEFS

60%of the world’s population is estimat-ed to live in cities by the end of thenext two decades. Environmentalistssay that this exponential increase inurbanisation will pose the biggest

threats to biodiversity.

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I look at it as aconspiracy by

people with ulteriormotives. These peo-ple are scared of myfather as he hasvowed to continuehis fight againstcorruption.

P SushmithaSee page 5

Md [email protected]

With only a fewhawkers register-ing themselvesunder the GHMC

limits, the implementation ofFood Safety Act (FSA) is a dis-tant dream. Lack of awarenessamongst the uneducated businessmen is cited as the main reason for this failure.However, officials are reluctantto educate them.

Despite the extension ofdeadlines for registration ofhawkers, the response has beenpoor. Only two per cent of theregistration was completedunder the GHMC limits.According to the officials, theresponsibility for registrationlies with hawkers. “We feel thatthe hawkers must do so volun-tarily,” says a health official.

The much publicised FSAproposed by the Central gov-ernment seems to be a farce,particularly in a city likeHyderabad. Moreover, onlythree officials have beenengaged for the completion ofthe registration process andthese officials are already deal-ing with various other responsi-bilities. According to a seniorGHMC officials, one assistantmedical officer health (AMOH)and two food inspectors arehandling the entire registrationprocess. “They can registerthemselves at the nearest e-Sevacentre” is the casual response ofthe GHMC officials when askedabout the lack of manpower tocomplete the process.

But for hawkers trying toregister themselves voluntarily,the riddle of red tape proves tobe a deterrent. The fear of losingbusiness in the process of regis-tration and the fact that the pro-cess is beyond their level of

comprehension is discouraginghawkers from adopting the newscheme. As Ramachandraiah,snack vendor in Banjara Hillsput it, “I know that we have toregister ourselves one day, butyou know the kind of paperwork at government offices.”

With the laxity shown byofficials, many hawkers fearthat their income will suffer.They suspect that once theregistration process is complet-ed, the hawker will have todole out a cut for the foodinspectors and lower cadre offi-cers. “The laxity is directly relat-ed to the practice of income gen-eration from hawkers. Baldiyakhatapita chaldiya (municipal folkare notorious for takingbribes),” says Harinath, a retiredteacher.

Bribe fear keepshawkers off records

Only threeofficials havebeenassigned toregister allthe hawkersthat fallunder thepurview ofthe GHMC,clearly aninadequatenumber.

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INKESHAF [email protected]

The raid conducted bythe Cyberabad policeat the residence of for-mer minister andS e c u n d e r a b a d

Cantonment MLA Dr P ShankerRao in the City on Saturday lefthis family members shocked.The police conducted the raid inconnection with a case registeredagainst Rao in a land dealingissue.

The fact that the police raidedtheir house without a search war-rant pained Rao’s family. Raoshot to fame with his numerousacts to expose corruption in theState. His activities earned himthe title of Andhra Anna Hazareand anti-graft crusader.

In an exclusive interviewwith Postnoon, Shanker Rao’sdaughter P Sushmitha said thatshe and her mother were trau-matised by the raid. She claimedthat her father did not commitany crime and slammed a sectionof the media for distorting factsand publishing incorrect reports.Sushmitha said that she waspained at the way the policebehaved with her mother, whowas alone at home when the raidtook place. She also termed theraid an insult to the family of aneminent person who had been

elected as MLA for six terms.

What did the police do at yourhome? A group of 15 police personnelcame to my house on Saturday.They told my mother, who wasalone at home, that they came formy father. When she told themthat he was not available, thepolice began to search the house.My mother did not object to that.But my mother raised objectionswhen they searched the drawersand she asked the police to pro-

duce a search warrant. The police,instead of showing the searchwarrant, threatened my mother,who is a diabetic and an intestinalhaemorrhage patient. This is con-demnable. It has hurt me a lot.How can somebody behave insuch a cruel manner despiteknowing that the person they arelooking for was not present athome?

Do you see any conspiracybehind it? Yes, I look at it as a conspiracy by

determined people with ulteriormotives. These people are scaredof my father because he vowedto continue his fight against cor-ruption and promised to exposethe corruption of important lead-ers in the State. This is clear evi-dence that the leaders who areagainst my father are doing thisas part of their vendetta politics.

Who do you think is responsi-ble for this? I do not want to take the names ofthose who are responsible forthis. All the people of the Stateknow who is responsible for thisvendetta politics. You can askanybody or for that matter, youcan conduct an SMS survey. Thepeople of the State will SMS youthe names of those people whoare harassing my family.

Are you scared by these devel-opments? Why should we get scared bythese developments? I want to

ask the people who are responsi-ble, ‘Is all this being done tointimidate us not to open ourmouth or to make us stop fight-ing against corruption?’ Then letme tell these people that we willcontinue our fight against cor-ruption as the servants of thepeople. The people of the Statewill stand by us in our fightagainst corruption.

Will you throw some light onthe case against your father? The case is actually related to myuncle, Dayanand. My father wasfalsely implicated in it. A sectionof the media also published dis-torted reports about the case. TheHigh Court dismissed the move toquash the petition filed by myuncle as the advocate representinghim did not appear in court whenthe matter was called for hearingon September 27 last month.

Are you worried about yourfather’s safety now? Yes, I am absolutely worriedabout his safety followingSaturday’s incident. I am indig-nant and enraged at the misbe-haviour of the police. The Stategovernment also withdrew hissecurity on flimsy grounds. Thishas caused me a lot of worryabout his security. If anythinghappens to him, the State gov-ernment will be responsible.

INKESHAF [email protected]

The recent comments ofUnion health minister andAICC AP in-charge

Ghulam Nabi Azad that it is noteasy to separate the state hasstirred up a hornet’s nest in theTelangana region.

While senior Congress leaderand former CWC member KKeshava Rao publicly con-demned Azad for his statement,the Telangana Joint ActionCommittee (TJAC) termed it asbaseless and far from the truth.Aghast at the comments, theTelangana leaders are planningto up their ante against theUnion government.

Reacting to the AICC leader’sstatement, Keshava Rao said that

Azad’s comments were like aslap in the face of TelanganaCongress leaders, who had beentelling the people that Congressalone would create a separateTelangana state. “His [Azad’s]statement is completely irrespon-sible. How can he make such astatement? Does he think entireTelangana people are fools? Hemight have spoken like that as hedid not know the pain of theTelangana people who have lost700 family members, who sacri-ficed their lives for achieving aseparate state,” he said. He ques-tioned the party high command,asking whether Azad’s statementwas an indication of its unwill-ingness to create a separateTelangana state. Commenting onthe Azad statement, TJAC chair-man Prof. Kodandaram alleged

that Azad was speaking in thetone of United Andhra leaders.“We take strong exception to hiscomments. How can he spreadsuch huge lies despite being wit-

ness to all the Telangana strug-gles? We will not tolerate suchstatements,” the TJAC chairmanwarned. He also said that theTJAC was planning to hold

much bigger agitations than therecent Telangana march held onSeptember 30.

BJP GETS POLITICALMILEAGETaking a cue from Azad’s state-ment, the BJP is trying to cash in.The party is planning to take theanti-Telangana statements ofCongress leaders to the public andget political mileage by highlight-ing the failure of the UPA govern-ment in creating a separateTelangana state. “We will take thisissue to the public and tell thepeople that BJP alone is capable ofcreating a separate Telanganastate. If we come to power afterthe next general elections, we willcreate a Telangana state immedi-ately,” BJP senior leaderSugunakar Rao told Postnoon.

Azad’s T statement sparks furyTelangana leaders are up in arms over the Union minister’s views on a separate state.

‘Raid part of vendetta politics’In an exclusive interview to Postnoon, Dr P Shanker Rao’s daughter Sushmitha talks about

Saturday’s raid, the callousness of the police and her worries about her father’s safety.

All the people of theState know who isresponsible for thisvendetta politics. Youcan ask anybody oryou can conduct an SMS survey.

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The Election Comm -ission’s (EC’s) specialdrive to enrol votersand provide voter

identity cards began onOctober 7 and will continue tillthe end of the month.

This drive is being held toease the pressure of voterenrolment which will followdue to the upcoming 2014 gen-eral elections. The “SundaySpecial” aimed at creating astress-free enrolment process,but citizens seemed indifferentto the initiative.

According to special com-missioner Naveen Mittal, thereare 3,400 polling booths in theCity. Booth-level officers manthe polling booths for bothmen and women. In certainparts of Old City, there are sep-arate booths for men andwomen. “On an average, weexpect about 1,200 voter IDregistrations, which translatesroughly into 300 to 400 house-holds per booth,” Mittal said.

On the first Sunday, theturnout was lacklustre.Postnoon’s survey of a coupleof booths in the City showedthat citizens seemed unwilling

to cooperate with the drive. AtErramanzil, the booth officerwas found to have left beforeclosing time, not because itwas a Sunday but becausethere was no registration workto be done, said the clerks atthe Civil Supplies Bhavan.Khairatabad’s municipal cor-poration office too bore adeserted look in the afternoon.

However, EC officials areconfident of polling booths fill-ing up as the drive continues.“Political parties are alsoinvolved in this drive as theyhave been spreading aware-ness about this drive to thepeople. This is being donemainly to ease the pressure inthe run-up to the 2014 elec-tions,” said an official.

Despite the enthusiasm ofthe officials, what remains tobe seen is if the public willrespond to the drive.

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The cyber team of Bangalorepolice recently arrestedfour Hyderabadis in a `15

crore cheating case.The accused included Mohd

Zahid Ali, a 37-year-old residentof Basheerbagh who works at acar dealership. A net-savvygraduate, Ali created a fake ID inthe name of Venkateshwar Raoand cheated people fromBangalore through a cyber scam.He collected around `15 crorefrom his victims and depositedthe money in different banksunder his and his friends’names.

A case was registered by thecyber cell of the Bangalorepolice, whose investigation ledthem to Ali and his three friends— Parvez, Nayeem and Ashfaq.

A few days ago, the

Bangalore cyber team, under thesupervision of investigating offi-cer Anil Madhavan, came toHyderabad and arrested Ali’sthree friends with the help of thetask force. They were sent toBangalore and were producedbefore a court.

Madhavan and his teamreturned to the City on Sundayand arrested Ali, who had beenon the run for the past 20 days.The Bangalore team also seized alaptop and pendrive from Alibecause he kept all the details ofhis scam on the computer.

TRS leader in theAssembly Etela Rajenderhas said that people

would not believe in TDP chiefN Chandrababu Naidu’s‘Vasthunna Meekosam’ paday-atra or YSRC leader Sharmila’sproposed padayatra.

Speaking to the media inHyderabad on Sunday, Etelasaid that Sharmila, who neverbothered about the people’sproblems, was now taking upa padayatra in the name of‘Maro Praja Prasthanam’ onlyfor the sake of her brotherJagan, who is in jail. He allegedthat the YSR Congress leaderswere taking up the padayatraonly to protect the “looted”public money.

Alleging that there was noone in the world like YSJaganmohan Reddy, who loot-ed `1 lakh crore of publicmoney, Etela said the YSRC istaking up a padayatra only for

the sake of power. He also said that the people

would not believeChandrababu, who had

neglected their welfare duringhis nine-year rule. DubbingChandrababu Naidu’s yatra asa dacoit yatra, he alleged thatboth Chandrababu andSharmila’s yatras were only forthe sake of power but not forthe sake of people.

On the Telangana issue,Etala remined the mediaper-sons that the TRS itself hadconstituted the TelanganaPolitical JAC, and asserted thatthere were no differences withthe JAC. Faulting the Congressfor saying that there was noconsensus on the Telanganaissue, he said the problemwould not be solved if theCongress continues to say so.He also made it clear that theCongress would be no more inthe region. He advised theCongress high command toopen its eyes at least now andannounce a separate Telanganastate immediately. NSS

Lacklustre turnout for EC drive Few citizens turned up at the special drive held to ease

voter enrolment ahead of the 2014 elections. Postnoon’s survey ofa couple of pollingbooths in the Cityshowed that citizensseemed unwilling tocooperate with thedrive.

Mohd Zahid Ali, aBasheerbagh resident,created a fake ID and cheated people fromBangalore through acyber scam.

Four arrested foronline scam

Duped Bangalore citizens of `15 crore.

People won’t believein padayatras: Etala

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Almost five days after the expo-sure of a multi-crore scholar-ship scam in the StateMinorities Finance

Corporation, the minister of the con-cerned minority welfare departmentSyed Ahamadullah seems to be unaffect-ed by the developments that rocked theminority community.

The minister, neither held a high-level review meeting with officials con-cerned on the steps to be taken in theaftermath of the scam in which about`55 crore were siphoned off by a gang offour, nor did he give any assurance tothe minority students that they wouldnot be starved off their share of scholar-ships. Instead, the minister reportedlykept himself busy lobbying for posts forhis supporters and followers.

Highly-placed party sourcesinformed Postnoon that the minister metan All India Congress Committee leaderthree days ago and requested him togive due preference to his supportersand followers during the filling of nomi-nation posts. It may be emphasised herethat the scam was unearthed by CID onWednesday (October 11).

The minister, however, had reacted

on the issue on Saturday. But, theanswers given by him left many mediapersons shocked.

When the minister was asked as towhy the corporation opened accounts incooperative and small banks instead ofnationalised banks, he callouslyanswered that he was not an accountantto answer these question and added thatas a minister it was not his discretion tofind out the reasons.

However, the minister assured thatthe State would take stringent actionagainst the culprits responsible for thescam.

Reacting to the statement of the min-

ister, his own party MLA and chairmanof committee on minority affairs ShaikMastan Wali faulted the minister’s state-ment and said that the minister shouldhave assured the community instead ofsaying that he was not aware of the facts.

“I think the minister should not havemade such a statement. He should havesaid that the State government wouldtake all steps to protect each and everypenny,” he said.

ISSUE RAISED LONG AGOInterestingly, the issue of money belong-ing to Minority students being divertedto fixed deposits was raised by Wali lastyear. But the State government stayedmum on the issue instead of takingaction.

“Yes, I raised the issue of minoritystudents’ scholarships and the way it isbeing put into fixed deposits. When Iapproached finance minister AnamRamnarayana Reddy with the issue, heassured me that he would look into it.But nothing of that sort has happened tillnow,” Wali told Postnoon on Saturday.He also revealed to Postnoon that hewould write a letter to Minority welfaredepartment secretary in his personalcapacity to inquire into the last 10 years’transactions of the corporation.

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Time was when emergencycivic services had amethod and identity of

their own and people respectedthem. No longer. In the increas-ing mess of man and machine onroad and chaotic traffic, theseservices receive little attention.

In Hyderabad, all emergencysignals have acquired the sametune, thanks to the universalinstallation of an electronicalarm. It has obviated thethoughtful difference our peershad developed for urgent civicservices.

A quick-paced siren ofurgency for ambulance, a rhyth-mic continuous clanging for fireengine, a less urgent warning ina staccato fashion for a policechief or a VIP. These were devel-oped to help road-users realiseby sound and allot a priority tothem. A fire tender gets theutmost priority; all traffic isstopped to let it pass. The nextpriority goes to ambulancesbecause someone’s life is atstake. And, the third priority

goes to the police chief or VIP.“Nothing,” says Saleem Khan, afire officer, “the unruly trafficcares for nobody whateveralarm is put on.” But regardlessof the road situation why is eachof these civic emergency servicesdevoid of distinction? “It is theambulance service that shouldchange its siren.”

In many world cities, each ofthese services has a distinct sirenand they have a separate track. Itis futile to talk of an exclusivetrack, agree officers manningtraffic. The problem is more forthe pedestrians and physicallyhandicapped.

“While drivers can see theoncoming vehicle in their rear-view mirror a pedestrian has toturn and struggle to spot whichvehicle is clamouring for space,”said a senior citizen, RavindraPai who says he was oncecaught in the middle of the roadconfronting an ambulance furi-ously ploughing through thetraffic.

Ambulance drivers mean-while curse the rest of the men atwheel. “The private vehicleowners are boorish,” sputtered adriver. There were occasionswhen car drivers demanded theemergency service vehicleswitch off the ‘damned’ noiseand sometimes get into an argu-ment over it.

“Suppose their own peopleare trapped and we are going tosave them, will they behave likethis?” he wanted to know.

Min unaffected by scamDespite exposure of the multi-crore scam involving money that was allotted to

minority students, the concerned minister has still not responded.

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In Hyderabad, allemergency signalshave acquired thesame tune, thanks tothe installation of anelectronic alarm.

POLITICSDGP apprisesCM of securityfor PM visit

DGP V DineshReddy called

on CM N KiranKumar Reddy at hisCamp Office andapprised himabout the securitymeasures taken bythe police in con-nection with PM DrManmohan Singh’svisit to the City onOctober 16. Thepolice conductedrehearsals in connection withthe PM’s arrival forthe CoP. NSS

No regard for emergency services

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Just ahead of the high levelsegment at CoP-11, theCities for Life summit openstoday. CM Kiran Kumar

Reddy along with the mayor,Majid Hussain unveiled theHyderabad Biodiversity Index,the first of its kind in India.

Cities for Life is being hostedby the government of India, gov-ernment of Andhra Pradesh andthe GHMC and is being organ-ised by ICLEI — LocalGovernments for Sustainability(ICLEI) and CBD. Fourty sevencountries from all over the worldare represented here.

By the end of the next twodecades, it’s estimated that over60 per cent of the world’s popu-lation will live in Cities.Environmentalists say that thisexponential increase in urbanisa-tion, and the corresponding risein consumption and pollutionpatterns, will single-handedlypose one of the biggest threats tobiodiversity in modern times. Insuch a scenario, the role of may-

ors and local administrators hasbecome vital, if any strategic tar-get to conserve biodiversity is tobe realised.

Taking this into considera-tion, the CBD has mobilised over250 sub-national governments atmunicipal, regional and state-

levels, to come together at thetwo-day summit, starting today.

The Hyderabad summit willtake forward the agenda initiat-ed at CoP-10, where partiesadopted an action plan for sub-national governments, cities andother local authorities.

At the Conference of Mayors,governors and local authoritiesfrom different parts of the worldwill discuss coordinationbetween levels of government,draft a PoA of the CoP-10 deci-sion and innovations at the locallevel (by mayors of Nagoya,

Bonn, Montpellier, Montreal,Curitiba and Mexico). Also beinglaunched is the Cities andBiodiversity Outlook report bythe CBD.

Parties stress on ‘going glocal’The Cities for Life starts at CoP-11 today as it takes a step back from its global

agenda and puts the spotlight on the role of local players in conserving biodiversity.

Can the impact of globalwarming be lessened bydeploying sun-shields in

space and by injecting sulphatesin the upper atmosphere toreduce the amount of solar ener-gy reaching the earth?

Environmental scientists andother experts are currently grap-pling with the proposed geoengi-neering technologies and arestudying the impact they couldhave on biodiversity.

Geoengineering is the delib-erate intervention in the earth'sclimate system to moderate glob-al warming.

The experts believe SunlightReflection Methods (SRMs) andCarbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)techniques could reduce themagnitude of climate change butare likely to have unintendedimpacts on biodiversity with sig-nificant risks and uncertainties.

The experts' report on geo-engineering in relation to biodi-versity is being discussed at theongoing 11th meeting ofConference of Parties to the CBD.

Over 170 countries areattending the meet, discussingvarious issues related to biodi-versity.

The experts believe reducingemissions is the best strategy toavoid climate change.

“But that is not happening.With global temperature increas-es of more than four degrees pro-jected, we need to study viabilityof other actions,” PhilWilliamson of the University ofEast Anglia, who headed thegroup said. The group, whichwas constituted by the CBD in2010 and submitted its report toCoP-11, called for continuedresearch on geoengineering andits governance. IANS

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CoP delegates look at exhibits at the Chowmahalla Palace. The delegates have been visiting various historical spots in the City such as Salarjung Museum and the Charminar. SRINIVAS SETTY

Climate engineeringto impact biodiversity?

Speaking at the CoP-11, CMKiran Kumar Reddy said, “It is

clear that in order to achievenational, regional and global targets of biodiversity conserva-tion, both the sub-national andlocal level governments have tobe supported to take proactiveactions. This involves allocationof resources to build technicalcapacities to implement resultoriented projects and pro-grammes. It is my hope that theoutcomes of the summit thatwill feed into the high level seg-ment will encourage parties totake the next step and mobiliseresources for subnational andregional governments.”

The mayor said, “cities forLife provides a unique opportu-nity to share experiences andtools, consult experts andstrengthen multi level coopera-tion to implement the CBD.”

CM, mayor at CoP-11N SHIVA KUMAR

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9SOFTBANK CLOSE TO SPRINT TAKEOVER BIDJapanese mobile carrier Softbank could announce as early asMonday a $20 billion deal for a 70 percent stake in US competitorSprint Nextel, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Richard Branson’s Virgin Money ismulling a bid for 316 branches of theRoyal Bank of Scotland, a sourcefamiliar with the matter said onSunday, after the collapse of a deal tosell them to Spanish giant Santander.Virgin Money, which bought theremains of Northern Rock bank lastyear, is “re-examining the potential fora bid” for the RBS outlets, the sourcesaid. The Sunday Telegraph mean-while reported that buyout firm NBNKwas also having a look at the RBSdivision. Santander on Friday pulledout of a £1.65-billion deal, in a heavyblow to the state-rescued Britishlender.

BRANSON EYES RBS

UK's BP plc has relinquished or sur-rendered 9 out of the 21 oil and gasblocks where it had bought 30 percent stake from Reliance Industries for$7.2 billion, due to poor hydrocarbonprospects. BP had last year bought 30per cent stake in a total of 23 oil andgas blocks of RIL including the gasdiscovery areas of KG-D6 and NEC-25.The Cabinet had however approved ofBP taking stake in 21. Sources saidthat after initial assessment, RIL-BPhave given up 9 out of the 21 blockstheir joint venture had. The joint ven-ture is currently focused on revivingthe flagging eastern offshore KG-D6fields and bringing the Mahanadibasin NEC-25 discoveries to produc-tion. Declining to comment on therelinquishment, BP India head SashiMukundan said, "We want to focus onquickly increasing production andfinding more oil and gas".

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60,000is the estimated number of Chinesetourists who visited South Africa in

the first half of 2012.

Count your chickensPRUDHVI RAJU [email protected]

The Indian poultry indus-try is showing positivesigns with the 7-8 percent growth in egg pro-

duction. Around 20 crore eggsproduced and consumed perday with around 24 crores birds.

The State produces around 7crore eggs with 9 crore birds,one-third of the total egg pro-duction in the country. Broilerindustry is showing 15-20 percent growth with 250-300 crorebirds produced every year withan average of 2 kg each.

“The industry also want toconcentate on exports for itsgrowth. The country exports 40-45 lakh eggs per day to coun-tries in West Asia and con-tributes to the foreign exchange.There is also continuous growthin per capita consumption andpresently standing at 57 eggs inthe country and 80 eggs in thestate,” says D Sudhakar, presi-dent, Andhra Pradesh PoultryFederation.

Talking about current chal-lenges for the industry, he said,“We are facing tough time withthe drastic increase in inputcosts. Almost 80 per cent of thefeed for poultry is derived fromSoya and Maize. “With theseproduct prices touching skyhigh, because of heavy exportsof Soya to Iran and SoutheastAsian countries and exports ofMaize to Southeast Asian coun-tries.

“These pushed the marketprice of maize by more than 50per cent touching `17,000 pertonne, from `11,000 per tonnesix months ago. While, Soyatouched the `50,000 per tonnefrom `18,000 per tonne six

months ago. The increase inthese feed prices passed burdenon the farmer with the produc-tion cost going to `3.25 per eggfrom `2.50 six months ago andthe cost of broiler increasedfrom `48 to `68 per kilogramduring this time.

“Despite increase in feedprices, the support from theState government has encour-aged the industry. As poultry isagriculture-allied activity, driv-ing the sales of various agricul-ture produce and a very impor-tant food commodity, the gov-ernment is going to enable the

farmers with the existing agri-culture land to set up a poultryfarm by removing impedimentof converting in to non-agricul-tural land. It is also trying tonullify agricultural market cesson poultry products,”

“We are also confident thefeed prices will come downsoon with increase in theacreage of soya production from6-7 lakh hectares to 11 lakhhectares. Soybean productionthis kharif season is expected tobe touch 14-15 million tonnesagainst 11 million tonnes lastseason. The prices have alreadyshowing positive signs with thisimpact. With the continued sup-port from the state governmentalong with decrease in feedprices will definitely enable ofthe growth of industry,” headded.

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Annually, the State produces around 7 crore eggs, one-third of the produc-tion in the country. Broiler industry growing 15-20 per cent every year.

The increase in feedprices passed burdenon the farmer with theproduction cost goingto `3.25 per egg from`2.50 six months ago.

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For centuries, Indianhousewives have usedhomemade remediesbased on cow’s milk to

cure constipation — but in 2009Swiss giant Nestle applied for apatent to protect a similar prod-uct of its own.

Earlier this year, India suc-cessfully fought off Nestle’sattempt at the European PatentOffice to secure a patent, sayingthat using cow’s milk as a laxa-tive was mentioned in ancienttexts and was therefore not new.

Indian government officialsare fighting hundreds of othercases to try to protect the coun-try’s “genetic heritage”, a topichigh on the agenda at the UN’sConvention on BiologicalDiversity in Hyderabad.

“India is one of the mega cen-tres for biodiversity in theworld,” said Vinod Bhatt, direc-tor of research at Navdanya, anon-profit body that seeks topromote indigenous knowledge.

“We cannot allow theft of ourtraditional knowledge that datesback thousands of years and isrooted in our culture. We have toprotect ourselves from commer-cial exploitation by the Westernworld,” Bhatt told AFP.

Traditional knowledge, usedfor centuries by indigenous com-munities under local laws andcustoms, plays an important rolein areas such as food security,

biodiversity, agriculture andmedicine.

“Nestle is just one case. Wehave already succeeded in 110,and 800 more are in thepipeline,” said Vinod KumarGupta, the head of India’sTraditional Knowledge DigitalLibrary (TKDL).

The library is a digitaldatabase established in 2001 torecord 250,000 traditional formu-lations, including the Hindu“ayurvedic” system of medicinethat has become hugely popularin the West.

“Every known medicinalplant in India is under piracy

attack,” said Gupta, citing anexample where a US patentapplication was made by Britain-based firm Provexis on the use ofbanana extracts as treatment fordiarrhoea. Evidence from theTKDL proved the banana prepa-ration was previously well-known, and the application waswithdrawn.

In the cow’s milk case, theEuropean patent authorities alsosought advice from the database,which confirmed it was a remedy— often mixed with other ingre-dients — to treat constipation forhundreds of years.

A patent application is nor-

mally rejected if there is “priorexisting knowledge” about theproduct, but that is far easier toprove if the information is pub-lished in a journal or on adatabase, rather than only heldin folklore.

Some 200 researchers tookeight years to create the TKDLdatabase, combing throughHindi, Sanskrit, Arabic, Persianand Urdu texts on ayurveda,yoga and other less-knownhealth systems such as unani andsiddha.

The TKDL is accessible to for-eign patent offices, which canconsult it before deciding

whether to grant exclusive rightsto applicants.

India woke up to the threat ofwhat is now termed “bio-piracy”20 years ago after a Europeanpatent was granted to a USgroup on an anti-fungal productderived from the native Indian“neem” tree.

Outraged campaigners andGreen Party politicians in Europechallenged its validity, and Indiafinally won a 10-year legal battlein 2000 to have the patentrevoked as neem seeds had beenused for centuries as a medicine,insecticide and contraceptive.

In 2009, the EPO also with-drew another patent granted to aSpanish company for the use ofmelon extract to treat the skindisease vitiligo on the same legalgrounds.

The practical effect of patentsmay in reality have little impactin villages of India, where plants,trees and other natural productsare still widely used to treat mal-adies. But the patents provoke anangry response from the govern-ment, which sees protectingknowledge of traditional Indianmedicine from foreign commer-cial exploitation as a matter ofnational pride.

Legal battles between theTKDL and global firms overpatent requests can take years toresolve and require exhaustivedocumentation by the agency’sresearchers to prove prior art ref-erences.

AFP

Athriving market in eastand southeast Asia in ille-gal wildlife products, par-

ticularly among cultures thatprize the rhino horn for its magi-cal or medicinal qualities, aredriving the rhinoceroses toextinction, say experts.

China, Vietnam and Thailandare major consumers of rhinohorn, fuelling the mass killing ofrhinos across their ranges inIndia and elsewhere, they said.

Assam’s Kaziranga NationalPark, the world’s last majorrefuge of one-horned rhino, saw

two massive floods this year. Theflooding of the Brahmaputrariver wreaked havoc in the parkfirst during July-August andagain in September. Over 600animals died in the first wave,and about 130 more perished inthe second. But not all weredrowned. Some rhinos fleeingthe flood fell victims to poachers.

“As the reward for rhinohorn shot up, many ex-militantshave joined the ranks,” a seniorofficial of the Wildlife CrimeControl Bureau, requestinganonymity, said. “Use of auto-matic weapons is of particularconcern, as it shows increasingsophistication,” he said.

Kaziranga, despite being oneof the best-protected reserves inthe country, faces a daunting task“because poachers are even

ready to face the bullet”, TitoJoseph of Wildlife ProtectionSociety of India said.

The Kaziranga park is hometo elephants, tigers, slow lorisand swamp deer, among others.This year, 15 rhinoceroses werekilled in the Kaziranga land-scape, said Joseph. “Poachers cutthe tail and ear of the rhino toprove to the buyers that the hornis genuine,” he said.

“China and Vietnam don’thave rhinoceroses, hence theysource the rhino horn from India.Traditionally, these marketsdepended on Africa but a newsource was always welcome,”the official said.

South Africa, another majorrhino range country, which earnshuge revenues from wildlifetourism, has lost over 400 rhinosto poaching since January.

The one-horned rhino istoday found only in India andNepal. It was exterminated fromBangladesh. India, with some2,500 rhinoceroses, is their mainhome. Nepal has about 370.

It is estimated that the tradein wildlife body parts is onlythird to arms and narcotics, agrim reminder of the threats rhi-nos face. IANS

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Traditional drugs under siegeTraditional knowledge plays an important role in food security, biodiversity, agriculture and medicine.

Greed, superstition bane of rhinosSOUTH AFRICA, ANOTHERMAJOR RHINO RANGECOUNTRY, WHICH EARNSHUGE REVENUES FROMWILDLIFE TOURISM, HASLOST OVER 400 RHINOSSINCE JANUARY.

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11CHEETAH DIES IN ZOOA female cheetah brought from Singapore died in Sakkarbaug zoo ofJunagadh district. “The postmortem confirmed death due to failure of liverand kidney,” zoo director VJ Rana said, adding that the feline died onOctober 13.

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NEW DELHI: The CBI has regis-tered two fresh cases against twocompanies for alleged forgeryand cheating in connection withits probe in the coal block alloca-tion scam and carried out search-es in 16 locations, includingDelhi and Hyderabad.

The agency has booked aninfrastructure and a steel compa-ny on charges of forgery andcheating while applying for cap-tive coal blocks, CBI sources said.

The agency, after registrationof cases, launched search opera-tions spread across 16 locationsin Hyderabad, Satna,Secunderabad, Vishakhapatnam,Jaipur, Rourkela and Delhi at the

premises of these companies,they said.

They said the companiesallegedly misrepresented theirnet-worth to claim eligibility forgetting coal blocks.

The new cases pertain to coalblock allocation during 2006-09in which the CBI had earlier reg-istered seven FIRs in connectionwith the probe. PTI

CBI registerstwo new casesThe agency teams raided 16 places across the

country including Hyderabad and Vizag.

Illuminated Kudroli Gokarnatha Temple on the eve of Dasara celebrations in Mangalore on Sunday. PTI

NEWS BRIEFSCRIMELaw student gang-rapedBANGALORE: A 21-year-oldstudent of National Law Schoolof India University here wasraped by a eight-member ganginside the adjacent Jnanabharathicampus, police said today.

The second-year student hadgone out with her boyfriend,who works with an IT firm here,on Saturday night.

When they were walking inthe wooded area of the campus,the group of inebriated menattacked them and forcibly tookthem into deep forest.

The gang then demandedmoney from her boyfriend, whotold them that he had kept hiswallet in his car. After sendinghim to bring the wallet alongwith one of its members, thegang sexually assaulted her.

The victim’s boyfriend sight-ed a beat constable as he wasnearing the car and approachedhim for help following which thegang member accompanyinghim fled from the scene.

Though he along with policesearched for the girl in the area,they could not find her.

Around midnight the boy-fried got a call from the girl say-ing the gang had dropped herback near the hostel after rapingher.

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Youth held for raping minor girl in GoaPANAJI: A 21-year-old youth was arrestedfor allegedly raping a four-year-old girl inKalay village of Sanguem taluka, about 100km from here, police said today. The accused,Manjunath Shinde, who was living in thegirl’s neighbourhood, allegedly led her intohis room yesterday by luring her with somefood items and raped her there, police said.The victim’s mother later lodged a complaint,police said, adding that the accused wentinto hiding in the nearby forest from wherehe was nabbed last evening. Shinde, hailingfrom Karnataka, was working as a truck driverwith a mining firm, police said.

Opposition backed shutdown hits BiharPATNA: Trains were blocked and trucksand buses were off the roads in Bihar as adaylong shutdown called by opposition par-ties to protest the killing of three people inpolice firing last week came into effectMonday. Workers of opposition partiesblocked railway tracks and forcibly stoppedtrains at various stations to enforce theshutdown against the firing in MadhubaniMonday that also injured over a dozen peo-ple. Trucks and buses too remained off theroad in the state, police said.

3 killed in Navy copter crashPANAJI: Three people were killed when anIndian Navy helicopter crashed while landingat Goa’s Dabolim airport on Monday, an officialsaid. The dead included the pilot, co-pilot anda passenger, a naval officer said in New Delhi.The helicopter, a Chetak, crashed around 10am, the officer said. The rotor of the helicopterbroke off while landing, Navy sources said. Thechopper then caught fire, they added.

COALGATE

The CBI has bookedan infrastructure anda steel company oncharges of forgery andcheating.

WILLIAMSBURG: A differentBarack Obama will show up atthe next debate with MittRomney, aides said Sunday,after the president held a post-mortem of his leaden debutclash with his Republican foe.

Obama bunkered down at aluxury Virginia golf resort prep-ping for Tuesday’s encounterwith Romney, which has takenon high significance since thepresident’s first debate perfor-mance sent his poll numberstumbling.

Senior Obama aide DavidAxelrod said Obama had stud-ied video of the first duel inDenver earlier this month, inwhich the president appeareddisengaged, unenthusiastic andseemed loath to even lookdirectly at Romney.

“Nobody is a harsher criticthan the president is of himself,”Axelrod told “Fox NewsSunday.”

“I think he’s going to makesome adjustments on Tuesday,”the adviser said, though joining

other aides in declining to offerdetails on Obama’s strategy forthe town hall style debate, themiddle clash of three encountersbetween the candidates.

“I think he’s going to beaggressive in making the case

for his view of where we shouldgo as a country,” Axelrod said,adding that Obama would chal-lenge Romney’s shifting politi-cal positions, unlike in the firstdebate.

Obama emerged briefly

from his hideaway to visit cam-paign workers at a local office inVirginia, a swing state he won in2008, and where he and Romneyare effectively tied ahead of theNovember 6 election.

“It is going great,” Obamasaid, when asked by a reporterhow his debate prep was com-ing along.

With his debate team aroundhim, Obama was staging mockshowdowns with Senator JohnKerry playing the role ofRomney, ahead of the seconddebate at Hofstra University inNew York state.

Former White House aideAnita Dunn was playing CNNanchor Candy Crowley, whowill moderate the debate, a cam-paign official said.

Romney, after worshiping ata Mormon church Sunday, alsogot in some debate practice,with aides confident he can putin another strong display, afterthe first head-to-head confronta-tion turned around his oncetrailing campaign. AFP

WASHINGTON: Spending onthe 2012 US presidential race islikely to exceed the record $1.8billion that the candidates spentin 2008, according to projectionsbased on figures filed with USelection authorities.

The 2008 race was marked byfiercely contested fights for theDemocratic and Republicanpresidential nominations, butDemocrat Barack Obama ranunopposed this time and MittRomney secured the Republicannod relatively early.

Most notable this electoralcycle has been the emergence ofso-called super PACs, specialpolitical action committees thatoperate independently from thecandidates and can raise unlimit-ed amounts of money.

WASHINGTON: TopDemocrats accused RepublicanWhite House hopeful MittRomney on Sunday of “cravenly”politicizing the deadly attack onthe US consulate in Benghazi tofurther his presidential ambi-tions.

The fallout from the attackhas developed into a toxic politi-cal issue as Romney andDemocratic President BarackObama wage an all-out battle ina tight race 23 days out from theNovember 6 election.

Ambassador Chris Stevensand three other US diplomaticstaff were killed when militantsarmed with rocket-propelledgrenades launched an assault onthe compound in the easternLibyan city on September 11.

Legitimate questions aboutinadequate security, the Obamaadministration’s muddledresponse, the future of the ArabSpring, even Al-Qaeda’s rise innorthern Africa, have becomeconflated with bitter partisanpoliticking in a growing pre-election row. Vice President JoeBiden muddied the waters in adebate with Romney’s runningmate Paul Ryan on Thursdaynight when he replied “weweren’t told” when asked aboutunheeded requests for greatersecurity prior to the attack.

A workers sets up a television light as preparations continue October 14,2012 for the second presidential debate at Mack Arena at HofstraUniversity in Hempstead, New York.

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US President Barack Obama carries boxes of pizzas as he arrives at a campaign office to greet workers on Sunday in Williamsburg, Virginia. Obama tooktime out from debate preparation to stop and greet staff and volunteers at the office. AFP/MANDEL NGAN

US prez race expensesto cross $1.8 billion

Team Obama pansRomney on Libya

No slip-up, no let-up‘It is going great,’ Obama said, when asked by a reporter how his debate

preparation was coming along.

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13EGYPT STRUGGLES TO DELIVER NEW CONSTITUTIONBogged down by disagreements between Islamists and secularists, thecommittee tasked with drafting Egypt's new constitution, supposed toreflect the values of the 2011 uprising, is struggling to deliver.

SEX OFFENDER REGISTERAustralia’s first publicly accessiblechild sex offender register went liveon Monday, supplying photographsand names of paedophiles, amidconcern it will lead to vigilantismand mistaken identity. TheCommunity Protection website, aWestern Australia (WA) governmentinitiative, provides information onthe state’s most dangerous repeatsex offenders. “This has been a bit ofa balancing act between communitysafety and managing the ability ofthe police to manage dangerous sexoffenders and reportable offendersin the community,” said the police.

A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in thehead by the Taliban because shecampaigned for the right to edu-cation was on Monday sent toBritain for medical treatment, themilitary said. “Pakistan hasarranged with the UAE for a spe-cially equipped air ambulance totransfer Malala to the UK”, it saidin a statement after the UnitedArab Emirates had told Pakistan itwas ready to send a plane toevacuate her.

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5thBangladesh has been named the

fifth in the list of 173 countries thatare most prone to natural disasters,according to the “World Risk Report

2012”.

Syria's disregardfor its civilian pop-

ulation is all too evi-dent in its air campaign,which now apparentlyincludes droppingthese deadly clusterbombs into popu-lated areas.

Steve GooseHuman Rights Watch

Brazil police take overdangerous Rio favelaRIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilianmarines and paramilitary policestormed one of Rio’s most notoriousshantytowns Sunday, as the citycleans up ahead of the 2014 WorldCup and the 2016 Olympic Games.It took just 20 minutes for the secu-rity forces to take over theManguinhos slum in the predawnraid.

Lithuania’s left-wingmove to form governmentVILNIUS: Lithuania’s left-wingand populist opposition partiesMonday moved swiftly to form anew government after austerity-weary voters evicted the Balticstate’s Conservative-led coalition ina general election. The leaders ofLabour, the Social Democrats andOrder and Justice parties held aclosed-door meeting.

Italy holds hearings intoCosta Concordia tragedyGROSSETO, ITALY: An Italiancourt will hold a series of hearingsstarting on Monday to work out thedetails of the tragic night of theCosta Concordia disaster, with cap-tain Francesco Schettino expectedto attend. The giant luxury cruiseship had 4,229 people on boardwhen it struck an offshore reef nearthe Italian island of Giglio.

S Korea lifts ban on 120 days of SodomSEOUL: South Korea has lifted aban on The 120 Days of Sodom bythe 18th-century French noblemanand writer the Marquis de Sade, justweeks after barring it for “extremeobscenity”. The Korea PublicationEthics Commission, a state reviewboard, accepted an appeal by pub-lishing house Dongsuh Press thatthe book had literary value.

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TOUGH ACTION

EU action on Iran, SyriaThe bloc also plans on taking a ‘big step’ in Africa by agreeing to assist

Mali reconquer its north from rebels and Islamist extremists.LUXEMBOURG: Europe’s for-eign ministers will sharplyramp up the pressure on Iranand Syria at talks Monday,while taking a “big step” inAfrica by agreeing to assist Malireconquer its north from rebelsand Islamist extremists.

Meeting days before aEuropean Union summit, thebloc’s 27 foreign ministers aretipped to agree what a diplo-matic source dubbed “one of thetoughest packages of sanctions”yet against Tehran over its dis-puted nuclear programme.

“Iran has not moved on anyof the important questions overthe past few months. Therefore,we must increase the sanctionspressure,” German ForeignMinister Guido Westerwellesaid on Sunday.

“We want the EU tomorrowto send a clear signal to Tehran,”he added. “It is time for a politi-cal solution.”

Diplomatic sources said EUmember states will sanctiondealings with banks, trade andgas imports, and agree for thefirst time to hit Iran’s telecomssector.

All dealings betweenEuropean and Iranian bankswill be banned above a certain“relatively low” threshold,although exceptions will beallowed in some medical andhumanitarian cases, a diplomatsaid.

Imports of Iranian gas,though small, will be prohibit-

ed, and an extra 30 companiesput on a list of firms hit by anEU assets freeze.

As violence intensifies inSyria, the ministers are to slapan assets freeze and travel banon 28 Syrians and two firms, the20th set of sanctions againstPresident Bashar al-Assad’sregime since the start of the con-flict in March last year.

The measures target peoplelinked to violence againstprotestors, and firms accused ofsupplying equipment used forrepression by the regime. AFP

The man born to fly ‘lands safely’ after jumping

off the edge of space “Fearless Felix” Baumgartner, the

Austrian daredevil who stunnedfans around the world Sunday bybreaking the sound barrier in a hair-raising dive from the fringe of space,was “born to fly.”

That’s according to a tattoo the 43-year-old sports, a motto that took on awhole new meaning after his nail-bit-ing feat, the fastest freefall ever byleaping from a capsule more than 24miles (39 kilometers) above the Earthand reaching a top speed of 833.9miles (1,342 kilometers) per hour.

The dramatic jump — which couldhave ended in disaster by causing hisblood to boil — propelled the extremeadventure-seeker into the recordbooks. It also made a childhood dreamcome true. “I always had the desire tobe in the air,” Austria’s Kurier newspa-per quoted Baumgartner as saying. “Iclimbed trees, I wanted to see theworld from above.”

He certainly did that Sunday —and then some.

Baumgartner, who was born inSalzburg, Austria, on April 20, 1969,has come a long way from his youngeryears working as a car mechanic andrepairing motorcycles as he searchedfor ways to soar from the sky.

Toughest measuresyet await Tehran, saida diplomatic source.

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EDUCATION

CommentMONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012

14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSBarack Obama leaves no stone unturned and has vowed to make amendsin his approach to debates with Mitt Romney, who seemed to have theupper hand in the first presidential debate. Tomorrow we shall see ifObama hits back or Mitt will retain adavantage in round two.

Over a cracklingphone line betweenDelhi andPakistan’s northernSindh province,

Parveen Memon laughs as shetalks in Urdu about how shepersuaded her parents to notonly let her continue schoolafter grade five, but to alsochoose her school.

Memon can now afford thelevity. But it was a struggle forthe young girl from Sobhodero,a small town in the province’sKhairpur district.

“I cried so much for three tofour months that when my par-ents saw my behavior and sawhow depressed I was, they real-ized, 'This girl is not going to lis-ten to us,’ and finally allowedme to go to the Sojro ModelSchool,” she recalls. There wasno school providing girls sec-ondary education in her village.

Today Memon, 18, works asan education promoter in a localNGO that works withDevelopments in Literacy (DIL),an NGO created in 1997 by fiveexpatriate Pakistani women liv-ing in the U.S. to improve thedismal state of education inPakistan’s underdevelopedareas.“This group is part of ageneration that grew up inPakistan, one step before (presi-dent) Zia’s time” said AnjanaRaza, Islamabad-based execu-tive director of operations atDIL. “Their ties are strong and

they know the context [they areworking in].”

DIL provides quality educa-tion to disadvantaged children,especially girls, by starting newschools with a strong focus ongender equality and communityparticipation.

It currently has 150 schools,50 of which are managed onlyby DIL and 100 managed withlocal partner NGOs. DIL andDIL-partner schools are fromkindergarten to grade eight. Theschools, which currently enrollsome 3,600 students, followgovernment regulations.

DIL starts working in anarea only if the communitythere wants better educationand invites it in. “Either there isno girls’ school or no school, orthe schools are very far and thegirls aren’t allowed to go so far.So we go where there is need,and there has to be a groupthere that wants this,” she said,adding that in most of the areasin which they work there are noschools at all.

Even when invited by thecommunity, it is far from easy toconvince the local people tosend their daughters to anyschool at all. “Sometime parentstake girls out of school in thethird or fourth grade,” she said.Many are married off as youngas 10 and 11 years of age, eventhough that practice is illegal inPakistan. “Puberty [for girlshere] reaches early,” said Raza.

DIL and its local partner’svolunteers have persuadedsome parents to not marry offtheir daughters so early, espe-cially in interior Sindh, thoughit doesn't always work as

planned.“Last year the parents of a

sixth grade girl wanted to gether married and the teachersintervened but it didn’t help.She still got married. Then wewent to the husband’s familyand tried to persuade them tolet the girl continue her educa-tion. The husband then got thegirl [the child bride] books andsent her to school,” Raza said.

The challenge in Pakistan isnot just persuasion but alsounderstanding the myriad cul-tural contexts. “We literallyhave to be responsive to theneeds and requirements and thedevelopmental process of thearea at each school and commu-nity level we are serving,” saidRaza. The schools follow thegovernment curriculum butenhance it. They also use alter-native materials instead of gov-

ernment-prescribed books. Theyuse the phonics method to teachEnglish and Urdu because itmakes the child focus on thealphabet and the sound ratherthan the rote method of govern-ment schools. “We use an incre-mental approach,” Raza said.

After reaching grade eight,DIL and its partners give stu-dents scholarships to go to thenearest government or privateschool to finish grades nine and10. “A travel allowance is mostcritical because otherwise thegirl students would have to takepublic transport which theirparents may be reluctant to havethem use,” said Raza, addingthat the students pool in theirfunds from DIL to collectivelyrent a van or share a ride. DILalso helps students buy booksand pay the registration fee fortheir examinations.

The sky is no longer the limit

There’s nothing that can compare to the desire of mankind to reach higher, to go faster,to challenge limits. On Sunday, Felix Baumgartner lived up to his name of Fearless

Felix. With his daredevilry of jumping off the edge of the space, the Austrian rewrote his-tory. Three records he scripted by his 10-minute 24-mile drop to the earth, the chief onebeing the world's first supersonic skydiver by breaking the sound barrier at Mach 1.24. It

has all the aspects of a hit Hollywood movie — aborted attempts and postponements,the contender being trained and mentored by Joe Kittinger, the previous holder of the

highest altitude manned balloon flight. What Felix personifies is the same spirit withwhich man surged forward, breaking barriers, finding means to fly, making wheels that

with the passing of time got hotter and faster, all of which were deemed impossible onceupon a time. Despite what he did, Felix stays humble, for he learned "sometimes you

have to go up really high to see how small you are".

Why we love... Russia

It comes as a huge reassurance thatRussians won’t sell arms to Pakistan, rav-

aged by everything that any nation oughtnot to be ravaged by. The only proper goalthey seem to have had, which at times theywere quite boastful and open about, wasthe disintegration of India. One need notlook much for reasons for instability in theregion. News in recent times from Pakistanshows it’s lightyears away from achievingstability. Perhaps Russians could do thesame with Syria, too?

EDITORIALS

READERS’ VIEWSWe invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to [email protected] or#1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 4067 2222. Editor: Dean Williams

When I wasstanding there

on top of theworld, you becomeso humble, youdon't thinkabout breakingrecords.

Felix BaumgartnerFirst supersonic skydiver

ACROSS THE BORDERShailaja Neelakantan

Yeh ‘Dil’ Mange more

It’s time to let it lie

The Lance Armstrong sagajust refuses to go away.

Now Lance’s lawyer hasdemanded that his client be

allowed to take a polygraph toprove his innocence. Even if

Lance aces the lie-detector testthe damage to his reputation has

been done. So why doesn’tLance just admit he cocked-up

and get on with his life? Becauseadmitting you’re an A-Class

slimeball is not somethinghumans do very well. Lance is

fighting for a lot more than justthe scraps of his tattered reputa-

tion, he is now fighting for hislegacy, and that battle is one that

means more to him then all therest. Nobody wants to be

remembered as the guy who sin-gle-handedly destroyed an

entire sport, so in that sense I dounderstand Lance’s death rattle,

but sometimes it’s far better tolet sleeping dogs lie than wakethem up and have them chase

you around for the rest of yourlife. The Armstrong episode hasalready left scars on cycling. Forseven years Tour de France willhave no winner. There will be ablank space, forever personify-ing the fallibility of man. Sevenyears of aching joints, scaldingmuscles, and blood, sweat andtears…all erased in the blink ofan eye. Such is the fallout, andsuch it shall forever be. Lance

must move on, just like thesporting world will move on,

eventually. No matter what hedoes next, his legacy is

enshrined in a negative sphere.But the more he rails, the lesslikely it is that future genera-

tions will forgive him.The writer is the editor

of Postnoon.

THE HUMAN CONDITIONDean Williams

POSTNOON [email protected]

When you arein college,you te nd tocount downthe da ys for

the va cation, but once they arehere, you regret doing just thatand start missing your friends,night-outs, parties and evenyour lectures and exams. Andtwo days into the vacation,you are bored and withoutany solid plans on how tospend the day. With Dussehrabreak just around the corner,we bring you eight ways tokeep yourself entertainedthrough the vacation.

1. LEARN SOMETHING NEWKickboxing: If your weighthas been bothering you for awhile, then this is the righttime to get back into shape.Kickboxing is the most funway to pass time and shedextra kilos. You can punchyour way to a great body andby the time the vacation isover, your friends will see awhole new you. Learn an instrument: Are youone of those people whoalways wanted to play aninstrument but never had thetime or energy to pursue thatdream? This vacation, setaside some time every day forjust that. You don’t have to bedisheartened next time yourfriend pulls out his guitar.

2. CATCH A FLICKStudent of the Year: The rom -antic comedy film directed byKaran Johar has three newco -mers — Varun Dhawan, AliaBhatt and Sidharth Malhotra.It should be an entertainingmovie for collegians to watchsince it is set in a college andyoungsters can easily relatewith the characters.Skyfall: The much-awaitednew instalment in the Bondfranchise is the talk of thetown. Try to catch the movieon the opening day.

3. LEND A HELPING HANDHSPCA: If you are an animallover, then this is a stop youdefinitely have to make.Volunteer at the HumaneSociety for Protection and

Care of Animals (HSPCA) andyou will not only feel goodabout yourself afterwards butalso enjoy the time you spendwith the four-legged.MAD: Make a Difference(MAD) is an organisation initi-ated by youngsters for bring-ing about changes in the livesof the underprivileged chil-dren. Dedicate your vacationto the kids and you will neverforget the smiles you broughtto their faces.

4. CURL UP WITH A BOOKThe Fault in Our Stars: Thebook by John Green is easilyone of the best books of 2012.Teenage cancer patient Hazel’slife changes when she meetsAugustus at a cancer supportgroup. The plucky, funny andentirely believable lead couplemakes this an endearing andheartbreaking read.Fahrenheit 451: The book byRay Bradbury is a classic. Setin the distant future, it tells of

a time when TV rules and allbooks are burned by firemen.That is, until one firemanrecognises the importance ofthe written word. A frighten-ing view of the future, certain-ly, but one that seems to becoming true.

5. COOK UP A STORMIf you are a person who neverbothered to learn the way tothe kitchen, then this might bethe time to challenge yourselfand try something new. Sur pr -ise your parents with yourcooking skills. This is an easyway to get into your parents’good books. You can start easyby dishing out omelette andMaggi. Later, once you gainco nfidence, you can move onto tougher and most deliciousoptions.

6. WALK ON THE WILDSIDEHave you ever wanted to tryout sailing or rock climbing,but never had the courage todo them? This vacation, youcan conquer your fears byindulging in some of them.Grab a friend, get out of yourcomfort zone and make yourvacation memorable.

7. OPEN YOUR EARSGo beyond One Direction,Bollywood and Taylor Swiftthis vacation. Consider someoffbeat Indian musicians likeThe Mavyns and AnkurTewari. Check out indie bandslike Frank Ocean, Death Gripsand Of Monsters And Men thatare gimmick-free and heavyon melody and content.

8. BE A TEENAGER!Go on, be rebellious. It isexpected of you.Get a tattoo: You will neverget back your college daysand most of the time, youend up forgetting the experi-ences that move you, unlessyou get them inked. Your par-ents and grandparents maynot be a fan of the idea butyou definitely will grab a lotof eyeballs when you returnto college.Streak your hair: If you wantto change your look, considerstreaking your hair. Pick thecolours that best suit you andget streaked. If done right,you’ll have an edgy new lookto flaunt next term.

campusMONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012

15IRON WOMANA play Birjees Qadar Ka Kunba by Sutradhar will be staged on October19 at 7.30 pm. The play is about how a woman’s iron conviction andobsession with reputation, money and class destroys her family.

COLLEGE OF THE WEEK

JNUJawaharlal Nehru University is oneof the best in the country for post-graduate education in the arts and

science streams. The 1,000-acrecampus in New Delhi has produced

illustrious alumni like SitaramYechury and Romila Thapar. The

university is also well known for itsstudent activism. NAAC has given ita rating of 3.9 out of 4, the highest

grade for any institute in India.

DSP processors workshopA three-day workshop on DSPprocessors and application will beorganised at Chaitanya BharathiInstitute of Technology fromOctober 16 to October 18. Theevent is organised by the depart-ment of Electronics and Communication Engineering(ECE) and will be held at the CBITSeminar Hall. The registrationforms for the workshop is avail-able in the college website.

With winter aroundthe corner, stoles

are back in fashion.Most recently seen

on the ramps ofBlender’s Pride

fashion show andon Salman Khan inEk Tha Tiger, stoles

are a must haveaccessory for guys

this season.Outshine your

female classmateswith a colourful,

stylish stole drapedcasually around

your neck.

Wonderingwhether to junkyour comfy jeansfor a more femi-nine dress? Justslip into a jumpsuitinstead! CameronDiaz and othershave been spottedsporting this ultra-modern and chicgarment. Thoughnot many wear itin city colleges asyet, dare to be atrendsetter andstart a jumpsuitrevolution.

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Spice up your vacation


18AN EVENING WITH ARTAlankritha Art Gallery presents a exhibition of paintings titled Mind andspirit by Nandini Das, Palash Paul and Raju Sarkar. The exhibition is on tillOctober 17 from 11am- 7pm.

DAY TWO

spotlight

On the silk routeThe launch of Silk Route restaurant was held at

4th floor Uptown Banjara in the Q mart building onSunday. The new place boasts assorted cuisine.Spotted at the launch were actors Madhurima

Bannerjee and Charmi, cricketer VVS Laxman anddirector Hari Shankar among others.

Pulling out the stops The audio launch of the film Bus Stop was held at Shilpa KalaVedika on Sunday. The film stars Prince, Sri Divya, Sai Kumar,

Kanna, Hasika and Abhi.

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Day two of the Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2012 endedwith the shows of designers Shane and Falguni, NanditaMahtani, Asmita Marwa and Neeta Lulla. The showstop-pers were Rana Daggubati, Deeksha Seth, Zarine Khan

and Namrata Shriodkar.

VITAMIN B CAN HELP REDUCE HEART DISEASE RISKAdequate folic acid and vitamin B intake could help reduce vascular dis-ease risk in Indian patients, a study released here said. The study saidfoods containing vitamin B, like potato, greens, beans, fish and animalproducts, should be consumed regularly.health


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You know that feeling of growingfrustration that creeps in every timeyou get onto the weighing scale?Despite months and months of diet-

ing you’re still tipping the scales the wrongside and can’t figure out why it’s so hard tolose the inches. It’s probably time you re-looked your diet based on your body’sneeds and not based on the miracle an XYZdiet claims it can perform. In his new bookSix Secrets of Successful Weight Loss, Dr JohnMansfield, says food sensitivity is ‘by far thecommonest single cause of weight gain’rather than too many calories or lack ofexercise, the Daily Mail reported. Accordingto the Dr Mansfield, one of the best ways tolose weight is to find out what foods you aresensitive to and work your diet around that.

“Food sensitivity really depends on anindividual’s body type and metabolism rate.Some people may digest some foods betterthan others. For instance, some people cantake a high fat diet more easily than others.However, claims that food sensitivity islinked to weight loss remains to be scientifi-cally proven,” says nutritionist SuneethaSapur, director Akkshaya Foundation.

“Any type of sensitivity causes inflam-mation in the body, but it is not proven if itplays a role in weight loss or gain. It remainsto be established on what basis we declare aperson’s sensitivity to certain foods and

how it affects that individual. However,what is proven is the fact that noteverybody responds in the samemanner to a particular diet. Eachindividual’s body constitution andmetabolism rate differs and ideal-ly the diet should be a person-alised one,” explains Suneetha.

She goes on to add, “There arethree kinds of body types — ecto-morph, endomorph and mesomorph.They are classified based on how bodiescan handle calories. So when a person islooking for weight loss through diets, thefirst thing he/she should do is identifyhis/her body type and then look for a dietplan that suits them. For instance, if a per-son is unable to process energy fast enough,his/her diet should be modelled according-ly. While there are many diet plans that arepopular and easily available on the internet,they are not as effective as a personalisedplan.”

An individual’s lifestyle and kind of jobalso are deciding factors for the kind ofdiet plan a person should draw up andstick to for effective weight loss, addsSuneetha.

FOOD SENSITIVITY

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Long QT syndromeThe syndrome is a disorder of the electricalsystem of the heart. In long QT syndrome,the duration of recharging of the electricalsystem after each heart beat is longer thannormal. This may result in a very fast,abnormal heart rhyth. When this rhythmoccurs, no blood is pumped out from theheart, and the brain quickly becomesdeprived of oxygen, causing sudden lossof consciousness and in some cases sudden death.

Lips are red due tocapillariesHuman lips have a reddish colour becauseof the concentration of capillariesjust below the skin. The blood inthese capillaries is normallyhighly oxygenated and there-fore quite red. This explainswhy the lips appear pale whena person is anaemic or has losta great deal of blood.

Jonas SalkJonas Edward Salk was an Americanmedical researcher and virologist. He isbest known for his discovery and devel-opment of the first polio vaccine. In1960, he founded the Salk Institute forBiological Studies in La Jolla, California.He published books, including ManUnfolding, The Survival of the Wisest,World Population and Human Values: ANew Reality, and Anatomy of Reality:Merging of Intuition and Reason.

NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS

There may be a reason why those dietsaren’t working for you. Food sensitivity, aproblem that plagues many, could be the

culprit behind all those failed diets.

Worried overcalories?

An individual’s lifestyle andkind of job also are decidingfactors for the kind of dietplan a person should draw upand stick to for effectiveweight loss.

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LONDON: Drinking a litre ofmineral water every day can pre-vent and even reverse the devas-tating memory loss disease,Alzheimer’s, British scientistshave claimed.

Researchers from KeeleUniversity said the silicon-richwater can alter the course of cog-nitive decline in patients byremoving toxic aluminium fromtheir bodies, according to theDaily Express.

It has long been known thataluminium has some link to thedevelopment of the disease, butwhether aluminium is the causehas not been established.

The researchers found thatdrinking water packed with sili-con “significantly reduced” lev-els of the neurotoxin in the bodyof patients.

The study, published in theJournal of Alzheimer’s Disease,said that the patients studieddrank a litre of mineral water aday for 13 weeks.

The study involved 15Alzheimer’s patients and theircarers or partners -— 15 womenand 15 men in total.

The brand of water used wasfrom Malaysia. But he said watersold in Britain have similar sili-con levels.

One patient saw the amountof aluminium in his body dropby 70 percent. Most patientsshowed no further signs of cog-nitive decline, and three showeda major improvement.

The results gave new hope offinding simple ways to fight thedisease, Christopher Exley, wholed the study, was quoted as say-ing by the British daily.

“There were two parts. Thefirst is that drinking silicon waterdoes remove aluminium fromthe body. When you drink sili-con-rich mineral water, alumini-um is gathered into the bloodand excreted through the urine,”Exley said. IANS

Mineralwater canpreventAlzheimer’s

RESEARCH

‘Sleeping on the backincreases stillbirth risks’

PREGNANCY

LONDON: Pregnant womenwho sleep on their back mayincrease the risk of miscarriageor stillbirth, a five-yearAustralian study has found.

The research titled the“Sydney Stillbirth Study”looked at pregnancies of 295women from eight hospitalsaround Australia, the Daily Mailreported.

The study found thatwomen who sleep on their backare six times more likely tohave a stillborn baby.

A stillborn baby is a babyborn dead after 24 weeks ofpregnancy. If the baby diesbefore 24 completed weeks, it isknown as a late miscarriage.

Lead researcher AdrienneGordon, from Sydney’s RoyalPrince Alfred Hospital, saidprevious research suggestedprolonged periods of lying inthis position restricted bloodflow to the baby.

It is believed that sleepingon the right side or on the backreduces blood flow through amajor vein from the legs to theheart, which affects the supplyto the womb, the study said.

However, the researcherssaid it was important thatwomen who are currently preg-nant “don’t become alarmed ifthey sometimes sleep on theirback”.

Experts said three-quarters

of pregnant women sleep mostly on the left side.

The daily said this may suggest they instinctivelychoose a sleeping position thatworks best for the baby.

In almost half of stillbirths,the direct cause of the baby’sdeath cannot be established.

Ten per cent of stillborn

babies have some kind ofabnormality and other possiblecauses include problems withthe mother’s health or prob-lems with the placenta.

Stillbirth FoundationAustralia, which funded thestudy, said the research wasunique as it looked exclusivelyat women who were more than32 weeks pregnant.

In 2011, a University ofAuckland study found thatmothers who slept on theirback or right-hand side on thenight before giving birth weretwice as likely to have astillborn child compared tothose who slept on their left.

IANS

The Australianstudy titled

“Sydney Stillbirthstudy” found thatwomen who sleepon their back are

six times morelikely to have astillborn baby.

A stillborn baby is ababy born dead after24 weeks. If the babydies before 24 weeks,it is known as a latemiscarriage.

I’ve always shared a very goodrapport with my son. Now heis not as open with me. He isnow 16, and doesn’t like shar-ing things with me. In fact, attimes it feels like he finds itembarrassing to have me drophim to classes. How can I gethim to be as caring as earlier?The easy answer to this ques-tion is-’wait till your sonbecomes an adult.’ Fortunately,teens grow out of this age andgo back to being themselves as

they grow older. However,while a teenager is in his/herteen years, parents are the oneswho have to make an adjust-ment to wrap their mindaround the changed and onceamiable child. The good thingis that if a parent once shared agood rapport with a child, thenafter the difficult adolescentstage passes, the relationshipgoes back to being good again.

Teenagers undergo enor-mous development during theadolescent years including,quiet and withdrawn. Thischange is normal, since a teen istrying to ‘individuate’ orbecoming their own person.During this time, it is helpful tolet the teen have his/her ownspace and while gently remind-ing them that you are there ifthey need you. A lot of emo-

tional damage to relationshipshappens during these yearsbecause parents fail to under-stand the importance of allow-ing them to develop. Parentshave to balance authority alongwith providing autonomy toallow for development.Allowing your child to makemistakes and learn is crucial.

As a parent, allow your teenthe freedom to make choices

and decisions for themselves,and allow them to explore theirsense of identity. As long asthey know that you are thereand have their best interests atheart, they will return to shar-ing a wonderful relationship.

The writer is a counsellingpsychologist at the Hyderabad

Academy of Psychology. You canwrite to her at

[email protected]

Dr Diana Monteiro

‘MY TEEN IS EMBARRASSED BY MY PRESENCE’Growing pains

EntertainmentMONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012

21CMGR TO RELEASE BIG IN NIZAMPawan Kalyan, Tamannaah starrer CameramanGanga Tho Rambabu is expected to release in90% of the screens in Nizam. In Hyderabad alone,the film will release in more than 80 screens.

ALL SMILES

Mahesh Babu heads to GoaAfter a brief gap, Mahesh

Babu has joined the sets ofSukumar's upcoming film inGoa. Earlier this month, model-turned-actress Kriti Sanon wasroped in to play the lead roleopposite Mahesh Babu. AnilSunkara, Achanta Ram andGopichand are producing thefilm. Devi Sri Prasad is compos-ing the music.

Tamannaah teams upwith Virat Kohli!

Tamannaah and Virat Kohliwill soon be seen togeth-

er in a commercial for CelkonMobiles. The two had been

endorsing the brand for quitesometime now and yesterday anad was shot on both of them in

Mehboob Studio, Mumbai.Trivikram Srinivas has directed

the commercial.

CINE BYTES

Naayak’s shoot begins in Kolkata

The principal shooting ofRam Charan, Kajal and Amala

Paul starrer Naayak began yesterdayin Kolkata and this schedule willgo on till October 22. VV Vinayakis directing the film and DVVDanayya is producing it. Thamanis scoring the music for this filmwhich is slated for release onJanuary 9, 2013.

R A J I N I K A N T H

appreciates Gundello Godari's team Lakshmi Manchu is oncloud nine these days.She's already elatedthat she has won the

Nandi Award for Best Villainfor her performance inAnaganaga O Dheerudu andnow, superstar Rajinikanthhas lavished praise on theentire team of her upcomingfilm Gundello Godari. KumarNagendra is directing the filmand it's said to be an adapta-tion of a book named GodavariKathalu written by BVS RamaRao. The film's rerecording isgoing on in Chennai and forthe past few days LakshmiManchu and KumarNagendra had been workingclosely with music directorIlayaraja. Couple of days ago,a special screening wasorganised for Rajinikanth,Ravi Raja Pinisetty andMohan Babu. We hearRajinikanth was all praises forLakshmi Manchu for select-ing a good story and produc-ing the film. Sundeep Kishan,who also played one of thelead roles, was pleasantly sur-prised to get a call fromMohan Babu. "The 3 LegendsMohan Babu garu, Rajni Sirand Ilaiyaraaja Sir sawGundelloGodari/MaranthenMannithen & appreciated mywork..Wow Wow Wow :) :) :)Really Sweet of Mohan BabuGaru to make@LakshmiManchu call me &personally appreciate mywork..haven Stopped smilingsince.. :) :) :) (sic)," SundeepKishan posted on Twitter.Gundello Godari stars LakshmiManchu, Taapsee, AadhiPinisetty and Sundeep Kishanin lead roles. The film's audiois going to hit the stands laterthis week and the film is slat-ed for release in earlyNovember.

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NO WEDDING BELLS RINGING

Rangeeley shoot over,Neha gets emotional

Actress Neha Dhupia isemotional after the

shooting of her first Punjabifilm Rangeeley got over. Shesays that the "character stillstays with me". "That sinkingfeeling when you say good-bye to your cast and crew!The past 45 days have beenthe most fantastic days atwork!, she tweeted. IANS

Ayushmann anxiousabout Nautanki Saala

VJ-turned-actor AyushmannKhurrana, who made his

dream entry in Bollywood withsuper hit movie Vicky Donor, is

nervous about his secondfilm.The 28-year-old's next is

Rohan Sippy's Nautanki Saala."It's time to watch the first editof Nautanki Saala with Rohan

Sippy and the unit, anxiety," hetweeted. IANS

Actress ShraddhaKapoor, who is

playing the female lead inAashiqui 2, is looking for-

ward to the shooting ofthe film."Its schedule

starts tomorrow, I can feelthe endorphins building

up again," Shradha tweet-ed. IANS

Aashiqui 2 goes on floor, Shradha excited

RANI MUKHERJEE

Bollywood actress RaniMukerji, who has

rubbished rumoursthat she is wed tofilmmaker Aditya

Chopra, says she has left hermarriage destiny to god.

"My name has been linked withseveral people, but 'upar waala'

(God) will decide who willbecome my life partner," Rani

said in reply to queries in RajatSharma's show Aap Ki Adalat.

Mukerjee, whose latest filmAiyyaa released Friday, reacted

strongly to media reports abouther secret marriage to Aditya,

elder son of acclaimed filmmak-er Yash Chopra."The media can'teven decide which year the wed-

ding took place. Was it 2007, or2009, or 2012? Let them (media)

make up their mind first."I amfortunate that the people of this

country consider me as theirdaughter and they are worriedabout my marriage. But birth,death and marriage are in the

hands of upar waala and what isordained, shall happen," said theactress, who sported a rudraksha

string on her left wrist."As far as my marriage with

Aditya is concerned, I can onlysay, Main toh abhi kunwaari hoon

(I am still unmarried)," sheadded.

IANS

‘God willdecidemy life partner’


Ke$ha releasingillustrated memoir

Pop singer Ke$ha isreleasing an illustrated

memoir about her life thusfar entitled My CrazyBeautiful Life. MTV reportsthe book will talk abouther journey as an artist. Itwill feature photographsfrom her childhood up toher recent tour.

According to NME, thememoir is 192 pages and isbeing published by Simonand Schuster.

Can get all drugs if I want.says Brad Pitt

Hollywood star Brad Pitt is notinto drugs anymore, but says

he can still get his hands on any-thing he wants. The 48-year-oldopened up about his former mari-juana habit and admits he canarrange any drugs within 24 hours."My drugs days are long passedbut it's true that I could probablyland in any city and get you what-ever you wanted," contactmusic. -com quoted Pitt as saying.

Tyra Banks ProducingAutobiographical Comedy

Tyra Banks and longtime friendKenya Barris (a producer on

Fox’s I Hate My TeenageDaughter) are teaming up to co-create Fivehead, a comedy thatwill focus on Banks’ gawkyteenage years before she becamea noted supermodel and TV host,Deadline reports. The duo will co-create the characters and storiesfor the comedy,while Barris willwrite thescript. TheAmerica’sNext TopModelhost andBarrishaveknown eachother sincegradeschool.

CINE BYTES

Skyfall getsrave reviewsfrom critics

While we won’t see007 tackling his

latest missionuntil November

9 (the official release date ofSkyfall), film critics are alreadyreleasing early rave reviews of

the flick, saying viewers will bein for a treat.

“Dramatically grippingwhile still brandishing a droll

undercurrent of humor, thisbeautifully made film will cer-

tainly be embraced as one ofthe best Bonds by loyal fans

worldwide and leaves youwanting the next one to turn

up sooner than four years fromnow,” Hollywood Reporter’s

Todd McCarthy wrote.And that was just the

beginning of the positivereviews pouring in for the

highly anticipated actionmovie.

“Putting the ‘intelligence’in MI6, Skyfall reps a smart,

savvy and incredibly satisfyingaddition to the 007 oeuvre,

one that places Judi Dench’sM at the center of the action.

It’s taken 23 films and 50years to get Bond’s backsto-

ry, but the wait was worthit,” Variety’s Peter Debruge

wrote.“Bond is back and he’s

more dangerous than ever,”the Daily Mail’s BazBamigboy went on.

“Daniel Craig is simplyextraordinary,” GQ UK’sAndy Morris said. “Thismay be the most fallible,

human and downrightbelievable Bond we’ve

seen on screen.”The Guardian's film

critic Xan Brooks wasn’texactly the biggest

Skyfall fan, saying thefilm “falls prey to a com-mon failing of many 50th

birthday bashes,” but saysCraig made for a “splendidly

authoritative Bond.”Skyfall is 23rd movie in

the Bond franchise.

‘MOST BELIEVABLE BOND’

ACROSS1 Cleanse 6 Versatility list10 Mr Strauss of pants fame14 Bubbling on the stove15 Confined (with ‘up’)16 Long-billed wading bird17 Natural good judgment19 Metal wrap20 Palindromic boy king21 Coin featuring Lincoln’s likeness22 Roast need24 Marked text to keep26 Angel’s overhead ring27 Rattle one’s cage28 Duties for importers31 Dining room enticer34 Fast companion35 Airport feature37 Lymph ___ (immune system

part)38 Almanac fodder39 Concept40 Not a happy fate41 Author Murdoch42 Balls of yarn43 ‘The story you’re about to hear is

true’ show45 ‘That’s all ___ wrote!’46 You may scratch with them47 Pretend51 Respiratory disorder54 Impoverished55 Kind of sauce56 Spelling of ‘Beverly

Hills, 90210’57 Where to spin one’s wheels60 Norse god of war61 ‘___ went thataway!’62 Growing out63 Sleight-of-hand wiz64 Daytime TV drama65 ‘Hamlet’ characters, eg

DOWN1 Thailand currency units2 Approximately3 Dessert not for the diet-conscious4 That gentleman’s5 Mourning became her6 Knock for a loop7 Deposited in a mailbox8 Naval rank (Abbr)9 Cruise-cabin attendants10 Carefree, comfortable existence11 Black, in stanzas12 Famous Henry’s number13 Bit of land in the sea18 Search, in a child’s game23 Whitney who invented the

cotton gin25 Conveyance for Marty

McFly26 Mates for does28 Implied29 Lose color30 Certain diving duck31 As well as32 Cathedral cross33 Gas leak indicator34 Big bunnies36 Faux ___ (blunder)38 Aesthetic pursuits42 Like some scorched steaks44 Bad thing to have for people

with class?45 Wild plum47 Tentacled animal48 Chinese or Japanese, eg49 Short adventure tale50 Rug rats51 Physics bit52 Word with pop or fountain53 Math subject54 Thing entered in court58 ‘I get it now!’59 Carrier of genetic info

KAKURO QUICK CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

Chai TimeMONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012

26THOUGHT OF THE DAYSuccess in business requires training and discipline and hard work. Butif you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just asgreat today as they ever were. David Rockefeller

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PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

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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ARIESUnwanted apprehension needto be driven out from the mindas you will be successful if youproceed with a clear mind. Hu -r d les will disappear and goodtime has alre a dy started. Em -ployees can expect a pay hikeand transfer of choice.

ARIES: The World – Youneed to conquer your fear and theworld will be at your feet. Your ownapprehensions are stopping youfrom going ahead with confidence.

GEMINI: The Hermit – Youcherish your alone-time and find pe -a ce and contentment in rhythm. Yo -u’re searching for that elusive light oflife. You’re in a philosophical mood.

LEO: The High Priest – Youdiscover how to use your intuition toget the best results. You’re in a moodto be adventurous, trying out newways to do the same old job.

LIBRA: Queen of Wands –You’re in a creative time, where evena mundane job begins to look inter-esting. For those in creative profes-sions, this is a very fertile time.

TAURUS: Knight of Penta -c l es – There are times when doubtabout your decisions will overwhelmyou, causing you to feel depressed.Don’t be afraid to reverse decisions.

CANCER: Knight of Swords– You’re charging ahead with ene r gyand enthusiasm of a youngster. It willtake you ahead with confidence intonovel, interesting situations.

VIRGO: The Sun – There’shappiness and cheer in you, and youare able to put out that cheer tothose around you. You have a witand cleverness many find endearing.

SCORPIO: Page of Penta -cles – Money is coming your way, an -d also news about a raise or promo-tion, or both. Wait for the official an -nouncement before telling anyone.

CAPRICORN: Six of Pen -tacles – There is indication of a seni orperson coming to your rescue in solv-ing a difficult work-related problem.The experience will come in handy.

SAGITTARIUS: Ace of Pe -n t a cles – Businesses are profitable an -d even salaried individuals find waysto make more money. Bank balance islooking good – so is your mood.

AQUARIUS: Justice – Noteverything is black and white, and itwould be wrong on your part to exp -e ct everything to be. Open yourself toideas, possibilities and explanations.

PISCES: The Magician –Your intuition is taking you places.You don’t know how, but the ideasare just popping up and you’re do -ing a swell job of making them work.

TAURUSThose in love will be successfuland move on to marry. Yourcharisma will increase and thiswill do the magic. Those plan-ning to enter the cine field willrealise their dream without fail.Get rid of bad habits and takegood care of your health.

GEMINIPoliticians advised to be cauti -ous in their talk and commitm -e nts. Avoid friendship with cha -racterless persons as they mig -ht land you in trouble. Mother'shealth needs care. Politi cianswill gain importance and highcommand will favour them.

CANCERYour influence is set to increa -se. Marriage talks will progresswell and finalisation will takeplace soon. Real-estate dealswill end in your favour. Child -ren will make you happy andearn a name. Politicians will besupported by party-workers.

LEOPersons of high esteem willextend their wholehearted helpand financial support to com-plete certain important tasksundertaken by you. Turningpoint likely for businessmenwith a new technique. Goodnews for marriageable people.

VIRGOSome will undertake pilgrim-age. Debt issues will come toan end as you will clear majorones. Delayed loan applicationwill get sanctioned; handlemoney carefully to avoid prob-lems in the future. Business willimprove bringing in profits.

LIBRAPeaceful atmosphere will pre-vail at home. You will performsister's marriage in a grandmanner and earn appreciation.Your administrative capabilitiesget sharpened. House construc-tion plan will get approval andthe work will start soon.

SCORPIOAll wishes will get fulfilled. Youwill be invited by VIPs to takepart in a celebration at theirhome. Good events to takeplace at home, which will keepthe family cheerful. Those de -prived of children for long willreceive favourable news now.

SAGITTARIUSGood approach at home willke ep family happy. Employeeswill be happy as situation at w -orkplace will change and supe-riors will be favourable. Child -ren make good progress. Strai -ned relationships will resumeresulting in meetings.

CAPRICORNA very comfortable financialposition likely. Realtors will ha -ve a very prosperous time; go -od gains in deals likely. Busine -s smen can plan for expansionas the time is ripe. You will ea -rn in speculative deals. You willattend and enjoy gettogethers.

AQUARIUSThose trying for a job willreceive good news. With wisesteps you will achieve all taskswithout any problem. You willbuy a new vehicle in exchangeof the old one. Tension andworries likely; keep your coolas situation will change soon.

PISCESThose disturbed for not havinga job will receive a favourablenews. Happy events to takeplace in a line. Busi nessmenwill receive many orders. Thosein export/ import business willdo well. Good efforts will fetchyou maximum gains.

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Alba refused to stripfor Sin City 2?

Jessica Alba reportedlyrefused to strip for Sin

City 2 because she isn’thappy with how she looksafter giving birth to twochildren. “She wascrushed when filmingbegan and she didn’t haveher original body back soshe told producers shewanted a body double,” asource told Life and Stylemagazine, reports con-tactmusic.com.

Vergara didn’t haveremarriage on mind

Actress Sofia Vergara, who isready to walk the aisle for

the second time, says she neverplanned to remarry as she washappy being a single parent sofar. The Modern Family actress,who recently became engagedto businessman Nick Loeb, saysshe did not want to wed againafter her split from her child-hood sweetheart, but thinks it is"perfect" timing now.

Kristen Stewart fears shemight be killed

Actress Kristen Stewart is scaredthat her fame might lead to

someone killing her one day. Shefears someone will log on to asocial networking site to find outher location, then murder her,reports contactmusic. com.Stewart said: “Like I'm going todie because somebody is goingto say where I am and somebodyis going to kill me. Someone'sgoing to twitter my location andthen it's going to be like, boom.”

CINE BYTES

Actress Jennifer Anistonhas got a hotel stafferfired because he dis-cussed her with otherguests and thus violat-

ed the celebrity confidentiality poli-cy. The actress was staying atEncantado Resort in Santa Fe, NewMexico, known for strictly follow-ing celebrity confidentiality policy,while filming her new movie We'rethe Millers. Staffer Terry Sieglerclaims he was fired for briefly com-plimenting Aniston when askedabout her by other guests.According to tmz.com, Siegler onlytold guests that the 43-year-oldactress was “very sweet and muchmore petite than he thought”. Hesaid he was only responding toother guests, who had asked him ifhe had seen the actress at the hotel,and the guests were later overhearddiscussing the brief conversationabout Aniston by one of herentourage. Siegler said: “Theybrought Jennifer up first. Was I sup-posed to deny it?” He says he wasfired for violating the hotel'scelebrity privacy policy afterAniston’s team complained to his

supervisors that he was sharing pri-vate information about the actressto other guests. The hotel’s generalmanager said: “I cannot confirmanything about our employee, but Iwill say that we have a very strictconfidentiality policy and we doenforce those policies.” The inci-dent does not seem to have damp-ened Aniston’s New Mexico experi-ence as she is said to be consideringgetting married to Justin Therouxthere. “She has fallen in love withNew Mexico, it has a very relaxedvibe that fits both her and Justinperfectly, so it would be a greatplace to have the wedding,” said a source.

GOSSIPABOUTJENCOSTSHOTELSTAFFHIS JOB

sports 29FORMULA 1


HYDERABAD: J RamaKrishna of Andhra Bank wonthe open category of the 77thBrilliant Trophy ChessTournament by scoring 5.5points out of 6 rounds while VVarun and JRC Prasad securedthe second and third placeswith 5 points each at theBrilliant Grammar High Schoolhere on Sunday.

Avikshith of Sri AurobindoSchool won the juniors cate-gory scoring 6 points in 6

rounds. A Prateek and BShreyas, with 5 points each,secured the second and thirdspots respectively.

Ramakrishna, Avikshith win

1ST RACE: The Finalist Handicap (about) 1400 metres; 12-45pm

Selections:1. Saddle Chief 2. River Divine 3. Accost

2ND RACE: The Bachelors Wedding handicap (about) 2000 metres;

1-15pm

Selections: 1. Destiny 2. Tinteretto

3RD RACE: The Fair Ray handicap (about) 2000 metres; 1-45pm

Selections: 1. Mythos 2. King Arthur 3. Eros

4TH RACE: The Wolver Valley handicap, Div-I (about)

1200 metres; 2-15pm

Selections: 1. Adawna 2. Red Passion 3 Do Your best

5TH RACE: The Woolver Valley handicap, Div-II 9 (about) 1200

metres; 2-45pm

Selections: 1. Noble Defender 2. Memories 3.Autocrat

6TH RACE:Harry the Horse cup (about) 1400 metres 3-15pm

Selections: 1. Caravaggio 2. Araceli 3. Two In One

7TH RACE: The Espire handicap (about) 1400 metres; 3-45pm

Selections: 1. Ice Festival 2. Green Pasture 3. Pirateer

8TH RACE: The Amberdue handicap (about) 1100 metres; 4-15pm

Selections: 1. Araneda 2. Victory Vibes 3. Benjamin

CALCUTTA MONSOON RACESCARAVAGGIO FOR FEATURE EVENT

KOLKATA: Bharat Singh-trained Caravaggio looks poised to land the spoils in the feature event ofthe day, Harry the Horse Cup, tomorrow (Tuesday) in the Calcutta Monsoon Races. Here are selec-

tions for the day’s races.

Days Best: Jackpot Race Nos:

1st Treble Race Nos: 2nd Treble Race Nos:3rd Treble Race Nos:

Adawna4, 5, 6, 7 and 81, 2 and 33, 4 and 56, 7 and 8

League CricketA4-A11 One Day League Championship

Hyd Wonderers 156 bt Shanti XI 126 (Bhavesh 6 for 34)

A4-A11 One Day League Championship

HUCC 191 (Md Zohaib 38, Md Asifuddin 32, Abdul Aziz 33, MdMateen 45, Md Aijaz 3 for 42, Mirza Faraz Baign 4 for 44 ) bt Adams

XI 86 (Md Mateen 5 for 26)

SNIPPETS

It’s a two-horse race nowSebastian Vettel secured a third win on the trot on Sunday and in doing so leapfrogged Ferrari’s

Fernando Alonso at the top of the drivers’ standings.PETER STEBBINGS Agence France-presse

YEONGAM, SOUTH KOREA:Reigning champion SebastianVettel heads into the last fourraces of the season knowing themomentum is with him, and hisfate in his own hands, after a com-manding win in South Korea.

The Red Bull driver secured athird win on the trot on Sundayand in doing so leapfroggedFerrari’s Fernando Alonso at thetop of the drivers’ standings, inwhat looks like a two-horse racenow for the title.

The chasing McLarens ofLewis Hamilton and JensonButton endured a dreadful week-end at Yeongam. Hamilton was10th while his fellow Briton wasdumped out of the race momentsafter the start by an apologeticKamui Kobayashi.

Hamilton and Button, both

former world champions, admit-ted afterwards that their assaulton the crown was over. KimiRaikkonen of Lotus is third in thechampionship but a hefty waybehind the two at the top of thepack.

Vettel, who is going after athird title on the bounce, tops thecharts with 215 points, theSpaniard Alonso is on 209 andRaikkonen back on 167. The nextgrand prix is in India in twoweeks.

“For many months it wassomething of a real roller-coasterride, but we finally found ourstrength again and sinceSingapore it works,” said theGerman Vettel, after he and MarkWebber took a Red Bull one-twoin South Korea.

“Today the team did every-thing right, and I didn’t do any-thing stupid -- we sure want tokeep it that way.”

Singapore last month began asequence of imperious victoriesfor Vettel that saw him close thegap on Alonso, also a doubleworld champion, before usurpinghim Sunday. Alonso was third inthe race, his team-mate FelipeMassa fourth.

But the 25-year-old Vettel saidnobody at Red Bull was gettingcarried away.

“What I think is important isthat we have to keep things sim-ple. That means that we have toconcentrate on ourselves becausewe cannot influence what othersare doing, and starting mindgames now about what otherswill do in the next races is a wasteof energy,” he said.

“Lately we had some prettygood races and of course I hopethat we will be able to continue inthat way. But it is also obviousthis season that things can changequite fast, so there is no guaranteethat luck will stay on our side. So‘keep on pushing’ should be ourmotto for the last four races.”

Ferrari, who have now over-taken the fast-fading McLarenteam in the constructors’ champi-onship, refused to sound dis-heartened by Vettel’s fine run ofform. It is no secret that the RedBulls are the quickest cars in thefield, but in Alonso the Italianoutfit have a highly skilled driverwho has seen and done it allbefore. He has consistently gotthe most out of his inferiorFerrari.

Red Bull-Renault’s Sebastian Vettel of Germany sprays champagne on him-self as he celebrates winning the Formula One Korean Grand Prix at theKorean Circuit in Yeongam on Sunday. AFP/ ROSLAN RAHMAN

YEONGAM, SOUTHKOREA: Ferrari team principalStefano Domenicali vowedSunday the Italian outfit wouldfight Red Bull all the way, afterSebastian Vettel toppledFernando Alonso in the drivers’standings.

Vettel’s victory at theKorean Grand Prix saw Alonsofall to second with four races togo. Vettel’s Red Bull team-mate

Mark Webber was second inthe race, with Alonso and thefellow Ferrari of Felipe Massathird and fourth.

A buoyant Domenicalideclared: “This afternoon’sresult was a great team effortand anyone who thinks thatlosing the lead in the drivers’championship might leave usdiscouraged is making a bigmistake.”

No surrender, vows Ferrari boss

sports 30SHANGHAI MASTERS

WTA TOURNAMENT FRYS.COM OPEN


JOHN WEAVERAgencie France-Presse

SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovicgained sweet revenge for his USOpen defeat to Andy Murray onSunday, saving five match pointsto seal a stunning 5-7, 7-6(13/11), 6-3 victory in theShanghai Masters final.

The iron-willed Serbian wassecond-best for long stretchesbut refused to buckle, sealing his13th Masters title in a contestlasting three hours and 21 min-utes as he hunts down RogerFederer at the top of the rank-ings.

The defeat, in a contestpacked with high-quality, spell-binding tennis, was defendingchampion Murray’s first everloss at the Shanghai Masters afterhe won the tournament in 2010and 2011.

“Could have easily gone theother way. He was five matchpoints up,” said Djokovic, whowon the China Open before com-ing to Shanghai.

“When I faced those matchpoints, I tried to focus on eachindividually. He was so close tothe victory that I cannot say Iwas the better player.”

The Serbian, hot favourite tobe year-end number one for the

second consecutive season, saidthe title would give him a majorboost as he closes in on the topspot, which he said was his“biggest objective”.

“It’s something I’m aimingfor. Obviously this is going to bea huge confidence boost and alsois going to help me in the race fornumber one,” he said, though hecautioned “it’s still not done”.

A gruelling first set containedseven breaks of serve as the play-ers went toe-to-toe in a breath-taking display of power hitting,with neither able to grab the ini-tiative.

But the British third seedmade what proved to be the cru-cial breakthrough in the 11thgame, recovering from 40-lovedown to break for a 6-5 lead as aninfuriated Djokovic destroyedhis racquet, tossing it away indisgust.

Murray, 25, broke in the sev-enth game of the second set for a4-3 lead and looked poised forvictory as he led 5-4, 30-0.

But Djokovic produced athrough-the-legs shot, wowingthe crowd as he began his fight-back and then thwarted the Scoton his first match point beforecancelling out Murray’s advan-tage.

The Serbian, 25, denied theScot four more times in a pulsat-ing shoot-out, sealing the setwith a drive volley that was fol-lowed by a trademark fist-pump-ing celebration as Murray

destroyed his own racquet.The third set went with serve

until Djokovic made the vitalbreakthrough to lead 4-3.Murray could not find a wayback, broken again as the Serbiansealed victory.

“I’m obviously disappointedI lost the match,” said Murray.“But it was a top-quality match.

Both of us played some unbeliev-able tennis at times.

“It was literally the differenceof one, two centimetres in win-ning the match and losing it. Youhave to put things into perspec-tive. It was obviously a bit frus-trating but it was so close andcould have been a different out-come.”

Djokovic deniesMurray in thriller

The thrilling duel hinged on a monster second set tie-break that lasted more than 20 minutes.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA: Swedishrookie Jonas Blixt (right) earned his firstUS PGA victory after rolling in a four-footpar putt on 18 to capture the $5 millionFrys.com Open by one stroke on Sunday.

Blixt closed with a three-under par 68,collecting $900,000 in prize money andbecoming the third rookie to win on theUS tour this season.

“It’s unbelievable. I have no wordsright now. This is the biggest dream Iever had,” Blixt said. “It’s really thegreatest two weeks I’ve had on tour.”

Blixt broke through on Sunday aftercoming close this season with three top-10 finishes. He finished third last week atthe Shriners Hospitals for Children Openand tied for third at the Byron NelsonChampionship.

The native of Nassjo, Smaland, cardedhis fourth round in the 60s to finish with a16-under 268 total on the CordeValle golfcourse. Americans Tim Petrovic and Jason

Kokrak tied for second. Petrovic shot a 64and Kokrak had a 68.

John Mallinger had a 72 to tie forfourth at 14-under 270 with US compatriotJimmy Walker, Fiji’s Vijay Singh andAlexandre Rocha of Brazil. Walker closedwith a 62 and Singh and Rocha shot 68. AFP

Paes-Stepanek windoubles titleAustralian Open championsLeander Paes of India and RadekStepanek of the Czech Republic onSunday came from behind to winthe Shanghai Masters doubles title6-7 (7/9), 6-3, 10/5.

The fourth seeds, who havealready booked a place at nextmonth’s elite eight-team ATPWorld Tour Finals in London, lostthe first set against Indian pairMahesh Bhupathi and RohanBopanna on a tie-break.

But the Indian-Czech duo,who were losing finalists at the USOpen, levelled the contest after asingle break in the second set andtook the match tie-break 10/5.

Seventh seeds Bhupathi andBopanna were in eighth and lastspot in the chase for a place at theseason-ending finale in the mostrecent rankings.

Indian veteran Paes, 39, saidhe was at the stage of his careerwhen he was “playing for mile-stones, playing for history”.

“We’ve had a great year. Itstarted off with a big bang. To dowell early in a partnership issomething,” said Paes.

Blixt takes first PGA titleLINZ, AUSTRIA: World number oneVictoria Azarenka (right) on Sundayclaimed her sixth title this season whenshe beat German Julia Goerges in straightsets at the Linz WTA tournament.

The Belarusian, in her ninth finalappearance of 2012, overcame the fifthseed 6-3, 6-4 for a 14th career title.

In her first appearance at the tourna-ment, the top seed had lost just 11 gamesin her first four matches and looked oncourse for another routine victory as shestormed into a 6-3, 5-0 lead against fifth-seeded Goerges.

“At 5-0 it felt like such a comfortablelead. I think I won seven games in a rowat that point. But then Julia just went forher shots, and I kind of misjudged the sit-uation,” Azarenka said.

“I felt like the match was already inmy hands, but Julia is such an unpre-dictable player, and the momentum canturn around really quickly with her, and

it did. I wasn’t really expecting to havesuch a change.”

But Azarenka soon wrapped up thetitle when, with Goerges serving at 4-5and 30-all, she took the last two points.

“I’m glad I stayed in the moment,”Azarenka said. AFP

Sixth title for Azarenka

sports 31CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TWENTY20

DULEEP TROPHY


JOHANNESBURG: Defendingchampions Mumbai Indiansstarted their campaign on a dis-appointing note, losing to Lionsby eight wickets, in their openingmatch of the Champions LeagueTwenty20 here today.

The catalysts for Lions’ victo-

ry were Neil McKenzie (68 notout off 41 balls) and 19-year-oldQuinton de Kock (51 not out off33) as the duo helped the sidechase the target of 158 with sevenballs to spare at the NewWanderers Stadium.

For the record, Mumbai hadlost to Lions in the second edi-tion of the event two years ago.

It could have been anybody’s

game till Dhawal Kulkarni andMumbai skipper HarbhajanSingh were taken to the cleanersin the 16th and 17th over.

While Kulkarni conceded 17runs, Harbhajan was smashed for16 as Lions inched towords thetarget. Kulkarni’s three overswent for 37 while Harbhajangave away 36 in his four. PragyanOjha was knocked for 19 in his

two. Lions lost their first wicketwhen Ambati Rayudu pulled offa blinder at cover, holding on toAlviro Petersen’s full-bloodedshot off Lasith Malinga.

Bringing himself on in theseventh over, Harbhajan was onthe money straightaway as hegot Ghulam Bodi to edge one tofirst slip where Rohit Sharmacompleted a good catch. PTI

Mumbai Indians lose asMcKenzie roars for Lions

Mumbai posted 157 for six after being invited to bat and then failed to findan answer for McKenzie and de Kock’s joint assault that left them battered.

Sachin Tendulkar is cleaned up by Phangiso of the Lions at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on Sunday. AP/PTI

Mumbai Indians:

Smith lbw b Morris 26

Tendulkar b Phangiso 16

Sharma b Nannes 27

Johnson c Tsolekile b Tanvir 30

Pollard b Tanvir 11

Karthik not out 19

Rayudu run out 4

Extras: (B-5, LB-10, W-9) 24

Total: (for six wickets in 20 overs) 157

Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-64, 3-99, 4-122, 5-151, 6-157

Bowling: Tanvir 4-0-31-2, Nannes 4-0-15-1, Morris 4-0-44-1, Phangiso 4-0-17-1, Z de Bruyn 4-0-35-0.

Lions:

Bodi c Sharma b Harbhajan 19

Petersen c Rayudu b Malinga 14

Q de Kock not out 51

McKenzie not out 68

Extras: (LB-1, W-5) 6

Total: (for 2 wickets in 18.5 overs) 158

Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-37

Bowling: Johnson 3-0-20-0, Malinga3.5-1-18-1, Kulkarni 3-0-37-0,Harbhajan Singh 4-0-36-1, Ojha 2-0-19-0, Smith1-0-6-0, Pollard 2-0-21-0.

SCOREBOARD

J O H A N N E S B U R G :Sydney Sixers relied on asuperb all-round show fromMoises Henriques and acouple of stunning catchesas they thumped ChennaiSuper Kings by 14 runs intheir opening ChampionsLeague Twenty20 matchhere on Sunday.

Henriques smashed fivefours and three sixestowards the close of SydneySixers’ innings for his 23-ballunbeaten 49 to take his sideto 185 for five after beingsent into bat in the Group Bmatch. He later took threewickets for 23 in his threeovers to play the leading rolein his side’s victory.

Chennai were on coursetill the 16th over as theyneeded 50 runs from the lastfour overs before the Sydneyside affected two stunningcatches to end their inningsat 171 for nine at the NewWanderers Stadium.

Suresh Raina (above)top-scored with an impres-sive 33-ball 57 whichincluded eight fours andtwo sixes. PTI

SydneySixers winover CSK

First-class comeback for YuviIn his first Duleep Trophy innings since being treated for cancer,Yuvraj Singh smashed an unbeaten 133 proving his fitness.HYDERABAD: YuvrajSingh (left) made a brilliantcomeback into first-classarena as he smashed anunbeaten century for NorthZone against Central on thefirst day of a semi-final matchin the Duleep Trophy here.

At stumps, North werein commanding positionhaving scored 346 for 4, rid-ing on Yuvraj’s superbunbeaten 133 while skipperShikhar Dhawan also madehis presence felt with aninnings of 121.

The innings today will

certainly end any doubtswhatsoever about Yuvraj’sfitness and his ability towithstand the rigours oflonger version of the gameafter recovering from raregerm cell cancer.

He played only 152deliveries during his knockand hit 20 boundaries andtwo huge sixes off discardedIndia veteran Murali Kartik.

Both sixes were sentsoaring over deep mid-wick-et and the second one sawthe talented left-handerreach three-figure mark. This

is Yuvraj’s 19th first-classcentury but certainly one hewould remember for a longtime to come.

There were no demons inthe 22-yard strip at the RajivGandhi Stadium in Uppaland Yuvraj didn’t for oncelooked like in any sort oftrouble as he kept on punish-ing the Central bowlers.

Credit should also begiven to Dhawan whoscored his second DuleepTrophy century of the sea-son. His 200-ball inningscontained 14 hits to the fence

and, more importantly,added 160 runs with hissenior partner for the thirdwicket in just over 20 overs.

Such was Yuvraj’s domi-nance that he came to batonly in the 53rd over of theinnings which was well afterlunch but took on thebowlers from the very begin-ning. The trio of PraveenKumar (2/72), BhuvenshwarKumar (0/63) and RiturajSingh (0/67) were treatedwith equal disdain whileKartik was singled out forspecial treatment.

sportsMONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012

32US BMX OLYMPIAN BENNETT KILLED IN CRASHThe United States basketball team American Kyle Bennett, 33, a three-timeworld BMX cycling champion and 2008 Olympian, was killed on Sunday in aone-vehicle crash, USA Cycling announced. Bennett won an berth on thefirst US Olympic BMX squad and was a semi-finalist at the Beijing Olympics.

ROAD TO 2014 WORLD CUP

KANSAS CITY: A strugglingUnited States team is amongeight sides scrambling to avoidelimination in Tuesday’s lastNorth American semi-finalround of 2014 World Cup quali-fying matches.

Unbeaten Mexico has alreadysecured one of six availableberths for the 2013Confederation of North, CentralAmerican and CaribbeanAssociation Football (CONCA-CAF) finals. Winless Cuba,Guyana and Antigua andBarbuda cannot advance.

A tension-packed last match-day will see the US hostGuatemala, Canada visitHonduras, Jamaica host Antiguaand Barbuda, Mexico entertainEl Salvador, Guyana visit Costa

Rica and Panama travel to Cuba.Coming off a 2-1 triumph at

Antigua in which Eddie Johnsonscored the winner in the 90thminute, US players know theymust improve their performanceand sense of urgency after hav-ing left their advancement hopesto the last minute.

“At the end of the day, youdon’t want to be a part of a teamthat didn’t qualify for a WorldCup,” Johnson said. “That wasplaying through everyone’smind on the field.”

Johnson joined the squadafter US scoring leader LandonDonovan was ruled out with aninjury and Klinsmann elected notto invite Jozy Altidore despite hisstrong start to the Dutch leagueseason with AZ Alkmaar. AFP

JONATHAN FOWLERAgencie France-Presse

WARSAW: Buoyed by a three-game unbeaten run, Poland arebracing for one of the toughestgames of their campaign toreach the 2014 World Cup inBrazil, against an England teamempowered by a 5-0 defeat ofminnows San Marino.

Although today’s Poland area far cry from that generation,who went on to finish third inthe finals in West Germany, theyare rated as one of the strongestteams in a Group H that alsoincludes Ukraine, Montenegroand Moldova.

“Alongside ourselves andUkraine, Poland bear the bur-den of being favourites and itwill be a tough game,” saidEngland manager Roy Hodgsonahead of Tuesday’s game.

Hodgson has been inconve-nienced by injury, with Chelseaduo Frank Lampard and RyanBertrand both ruled out, alongwith Theo Walcott, who sus-tained a chest injury in a heavychallenge by San Marino goal-keeper Aldo Simoncini.

Lampard’s absence is slight-ly offset by the return from sus-pension of Steven Gerrard.

LONDON: Roy Hodgson hasrevealed that he seesManchester United strikerWayne Rooney as England’sfuture captain.

With regular skipper StevenGerrard suspended and vice-captain Frank Lampard injuredfor Friday’s World Cup qualifieragainst San Marino, Englandmanager Hodgson gave Rooneythe armband and he respondedwith two goals in a 5-0 victory.

Gerrard will return to leadthe team in Tuesday’s qualifieragainst Poland in Warsaw.

But Rooney’s mature displayin his first competitive interna-tional as England captain con-vinced Hodgson that he coulddo the job on a permanent basisin the future. “Yes,” saidHodgson, when asked if Rooneywas a future England captain.

Eddie Johnson of the United States celebrates after scoring a goal duringtheir World Cup qualifying game against Antigua and Barbuda at Sir VivianRichards Stadium on Friday in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. AFP

Struggling US face World Cup moment of truth Ten years after reaching the World Cup quarter-finals, and 15 months after German star Jurgen Klinsmann tookover as US coach, the Americans must at least draw 81st-ranked Guatemala at Kansas City or risk being ousted.

Rooney isEngland’s futurecaptain: Hodgson

Poland take on EnglandHistory has taught England not to underestimate the Poles, who famously

deprived them of a berth at the 1974 World Cup in a crunch qualifier.

Poland’s defender Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (L) fights for the ball with SouthAfrican defender Bongani Khumalo during a friendly match. AFP

LONDON: England suffered adouble blow ahead of Tuesday’sWorld Cup qualifier afterChelsea duo Frank Lampardand Ryan Bertrand were ruledout of the trip to Warsaw.

Lampard, who has a kneeinjury, and Bertrand, sidelinedby a throat infection, missedFriday’s 5-0 victory over San

Marino, but England managerRoy Hodgson was hopeful theywould recover in time for thePoland clash.

But, after reporting toEngland’s training camp onSunday to be assessed by themedical team, it was decidedthat neither would be able totake part.

Lampard, Bertrand ruled out of clash

Group A

Belgium 3 2 1 0 6 1 7

Croatia 3 2 1 0 4 2 7

Serbia 3 1 1 1 6 4 4

Wales 3 1 0 2 3 9 3

Scotland 3 0 2 1 2 3 2

Macedonia 3 0 1 2 2 4 1

Group B

Italy 3 2 1 0 7 3 7

Bulgaria 3 1 2 0 4 3 5

Czech Republic 2 1 1 0 3 1 4

Armenia 3 1 0 2 2 4 3

Denmark 2 0 2 0 1 1 2

Malta 3 0 0 3 1 6 0

Group C

Germany 3 3 0 0 11 2 9

Sweden 2 2 0 0 4 1 6

Ireland 2 1 0 1 3 7 3

Austria 2 0 1 1 1 2 1

Kazakhstan 3 0 1 2 1 4 1

Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 1 5 0

Group D

Netherlands 3 3 0 0 9 1 9

Romania 3 3 0 0 7 0 9

Hungary 3 2 0 1 7 4 6

Turkey 3 1 0 2 3 3 3

Estonia 3 0 0 3 0 6 0

Present standing ofEuropean qualifiers

Group A

Guatemala 5 3 1 1 8 5 10

United States 5 3 1 1 8 5 10

Jamaica 5 2 1 2 5 5 7

Antigua-Barbuda 5 0 1 4 3 9 1

Group B

Mexico 5 5 0 0 13 2 15

Costa Rica 5 2 1 2 7 5 7

El Salvador 5 1 2 2 8 9 5

Guyana 5 0 1 4 5 17 1

Group C

Panama 5 3 1 1 5 1 10

Canada 5 3 1 1 5 2 10

Honduras 5 2 2 1 4 2 8

Cuba 5 0 0 5 0 9 0

Present standing ofCONCACAF qualifiers

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