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Good newsfor animallovers! Aclinic inJubilee Hillsconductscataractsurgeries ondogs andadministersdialysis toailing pets— a first inSouth India.

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IMPACTPOLICE VISIT MYANMAR REFUGEE CAMPSFollowing our report on July 30 on the exodus of refugees from Burma to the City,the police on Monday visited Quadri Colony and Royal Colony in Balapur wheresome 300 Burmese (Myanmar) refugees are staying. Till yesterday, the police werenot aware of the development.

TRAILBLAZER

TEEN MEILUTYTE WINSGOLD FOR LITHUANIA

Fifteen-year-old LithuanianRuta Meilutyte edged out

American world championRebecca Soni for the gold

medal in the 100m breaststroke final on Monday.

Meilutyte led all the wayto post a brilliant win over

Soni in 1:05.47.

CHITRANGADA TURNSPLAYBACK SINGER

Chitrangada Singh, who will beseen performing an item

number in Shirish Kunder’supcoming film Joker, will lendher voice to the remix version

of the song I Want Just You.The original has been sung by

Sunidhi Chauhan.

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AROUND THE CITY YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

The dancing coffeeAn exhibition titled Dancing Coffeeby Koeli Mukherjee Ghose is beingheld at Truffles Cafe. The exhibitionis on till August 4.Where: Truffles Cafe,

Jubilee Hills,Rd No 10

When: Ongoing, 11am onwardsContact: (040) 2355 0105

Scaffold to infinityAn exhibition of constructivist wooden sculptures by senior sculp-tor and artist Aekka Yadagiri Rao arebeing displayed.Where: Iconart Gallery,

Banjara Hills, Rd No 12

When: Ongoing, 11.30 am onwards

Contact: 98499 6879

Play competitionSKITS- Keep it short, a 12 minuteshort play competition for collegestudents, corporates, theatre groupswill be held from August 3 to 5.Where: Nift Campus,

MadhapurWhen: August 16 onwards

6.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2323 1245

Theatre festivalThe seventh edition of the multi-lin-gual theatre festival — AbhinayaNational Theatre Festival will be heldfrom August 16 to August 19.

Where: Ravindra Bharathi,Saifabad

When: August 16 onwards6.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2323 1245

Interactive workshopsOakridge International Schoollaunches Weekend Voyager. This isan exciting weekend activity.Where: Oakridge International

School, Gachibowli andBachupally

When: July 28 onwards 9am-12pm

Contact: 1800-200-8171

Monsoon maniaRamoji Film City celebrates the onsetof monsoon with eight weeks of fun-filled activities and entertainmentwith magic of cinema starting fromJuly 1 to August 31. The event offersfun activities for the entire family..Where: Ramoji Film City,

HayathnagarWhen: Ongoing,

9am onwardsContact: (040) 2341 2262

Soul cagesA unique presentation of imageryand narrative told throughBharathanatyam is on August 4.Where: Bhaskara Auditorium,

Birla Science Centre,Adarsh Nagar

When: August 4,7pm onwards

Contact: (040)2324 1067

Kebab festThis fest is something that will surelyappeal to the kebab lovers in town.Kangan at Westin Mindspace,Madhapur is hosting a Kebab fest.Where: Kangan,

Westin Mindspace,Madhapur

When: Ongoing,7pm-11pm (weekdays)7pm-12pm (weekends)

Contact: (040) 6767 6838

Festival of pastaTGIF is offering its new festival ofpasta menu which includes a newselection of pastas.Where: TGIF,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 2

When: OngoingContact: (040) 4015 1925

Smooth operatorsTease Lounge at Vivanta by Taj pre-sents Smooth Operators Night everyFriday with DJ Mohit.Where: Vivanta by Taj,

BegumpetWhen: Every Friday,

7.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 6725 2626

Parantha festivalHaldi at Novotel Airport is hosting aparantha festival titled ParanthaOverload. The parantha festival thatwill be on till August 15, promises tooffer a variety of paranthas in bothvegetarian and non-vegetarian combinations. Where: Novotel Airport,

ShamshabadWhen: Ongoing, 6.30pmContact: (040) 6625 0000

Lift your spiritsTGI Friday brings to India the tallesthigh spirits glass (22 inches) calledTall Boy. Where: TGIF,

Banjara Hills,Rd No 2

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HIGH-RISK ACTION:Every year many deathsdue to electrocutionhave been reported.Seen here is a man try-ing to connect two wiresas he balances himselfagainst the electricalpole without any protection. SRINIVAS SETTY

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3City BOTSA CONDOLES TRAIN DEATHSAPCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana has expressed shock over theChennai-bound 12622 TN Express fire accident in which 35 people died in Nelloredistrict. He conveyed his condolences to the members of the bereaved families. He alsodirected officials to plunge into relief and rescue operations.

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Chief Minister KiranKumar Reddy hasdirected the police chiefto take special steps to

nab the psycho who stabbed todeath three RTC bus passengersand inflicted grievous woundson another in Nellore onSaturday.

Initially, the dreaded psychokiller R Sambasiva Rao aliasPsycho Samba, was suspected tobe the culprit but the police werequick to deny it saying that thepassengers could not confirm itwas Samba after his photographwas shown to them.

But so far the suspicion isfocussed on Samba. The outra-geous attack on innocent passen-gers throws light on an equallyoutrageous escape of the crimi-nal within hours of his capture inGuntur on July 11 this year. Hewas caught after a massive man-

hunt similar to that launchedagainst Veerappan in his initialdays. But he soon managed toescape.

Here is the news of his cap-ture and escape in quick succes-sion that appeared on TeluguOneon July 12.

SAMBA CAUGHTMangalagiri police had finallynabbed a man, who has beenattacking lonely women for thepast two years. A man named RSambasiva Rao alias ‘PsychoSamba’ and also known as‘Guntur Psycho’, was arrested bythe police on July 11. Samba, whomainly targeted women, waschased by locals when heattacked a woman on the out-skirts of the town. They alertedthe police who caught him andshifted him to the police station.

The Mangalagiri police, whohad launched a serious hunt forSamba after three successiveattacks against women about six

months ago, confirmed the iden-tity of the criminal. The psychowas caught on CCTV cameras setoutside a house, which he hadbeen attempting to break-in sincefew days. The video footageshows clearly that the psychoused to first conduct a recce dur-ing the day and select houses forbreaking-in at night. The policealso recovered a cellphonebelonging to him. It is said thathe used this phone to stealthilyfilm women. Sources said thepolice was grilling him as to whyhe was targetting women. Policehave also summoned Samba’sparents to identify him.

SAMBA ESCAPED This appeared in TeluguOneonline on July 12: Guntur Psychoalias R Sambasiva Rao, who wasarrested by Mangalagiri police,escaped from custody. Hejumped from the jeep, in whichhe was being shifted fromGuntur to Vijayawada.

Psycho Samba, as he is alsocalled, has been creating sensa-tion for the past two years byattacking lone women and rob-bing them. He was caught yes-terday by the police while tryingto attack a woman. Guntur CCSmen have been interrogating himsince yesterday. According tosources, police have recoveredsome stolen jewellery in Gunturbased on his confession and weretaking him to Kondapalli torecover some more. Two SIs, twoCIs and 10 constables were withvan. Near Kondapalli, he sud-denly jumped out of the van andfled. The police alerted the sur-rounding police stations andlaunched a manhunt.

Senior police officials inHyderabad whom Postnoon con-tacted for their stance said thepsycho’s photograph shouldhave been well flashed in mediasoon after his capture. Keeping itaway from public glare was agrave mistake, they said.

The shocking psychopathand police denials

Escape of psycho Samba of Guntur, who had emerged as AP’s Charles Shobraj,within hours of his capture despite being escorted by 2 SIs, 2 CIs and 10 constables on July 12

raises a serious question on the credibility of our police force.

Who’s Samba Samba is a school dropout fromPrattipadu town of Guntur district.He was a hyperactive child and hadmade attempted to sexually harassteachers, neighbourhood girls andcousins. Though Sambasiva hadcommitted several crimes across 10districts, including murder, over aperiod of one year, the police saythey don’t have full informationabout his crime career. He remainselusive.

Although the police deny it, psycho Samba is suspected to be responsible for the vicious murder of three unsuspecting APSRTC passengers near Nellore last week.

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

1Who will save the City fromthe mounting civic woes?

Marredpally, which is consideredone of the best residential areas inthe City, is suffering from lack ofcivic maintenance. This is the taleof many popular areas too.

2 Keeping your area clean isjust a phone call away.

Worried about the unclearedgarbage? A phone call can do thetrick. You can now directly contactthe sanitary supervisor.

3 Is the police scared of psycho Samba?

The dilly-dallying about PsychoSamba’s escape and involvementin the RTC killing has raised manyquestions.

4Investing time and money isnot a problem for pet owners

Dog owners in the City are readyto spend money and time for thehealth of their pets. This is onearea where price doesn’t matter.

5RTC gets into action, vows toend fake pass rackets

Dubious agents for years havefleeced people in the name ofquick services. The RTC actionshould help solve this issue.

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Techie rides to deathDrunken driving and subsequent

deaths and injuries continue totrouble the City. Last year, the City waswitness to a horrific incident in which adrunk techie, Venkatesh (22) was killedafter he lost control over his bike whiletravelling on the Punjagutta flyoverand hit the safety wall. The impactflung him and his bike into the air andfell 30 feet below on the road.

JULY 31, 2011

Youth jumps to deathafter police chides himGoverdhan aka Govind, a 28-year-

old labourer, jumped to deathfrom atop the Mangalghat policestation this morning after the policeallegedly berated him for pressingto register his complaint of a robbery. Police maintained that hewas in an intoxicated condition. DCPStephen Raveendra is currently atthe spot seeking a full report.

Woman found with herthroat slashedIn a highly suspicious case, Radha

Ramani, a 38-year-old woman ofAshok Nagar, Ramachandrapuram,was found at her home with herthroat slashed yesterday. She hasbeen admitted to a hospital. Shehad filed a criminal complaint withpolice and HRC against her husbandwho had allegedly shot a blue filmof them in their bedroom.

Snatchers rob twowomen of ornamentsTwo women lost their gold orna-

ments in different incidentsunder the Nacharam and Uppal station limits. Manjula of Mallapurwas going to pick up her son whena biker snatched her gold chain. Inthe second incident Yellamma, 55,of Nalgonda lost her 5 tola goldchain when bikers snatched it whileshe was crossing the road.

Probe into TN Expressfire orderedThe South Central Railway (SCR)

has ordered a high-level inquiryby the commissioner of railwaysafety, south central circle into thecause of the tragic fire accidentonboard the TN Express yesterday.The probe will look at the possibilityof sabotage. Thirty-two people wereburned alive and several otherswere injured in the incident.

LAST YEAR... HERE ‘SPECIAL DRIVE’

NEWS BRIEFS

`15,000is the cost for each cataract

operation which includes the procedure and four days of

hospital stay.

5THINGS WELEARNED TODAY

NUMEROLOGY

They left thedrainage pipes

right in front of myshop. Now my customers can’tcome. They promiseto do somethingbut there hasbeen no progress.

Harazi Lal, shopkeeperSee page 8

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With the academicyear just started,the officials believethat the ‘special

drive’ recently launched wouldhelp control fraudulent behaviour amongst youngsters.According to officials, the spe-cial vigilance teams were able tonab 60 people, including ticket-less travellers on the City roadsin these three days.

According to officials, the regular squads whocaught some of the big fish in their nets drew accolades for their achievementin this endeavor.

Traffic inspectors 3 ofSecunderabad enforcementsquad, led by BS Reddy and theTTIs (travelling ticket inspec-tors) Rajender Reddy and SJanardhan were able collect thehighest ETF (extra fair collected)of `1,07,380 in June. Accordingto them, this was a record in thehistory of RTC. They were alsoable to make four police casesagainst the offenders by July.

MAKING EASY MONEYThe modus operandi of most ofthese offenders is the usage oftechnology to make easy moneyby fleecing non-students.

For instance, a BA studentwho graduated in 2009 who wascaught with 850 ID cards. Aftergenerating a fake bonafide copyof his college, he was able runthis business.

“This youngster was beinghelped by one of the outsourcing managers, whoused to collect `200 on eachpass,” points out a TTI.

According to officials, as

there is huge difference of costbetween student pass (`85) andnon-student pass (`550), young-sters are being lured by thesetricksters, who collect between`1,000 and `1,500. In this case,Prasad, was selling each pass at`1,200. A resident of Bibinagar,he was charged under IPC sec-tions – 464, 468, 420, 473, 120B,34.

GRADUATES IN THE LOOPAnother case which came tolight was that of an MCA graduate, who duplicated thebonafide of not one but threedifferent private colleges.Besides this, he had stamps andID cards of the colleges.“Sometimes technology has adark side,” laments an official.

According to the accused, hesold each pass for `600. Theaccused Shiva Naresh was a resident of L B Nagar. He wascharged under IPC-468, 471.

A startling case cropped upon the same day. Working forHayathnagar Bus Pass Section,M Beerappa was caught by theteam during the inspection.

While these were the casesfrom July, during May an eye-

opening case revealed how astranger could also be involved.Narsimha, who worked as pri-vate security guard managed tomake stamps of the picket depotmanager, hospital superinten-dent (Tarnaka) and additionalSP vigilance. An outsourcinghome guard was also suspended over this incident.

DRIVE TO CONTINUE“As most of the cases are underinvestigation, we cannot say ifthere were any othersinvolved,” T Venkat Rao, jointdirector (V&S) said.

According to him the driveshall continue until the depart-ment is convinced that there areno more fake passes onboardthe RTC buses.

RTC takes up theissue of fake passesIrked by the menace, which is eating up part of the profit, the APSRTC managementhas recently taken up the issue of ‘fake student bus passes’ seriously.

Jt director V&S T Venkat Rao inspects the passenger tickets and passes in an RTC Bus at the Shankermatt BusStop during the special drive on Monday, July 30. N SHIVA KUMAR

The modus operandiis the usage of technology to make easy money byfleecing money fromnon-students.

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CPI-M politburomember andAndhra Pradesh

secretary BV Raghavuluon Monday saw a diabol-ic move to placate thejailed YSRC chief YSJaganmohan Reddy asquid pro quo for his vot-ing for the UPA presidential candidate. Hebelieves Kiran is acting on the behest of the cen-tral leaders to get Jagan off the hook. This, hesaid, comes from the realisation that befriendingthe YSRC is essential for Congress survival.

The leftist leader said that the governmentdecision to extend legal aid to ministers too wasquestionable. “On what basis was the State gov-ernment extending legal aid to five tainted minis-ters who were under the CBI scanner for issuing26 controversial GOs during the YS RajasekharaReddy regime,” Raghavulu wants to know. “The(disproportionate assets) case against Jagan isbased on the GOs. If there is nothing amiss in theGOs, then where is the case against Jagan?” hewondered. “Was the government trying to saveJagan or its own ministers who were facingcharges of corruption?” Raghavulu questioned.

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Swinging into action, theCity police on Monday visit-ed Quadri Colony and

Royal Colony in Balapur wheresome 300 Burmese (Myanmar)refugees have set up camp. Thisfollowed the Postnoon report onthem dated July 30. The policehad not been aware of therefugees pouring in from Burma.

Under the directive of DCPAkun Sabharwal, ACP S Sai-

krishna visited the Burmese fam-ilies and took an inventory. Itwas found that only a few ofthem are officially acknowledgedas refugees and allotted refugeecards from Delhi. Others are ille-gally landing in the City.

The ongoing ethnic war inBurma has been ejecting thou-sands of minorities to neighbour-ing countries. While Bangladeshrefuses to accept more and Chinais trying to send them back, Indiacontinues to keep silence overthe issue.

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Taking a defensive posture onthe vexed T, the TDP leadershave sought to dispel thenotion that the party was

against creation of Telangana. This andthe party’s pledge to BCs about safe-guarding their interests will form themain plank to rejuvenate the partyahead of the general elections, partyspokespersons have said.

The stunning defeat of the party inthe bypolls and its dismal perfor-mance in Telangana have made theparty leadership recast its stance on T.Rejecting the notion that TDP wasagainst Telangana, the TDP leadershipis surprised at the ‘Goebbelian” propa-ganda of the Congress that the TDPwas set to defeat the T-state.

Party leaders T Devendar Goudand MLA Krishna Murthy said theparty had no objection to the creationof a separate State. The party’s seem-ingly hostile stance to T-state was the

creation of the Congress and other par-ties, they said.

Goud said that only the Congresswas preventing the delivery of state-

hood to Telangana and it had been col-luding with the YSR Congress on thisissue. He accused the State and theCentre of betraying the Telangana peo-ple with their selfish politics.

Alleging that some Seemandhrapersons and corporates were plunder-ing mineral resources in Telangana,Goud said his party would launch amassive campaign in all villages on theissue of Telangana. “The TDP will alsolaunch projects ‘baata’ to explain to thepeople how the ruling party leaderslooted the State exchequer in the nameof Jalayagnam.”

Goud said that so far an amount of`73,000 crore was spent on project con-structions, but not even a single addi-tional acre of land was brought underirrigation. “Some Seemandhra personsand corporates are plundering mineralresources in Telangana,” he charged.

MLA and TDP politburo memberKE Krishna Murthy has said theTelugu Desam Party would send a let-ter to the Centre on the Telanganaissue.

AICC secretary and MLCPonguleti Sudhakar Reddy

today condemned controversialremarks made by seniorCongress leader Gade VenkatReddy on the Telangana issue.

He said that it was not appro-priate for senior leaders to makesuch statements. Ponguleti saidthat the Centre was working onthe T issue and may take a deci-sion after the vice-president’s

election. Taking a dig at TRSsenior leader T Harish Rao formaking provocative statements,Ponguleti said that leaders fromboth the regions should main-tain restraint. NSS

Ponguleti slams Gade for his T remarks

TDP for separateTelangana, say leadersTDP charged the Congress with spreading canards about itsopposition to a T-state. Congress rule is a disaster, they say.

POLITICS POLITICS

POSTNOON IMPACT POLITICSPolice visit refugees

‘Kiran tryingto help Jagan’Jagan’s vote for Pranab is thereason why the CM is goingsoft on him, says Raghavulu.

DEMOLITION DRIVE

GHMC officials demolished illegal hutments near Sanjivaiah Park on Tuesday morning. N SHIVA KUMAR

T Devendar Goud

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The GHMC has somegood news for denizenswho wish to maintaintheir localities in hygien-

ic conditions. People can now directly con-

tact a sanitary supervisor anddriver for clearing the garbage, ifdelayed, by calling their mobilenumbers, inscribed on a labelglued near the site of the garbagecontainer.

In a move to give City roads acleaner look, the GHMC has beenmaking efforts to relocate mostgarbage containers from mainroads to bylanes. Despite someopposition from locals, most of

the garbage containers have beenrelocated. “Between 70 and 80per cent of containers have beenrelocated into colonies. Theremaining will be relocated with-in a month,” said VandanaKumar, additional commissioner(health and sanitation).

To ensure that containers arecleared regularly and as perschedule, residents now have theoption to contact the personresponsible directly.

Within the next two months,the GHMC will be pasting labelswith details at every dumpingsite. According to officials, thiswill provide locals an opportuni-ty to directly deal with the peo-ple responsible for picking upthe garbage. It will also reduce

delay generally observed in vari-ous localities. “Whenevergarbage accumulates, they can

directly contact these people,”said an official. Apart from this,one ragpicker will be engagedper colony and one safai karam-

chari will take care of three suchlocalities. They will have to makesure that waste is disposed offfrom the locality.

The decision to shift garbagecontainers was taken well beforepreparations for COP-11 started.Officials believe that this is a per-manent situation to beautify theroads. As most residents live inlanes and bylanes, the authoritiesthought it fit to place garbagecontainers inside localities.“Now all the City roads will lookmore beautiful, some of whichwere once perceived as ugly,”added an official.

Densely populated zones likeCentral zone will now engagerickshaws to carry the waste tofar-off locations.

Some garbage containers arebeing places in open governmentgrounds, to counter any opposi-tion from locals. “Recently,around five garbage containerslocated near GovernmentPrinting Press in Khairatabadwere shifted and placed near theparking lot opposite People’sPlaza,” said Md Asifuddin, sani-tary field assistant.

However, some residents arecomplaining about the unhy-gienic conditions caused by therelocation. “There will be noissues if the GHMC picks up thegarbage regularly. But what if itis delayed by several days, as isthe usual situation,”asked a busi-nessman Santhosh Singh, whohad resisted a garbage containerbeing shifted to near his house.

Similar opposition from resi-dents in many localities hasproved to be a hindrance for theGHMC while shifting all thegarbage bins within the stipulat-ed time. In addition, some lanesin the City are very narrow, andthere is no space to keep garbagecontainers.

Some major roads, which arewide and do not have residentialcolonies nearby, like the road atDRDL near Chadrayangutta, willcontinue to have garbage con-tainers on the roads.

Dumpstersshifted for a

clean look

Shankar asks Congress toinstall Rahul as PMLauding AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi for accepting Sonia Gandhi’s offer ofthe key post in the party and the government,senior Congress leader Dr P Shanker Raoappealed to all Congress men to pass a resolution asking the Congress high commandto call together a special AICC session andinstall Rahul as prime minister.Speaking to the media at the CLP office onMonday, Rao said he addressed letters to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Ahmed Patel,Digvijay Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, MukulWasnik, Janardhan Dwivedi, Motilal Vohra andOscar Fernandez with regard to his appeal inthis matter. NSS

Focus on research, consultancy,advices GITAM varsity V-CThe vice-chancellor of GITAM University, Prof G.Subrahmanyam, has asked faculty members toconcentrate more on research and consultancyactivity in addition to teaching. Addressing newfaculty members at the Hyderabad campus, hesaid that the City was the centre of attraction toconduct research as it abounds in goodresearch labs and industries. He added that theuniversity’s name would be more prestigious byhaving more patents. Hyderabad campus director Dr Ch. Sanjay said SS Prasada Rao,director, Hyderabad Business School, DrBasavaraja, vice-principal, GITAM HyderabadSchool of Technology and other HODs werepresent. NSS

‘Scrap all SEZs and return theland to farmers’The Hindu Mazdoor Kisan Panchayath hasdemanded that the State government scrap allSpecial Economic Zones (SEZs) and give backthe lands to the farmers who lost them in thename of SEZs in Telangana region. Speaking to mediapersons on Monday, association state convener Kankanala VenkataSubbaiah demanded that the Uniongovernment provide `2,000 pension to unor-ganised sector workers and weavers. He alsourged the State government to scrap VANPIC and return the lands to the farmers.The Central committee had appointedKankanala Venkata Subbaiah as state convener recently. NSS

NEWS BRIEFSOnline certificate course inIslamic banking startedKeeping the growing demand for Islamic bank-ing in mind, the Institute of Islamic BankingFinance and Insurance (IIBFI), Chennai, hasstarted a first-of-its-kind online certificatecourse in Islamic banking.

At the function held at the office of Siyasat,an Urdu daily, on Monday, Siyasat chairmanZahed Ali Khan said those interested could jointhe six-month course on the Internet or on afull-time basis.

IIFBI representatives said the course will beuseful to candidates who are in or planning tojoin the financial services. The course fee is`12,000, and 50 per cent concession will begiven to Ulemas and poor students. NSS

The GHMC will bepasting labels withdetails at all dumpingsites. Locals will beable to deal directlywith the peopleresponsible for pick-ing up the garbage

The GHMC plans to shift all garbage containersfrom main roads to bylanes to give the City a

cleaner look. However, residents in somelocalities are not happy with the move.

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All out and coordi-nated efforts byAP power utili-ties, which have

adopted four major factorssuch as effective fault analy-sis, 24x7 monitoring of grid,Automatic disturbance con-trol mechanism and Islandmode grid mechanism havefully insulated in AP whichis the main part of theSouthern grid (AP, TamilNadu, Karnataka, Keralaand Puducherry), againstthe Northern grid collapsethat occurred on Mondayand fully protected the Statefrom a possible blackout.

WHAT WENT WRONGThe normal frequency atwhich electricity is transmit-ted through the Northerngrid ranges from 49.5 to 50.2Hz (cycles/second), at thetime of the collapse the gridfrequency was 50.46 Hz, afew notches above normal.

According to energyexperts, overloading couldbe one of the probable rea-sons for the grid collapse.Power supply across ninestates of north India includ-ing Delhi, Haryana, Punjaband Rajasthan has been hit.The northern grid, whichcaters to about 28 per cent ofthe country’s population,covers nine states — Punjab,Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi,Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh, J&K andChandigarh.

TRANSCO STEPPED INIn view of the collapse/dis-turbances, AP Transco CMDHiralal Samaria, who held

an emergency meetingalong with P Sri Rama Rao,director (Grid)/ AP Transcoand senior engineersreviewed the latest powersupply position and precau-tions to be taken for main-taining better grid stabilityin the State.

The grid officialsinformed the meeting thatthere has been no powerblackout in the Southerngrid since the September 11,2001 and it was mainly pos-sible due to enhanced griddiscipline along withadvanced planning, ade-quate investments instrengthening theTransmission andDistribution Network andupgrading of the sub sta-tions.

The CMD emphasisedthe need to maintain thegrid frequency between 49.5Hz to 50.2 Hz, as per IndianElectricity Grid Code.

NSS

The Progressive Organisation ofWomen (POW) staged a dharna

at Indira Park on Monday demand-ing that the State governmentappoint a chairperson for theWomen Comm ission in the State.Speaking on the occasion, POWState president V Sandhya demand-ed that the government effectivelyend attacks on women. She alsothreatened to intensify the agitationif the government failed to act. NSS

POW stages dharna againstattacks on women

PROTEST

POWERPower utilitiesprevent possibleblackout in StateThe State was unaffected by Northgrid collapse due to better efforts.

city TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 8CIVIC

Caution: Bumpy road aheadDug-up roads, heaps of garbage and malaria. Residents of West Marredpally, one of the oldest areas of the

City, are fuming at the apathy of the government, which has left their well-planned locality in a mess.

SUDESHNA [email protected]

If there is one area in theCity which has truly pro-gressed in the last twodecades, it is WestMarredpally. This area,

which was once populated main-ly by Tamilians, is now consid-ered a cultural melting pot.

Over the years, WestMarredpally has seen a seachange. The demography andgeography of the area haschanged in leaps and bounds.

But today, citizens dread liv-ing in this area, which was onceconsidered one of the best areas tolive in. The roads are used morefor dumping garbage than to com-mute. The main road is in a badshape, but the bylanes are worse.The lanes connecting WestMarredpally to Picket and Jubileebus station had been dug up to laya bigger drainage pipe earlier thisyear. However, the roads were notleveled and are now covered withmud and slush.

“Last year, we had drainageproblems. To solve that, theyreplaced the drainage pipe withnew, wide ones. However, theyleft the roads dug up and this iscausing problems. It’s all slushyand even walking is difficult, for-get about driving,” complainsAndrew P, an IT professional.

Every day, more than fourminor accidents are recorded inthe area. Since last month, SushiJain, an ice-cream shop ownerhas been keeping a first-aid boxin his shop. He said, “We seemore than four or five accidents

every day. They get hurt badly,hence I keep antiseptic and otherfirst-aid material handy.”

West Marredpally is populat-ed with mostly middle-class,educated citizens, but they saythey are helpless. AD Mohan

Singh, a retired engineer, said,“With my hard-earned money, Ipay taxes and this is what thegovernment has done with mymoney. After repair work, theroads are not leveled and pipesare left on the streets. This is

nothing new about our govern-ment, but it hurts to see howthere is no accountability.”

The citizens and shopkeepershave complained to theSecunderabad cantonment boardand the local corporator, but in

vain. “They left the drainagepipes right in front of my shop.Now, my customers can’t cometo my shop. We have complainedand they promised to do some-thing, but since one month, therehas been no progress,” saidHarazi Lal, shopkeeper.

Two to three malaria caseshave been recorded in the areathis monsoon. Residents com-plain that the place has become abreeding ground for mosquitoesand other insects. The area has

been sprayed with insecticides.“We are paying to breathe inchemicals,” fumes Lal.

Division of areas in WestMarredpally has been the reasonfor unattended civic problems.When contacted, corporatorSaritha Yadav said it comes underSecunderabad Cantonment Boardand this was not her concern.Officials at the SecunderabadCantonment Board were notavailable for comment.

West Marredpally, one of theoldest areas, is home to severalpoliticians and MLAs. Ministerfor major industries J GeetaReddy, TDP leader TA SrinivasYadav, MP Sarve Satya Narayana,and MP Venkat Swami live here.Despite this, the area lacks civicmaintenance with accountability.

Roads in West Marredpally are covered with mud and slush after

new drainage pipes were laid. Everyday, four to five minor accidents are

recorded in the bylanes.

DEEPAK DESHPANDE

n Contaminated water: Residentsof Picket complain of contami-nated water. Cases of jaundicewere registered recently.

n Garbage: The Secunderabadcantonment board not havingenough garbage trucks iscausing pile-up of garbage onthe roads.

n Traffic woes: During peakhours, there are frequent trafficjams in the bylanes.

Other civic problems

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SUDESHNA [email protected]

For the first time ever inSouth India, a multi-spe-ciality hospital for catsand dogs has been

established in Hyderabad. “No dog should die for want

of medical help. That is why I op ened this hospital,” said DrMuralidhar, founder of the clinic.

This multi-speciality hospitalhas facilities like ECG, ultra so -und, X-Ray, dog dialysis, ICU, 2deco and a well equipped opera-tion theater.

In the last six months, caninepatients have only been increasing. Now on an averagethe clinic gets 30 animals eachday. How ev er, the hospitalachieved ano th er milestonewhen it successfully conducted acataract operation on a cockerspaniel on Sun day. “It is doingwell,” the doctor says.

“Like most other hospitalswe also conducted health campsfor dogs and cats. Last month weconducted an eye camp; there wecame across a dog that hadcataract. We successfully ope r a ted on him. Often peopletend to ignore cataract. They do

not diagnose it in the early stageand hence complications takeplace,” said Dr Muralidhar.

Cataract operations are oftwo types, one in which the damaged lense is removed. Thisis co m monly practiced all overthe globe. The second one is im p lan tation of intraocular

lens es (IOL). In IOL, the naturallens is replaced with another lenswhich will give the dog a bettervision. Dr Dog is the first clinic inSouth India to conduct IOL operations.

The whole operation costs`15,000 and post operation thedog will have to stay for fourdays in the hospital.

Doctors say that these daysowners are ready to spend bothtime and money on pets.

“No one is thinking twice. Allthey want is to save the dog orcat like they care for a familymember. Time and money is notan issue. I have seen autorickshaw drivers also spend-ing thousands on their pets,”informs Dr Muralidhar.

Another reason why most petowners in the City prefer this ho spital is because it’s open ro und the clock. “Blue Cross isop en only till 5pm, but here wecan get our dogs diagnosed atany time. The kind of work theyare doing is amazing. I take my

pet and also our rescued dogs tothis hospital. It is very convenient and well main-tained,”said Nihar Parulekar.

The doctor has also importedequipment from the US. Some ofthe high-end equipment includesECG, ultrasound, X-ray, dentalscaler, dialysis unit, a fullyequipped OT and four ICUs withmonitors and semi-ventilators, alaboratory with semi-auto anal-

yser for biochemical tests, self-counter for complete blood profiling and microscopes. Apartfrom all this, dialysis for animalsis also done here. This is the firsthospital in the South India wheredialysis is conducted.

Not just pet owners but animal rescue teams in the Cityalso choose this as a first option.This is not just an outpatient clinic, patients can also stay here.

Free service for dogs

Setting another first, DrDog clinic has tied up withAnimal Rehabilitation and

Protection Force (ARPF) whichworks for the rescue, rehabilitation and treatment ofanimals. “They (clinic) haveagreed to do free service forthe poor animals we rescue andneed medical help. We havesaved scores of animals, notjust dogs, with the clinic’s helps.Their 24x7 service is the realblessing,” said ARPF founderNihar Parulekar.

PET CLINICBLAZES ATRAIL

Pick at the airport, -

With many firsts to its credit, Dr Dog clinic in JubileeHills conducts cataract surgery on dogs and administered dialysis to ailing pets.

Symptoms: Banging walls andsofas

Causesn Common after 15 yearsn Injuryn Infectionn Constant rubbingn Hereditary

n Gastroenteritis

n Skin problems

n Neurological

n Arthrological

After the dog reaches four yearsof age their eye check up shouldbe done on a regular basis. If detected early, it can be treated.

Fees: `1,500

Number of days required tostay in hospital: 4 days

Symptoms and causesof cataract

Surgery details

Other common healthproblems

Doctor’s TipA cataract surgery being conductedon a dog at the clinic

city TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

BusinessTUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

10CARACAS NOW FULL MEMBER OF MERCOSUR After a six-year wait, Venezuela formally joins the Mercosurregional trading bloc as a full member on Tuesday at a Brasiliaceremony to be attended by its mercurial President Hugo Chavez.

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Simrandeep S Parmar, anexperienced softwareengineer, left his job to doa Post Graduate

Programme in Management(PGPM) at ISB. He took the pathof entrepreneurship and found-ed Employee Street in May 2011after the completion of thecourse. The company offers dis-count coupons for 100 restau-rant outlets in the City.

Taking about entrepreneur-ship, Simrandeep said, “I want-ed to do something on my ownand take bigger challenges tocreate value to customers andrestaurants. E-commerce is agrowing industry and there is alot of untapped potential. It isalso not capital intensive andone doesn t need to invest heavi-ly upfront to start the business.Once there is traction in thebusiness, there are a lot of ven-ture capitalists and angelinvestors to take it forward.Even, the experience that I

gained in the technology sectoris also quite close to the businessidea.”

The business idea is aboutcreating a link between thefinest restaurants in the City andtheir customers.

“The customer does not

want to go unknown restaurantsimply because there is hugediscount offer. He wants reason-able and standard offers at highquality restaurants where hegoes regularly. If we see estab-lished food brands, they don’thave a problem in getting thevisitors for the first time. Theremay be a problem in gettingrepeated customers. As we arenot offering huge discounts, thecustomers they get are the targetones and these customers alsohelp them to fill the left outinventory they have,” he says.

The restaurants also find itdifficult to track the ROI on theirhuge marketing expenditure.However, with discounted strat-egy, the restaurant can knownumber of customers visiting itbecause of the discounts. Themarketing of the restaurant hap-pens by offering discount on themoney spent by the customer.

“The customer can buycoupons or subscriptions inadvance based on how frequent-ly he visit restaurants. The cus-tomer can get the discount

coupon just by sending an SMS.For instance, we charge `75 formonthly subscription. A cus-tomer who spends a minimumof `500 may get around `75 dis-count (based on 15 per cent

average discount) and all thespending he does more than`500 will be savings for him.Any more visits to restaurantsthat month will be also be sav-ings. We also offer individualcoupons at `25 and also at `12.5(in bulk purchase),” he said.

The five-employee companyhas invested around `10-15 lakhin the business and has plans toexpand to other cities.

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo! onMonday announced the depar-ture of Ross Levinsohn, whoserved as interim chief executiveand was seen as a favorite for thetop job before the firm namedMarissa Meyer to the post.

Regulatory documents indi-cated Levinsohn would leavewith an “equity award” includ-ing 67,000 restricted stock unitsand 250,000 stock options. Hewill also get severance benefitsfor termination “without cause.”

Levinsohn took the helm atYahoo! in May after ScottThompson was ousted as CEOover an inflated resume.Levinsohn had been reported tobe in line for the job. AFP

MOSCOW: Russian energy giantGazprom overtook US-based energymajor ExxonMobil in 2011 to becomethe world’s most profitable compa-ny, according to the latest edition ofForbes magazine.

Gazprom netted $44.46 billion inprofits last year, compared to $41.6billion generated by ExxonMobil,which was the world’s most prof-itable company in 2010.

The Industrial and Commercial

Bank of China ranked third with$32.2 billion in profits.

Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller toldthe company’s annual meeting ofshareholders in June that the Russianenergy giant was the world’s leaderin revenue for the second consecu-tive year and was second in outputamong all global oil and gas compa-nies. Gazprom reported a 35 percentyear-on-year increase in its 2011 netprofit to $44.6 billion. IANS

‘Once there is traction in the business, there are a lot of venture capitalists andangel investors to take it forward.’

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Rajasthan Chief Minister AshokGehlot has reportedly beenforced to cancel his two days tourof Ajmer following security con-cerns, informed sources said.Gehlot’s office however said thetrip was cancelled due to his ill-health. Sources close to stateintelligence bureau told IANS thatthe security concerns were raisedfollowing a recent campaign inwhich posters equating him withGujarat CM Narendra Modi sur-faced in some minority-dominat-ed areas in Ajmer. The chief min-ister was to attend Roza Iftar par-ties being organised by someminority organisations Mondayand Tuesday in the town, which ishome to the world famous shrineof Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

4 LABOURERS INJURED IN RAMDEV TENT COLLAPSE A portion of a tent being erected for yoga guru Ramdev’s protest at theRamlila Maidan here collapsed this morning due to rains, leaving fourlabourers injured. Ramdev is scheduled to sit on an indefinite fast fromAugust 9.

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Thane Teenager injured inleopard attackTHANE: A teenager was injured in an attack bya leopard in Bhiwandi town of Thane district,police said today. 14-year-old shepherd, AkshayRose, was attacked by a leopard at Umarkhand inBhiwandi near the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary yes-terday when he had gone to the forest with hisherd, Shahapur police said. Hearing the screams,his cousins, who were plucking vegetables in anearby farm, ran to his rescue. The victim, whosuffered multiple injuries on his face and neck,was admitted to JJ Hospital, police said. This isthe third case of leopard attack in 15 days. Five days back, a 40-year-old woman was killedby a leopard in the same area. On July 16, SanjanaThorat (7) was killed by a leopard when shestepped out of her Mulund home, police said.

Physically challenged teen raped by neighbourBADAUN: A physically challenged teenagedgirl was allegedly raped by her neighbour inUghaini village in the district, police said today.The 14-year-old was allegedly raped by herneighbour Nanhe with the help of three others,her family members said in their complaint.Superintendent of Police Manjil Saini said that aninquiry was underway in the case and the guiltywould be brought to book.

Five-year-old girl raped,abandoned near rail tracksLUCKNOW: A five-year-old girl was raped inGomti Nagar locality here, police said today. Thegirl was found abandoned near a railway line inGomti Nagar, they said, adding she was sent formedical examination, which confirmed sexualassault. The police has lodged a case in the mat-ter and a probe was on.

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WASHINGTON: Most of theworld, including India, was pes-simistic about the job market lastyear with 57 per cent of adultssaying it was a bad time to find ajob, according to a new Gallupsurvey. Only one-third of thepeople said it was a good time,the leading US opinion pollorganisation said Monday releas-ing the results of Gallup surveysconducted in 146 countries.

Indians were only a littlemore optimistic than the averageadult worldwide with 52 percent saying it was a bad time andonly 36 per cent saying it was agood time. Europeans were themost pessimistic, with 72 percent saying it was a bad time.Optimism was highest in theAmericas, where a still dismal 38per cent said it was a good time.

All of the top 10 countrieswhere residents were most posi-tive about the job market weredeveloping countries. IANS

WASHINGTON: India hasbeen lauded by an official USreport for “generally respect-ing” religious freedom, but saidprosecution was often weak forperpetrators of “religiously ori-ented violence”.

The national “governmentgenerally respected religiousfreedom; however, some state-level laws and policies restrictedthis freedom”, the US statedepartment said Monday in itsannual report on religious free-dom around the world.

“Despite the national gov-ernment’s continued rejection ofHindutva (Hindu nationalism),a few state and local govern-ments continue to be influencedby Hindutva,” the report said.

Citing laws against cowslaughter in Gujarat, Karnataka,Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Punjab,Himachal Pradesh, and Jammuand Kashmir, the report criti-cised some states for passing

laws “based on Hindu religiousbeliefs that restrict the religiousfreedom of minority groups”.

Among “other federal andstate laws that affect religiouspractice”, the report cited the

Foreign ContributionRegulation Act, 2010 (FCRA)and active “anti-conversion”laws in five states: Gujarat,Odisha, Chhattisgarh, MadhyaPradesh, and HimachalPradesh.

The UPA government “con-tinued to implement an inclu-sive and secular platform thatincluded respect for the right toreligious freedom,” the reportsaid. “However, due to a lack ofsufficiently trained police andelements of corruption, the lawwas not always enforced rigor-ously or effectively in somecases pertaining to religiouslyoriented violence, and prosecu-tion continued to be weak,” itsaid. IANS

Most Indianspessimisticabout jobmarketEuropeans were the mostpessimistic.

Kudos for toleranceHowever, according to the US report, the lack of trained policemen anddue to corruption, the law was not always enforced effectively.

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JERUSALEM: India, whichwants to beef up its border secu-rity to prevent recurrence ofMumbai-type attacks, hasevinced interest in studying var-ious technologies deployed byIsrael to secure its frontiers.

A delegation from India isexpected in Israel next month tohave a firsthand assessment ofthe technologies used by theIsrael Defence Forces to securethe Jewish state's borders, TheJerusalem Post reported.

The experience gatheredfrom Israel could be utilised byIndian experts while buildingfence with Pakistan andBangladesh at the borders, thereport said. India is interested inbeefing up its border security toprevent in future incidents likethe Mumbai attacks of 2008.

Israel has been pushingahead with the construction of

its fence along the Egyptian bor-der to prevent terror attacks andalso to deter illegal immigrantsfrom infiltrating into Israel.

The fence is 5 metres inheight and layered with barbedwire. It is supported by dozensof radars that are deployed

along the border to issue alertsabout possible crossings whilethe potential infiltrators are stillkilometres away.

US Department ofHomeland Security is, mean-

while, also testing the ELM-2112family of persistent groundIsraeli surveillance radars,developed by Elta Systems, asubsidiary of Israel AerospaceIndustries, and used by the IDFto detect intruders before theyreach the border.

Five different versions of thesystem detect individuals atranges from 300 metres up to 20km and vehicles at up to 40 km.The radars feature four station-ary antennas, each covering a90-degree sector enabling per-sistent surveillance and trackingover a wide area.

Several radars can be inte-grated into a single network toprovide an integrated picture ofa border area. The commandand control interface featuresicons resembling an animal,vehicle or person based on thetarget detected by the radar. PTI

India keen to study tech usedby Israel to secure bordersThe system detects individuals at ranges from 300 metres upto 20 km and vehicles at up to 40 km.

NEW DELHI: Building uponthe positive momentum generat-ed by the handover of 26/11 han-dler Abu Jundal by Riyadh lastmonth, India and Saudi Arabiaare set to intensify their securityand economic cooperation asIndia cuts down on Iranian oiland hikes its oil supply from themost powerful economy in theMiddle East.

Amid the languishing pace ofjustice in Pakistan for the 26/11victims, the decision of SaudiArabia to extradite Abu Jundalcame as a shot in the arm forNew Delhi and has set the stagefor an all-round acceleration ofstrategic and economic tiesbetween India and Saudi Arabia,home to over two million expa-triate Indians.

"Security is the cornerstone ofSaudi Arabia's foreign policy andit is looking to India as a majoremerging power," said IshratAziz, a former ambassador ofIndia to KSA (1987-1994) and anexpert on the region.

Security cooperation hasacquired a prominent focus inthe bilateral relationship sincethe historic visit of KingAbdullah, the first visit by aSaudi monarch to New Delhi inhalf a century, in 2006. The strate-gic ties were reinforced whenPrime Minister ManmohanSingh visited Saudi Arabia in2010, a landmark trip that sawthe signing of an extraditiontreaty and culminated in theRiyadh Declaration that singledout security cooperation as animportant driver of the relation-ship.

Intelligence sharing and thetraining of Saudi defence person-nel in India have become fea-tures of bilateral partnership andare expected to grow stronger.

Another good news forRiyadh, which regards Tehran asa major regional nuisance, is thatIndia has cut down its import ofIranian oil in the face of Westernsanctions and has raised pur-chases from Saudi Arabia.Bilateral trade has shot up to $25billion in 2010-11 and Riyadh hasemerged as India's top oil suppli-er.

What has taken experts andSaudi-watchers by surprise isthat Saudi Arabia, despite itsclose ties with Pakistan, handedover to India the prize catch thatended up exposing Islamabadand has infused a new momen-tum in New Delhi's quest for26/11 justice.

What tipped Riyadh in NewDelhi's favour? Was it Americanpressure or an incrementallyimproving relations with NewDelhi? Ajai Sahni, a counter-ter-ror expert, says Riyadh's deci-sion was influenced by both fac-tors but also reflected the Arabworld's most powerful nation'sattitude towards a changingworld order.

"Saudi Arabia is beginning tolose faith in the Pakistan modelof using Islamist extremism topromote external causes. Thispolicy has caused a tremendousbacklash in the larger Muslimworld," Ajai Sahni said.

The relationship withPakistan, said Sahni, is being re-evaluated in Saudi Arabia, but itdoes not amount to abandoningPakistan.

IANS

Saudi sees newally in IndiaWhat tipped Riyadh in New Delhi'sfavour? Was it American pressure oran incrementally improving relation with New Delhi?

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Farmers participate in a bull race at a paddy field in Canning village around 105 km south of Kolkata. They par-ticipate in the race before ploughing their fields in the belief that it will bring good rain. AFP

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Saudi is begin-ning to lose faith

in the Pakistan modelof using Islamistextremism to pro-mote external causes.This policy hascaused a tremen-dous backlash.

Ajai Sahnicounter-terror expert

The experience gath-ered from Israel couldbe utilised by Indianexperts while buildingfence with Pakistanand Bangladesh.

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13WRITER FOR NEW YORKER RESIGNS OVER FAKE QUOTES Writer Jonah Lehrer resigned from the New Yorker on Monday after admit-ting that he had fabricated quotes from Bob Dylan in his nonfiction book“Imagine: How Creativity Works.” The book has been recalled by publisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt.

BITTER BETRAYALSea Shepherd founder Paul WatsonTuesday accused Japan of huntinghim down in revenge for his attackson its whaling ops, in his first com-ments since jumping bail and flee-ing Germany. Watson said Germanybetrayed him — he had been underhouse arrest for 70 days there — asit had negotiated with Japan toextradite him to Tokyo. Watson, whofor years has harassed Japan’s annu-al whale hunt off Antarctica, wasarrested in Germany in May forextradition to Costa Rica on chargesinvolving a high-seas confrontationover shark finning in 2002.

At least three men wearingBatman masks raided two cine-mas in northern Mexico Mondayat showings of “The Dark KnightRises,” wounding one man.The three armed men, dressed inblack, “stole (240 thousandpesos/$17,910) in two theatersMonday, leaving the manager ofone cinema with serious injuriesto the face,” public security offi-cials from the northern Mexicanstate of Chihuahua told reporters.

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China to land first moonprobe: State mediaBEIJING: China will next yearattempt to land an exploratory crafton the moon for the first time, statemedia reported, in the latest projectin the country’s ambitious spaceprogramme. China’s third lunar probe will blastoff in the second half of 2013, thestate Xinhua news agency reportedlate Monday.

Bill to give nominationaddress for BarryWASHINGTON: Bill Clintonwill sprinkle his political stardust onPresident Barack Obama’s re-elec-tion bid by giving the nominatingaddress at the Democratic Partyconvention, the campaignannounced Monday. The 65-year-old former president will outline theeconomic arguments for givingObama a second term.

Four Iranians get deathfor $2.3 bn bank fraud TEHRAN: Four Iranian citizenscharged with defrauding Iranianbanks of $2.3 billion have been sen-tenced to death, the Mehr newsagency reported. “The convicts willbe informed in the nearest futureabout the court’s decision to sen-tence the four of them to capitalpunishment,” Prosecutor GeneralGholamhossein Mohseni E’jei said.

Testosterone may speedup prostate cancerSYDNEY: Higher levels of testos-terone in elderly men might makean existing prostate cancer tumourgrow faster, warn researchers.They say men in their 70s and 80swith higher levels of testosterone,including those who undergo hor-mone replacement therapy (HRT),are at an increased risk of prostatecancer.

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DAMASCUS: Syrian rebelshave held out for another nightin the city of Aleppo as a gov-ernment offensive enters itsfourth day, reported the BBC.

With battles raging in sever-al areas, hospitals and clinics inthe city are said to be filling upwith casualties.

Thousands of people arecontinuing to flee the city,adding to a growing humanitar-ian crisis in the region.

Meanwhile, the US andTurkey have agreed to step upefforts to achieve “political tran-sition” in Syria.

This would include thedeparture of Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad, the WhiteHouse said.

In a phone call on Monday,US President Barack Obamaand Turkish Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdogan alsoagreed to help the growingnumbers of refugees — bothinside Syria and in neighbour-ing countries.

Turkey has been a staunchcritic of President Assad and hasgiven refuge to large numbersof army defectors.

Thousands of Syrianrefugees are also living inrefugee camps on the Turkishside of the countries’ long bor-der.

As the crisis deepened, Iran -a close ally of Damascus -warned Turkey not to intervenemilitarily, the Syrian state-con-trolled al-Watan newspapersaid.

“Any attack on Syrian terri-tory will meet with a harshresponse, and the Iranian-Syrian mutual defence agree-ment will be activated,” itreported on Monday.

The newspaper said Turkeyand the US were planning tocreate “a safe haven guarded bythe armed gangs” in the north ofSyria. “Turkey has received verystrong warnings in the past fewhours and the following mes-sage: beware changing the rulesof the game,” al-Watan said.Turkey has said it will usetroops if necessary to preventanother Halabja — a referenceto a notorious massacre inSaddam Hussein’s Iraq.

SYRIAN CRISIS

Rebels hold out in AleppoAssad attack enters Day 4

A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network on Monday shows Syrian oppositionfighters waving the national flag adopted by the rebel movement against the regime at a checkpoint outsideRastan in the central Homs province.

The US and Turkey have agreed to step up efforts to achieve “politicaltransition” in Syria.

DAMASCUS: Al-Qaedaseems to playing a big role inhelping rebels in Syria in theirefforts to recapture EasternSyria. A Guardian exclusivequotes Abu Khuder, leader ofa small unit which pledgesallegiance to Al-Qaeda, assaying that he and his menwere working closely with themilitary council that com-mands the Free Syrian Armybrigades in the region. “Wehave instructions from our [al-Qaeda] leaders that if the FSAneed our help we should giveit.”

al-Qaeda turns tideLONDON: The Syrian charged’affaires in UKhas resigned over his govern-ment’s ‘violence and oppres-sive acts’ on a day when theUnited Nations said that over200,000 people had fledintense fighting in the conflict-torn country’s city of Aleppo.Charge d’Affaires Khaled al-Ayoubi last night informed theForeign Office of his decisionto resign. Reacting to the res-ignation, Prime Minister DavidCameron said al-Ayoubi was“basically defecting from theSyrian regime.”

Syria envoy to UK quits

GREEN TALK

CommentTUESDAY, JULY 31 , 2012

14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSGood writing comes from absolute honesty. Every one who has done anything origi-nal knows this. It’s strange that many honest good writers take years to land a deal topublish their work, while those like Jonah Lehrer, just 31, had only to close their heartand eyes to do things shameful for hogging the limelight and a fast buck.

Growing uphungry in

GreeceMarcos Efcarpos is only 10

years old, but healready knows what the euro cri-

sis means.He lives with his single mother,

an English teacher named Nena,in an apartment in the poor,waterfront neighborhood ofKallithea, where a growing

number of immigrants jostlewith far-right gang members

affiliated with neo-fascist partyGolden Dawn.

Incomes here have plummetedsince the start of the financial cri-sis in 2008, especially after inter-

national lenders imposed debtrepayments on the country two

years ago.“My family still pays taxes butvery soon we won’t be able to

buy what we need,” saidMarcos, who plays guitar and

appears older than his age.“That’s why we’re careful with

what we spend — we have veryfew possessions.”

Nena works 11 hours a day, sixdays a week to support her son.But although she often runs out

of money by the end of eachmonth, she considers herself

lucky because her parents sendfruit and vegetables from their

rural garden.Marcos rarely begs for new pur-

chases. “He’s learned to ask ifwe have money for something

he wants,” Nena explained. “Wehave a new slogan: ‘Fewer

needs, fewer worries.’”Despite his straitened circum-

stances, Marcos is doing well fora Greek child. Many others are

growing up hungry, a starkresult of austerity measures such

as wage cuts and tax increasesthat were prompted by the coun-try’s three-year drive to repay its

debts, and are affecting almostevery part of the population.

GLOBAL POST

If Ferdinand Magellanrevealed the true dimen-sions of our Earth by cir-cumnavigating it, its truelimitations have been

revealed to us in the 20th centu-ry, said Magellan’s compatriot,the Portuguese Prime MinisterJosé Manuel Barroso.

In our time, air and waterhave become dangerously pol-luted, and many life forms havedisappeared. Ozone layerdepletion, the green houseeffect, melting of the arctic ice,rising sea levels and erraticmonsoons have been most wor-rying.

In 1992, the United Nationsheld its Conference onEnvironment and Development(UNCED), also known as theEarth Summit, at Rio de Janeiroin Brazil. This watershed eventresulted in the famous RioDeclaration on Environmentand Development - endorsed byall the nations of the world. Avoluntary agreement called theForest Principles dealing withhow forests should be managedand conserved, and anothernon-binding blueprint for sus-tainable development in the 21stcentury called Agenda 21 werereleased at the Earth Summit.

The Earth Summit at Rioalso issued two importantConventions: formal agree-ments between sovereign statesare called Treaties orConventions. A Convention isdrafted under the aegis of aninternational body like the UN,and is updated through addi-tional Protocols which are theresult of further rounds of nego-tiations.

The Framework Conventionon Climate Change (UNFCCC)aims to stabilize greenhouse gasconcentrations in the atmo-sphere and has been ratified by195 countries. There have beenfurther negotiations at meetingsof State Parties at Kyoto,Copenhagen, Doha etc.

The Convention onBiological Diversity (CBD) aimsat conservation of biologicaldiversity, its sustainable use anda fair and equitable sharing ofbenefits arising from geneticresources. It has been ratified by193 countries and is governedby a Conference of Parties i.e. allthe countries which have rati-fied the Convention. Its secre-tariat is in Montreal in Canada.

There have been additionalProtocols to the CBD: atCartagena in Colombia wherecountries agreed on safe han-dling, transport and use of liv-ing modified organisms (LMOs)resulting from modern biotech-nology. At Nagoya in Japan, in2010, another Protocol has been

agreed upon, dealing with atransparent legal framework for‘Access to Genetic Resourcesand the Fair and EquitableSharing of Benefits Arising fromtheir Utilization (ABS)’. Thenext Conference of Parties isnow scheduled to be held inHyderabad in October 2012 andits primary objective is to reviewthe status of the Nagoya proto-col and to understand whereeach country stands in thatregard. A HyderabadDeclaration on Biodiversity islikely to be issued.

But are Hyderabad andAndhra Pradesh ready for suchan important event?

Preparing for theConference of Parties which willbring some 10,000 diplomats toHyderabad is not the work ofthe Tourism department alone!And it will not be enough to

improve signages on roads andto handle traffic efficientlywhich seems to be the mainfocus of the preparations!

What should Hyderabad doto deserve a permanent place inthe historic efforts to save ourplanet?

The state which has manyenvironmental issues first needsa modern, scientific, people ori-ented policy on BiologicalDiversity and SustainableDevelopment.

It is time for the Bureaucratsand Ministers to wake up to thisimportant responsibility andthey could declare it ahead ofthe Conference of Parties inOctober.

Enlightened citizens shouldhelp our policy makers andstakeholders understand thatthe Earth does not belong to us -we belong to the Earth.

Hope al-Qaeda does not steal the show

AGuardian report says there is increasing presence of al-Qaeda in Syria’s civil war.The report says the terror group is on the side of the rebels and helping them

with providing assistance in making car bombs and IEDs. One is perplexed about theconsequences of the development. The report also says that rebels are gaining in

Eastern Syria, thanks to al-Qaeda. But the predominant feeling is one of wariness: ifBasher al-Assad falls, what role will the “Strangers”, as they call themselves, play? Will

they try to usurp the rebels and take over the reins of Syria, which is a secular state,that shows tolerance for all religions? Christians have been in the government and

many of the commanders of the Syrian Army are Christians. Could the terrorists haveseen this as the right moment to sneak in and steal the show and bring darkness to

Syria? If that be the case, it’s one scourge after another: out goes Assad and in comesDark Ages. Let’s hope to God that it does not happen.

Blame not media for doing its duty

Anna Hazare has apologised after crowdsat his protest camp got aggressive with

media crew covering the 75-year-old’s hungerstrike. "If there is any more misbehaviour, Iwill end my andolan (movement) right here,"Anna said this morning. Anna knows well thatstrike, it was the media that helped his strikegain vigour, taking it to the people. Anna’steam will gain if they realise that there’s nopoint in blaming the media for reportingactions that make them unworthy of beingAnna’s aides. It’s just duty, you see.

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

The only realvoyage of dis-

covery consistsnot in seekingnew landscapesbut in havingnew eyes.

Marcel ProustAuthor

THE HUMAN ANGLEBabu Gogineni

FROM RIO TOHYDERABAD

CreativityCreativity has been expressed

as a fundamental part ofinnovation. Judging creativitycan be summarised as a processof thought with a beneficial, yetundiscovered outcome.Creativity, again, depends on the view of the beholder,which is influenced by two variables, the benefit and thenovelty.

InnovationInnovation necessarily means

crafting creative solutions toproblems, thinking out of thebox and encouraging others inthe team to do so. Not relyingon common solutions or meth-ods but coming up with newerand fresher ideas. Most compa-nies have incentives andrewards for employees who reg-ularly do this.

Behaviour Rating employees according

to job behaviour is based onthe assumption that there areeffective and ineffectivebehaviour and that these havebeen identified for each job ortype of job. For example, a cus-tomer service representativecould be judged on the amountof patience shown to irate cus-tomers.

Job result Results indexes are often used

for appraisal purposes if anemployee's job has measurableresults. When quantitative resu-ltsare not available, evaluators tendto use appraisal forms based onemployee behaviour and/or per-sonal characteristics. Resultsindexes such as turnover, absen-teeism, profitability, and produc-tion rates can be used.


15NEW FACEBOOK EMAIL ADDRESSFacebook has replaced personal email addresses of users on their profileswith a new @facebook.com e-mail address. The users who had made vanity Facebook addresses now have their username in the email addresswhile those who did not make any account have been allotted an emailaddress with a random numeric value at the rate of Facebook.

DID YOU KNOW...

33,000 is the number of Subway storesaround the world. There are 79

stores in Singapore, a nation withless than 300 square miles. The mostexclusive opened in June solely for

New York City’s Ground Zero construction workers.

InfosysInfosys Limited is an Indianprovider of business consulting,technology, engineering and out-sourcing services. It is headquar-tered in Bangalore, Karnataka,India. Today, Infosys is a globalleader in the “next generation” ofIT and consulting with revenuesof billion. Infosys ranked amongthe most innovative companies ina Forbes survey, as a leadingtechnology company in a reportby The Boston Consulting Groupand also featured as one of thetop ten green companies inNewsweek’s Green Rankings.

I think Accenturemust be the only

company thatgoes that extramile to ensure

that employeesare comfortable

at their job.“Making

Accenture a greatplace to work” is

the latest initiativetaken up by the

company. Funactivities are

arranged everyweek as part of

this initiative. Wehave had games

like online tambo-la game and foot-ball with balloons.

Vikrant ShekharAccenture

There are manythings that I likeabout the com-pany. One of thethings being thatthe companycalls in guestspeakers tomotivate andboost our confi-dence. The lastperson we metwas Mark Ingliswho is anaccomplishedcyclist and, as adouble legamputee, won asilver medal atthe Sydney 2000ParalympicGames.Shajo PDell

KNOW YOUR COMPANY

WORK CULTURE

APPRAISALS IN THE CREATIVE FIELD

workplace

CRITERIA FOR REVIEWS

Can creativity be measured ?

The way the HRdepartment handlesits PerformanceManagement Processdetermines a lot

about the organisation and theperformance culture within.From the employees’ perspec-tive, there is lot of expectationsthat rests upon this process asthis is directly linked to themoney they take home. Thereare many lopsided impressionsabout this process. Most of theemployees have a perceptionthat this process is not handledwell in his/her organisation.However the view may be, onemust understand that the suc-cess of this process depends onthe fruitful participation of theemployees involved. This process is a shared responsibility and is not only the onusof the HR.

The basic element of theappraisal process is almost thesame in all organisations.Terminologies may differ andthe method of conducting theappraisal may slightly differ.However some organisationsfirmly insist that it shouldbegin with self-appraisal, sothat the individual also gets torate himself/herself, before the

managers’ rating comes.However, it is interesting to

know how the appraisal pro-cess is structured and executedin advertising agencies. Asother industries, here theappraisal process is not so for-malised as the objective of set-ting up key result areas for allemployees. Since the majorityof the employees are the cre-ative ones, the parameters ofrating are slightly different. Forthe senior level employees a

very important criteria is thenumber of new clients added.This aspect determines the rat-ing and the percentage hikeone gets. However, for theemployees who are into thecreative side, what essentiallymatters is that how manyindustry awards they have got.For the employees who are onthe operation side, client feed-back is important. The ratingscale can be 1-100 or 1-5, onebeing the lowest on 100/5

being the highest.Based on the rating, the

variable/fixed compensation isdecided on. Some advertisingagencies have no variable andno bonus policy. Whatevercomes by virtue of rating is allfixed. However, some advertis-ing agencies have its percent-age linked to the rating. Thevariable component can go upto 50% increase or just a mini-mum of 10% hike.

Measuring creativity on arating scale is very difficult ornext to impossible. However,one can have indicators whichcan help the HR department toget close to measuring andassessing more objectively.That is why the number ofawards a creative employeegets, has a direct impact on theappraisal of that employee.The fact that he/she wins anaward determines that theemployee is high on creativity.There should be a dialoguebetween the manager and theemployee. The feedback pro-cess is very essential to closethe loop of the performanceappraisal process. Throughthis feedback process the indi-vidual development areas aredrawn out and the trainingneeds are set to be workedupon the next year.

The performance manage-ment process is the symbol offairness and objectivity in theorganisation. Not only does it establish employeetrust towards the system, but italso helps driving a perfor-mance culture.

The writer is an HR professional

As compared to other

industries, theappraisal processin creative fields

is not a very formalised

one, but is with a difference. Shilpi SahayChoudhury

tells us more.


DRINK UP Head to the European fine-dining eatery, Sweet Nirvana and make mostof their new fest. Order an ice cool mocktail and an appetizer at a specialcombo price of `130 or a mocktail with a sandwich for `200.

GLAMOUR GIRLS Neeru’s Elite Banjara Hills celebrated their sixth anniver-sary and the launch of their Eid collection on Monday.Actors Lakshmi Manchu, Supriya, Tashu Kaushik, andDeeksha Seth displayed the collection.

The grandLaunchThe Brahmakumari auditorium waspacked with people who had come toattend the audio launch of Nagarjuna

starrer Shirdi Sai on Monday.

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Sarath Babu Ali

Nadendla Manohar and Srikanth

Naga Chaitanya & Akhil

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INDIA HAD 56% NEW LEPROSY INFECTIONS IN 2010India accounted for 56 per cent of the world's new leprosy infections in2010 despite declaring itself free of the nerve-destroying disease fiveyears earlier, a report said. Of the 228,474 new leprosy cases in the worldin 2010, India accounted for 126,800.health


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Vending machineproducts cause health ailmentsMost products thatare available in vend-ing machines causehealth problems suchas obesity, diabetesand heart disease, aswell as behaviouralissues such as hyper-activity and fatigue.

NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS

SHOULD YOU REMOVE IT?Every time there’s an inflamed tonsil, experts suggest a tonsillectomy. But is it really required? We check with experts.

Remember that sore feeling in yourthroat and the trouble you facedeach time you tried to swallow?Often a symptom of tonsillitis,inflamed tonsils, the condition can

cause a patient quite a bit of discomfort andpain, with even swallowing saliva becoming achallenge, let alone food and water. A fewyears ago, doctors would have suggestedremoving the tonsils, in a surgical procedurecalled tonsillectomy. However, these days,treating the inflammation with medicationand avoiding a tonsillectomy, unless it is abso-lutely necessary, is being advocated.

WHAT IS A TONSIL?The tonsils are lymph nodes that are located atthe back of the mouth and just above thethroat. They normally function as the body’sprotection system when it comes to filtering

out bacteria and germs. However, a bacterialor viral infection can cause tonsillitis. “Casesof tonsillitis are most often seen between theages of 2 and 8 and in some cases even inadults,” says Dr Rambabu K, consultant ENTsurgeon, Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad.

SYMPTOMS OF TONSILLITISSome of the most common symptoms oftonsillitis are difficulty swallowing, earpain, sore throat and headache, tendernessin the jaw and throat etc. A physical exammay reveal that the lymph nodes at the backof the throat are tender to touch or the tonsilsare red with white spots on them.

TREATMENT“While earlier doctors did advise removingthe tonsils, these days it is managed withmedication. Unless the tonsillitis is so severethat it obstructs the airways, there are repeat-ed attacks and pus formation there is no needfor a tonsillectomy,” explains Dr Rambabu.

He goes on to add, “In some cases the ton-sils may be removed as a treatment for snor-ing in both adults and children. However, ton-sillitis usually gets cured with medication. Itmay pose some trouble when it comes tobreathing or swallowing, but it is only tempo-rary. There is no need to remove it, if it is notcausing any other serious problem.”

TIPS TO FEEL BETTERn Drink cold liquids or try

popsicles.n Drink fluids, especially

lukewarm and bland fluids.

n Gargle with warm saltwater.

n Suck on lozenges.However, avoid givingthese to children dueto choking hazards.

n Antibiotics prescribedby a doctor can alsohelp ease the inflammation.

ranjani [email protected]

PROCEDURES

Zhang ZhongjingZhang Zhongjing was a Chinese physicianduring the Han Dynasty. He was one ofthe most eminent Chinese physicians during the Dynasty. He is known to haveestablished medication principles thuscontributing to the development of tradi-tional Chinese medicine. His research wasavailable in Shanghan Za bing Lun whichis considered a medical masterpiece. Healso founded the Cold Disease School ofChinese Medicine.

Cushings syndromeCushing's syndrome occurs when thebody is exposed to an excess of glucocorticoid hormones over a long peri-od of time. Glucocorticoids are involved inthe metabolism of fats, carbohydrates andproteins, control of inflammation as wellas in assisting the body in its recoveryfrom stress. Taking oral steroids for treatments of other ailments is said to bethe most common cause of cushings syndrome.

Why are the tonsils removed?n Blockage of the throat if they are too

big. The tonsils can be large enough toimpede breathing, swallowing, or clearspeech production.

n Chronic and recurrent tonsillitis thatcause sore throats.

n White debris in the tonsils called ‘chroniccryptic tonsillitis’. The tonsils containmany pits and pockets called crypts.These, in some patients tend to becomeimpacted with white foul-smelling debristhat is composed of bacteria and deadcells.

n Unusual enlargement or appearance.Like any other tissue, the tonsils can bethe site of benign or malignant tumours.An unusual or markedly enlarged tonsilis sometimes seen in this situation.

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WASHINGTON: Researchershave decoded the deadly 2011E.coli outbreak in Germany,which killed 54 people and sick-ened more than 3,800, tracing itto a particularly virulent strain.

A team led by ShannonManning, molecular biologistand epidemiologist at theMichigan State University, sug-gests a way to potentially tamethe killer bug, named as E coliO104:H4, shares some character-istics as other deadly E.coli bac-teria, but its combination isnovel.

They haven’t yet figured outthe mechanism it uses, althoughManning and her team wereable to find the strain’s Achillesheel — its bio-film, the journalPublic Library of Science ONEreported.

By focusing on the bug’s bio-film, the grouping of many E.colibacteria that stick to a cell’s sur-face and grow encased in a self-produced protective coat,Manning and colleagues wereable to determine why it was sodeadly. When the bacteriumfound in Germany forms a bio-film, it begins to make moretoxic genes like the Shiga toxin.

Increased production of theShiga toxin is the probable cul-prit that contributed to so manyincidents of kidney damage anddeath during the 2011 outbreak,Manning said, according to auniversity statement.

“What made the Germanoutbreak so different is thatmany victims suffering fromkidney failure were adults,” shesaid. “Rather than attackingadults, other types of E.coli thatproduce Shiga toxins typicallydamage kidneys of childrenunder 10.”

Besides, the incubation peri-od was considerably longeramong individuals infected withthe German outbreak straincompared to individuals infect-ed with E.coli O157.

Manning believes this isbecause the German strain needsa longer period of time to form abio-film. IANS

New strainof E.colidecoded

BREAKTHROUGH

Down’s syndrome testgets Swiss go-ahead

Switzerland has approved a test that involves screening pregnant women’s bloodsamples to either rule out or confirm the presence of foetal Down’s syndrome.

GENEVA: Switzerland has given the greenlight for prenatal testing for Down’s syndrome,

Swiss media reported on Sunday. The controversial test will be available in the coun-try from mid-August following the decision by

Swissmedic, the national agency for therapeuticproducts, Neue Zuercher Zeitung Sonntag

reported.The test, developed by life science specialists

LifeCodexx, involves screening pregnantwomen’s blood samples to either rule out or

confirm the presence of foetal Down’s syn-drome, which is also known as trisomy 21.

The German-based firm describes the proce-dure, marketed as PrenaTest, as a “risk-free

alternative to common invasive examinationmethods such as amniocentesis”.

Demand is high in Switzerland from doctorsand expectant mothers, the company said. Thetest will also be marketed in Germany, Austriaand Liechtenstein, according to the firm’s web-

site. The development follows an attempt by theinternational federation of Down’s syndrome

organisations to convince the European Court ofHuman Rights that it should not recognise people’s right to such tests. The federation,

grouping 30 associations in 16 countries, said inJune that the Strasbourg court must “recognise

the human condition and protect the right to lifeof people with Down’s syndrome and those

handicapped”. AFP

PATHBREAKING

HAPPY IS HEALTHY

Whats is Down syndrome?

Down’s syndrome, is the name given to achromosomal condition that is causedby the presence of all or part of a third

copy of chromosome 21. Down syndrome gets its name from John

Langdon Down, the British physician whodescribed the syndrome.Dr Jérôme Lejeune

in 1959 identified Down’s Syndrome as achromosome 21 trisomy . Down syndrome

can be identified in a baby at birth, or evenbefore birth by prenatal screening. Down’s

syndrome is said to affect five in 10,000children around the well. This new test issaid to help expectant mothers conduct

tests in the foetal stage itself.

Forgiving is good for the heart: StudyResearchers have found that forgiving others can actually be beneficial for our health.

Forgiving others, no matterhow badly they may havehurt us, could actually

prove to be beneficial for ourhealth, a US study has found.

Researchers from theUniversity of California, SanDiego, found those people wholet go of their anger were less

likely to see spikes in bloodpressure, Daily Mail reported.The research has been published in the Journal ofBiobehavioural Medicines.

During the study, over 200volunteers were asked to thinkabout the time when a friendoffended them. Half of the

group was told to think abouthow it angered them while theother half was advised to con-sider it in a more forgivingmanner.

Both the groups were thendistracted for five minutes andthen told to rethink about theevent in any way they wish to

while the group members werewired up to monitors, observ-ing blood pressure and heartrate. The team, led by BrittaLarsen, found the angry groupsaw the highest increase in BPcompared to the forgivinggroup after the first session.

IANS

EntertainmentTUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

21MAKARAMANJU IN TELUGUSantosh Sivan, Karthika and Nithya Menon starrerMakaramanju is being dubbed in Telugu as RaviVarma. This Malayalam film was directed by LeninRajendran and narrates the life of Raja Ravi Varma.

Rana to do a cameo inAjith’s film?

Rana is all set to do acameo in Ajith’s upcom-

ing film in Vishnuvardhan’sdirection, if the rumoursare to be believed. Buzz isthat Rana will take part inthis film’s shooting laterthis week. Apart from thisfilm, his upcoming filmKrishnam VandeJagadgurum is also beingreleasing in Tamil.

Tammareddy Bharadwajis the new APFCCPresident

Tammareddy Bharadwaj hasbeen elected as the new presi-

dent of the Andhra Pradesh FilmChamber of Commerce. This year,Tammareddy had the support ofDasari Narayana Rao and afterwinning the election,Tammareddy promised that he’llgo all out to save small films.

Sunny Leone’s Jism 2 tobe dubbed in Telugu

Randeep Hooda, Sunny Leonestarrer Jism 2 is being dubbed

in Telugu. K Chandu Reddybought the dubbing rights inTelugu. Thanks to the buzz sur-rounding the film ever sincePooja Bhatt, the director of thefilm, cast Sunny Leone, Jism 2 isexpected to have a big release inAndhra Pradesh. The film will hitthe screens on August 3.

CINE BYTES

Taapsee is having the adventureof a lifetime in Ladakh. Shehad recently gone there toshoot for Chandrasekhar

Yeleti’s upcoming film starringGopichand in lead role. Right frombattling against low oxygen level tothe harsh weather in the arid regionsof Ladakh, the crew had been shootingunder some harsh conditions. “I amhaving time of my life here. I shot for aBuzkashi sequence with plenty ofhorses and I am the bait for the horseriders instead of a goat which is thetraditional way of playing this sport. Ihave never done such risky stuff everbefore and I don’t think I’ll get to dothis in future. It’s absolutely thrilling,”Taapsee said. She took a small breakfrom the shooting and went to Delhiand she’ll join the crew soon inLadakh to complete the rest of theschedule. Apart from this film, she’salso thrilled looking at the compli-ments and the response she has gotfrom Gundello Godaari’s first teaser.

Taapseegoeson athrillingride inLadakh

RISKY SHOTS FOR THE ACTOR

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New generation willtake us higher: Irrfan

Irrfan Khan says the newgeneration of filmmakers

will put Bollywood on parwith Hollywood. “The newgeneration will do that andthey will become moreambitious to capture othermarkets, the wayHollywood is doing,” Irrfansaid, when asked what willput Bollywood on the samepedestal as Hollywood.

IANS

I need better writtenroles, says Asin

South import Asin, who hascarved a place for herself in

Bollywood, still craves for betterroles that are written well. Shefeels more is yet to come. "It israre for an artiste to get accep-tance by the north as well as thesouth audiences. I feel I am capa-ble of much more and for that Ineed better written roles," shesaid.

PTI

‘Gen next in India is readyto see me on screen’

Adult movie star Sunny Leone,who makes her debut in

Bollywood with Pooja Bhatt’s Jism2, says, she is overwhelmed withthe reception she has got in Indiaand feels that the audience isready to see her on the silverscreen. "I did not think that peo-ple will like me because of mybackground. But I am very muchhappy with the response I havegot here," Sunny said. PTI

CINE BYTESA NEW SINGER ON THE BLOCK

PLAYBACKSINGER

Chitrangada turns

with 'I WantJust You'

Actress Chitrangada Singh, whowill be seen performing an

item number in ShirishKunder’s upcoming film Joker,

will lend her voice to the remix version ofthe song I Want Just You. The original hasbeen sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and it hasbecame viral online, which made the film-

makers think about taking a step further tocash on its popularity. “Yes... she

(Chitrangada) will be singing the song forthe item number she has done in the film,”Kunder said. Joker is about a village called

Paglapur that does not have basic facilitieslike water and electricity. No one is ready to

solve the problem and in order to attractattention, Akshay Kumar creates some

drama involving aliens. The film is set torelease on August 31. PTI


Shirley MacLainehates her ‘DowntonAbbey’ looks

Veteran actress ShirleyMacLaine says she

hated wearing the extrava-gant twenties costumes inthe series of DowntonAbbey. “I hated to put thatstuff on. I’m not one forwardrobe,” she said. Mostof her outfits were sourcedfrom American originalskept in the San FernandoValley in California. PTI

Pattinson was weeksaway from proposing

Actor Robert Pattinson was dueto ask for girlfriend Kristen

Stewart’s hand in marriage and hehad even bought a five-million-pound mansion before being toldabout her affair. "Robert hoped tomarry Kristen and was makingpreparations to spring a proposalbefore she admitted cheating,”femalefirst.co.uk quoted a sourceas saying.

IANS

Bruce Willis angry withhis three daughters

Actor Bruce Willis is said to befurious that his three daugh-

ters — Rumer, 23, Scout, 21, andTallulah, 18 — have distancedthemselves from their mum DemiMoore to get away from her emo-tional meltdowns. “Willis is verydisappointed in them, and he’sbeen calling them spoiled andselfish,” showbizspy.com quoted asource as saying.

IANS

CINE BYTES

Madonna’s explanation for Paris show

Late lastweek,Mado

nnagot

booed and called a slutin French after cutting

off a fan-club-onlyshow in Paris after 45minutes. Here, with-

out further ado, isMadonna’s rep’s amaz-

ing explanation: Theshow wasn’t billed as

a full MDNA Tourconcert, prices were

“reasonable” at $100,and “she has done a

handful of club datesin the past and they

were never more than45 minutes. And by

the way, she put on afabulous show whichwas streamed for mil-

lions of fans aroundthe world.”

QUEEN OF POP CLARIFIES

ACROSS1 Love antithesis5 Light-refracting crystal10 Baseball club's clubs14 ‘Bummer,’ more formally15 ‘… and ___ to rise … ’16 Arabian Sea gulf17 Menu option18 It has a negative charge19 Rudolph's pride20 Balance sheet item23 One reason for boots24 ‘Keep ___ to the ground’25 ‘60 Minutes’ producer featured in

‘The Insider’28 Role in ‘CSI’ reruns30 Access for a collier31 Silk fabric with a wavy pattern33 Mrs Morgenstern

of ‘Rhoda’36 Common financing method40 67.5 deg on a compass41 Adjective for some cereals42 It's not stereo43 Opening bet, in poker44 The maple leaf, to Canada46 Plant used to make tequila49 Beauty pageant headpiece51 Part of a mall57 ‘Climactic’ intro58 Equine animal59 Dance contest blunder60 ‘___ Flanders’61 Baltimore's ___ Harbor62 ‘How unfair and outrageous,’ to a

teen63 Recites, as prayers64 Down-and-dirty65 ‘... or ___!’

DOWN1 ‘Aren't we the comedian?!’2 ‘30 Rock’ co-star Baldwin

3 After-bath sprinkle4 Hockey legend Phil5 Kind of gallery6 Raves' partner7 ‘My Wild ___ Rose’8 A four-star meal it's not9 Aping avian10 Daiquiri flavoring11 Acrobat and Illustrator

company12 Rival of Edison13 Expression of contempt21 Absolute (Abbr)22 More maneuverable at sea25 Aesop title character26 Plot in the Bible?27 Take for a bride28 Make words by hand29 Boomerang's path31 Dust-dwelling critter32 Atomic number of

hydrogen33 Person on a pedestal34 Chow down with class35 Molecular building block37 Solitary man38 Brewery container39 Prepare for combat43 Serves the purpose44 Casual restaurant45 Part of a new bride's name46 White House's first

occupant47 City on the Italian Riviera48 As is fitting49 Aquatic birds50 Blown-up area on a map52 Companion of thick53 Title in a da Vinci

masterpiece54 Administered with a spoon55 Eyeglass frames56 ‘En garde’ weapon

KAKURO QUICK CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

Chai TimeTUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

26THOUGHT OF THE DAYAll this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wiseman.— Henry David Thoreau

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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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ARIESHurdles existed all along wilLdisappear and good effectswill take place. Unexpectedfinancial fortune likely.Happyevents to take place at home.Businessmen will reach unex-pected heights by doing brisktransactions.

ARIES: Page of Wands –You may have to stick your neck outand insist on something that youreally want. In office, you have tostick your ground.

GEMINI: Ten of Pentacles– There may be some problem withyour salary this time. Sort this out bygoing to the right channels andputting across your problem.

LEO: The Lovers – You maycome across as too formal in yourdemeanor. Loosen up a little and bemore casual in your approach. Thiswill make you more believable.

LIBRA: Eight of Cups –This is a good time to do some char-ity work. Pick a social issue that trulystirs you and make a plan to giveback in a consistent manner, actively.

TAURUS: Seven of Wands– You’re in the mood to be impulsivetoday. You get the opportunity tofulfil some teenage fantasies. Go on,indulge, but within limits.

CANCER: Nine of Swords –Do not take sides in a fight. Stay asneutral as you possibly can, even if itupsets both parties. They will eventu-ally see light.

VIRGO: Page of Pentacles –You’re missing the good humour inyour life. Laugh a lot, be around peo-ple who remind you of the simplerjoys of life. Everything will look up.

SCORPIO: Queen ofPentacles – Everything you do todaywill have some difficult conseque -nces. Be prepared to face these, orjust don’t do anything drastic today.

CAPRICORN: King ofSwords – You have stopped workingon a very important project. It’s timeyou picked up the pieces and startedwork on it in earnest.

SAGITTARIUS: Ace ofSwords – There are some gaps in yourlife that need filling. Singles mustactively try and look for companion-ship.

AQUARIUS: Strength –You’re very bothered about the wel-fare of those around you. While this isa great quality that attracts people, itcan also make you seem restless.

PISCES: Four of Cups - Ta -ke a breather. You may not be enjoy-ing your current job. Some thing elsewill come up pretty quickly. Bide yo -ur time and wait for the tide.

TAURUSTransfer on the cards foremployees. Important turningpoint likely in Govt. relatedworks. Be careful with bloodrelatives and close friends asthere are chances of misunder-standing. Some are planningto start new ventures.

GEMINIMinor tensions likely to makeyou upset. Employees need toconcentrate and complete theworks in time, else there arechances of getting a bad name.Businessmen need to strugglehard to achieve their plannedtargets.

CANCERBusinessmen might face unex-pected problems and henceadvised to be alert in all thetransactions undertaken.Employees might face the irefrom superiors and hence needto act carefully. Artists will getunexpected promising.

LEOBefore taking any importantdecision, think properly andconsult family members andwellwishers. Financial situationwill be more than satisfactory.Some will be happy to hear thenews about settlement of theirmarriage.

VIRGOA very cheerful atmosphere toprevail at home. Property relat-ed issues with blood relativesto take place. Deal with the sit-uation tactfully to avoid anymajor rifts. Businessmen willtake bold and important deci-sion.

LIBRAHealth needs to be given prop-er attention. Money will comeby from all the expectedsources. However increasedexpenses will make you upset.Misunderstanding within thefamily likely. Legal issues alsomight go against you.

SCORPIOAncestral property throughmother will come by.Improvement will be seen in allthe directions of your life.Keeping the future in view,plan to save as income willincrease steadily. Comforts arelikely to increase.

SAGITTARIUSUndertaken works will getcompleted as desired. Chancesof getting trouble throughwomen. Avoid any new friendsto avoid trouble. Problemsthrough Govt. officials too like-ly if necessary formalities arenot completed.

CAPRICORNEnemies will be more activeand hurdles will be created bythem. Need to be alert anddeal with the situation careful-ly. Don't give up and keepfighting non stop alone cangive you success. Avoidunwanted arguments.

AQUARIUSEmployees need to put in theirbest efforts to complete theworks entrusted to them.Health problems likely. Need tobe careful in food habits andavoid outside foods.Businessmen might take extracare before taking any decision.

PISCESEmployees and businessmenboth need to be careful as thetime is not favourable.However with your will powerand calibre you will be able tohandle the situation well.Couple will be cordial. Childrenwill do well in their career.

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Germany’s Britta Heidemann (L) clashes with Ukraine’s Yana Shemyakina during theirWomen’s Epee gold medal bout as part of the fencing event on Sunday at the Excel centre inLondon. Yana Shemyakina won the gold. AFP/ TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA


MEDAL TALLY

G S B T

A proud momentHYDERABAD: Andhra

Pradesh ChiefMinister N KiranKumar Reddy todaycongratulated ace

marksman Gagan Narang forwinning a bronze medal atthe London Olympics.

“Well done, keept it up, Ijoin the people of AndhraPradesh on congratulatingyou in winning the bronzemedal in the LondonOlympics,” a release from theChief Minister’s Office quot-ed Kiran as saying in a mes-sage.

Senior batsman SachinTendulkar also congratulatedGagan for winning thebronze medal. "GaganNarang, you make us proudby winning the first medal inOlympics 2012. Let's hope &pray that we follow it up byachieving many more,"Tendulkar wrote on hisTwitter account.

Narang shot 103.1 in agripping 10-shot finals for anaggregate of 701.1 after scor-ing 598 in the qualifyinground in which he also stoodthird. The gold was won byRomania's Moldoveanu AlinGeorge who tallied 702.1 toupset world number 1Niccolo Campriani of Italywho stood second with 701.5.

CM, SachincongratulateGagan

BARNABY CHESTERMAN Agence France-Presse

LONDON: Mansur Isaev beatJapan’s Riki Nakaya inthe men’s under-73kgfinal on Monday to claimRussia’s second gold

medal in the Olympic judo com-petition and pile on the misery forthe Asian giants.

Isaev survived a Nakaya pick-up attempt to counter with awinding throw for the minimumyuko score with about a minuteleft in the final here on Mondayand that proved enough.

He was understandablydelighted and dedicated hismedal to his whole country.

Isaev claims73kg gold

SHOOTING MOMENT OF JOY

JUDO

HYDERABAD: GaganNarang’s father B SNarang expectedhis son to strikegold but neverthe-

less is pleased after the acemarksman clinched bronzemedal in the 10m air rifleevent at the LondonOlympics.

“It’s a good achievement,although we expected agold. But this is also verygood. It will certainly boosthis morale for the remainingtwo events,” an elatedNarang senior told media-persons, here today.

When someone askedwhat will he tell his son oncehe gets a call from London,the proud father replied,”Ifhe calls me, I will congratu-late him and tell him to dowell in the next two events.He still has two more eventsleft on August 3 and 6 (50mRifle 3-Position & 50m Rifleprone). He should concen-trate on those two events.”

Narang did admit thatthey had expected Gagan tobring laurels for the countryafter he had a disappointingresult in Beijing in 2008where he failed to qualify forthe final. He admitted thatthere is always pressure toperform in big-ticket eventsbut it is something thatcomes as a package for pro-fessionals. “In any sphere,

there is pressure and oneneeds to live with it. Evenparents put pressure on theirchildren.”

The shooter’s mom saidthat they never put any pres-sure on their son. “When heleft for London, we justwished him ‘All the best’and told him to give his bestshot. We have never inter-fered in his training.” PTI

Bronze medalist India’s Gagan Narang celebrates after the 10m AirRifle Men shooting final in London on Sunday. The markman wasthe first Indian to win a medal at the 2012 Games.AFP/MARWAN NAAMANI

Abhinav put up agood fight: fatherAbhinav Bindra may have cras-hed out of the 10m air rifle eve-nt with a dismal display but hisfather Dr A S Bindra is not deje-cted, saying his son fought likea brave sportsman. “I am satis-fied with the fact that he foughtlike a brave sportsman, whichmatters more than winning.”

CHINA 9 5 3 17

USA 5 7 5 17

FRANCE 3 1 3 7

N KOREA 3 0 1 4

ITALY 2 4 2 8

S KOREA 2 2 2 6

RUSSIA 2 0 3 5

KAZ’STAN 2 0 0 2

JAPAN 1 4 6 11

AUS 1 2 1 4

ROMANIA 1 2 0 3

HUNGARY 1 1 1 3

BRAZIL 1 1 1 3

NET’LANDS 1 1 0 2

UKRAINE 1 0 2 3

LITHUANIA 1 0 0 1

GEORGIA 1 0 0 1

S AFRICA 1 0 0 1

COLOMBIA 0 2 0 2

G BRITAIN 0 1 2 3

CUBA 0 1 0 1

POLAND 0 1 0 1

THAILAND 0 1 0 1

TAIPEI 0 1 0 1

GERMANY 0 1 0 1

MEXICO 0 1 0 1

MONGOLIA 0 0 1 1

MOLDOVA 0 0 1 1

INDIA 0 0 1 1

AZE’JAN 0 0 1 1

BELGIUM 0 0 1 1

NORWAY 0 0 1 1

SERBIA 0 0 1 1

SLOVAKIA 0 0 1 1

UZB’STAN 0 0 1 1

CANADA 0 0 1 1

INDONESIA 0 0 1 1

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NEWS BRIEFS

Netherlands down IndiaIndia produced a valiantfightback in the second-halfbefore losing 2-3 toNetherlands in their open-ing Group B match of the

men's hockey competition. In the othermatches, South Korea defeated NewZealand 2-0, Australia hammered SouthAfrica 6-0, Great Britain beat Argentina4-1 while Germany won 2-1 againstBelgium. Pakistan drew with Spain 1-1.

Seats checked after faultOlympics organisers said on Mondaythey were forced to check the weldingon 200,000 temporary seats acrossvenues after fans complained that seatsat the rowing and archery collapsedunder them. Many of the London 2012competition venues use temporarystands, including those for the hockey,basketball, swimming, water polo,equestrian, beach volleyball, shootingand triathlon.

S Korea win archery goldSouth Korea won a seventhsuccessive Olympic Gameswomen's team archery goldon Sunday with a 210-209win over China. Japan

claimed bronze with a 209-207 winagainst Russia. Victory on Sunday meantSouth Korea are the only country tohave won the women's title since theevent was introduced at the 1988Games in Seoul.

Federer in cruise modeRoger Federer took theexpress route into the thirdround of the Olympics witha 6-2 6-2 victory overFrance's Julien Benneteau in

just 58 minutes on Centre Court today.Federer admitted he had struggled withthe extra pressure of representingSwitzerland at the Games after a scrappythree-set win against Alejandro Falla inthe first round on Saturday.

Sumit loses boutIndia’s Sumit Sangwan wentdown fighting to Brazil’sYamaguchi Florentino (14-15) in their Light Weight (81kg) boxing match in London

on Sunday. Meanwhile, IhabAlmatbouli, Meng Fanlong, YahiaElmekachari, Damien Hooper, CarlosMercado, Ehsan Rouzbahani,Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Osmar BravoAmador won their respective matches.

TOM WILLIAMS Agence France-Presse

LONDON: Kohei Uchimura expressed ameasure of sympathy for GreatBritain and Ukraine after ajudging inquiry into his pom-mel horse routine gave Japan

the silver medal in the men’s Olympicgymnastics team final.

The Japanese superstar badly mis-cued his dismount from the pommel inthe final rotation of Monday’s event atthe North Greenwich Arena and wasawarded a score of 13.466 points that leftJapan in fourth place.

As Britain celebrated a shock silvermedal and Ukraine toasted an apparentthird-place finish, Japan submitted anappeal to the judges that brought pro-ceedings to a confused and confusingstandstill.

The judges ultimately decided thatUchimura had not been given sufficientcredit for his dismount and amended hisscore to 14.166, taking Japan up to sec-ond, dropping Britain to third, and leav-ing Ukraine empty-handed, somethingunexpected.

Loath to celebrate after finishingbehind China in the team competition

for the second Olympics in succession,Uchimura conceded he felt for theBritish and Ukrainian gymnasts.

“For the British people, it’s not justthem. It’s about Ukraine too, who

thought they had a bronze. I feel sorry,”he said, before back-tracking.

“It’s strange to say that, though. Thisis just the way the scoring system works,so I shouldn’t feel sorry for them.”

Japan’s gymnast Kohei Uchimura competes on the pommel horse during the men’s teamfinal of the artistic gymnastics event of the London Olympic Games on Sunday at the 02North Greenwich Arena in London. AFP/BEN STANSALL

BY LUKE PHILLIPS Agence France-Presse

LONDON: CharismaticNorth KoreanKim Un-Guk andChina’s LiXueying broke a

raft of records as theyhanded out two master-classes in weightlifting atthe London Olympics hereon Monday.

Kim set a world recordin the total thanks toequalling another in thesnatch that was the basisfor an emphatic victory inthe men’s -62kg class.

Li broke two newOlympic records as shecrushed her rivals on theway to claiming gold in thewomen’s -58kg class in athird day of enthrallingaction at a packed ExCelarena.

While Li was understat-ed in her performance, Kimwas anything but as hewhipped the 6,000-capacity

stadium into a frenzy withhis flamboyant showman-ship at the barbell.

Kim snatched 153kg,also a new Olympic record,to match Chinese lifter ShiZhiyong’s world record,and then went on to cleanand jerk 174kg for a com-bined total of 327kg, beat-ing the previous recordheld by China’s Zhang Jieby 1kg.

Colombian OscarFigueroa claimed a shock

silver with a total of 317kg(140, 177), his clean andjerk a new Olympic record,while Indonesia’s IrawanEko Yuli took bronze with317kg (145, 172) on thebodyweight rule.

Each time he set foot onthe podium, Kim grinnedat the cheering crowd.There was a roar as heapproached the barbelleliciting similar grunts inreply from the delightedspectators.

Chinese’s Li Xueying competes during the weightliftingwomen’s 58kg group A event at The Excel Centre in London onSunday. AFP/ YURI CORTEZ

LONDON: India’s top shuttlerSaina Nehwal romped into theknockout stage of women’s sin-gles competition, while JwalaGutta and Ashwini Ponnappaalso kept their hopes alive in thewomen’s doubles event afterrecording contrasting victories intheir respective groups here onSunday.

Saina, brushed aside the chal-lenge of Belgium’s Lianne Tanwith a straight 21-4, 21-14 in just27 minutes.

Later Jwala and Ashwinistunned world number 10 YuChin Chien and Wen HsingCheng of Chinese Taipei 25-2316-21 21-18.

Meanwhile, India had a rela-tively fruitful day on the tenniscourts with the warring duo ofLeander Paes and MaheshBhupathi advancing to the sec-ond round of the men’’s doublesevent of the Olympic Games withtheir respective partners onSunday. PTI

India progressin badminton,tennis

Ki, Li tumble records

GYMNATICS

WEIGHTLIFTING

Confusion rules the day

ON A ROLL

TALEK HARRISAgence France-Presse

LONDON: A top US coachMo nday calledChina’s Ye Sh i wen“suspicious” andcompa red her to

East Germany’s dr ug-addledathletes after her su per-fasttimes were questi o n ed at theLondon Olympics.

John Leonard, executivedirector of the World Swim -ming Coaches Association,told The Guardian that the 16-year-old’s lightning freestyleleg in her world-record 400mindividual medley swim wassimply “impossible”.

The schoolgirl timed58.68sec in the last 100 metres,a whisker off US winner Ryan

Lochte’s time in the men’scompetition. Astonishingly,her final lap was quicker thanthe American champion.

“The one thing I will say isthat history in our sport willtell you that every time we seesomething, and I will putquotation marks around this,‘unbelievable’, history showsus that it turns out later onthere was doping involved,”Leonard told the newspaper.

“That last 100m was remi-niscent of some old East Ger -m an swimmers, for peoplewho have been around a wh -ile. It was reminiscent of the400m individual medley by a

young Irish woman inAtlanta.” Leonard was refer-ring to Michelle de Bruin,who em e rged as a triple gold-medallist at the 1996 Gamesbut was ba nned for four yearsin 1998 for ta mpering with aurine sample.

“Any time someone haslooked like superwoman inthe history of our sport theyhave later been found guiltyof doping,” he said, adding, “Ihave been around swimmingfor four-and-a-half decades. Ifyou have been around swim-ming you know when some-thing has been done that justisn’t right.


GAMES BRIEFS

Seeds tumble in TTFormer world number oneTimo Boll was dumped outof the Olympic table tennistournament here Monday,suffering an upset loss to

Adrian Crisan of Romania.The fourth-seeded Boll went down 11-9, 8-11, 15-13, 12-10, 11-6 to Crisan, the worldnumber 27, who played above himselfwhile saving two game points in the piv-otal third game.

Handball for CameronBritish Prime Minister DavidCameron counted on a littlehelp from French PresidentFrancois Hollande to tell himthe rules of handball as the

pair took in a match at the Olympics onMonday. Cameron admitted he had littleidea about the sport. So the prime min-ister turned to Hollande during the wo-men's match between France and Spain.France had crushed GB's men 44-15.

Scola powers ArgentinaLuis Scola scored 32 pointsand Manu Ginobili added 21as Argentina defeatedLithuania 102-79 on Sundayin their opening game of

the Olympic men's basketball tourna-ment. Carlos Delfino contributed 20points to boost the South Americansquad in the Group A round-robinmatchup. Ginobili, also grabbed 10rebounds.

Wiggins... the man to beatFor world time trial champi-on Tony Martin, bidding forOlympic gold risks being apainful experience — espe-cially with the prospect of a

Bradley Wiggins triumph lurking in thebackground. Martin succeeded four-timeworld champion Fabian Cancellara ofSwitzerland in Copenhagen last year toclaim a first, coveted rainbow jersey inthe race against the clock.

Teenager Meilutyte wins gold for Lithuania, beats world champion Soni

RYLAND JAMESAgence France-Presse

LONDON: China’s Cao Yuanand Zhang Yanquanwon 10m platformdiving gold on Mon -day after Britain’s

Tom Daley and PeteWaterfield fell from the top

spot and out of the me dals fol-lowing a botched fourth dive.The Chinese teenagers tallied486.78 points from their sixdives to win the event fromMexio’s Ivan Navarro andGerman San chez, who tooksilver, and American bronzemedallists David Boudia andNicholas McCrory.

Top coach callsChina’s Ye ‘suspicious’ John Leonard compares her to East Germany’s drug-addled athletes.

LONDON: Fifteen-year-old Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte edged outAmerican world champion Rebecca Soni for the gold medal in the100m breaststroke final on Monday.

Meilutyte led all the way to post a brilliant win over Soni in oneminute 05.47 seconds, prevailing by just eight-hundredths of a second.

The youngster became the first to win a swimming gold medal forLithuania, which was once part of the Soviet Union.

Meilutyte, who used her early speed off the blocks, held onto herlead despite Soni’s desperate finishing lunge at the wall. Japan’sSatomi Suzuki was third.

Australia’s triple Olympic gold medallist and defending championLeisel Jones could not go the pace and finished fifth.

Phelps in com fort zoneas history beckonsMichael Phelps, already the mostsuccessful Olympian in historywith 14 gold medals, returned tohis swimming roots on Mondayto set up a shot at more Gameshistory. He notched the fourth-fastest time in the semi-finals ofthe 200m butterfly to defend thetitle he won at the last 2 Games.

SWIMMING

DIVINGChina divers

cash in onBritish

error

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NEWS BRIEFS

British target rowing goldFour days of Olympic row-ing finals action start onWednesday with Britain'sHeather Stanning and HelenGlover hoping to kick off a

home gold rush in the women's pair. It isone of 13 gold rowing medals on offer,with Britain's expectations distinctlybuoyant. Sir Steve Redgrave has set atarget for the host nation of four goldmedals.

Sumit exit: India protestIndia's protest against thecontroversial opening-roundloss of boxer Sumit Sangwan(81kg) has been rejected bythe jury that reviewed his

bout against Yamaguchi FalcaoFlorentino here. "The reasons were notgiven to us but in cases like these, it isextremely rare that a protest is acceptedand the decision overturned," coachGurbax Singh Sandhu said.

Footballer gets sympathyNetizens from South Koreahave expressed sympathyfor Swiss footballer MichelMorganella, after he wassent home from the London

Olympic Games for having racially abus-ing South Korea's players on the micro-bloggin site, Twitter. Morganella haddirected an offensive jibe at the playersafter Switzerland's 2-1 defeat to theAsian side on Sunday.

Artist aims at GamesAn javelin thrower stands poised to makehis throw. The image, stencilled in blackonto a dirty wall recently unveiled on thewebsite of British street artist Banksy tocoincide with the London Olympics. Theother shows a pole-vaulter. The locationof the two stencils, however, has beenkept under wraps prompting speculationthat Banksy feared they could beremoved as part of the clean graffiti fromLondon's walls for the Games.

‘But in my mind I am very very strong and this isthe Olympics so I just decided I had to make a push.’

The captain scores three goals as the world champions launched their men’shockey campaign with a thumping 6-0 victory over South Africa.

BADMINTON

HOCKEY

RICHARD EATONAgence France-Presse

LONDON: Injury-hit badminton topseed Lee Chong Wei

flirted with a shock first-round defeat on Mondaybefore rallying to keep hisOlympic dream alive.

Lee has not competedsince suffering an ankle injuryin May, and seemed to be

wandering towards the exit at11-11 in the final game againstVille Lang, the world number45 from Finland.

But then the former worldnumber one from Malaysia,exploded into his real self, tak-ing 10 points in a row withsome high-paced attacks towin 21-8, 14-21, 21-11.

There had been no ques-tion of Lee toying with anopponent he might normallyhave beaten far more easily.

Instead he had looked fragile,care-worn and shackled, andunlike a potential Olympicchampion.

“I’ve only just come backfrom injury,” he said. “I justtried my best. I was quiteslow. I have not played fortwo-and-a-half months. It wasnot the real Lee Chong Wei.

From 11-11 in the deciderLee seemed more prepared torisk his limbs in jump smash-es and front-court lunges.

PAT ROWLEYAgence France-Presse

LONDON: Dwyer’sthree strikes helpedhim equal the

Australian record of 179 inter-national goals held by MarkHager, who is now the coachNew Zealand.

Dwyer was instrumentalin earning both penaltystrokes that he went on toconvert and later also scoredon a penalty corner asAustralia outplayed SouthAfrica in Pool A.

Defending championsGermany rallied after conced-ing an early goal to overcomeBelgium 2-1 in a close contestin Pool B, which also saw TheNetherlands clinch a 3-2 tri-umph against India and Asianchampions South Korea holdoff a late New Zealand chargeto prevail 2-0.

Dwyer opened theAustralian scoring in the 16thminute with a penalty strokeafter he was brought down bya defender inside the circle.

Dwyer then set up the sec-ond Australian goal two min-utes before half time with apass that Matthew Butturinideflected in.

Christopher Ciriello con-

verted a penalty corner in the46th minute before Dwyergot back into goal-scoringaction, firing in during apenalty corner in the 48th andthen forcing another penaltystroke that he converted inthe 58th.

Glenn Turner rounded offthe Australian scoring with afield goal in the 62nd.

Dwyer inspires Australian rampage

Falklands no factor inBritish hockey win LONDON: Players and coach-es insisted Great Britain’s 4-1Olympic men’s field hockey winover Argentina here on Mondayowed nothing to the 30th anniv -er sary of the Falkland Islandswar. The game was given addedspice by an Argentine televisioncommercial showing formerhockey captain F Zylberbergtraining on a war memorial.

‘Indians didn’t playnatural game initially’LONDON: India’s chief coachMicheal Nobbs today said thathis wards did not play their nat-ural game, especially in the firsthalf against the mighty Nether -lands in their opening Group Bmatch of the men’s hockeycompetition in the Olympicshere today after returning tothe Olympics after eight years.

Lee flirts with shock exit

sportsTUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012

32SOMNATH GOSH DOWNS P VIGHNEY REDDY IN FINAL Somnath Gosh (SCR) bt P Vighney Reddy (SPSTTA) 11-3, 7-11, 13-11, 11-13, 11-9, 12-10 - 4-2 in the St Paul's School Table Tennis Tournament inthe city. The chief guest gave away the awards to the winner and runner.

WASHINGTON OPEN

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

GLASGOW: The Hoops player and histeammates are preparing for a crunch tieagainst HJK Helsinki in the third qualify-ing round at Parkhead on Wednesday asthey bid to make the money-spinninggroup stages of the competition for thefirst time since 2008.

Twice in recent years the Parkheadclub have crashed out of the ChampionsLeague at the qualifying stage after com-ing unstuck against Arsenal and Bragawhile also losing out on a spot in theEuropa League to Utrecht and Sion.

The Swiss outfit’s rule-breaking didhand them a Europa League reprieve lastyear but failure so early in Europe is cost-ly to the club. And Mulgrew knows thatthe price of failure against Finnish cham-

pions HJK would be even more severethis year — because there will be no OldFirm money to fall back on.

Mulgrew desperateSays demise of rivals Rangers makes it importantthat the club qualify for the Champions League.

WASHINGTON: Scheepers,ranked 42nd in the world, hasseen her summer hardcourt formdip after playing a Stanfordquarter-final three weeks agoagainst Serena Williams.

After losing 6-4, 6-0 toWilliams, the 28-year-oldScheepers won a round the nextweek in Carlsbad before losing toUSA Olympian VarvaraLepchenko.

The second seed never reallygot started in the heat andhumidity of the US capital as she

lost serve five times in 65 min-utes to Rybarikova, who wondespite making the long haulfrom the WTA event in Baku,central Asia at the WashingtonOpen on Monday.

Romanian Edina Gallovits-Hall upstaged Czech fifth seedBarbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-5,

4-6, 6-3.Scheepers' and Zahlavova's

losses were counter-balanced bytwo wins by seeded players.

Eighth seed Olga Govortsovaof Belarus beat Karolina Pliskovaof the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2and American seventh seed CocoVandeweghe defeated Japan's

Erika Sema 6-4, 6-1.Vandeweghe reached the

Stanford final as a qualifier, los-ing to Williams in the title match,but running her WTA ranking upto its current 70th.

The Washington tournamentis being played as a joint eventfor the first time under the wing

of a new sponsor.But the London Olympic

mens and ladies tournament hasdrained the talent pool, with thehighest seed on the women's sidebeing Russian world number 28Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Onthe men's side, there are just twoplayers ranked in the top 30 in

the world. The men's draw isheaded by American MardyFish, who decided months ago —even before an accelerated heart-beat gave him a now-curedhealth scare — to skip theGames.

The world number 13 whohas played a limited schedulethis season and missed twomonths with his medical condi-tion. He starts play on Tuesdayagainst German Bjorn Phau.

That pair have played threetimes, always in the USA, withthe 30-year-old Fish standing 2-1 in the series. Fish, whosebest showings here were a pair of quarter-finals in 2003and 2006 from six previousappearances.

Ukrainian AlexandrDolgopolov is making his tour-nament debut as second seed,ahead of South African KevinAnderson.

In the men's first round, 2002winner James Blake beat Spanishfifth seed Pablo Andujar 4-6, 6-2,6-2 while Los Angeles quarter-finalist Leonardo Mayer ofArgentina put out Spain'sGuillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6(7/5), 7-6 (10/8).

Frenchman Florent Serrastopped American Brian Baker 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. AFP

Scheepers loses in 1st roundChanelle Scheepers, whose victory last year in Guangzhou was the first WTA win for a South

African in eight years, lost her opener 6-2, 6-1 to Magdelena Rybarikova.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Charlie Mulgrew (C) of Celtic duels withKolbeinn Sigthorsson of Ajax in a friendly. AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: TheManchester City managerexpressed confidence afterhis team beating Malaysiain style.

Playing in humid con-ditions in Malaysia as partof City’s Far East tour,Mancini’s boys wrappedup their visit with animpressive 3-1 victoryMonday over theSoutheast Asian team.

The star of the gamewas Argentine strikerSergio Aguero wholooked fresh and full ofenergy after a brief sum-

mer rest. Aguero, whoscored the goal that wonCity their Premier League

trophy in May, opened thescoring on 17th minutesand created the other twogoals for Carlos Tevez andAdam Johnson.

Aguero had the chanceto put City one up in theninth minute when herounded the Malaysiandefence only to see hisshot hit the crossbar.

But he was not to bedenied eight minutes laterwhen he burst past threedefenders before chippingthe ball over Malaysiangoalkeeper MohamadFarizal Marlias.

Mancini confidentRoberto Mancini expressed confidence his squadwill be able to retain the Premier League trophy.

Roberto Mancini trains withhis players at Kuala Lumpuron Sunday. AFP/ M RASFAN

The London Olympicmens and ladies tour-nament has drainedthe talent pool, withthe highest seededwoman being worldnumber 28 Anastasia.

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