Professional Documents
Culture Documents
N annapaneni Rajaku-
mari, chairperson of
AP State Womens Commis-
Madurai: In an order that may
throw the National Eligibility-
Trichy, seeking to scrap NE-
ET-2017 on the ground of discri-
mination. The judge issued no-
nesday ruled that the Union
ministry of environment
and forests (MoEF) has to
sion, on Wednesday said Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) tices to Union health and fami- first decide the buffer zone
women should cut off the schedule for MBBS and BDS ad- ly welfare secretary, director- around the KBR National
genitals of men trying to ra- missions off the track, the Mad- general of health services, Park before the Strategic
pe or sexually exploit them. ras high court on Wednesday MCI, CBSE and Tamil Nadu he- Road Development Plan
Those men who sexually stayed all further proceedings (SRDP) could take off. With
assault or rape women sho- with regard to the examination Centre reduces cutoff for this ruling, the ball is now
uld be castrated, Rajaku- held on May 7. NEET-PG: P 10 back in the Centres court.
mari said. TNN The interim order restrains The SRDP envisages cut-
the CBSE from continuing with alth and family welfare secreta- ting of thousands of trees
the evaluation of answer ry, seeking replies by June 7. A in the park to facilitate a
Three arrested for scripts, releasing answer key
and result declaration. While
students group had filed a writ
petition, praying for nixing the
multi-crore flyover to de-
congest traffic. The verdict
UK terror attack answer keys were slated for re- test as there was no uniformity means, in case the Union
WALKS FREE
and theft for releasing... employees
Nov: First of more than
July: More than 90,000 250,000 classified US
250,000 classified US military diplomatic cables start
The transgender army diplomatic cables documents relating to to appear
private with a 35-year jail
term for leaking classified 500,000 LIFE AFTER
documents to WikiLeaks, is military reports
walking free this week after
SENTENCING
a commutation of Military videos Manning, who is
her sentence by from Iraq & Afghanistan transgender, legally
US president changed her name to
Dossiers on people Chelsea after the sentencing
Barack Obama
before he left
detained in Has been held in an all-male prison
White House Guantanamo since conviction
Has attempted suicide twice
These documents were
Who is Chelsea Manning? released by WikiLeaks, the Seen as a hero by many anti-war activists
Formerly called Bradley Manning, anti-secrecy website run by Vilified by detractors who say Mannings
military intelligence analyst in Iraq Australian Julian Assange actions put American lives at risk
from November 2009 to his arrest Source: AFP
STATOISTICS
Top 3 Empires
Genghis Khans Genghis Khan Nicholas II Qing
Mongol empire is the (1270 CE) (1895 CE) (1790 CE)
largest contiguous Mongol Empire (Central Asia) Europe (Russia) China-Manchu (East Asia)
land empire in history.
Stretching from east
Asia to Europe and from
Mongolia to north of the
Indian subcontinent,
the 24-million sqkm
empire had never been
precedented in its Map
24
million
22.8
million
14.7
million
expanse not to sqkm sqkm sqkm
scale After Christ
1 Common Era (CE) 1,000 CE
Samrat
Ashok
5 4
empire
million sqkm million sqkm at best
Source: East-West Orientation of Historical Empires and Modern States by Peter Turchin, Jonathan M Adams and Thomas D Hall; Research: Atul Thakur; Graphic: Sunil Singh
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Locals red-flag Secunderabad cantonment skyway Two hurt in
Mungara.Sunil Chitti Babu auto trolley,
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LOSING GROUND: KEY PROPERTIES TO BE AFFECTED Survey done, land
Secunderabad: The govern- acquisition to start car accident
LEAKY AFFAIR: Water leaks
ments ambitious Strategic Ro-
ad Development Plan (SRDP) to
ease traffic in several areas of
S ources in the R&B (NH-State
Wing) department told TOI near ORR
that a survey had been
at Kalyanpuri Colony in the city faces hurdles with the Hyderabad: Two auto drivers
completed and land acquisition
Uppal after a pipe got traders in Secunderabad Can- suffered minor injuries when
would begin soon in
damaged during excavation tonment deciding to oppose to- an auto trolley was hit by a cab
Secunderabad Cantonment for
work to lay a new pipeline oth and nail the proposed const- from the rear at APPA junc-
widening the road to 200 feet for
ruction of an 11.5 km elevated tion near Narsingi on Wednes-
the proposed skyway. Currently,
skyway from Jubilee Bus day. The injured were treated
Select USA Station (JBS) to Air Force Sta- (From left) The Secunderabad Club,
the width of the stretch between
JBS and AFS, Hakimpet, is 40-60
as out-patients at a local hos-
tion, Hakimpet. Another sky- pital, police said.
summit in June way from Paradise to Bowen-
a function hall at Bolarum Road,
the SBI Bank branch at Gunrock are
feet , said the official. The process
To avoid hitting a parked
The Federation of Telanga- of marking affected properties
pally forms part of the SRDP. among the many properties that auto on the road, the auto trol-
na and AP Chambers of will be completed in a weeks
A couple of days ago, the ro- are all set to lose land ley behind it swerved to the
Commerce and Industry time, said the R&B official. TNN
ads and buildings (R&B) de- right. A cab, which was com-
(FTAPCCI), on Wednesday, partment began the process of ing behind the trolley, hit it.
conducted a presentation marking the properties betwe- elevated skyway has been pro- The R&B authorities have tonment MLA G Sayanna and ad is widened to 200 feet (100 feet when a similar project in the ci- As part of a domino effect, the
on Investment Opportuni- en Secunderabad Club towards posed on State Highway-1 (Ra- marked several properties, in- demanded that the width of the on both sides), K Ramesh, the ty PVNR Expressway has trolley hit the stationary auto.
ties in US and Select USA Karkhana and Trimulgherry jiv Rahadari) connecting Tivoli cluding the compound wall of proposed project be restricted owner of a commercial estab- been built on 100-feet road. This Luckily, no one died in the
Investment Summit. On that are to be acquired for the Junction, Karkhana, Trimulg- Secunderabad Club, Kendriaya to save their buildings. They al- lishments told TOI. would result in disastrous for accident. The accident could
the occasion, the bodys skyway. This touched a raw ner- herry, Alwal and Air Force Sta- Vidyalaya, Picket (opposite: so met the R&B minister Tum- The project would also rob owners of properties, he said have been avoided had the au-
president, Ravindra Modi ve with the traders whose pro- tion, Hakimpet. As many as 400 Secunderabad Club) and seve- mala Nageswara Rao and dis- thousands of employees wor- and demanded that the project to driver not parked the vehi-
said Donald Trumps elec- perties face bulldozers. They commercial properties on both ral private properties and com- cussed the issue. He said he wo- king in commercial establish- be restricted to less than 100 fe- cle on the road, Narsingi in-
tion as US president have formed an organistaion sides of the stretch will be affec- mercial establishments like uld resolve the same. ments on the stretch of their li- et. The state has sanctioned spector P Ramchander Rao
marked the beginning of a called Owners of Commercial ted as per a survey conducted banks, shopping malls, grocery The proposed expressway velihood. The properties loca- `2,000 crore (` `1,300 crore for said. Police said both the au-
a new dawn in India-US Buildings on the Road from by officials of the National shops, etc., on the stretch. will affect nearly 400 to 500 com- ted in a densely populated area construction and `700 crore for tos suffered damage and po-
relationship. We expect he Secunderabad Club to Tri- Highways Authority of India On Wednesday, nearly 200 mercial properties. We have command a very high commer- compensation to property ow- lice rushed to the spot on find-
will establish a good mulgherry to fight the state go- (state wing), R&B department, traders, whose properties have spent lakhs of rupees over a pe- cial value, Ramesh said. ners). R&B department will ne- ing out about the accident to
business relationship with vernments move. Defence Estate Office, Telanga- been marked, met Malkajgiri riod of 30 years to construct Another property owner ed to acquire nearly 90 acres of shift the injured to hospital.
India, Modi said. Select- According to the detailed na and AP Circle, and Secunde- Lok Sabha member Ch Malla them. Almost all the properties wondered why government ne- defence, cantonment and priva- In the last 10 days, this was
USA Investment Summit project report (DPR), a 11.5-km rabad Cantonment Board. Reddy and Secunderabad Can- would be affected in case the ro- eds 200 feet for an expressway te land, said an official. the second accident near the
will be held in Washington Outer Ring Road. In the previ-
DC, on June 18-20. ous case, three Indian Insti-
adari
uncement clarifying that the Secunderabad: Before the chief Secretariat on the Parade Ground When the victim and a few others raised an alarm, a
Secretariat will not come up at minister announced that the Se- as Tughluq idea. He recalled the few youngsters who were playing on the road chased
Rajiv Rah
the Parade Grounds in Secun- Gymkhana cretariat would not come up at Pa- CMs earlier idea to build a new Se- the culprit and pinned him down. The police said the
Parade Ground rade Ground, nearly 250 walkers, cretariat on the premises of Chest
derabad has brought relief to Ground culprit snatched a 2.5-tola gold chain and tried his best
many who have been rallying including Laughter Club mem- Hospital, Erragadda, before shel- to fell from the location.
to protect the lung space. bers, participated in a protest to ving it. Parade Ground is meant We will disclose the details of the accused on
One of the largest open Save Parade Ground. Walkers for Army operations and hund- Thursday since we wanted to know whether he was in-
Sardar Patel Road wore wristbands with a message reds of budding cricketers to prac-
spaces in the Secunderabad re- volved in any previous snatching offences too, police
gion, the ground is used by the area and morning and eve- ve been saved. We will carry ted to the cantonment area, the to save the grounds on their wrists tice and the Congress will not al- personnel said. Kushaiguda police and Malkajgiri Cen-
hundreds of walkers and ning walkers and sports en- out a cycle rally at the grounds traffic volume here will incre- as part of their rally. low the government to take over tral crime station officials were questioning him. TNN
cricket enthusiasts on a daily thusiasts, the Bison Polo Gro- tomorrow to convey the mes- ase multi-fold and present traf- Another senior Congress lea- this precious piece of land for a
basis. In addition to forming a undswhere the CM has pro- sage that the Parade Grounds fic chaos will also worsen with der and former vice-chairman of new Secretariat, he said.
human chain around the gro- posed to construct the Secreta- have been saved. However, re- constant road restrictions due the National Disaster Manage- This is the only lung space av-
und and running a signature riat building witnesses no sidents of the area are still con- to VIP movement, said Khan. ment Authority (NDMA) Marri ailable in Secunderabad and more
campaign to mark their pro- civilian movement and is cerned about the secretariat Many residents are still se- Shashidhar Reddy also participa- than 50 members of Laughter
test, walkers and residents of mostly restricted to Army being located here. The peace eking clarity on which ground ted in the protest. He arrived at the Club come to Parade Ground. We
the cantonment area had also use, said Sunanda Reddy, a re- at the cantonment area will be the state government has so- Parade Ground at around 6.30am oppose the proposal of construc-
distributed bands with the sident of West Marredpally disturbed in addition to the ught to build the secretariat. and was there for about an hour. tion of Secretariat, said Ch
message Save Parade Gro- who has been a walker at the abundant green cover near the I have been protesting to He interacted with walkers and Lakshminarayana, a senior mem-
und, among themselves, on park for 10 years. Bison Polo ground, said Kris- save all the three grounds. sportspersons and elicited their ber of the club.
Wednesday. A few residents however hank Manne, a resident of the While the CM has made it clear views about the Telangana go- Later in the day on Wednesday,
The chief ministers clari- raised concerns about the cantonment area who has be- that the Parade Grounds will vernments proposal to construct the chief minister clarified to the
fication, on whether or not the shift of all state-government en spearheading the protests. not be affected, there has been a Secretariat. On Tuesday, V Ha- media here that the government
Secretariat will be built on the related activity to the Secunde- MA Khan, a resident of Ka- no talk about the Gymkhana numantha Rao extended his sup- was seeking the Bison Polo Gro-
Parade Grounds has definitely rabad area. After six days of kaguda area also raised simi- groundwhere I regularly port to the campaign. und or Gymkhana Ground for a
come as a relief. While the gro- protest, we are happy that the lar concerns. practice, said cricketer Kaly- Speaking on the occasion, new Secretariat and not the Para-
unds is used by residents of historical Parade Grounds ha- If the secretariat is shif- an Sandeep. Shashidhar Reddy described the de Ground at all.
Mutilated victim
identified, police
hunt for accused
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Hyderabad: Nearly two weeks
after unravelling the murder of a
man, whose body parts were mu-
tilated and sealed inside a wall at
a one-room tenement at Chintal,
police are still looking for the elu-
sive Jha brothers.
The victim is suspected to be
one Pradan. On May 11, in a por-
tion of a house rented to Vivek Vi-
dur Jha, 27, and Bhuvan Kumar
Jha, 31, both of Bihar, an uniden-
tified persons body, with head
and limbs severed, were found.
The body parts were concealed in
a wall and plastered. A TOI report about the incident
Initially, police felt one of the was published on May 12
two either Vivek or Bhuvan
could be the victim. Sources in parts in the wall of the house.
the Cyberabad police said as both We are yet to trace the accused to
Vivek and Bhuvan were alive, find out the motive behind the
they then suspected that the vic- murder. Until the accused are not
tim could be one Pradan, also a nabbed, we will not know the rea-
native of Bihar. The Jha brothers son for the gruesome murder, a
have been arranging labour for source said.
various pharmaceutical compa- After committing the murder,
nies and perhaps the victim was the two brothers locked the house
also in contact with them. and went absconding.
When police were scouting While mobile phones of both
for clues, they came across seve- Vivek and Bhuvan were found
ral photographs at the brothers switched off, police tracked Vi-
house. The accused had kept se- vek's cell phone's last activity to a
veral Aadhaar cards and identity tower located near Secundera-
proof of various persons. While bad railway station. After that
verifying the photos and Aadha- they fled to Bihar. The accused co-
ar copies, they traced everyone uld be one of the roommates or
except Pradan. both. It is learnt that police identi-
This made police suspect that fied them based on CCTV footage
the victim could be Pradan and at the station. The Cyberabad po-
the two brothers might have eli- lice have sent teams to Bihar and
minated him and hid the body other states to track the duo.
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Skinless | `234/kg
Presidents election at the can easily manage from have pained me. If Amit minister K
Rao was clearly and heavily they are doing, said the chi-
Burglar arrested meeting on May 27. I have other regional parties. Shah can prove at least one Chandrasek- rattled by BJP national presi- ef minister. EGG
great respect for Prime Mini- Top sources in the TRS allegation he made, I will har Raos dent Amit Shahs visit being Home minister Nayani
under PD Act ster Narendra Modi. Howe- party reacted cautiously on quit as CM, KCR said at a outburst on highly successful. The entire Narsimha Reddy told the `300 per
Rachakonda police on ver, at this juncture, I will not the Presidential election in press conference at Pragati Bharatiya Ja- CM that the way the BJP lea- hundred
Wednesday invoked Preventi-
state is discussing it and the
announce my partys sup- the backdrop of the com- Bhavan here on Wednesday. nata Party na- people of Telangana have ders, including Amit Shah,
ve Detention Act against B port to the NDA candidate as ments made by Amit Shah on The BJP president had tional president Amit Shah, behaved on the issue of Da- FOODGRAINS
Cheruku Nagesh, a burglar welcomed it, he said
I am deeply pained by Amit bad governance in Telanga- made similar comments the Telangana BJP said the lits can never be called as gi- Rice (fine) |
involved in 16 cases. Police Shahs comments, KCR said na. While stating there wo- last year but we had spared chief ministers comment ving them respect.
recovered 16 tolas of gold at a press conference here. uld be no change in the par- him for his ignorance. Now, has lowered his political Though the BJP did not `3,500-
and a Skoda car from his When requested to elabo- tys stand to support the we realized that he is ma- stature and termed it as ju- gets scared of the opposi- directly respond to KCRs 4,200/ quintal
possession. rate his partys stand in the NDA candidate, the party is king such comments inten- venile and unwaranted. tion. Chief minister K charge that lunch eaten by Rice (medium) | `3,000-
Presidential election, KCR of the feeling that Amit Shah tionally and to damage the In a statement, BJP spo- Chandrasekhar Rao is an the party chief in Nalgonda 3,500/ quintal
Man succumbs said: We have not yet taken
any decision. We will do so
should set himself right
with regard to his comments
image of Telangana and the
TRS government.
kesperson Krishnasagar
Rao said KCR was clearly
elected representative and
his party today is in power
was not prepared by a Dalit,
they demanded that it was
PULSES
to injuries on May 27. We believe in fede- against Telangana in order I will not allow such be- and heavily rattled by BJP through a democratic pro- the CM who owes the Dalits
Tuar Daal |
A civil engineer who suffered ral cooperation and will not to resolve the unnecessary littling of the state by any- national president Amit cess in this state. He should an apology.
injuries in an accident, act in haste. But whoever cri- friction between the two par- body. It is not Amit Shah but Shahs visit being highly stop thinking that, he is the KCR had promised to `6,200-
succumbed while undergoing ticizes Telangana becomes ties. Telangana which is my successful. The entire state 8th Nizam and that Telanga- make Dalit the first CM of 6,500/ quintal
treatment on Wednesday. my enemy and the state will Our leader has great re- Badsha and if anybody look is discussing it and the peo- na is his fiefdom, the spo- Telangana.
Ashwin Kumar,36, was not forgive them, said the gard for the Prime Minister down on the state, I will not ple of Telangana have wel- kesperson said. However, once he secu- Chana Daal | `7,200-
travelling in TVS bike and he CM. and had extended his full hesitate to go to any ex- comed it, he said. He said the party would red simple majority in the 7,500/ quintal
suffered injuries on May 15 TRS has 17 MPs and 82 support after demonetiza- tent, said the CM. KCRs unscrupulous welcome and accept his 2014 elections, he backtrack-
after his bike skid and he fell MLAs in its kitty and com- tion when all other political KCR dismissed Shahs statements on Amit Shah challenge to resign as Chief ed on it and himself became VEGETABLES
down at Nizampet. mands a vote strength of parties were opposing it. Ho- claims of his party coming are founded in his lack of to- minister if the BJP proves the CM.
22,048 in the Presidential wever, the comments of to power in Telangana. lerance to criticism and qu- that Amit Shahs state- Therefore, it is he who Onion | `600- 700/
election. Of the total electo- Amit Shah has created an As per a survey, BJP estioning. He must learn ments are facts. Our state owes an apology to Dalits. quintal
2 arrested in ral college, TRS has a uneasy situation, roads and wont be able to win a single the ABC of governance in a president Laxman would The BJP has been and will be
Potatoes | `700-
strength of 1.9 per cent and buildings minister Tumma- assembly seat in Telangana democracy. He is clearly an clearly state the factual pro-Dalit, state BJP presi-
pan shop raid can bring the NDA candidate la Nageswara Rao told TOI. in the 2019 polls, he said. undemocratic leader who numbers on Thursday. dent K Laxman said. 1,200/ quintal
Police raided five pan shops
in Vanasthalipuram and
nabbed two persons for MAILBOX New Secretariat building not welcome ALMANAC
selling gutka. The shop 25-05-2017 (THURSDAY)
owners were brought to
police station and the seized
Drain water T he idea of the state government to construct a new Secretariat building
at Parade Grounds is not tenable. While passing through this ground, Sri Hevalambi Nama
material is expected to be overflowing one feels a sigh of relief as it provides fresh air, which is so difficult to get in
most parts of the city. This proposition is going to take all that away. Isnt
Samvatsaram, Ayanam :
given to the health depart- Uttarayanam, Ruthuvu :
ment.
O verflowing drainage
water has become a
common sight in
the present secretariat providing enough space and working ambience to
the government work force? Why waste the tax-payers money like this? In
Vasantha, Masam : Vaish-
akha, Paksham : Krishna
the garb of vaasthu this present administration has already spent a lot of Thithi : Amavasya - 25-15
Gelatin sticks Raghavendra Nagar near
Ammuguda railway
money for new constructions, remodelling of existing structures. At whose Nakshatram : Krithika -
expense has all that been done? I hope the big heads of the state realize 24-10, Yogam : Athiganda -
recovered station. The deplorable this and shelve the unproductive proposal soon T N Swamy 23-15, Karanam : Chath-
In Balanagar, police recove- sanitary conditions have
ushpad - 15-13, Varjyam :
red few gelatin sticks which led to pigs and
13-41 to 15-05, Rahukalam :
were illegally stored in a
construction site. Two per-
mosquitoes crowding the
area, thus putting the
Parents appreciate move on school fee 13-50 to 15-27, Durmuhur-
tham : 10-03 to 10-55 and
sons were taken into custody. health of residents at risk.
While, on paper, the T he decision of the government to fix the fee for private schools
will certainly be welcomed by parents who wish that their children
get the best in education - and exposure to co-curricular activities.
15-14 to 16-05, Amrutha
Kalam : 22-05 to 23-29
authorities appear to be
2 fire accidents, spending crores of rupees Right now, the exorbitant fee charged by some schools in the name of
development and other things is a complete farce. The rising school
none injured on their Swachh Bharat
fees breaks the backbone of parents and forces them to compromise
WEATHER
campaign, in reality, none
Fire accident took place in of those promises are on various aspects of their lives, only to ensure that the future of their Maximum Minimum
Kukatpally and Lakidikapul being met. I request wards is not affected. We await a positive decision at the earliest as it 43.2 29.3
on Wednesday. At Kukatpally, officials concerned to will benefit lakhs of parents and students. The government should
a high tension wire fell on a please wake up to this tighten the noose around school authorities looting parents in the Sunrise: Friday: 05:41hrs
warehouse, it spread to near name of education Deepesh Surana Sunset: Thursday: 18:43 hrs
crisis and do something Moonrise: Thursday: 05:12 hrs
by scrap godowns. In another immediately to bring us Moonset: Thursday: 18:19 hrs
incident, a scrap caught fire some respite from this Write to The Times Of India on the issues close to your Forecast: Partly cloudy sky,
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Road will turn into a venue the ideologue of the Telangana expert was the one who put Chary doused himself in kerosene and the creativity of the artists. We in Nalgonda and had been acti- another 36 names were added.
for the celebrations. struggle led by K Chandrasekhar out a logical argument for set himself ablaze. Having suffered chose not to give them a topic so vely participating in the An amount of `10 lakh each was
Thousands of people are Rao. He passed away a separate Telangana State critical injuries, he died that they would have freedom to movement for a separate Te- given as compensation for the
expected to make a beeline to on June 21, 2011. The explaining how water resources on December 3, 2009. His express themselves, Ramana langana state. families of those who laid down
the place to enjoy cultural agricultural university were denied to Telangana region. body was taken in a huge Reddy said. The art camp KCR had launched the agita- their lives.
programmes that are being at Rajendranagar has He passed away on April 29, 2017. He was procession to the Martyrs Symphony of Colours is be- tion in 2001 and till then, there Come this state formation
planned there. been named after him irrigation advisor to state government Memorial ing organized by the State Gal- were protests and demonstra- day, in all the 31 districts of Te-
Telangana cuisine is eve- lery of Art, Hyderabad Art So- tions bot no dramatic or drastic langana, homage will be paid to
rybodys favourite. There ciety, Telangana Tourism and actions. What Srikanth Chary the martyrs. In the erstwhile 10
will be food stalls this time They also learnt our Lam- June 2. Like the previous too offering mouthwate- grand scale, officials have Government of Telangana. did on November 29 sent a chil- districts of the state, memorials
too offering the state cuisi- bada dance, said years, Peoples Plaza on ring items, Mamidi Harik- planned programmes down People who visit the art ling message to the Centre abo- were constructed as per specifi-
ne, director of culture Ma- director of culture Mamidi Necklace Road will turn in- rishna said. to the mandal level. camp can interact with artists. ut the seriousness of the people cations given by the state go-
midi Harikrishna said. Harikrishna. to a venue for the celebra- Illumination of all go- In every district, 10 emi- We want to encourage people to of Telangana to achieve a sepa- vernment. However, these are
Chief minister K tions. Thousands of people vernment buildings, monu- nent people from different develop interest in art and also rate statehood. yet to be constructed in the new-
Chandrasekhara Rao has are expected to make a be- ments and important roads walks of life will be honou- take up art, Ramana Reddy sa- Srikanth doused himself in ly formed districts. At these pla-
nistry of culture. The idea asked officials to plan we- eline to the place to enjoy will prominently reflect red and also given a cash id. All the works of art will be kerosene and set himself abla- ces, collectors have been asked
is to exchange cultural ek-long celebrations for the cultural programmes that the spirit of celebrations. award. At the state displayed in various govern- ze. Having suffered critical inju- to put up temporary memorials
vibrancy. 3rd anniversary of the state are being planned there. With Chief minister K level too, 50 people who ha- ment offices later. ries, he died on December 3, where homage could be paid by
Sometime ago, cultural beginning with a cultural Telangana cuisine is eve- Chandrasekhara Rao di- ve distinguished themsel- It is in this manner that we 2009. His body was taken in a hu- ministers, legislators, MPs, col-
troupes from Harayana had extravaganza at Ravindra rybodys favourite. There recting that the celebra- ves in their fields are to be want to promote art, Ramana ge procession to the Martyrs lectors, government officials
performed in Hyderabad. Bharathi on the evening of will be food stalls this time tions be organized on a honoured. Reddy said. Memorial at Gun Park near and the people.
5L mosquito nets
to prevent diseases
in tribal areas
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
PRECAUTIONARY
Hyderabad: Health minister C
Laxma Reddy on Wednesday di-
MEASURES
rected Telangana State Medical Wash your hands
Services Infrastructure Deve- before and after contact
lopment Corporation with an infected person
(TSMSIDC) to distribute five Get Clean your
lakh mosquito nets in the agen- vaccinated house thoroughly
cy areas to prevent spread of
communicable diseases in the Ensure proper waste
upcoming rainy season. management
During a review of steps ta- Remove any stagnant water in
ken to tackle seasonal and com- and around the house
municable diseases, especially
in the agency and tribal areas, Avoid drinking Increase
the health minister directed offi- contaminated your self-
cials to prepare a plan of action water awareness
to curb these diseases.
During the meeting, Reddy
asked officials to take up clea-
ning, spraying and other precau-
tionary measures to reduce the
mosquito population and orde-
red them to complete the work in
the months of June and July.
The minister also ordered death rate due to seasonal and
them to stock all medical suppli- communicable disease has co-
es and keep other necessary equ- me down. In the same way, this
ipment needed in case of emer- year precautionary measures
gency. should be taken in all districts
Under the leadership of dis- and tribal areas to curb the spre-
trict collector, a meeting should ad of diseases.
be organized with the officials of He ordered the district col-
municipality, corporation and lectors to conduct regular mee-
other departments concerned tings and awareness camps abo-
and based on the problems that a ut the diseases. General public
particular village is facing, the should be involved and aware-
officials should prepare a plan of ness about seasonal and commu-
action to curb the spread of sea- nicable diseases should be incre-
sonal and communicable disea- ased so that they are equipped to
ses, the health minister said. face emergencies, said Reddy.
Citing Adilabad district as The minister also advised
an example, the minister said: collectors to recruit required
Because of the precautionary manpower on a contract basis or
measures we had taken in the through outsourcing with the al-
Adilabad district last year, the located budget.
ting Telangana.
This village has a great his-
tory. The villagers fought againt
the atrocities of Razakars but
they have not been remembered
by succesive governments in
the state, Shah said.
The BJP president felicita-
ted family members of the peo-
ple who had died fighting Raza-
kars like Thota Ramachand-
ram, Thota Sheshaiah and
others.
Earlier, he interacted with
six villagers Myla Mallaiah,
Garse Lachaiah, Pyla Yellaiah,
Kumbam Ramulu, Bodige Ra-
maswamy and Anantula Nara-
simha. He visited their homes
and gave them pamphlets on the
development activities being ta-
ken up by the NDA government.
Later, Shah participated in his
partys booth-level workers me-
eting. And he reiterated his re-
solve to strengthen the party in
their respective booths.
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Constable in soup
for anti-CM rants
Bid to remove 250-yr-old table aimed No respite for
residents as
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inst chief minister K Chandra- the constables attitude, the Charminar: Poor and inadequ-
sekhar Rao. He was also show GHMC workers and followers Hurdle For ITS REAL PURPOSE ate water supply continue to give
IS NOT KNOWN
caused by authorities. of the corporator gheraoed him residents sleepless nights in so-
Welcoming the CMs deci-
sion to hike salaries of GHMC
and asked him to apologise.
He objected to the entire
Land Mafia me parts of the Old City areas.
Over the past four months,
The 250-year-old
employees, the Saidabad divi- programme and his words hurt Syed.Akbar@timesgroup.com granite stone table residents of Maheswaram cons-
sion corporator Singi Reddy sentiments of so many people, dates back to the tituency and Komatiwadi have
Swarnalatha had on Wednes- said a supporter. After someti- Hyderabad: Land mafia late Qutub Shahi been accusing the government
day morning organised a pro- me, he was allowed to leave the with the help of a few local po- period. It weighs agencies of not acting despite
gramme of milk abhishekam venue. But soon after the news litical leaders have made at- about a tonne and their several complaints.
on the portrait of KCR at Saida- of the constables behaviour tempts to remove a 250-year- has exquisitely With the authorities unmo-
bad Colony near Ambedkar sta- spread, senior police officials old granite stone table (Sang- carved detachable ved on the problems faced by re-
tue. U Vamsi Phanindra, a cons- summoned him and issued a e-Siya) dating back to the late stone legs. It lies sidents of Shaheen Nagar and
table, who was on patrolling du- charge-memo. We have asked Qutub Shahi period to encro- right in front of the Komatiwadi, the desperate peo-
ty reached the venue on seeing him to give explanation for his ach upon the prime land adja- Akbar Jah Maqbara ple even took to social media to
the gathering of GHMC cont- behaviour within three days, cent to Paigah tombs. (mausoleum), post messages on their plight
ract workers and TRS activists. said a senior official. The mega granite table which is in a and urged authorities to act.
weighting about a tonne with dilapidated Congress state minority vice
exquisitely carved detachab- condition chairman Mohd Amjad said the
le stone legs has been a major water crisis is continuing in Ma-
hurdle for anti-social ele- heswaram constituency for the
ments to encroach upon the mystery as its real purpose is nesday. He said his enquiries ried in soil for want of care There is also an interes- last several months, but the sum-
ancient monument Akbar not known. Local people desc- revealed that plans are afoot and careless dumping of de- ting version by locals about mer has doubled their woes. He
Jah Maqbara (mausoleum). ribe it as a table meant for kee- to shift the stone table and re- bris. The stone is granite and repeated attempts to vandali- said the life of the residents were
The mausoleum is in a dilapi- ping the bodies before the bu- locate it to Mecca Masjid. He it must have been mined from ze the stone table. Many belie- badly hit by water crisis in Bi-
dated condition and the large rial. However, city historian feared that once the stone tab- Nalgonda district. It is a refi- ve that there is a treasure tro- smillah colony, Habeeb Colony,
stone slab table lies right in Dr Mohammad Safiullah sa- le is removed there will be ned version of the stone table ve hidden in the earth under- Shaheen Nagar, Errakunta, Pa-
front of the structure. The ys it is not clear why the huge encroachments on the mau- that exists in Mecca Masjid, neath the table. Rumours of a hadisharif, Jalpally, Kuttapet,
stone table is also in a state of stone table was kept at the ent- soleum complex. he said. man seeing the treasure in Wedi-e-Salehin, Wadi-e-Mustafa
neglect with one of its legs rance of the mausoleum. Dr Safiullah said the stone He demanded that the sta- vision also abound. But heri- and Aljabri colony, where resi-
moved aside apparently A heritage activist told table is at least 250-years-old. te government should fence tage activists dismiss the cla- dents are compelled to buy wa-
during attempts to remove it. TOI that a few anti-social It probably belongs to late the area for protection from ims as attempts to shift the ter. I have been residing in this
Children of the nobles died elements entered the premi- Qutub Shahi period or early vandals and land grabbers. table. Incidentally, the stone locality for the last 26 years. No
in infancy were buried in ses on Tuesday and cleared Asaf Jahi period. It has been Any attempts to remove it by table and the Maqbara is a pri- one is in a mood to pay attention
the complex. the bushes. They visited the subjected to vandalism. Alre- untrained people will result vate property belonging to towards this problem. Our life is
The stone table has been a mausoleum again on Wed- ady a portion of the legs is bu- in damage to the stone slab. the Nizam trust. badly hit by non-availability of
potable and borewell water. A
week after water was released,
brain, less stress and better quality of life dents alleged that the area is
reeling under water crisis. De-
spite number of complaints, no
action has been taken to help
Syed.Akbar@timesgroup.com Social and Cultural Organisation them tide over water woes.
DOS AND Do not
expose yourself
Wear light
colour clothes,
Consume
adequate uids
(MESCO). A research study published Most of the time, we buy water
Hyderabad: The Ramzan model of
fasting does not have any adverse im-
DONTS too much to preferably during Sahar
in the recent issue of the journal, Nut-
rition, revealed that intermittent fast-
from outside. I kindly request
the CM of Telangana to interve-
pact on the body. But in turn it benefits the sun cotton or linen (pre-dawn mea ing did not result in any adverse effect ne in this matter, Noor, one of
Do not feast
fasting individuals both biochemical- on junk foods Use oil, fat, After Iftar (breaking of on the body composition, glucose me- the residents from Komatwadi,
ly and physiologically. The Ramzan such as haleem, salt and sugar fast) consume lot of uids tabolism and cognitive function. told TOI.
model of fasting is medically known bhajji and vada in moderation and avoid oily foods Another study published in the
as intermittent fasting, which is qui- March 2017 issue of the Imperial NAMAZ TIMINGS
te different from other types of fasting. Avoid late Curd and buttermilk Journal of Interdisciplinary also sup-
According to senior physician Dr night meals can be consumed ported the findings appearing in the Fajar | 4:34 am (Fri-
Fakhruddin Mohammad, intermit- journal, Nutrition. It said in healthy day) to 5:36 am
tent fasting involves about 14 hours of adults there are no adverse effects of Zohar | 12.23 pm to
abstinence from food and water and 10 intermittent in the sense that there is tes fat tissue metabolism, improves Ramzan fasting . The study suggested 4.38 pm
hours of non-fasting period. This is re- an alternation of fasting and non-fast- thyroid activity, body metabolism, ma- people who fast should take a suitable Asar | 4.46 pm to 6.42
peated daily for a month. Other types ing period within a 24-hour day. intains balance of hormones and glu- nutritious diet and consume sufficient pm
of fasting involve either total abstinen- Ramzan model of fasting coupled cose, protects neurons from metabolic water. While it is beneficial for the Maghrib | 6.50 pm to
ce from food and water for a specific with exercise in the form of regular stress, increases insulin response and healthy to fast, those suffering from 7.58 pm
number of days, or drinking water and special prayers during Ramzan activity, and checks inflammation, chronic ailments should consult Isha | 8:05 pm to 4.12
and eating fruits . But on the other maintains a healthy brain, improves said Dr Fakhruddin, who is also the their doctors before taking up the am
hand, the Ramzan model of fasting is quality of life, reduces stress, regula- chairman of the Muslim Educational, Ramzan fast.
STATE DIGEST
Shelter promise
Ex-MLA gets lifer for Hyd techies
body found in
T feeding Centre to run
for all in AP
Guntur: Promising to fishermans murder Vijayawada
Vijayawada: Bodies of a
software engineer from Hy-
the country, says KCR
provide shelter for all,
legislator Modugula Ven-
derabad and a woman were TIMES NEWS NETWORK
ugopala Reddy has asked
the officials to clear the
Judge Also JUSTICE AFTER 10 YEARS found floating in river
Krishna near Dr KL Rao He- Hyderabad: Claiming Telanga-
Clashes broke out between Cases were registered ad Water Works in the city na is providing funds to the Cent-
hurdles in implementation
of the housing scheme. He Imposes A the MLAs supporters and against 24 persons including on Wednesday. Workers of
Soma, which is constructing
re to run the country, chief mini-
ster K Chandrasekhar Rao said
Fine Of `1.62L
said CM N Chandrababu Bangarayyapeta villagers in MLA Chengala Venkata Rao
Naidu is treating the Hous- October 2007 under IPC sections related the the state receives less than half of
ing for all scheme, as a to murder Kanaka Durga flyover, saw what it contributes to the Union
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Head of the village the bodies floating and aler- government in the form of taxes.
prestigious programme of Gosala Konda was severely The case came to
the government. The
ted the police. A team of cops Speaking to the media at Pra-
Anakapalli (Visakhapat- injured during the clash the 10th Anakapalli headed by SI Srinivasa Rao gati Bhavan on Wednesday, he
officials should work to and later died in the additional and
enhance the image of the
nam): The 10th additional reached the spot and recove- said that the state
district and session court hospital session court in 2010 red the decomposed bodies. had received `24,561 crore from
chief minister, he added.
judge, BB Nageswara Rao, A cop investigating the the Centre in the form of tax de-
The police had registered a case against Venkata
convicted former Payakara- case told TOI that the identi- volution, grants and
Collectors opeta MLA Chengala Venka- Rao and 23 other persons for their involvement ty of the woman is yet to be national highway funding while
ta Rao and 20 other persons in rioting, murder of sherman Gosala Konda ascertained. He, however, Telangana contributed `50,013 MISSION POLITICS CM KCR at a media conference on Wednesday
meet begins including four women in a (50) and causing grievous injuries to eight others ruled out any connection crore to the central
murder case at Anakapalli between the techie and the exchequer by way of income tax, did not give one rupee extra to Te- gion Development Fund. He said
Vijayawada: The two-day in Bangarayyapeta village of Nakkapalli mandal
collectors conference, the in the district and sentenced woman. The techie has been service tax, central langana, but Amit Shah said the Telangana received only two
them to life imprisonment in October 2007. The case was registered under identified as Velaga Mani- excise, customs. Centre had given `20,000 crore installments under this head
first in the current fiscal,
will begin on Thursday at A on Wednesday. sections 302, 324, 323, 147, 148, 149 and 506 of kantha, a resident of Chan- Telangana, Gujarat, Maha- additional funds. It is unfair to while Andhra Pradesh got three
Convention Centre in the Speaking to TOI, assi- IPC. Three of the accused died before the trial danagar in Hyderabad. We rashtra, Tamil Nadu and New make such comments while hol- instalments.
stant public prosecutor KP spoke with his father. The fa- Delhi are contributing most to ding a big position in a national Why this discrimination to-
city. Chief minister N nally came to the Anakapalli court in 2010
Chandrababu Naidu will set Naidu said, The judge had mily has no clue as to what the central exchequer. Because party that is ruling the country. wards Telangana? We are spen-
the growth rate target for awarded life sentence to all in Bangarayyapeta village of pany near Pentakonta close made Manikantha take the of us, the country is able to feed Let Mr Shah show at least `200 ding more than `5000 crore on
the 2017-18 financial year the convicts and also impo- Nakkapalli mandal in Octo- to the fishermen village of step, the cop said. other deficit states, claimed crore given in addition to what pensions and Shah mindlessly
along with taking a few key sed a fine of `1.62 lakh on ber 2007. The case was regis- Bangarayyapeta. But Kon- Cops also said that Mani- KCR. Denying the comments Telangana was entitled to, said comments that we are not giving
decisions with respect to each of them to be paid to tered under sections 302, 324, da, who was the village head, kantha might have resorted made by BJP national president the CM. pensions. When the Centre stop-
rolling out of welfare and Kondas family. 323, 147, 148, 149 and 506 of supported the company as it to the extreme action else- Amit Shah that the Centre had He asked local BJP leaders to ped funding several central
developmental initiatives. The police had registered IPC. Three of the accused di- was also willing to develop where and the body landed released `one lakh crore to Te- go to New Delhi to convince the sponsored schemes, we are con-
a case against Venkata Rao ed before the trial finally ca- the village. Soon, the agita- at the head water works here langana, the CM said, From the Centre to release pending tinuing them by bearing the ad-
and 23 other persons for the- me to the Anakapalli court tion turned into a clash bet- after the irrigation authori- day of the formation of Telanga- central sales tax dues of `11,600 ditional burden. Of the total mo-
Defence unions ir involvement in rioting, in 2010. The former MLAs ween the protesters and vil- ties released the waters ear- na till today, the total funding in crore. He challenged Amit Shah ney spent on pensions, the Cent-
murder of fisherman Gosala supporters had raised objec- lagers and Konda was seve- ly in the day. He must be suf- all categories received by the sta- to use his good office to pressure re is reimbursing only `209 crore
launch protest Konda (50) and causing grie- tions over the establishment rely injured. He eventually fering from depression, a te was`67,390 crore. Where is one the Union finance ministry to which is a drop in the ocean, qu-
Visakhapatnam: Defence vous injuries to eight others of a beach sand mining com- died in the hospital. senior official said. TNN lakh crore rupees? The Centre release pending Backward Re- ipped the chief minister.
civilian employees unions
from across the country
staged a one-hour protest
on Wednesday against the
governments move to stop
production of 143 defence
Central prison plans digital library for AP ties up with Bill and Melinda
equipment in ordnance fac-
tories and instead hand over
the work to private compa-
inmates to inculcate reading habit Foundation for quality healthcare
hospital linen, through us categories of hospitals
LEARNING THE DIGITAL WAY
nies. Some of the defence Sulogna.Mehta
Vizag Central Prison will TIMES NEWS NETWORK
equipment and products in- @timesgroup.com
be the rst prison in state which chances of spread of in the state. In the second
clude ammunition and am- to get such a library Amaravati: To facilitate infections is possible, will phase, 12,000 more beds will
munition boxes, troop com- Visakhapatnam: The Vizag sharing of technology for be changed every day. be given colour-coded li-
Central Jail plans to set up a di- The prison already has a advancements in healthca- Seven colours of linen nen, Kamineni said and ad-
fort items, optical cables. The library
gital library on its premises library with around 9,000 re, the state government have been designated for all ded We will provide 200
will be set up motivational, spiritual,
with computers loaded with e- at a cost of has entered into a memo- the seven days of the week. sheets and blankets for
Conserve Olive texts and audio-visual materi-
` 4.5 lakh
biographical and self-
improvement books
randum of understanding So, the bed sheets, pillow co- every 100 beds to ward off
al on self-development and mo- (MoU) with Bill and Melin- vers and blankets will be infections.
Ridleys tivational topics. provided by The prison inmates are da Gates Foundation. changed every day and will Kamineni explained
Visakhapatnam: Vizia- The project is aimed at in- Araku MP engaged in various activities Through this pact, the be uniform across the sta- that the new blankets and
nagaram collector Vivek Ya- culcating the habit of reading such as steel furniture making, health, medical and family te, he said. bed sheets will be washed in
dav instructed the forest de- among inmates. Speaking to carpentry works, weaving, welfare department will This ensures hygiene Sodium Hypochlorite and
partment officials to take up TOI, jail superintendent Indla textile manufacturing, and work towards ensuring and the initiative will be that the key performance
conservation measures to Srinivas said, Araku MP Kot- book-binding high-level hygiene at public implemented under the indicators will be used to
safeguard the nesting hapalli Geeta has already hospitals in the state. public private partnership know how the hospitals are
File photo of the Visakhapatnam
grounds of Oliver Ridleys sanctioned `4.5 lakh from her As per the MoU exchang- (PPP) mode, he added. utilising the linen.
Central Prison premises
across the districts 21-km MPLADS funds to develop the ed between both the parties In the first phase, the co- Principal secretary of
coastline during a review digital library. We have appro- Prison already has a regular li- lopment and motivation. But prison in Ananthapur, the Vi- in the presence of chief mi- lour-coded bed-sheets and medial, health and family
meeting at the collectorate ached the director general of brary with around 9,000 books. the library also has auto-bio- zag Central Prison will be the nister N Chandrababu Nai- blankets will be made avai- welfare department Poo-
on Wednesday. The collec- prisons for permission and on- Around 21 prisoners have graphies, biographies, religio- first to get a digital library, du through a video link on lable at 11 teaching hospi- nam Malakondaiah, repre-
tor directed the forest de- ce he approves, the project completed their graduation us and spiritual books. Among Srinivas added. The Vizag Wednesday, health mini- tals and district hospitals. sentatives from Bill and
partment to draw out a plan works will start. The library is from the prison. the four central prisons at Ka- Central Prison has 1,300 inma- ster Kamineni Srinivas, The health minister said Melinda Gates Foundation
for conservation. likely to complete within a co- Most of the books are edu- dapa, Nellore, Rajamundry tes including 400 convicts and who was also present at the the code will be implemen- and other officials were
uple of months. The Central cative ones meant for self-deve- and Vizag, and the open-air remand prisoners. meeting, explained that the ted for 13,200 beds at vario- present.
TIMES NATION THE TIMES OF INDIA, HYDERABAD | THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017
PRESIDENT PRANAB WRITES TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II SEDITION CASE: COURT GRANTS BAIL TO MDMK
ON MANCHESTER TERROR ATTACK THAT KILLED 22 CHIEF VAIKO WHO HAS BEEN IN JAIL SINCE APR 3
I
en on May 27, 2014, saw PM Naren- n Mumbai, a professional was Transactions (Prohibition) sult in rigorous imprisonment iSpirt, the software prod- Rs 50 lakh or where there is verification by statutory or cost months from the zero date (that
dra Modi setting up a special in- found to be holding several im- Amendment Act, 2016 from No- up to 7 years and fine up to 25% of uct association co-founded inadequate supply base or com- auditors will also be required. is the date of the approval of Go-
vestigation team (SIT), headed by movable properties in the na- vember last year. According to fair market value of the property. by Sharma and which leads petition in India will be awar- vernment of India), compri-
a retired SC judge, to oversee a co- me of shell companies that exis- the Act, a benami property inclu- The government is keen to imple- IndiaStack, a set of tech- ded to the lowest bidder. But if Fuel cess to fund inland sing a pre-construction phase of
ordinated crackdown on black ted only on paper, the tax depart- des movable or ment the new Benami Act in an nologies that can be used to the lowest bidder is not a local waterway development: The 15 months, a construction pha-
money, an intent that has marked ment said. It added that in anot- immovable pro- effective manner with visible out- digitise many everyday supplier, the lowest cost domes- government announced on se of 30 months and commissio-
several administrative and legisla- her case in Sanganer, Rajasthan, perty, tangible comes on the ground. These be- processes used by common tic player who is within a Wednesday a permanent fun- ning phase of three months,
tive actions since then. ajeweller was found to be the ow- or intangible nami prohibition units are under people. margin of 20% of the lowest bid ding mechanism for develop- the government said.
The government has been ner of nine immovable properti- property the overall supervision of the The issue has divided will be given the opportunity ment of waterways by appro-
partly successful, with three am- es in the name of his former emp- among others. principal directors of investiga- Indias nascent startup to match the bid. ving use of a part of the Central Sugarcane price hiked by `25
nesty schemes and thousands of loyee, a man of no means. It empo- tion in the I-T department to community like never be- If the procurement is such Road Fund for the purpose. The per quintal: The government
searches and surveys by the in- Certain properties purcha- wers provisional attachment and enable swift action and follow up, fore, and coming soon after that the order can be divided government nod to earmark decided on Wednesday to incre-
come tax department, the CBI and sed through shell companies ha- confiscation of such properties. It particularly in cases where cri- the division over the arrest and given to more than one 2.5% of CRF, which is created ase fair and remunerative price
the Enforcement Directorate ve also been attached by the tax also allows for prosecution of the minality has been detected, the of Stayzilla co-founder Yo- supplier, the successful foreign from petrol and diesel cess, will of sugarcane by Rs 25 per quin-
yielding disclosures of more than department in Kolkata. real owner, the benamidar, the tax department said. gendra Vasupal, there are bidder will bag half of the or- pump in around Rs 2,000 crore tal to Rs 255 for the 2017-18 sea-
Rs1lakh crore in unaccounted for many who now worry for der, with the remaining portion annually for the inland water- son beginning October. For
income. the ecosystem. This may al- going to the local supplier if it ways sector. 2017-18, sugarcane FRP of Rs 255
The Income Disclosure promised during the 2014 cam- sation are intended to signal a pre- most visible and controversial an- so explain the apology by matches the lowest bid. In cases This approval is a big step per quintal has been approved,
Scheme of 2016 brought more than paign is a matter of legal process paredness to take on vested inter- ti-corruption measure undertak- Sharma, who has been at where the order cannot be divi- for promotion of inland water which is 10.6% higher than the
Rs 67,000 crore into the system. in cases where it has been identi- ests.The demonetisation of Rs 500 en by the Modi the forefront of building ded, the lowest cost local suppli- transport as a cost effective, lo- current level, Union finance
The return of black money fied, but initiatives like demoneti- and Rs1,000 notes last year was the government. this ecosystem. er will be awarded the contract gistically efficient and environ- minister Arun Jaitley said.
one question
in Asia to counter OBOR wife killed, paper must
Washington: The US has re- son suspect for NEET
vived two major infrastruc-
ture projects in South and
Hitting Xis road wont V.Narayan@timesgroup.com
From P 1
Southeast Asia in which India
would be a vital player, a move change India ties: Nepal Mumbai: The wife of a police of-
T
that could potentially act as a AFP ficer, who was part of the Sheena he CBSE had set the ques-
counter to China's ambitious Bora murder investigation, was tion papers in 10 languag-
Belt and Road initiative. found murdered in her flat in es.
The Trump administra- Santacruz (east) early on The petitioners S Jonila, P
tion has resuscitated the 'New Wednesday. The body of Deepali Surya, P Siddharth, K Ajay Sha-
Silk Road' initiative, first an- Ganore (42), with the throat slit, ran, S Nitin Prakash Sivasubra-
nounced by then Secretary of was discovered by her husband, manian, Gauthaman Shankar, J
State Hillary Clinton in July inspector Dnyaneshwar Ganore Aditya, D Richard Rishaban Das
2011 in a speech in Chennai, (49), around 3am. The couples and M Naveen Kumar said
and the Indo-Pacific Econom- only son, Siddhanth (21), is the they were shocked when they
ic Corridor linking South and prime suspect, the police said, found out that the question pa-
Southeast Asia. adding that the cause of friction per was not uniform for all states
A brief outline of the two between the mother and son was and all languages. Within Tamil
projects was made available in that she had stopped his pocket Nadu, the question paper in Ta-
the administration's maiden money due to his poor academic mil was easy compared to the
annual budget yesterday, performance. one in English. They urged the
which indicated that the 'New The body of Deepali was Forest officials try to rescue an injured elephant who fell into a pond at the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary court to order the CBSE to con-
Nepals foreign secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and Chinas envoy to on the outskirts of Guwahati on Wednesday duct a fresh examination in a
Silk Road' project would be a found in the bedroom of their
Nepal Yu Hong (left) exchange papers during a signing ceremony uniform manner after cancell-
public- private initiative in third-floor flat, with four or five
relating to the One Belt, One Road initiative in Kathmandu on May 12 ing the May 7 test. One India,
A
during a Congressional hear- cure Afghanistan that could interest to continue to host of bilked billions of dollars in for- ceived humiliation of Pakistan mention broadly that most vic- large on the face of 80-year-old
ing on worldwide threats. Con- undermine Pakistan interest. Haqqani network, that we eign and military aid (more at the US-Islam summit in Ri- tims of terror were Muslims Phool Singh, one of the dalit vic- day after fresh incidents
sequently, he said they (Pakis- They view all of the chal- ought to be working together to than $30 billion after 9/11, by yadh that left many Pakistani and Muslim nations). tims in hospital now being treat- of caste violence hit
ed for grievous wounds. They Saharanpur, leaving one
stopped our car. Then they came dead and dozens injured, three
more persons were attacked on
P
saying, On 13 May 2017, India akistan Air Force (PAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Sohail dian troops, incidentally, con- tan army-ISI combine, are in- it. lence-hit Shabbirpur village of Why would people attack him so
targeted innocent civilians. Aman, warned that any aggression by the enemy (India) trol almost all the dominating creasing with the snow melt- The Pakistan Army seems Saharanpur. brutally?
In befitting response Pak Ar- will be remembered by their coming generations. heights, ranging from 16,000 to ing in the mountain passes. unnerved about the escalating Kumar said, The assailants Mohammed Akbar, 29, was
my destroyed Indian posts in Sohail Aman said that PAF was fully prepared to defend the 22,000-feet, in the Saltoro This calls for even more pro- situation along the LoC, hold- didnt say anything. They just shot at when he was driving
Nowshera. countrys frontiers and will give a befitting response to any Ridge region, with Pakistani active counter-terror oper- ing as it recently did that any started attacking us. Two peo- back from the Mayawati rally. A
The spokesperson also de- misadventure from the enemy on Wednesday after the India soldiers being far away from ations, he added. misadventure by Indian Ar- ple attacked me -- one held my bullet entered the side of his
nied Indias claim that it had cranked up military pressure by destroying several bunkers the actual Siachen Glacier. This came after Pakistani my across the LoC will be a arm and the other tried to cut it neck and made its way out. He
hit Pakistans army posts. In- across the LoC. Aman made the remarks at Qadri Air Base in the Atop Army officer, in turn, media reports on Wednesday miscalculation, shall be re- with a sword. I somehow man- had gone to the BSP chiefs
dian claims of destroying Pa- northern town of Skardu in Gilgit Baltistan region after taking said though the pre-emptive claimed the countrys Mirage sponded with full force and aged to move away and my arm meeting as he felt it was crucial
kistani post along LoC in part in Air Force exercises and flying a Mirage fighter jet. TNN and punitive fire assaults fighters had carried out high could lead to unintended con- did not face the full impact of for dalits and Muslims to come
Naushera Sector and firing by will continue to be conducted and low-altitude sorties in the sequences. the sword. But, it is badly dam- together.
Pakistan Army on civilians May 13, which resulted in ci- military men and material.
across LoC are false, Maj vilian casualties and damag- Pakistan Army remains
Woman, forced
Fake report posted by Pak site led
Gen Asif Ghafoor tweeted. es to civil infrastructure. undeterred and any misad-
On the contrary, he said, In the wake of the alleged venture by Indian Army
the Indian Army resorted to Indian aggression, Maj Gen would be responded with even
unprovoked ceasefire viola-
tion, including heavy mortar
Asif Ghafoor claimed a befit-
ting and stern response was
greater force and strength,
Inter-Services Public Rela-
to marry in Pak,
and artillery fire on civil pop-
ulation in Bhimber Sector on
mounted on Indian posts
causing substantial losses to
tions (ISPR), armys media
arm, said in a statement. to Rawals attack on Arundhati to return home
Omer Farooq Khan TNN
EC hackathon: Cong
Islamabad: Islamabad high
No trace of TIMES NEWS NETWORK organisations on Thursday went unan-
swered. Pakistan state radio website radio- court (IHC) on Wednesday
granted permission to Uzma
New Delhi: A fake news item put out by .gov.pk also carried a brief on the same in-
missing Sukhoi,
unlikely to participate
a Pakistani website started a chain reac- cident. Roy did not respond to TOIs mess- Ahmed, who was forced on
tion of spurious news among a bunch of In- ages and calls either. Speaking to The Wire gunpoint to marry a resident
A
fter the beheading of two Indian soldiers on May 1, India has
sought to proactively dominate the LoC with punitive fire empire builder seems to be about how to Peshawar-Karachi railway line, whose
make itself irrelevant in the world. Into funds must be drawn from a Chinese
assaults against Pakistan army posts. Such assaults them-
that breach has stepped President Xi bank instead. Thousands of acres of land
selves have precedence, but what is novel is the Indian army publicising Jinping with visions of making China are to be leased to Chinese entities. Visa-
them and releasing a video. As summer is melting snows in Jammu great, and to that end he has been promot- free access to Pakistan is planned for
& Kashmir and Pakistani efforts at armed infiltration are expected ing his signature Belt and Road Initiative Chinese nationals, with no reciprocity.
to rise these assaults, and the publicity given to them, are meant to (BRI) with missionary zeal. There is no clarity whatsoever on the
demonstrate Indias will to check such infiltration. Xi declared the China Pakistan funding and repayment terms of CPEC
Economic Corridor (CPEC) to be BRIs projects. One report cites a planning
They signal both that there will be retaliation for barbaric acts
flagship, thereby hotting up Kiplingian ministry official to the effect that Pak-
like the May 1 beheadings and that India too can use surprise as a great games in Indias neighbourhood. istan has bound itself to awarding all
tactical weapon these days, as seen with the surgical strikes carried Some enthusiastic commentators have CPEC projects to Chinese contractors at
out by Indian special forces last year. There is a strategic logic to compared BRI to Americas Marshall whatever price the latter quote. Instead of
raising the cost to Pakistan for fuelling anti-India terror. However, Plan to resuscitate postwar Europe. This being excited about CPEC, Pakistani busi-
eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation alone is wildly optimistic. nessmen are apprehensive of its fallout.
When the Marshall Plan was launch- In short, if CPEC is BRIs flagship,
cannot work, in isolation from other
Chad Crowe
ed the US bestrode the world economy then BRI could be a way of exporting the
strategies to bring down levels of violence like a colossus accounting for close to debt problem that burdens the Chinese
and restore peace. 30% of global economic output while economy and rapidly acquire assets
In that context, the armys decision to Europe and Japan lay in ruins. Moreover abroad. The Hambantota story is well
honour a major who tied a civilian America was facing off with the Soviet under unprecedented pressure. According known: when the current Sri Lankan
to his jeeps bonnet, as a human shield to Union; the Cold War was just beginning. to Ruchir Sharma, Morgan Stanleys chief government came to power it found itself
These factors made the Americans global strategist, China has kept its If CPEC is BRIs flagship, saddled with $8 billion in Chinese debt,
prevent mobs from attacking Election
remarkably generous. Most Marshall growth going after the 2008 financial crash then BRI could be a way of thanks to deals negotiated by the previous
Commission staff, is a mistake. Even if Plan aid was in the form of grants instead mainly through stimulus measures, by Rajapaksa government. To help pay this
its the case that the move was necessary of loans; Europeans themselves were pumping debt into wasteful projects. exporting the debt problem debt Sri Lanka now wants to sell off the
to save lives, as the army contends, the asked to create their own plans to rebu- Chinas public and private debts have that burdens the Chinese strategically located Hambantota port to
optics is terrible. While the government ild their countries; technical assistance grown from a manageable 150% of GDP economy and rapidly a Chinese company, but is being held back
is justified in taking action against stone pelters and violent mobs was provided to European manufacturers. during the boom years to an unsustain- by vociferous political protests.
Moreover the Americans extended able 260% now, which according to acquire assets abroad How should India play BRI? Its general
better means of crowd control which minimise collateral damage, attitude of wariness is the right one, but
Marshall Plan-like aid to Asian countries Sharmas calculations will most likely
as well as better ways of winning hearts and minds in the Valley, such as Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, whipsaw its economy into a deep The Nawaz Sharif government has not that should be married to an awareness of
need to be devised. and opened their market to them without slowdown or even a recession. The next yet released details of the CPEC master the compulsions and weaknesses driving
More broadly army actions have to be complemented with strong reciprocal benefits. Soon, they would global financial recession, in fact, could plan which it agreed to in December 2015, Chinese policy, which Beijing will mask
international diplomacy. One development Indian diplomats must flower into miracle economies with be triggered by China. going so far as to characterise a recent by projecting its sense of manifest destiny
promote to the fullest is President Donald Trumps desire to convert explosive growth rates. The details of most BRI deals, nego- report detailing the plan in Pakistans and grandiose rhetoric around BRI.
Dating from 1948 the Marshall Plan, tiated between secretive governments, Dawn newspaper as an appalling leak Such an awareness may even enable
American military grants to Pakistan into a loan, even as Daniel Coats, New Delhi to leverage those compulsions
in fact, launched America as an outward are murky. They often have the flavour of (on par with Dawns earlier leak about
the director of National Intelligence, has testified to persistent looking, global power (some might argue the Mughal emperor bestowing a firman Islamabad pleading with Rawalpindi to and get Beijing to pay more attention to
threat to the US and the West from Pakistan-based terror groups. that era ended in 2016 when America on the East India Company. The sub- curb its proxy warriors, a leak which its concerns. But for that it must be
While seeking to weaken Washingtons support for the Pakistan elected Trump and looked to return to continent has seen this movie before and incensed the military and caused senior prepared to negotiate hard and keep its
army, New Delhi must also pursue back channel talks with the same. pre-World War II isolationatism). So, did is understandably leery, including in government heads to roll). The shroud of own strengths in mind unlike the
Especially as every time India seeks to talk to the Pakistani civilian China just do in 2013 when Xi launched Pakistan which otherwise sees China as secrecy, together with the sweeping and Pakistanis who have walked into a trap
BRI what the US did in 1948? its iron brother. Theres a debate in ambitious scale of the plans as revealed driven by a simplistic worldview that
leadership, the effort is torpedoed. For example, the May 1 be may be summed up by the quasi-Orwellian
Far from it. Chinas own miracle Pakistan now, on whether CPEC should by Pakistani press reports, incline one
headings followed close on the heels of Sajjan Jindal meeting Prime growth has tapered off and its economy is be seen as a gift horse or a Trojan horse. towards the Trojan horse metaphor. dictum: China good, India bad.
Minister Nawaz Sharif. Changing Pakistans India policy requires
engaging its real director the Pakistan army.
T
he Law Commission is reported to have finalised recommen- ducts, GST rates The main reason for the high cost com equipment. India already
dations for reform in bail jurisprudence. Specifically, the have been slated is the expense incurred on spends large amounts of foreign
commission is expected to recommend release of undertrials at 18%. Today a branches and warehouses that exchange importing such items.
manufacturer exist due to tax saving rather Fourth, create large-scale
who have served one-third of their maximum possible sentence. manufacturing facilities for
pays about 28-30% as taxes, so than business considerations.
This will be a welcome reform of Indias dysfunctional criminal this means an average saving of This would further reduce cost. producing skill- and labour-
justice system which moves at a glacial pace, and the government around 10%. The lower tax rate is The lower taxes, simplified intensive products like auto
should accept it. Indias jails are overcrowded and a majority of not the only benefit GST offers. It tax structure, seamless tax credit components, toys, furniture,
prisoners are undertrials. Providing relief to them will not only be a will provide a push to manufac- footwear, apparels, mattresses,
humane move, it will reform todays counterproductive system turing in three big ways. locks, low-end engineering
One, GST replaces eight products. This would require
where long periods of incarceration for alleged petty crimes give
central and nine state taxes such In less than 15 years focus on the following four precision mechanical devices, creating the largest possible
rise to hardened criminals. as central excise duty, service China emerged as the manufacturing categories. integrated circuits, etc. This scale of organised production
An undertrial is a prisoner in jail during an tax, state VAT and entry tax. This First, develop a plan to would require investments in that ensures economies of scale.
leading exporter of
investigation, an unconvicted prisoner. At the means the end of an era of multi- facilitate manufacture of factory existing and new R&D insti- India should move quickly as
end of 2015, Indian jails had 2.82 lakh undertrials. ple taxes levied at central, state electronic and telecom machinery, the machinery that tutions headed by professionals the factories are easy to develop
Close to half of them are below the age of 30, and local levels, each with a equipment. India already makes the goods. No nation of proven capability. Korea and can employ millions of
different tax compliance system. becomes a manufacturing is an interesting example of people who can move from
often with limited education. A little over a decade
Two, GST reduces the cascad-
spends large amounts power without manufacturing how a developing country can agriculture or informal sector to
ago, the criminal procedure code was amended to ing effect of taxes. An example of foreign exchange capital goods. transition into a high-tech formal jobs. Labour law reforms
provide for their release on a personal bond if will explain the current system. importing such items We can focus on semiconduc- manufacturing country largely are a critical factor in facilitating
they had served half of their term. But this law is seldom followed. A manufacturer pays central tor making equipment (SME) through government driven large scale employment.
In 2014 the Supreme Court had to direct the criminal justice system excise at 20% on a shirt of value facility and technology driven which is at the heart of most interventions, providing sub- GST will raise Indias
to follow the law. Rs 100. Next, the state govern- easy tax compliance system import products/ sectors today: sidy on R&D investments. productivity and reduce prices.
ment charges VAT not on Rs 100 offered by GST provide an ideal computers, mobiles, telecom, Third, facilitate manufac- Combining GST with a clearly
Therefore, on this occasion the government should not only articulated manufacturing
but on Rs 120 which is the value of platform to increase manufac- automobiles, and now Internet turing of computer, TV, mobile
accept the recommendation but also nudge different parts of the shirt and the tax already paid. turings share of GDP from the of Things. Part of the technology phone and other electronic strategy would attract global
criminal justice system to comply. As states oversee prisons there is VAT rate of 15% in effect becomes current 17.4% to 25% by 2025. for such products can be obtained and telecom equipment. This investments, create jobs and
a lot they can do to ease the burden of a burgeoning undertrial popu- 18%, leading to a higher price of This would require India to through licences or outright sector made China the worlds make India a large manufactu-
lation. For example, Tamil Nadu allows people arrested to be the shirt. GST resolves the issue expand its manufacturing purchase. But most critical will industrial giant. Starting in the ring nation within a few years.
released on their bond till a charge-sheet is filed. Subsequently, the by integrating tax systems of value add to $837.7 billion and be to develop in-house industrial mid-1990s, China focussed on There cannot be a better
Centre and state. Also, GST is to manufacturing gross output to R&D centres. electronics and telecom sectors time to jump-start the Make in
states legal aid tries to help impoverished prisoners in for petty crimes. India programme.
be paid only on the value addition $3.8 trillion by 2025. These are Second, set up facilities for where final products contained
However, the last decades experience shows that it is not enough and not on absolute value. ambitious targets. Getting manufacturing of specialty a large number of components The writer is from the Indian
just to change the law. The justice system must also follow suit. Three, GST would lead to there would require a laser-like materials, nanotechnology, and parts that could be imported Trade Service. Views are personal
dilbert Sacredspace
Sindhiani vs Parsiwalli The Cycle
After creation, living beings
Getting butted by the battering that arose in the ocean of
Ram called Jethmalani infinite consciousness like
waves and ripples entered into
Bachi Karkaria the physical space; and when
Hes defended almost the entire Rogues Gallery of India, but the
the elements evolved they
feisty, 94-year-old lawyer can also turn as rogue as an elephant became involved in them.
in masth. If youre lucky, it will be in masti, mota-moti. Invited Birth-death cycle began.
to do the honours at a book event last Sunday, Ram Jethmalani
knocked the gild off Mumbais Royal Opera House. Instead of the Yoga Vasishta
de rigueur flattering, he subjected the author to rigorous batter-
ing. And, to the awed delight of the audience, turned a run-of-the-mill launch into
T
here have been moments in almost ment or Self-realisation, but what does it an individual human being. He therefore thinking and working mind is a great
Jethmalani, then only a junior lawyer, had dismantled them with just one astute everyones life when one has really mean in ones daily life? It can have does not blame anyone for whatever help. The working mind is concerned
observation: The Towel That Did Not Fall Off. It should have remained around the experienced the true joy of living, no meaning unless Self-realisation brings happens through any body-mind with resolving a practical problem in the
dead Prem Ahujas waist if the Defence story was true: that Com- and calm, peace and tranquility. What with it the peace and tranquility that the organism. Hence, he is anchored in peace present moment. The mischievous
mander Nanavatis .38 Smith & Wesson had accidentally gone off disturbed such moments are usually sage enjoys in his life. and harmony: he is continuously thinking mind dips into the past,
erratica during a scuffle between lover and cuckolded husband. memories of something one has done or A sage is considered a sage comfortable with himself and projects itself into future uncertainties
That mythic case had pitted Bombays toff-nosed Parsis not done or what one should have done. A because he seems to be anchored also comfortable with others. and interrupts the smooth and efficient
against its Partition-displaced Sindhis for the first time and presumably the load of guilt and shame, carried by the in peace and tranquility while Consciousness is the subjec- functioning of the working mind in the
last. But, in a 30-minute fusillade, Jethmalani accused the author of perpetrating ego and relived in memory every facing the usual pains and plea- tive and dynamic perceiving present moment.
the bias all over again, and totally ignoring her plaintive Objection, Milord! now and then, makes one extremely sures of daily living in his chosen aspect of the static Conscious- To prevent this, let not the thinking
There id been preening over how i'd painstakingly redeemed the victim who uncomfortable. Or, it could be something field of activity, like any other ness, while the objective aspect is mind have any sustenance. Purpose,
had been turned forever into Unmitigated Villain while Accused Ban Gaya that someone else did that affected one ordinary person. We are attracted the perceived, dreamed and effort, hope and belief become the
Hero, and here i was now blushing deeper than my scarlet crepe sari. adversely one way or other: a load of to the sage for this very reason. discriminated element. In other inspiration but when one pursues these
What chance did this puny Parsi have against the celebrated Sindhi a total hatred or jealousy for someone! What does Self-realisation words, the dream that is the values, one is usually unaware of the
reversal of the Blitz-pumped-up skew 60 years ago? The feisty nonagenarian So those rare moments of the sheer mean to the sage? Both the sage the phenomenal manifestation interconnected opposites to which they
also conclusively answered his version of the Beatles question: Will you still
heed me. Will I still bleed you,/ When Im 94?!
joy of Being are suddenly disturbed by
thoughts of blaming oneself or someone
and the ordinary person respond
to their respective names being
speaking occurs in Consciousness. It is
perceived and cognised in Cons-
are inevitably attached: hopelessness,
confusion, failure, frustration.
*** else for something. What would the called. In both cases, there is tree ciousness and is interpreted by In relying on ones personal effort,
Alec Smart said: Suresh Prabhus warning, To catch a train, dont position be if one could have been abso- identification with the body and the name Consciousness through the duality that is one should not forget the basic principle
take a plane. lutely convinced that no action is any- as an individual entity separate from all the basis for all phenomenal manifes- in every religion, Thy Will Be Done;
bachi.karkaria@timesgroup.com ones doing, that all actions were merely others. The sage, unlike an ordinary tation: the subject-object relationship. Inshah Allah; Thou art the Doer and
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/erratica a happening that simply had to happen? individual, totally accepts that every This does not mean that you do not Thou art the Experiencer.
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Eat chocolate for a healthy heart
Moderate Consumption May Lower Risk Of Stroke, Research Finds
Getty Images
Olivia Blair ological materials and diet and week, one a week or one to three
lifestyle information were col- servings a month, had a lower
I
n welcome news for chocolate lected from the participants, who risk of developing atrial
aficionados, a new study has also filled up a food frequency fibrillation than those who con-
suggested that it could be good questionnaire. The question- sumed less than one piece of
for the heart. naire listed 192 items, and partic- chocolate per month.
A new study, published in the ipants were asked to fill out their It is worth noting that while
British Medical Journal: Heart, daily consumption of the foods, participants who consumed
found that moderate chocolate including chocolate. more chocolate reported a high-
intake can be positively associat- Their health was also record- er level of calories consumed,
ed with lower risk of the heart ar- ed in follow-ups and, in total, they also generally had a higher
rhythmia condition atrial fibril- 3,346 cases of atrial fibrillation level of educational attainment.
A REASON TO DIG IN
Identified: Da Vincis
lation. The condition affects were reported among the partici- Researchers warned that possi-
around 8.8 million people in the pants during a median of 13 and a ble limitations arose over the
European Union, and is associat- The research was conducted half years of follow-up. fact that other factors could be re-
ed with a higher risk of a stroke, between 1993 and 1997 on just The researchers found that sponsible for the results and
heart failure, cognitive decline
and dementia.
over 55,000 people between the
ages of 50 and 64 in Denmark. Bi-
participants who ate either two
to six servings of chocolate a
called for further research in the
area. THE INDEPENDENT mom a poor peasant
THESE MAY BE OUR OLDEST ANCESTORS: An
artists depiction of the hominid Graecopithecus
New radar-like test to SPEAKING OF GREEN MODES OF TRAVEL... Reuters
who gave birth at 16
London: Researchers have grandmother in a decrepit
freybergi, which lived 7.2 million years ago in the
savannah of the Athens Basin, at the place of
detect mens fertility finally solved the mystery be-
hind the identity of Leonar-
farmhouse about a mile from
the town of Vinci in the Ital-
discovery, Pyrgos Vassilissis, with Mount Hymettos London: Scientists have developed a new do da Vincis mother, nearly ian Tuscan hills, The Times
& Mount Lykabettos in the background. The crea- radar-like test that uses magnets to examine five centuries after the iconic reported. The name emerged
ture, with origins in Europe, may be the oldest- human sperm without killing or damaging Italian artists death. from previously overlooked
known member of the human lineage that began them, an advance that may help improve the The identity of da Vincis archives in Florence and Vin-
after an evolutionary split from the line that led to diagnosis of fertility problems. mother has remained elusive, ci, including property tax re-
chimpanzees. Their discovery casts doubt on the The new Magnetic Resonance Spectros- even though he is one of the cords, Kemp said. Caterinas
view that humans split from apes five million years copy technique works like radar by firing greatest cultural figures in father disappeared when
ago in Africa, as reported by TOI on Wednesday pulses of energy at the sperm sample inside history. It was known so far she was young.
a scanner and then listening to the signal that his mother Caterina gave
Music the solution to our echoed by the molecules in response. This birth to an illegitimate son af- OLD MYSTERY
helps distinguish between populations of ter she was seduced by a law-
prejudices, study finds good or poor sperm, said researchers. yer at the age of 15. There was In 1451, when Caterina was
Most of the advanced techniques we even speculation in recent 15, she became pregnant by
Music may reduce feelings of prejudice between have available to examine the molecules in years that she was a slave. Ser Piero da Vinci, 25, a law-
people from different racial backgrounds, say sperm end up destroying them in the proc- Now, an art historian at yer working in Florence,
scientists. Researchers recorded a mock news ess by either adding stains or by breaking Oxford University in the UK Kemp said. Ser Piero was due
story featuring an Arab and an American actor open their membranes to look at the con- has revealed that the full to get married, and Caterina
playing music together, and then showed the tents, said Allan Pacey, a professor at the name of da Vincis mother was duly married off to Anto-
video clip to US participants who were not Arab. University of Sheffield in the UK. was Caterina di Meo Lippi. nio di Piero Buti, a local farm-
The team found that when viewing the two cultur- To potentially have a technique which Professor Martin Kemp er. Da Vinci was born on April
es collaborating on music, participants were prone can examine the molecular structure of discovered that Caterina was 14, 1452, when Caterina was 16,
to report more positive perceptions less of a sperm without damaging them is really ex- Passengers click pictures inside a new forest bus in Taipei, Taiwan, following its launch on Wednesday. a poor peasant, probably an and brought up in the house of
prejudiced view of Arabs. citing, Pacey added. PTI Introduced as part of an initiative to increase green spaces in the city, the bus, according to Taiwan orphan, living with her Ser Pieros father. PTI
News, is decorated with seasonal plants and will allow passengers to sit on grass as they travel around
How whales became the giants they are Google to track ad impact to real shops
G
AP
Washington: Scientists think expanded and the water circula- oogle already monitors be able to examine the specif- other companies that track ple to ensure its not inva-
they have answered a whale of a tion in the oceans changed. They online shopping and ic items purchased or how the data. By matching ad sive. He described the pro-
mystery: How the ocean crea- said cold water moved closer to now its keeping an eye much a specific individual clicks with this data, Google gramme as secure and priva-
tures got so huge so quickly. A the equator and then eventually on physical stores to try to spent. says it can automatically in- cy safe. But Ponemon said
few million years ago, the large- bubbled back up in patches rich sell more digital advertising. But even aggregated data form merchants when their that even if Google has good
st whales, averaged maybe 15 with small fishes and other small The company said on can sometimes be converted digital ads translate into intentions now, firms and
feet long. Thats big, but you critters that whales eat. Tuesday that a new tool will sales at a brick-and-mortar governments in the future
could still hold a fossil skull in Baleen whales, which track how much money peo- VIOLATION OF store. Previously, if people might not. AP
two hands. Then, seemingly
overnight, one type of whale
have no teeth, feed by gulping
tremendous amount of
ple spend in merchants
brick-and-mortar stores af-
PRIVACY? clicked on an ad without buy-
ing anything online, an ad-
The kinds of data that
Google is collecting also
the toothless baleens became ocean, filtering out the water ter clicking on their digital back to data that can identify vertiser might conclude that could become an inviting tar-
huge. Modern blue whales get and eating the critters they ads. The analysis will be individuals, said Larry Pone- the ad was a waste of money. get for hackers, said Miro
as big as 100 feet, the largest EVOLUTION OF THE BIGGEST MAMMAL capture. Toothed whales, like done by matching the com- mon, chairman of the Pone- Sridhar Ramaswamy, Copic, a marketing professor
creatures ever on Earth. sperm whales, hunt individ- bined ad clicks of people who mon Institute privacy re- Googles senior vice-presi- at San Diego State Universi-
We really are living in the Museum. the oceans and food supply for ual fish or squid, so the ocean are logged into Google ser- search firm. Google says it dent of ads and commerce, ty. ``The privacy implica-
time of giants, said study co-au- The study has proposed an whales. The researchers con- changes that made food less vices with their collective has access to roughly 70% of said the new tracking system tions of this are pretty mas-
thor Nicholas Pyenson of the answer: Ice ages in the last 3 to 5 cluded that when the size chang- evenly spread out didnt af- purchases on credit and deb- US credit and debit card sales was created in consultation sive, so Google needs to tread
Smithsonian Natural History million years started it, changing es started, the poles got colder, ice fect them as much. AP it cards. Google says it wont through partnerships with with incredibly smart peo- very carefully,'' Copic said.
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suicide bomber
hunted on Wednesday for po- May on Wednesday to condemn ress to hand over the count-
tential accomplices who may the Manchester terror attack. rys leadership to the largest
have helped Salman Abedi bu- Called @Number10gov party in Parliament.
ild the bomb that killed 22 peo- @theresa_may to express our AP His resignation has clea-
ple at a concert in Manchester solidarity with UK after the Manchester: Salman Abe- red way for his former rival
and who could be ready to kill terror attack. We stand together di, the suicide bomber who and Nepali Congress chief
again. As police tried to piece against terror, the PM tweeted. killed 22 people in the attack Sher Bahadur Deuba, whose
together the British-born In a letter to Queen Elizabeth II, on an Ariana Grande pop appointment is likely to be
Abedis past, Prime Minister President Pranab Mukherjee concert in Manchester, was a confirmed in a parliamentary
Theresa May said security of- conveyed his condolences on business and management vote within the next 10 days.
ficials had raised their assess- the lives lost and said the student who dropped out of Prachanda said he had follo-
ment of the threat to Britain to recurring terror attacks across Salford University in 2014. wed a balanced foreign policy
critical, indicating an at- the globe are a grim reminder of Born to a devoutly Isla- and succeeded in normali-
tack is imminent. the need to intensify global fight mic Libyan family, newspa- sing relations with his neigh-
Part of that threat assess- against terrorism. We are pers said he was known to bouring countries PTI
ment is the fear that Abedi, shocked by the terror attack. the security services and the
who blew himself up in the India condemns this heinous Financial Times said he had A file photo of Salman Abedi
bomb attack, could have been attack in strongest terms. We turned to radical Islam in re-
working as part of a group
with possible links to mili-
stand in solidarity with the
people and the government of
cent years. Abedi, 22, worshi-
ped at a suburban mosque,
school friend as saying he left
three weeks ago and retur-
Everest toll
tants who have the competen-
ce to plot and execute suicide
the United Kingdom in this
difficult hour, he said. TNN
where his father sometimes
performed the call to prayer.
ned in the last few days. Poli-
ce said they were seeking to
mounts to 10
bombings. Police have so far Abedis family have lived establish whether Abedi
announced five arrests and
Abedis home was raided by
Britons hold a vigil for the victims in Manchester as UK beefs up security across the country 2 oppn parties to in the Fallowfield area of so-
uth Manchester for 10 years.
worked alone, or acted as
part of a network.
in a month
special forces about 12 hours
after the suicide attack. One of Home secy slams US for leaking sensitive info on bombing resume campaign Police raided an address in
the modestly well-to-do area
Abedis family were lin-
ked to the Didsbury Mosque,
Kathmandu: Sherpas have
found four climbers dead in
the five was carrying a packa-
ge when he was arrested in the
town of Wigan, 27 km to the
B ritains home secretary criticised US officials on Wednesday for leaking sensitive information about
the inquiry into the Manchester attack. Amber Rudd told Sky News that US officials provided
information to the news media that Britain preferred to keep confidential for reasons of operational
T wo British opposition
parties said on Wednesday
they would resume election
on Tuesday. A 23-year-old
man was also arrested. Fal-
lowfield resident Peter Jo-
a Victorian former Metho-
dist chapel that was bought
in 1967 by donors from the Sy-
their tents on Mt Everest, offi-
cials said on Wednesday, ta-
king the toll on the worlds hig-
west of Manchester city cent- security. Rudd said the element of surprise in the police and security service measures could be campaigning later this week. nes, 53, described the area as rian Arab community. His hest peak to 10 in the past
re, police said. compromised by information being released too quickly. Rudd said she had complained to US officials Ahead of the June 8 election, quiet and safe. Reports sa- father Ramadan had someti- month. The climbers were fo-
Also, Abedis father and to make sure the flow of information is staunched. British officials hadnt, for example, released the the UK Independence Party id Abedis parents fled Libya mes performed the call to und at Camp Four, at 26,246ft,
the younger brother also have name of the bomber until it surfaced in the US media based on leaks from US officials briefed by their (UKIP) will launch its policy to escape regime of former prayer and his brother Isma- Mingma Sherpa said.
been arrested in Tripoli, a spo- British counterparts. Other details also surfaced first because of leaks in Washington. AP pledges on Thursday, and dictator Muammar Gaddafi. el had been a volunteer. Two of the dead were fore-
kesman for a local counter-ter- Labours national campaign Around 16,000 Libyans li- A member of the mos- igners and rescuers believed
rorism force said on Wednes- terror group, spokesman Ah- said. He was in contact with That is what the investigation will restart on Friday. ve in UK and Manchester is que, Mohammed Saeed, said they had suffocated. It is most
day. The counter-terrorism med Bin Salem said. He did his brother and he knew about is focusing on, a source with home to the largest commu- when he once gave a sermon likely they died from carbon
force detained the father, Ra- not give any details on the rea- the attack. He said the young- knowledge of the British in- nity. Abedi was the second denouncing terror, Abedi monoxide poisoning by using
madan Abedi, outside his ho- sons why the father was arres- er brother had travelled from vestigation said. A second so- Man with knife held youngest of four children, stared him down. Salman their stoves in the tent without
me in the Tripoli suburb of
Ayn Zara on Wednesday after-
ted. But Hashem Abedi had be-
en in touch with attacker Sal-
London to Tripoli on April 16.
Manchester police chief
urce said investigators su-
spect an accomplice helped
near Buckingham including another son and
one daughter. One member
showed me a face of hate af-
ter that, Saeed said of the
proper ventilation, US clim-
ber Alan Arnette said. The
noon. A witness said he was
handcuffed by armed men
who drove him away in two
man Abedi, Bin Salem said,
and was suspected of plan-
ning to carry out an attack in
constable Ian Hopkins told re-
porters it was very clear that
they were investigating what
Abedi build the bomb and
then plot the attack.
UKs interior minister, Am-
A man carrying a knife was
on Wednesday arrested
near Buckingham Palace in
of the community said, He
was a quiet boy, always re-
spectful. His brother Ismael
2015 encounter. He was sho-
wing me hatred. Abedi used
an IED, packed with metal, to
sherpas who discovered the bo-
dies were on their way to retrie-
ve the body of Vladimir Strba
unmarked vehicles. the Libyan capital. We have he called a network. He de- ber Rudd, said Abedi had re- London. The man was detained is outgoing, but Salman was massacre concertgoers and who died in the weekend. PTI
The force, known as Rada, evidence that he is involved in clined to give any further deta- cently returned from Libya on The Mall, the street that quiet. He is such an unlikely end his own life. The Times
detained the brother Hashem Daesh (Islamic State) with his ils on the investigation. The and her French counterpart, leads up to the Palace, after person to have done this. reported Abedi had placed
Abedi, who was born in 1997,
on Tuesday evening on suspi-
brother. We have been follo-
wing him for more than one
question is: Was he acting alo-
ne or was he part of a network
Gerard Collomb, said he had
proven links with IS and may
Metropolitan Police officers on
patrol in the area stopped and
Abedi had recently retur-
ned from Libya, according to
the device in a suitcase that
he set on the ground before it Jakarta suicide
cion of links to Islamic State month and a half, Bin Salem of others who want to kill. have visited Syria too. REUTERS searched him. The Times, which cited a detonated. AFP
bombing kills
Tragic end: Among the victims children, parents, cop Facebook
Homeless men who
became heroes cop, 9 injured
Jakarta: A suspected suicide
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BITCOIN HITS NEW ALL-TIME HIGH OF OVER $2,400 IKEA NAMES JESPER BRODIN, 48, AS NEW CEO
ON SOARING DEMAND FOR CRYPTO-ASSETS TO LEAD ASIA EXPANSION, ONLINE BUSINESS
M
Bengaluru: US-based softwa-
oodys Investors Servi-
ce cut its rating on Chi-
nas debt for the first
DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT
will buy back shares at Rs 1,000,
a17% premium to Wednesdays
closing price of Rs 855.
Move Aimed At Improving re solutions provider Ebix has
bought an 80% stake in digital
time since 1989, challenging
the view that the nations lea-
Credit/GDP ratio and GDP growth for China and India, and
respective S&P rating Credit/GDP GDP Growth (Right)
In 2010, it (S&P)
increased
The buyback size of 35 mil-
lion shares is Rs 3,500 crore, re-
Ease Of Doing Business payments firm Itzcash for Rs
800 crore at a time when online
dership will be able to rein in CHINA INDIA presenting 2.48% and 2.45% of TIMES NEWS NETWORK a statement said. payments has piqued the inter-
Chinas rating from A+
leverage while maintaining 210 11 210 11 the fully paid-up equity share On May 16, TOI was the est of financial and strategic
the pace of economic growth. to AA and has never capital of the company as of New Delhi: The Cabinet on first to report on the move investors. The deal, which is a
Stocks and the yuan slipped 190 10 190 10 adjusted it since, even March 31, 2016 and 2017 respecti- Thursday approved phasing to phase out FIPB. 100% secondary sale of shares,
in early trading after Moodys AA- 170 170 as growth experienced vely, HCL said in a filing. out of the Foreign Invest- FIPB was set up in 1991 valued the Mumbai-based
9 9
reduced the rating to A1 from
150 150
a decline. In contrast, HCL said the offer will be to ment Promotion Board along with industrial de-li- company at Rs 1,000 crore.
Aa3 on Wednesday, with mar- 8 8 Indias ratings are equity shareholders of the (FIPB) the agency set up censing. At that time, FDI in The transaction will give
kets paring losses in the after- A+ 130 130 company as on record date of at the time of economic libe- most sectors required go- exits to venture capital inves-
stuck at BBB-, despite
noon. Moodys cited the likeli- 7 7 ralisation nearly 26 years vernment approval with the tors Matrix Partners, Intel Ca-
110
Rating upgrade by
110 improvement in growth
hood of a material rise in eco-
90 S&P in Dec 2010 6 90 6 and macro-economic 17% PREMIUM ago taking another step Prime Ministers Office di- pital and Lightspeed Venture
nomy-wide debt and the bur- BBB- towards improving the ease- rectly overseeing the process. Partners, which collectively
from A+ to AA- stability since 2014
den that will place on the states 70 5 70 5 May 25. The opening and clo- of-doing business in the co- Over the years, most sectors owned around one-third of
finances, while also changing 2009 2016 2009 2016 ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016-17 sing dates of the buyback pro- untry and pushing ahead have been opened up and the the company. They are likely
the outlook to stable from nega- gramme, which received sha- with economic reforms. need for FIPB nod has been to have clocked 3-5X return on
Source: WDI, S&P, RBI, Credit Suisse & BIS
tive. Its absolutely ground- reholder approval last month, Now, administrative mi- dispensed with, reducing re- their initial investments,
less for Moodys to argue that The ratings company has hind the curve, nor is such President Xi Jinpings go- has not yet been announced. quirement for investors to co- mopping up about $45 million
local government financing ve- underestimated the capability pushback unique US Trea- vernment can simultaneous- Indian IT companies have YOU READ IT HERE FIRST me to the government. among the three of them.
hicles and state-owned enter- of the government to deepen sury officials questioned the ly cut excessive leverage and been under pressure from in- At present, applications The rest of the stake was
prise debt will swell the govern- reform and boost demand, the credibility of a 2011 downgra- steady growth, all with a twi- vestors to boost returns in a are considered by FIPB, sold by the promoters, the Es-
ments contingent liabilities, ministry said. de from Standard & Poors. ce-a-decade reshuffle of top challenging industry scenario, Reform push by which is under the depart- sel group, and the manage-
according to a response relea-
sed by the ministry of finance.
It wouldnt be the first ti-
me a rating company was be-
Still, the move underscores
broader doubts over whether
party posts looming later this
year. BLOOMBERG
through dividends and buy-
backs. TCS and Infosys recent- govt may lead to ment of economic affairs
in the finance ministry,
ment. The promoters will now
hold the remaining 20% stake
ly announced share buyback
plans of Rs 16,000 crore and
FIPB phaseout comprising various secre-
taries in the government
after the new funding. There
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ArcelorMittal
Paytm steps on the gas
Rs 13,000 crore respectively. INNOVATI for making recommenda-
In More Sectors: Instead of seeking FIPB
Cognizant has lined up a $3.4- Eco Affairs Secy approvahave
l, investors will tions on FDI applications.
to inform RBI
billion buyback. Sidhartha & Surojit Gupta
TNN
simply
But sectors like defence After the Cabinet decision, is no primary capital that has
agrees on
ment and telecom, where security
New Delhi: The govern
is hoping to do away with -
Promo
the considerations require
nod, will pose a challen
FIPB
ge it would be handled inde- come into the payments firm.
Foreign Investment
set new
pendently by the admini- Itzcash, which started off
sops to seal
and
it further eases rules
to do boost FDI in start-ups
al for unlisted firms
away with prior approv
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s- investment and allow
new in-
struments that go beyond
the Das told TOI in an intervi
ew.
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eing a particular sector for paid card company, had repor-
FIPB was set up in
bookmarks
partnerships to make steel multiple people aware of the ment products, Nitin is now ce in this space. While a Bo-
for the car industry. development said. These bu- looking forward to setting up okMyShow spokesperson re-
sinesses are being allocated the hotels and packages ver- fused to comment, an executi-
The deal would help bigger budgets, which will be tical in Paytm, the spoke- ve at the firm said that the
SAIL, which has been largely used for discounting sperson said. company has been in the busi-
in the red for at least and marketing to garner sha-
res from players like Make-
Sources aware of the com-
panys plans pointed out Pa-
ness with long-term plans and
sudden discounting by a new
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seven straight
quarters, compete
MyTrip, BookMyShow, Oyo
Rooms and others. Paytm
ytm wants to aggressively pe-
netrate these new businesses
player cannot be the solution
to win the market.
T his website is home to free documentary
films that are both, educational and
entertaining. Its stream-able videos are
with local rivals such
divided into more than 20 categories,
as JSW Steel and including art, biography, conspiracy, crime,
Tata Steel
SAIL did not respond to an
email seeking comment.
Comm dept seeks sops Classics for Kids
culture, environment, history, lifestyle,
nature, religion, sexuality, sports and
technology. You can search for a title by
keyword, or explore Documentary Storm by My Script Font
The proposed JV is also
R esearch has shown that music
crucial for ArcelorMittal as
India is the only steel market
where demand is rising incre-
dibly and the government po-
for small exporters education plays a big role in a childs
mental development, often resulting in
overall improved academic performance.
But encouraging your little champ to
sections such as Top 100, New Arrivals, or
Surprise Me where you are presented
with a random documentary to watch every
time. Some of the videos might not play in
T his creative web app lets you create
a font of your handwriting that you
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licy is increasingly favouring Sidhartha@timesgroup.com rent level of 7% (of expor- actually pick an instrument to learn is easier your browser due to format issues, but dont template file from the website. Then, use a
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Exports (In $bn)
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tal, has unsuccessfully tried push for higher interest subsi- the plan, the finance mini- documentarystorm.com completed sheet in 300 or 600dpi and
greatest composers to life through music
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314 and stories. You can stream each episode, finally, upload the file back onto the
almost a decade. insurance as it seeks to make 310 It is not difficult for large ex-
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India is drafting a land-for- life easier for small exporters. porters but it is the smaller
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As part of a review of the Fo- players who need export cre-
measures, aimed at attracting reign Trade Policy, the depart- 300 dit insurance, said a source. You can browse the website by composer your computer. To install it, double-click the
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ners to study and receive me- 262 for the current financial year, also has teaching resources for music accessible through word processing
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Commerce and industry funds would be available in
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which is likely to be released dy outgo would be close to vernment believes that there
next month, in time for the Rs 2,500 crore so that a wider should be an enhanced focus
switchover to GST. section of exporters, especi- on sectors beyond IT that is
Sources said the commer-
ce department has spent Rs
ally SMEs, could benefit.
Similarly, in case of Ex-
hit by protectionist regimes
across several parts of the
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BANKING ON THE GO
Govt To Roll Out Strategic Partnership Policy s for candidates, Dupuis
said, Project managers Mumbai: DBS India plans to
pioneered digital
only banking by
Volume of mobile banking
with multiple non-life and he-
alth insurance companies as
would be required and widen the scope of the count- transactions in March, 2017 well. When the insurance re-
TIMES NEWS NETWORK the SP policy, which has been company will be selected as IT people are typically agile rys first mobile-only bank ac- launching a zero Bank (in lakhs)
gulator allowed open architec-
under discussion for the last the strategic partner at a ti- and generally good at project count to include desktop ban- balance account ture (allowing banks to sell po-
New Delhi: Union defence two years as a major step to- me in each of the four seg- management. The advice we king. The Indian arm of Sing- HDFC Bank 315 licies of three companies inste-
minister Arun Jaitley said wards reducing Indias stra- ments in a transparent and are giving to these candidates apores largest bank had re- that operates SBI 259 ad of one), we saw this as an op-
on Wednesday that the go- tegically vulnerable depen- competitive process. The is to re-skill and become rele- cently unveiled the countrys without paper or ICICI Bank 166 portunity given our digital
vernment would like to dence on military supplies defence ministry will select vant. An e-commerce IT speci- first open architecture plat- signatures AXIS Bank 110
capability, he said.
swiftly roll out the new stra- from abroad, were cleared by the companies on the basis of alist, for instance, could get form for distributing insuran- The open architecture plat-
tegic partnership (SP) poli- the Jaitley-led defence acqu- adequate financial strength placed in a pharmaceutical ce policies from multiple com- UPI which can enable custo- Kotak Bank 45 form launched by DBS enables
cy, under which selected In- isitions council on Saturday, (Rs 4,000 crore in annual tur- company. It will result in more panies through one banks mers to access all their bank ac- Citibank 9.5 customers to compare not just
dian private sector compani- as reported by TOI. nover over the last three fi- jobs. We just havent seen application. counts through our app, said products and prices but also
es will partner with Jaitley said on scals, capital assets of Rs what it will translate into yet. DBS Bank last year pionee- Surojit Shome, CEO, Digibank DBS Bank 5.3 qualitative features such as
global armament com- Wednesday that the 2,000 crore etc), demonstrab- Dupuis also sees this as an red digital only banking by India. HSBC 0.14 how the insurer fares in claim
panies to jointly manu- countrys defence le manufacturing and tech- opportunity for Randstad In- launching a zero balance ac- He added that the bank settlement. At a time when
facture fighter jets, he- preparedness neces- nical expertise, existing in- dia to create a bench of mobile count that operates without pa- plans to add desktop access to that there was a section who most multinational banks are
licopters, submarines sitated that weapon frastructure and the ability workforce of highly qualified per or signatures. Since then, the Digibank account. The re- wanted a desktop option. scaling down their physical
and armoured vehicles systems were large- to absorb technology from individuals who could be de- the Digibank account has seen ason we did not have this facili- According to Shome, a lot of presence, DBS has been expan-
like tanks under the ly procured and ma- their foreign partners. ployed wherever required just over a million users. The ty was because mobile is tur- effort has gone into building ding its network and has appli-
Make in India framework. nufactured indigenously. The foreign OEMs will be in time. We are keen to do adoption of Digibank has been ning out to be the primary the open architecture plat- ed for a licence to establish a
After a meeting of the Holding that one private selected in a separate but pa- that in India. Being entrepre- in line with our expectation. In channel for accessing accounts form. In addition to its earlier wholly owned subsidiary in In-
Union Cabinet, which took sector SP will be chosen for rallel process, primarily on neurial, this could be an op- January, we added mVisa QR and we did not want to give an partnership with Aviva, the dia. Besides building a large re-
note of the new SP policy, each platform, he said tie- the basis of the range, depth portunity for us to be in the fo- code. We have now brought in impression that this is an om- bank has tied up with Tata AIA tail network through digital
Jaitley said there was a need ups between private compa- and scope of the transfer of refront, said Dupuis. BhartQR scan and pay, and are ni-channel account, said Sho- and Birla Sun Life for distribu- channels, the bank is also eye-
to involve the Indian private nies and foreign OEMs (ori- technology they are willing Larger cos have their in the process of introducing me. However, the bank found tion of life insurance products. ing the SME segment.
sector in defence production ginal equipment manufactu- to offer. Other criteria will
in a major way since India rers) would coexist with the include indigenous content, internal teams of
finance & accounting
continued to import a lot of
its military requirements.
The broad contours of
existing capacity of the de-
fence PSUs.
Under the policy, one
eco-system development,
supplier base and future
R&D, among other things.
working to keep Sensex, Nifty SoftBank denies CFO TaMo axes
track of GST and its
implementation tumble on stepped down from up to 1,500
Janpath Hotel checks out, may
Sunil Goel, MD, Global-
Hunt, an executive search
firm, said existing tax profes-
global cues fund under pressure managers
sionals, too, will have to up- Mumbai: Markets swung into Mumbai: Tata Motors said it
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as bowling coach?
Kohli also was emphatic about the fact that game. From a mindset point of view, it made ing partnership of Rohit and Shikhar was a enjoy ourselves as a young unit. We ended up
he did not view this tournament as redemp- me realize that you cannot do everything in revelation. It definitely played a part in the winning and creating a team which has done
tion. I dont play for redemption. My only every game. Sometimes people might start team going on to win. Ash and Jadeja were on so well so far. We have been able to reach the
motivation is to play well for your country. It looking at you like that. But as a human being top of their game and we were the best fielding top with that mind set in Tests. Ruthlessness
does not matter where you play, he stated. you need to realize your limitations and take side in the tournament, he lists. is something we speak about all the time. Gaurav.Gupta@timesgroup.com to be the India bowling coach
Apart from battling history, Kohli will have a few steps back. May be it happened because The Champions Trophy will be Kohlis first There has been a lot of debate about the rel- last year too, but both the par-
to shrug off indifferent personal form too. His I had to learn how much you can do on the big Test in a big tournament after taking over evance of the tournament and although it is Mumbai: Zaheer Khan might ties couldnt reach a consen-
captaincy in the IPL where his franchise field and how much intensity you can play as captain in the limited overs format from being as a mini World Cup, how do players and soon begin the second innings sus on the terms and condi-
Royal Challengers Bangalore finished last, with. You have to choose your phases. As I MS Dhoni The 28-year-old will be leading a teams view it? Kohli feels the shortness of the of his career as Team Indias tions of his contract. At that
was uninspiring and his form too was patchy. keep getting older those things are important strong team to the UK and will have the core event adds to the competitiveness. In the World bowling coach. TOI has learnt time, Zaheer didnt want to
Coming back from a shoulder injury, sus- if you need to avoid burnout quickly. of the 2013 team with him. India will be tested Cup, you can still have league games to get into that Zaheers name for the job join the team on a full-time
tained in the third Test against Australia in Kohli was part of the team that won the if they are to change the script of never hav- the World Cup and dominate in the latter half. was proposed by his former basis and had asked for Rs 4
Ranchi, he aggregated 308 runs in 10 games. tournament the last time and memories of ing defended a world title though. Ask the But in Champions Trophy, you have to be on the India teammate, leg spin great crore for 100 days service in a
For Kohli though, the six weeks he spent him doing the gangnam dance after Indias Indian captain that and he says the teams top of your game from game one. Anil Kumble during the cur- year, which the board felt was
rent Indian coachs meeting too expensive a deal.
GALLERY
271, Bangladesh seemed in a
BCCI: Not hikes, its about Oz players want to
restructuring the contracts reclaim image rights
spot of bother at 199/5. But
the Mushfiqur-Mahmudullah
duo took charge of the sit-
uation and steered the team
to a comfortable victory with
Sydney: Australian cricketers on
10 balls to spare. Earlier,
Bangladesh bowlers fought
back to restrict New Zealand
Players Share To Remain 26%; Tests Stay Benchmark Wednesday unveiled plans to take
back their own image rights, firing
What is intellectual property?
Refers to player's names,
TOI
to 270/8 and give themselves K.ShriniwasRao@timesgroup.com namics that makes for the IPL but at the latest salvo in an ongoing pay voices, signatures, trademark,
a chance of claiming their the same time, theres serious battle with the country's cricket image, likeness or performances
first win over their opponents Mumbai: The Board of Control for thought being given into ensuring board. It is the latest power play in as well as interviews, appearances
in the series. At 208/3 in the Cricket in India (BCCI) and the that Test cricket remains the bench- an increasingly bitter stand-off be- and promotions, sponsorships or
39th over, the Black Caps Committee of Administrators mark. If a cricketer has to aim for a tween Cricket Australia (CA) and endorsement activities.
looked on course for a total of (CoA) are working out a strategy to Test cap, hes got to find more re- the Australian Cricketers' Associ- Who has these rights?
England's Eoin Morgan ac- Until the end of June, Cricket
300 plus. But the dismissal of restructure contracts for all graded wards coming his way when he ation (ACA) over a plan to scrap rev-
knowledges the cheers during Australia, their official broadcast
Corey Anderson triggered a cricketers and determine who makes it, he added. enue-sharing. With no end in sight
the first ODI in Headingley and commercial partners have the
collapse they lost three should earn how much. It is for this reason that the BCCI to the impasse and the current deal
wickets for two runs in 11 balls The bigger picture they have in may have two options going for- expiring on June 30, the ACA dis- rights to many of these options and
Morgan, Moeen and it needed Ross Taylor mind is that of Cheteshwar Pujara, ward: first, to try and divide Grade activities, plus CA's discretion to
grant interviews or allow other
to hold the innings together. Indias Test specialist who did not A or a Grade B of central contracts AUSTRALIA
take Eng to 339/6 The former captain finished participate in the recently conclud- into two sub categories, the specif- appearances whenever a player is
60 not out from 56 balls with ed Indian Premier League (IPL) and UNFAIR DEAL? Cheteshwar Pujara, a ics of which could be tedious to de- WAGE ROW on duty for Australia or in other
Leeds: England made 339/6 just six fours, with wickets Test specialist, did not play in the IPL, related competitions. Player
is now away in the United Kingdom, termine.
after losing the toss in the falling around him as New missing out on an income opportunity closed plans to form a new business agents have the right to do
ploughing the county circuit. Or for Sub categories will have to
first day-night One-day in- Zealand failed to build on a to help male and female players di- individual sponsorship and
that matter Ravichandran Ashwin, worked out with the red-ball and
ternational against South second-wicket stand of 133 rectly negotiate sponsorship deals. endorsement deals.
the very successful off-spinner who game to peak within the stipulated white-ball brackets defined. But
Africa at Headingley on between Latham and Broom. Establishing The Cricketers What will Cricketers' Brand do?
sat out of the IPL and is likely to fol- 20 overs. Pujara took that many 26% of BCCIs income which is re-
Wednesday. Eoin Morgan, the Brief scores: New Zealand Brand, designed to manage and From July 1, 2017, Cricketers'
low that route in the future, given overs, including body blows, while served for cricketers doesn't
England captain, struck 107 270/8 in 50 overs (Latham 84, commercialise player's intellectual Brand will be a facilitator for
the amount of responsibility he trying to counter Chris Woakes on change. It is within that 26% that re-
and together with an excel- Taylor 60*, Shakib 2-41) lost to property rights, was necessary due commercial parties who want to
shoulders with the national team. Day Three of the same Rajkot Test. distribution needs to be worked
lent cameo from Moeen Ali Bangladesh 271/5 in 48.2 to the uncertainty of all parties re- use a player's IP. The company
For the record, he batted out 242 de- out, says Johri.
(77 not out) shared a part- overs (Tamim 65, Rahman 65, PLAYER liveries in that game, which is The other way forward here garding IP matters should the play- would also be a contact point for
nership of 117 after the in- Mushfiqur 45 n.o., Mah- ers be unemployed post June 30. broadcasters and other media
equivalent of two full innings in a could be to hike salaries in domestic
nings was in danger of falter- mudullah 46 n.o.). AGENCIES PAYMENTS T20 game. cricket, minus the IPL. The logic When players are threatened outlets who want to interview the
ing at 198 for five. with unemployment and when they players or use a player's attributes.
The board had been looking to That connect is what were try- here states: Where do Test cricket-
Brief scores: England 339/6 learn they receive zero per cent of
in 50 overs (Morgan 107, ACTION TODAY find a connect between players and ing to find. Its not about hiking sala- ers come from anyway? From the
their salaries, primarily because ries but about restructuring con- Ranji and Duleep Trophy. So, make digital revenue they generate they whether in-game access by broad-
Moeen 77*, Hales 61) v SAfrica INTERNATIONAL are naturally concerned," said ACA casters, sponsors, licensed prod-
there was no set benchmark. So, tracts with a better perspective, that attractive.
AUTO: Formula 1: Monaco GP where could they begin? A special- BCCI CEO Rahul Johri told TOI. As for coach Anil Kumble, who chief executive Alistair Nicholson. ucts, appearances or merchandis-
Bangladesh get practice, 1.30 pm (Live on SS ist bowler gets to bowl four overs in IPL is a money-spinner dictated draws a salary of Rs 6.5 crore per an- The Cricketers Brand has been ing, the players have been pivotal to
the better of Kiwis Select HD2) an IPL game. by market forces. The intelligence num, the CoA could find it prudent established to better manage these the growth in the revenue in Austra-
Dublin: A doughty 72-run BADMINTON: Sudirman Cup, concerns and those of all affected lian cricket, he said.
If he plays 14 matches for his of a franchise in cutting a fat cheque to hike the former leg-spinners
sixth-wicket stand between 7.30 am & 1.30 pm (Live on parties. To be launched on July 1, it The decision comes with CA de-
franchise, and if his services are for, lets say a Rahul Tripathi or a package by close to 20% ((to Rs 7.5
Mushfiqur Rahim and Mah- Star Sports 2) would see all media, advertising and termined to scrap revenue-sharing
fully utilised, the bowler will have Krunal Pandya, cannot be argued cr), especially given the success In-
mudullah lifted Bangladesh to GOLF: European Tour: PGA promotional deals controlled by the after 20 years, saying funds are need-
bowled a maximum of 56 overs until even if in the bargain a Pujara or a dia earned in the long home season
a five-wicket win over New Championship, 2.30 pm (Live ACA, not CA as they currently are. ed for the games grassroots, and
the playoffs. Ashwin bowled 69.3 KL Rahul misses out. gone by. The idea is to keep the na-
Zealand in the final match of on Ten Golf HD) Tim Cruickshank, appointed that the offer it has on the table pro-
overs in just the first Test match be- The idea is to differentiate be- tional coachs job attractive.
the ODI tri-series in Dublin on TENNIS: ATP Tour: Geneva general manager of the new compa- vided handsomely for players. But
tween India and England in Rajkot, tween the red ball and the white Also, the BCCI has no immediate
Wednesday. Set a target of Open, 5 pm (Live on Ten 3) ny, said it was about players taking the ACA is equally resolved to retain
October last year. A batsman has a ball, said Johri. plans to further hike salaries of the
maximum of 10 to 12 overs per IPL There is a different set of dy- support staff. back control. Across all categories, the revenue-sharing formula. AFP
18 TIMES SPORT THE TIMES OF INDIA, HYDERABAD
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017
CITY SPORT
Shadrak nets twice
Sree Nandhan, Shanmukha Teja and
Pranitha will represent Hyderabad in the
Inter-district championship.
Results (Rd IV): Shub (4) bt Sree Nandan (3), Shanmukha
Women boxers get
first foreign coach
Teja (2.5) drew Pranitha (2.5), Prathik (2) bt Krishna.
for Jawahar Club
Tikaram to meet Kishan in final
Shadrak struck twice as JJ Nagar, Yapral H Tikaram Singh will take on T Kishan
trounced Jawahar Soccer Club (AG Singh in the 50kg category final of the
Colony)by 4-1 in the third match of the Hyderabad Open Wrestling Champions-
Telangana Sambaralu football tourna-
ment.
hip. In the semis, Tikaram Singh defeated
Md Aslam to reach semifinals. Indian athlete Dutee Chand honoured by Mytrah & Gopichand Foundations
Indian Pugilists To Get Guidance At All Levels
Result: JJ Nagar, Yapral 4 (Shadrak 2, Vinay, James) bt Results (SFs): 50kg: H Tikaram Singh bt Md Aslam, T
Devadyuti.Das@timesgroup.com till December 2018. All the
Jawahar Soccer Club 1(Rahul). hers Sports Club. meet were honoured by the Gopichand
Kishan Singh bt P Srikanth Mudiraj. 57kg: S Akshath bt G three coaches have been re-
Sai Yadav, K Sanjay bt M Vikram. 61kg: Abu Bhakar Bin Ali Results: Indiana Sports 11runs (Harish 3, Nithin, Saipra- and Mytrah Foundations, who celebrated New Delhi: Close on the heels commended by the Internatio-
Murshad FA in semifinals the completion of one quarter and suc-
bt Abu Bhakar Misri, Md Faheemullah Khan bt G Akshay sad, Someshwar 2, Quaurunissa, Varshitha 1) bt MP of appointment of new fore- nal Boxing Association (AI-
SS Murshad Football Academy and Abbas cess of coach-led athlete-centric sports
Kumar. 65kg: A Santosh bt Abdul Kalam, N Dinesh bt Youngmen 1(Siddarth). Hyderabad Chargers 7 runs ign for coach for the mens box- BA). The president had spo-
Union FC Juniors made it to the semifi- initiative. Cash awards were given to the
nals of the Little Stars Cup football
Syed Abrar. 70kg: T Shiva Singh bt S Mahesh Yadav, K (Balraj, Mahabub 2, Pavan, Sapna, Vikas) bt Smashers ing contingent, the womens ken to AIBA officials during a
Akash bt Md Safiuddin. 74kg: C Ramchander bt Abdul Sports Club 6 (Lokesh 2, Amog, Shashi, Tilak, Shiva). athletes. Thanking the Foundations, pugilists too have a foreigner meet held here in New Delhi
tournament. In the quarterfinals, SS
Samad, Ahmed bin Hamza bt Abbubhakar Abdullah. Marredpally Playgrounds 13 (Vineeth, Nathan 3 each, Dutee said: "These foundations have to guide them for the first time. last year. All three are AIBA
Murshad FA defeated International
86kg: Junaid bt C. Sreenath, Amar More bt Mohan Sapna, Varun, Ravinder 2 each, Balakiashore) bt helped me advance in my career. I recei- Frenchman Stephane Cotta- three-star coaches and have
School, Shaikpet 2-1. Abbas Union dow-
Gandhi. 86-120kg: Khalid Bin bt Syed Mohammed, Md Secunderabad Blues 3 (Ashwini, Sharat, Vishnu). ved training, international exposure and lorda has been appointed as plenty of experience, a BFI
ned Kickers FC 1-0.
Muzzafar bt D Lava Kumar. Im grateful to them for their support." the first foreign coach for the official told TOI.
Results (QFs): SS Murshad FA 2 (Mohd Hussian, Mohd
Kiran wins Krishna Kesari title elite womens boxing conting- The 41-year-old has been
Hamza) bt International School, Shaikpet 1(Saooduddin).
Narrow win for Hyd Chargers J Sai Kiran clinched the Sri Krishna Kesari title while Issa Football tournament ent on Wednesday. the coach of youth and junior
Darulshifa PG 2 (Farhan, Imran) Salar E Milat FA,
Hyderabad Chargers scored a narrow Bin Javeed finished runnerup. In junior category, A seven-a-side, one-day Md Habib foot- Cottalorda, an AIBA three- NEW TASK: Cottalorda national French women box-
Goalconda 0. Abbas Union FC Juniors 1(Haseeb) bt
one-run win over Smashers Sports Club T Devi Singh won the Youth Krishna Kesari title while ball tournament for U-15 boys will be held star coach, will be in charge of ers from 2014. He is a also a cer-
Kickers FC Malakpet 0. Hyderabad Globe FA 5 (S
in the six-a-side baseball tournament for Vijay Kumar Vinayakar took the runnerup title. at SCF on May 26. For details, contact K the womens pugilists till De- charge of the youth women tified coach in the AIBA Pro-
Sameeruddin bt Jhanuma FC 4 (MA Sattar) .
boys and girls at Marredpally Playground. Results (QFs): Issa Bin Javeed Bt Lokesh Yadav, Hari Saibaba (9396559440) cember 2018. Over the course boxers. Boxing and the World Series of
Indiana Sports routed MP Youngmen 11-1 Kishan Lal Yadav Bt Moosa Bin Abdullah, Abdul Raheem of nearly one and half years, The Boxing Federation of Boxing. The federation will
Shub wins U-25 chess title and Marredpally Playground trounced 2nd Aamantran chess tourney
Shub emerged the winner with a tally of
bt J Narsing, J Sai Kiran bt Ikram Haq his two biggest assignments India, under new president be run much more professio-
Secunderabad Blues 13-3. On Thursday, The second Aamantran prize money will be the 2018 Commonwe- Ajay Singh, handed mens fo- nally now. Well extend all the
four points from as many rounds in the
Indiana Sports play Marredpally PG, Dutee and TS athletes honoured chess tournament will be held at Amant- alth Games in Gold Coast and reign coach Santiago Nieva a help required for the boxers -
Hyderabad District U-25 chess cham-
Hyderabad Chargers take on Secundera- Sprinter Dutee Chand and Telangana ran Hotel on May 28 . For details, contact 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. contract till December 2020 both men and women - in all
pionship 2017. The top four players, Shub,
bad Blues and MP Youngmen play Smas- athletes who excelled at the national Amithpal Singh (7406577878). He will be joined by Italian co- same as Bergamasco, while aspects of coaching, diet and
ach Raffaele Bergamasco, in Cottalorda will be in charge fitness, the official said.
THE TIMES OF INDIA, HYDERABAD
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017 TIMES SPORT 19
Pedestrians struggle
to cross the
Lack of
Pedestrians Begumpet junction
concern for
account for Shajini.SR@timesgroup.com the pedestrians
35 to 40 % of n Western countries pedestrians are consid-
I THINK THE GOVERNMENT
from those
caualities on I ered to be the king of the road. But unfortu-
nately that is not the case in India, says
AV Ranganath, DCP (Deputy Commissioner of
AND THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
WANTS THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED behind the wheels
police) Traffic. If the data revealed by the DCP
TO STAY AT HOME. JUST THINK
citys road Traffic is anything to go by, out of every 100 casu-
alties in citys road accidents, 35 to 40 per cent are
pedestrians. Staggering isnt it? Last year, as ABOUT THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG is another
accidents: many as 469 pedestrian deaths were recorded in
the city. Of these, 290 casualties took place in
CHILDREN? HOW ARE THEY EX- aspect to the
Cyberabad and 1,516 people were injured. In PECTED TO CROSS ROADS SAFELY
DCP Hyderabad limits, the count stood at 179 deaths
and 810 injured. It would be stating the obvious WITHOUT ANY SAFE ZEBRA CROSS- problem
to say that Hyderabad is no country for pedes-
trians. INGS AND FOOTOVER BRIDGES?
Last year,as many as 469 The problem lies in the civic planning say
KANTHI KANNAN, PRESIDENT
pedestrian deaths were experts and city folk lamenting about how the
roads here are built without keeping in mind OF RIGHT TO WALK FOUNDATION
recorded in the city.Of the safety of pedestrians. Im concerned
about the complete lack of planning in civic
tinuity. Especially in developing areas like
these,290 casualties took infrastructure in the city. The roads are made
Gachibowli, Madhapur and Hitec City, vendors and
only for the vehicles. Finding proper foot-
hawkers occupy the footpaths leaving no options for
place in Cyberabad and paths in the city is a luxury for pedestrians,
the pedestrian but to walk on the roads laden with
rues Aayush Mallik, a law student of
1,516 people were injured. NALSAR University.
heavy traffic.
Walking on small roads in the city is a nightmare.
In Hyderabad limits,the OVER 90 PER CENT OF 6000 KM Forget about walking, the way some people park their
vehicles, even two cars cant pass through them at one
STRETCH OF FOOTPATHS IN THE
count stood at 179 deaths CITY ARE NOT SUITED FOR WALKING go. Sometimes cars come in opposite directions with-
out following even the basic traffic rules, says Eswar
As per the traffic data, there are about 6000
and 810 injured as per the kilometers of footpaths across Hyderabad.
Gudimetla, a student.
But almost 90 per cent of them are not
official records suited for walking because of the lack con- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
T 22-year-old Pan Am
flight attendant
Neerja Bhanot was immor-
NAGARAJAN, TOLD US, THE AMOUNT
OFFERED TO THE FAMILY WAS
mixture of valium and beer.
After handing over the role of Bond to Timo-
thy Dalton, Moore went into semi-retirement,
living a millionaires life and travelling between
lead the way for me, the world will miss
you and your unique sense of humor for
years to come. My sincerest condolences
talised on screen by actor SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN WHAT to your family and children. RIP.
Sonam Kapoor in the film his homes in Los Angeles, Switzerland and the
south of France.
Pierce Brosnan
Neerja (2016), directed by WAS AGREED UPON For many, The Spy Who Loved Me, from 1977,
Ram Madhvani, which won
critical acclaim. Neerjas is one of the greatest Bond films, though Moore I was very sad to hear of
family members supported the bargain. helps women who face social kept insisting throughout his life that Connerys Rogers passing. We had an
the makers throughout the According to a contract injustice. Bhanots lawyer, Bond, more macho and a killer, is the definitive unusually long relationship, by
films shooting but now, signed between Neerjas fam- Anusha Nagarajan, told us, and best interpretation of the fictional hero.
After retiring from his spy-hood, Moore
Hollywood standards, that was
Neerjas brother, Aneesh ily and the producers, 10 per The amount offered to the Nobody Does It
became an ambassador for UNICEF in 1991, a filled with jokes and laughter.
Bhanot, has sent a notice cent of the films net profit family was substantially less Better love Daniel
of arbitration to the films was to be received by the than what was agreed upon. role he retained until his death. I will miss him.
Agencies Daniel Craig Sean Connery
producers, alleging that they family to aid the Neerja
refused to keep their side of Bhanot Pan Am Trust, which CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
2 HYDERABAD TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA
MUST SEE MUST DO THURSDAY 25 MAY 2017
Shruti goes bold and sexy on the red carpet hruti Haasan made heads turn at the ongoing
UNJUSTLY
Sanjay and Maanayata Dutt with kids
Shahraan and Iqra
A Ranbir Kapoor,
diti Rao Hydari, who plays
Sanjay Dutts daughter in
Bhoomi, shares individual equat-
LEISURE
GARFIELD ARIES March 20 - April 18 BIRTHDAY TODAY
ANIMAL CRACKERS There will be a big turning
point in your life.You will feel Y ou may find yourself chafing
at the monotony of life. Time
for you to head to some exotic
a growing sense of respon- destinations.
sibility, and you will have the Tip: Your lucky colours are green
wonderful sensation of hav- and black. Your lucky gems are
ing grown up a little bit more. amber and moonstones.
You share your birthday with:
Things are hectic and you Karan Johar
need to stay physically grou-
nded. Dont forget to maintain with good reason.This day prom- ergy available for the work you
your exercise routine. ise of new levels of understanding want to do and you have a strong
TAURUS April 19 - May 19 Your in your relationships, though dis- drive to move forward.You could
nearest and dearest are in no way agreements and friction may pave make some important connec-
short of affection for you.Don't be the way. tions.You need to decide to make
caught in your old ways and VIRGO August 22 - September any decisions.You have a terrific
BEAU PEEP B I G N AT E routines. Responsibilities will be 21 Careful management and a new idea that you should imple-
heavy but you will feel more touch of creativity will contribute ment.
focused and productive. Take to a successful venture and pos- CAPRICORN December 21 -
charge of your health, you may sible recognition. In order to real- January 19 You have a genuine
feel at times that there is a bit too ly know what others are feeling, regard for young people and one
much to keep track of! you need to observe more than business you might decide to put
GEMINI May 20 - June 20 speculate. together is one in which you can
You should be encountering a LIBRA September 22 - October help connect young people to a
minimum of resistance to excel- 22 You could be feeling over- work programme. You need to
lent implementations of your ex- whelmed by all the work you are communicate something very
cellent optimisations.It is time for getting.Time to refresh and reju- carefully today.
you to really go for your desires. venate yourself and do the things AQUARIUS January 20 -
Nervousness due to aggravations you most enjoy doing. You do February 18 Take advantage of
and the stress of increased de- something to take advantage of all your good energy and all your
mands at work is possible. how great you feel.You have got good looks to make a good deal of
B. C . MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN CANCER June 21 - July 21 You big plans in the works. It is high some kind.Good humour and op-
will be able to change something. time for action. timism prevail now, and you are
Keeping in touch with the ones SCORPIO October 23 - able to get a larger perspective on
you love will really help ease any November 20 You are ready to your life. It is difficult for you to
tension you might feel.Don't hes- get started making something move ahead or find purpose in
itate to take a look at how much change.Your mind is serious and your work.
energy you have got left over at you are able to concentrate on PISCES February 19 - March 19
the end of the day for your friends work that requires patience, at- Get to be in charge of your own
and family. tention to detail,and precision.It is schedule. Happiness and a desire
LEO July 22 - August 21You will time to make a grown-up deci- to share your good fortune and joy
be able to seize any opportunities sion.It is time to put a brand-new with others is the mood now. You
that present themselves and to idea to work. may engage in interesting discus-
take the correct decision about ei- SAGITTARIUS November 21- sions. Do not allow your emotions
ther accepting or refusing,always December 20 There is a lot of en- to take a back seat to your intellect.
MUTT & JEFF LOOP THE LOOP
Rules
H E A LT H C A P S U L E TIMES SUDOKU
Connect adjacent dots with
vertical or horizontal lines,creating a
single loop (Fig A).
Crossovers or branches are not al-
lowed (As shown by the dotted lines in
Fig B).
Numbers in the puzzle indicate the
number of lines that should surround it,
while empty cells may be surrounded
by any number of lines.
You cant draw lines around
zeroes.
Each puzzle has just one unique solu-
tion.
BETTER HALF HOW TO PLAY TIMES HITORI How to begin: Example (Fig A) - Begin
with the zero next to 3. Since no lines
1.A number may can be drawn around zero, mark crosses
appear just once in around it, as shown. Now there is a cross in
each row or column. one space around 3. So we know the three
Eliminate repeat lines of 3 can only be drawn in the remaining
three spaces. Next, these lines can only be Level: Medium
numbers by darkening extended in one direction each. Continue, HOW TO PLAY
(Fig A) Not allowed (Fig B)
cells. (see example) using the same logic.
Hints: Keep eliminating possibilities by marking crosses in spaces between dots where a line Fill in the grid so that every horizontal row, every vertical
2. Darkened cells MINDBENDER column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9, without
must never be isnt possible,i.e.,if you have already completed required lines or where a line extension may
create a branch or cause a dead-end (Fig B). repeating the numbers in the same row, column or box.
adjacent in a row or There was a neighborhood of one-
You cant change the digits already given in the grid. Every
column. story houses.
puzzle has one solution.
SOLUTIONS TO GAMES 3. Unmarked cells SCRAMBLE One was red and everything in the
house was red.
TIMES SUDOKU LOOP THE LOOP TIMES HITORI Rearrange the letters in the four word jumbles, one letter to each square/circle,
must create a single Another was purple and everything in SPELLATHON
to make four ordinary words
continuous area, the house was purple.
undivided by HOW TO Yet another was yellow and everything Todays Ratings:
FRVEE PLAY
darkened cells. in the house was yellow. 07-average 08-good 10-outstanding
sandwiched between Now arrange the Still another was blue and everything
4. Every time you KRTOS letters in the How many words of four or more
neighbours of the same circles to form the in the house was blue. letters can you make from the letters
darken a cell, you can value can be circled. answer to the In the green house everything was D shown in todays puzzle? In making a
automatically circle its (e.g. 6 4 6 ) EGTYLN riddle or to fill in green, I
vertical and horizontal the missing word T word, each letter may be used once only.
and in the gray house everything was
SCRAMBLE
Words: Fever,stork,gently,fossil
SPELLATHON
bail, bait, bald, bloat, blot,
MINDBENDER
There are no stairs in any of
neighbours, which
means they cannot be
6.A tripleis a special case of
sandwich.Circle the centre
ILOSFS as indicated.
grey.
A
B O
Each word must contain the central let-
ter. There should be at least one seven
Answer:True happiness...arises,in the first place, boat, boil, bold, bolt, the houses because they cells,and darken the ends. letter word. Plurals, foreign words and
from the enjoyment of one's self - Joseph Addison TABLOID only have one story. eliminated. True happiness... arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of ___ What color were the stairs in the L proper names are not allowed. British
(e.g. 6 6 6 ) Example ___ - Joseph Addison (4,4) yellow house?
5.Any cell English Dictionary is used as reference.
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passing stools is most often a fissure in with younger, fitter and more O Post PKR the preserved ligaments
Ano. It is a tear at the anal verge caused demanding patients with arthritis lend natural stability. In TKR one is
by constipated hard stools, resulting in be felt while washing the anal region along with stools or after passing opting for surgery. dependent on implants for stability
severe pain with or without bleeding. and most commonly caused by: stools, and can be painful or painless At ZOI, rather than replacing the O PKR allows faster recovery with
Anal pain can also result from diar- O Hemorrhoids depending on the condition. Bleeding entire knee joint with sacrificing of lesser side effects as only certain tis-
rhea, constipation, bleeding, local infec- O Polyps over time can cause severe Anemia. ligaments and both the menisci, sues are disturbed. Recovery is slower
tions, minor injuries, inflammatory O Centinal tags Internal piles cause painless bleeding Partial Knee Replacement (PKR) is after TKR and there are increased
bowel disease etc.. O Cancer and can be identified through internal done where the joint is resurfaced chances of post-op stiffness
examination. Bleeding associated with with only 25% of cartilage removed O Incidence of Intra and Post-op com-
Hemorrhoids can be internal or pain can be due to fissure in Ano. and no ligaments sacrificed. plications such as infections, throm-
Anal Itching external. External hemorrhoids are felt Fissures can also cause a small painful
Anal itching is common and causes a bosis, fractures, pain etc. higher in
by hand and usually painless unless growth around the anus which can TKR. In PKR complications are about one third of TKR
lot of discomfort, as it forces people to
associated with fissures. Fissures are burst discharging pus and blood. O PKR retains the four natural ligaments, which help the
avoid going out in public. Known as
caused by chronic constipation, sitting knee function more naturally and feels normal. Its not the
Pruritis Ani medically, anal itching is
for long hours and post normal delivery. Ayurvedic Treatments same with TKR
irritation of the skin at the opening of
The size of the mass depends on inten- Before treatment, a complete exami- O Range of movement is far superior and day-to-day activities
anal canal, where stools exits the body,
sity of the disease. Polyps and centinal nation and through diagnosis of the such as squatting, sitting cross
or inside the anal canal also.
tags are also caused in the same way. cause is done. Most conditions espe- legged and moderate sport activi-
The intensity of inflammation
increases with scratching or rubbing cially bleeding are treated with medi- ties are possible with PKR
the area. Itching is also associated with Rectal Bleeding cines. However, conditions like O TKR costs between INR 1.6 - 3
bad hygiene, forcing one to keep wash- Rectal bleeding is seen as few drops Hemorrhoids, Centinal tags and lakhs depending on implant and
ing the area with soap, leading to fur- Polyps require treatment with PKR costs INR 1.7 lakh onwards
ther dryness and itching. Ksharasutra. This PKR is an extremely precise
treatment is a surgery with no margin for errors.
non-surgical, safe Surgeon's skill is crucial. The
Causes for anal itching p r o c e d u r e newer implants that can be insert-
include: approved by ed with computer navigation have
O Irritating chemicals in the food like WHO. Fissures in made it possible to deliver excel-
milk, tomatoes, spices etc. ano also require lence in every surgery.
O Allergens in detergents and fabric specific treatment ZOI is the first hospital in South Dr. Ramesh Chandra
conditioners depending on the India and one of the few across
O Continuous moisture caused by of severity of the India which does Computer
Diarrhea, fungal infection, faecal condition. Navigated Partial Knee Replacements. They can match
incontinence etc. patients demands to deliver a joint which is near normal,
For more information,contact: which will not restrict in their lifestyle.
O Reaction to medication
Dr. Ansy D'Souza, MBBS,DFM. For more information, contact:
O Skin infections like psoriasis, Senior Consultant, KSAC Hospitals, Dr. Ramesh Chandra
dry skin etc. Hyderabad. Katragadda
O Pin worms Dr. Saji D'Souza's KSAC Hospitals, Specialist, Joint
O Hemorrhoids Zore Complex, Above Red Rose Replacement Surgeon
O Tear in the anal skin Restaurant, ZOI Hospitals.
O Skin tags Opp: Errammanzil, At Somajiguda and
Panjagutta,Hyderabad. Attapur
Ph: 9866130743, 9866132743. 8978680226
Lump in the Anus help@zoihospitals.
A lump ranges from a small email: info@ayurvedaksac.com
website: www.ayurvedaksac.com com
pimple to a big mass, which can Dr. Ansy D'Souza
2 Thursday, 25 May 2017
HORMONAL PROBLEMS
TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT TO
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Increasing stress levels contribute to hor-
monal problems. IDEA CLINICS address all
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IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE
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ost individuals suffer from Q. What is duration of hospital stay and
adrenal, thyroid, bone health etc.
I
DEA CLINICS provides care to patients Hospital says, Total knee replacement 3 days and throughout the stay a physio-
in the areas of diabetes, thyroid, bone this department supports patients with psy- is recommended only when the knee therapist guides rehabilitation. Patients
THYROID chological and stress related issues and is
health, sexual health, hormonal prob- Thyroid problems are common, especial- pain is debilitating and affects your usually return to normal daily activities
lems & obesity. It has resulted from the pio- becoming a centre of excellence for psycho- normal mobility. It is advised only when of life 3 to 6 weeks post surgery
ly among women who are pregnant or plan-
neering efforts of a group of endocrinolo- logical services. pain is severe and patient is not able to
ning one. IDEA CLINICS has pioneered a
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IDEA CLINICS is coming up with one stop
Adiposity (IDEA CLINICS & IDEA health. Dr. Sailaja Tata and her team under- Total Knee Replacement is by far one lowing total knee
thyroid lump clinics with support of endo-
CENTRES) with an aim to set up 100 centres take screening for breast cancers, cervical of the most successful procedures in replacement sur-
crinologists, surgeons, histopathologists and
across India with single cancers and other routine women issues. modern medicine. The knees have a gery?
biochemists in a multidisci-
database and support of She also heads services like menopause clin- cartilage that cushions the knee joint Patients can
plinary team approach.
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care team. IDEA CHILD CARE cartilage is worn out, it causes the bones activities of life post
OBESITY This department caters to vaccinations
CLINICS has its local to rub together causing friction and surgery. Walking for
Two thirds of Indians, and outpatient needs of the newborns, with
branches at Ayyappa pain. A total knee replacement is a car- long distances is
including children are pres- the best specialists offering excellent patient
Society (Hitech city), tilage replacement with the insertion of also pain free. Using
ently either overweight or satisfaction levels.
KPHB, Ameerpet, an artificial substitute like a metal alloy the stairs or kneel-
obese. IDEA CLINICS has DENTAL
Madinaguda. Begumpet, on the femur and plastic spacer on the ing might be uncom-
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Himayatnagar, AS Rao tibia and knee cap or patella to create a fortable initially, but improves over
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nagar, Suchitra, new, smooth cushion and a functioning time. With hiflex knee implants, the
tians, psy- lar dental service provider
Nacharam and many more coming up joint that doesnt hurt, Dr. Khan, knee can bend to almost near normal
chologists, psychiatrists, with its multiple branches.
across India. explains. surgery," Dr. Khan says. range of flexion.
physiotherapists, physi- PHYSIOTHERAPY
IDEA CLINICS also conducts research cians, bariatric surgeons Physiotherapy is vital
and educational activities in collaboration HIGH SUCCESS RATE Q. What is Unicondylar Knee
and endocrinologists to considering the present sed- THE LIFE OF AN IMPLANT
with institutes in the US, UK and national High number of patients achieve Replacement?
educate patients, make entary society. IDEA Properly performed knee replace-
institutes in India. good to excellent In this, only the damaged portion of
them aware of reasons CLINICS has partnered ment surgery, using latest techniques in
and possible solutions to results with relief the joint is replaced. Being a simpler
with specialists to excel at computer navigation and high quality procedure the pain is less and recovery
PREVENTIVE HEALTH address weight issues. this service.
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some extent to prevent these diseases. After problem scientifically ity and mobili-
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all, for India to become a successful nation, with a team approach. vices at home in partner-
ty. The proce- Superlative Technology for
its essential that its citizens, particularly the dure can be done are the only two major complications.
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youth are healthy. IDEA CLINICS is attempt- in any age group
SEXUAL HEALTH PRESIDENT zations. operation room and early mobilisation O Minimal incision technique, Bone
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Sexual health prob- IDEA CLINICS LABS & PHARMACY are necessary. conserving and Muscle sparing
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tive healthcare needs. to marital discord. Most (Endocrinology itself as a high quality ser- ing room sterility are strictly enforced. rehabilitation
patients hesitate to seek at Gandhi Hospital) vice provider with top Laminar Airflow Operation Theatres, O Internationally trained in world pre-
DIABETES help and suffer in silence. Institute of Diabetes notch lab services. The use of disposable materials and modern
IDEA CLINICS offer standardized care for mier orthopaedic institutes in ger-
Being a conglomerate of Endocrinology pharmacy stocks generic instrument sterilisation techniques are many
diabetes, matching developed nations like Endocrinologists, IDEA and Adiposity and cost effective branded used, Dr.Khan says.
the US, UK, Europe etc. Diabetes care at Idea CLINICS is the ideal plat- drugs with patients best O Computer Navigation for precise
clinics is a one stop facility for screening, form to help couples. interests in mind. surgeries and excellent results
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zaraiah Kolluri or Azzu as he is period of 5 days to understand their food,
popularly known, began his fitness
journey 10 years ago, as a young boy
aged 16. A frail and sickly teenager, he began
I WILL SURVIVE! sleep and exercise patterns and gain an
understanding of their body across the
following parameters:
training to gain strength, look good and feel - Virendar Singh,
TRANSFORMING BODIES TO good. Inspired by his success, his friends
were also motivated to join the bandwagon
and Azzu took it upon himself to train them
as well. His efforts paid off as he landed him-
aged 24
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"I
was a young and optimistic student
TRANSFORM LIVES
self a part time job at a local gym. when I departed for Germany to O Flexibility
During a stint in the United States of complete a degree in Mechanical
America, his exposure and expe- Engineering. Unfortunately I shortly con- Knowing the persons
rience in fitness grew mani- tracted a rare disease named Guillain body level and strong
fold. He came to be trained Barre Syndrome that attacks the and weak points, he
and certified immune system of the body. In just a then arrives at a
in sports med- BEFORE day, I lost 26 kilos and lost function of practical target
icine, sports my limbs and became with a customized
nutrition and bed ridden. The doctors diet plan, keeping
sports physio. He there were helpless on AFTER in mind their
also mastered the how to tackle my con- lifestyle. Azzu
art of training dition. Specialists later subject- teaches individ-
individuals across ed me to immuno globulin shots uals how to stay
various age that are used in nuclear weap- in shape with
groups from 8 to ons, to give me power to fight. easy and natu-
any age, with The cost for these injections ral ways to
equal ease. On his amounted to Rs. 4 crores and train, even
return back to was covered by German when they are
India, he took up Insurance schemes. traveling and
various certifica- Ultimately, I was fitted with have no access
tions to gain a deep- robotic limbs to give me mobility to a gymnasi-
er understanding in and stability and sent back to India. um.
human psychology, This was the turning point in my life. Reviews are
health issues, weight lift- My family was determined to help me done every 4
ing and building mental regain my health and my life and intro- weeks to change
strength. duced me to Azzu. Azzu did in-depth research methods of train-
Azzus pet project Azaraiahz on my condition and started to work on me ing and increase
Gymnasium, with branches in slowly but surely. Everyday, my father tied level of intensity as
Banjara Hills and East Maredpally, has me to his bike as he took me to the gym to the body gets accus-
grown into a highly successful fitness chain, watch Azzu train somebody my own age. He tomed to the work out.
in just over three years. Through intense prodded me and edged me to fight back the
training, he has transformed the lives of disease and finally his efforts paid off as I GET ON THE ROAD TO FITNESS
almost 5000 people to date! Asias strongest slowly began to move my fingers. TODAY!
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"I
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he seemed to lack focus on his studies diet plan with no use of supple-
and future. During an ments and steroids. On my part,
I gave a 100% commitment to do
argument on this BEFORE my best. Within a matter of just
topic, when I demand-
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rank, he said that not everyone had became the proud owner of six
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just like I, being aged 50, didnt have My son, who was flabbergast-
the ability to have a six pack! ed at my achievement, took the
This disagreement got me think- inspiration to work harder at his
ing and I was determined to prove studies. He has made me proud
my son wrong. I mentioned the same by securing the 23rd rank in the
Azaraiahz Gymnasium county! All thanks to Azzu for
to my colleague Sandeep (a client at
8-2-350/3/1, Road No.2, Above Almond House, 1st & 2nd floors, Banjara Hills, motivating and encouraging us
Azaraiahz Gymnasium) who
Hyderabad - 5000034. referred me to Azzu. to being the best we can be."
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