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SONIA OUT OF ICU

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gand-hi has been moved out of the ICU in a US hos-pital where she underwent a surgery.

“Sonia Gandhi remained in the ICU for 24hours and has thereafter been moved out. Herfamily has expressed gratitude on her behalffor all the messages and good wishes that havebeen sent to her,” Congress media departmenthead Janardhan Dwivedi said in a statementtoday.

64-year-old Gandhi underwent a surgery onAugust 4 for an undisclosed ailment and thesurgeon had indicated that the operationhas been successful.

The Congress president is expected to beback in India in 2-3 weeks, according toDwivedi.

In her absence, her son and party generalsecretary Rahul Gandhi, along with Dwivedi,her political secretary Ahmed Patel and de-fence minister A K Antony have been given theresponsibility of handling party affairs. PTI

Flower show opens

Lord Venkateshwara temple at Vyalikaval,managed by the Tirupati Tirumala

Devasthanams, saw huge crowds on the firstSaturday of Shravana masa today.

Gangadhar Pujar DVS MUST PROVE MAJORITY NEXT WEEK?Tangle over ministry formation may continue for 3‑4 days; Shettar, BSY factions want 20 berths

D L HarishBangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Governor H R Bhardwaj couldask new chief minister D V Sadananda Gow-da to prove his majority on the floor of theHouse next week.

Since Gowda is a member of Parliamentand does not hold any position in the statelegislatures, it is all the more reason that heprove his majority in the assembly thegovernor feels, highly placed sources toldBangalore Beat.

The announcement would have comeearlier if not for the visit of President Prat-ibha Patil, who is in town to attend a seriesof convocation and other programmes.The axe will fall once the President leavesfor Delhi tomorrow.

But Gowda is of the view that he does not

need to prove his strength as he enjoys thesupport of 121 MLAs in the assembly, whichis way above the 113 needed to cross the cru-cial half-way mark in the 224-member as-sembly.

But Sadananda Gowda has bigger prob-lems to address now. With the party verti-cally between the two factions led by Ja-gadish Shettar, a chief minister’s post as-

pirant who lost the election at the BJPLegislature Party meeting, and former chiefminister B S Yeddyurappa.

The two factions have stuck to theirguns on the number of portfolios theywant to garner in the state cabinet. WhileYeddyurappa faction pitched for 20 of the34 posts available soon after the BJLPmeeting, the Shettar faction too now wants

similar number of its leaders in the ministryand two deputy chief ministers’ posts.

The stalemate within the party has con-tinued and is unlikely to be resolved overthe next three to four days, the sources said.To probably gain time and to garner supportfrom different sections, including mathheads from different parts of the state,Yeddyurappa has been saying ministrycould be formed after the trust vote in theassembly.

The Shettar faction today met at the oldBJP office in Malleswaram to discuss thecomposition of the ministry. Shettar, Partystate president K S Eswarappa, formerhome and transport minister R Ashok,Govinda Karajola, H S Shankarlinge Gow-da, A Narayanaswamy, S A Ravindra Babuand others are took part in the meeting.They want finance, home, revenue, rural de-

velopment and panchayat raj, energy, in-dustries, water resources and other im-portant ministries.

The Shettar faction is certain that it willnot allow the formation of the ministry un-less their demands are met. The meeting de-cided that the faction would not change itsstand. The leaders also decided that Esh-warappa and Sadananda Gowda shouldmeet and decide on the ministry composi-tion. That decision would be final andbinding on all sides, they felt.

The party high command too has take itshands off the mess the state unit finds itselfin. Party central leaders have told the statemembers that the issue should be resolvedsoon and it should not be taken to Delhi forresolution. Party sources said the centralleadership feels slighted as most of its or-ders were met by the state party.

Taking stock

President Pratibha Patil presents a gold medal to a meritorious student during the annucal conocation of the University ofAgricultural Sciences at GKVK campus, Hebbal, in Bangalore this morning. The President is also taking part in the NationalLaw School of India University convocation, being held at Vidhana Soudha Banquet Hall, tomorrow. She is returning to New

Delhi tomorrow.

Gangadhar Pujar DVS: ACTION AFTERSTUDYING MINING REPORT IN DETAIL

Bangalore: After a thorough study of theLokayuktha report on illegal mining,then only I can tell what action the gov-ernment could initiate, said chief minis-ter D V Sadananda Gowda this morning.

The chief minister was speaking to themedia after holding a meeting of seniorofficials at his official residence Krishna.The government will take suitable actiononly after studying the report in detail. Acopy of the report will also be sent to theparty high command, he said.

“There is no question of saving orprotecting anyone from the report,” hemaintained. “The government will takeaction against them if proved guilty,” hesaid.

“I have directed the officials to speedup developmental works and no workshould be kept pending. The adminis-tration will be made effective within 15days. The government will work for thepeople of the state and also assure thefarmers that the government will safe-guard their interests,” he said.

He said there is no groupism in the BJP.However, there are some different ofopinions which will be discussed and sort-ed out.

He said the cabinet will be formed in aweek’s time by consulting with senior par-ty leaders and the high command.

England could win 4‑0: BothamLondon: The arrival of Virender Sehwagmight have triggered hopes of an Indian re-vival but former England captain Ian Both-am says given that the dashing opener isshort of match practice, even he can’t stopthe hosts from clinching the ongoing series4-0.

“I can’t see any reason why 4-0 isn’ton...what is there to stop them (England) frommaking it 4-0? Not a lot in my eyes, and cer-tainly not the brittle India batting line-upthey’re facing,” Botham wrote in his columnfor ‘The Daily Mirror’.

“The suggestion is that Virender Sehwag

is going to go straight into the team with Gautam Gambhir happy to play now hisbruise isn’t hurting him anymore.

“Well if they think those two will turn for-tunes around on their own, then think again because in the case of Sehwag cer-tainly, opening the batting in a Test matchin England without any first-class cricket behind you in months, against this at-tack is anything but a walk in the park,” headded.

Botham said except for Rahul Dravid, theIndian batting has “looked fragile”.

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Bangalore Beat Bureau

Tumkur: “I will not interfere inthe functioning of the state gov-ernment and wil not have a handin the formation of the min-istry,” said former chief ministerB S Yeddyurappa here this morn-ing.

Yeddyurappa, who was ac-companied by 40 MLAs from

his faction, met SiddagangaMath seer Shivakumara Swami.He said the cabinet would beformed next week and therewould be no condition from hisside for the portfolios. “I willalso not interfere in the processof selecting the ministers,” headded.

He appealed to all the BJPlegislators to cooperate with new

chief minister D V SadanandaGowda and party president K SEshwarappa. “I am not even go-ing to give suggestions to the newincumbent. Sadandanda Gowdais a cooperative man who willtake all sections of the partywith him,” he added.

“I am confident that the gov-ernment would be run smooth-ly under the leadership of

Sadananda Gowda. I am surethat he will take all legislatorsinto confidence,” he said.

“I have expressed my stand inthe party now. I am now a hum-ble party worker. I will start tour-ing the state from next weekand will work towards strength-ening the party. I have conveyedthis to the party high command,”he said.

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INDIAN HEALTHCARE INDUSTRYPOISED FOR RAPID GROWTH

Bangalore: The Indian healthcare in-dustry is set to grow rapidly this decadedue to rising life expectancy, higher in-come levels, health insurance prolifer-ation and growing incidence of lifestyle-related diseases, a top health-sectorentrepreneur said yesterday.

"The Indian healthcare industry isundergoing a rapid expansion phasewith 12 percent CGPA (cumulativegrowth per annum) since 2008 and itsmarket is poised to gross Rs.1.3 trillion(Rs.12,60,000 crore) in revenue by 2020,"Apollo Hospitals group founder-chair-man Prathap C Reddy said at an eventhere.

Unveiling the second edition of theinternational conference-cum-exposition 'Healthex 2011' at the Ban-galore International Exhibition & Con-vention centre (BIEC) on the city's out-skirts, Reddy said private hospitals weretraining and modernising equipmentto reach out and serve their patientsbetter with best methods and practices.

"Government initiatives and public-private partnerships will help createbetter opportunities for nurses, para-medics, emergency medical techniciansand specialised doctors across the coun-try," Reddy said.

According to the Investment Com-mission of India, the market size ofhospitals and nursing homes will beRs 54,000 crore with 20 percent growthrate per annum; medical equipmentRs 9,000 crore with 15 percent growth;clinical lab diagnostics Rs 4,500 crorewith 30 percent growth; imaging diag-nostics Rs 4,500 crore with 30 percent

growth and other services, includingtraining & education, aesthetics &weight loss and retail pharmacy Rs9,000 crore.

"Health Insurance has the potentialto show top line growth, as a study byglobal advisory McKinsey-CII (Confed-eration of Indian industry) estimatesthe number of insurable lives at 315million, with a potential of generating

Rs.34,650 crore in premium by 2015,"Reddy noted.

Importing customers into India formedical tourism, educational services,leisure tourism is expected to generatean additional $6-50 billion in revenueand create 10-48 million direct and in-direct jobs by 2020.

Hosted by the CII national healthcouncil, the three-day expo showcases

medical, surgical and diagnostic equip-ment, technology, materials, suppliesand allied services.

"With a number of innovations andtrends in the healthcare sector, there isa need for the private and public sectorsto work jointly in the interest of thepublic," said Air Vice Marshal PankajTyagi, inaugurating the exhibition.

Addressing the delegates and ex-

hibitors, Karnataka health secretary Ra-mana Reddy said the healthcare sectoremerged as one of the most progressiveand largest service sectors in the coun-try.

"The country's vision 2020 shouldinclude delivery of affordable healthcaresystem even to the rural poor, besidesmaking available the best healthcaresystems," Reddy said. IANS

Air marshal P V Athawale, AOC-in-C, maintenance command, reviews the guard of honour at the Air Force EquipmentDepot in Bangalore yesterday.

Reviewing guard of honour Show on giftitems opens

Bangalore: A trade show show-casing corporate and promotion-al gifts, school and office sta-tionery, office products and writ-ing instruments and office prod-ucts was inaugurated today. Theshow, organised by IntroductionsTrade Shows, will be on till Mon-day at Gayatri Vihar in BangalorePalace Grounds.

The event is being held forthe last 17 years and productsfrom over 250 Indian and over-seas companies are put on dis-play. The exhibition has put upgift products for the coming fes-tive seasons.

The range of products, in-cludes new year diaries, wooden& plastic gift items, handicrafts,promotional pens, designer pens,ball point pens, PP files & folders,paper shredders, lamination ma-chines, fax machines, printers,business card scanners, businesscard holders, calendars, gifts,promotional luggage & garments,display boards, computer acces-sories, crystal gifts, calculatorsand non-stick utensils.

MR.DUPLICATE (U)Prajwal, Diganth, SheetalBharathi (11, 2.30, 6, 9.15 pm) Go-vardhan Theatre (11.30 am, 2.30,6, 9 pm) Krishna (KR Puram) (10.30am, 2, 8 pm) Nartaki (10.30 am,1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Prasanna (10.15am, 1.15, 4.15, 7.15 pm) Siddhesh-wara (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm) Uma (10.15 am, 1, 4, 7 pm)Veerabhadreshwara (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30pm) Vijayalakshmi (Garu-dacharpalya) (11 am, 2.30 pm) Va-jreshwari (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30pm) Vaishnavi (11.30 am, 2.30,6.30, 9.30 pm)

DUDDE DODDAPPA (U)Jaggesh, Lahari, Mohan ShankarAdarsh (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30pm) Ashoka (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30pm) Menaka (10.30 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Manasa (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm) Prakash (10am, 2.30, 6,30, 9.30 pm) Rajara-jeshwari (Mallathalli) (10 am, 1.30,4.30, 7.30 pm) Ullas (11.30 am,2.45, 5.45, 8.45 pm) Veeresh (10.30am, 1.30 pm) Venkatesh (Avalahalli)(11.30am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)

YOGARAJ ...BUT (U)Naveen Krishna, NeetuKamakya (10.45 am, 1.45, 5.45, 8.45pm) Triveni (4.30, 7.30 pm)

KRISHNAN MARRIAGE STORY (U)Ajay Rao, Nidhi Subbaiah,Balaji (Tavarekre) (11 am, 2.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Inox (Jaynagar) (1.45 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (12.55 pm, 6.30pm) Krishna (KR Puram) (10.30 am)Manasa (10.30 am) Maruthi (11.30am, 2.30 pm, 6.30 pm, 9.30 pm)Nandini (11 am, 2, 5, 8 pm) PVRCinemas (12 pm, 4.40 pm) Sagar(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

VINAYAKA GELEYARA BALAGA (U)Vijay Raghavendra, Naveen Kr-ishna, Meghana Gaonkar Anupama (10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30,7.30 pm)

KIRATAKA (U/A) Yash, Oviya Helen, T S Nagab-haranaKapali (10.30 , 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)

JOHNNY MERA NAAM PREETHIMERA KAAM (U)Duniya Vijay, RamyaSiddhalingeshwara (11 am, 2.30,6, 9.15 pm)

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Tom Felton, James Franco, Freida Cinemax (12 pm, 7 pm) Eshwari(10.30 am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm)Fame (10 am) Fun Cinemas (10 am,12.15, 4.30, 7, 10 pm) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta) (10.45 am, 1, 3.45, 7.45,

10 pm) Gopaln Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (10.45 am, 1, 7, 9.30 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (RajarajeshwariNagar) (10.30 am, 1.10, 6, 8.10, 10pm) HMT Cinemas (Jalahalli) (10.45am, 1.30, 4.15 pm) Innovative Mul-tiplex (11.10 am, 5.30 pm) Rex (10.30am, 12.35, 5.15, 9.50 pm)

COWBOYS & ALIENS (U)Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford,Olivia WildCinemax (4.45, 7.15, 9.45 pm)Cinepolis (10 am, 12.20, 2.40, 5,7.20, 9.40 pm) Gopalan (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 12.10, 4.45,10 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (10 am, 10 pm) Gopalan Cin-emas (Rajarajeshwari Nagar) (3.50pm, 5.30, 7.40 pm) Innovative Mul-tiplex (10 am 12.45, 10 pm) Inox(Magrath) (6.50 pm) Inox (Jayanagar)(12.55 pm, 5.15, 9.45 pm) Inox (JPNagar) (2.45 pm, 7.15 pm) Navrang(8 pm, 10 pm) PVR Cinemas (10am, 1, 4.10, 6.30, 9.40 pm) VisionCinemas (12 pm, 9.55 pm)

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THE WARNING (A) Atul Kulkarni, Anupam KherApsara (KR Market) (5.30 pm, 8.30pm) Cinemax (2.15 pm) Gopalan(Bannerghatta Road) (1.15 pm)

I AM KALAM (U)Harsh Mayar, Hussan Saad, Gul-shan GroverCinemax (10 am, 9 pm) Fame (Fo-rum Value Mall) (1 pm, 5.20 pm)Fame (Lido) (1.05 pm, 5.05 pm)Inox (Magrath Road) (10 am, 2.05,6.15 pm) Inox (Malleswaram) (10.15am) Inox (JP Nagar) (10.20 am) PVRCinemas (10.50 am, 1.50, 7.05, 7.45pm)

SINGHAM (U/A)Ajay Devgn, Kajal AgarwalApsara (KR Market) (11.30 am, 2.30pm) Cinemax (2.45 pm, 9.45 pm)Cinepolis (Bannerghatta Road) (10am, 12.45, 3.30, 4.30, 6.15, 7.15,9.40 pm) Everest (11.30 am, 1.30,6.15, 9.30 pm) Fame (Forum ValueMall) (12.45 pm, 2.50, 9.20 pm)Fame (Lido) (12.55 pm, 3.35, 9.20pm) Fun Cinemas (10.15 am, 9.30pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Rajarajesh-wari Nagar) (10 am, 9.50 pm)Gopalan Cinemas (BannerghattaRoad) (3 pm) Innovative (11 pm,7.30 pm) Inox (Jaynagar) (11 am,

5.10 pm) Inox (JP Nagar) (11 am,9.05 pm) Inox (Magrath Road) (1pm, 9.15 pm) Inox (Malleswaram)(3.40 pm, 9.15 pm) Kailash (10.30am, 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm) Lakshmi(10.15 am, 1.15, 5.15, 8.15 pm) Man-asa (11.30 am, 2.30, 6.30, 9.30pm) PVR Cinemas (10 am, 12.40,3.45, 6.15, 9.10 pm) Radhakrishna(11.30 am, 2.45, 6.30, 9.30 pm)Rex (7.15 pm)Srinagraja (11 am, 2,5, 8 pm) Sri Srinivasa (11.30 am,2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm)

ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA(U/A)Katrina, Farhan , Hrithik , AbhayDeol and Kalki KoechlinCinemax (12.30 pm, 3.30, 6.30,9.30 pm) Cinepolis (10 am, 12 ,1.30, 3.50, 6.45, 9, 10 pm) Fame(Forum Value Mall) (12 pm, 2.50,5.40, 8.30 pm) Fame (Lido) (10.15am, 3.10, 6.10, 9.10 pm) Fun Cine-mas (10.30 am, 1.30, 3.30, 6.30,9.15 pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Ban-nerghatta Road) (10 am, 6.30, 10pm) Gopalan Cinemas (Rajarajesh-wari Nagar) (3.45 pm, 6.25, 9.45pm) Gopalan Cinemas (MysoreRoad) (3.15 pm, 6.15, 9.15 pm)HMT Cinemas (7.15 pm) Innovative Multiplex (11 am, 1.45, 4.30, 7.15,10 pm).

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TAMILCHAPPA KURISH (U/A)Fahad Fazil, Roma, VineethSreenivasanHMT Cinemas (Jalahalli) (9.45 pm)Inox (JP Nagar) (4.20 pm)

MANUSHYA MRUGAM (U) Kiran, OviyaSangeet (11.30 am, 2.45, 9.30 pm)SALT N PEPPER (U) Lal, Asif Ali, Swetha MenonGopalan Cinmeas (BannerghattaRoad) (7.45 pm) Innovative Multiplex(10 pm)PVR Cinemas (9.45 pm) Sangeet(6.55 pm)

CHALA MUSSADDI OFFICE OFFICE (U)Pankaj Kapoor, Deven Bhojani

Cinemax (12 pm, 7 pm) Fun Cine-mas (1.15 pm) Fame (Forum ValueMall) (12 pm)Fame (Lido) () 10 am, 9.44 pm)Gopalan (Bannerghatta Road)(11.15 am) Innovative Multiplex

(11.15 am, 5.30 pm) Inox (Jayana-gar) (9.55 pm) Inox (JP Nagar)(10.20 am, 4.05, 9.55 pm)Inox (Malleswaram) (10.20 am,4.05 pm) Inox (Magrath Road)(11.50 am, 4 pm)

Medical tourism ind to touch Rs 10,800 cr by 2015: Assocham

Market size of the Indian medicaltourism sector is likely to more

than double to Rs 10,800 crore by 2015from Rs 4,500 crore at present, industrychamber Assocham today said in itsstudy.

The inflow of medical tourists inIndia is also likely to cross 32 lakh by2015 from the current level of 8.5 lakh,it said.

"Top notch healthcare facilities likecardiology, joint replacement, ortho-pedic surgery, transplants and urologyat a low price are certain key factorsmaking India a favoured destinationin terms of medical tourism," the studysaid.

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and New

Delhi are fast emerging as India’s bestmedical centres with several hospitalsand specialty clinics coming up in thecities, it said.

India is also offering other medicalservices like yoga, meditation andayurveda, which is increasingly be-coming popular as a non-surgical treat-ment for various ailments among theforeign patients.

The country attracts large numberof medical tourists from the MiddleEast, America, Europe and also fromneighboring countries like Bangladesh,Pakistan and Afghanistan.

However, it said that the country isfacing tough competition in the sectorfrom nations like Australia, Belgium,Greece, Malaysia, Singapore, South

Africa and Thailand that are activelypromoting healthcare tourism world-wide.

The study has proposed to developMulti-Specialty Health City – on pub-lic-private partnership basis at 10 cen-tres – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandi-garh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur,Kochi, New Delhi, Puducherry andPune.

"The proposal envisages setting upsuper-specialty hospitals in an eco-friendly atmosphere...with highlytrained English-speaking healthcareprofessionals at affordable price," itadded.

Both central and state governmentsneed to play key role in setting upthese centres.

India Inc must focus on agriculture: PrezBangalore: President Pratibha Patil calledupon the corporate biggies of the countryto invest in the agriculture sector especiallyin the rain-fed farming within India in-stead of looking opportunities in othercountries.

“The rain-fed area offers good scopeand should be tapped by the businesshouses... You need not go for investmentoutside India. There is ample scope forinvestment here. Agriculture is the bestsector I would like to recommend,” Patilsaid at the brainstorming session onprospects of rain-fed farming with specialreference to engaging the corporate sec-tor.

The private sector can help increasefarm productivity through their investmentin areas dependent on vagaries of mon-soon, she said.

About 60 per cent of the country’stotal cultivated area is under rain-fedfarming and approximately 45 per centrice, 89 per cent pulses and 85-95 percent cereals are grown in these areas,

she added.“Unless we make the rain-fed areas

‘the cradle for a second green revolution’,these will continue to remain under-in-vested undermining the full potential ofthe agriculture sector as a whole,” Patilobserved.

She further said that though many ofthe Indian companies have already de-veloped some interesting business modelsof engagement with the farming com-munity, “but there is scope for morecrop/product specific, multi-crop andlivestock development specific modelsto be evolved to enhance the overall pro-ductivity in these areas”.

“I urge the corporate sector to takethis as a challenge and evolve commer-cially viable business models in respectof foodcrops also ensuring food security

in the country. Such models can workwell both for food and commercialcrops...,” she said.

She further said that a collaboratedapproach from the private companieswould go a long way in addition to thecapacity building exercise very urgentlyneeded in the pursuit of bring agricultureand industry together.

Patil, who hails from Vidarbha, a semi-arid region of Maharashtra, suggestedthat the corporate houses “can set dedi-cated funds for entrepreneurship devel-opment and capacity building amongfarmers in dry land areas and createreplicable models of group formationand leadership among farmers”.

She said that the private companiescan play a major role in farm mechani-sation in rain-fed areas. PTI

CII to launchportal for skilldevelopmentBangalore: CII is launching aportal, SkillConnect, in partner-ship with CHF International Indiathat will connect industry’s entrylevel needs of people, vocationaltraining providers who trainyouth in these skills and thesupply side.

The portal will be launchedon Monday, said the Confedera-tion of Indian Industry.

It said one of the burning is-sues facing the Indian economyin the last few years has beenthe shortage of skilled personnel.

In the state too, the problemhas assumed serious proportionswith construction, manufactur-ing, services and almost everyother sector facing a dearth ofskilled workers.

Most studies have indicatedthat shortage of skilled workforceis likely to emerge as one of thekey bottlenecks to growth.

However, along with this shortsupply situation, there are manyskilled persons, especially in theunorganised sector, who stillstruggle to find proper employ-ment.

The challenge is also thatmany youth drop out of schoolsand colleges and enter the in-formal sector. The portal will ad-dress all these issues, it said.

The portal will be launchedby labour secretaryNarayanaswamy, and labourcommissioner Umashankar.

Evening ofmusic at

Forum Mall t Music enthusiasts from all overthe city let out their singing talentat Forum Mall at the four-dayBREAK FREE – The Ultimate Mu-sic Fest that will go on till to-morrow. The contest is being ad-judged by Carnatic singer Pad-manabhan.

The semi-finalists have alreadymade their presence felt and thefinals tomorrow will sure set thestage on fire.

People from across the citygot a chance to showcase theirflair on the platform and bejudged by the maestro.

The first day of this four-day-long festival took off with theauditions of classical singers andinstrumentalists.

Padmanabhan judged 12young talents who sang the In-dian classical ragas. Of them,he selected four finalists whowill again perform tomorrow.

The finals will be judged byPadmanabhan and Lucky Ali.Akshatha, a standard VII studentwho is selected as one of the fi-nalists, said, “I cannot believemy luck.”

WHEN SCHOOL KIDS LEARNT HOW TO RIDE SAFE Bangalore: Motorcycle major Yamaha heldsafe riding science programme for school-children in the city yesterday.

The event was organised to educate youngchildren about road safety while riding.

Around 120 students, between the agesof 8 and 12 from Carmel High School,Basaveshwaranagar took part in the event.

It was a day-long programme divided intotwo sessions.

First was theory, while the second was apractical session. The children were taughtthe basics of road safety, importance ofriding gear and also how to ride a bike withthe Yamaha TTR 50 and PW 50 bikes forchildren. The initiative focused on inculcatingsafe riding habits. The instructors taughtthe children that safe riding is achieved byintelligent activity, not by the operation ormovement.

Intelligent activity, in turn, is achievedby imbibing and following traffic safetyawareness and values into riding.

Jun Nakata, director, sales & marketing,Yamaha, said, “We feel that safe ridinghabits should be inculcated from the startand that is why our Yamaha Safe RidingScience (YSRS) initiative is directed towardsthe youth.” Yamaha launched YSRS initiativein India in 2008, and has introduced it inDelhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune,Nagpur, Guwahati, Lucknow, Vizag, Varanasiand Goa.

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Congress members from Muslim community pray for the speedy recovery of Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the Rajarajeshwari temple near TR Mill this morning. Sonia Gandhi has undergone a surgery in the US.

Praying for Soniaʼs recovery

CITY EVENTSGeneral The Golden Jubilee Celebra-tions of the Karnataka State:Bar Council will be inaugu-rated by president PratibhaPatil and presided over by gov-ernor HR Bhardwaj 5.15 pmJnana Jyothi Auditorium, Cen-tral College Campus, PalaceRoad, Bangalore.

Exhibitions A Slice of Life @Veda: Saturday, August 6th,2011. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. VedaArt Gallery, Palace View Builid-ng, Sankey Road, Kumara ParkWest Veda Art Gallery presents'A Slice of Life', an exhibitionof art work by JMS Mani, Lax-man Aelay, Kishan Kappariand Murugesan.

The Taste of a Collector: Sat-urday, August 6th, 2011. 11 a.m.to 7 p.m. Gallery Time & Space,No 55, Lavelle Road, An exhi-bition of artwork from the pri-vate collection of Vatsal Pod-dar, a successful businessmanand art enthusiast.

Remembering Husain: Sat-urday, August 6th, 2011. 10a.m. to 7 p.m. Kynkyny Art,No 148 Embassy Square, In-fantry Road, Kynkyny Art hostsa special exhibition of paint-ings paying tribute to the leg-endary MF Husain.

Creative Perspectives: Satur-day, August 6th, 2011. noon to11:30 p.m. Caperberry, No 48/1Ground Floor, The Estate, Dick-enson Road, Artwork by GopalDey, Shan Re, Kishore Chand,Ashok Kumar G, Hiremath,Parmesh D Jolad, Ranjan Paul,Ram Onkar, Mini Arora andmore.

Colours & Hues: Saturday,August 6th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 6p.m. Gallerie Third Eye, No A-1 Epsilon Office Block, YemalurMain Road, Yemalur A groupshow by artists Kanthraj N,Rima Ray & Rakesh Mandal.

Divinity @ Eka: Saturday, Au-gust 6th, 2011. 10 a.m. to 8p.m. Eka, No 19, St Johns Road,Divinity features an extensivecollection of brass idols ofLord Krishna, Ganesha, Shiva,Nataraja, Lakshmi, Saraswati,Hanumaan, Buddha and manymore. Complimenting the idolsare pooja thalis, bells, lamps,spoons, aartis, conches, urlis,chowkis, nandis, deepalaksh-mis and other pooja acces-sories.

Synesthesia: Saturday, August6th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.Galleryske, No 2, Berlie Street,Langford Town A group showfeaturing works by AndreaAnastasio, Luigi Anastasio andAvinash Veeraraghavan. Theworks are displayed in thehouse-like space of the gallery,so that they are approachedwithout demarcations and dis-tinctions thus making the view-er experience the works in onecontinuous alternation of me-dia from video and painting,to photography and sculpture.

Shopping Happiness Sale:Saturday, August 6th, 2011. 11a.m. to 9:30 p.m. BangaloreCentral, No 47/48 Victoria Em-bassy, Residency Road,Ban-galore Central announces theHappiness Sale, featuring ap-parel and accessories at dis-counts of up to 61 percent.The sale is on across all outlets.

Rio by Titan Eye+: Saturday,August 6th, 2011. 10 a.m. to11:30 a.m. Titan Eye+, SafinaPlaza, Infantry Road, A trendy,fashionable collection for theyoung and young at heart.The frames are available in ahost of bright colours.

Collage Annual Sale: Satur-day, August 6th, 2011. 10 a.m.to 7:30 p.m. Collage, No 21/1,Wood Street, Ashoknagar Dis-counts of up to 70% on de-signer wear by Manish Arora,Poonam Bhagat, Ekru andmore.

Half Price Sale: Saturday, Au-gust 6th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 8p.m. Show Off, RoyalMeenakshi Mall, No E1/16,Syndicate Bank Colony, 1stCross, Bennerghatta Road Dis-counts of up to 50% on cloth-ing and accessories.

Monsoon Baubles: Saturday,August 6th, 2011. 11 a.m. to 7p.m. Ffolio, No 5 EmbassyChambers, Vittal Mallya Road,Bracialeto celebrates the mon-soons by unveiling a new col-lection of costume jewellerythat incorporates variousshades of the colour of theseason, blue.

Workshops BUMP it UP! :today 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Jagriti,Varthur Main Road, WhitefieldThe workshop will serve as abasic introduction to the craftof theatre lighting. Spread overthree sessions, participantswill engage with the funda-mental tools of lighting design,execution and operation.This will cover standard lamps,their uses and the range oftheir ability, the understandingof lighting systems and rigs, and approaches to designing and executing lightplans.

FilmsDocEdge: Saturday, August6th, 2011. 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.The Goethe-Institut/MaxMueller Bhavan, No 716 1stStage, CMH Road, IndiranagarA film festival that showcasesaward-winning documen-taries. Today, three movies,'How to make a book withSteidl', '10 Minutes before theFlight of Icarus' and 'Piano-mania' are screened.

Theatre Harlesden HighStreet: Saturday, August 6th,2011. 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Ad-ditional Timings: Saturday -7:30 pm and Sunday -3:30 pmand 7:30 pmRanga Shankara,No 36/1 2nd Phase, 8th Cross,JP Nagar The play is set onthe High Street in Harlesden,an area populated mostly byimmigrant communities- Ja-maicans, Poles and Pakistanis.Sometimes notorious in thepress for its high crime rate,Harlesden is also home to thequiet aspirations and mun-dane frustrations of the work-ing class. This play revolvesaround the stories of threePakistani immigrants- Rehaan,Karim and Ammi.

Chasing My Mamet Duck: Sat-urday, August 6th, 2011. 7:30p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ChowdiahMemorial Hall, Gayathri DeviPark Extension, 2nd MainRoad, 16th Cross, Mallesh-waram A play that pushes theboundaries of theatre with thecreation of Trans-Theatre, atheatre that transcends thestage in space and in feeling,bringing together everythingfrom live exhibits that urge anaudience to react, to creativeimpulses provided by the au-diences, and even audiencesconnecting with each otherthrough social transactions.

Eating Out Power Lunch: Sat-urday, August 6th, 2011. 1 p.m.to 4 p.m. City Bar Karaoke +Grill, UB City, No 24, VittalMallya Road, Now be connect-ed even during the quick busi-ness lunch. Free wi-fi accesswhile you fill up in the middleof the day. Delectable starterswith a variety of veg/ non vegmain course options alongwith draught beer.

'The Kari Culture' at Blue Gin-ger: Saturday, August 6th, 2011.12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. BlueGinger, The Taj West End, 23Race Cource Road, Blue Gingercreates an interesting way tolearn about Vietnamese ingre-dients and how to create someof the popular culinary inno-vations. 'The Kari Kulture' isfor all the ladies who want tolearn the finer aspects of Viet-namese cuisine, supervisedby Chef Rishi. This is followedby a meal at the restaurant,where the guests taste whatthey cook.

Breakfast at Midnight @ Cub-bon Pavilion: Saturday, Au-gust 6th, 2011. to 2:30 a.m.Cubbon Pavilion, ITC Garde-nia, No 1, Residency Road In-dian signatures, breakfast clas-sics, and desserts come to-gether to create a buffet thatstarts when the clock strikesmidnight.

Drizzle Dazzle: Saturday, Au-gust 6th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30p.m. Aqua, The Park, No 14/7,MG Road, A festival of sizzlers,spanning several cuisines.

Clay Pot Festival at MandarinTrail: August 6th, 2011. 12:30p.m. to 11:30 p.m.MandarinTrail, Mantri Square, No 1,Sampige Road, MalleshwaramA special menu put togetherby an expert chef focuses ondelicacies that are cooked inunglazed clay pots, using tech-niques that were employed inolden-day China.

Asparagus Festival at Graze:Saturday, August 6th, 2011.12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Graze,Vivanta by Taj MG Road, No41/3, MG Road, An eclecticmenu of asparagus-tingeddishes like Scallops with whiteasparagus butter glaze andfoam, Gnocchi with asparagusand leeks, and Halibut withSerrano ham, white asparagusand froth.

Nightlife Housefly Edition:Saturday, August 6th, 2011.7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Amne-sia, The Chancery Pavilion,No 135, Residency Road, Housetunes with DJ Rohit Barker atAmnesia.

The Pink Panther Party withDJ Vanshi: Saturday, August6th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Ice, Vivanta by Taj - MG Road,No 41/3, MG Road, DJ Vanshispinning commercial housethis Saturday at Ice.

Addicted to House: August6th, 2011. 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Pebble, No 3 Palace Ground,Ramana Mahashi Road,Sadashivanagar House withDJ Rohan Kapoor and openingset by DJ Manish this Saturday.

Beatronic with DJ Suman:Saturday, August 6th, 2011. 4p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Kyra The-atre, Kattima Center, 100 FeetRoad, Indiranagar.

Is he 6‑monthor full‑termCM: Cong

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: Chief minister D VSadananda Gowda should giveclarity to the people of the statewhether he would remain achief minister for the next sixmonths or the remaining termof the BJP government, saidCongress state president GParameshwara.

Former chief minister B SYeddyurappa has claimed thathe would return to the seatafter six months.

“Sadananda Gowda shouldreveal whether there is an in-ternal agreement to transferback the power to Yeddyurappaafter six months.

I pity Sadananda Gowda…he has not been able to get thesupport of his own legislators,who are divided into groups.The way the BJP LegislatureParty chooses its leaders hassent a message to the people,”he said.

“Yeddyurappa had resortedto Operation Lotus to poachlegislators from other partiesto gain majority to his govern-ment. It has now boomerangedand there has been poachingwithin the saffron party. It hasconsumed the BJP.

Many MLAs from the Shettargroup switched sides after theYeddyurappa faction boughtthem over to make their can-didate, Sadananda Gowda, winthe chief minister’s seat,” hesaid. On the illegal mining re-port filed by former Lokayukta,Justice Santosh Hegde, the Con-gress state president said thegovernment should take actionagainst all the 787 officials whohave been indicted in the re-

port. The people of the stateare anxiously waiting for thegovernment to act against theseofficials.

Sadananda Gowda shouldprotect law and order, preventcommunal disturbances andprovide governance to the peo-ple. The interest of farmersshould be protected and illegalland acquisition by KIADB inthe name of industrialisationshould be stopped, he added.The Congress is observing thefunctioning of SadnanandaGowda and will react if he isfound to be making mistakes,he said. On the Congress’ peo-ple outreach programme, hesaid it would conclude at Ku-dala Sangama on September3.

The party will organise amassive farmers’ rally at Sin-danur in Raichur district inOctober. Congress general sec-retary Rahul Gandhi and an-other general secretary (Kar-nataka in-charge) MadusudanMistry, Union ministersMallikarjuna Kharge, S M Kr-ishna, K H Muniyappa and SM Krishna and other party na-tional leaders will take part inthe massive public meeting,he said.

Taking a swipe at former pri-mary and secondary educationminister Vishveshwara HegdeKageri, who had set out tomake Bhagawad Gita compul-sory at all government schools,Parameshwara said, “We sug-gest that Kageri teach Gita toBJP leaders first. They shouldfirst improve their attitude andbehavior. The whole countryis disgusted with their behav-iour .”

S Radhakrishna

Union external affairs minister S M Krishna greets stateCongress president G Parameshwara as the latter celebrates

his 60th birthday at his residence in Sadashivanagar thismorning.

Justice Chellur: Bring transgenders to mainstreamWomenʼs panel to conduct study to form policy

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Bangalore: On the basic humanprinciple, every person has thepotential for development. NGOsand other should strive hard tobring all sections of society, in-cluding transgenders, to themainstream, said KarnatakaHigh Court judge Manjula Chellurtoday.

She was inaugurating a one-day workshop on the inclusionof transgenders in society andchallenges being faced. Theevent was organised by “Nava-jeevana” Hivos to explore pos-sibilities of finding employmentopportunities for lakhs of trans-genders and the challenges thatcould come in the way.

Jamuna of Hivos congratulat-ed Sangama and Samara NGOsfor bringing brining differentsections of marginalized popu-lation to the workshop and cre-ating awareness them.

She said the Initiative for De-velopment Foundation (IDF) hasbeen associated with findingemployment opportunities tothese sections. But still there arehurdles that need to be crossed,she added.

She said Hivos believes in apluralistic society, strategic un-derstanding and collective work.

The workshop is addressingissues being faced by transgen-ders and establishing a bondwith the community. It also gaveoptions for those transgenderswho want to change their liveli-hood options.

Employment opportunities,proper workplace ensuring dig-nity and safety of transgenders,organising sensitization pro-grammes, spreading awarenessthrough media, providing hand-holding services till sufficientcapacities are built are some ofthe issues that were discussed

at the meet. State women’s commission

president Manjula said, “Thewomen’s commission will workfor the development of trans-genders. We all know what dif-ficulties this community facesin society. A policy should beformulated after a thorough

study of the group so that theycould be assimilated into themainstream.”

IDF managing trustee V N Sal-imath, radio jockey and trans-gender Priyanka, actress Jayan-thi, Hivos director Dr JamunaRamakrishna and others werepresent.

Karnataka High Court judge, Justice Manjula Chellur, looks at the products made by transgenders at a one-day workshop on the Inclusion of Transgenders in Society — Chal-

lenges, in the city today. Actress Jayanthi too took part in the workshop.

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TV channels beware, you are under watchNew Delhi: Did you feel a certain episodein a TV serial was too hot to handle? Ordid you feel disturbed by a violent scene?The newly formed Broadcasting ContentComplaints Council (BCCC) is at yourservice.

The council has been set up to takecorrective measures and issue guidelinesto Indian general entertainment channels.The body has received 80-90 complaintssince it was set up in June.

Once the organisation receives theviewers’ suggestion or complaint, it takesaction, explains Naresh Chahal, director(Finance), BCCC. “We have got a scrollon channels saying if the viewers haveany complaints regarding the content ofthe show, then they can contact us. Thenthe committee takes a call on whetherthe mistake is genuine or not and ac-cordingly we issue guidelines to the chan-nels,” Chahal told IANS.

However, he feels “content is a verysubjective issue and self-regulation isthe best that one can do”.

“It is very difficult to define what isright, what is wrong. But the council willkeep a check so that nothing obscene isshown on television,” he added.

BCCC is an independent council formedby the Indian Broadcasting Federationcomprising a committee of 13 members,headed by A P Shah, former chief justice

of the high court. BCCC examines feedback from not just

viewers but also NGOs, RWAs and theministry of information and broadcastingto ensure that the content of the pro-grammes is in conformity with its SelfRegulatory Content Guidelines.

According to the council’s website,ibfindia.com, a viewer can complainagainst the breach of guidelines with re-spect to national interest, racial and reli-gious harmony, social values, kissing,sex and nudity, violence and crime,drugs, smoking, tobacco, solvents and

alcohol, libel, slander and defamation.Chahal hopes the viewers will realise

the worth of this exercise in time.“It’s been just a little while since the

committee sprang into action. So far wehave received 80-90 complaints but mostof them are just suggestions where somepeople are asking to change the timeslot of a particular show. However, theboard is examining a few of them,” saidChahal, carefully guarding the complaints.

It is important for viewers to take notethat any complaint pertaining to a pro-gramme should be filed within 15 days

of the day of broadcast for the BCCC totake immediate action.

“The complaint can be filed before theBCCC against any offending programmebroadcast on any of the IBF member TVchannels within 15 days of the date ofthe broadcast of that particular episode,”said Chahal.

“The committee will take a call and ifit finds anything offending, it can writeto the channel and the channel has toreply to us with an explanation or justi-fication within a week,” Chahal added.

To file a complaint, a person has towrite to the standard and practices de-partment of the TV channel concernedwith the channel’s name, the date andtime of telecast of the offending content,the title of the programme, details aboutthe alleged offence along with reasonsas to why he/she feels that the particularprogramme breached the code of con-duct.

Chahal warns that the BCCC has teeth.“We (BCCC) have a lot of power. If achannel doesn’t adhere to the directionsissued by the committee, the board mem-bers can expel the channel from themembership of IBF. In extreme cases,the committee can even ask the infor-mation and broadcasting ministry to takestrict action against the channel,” headded. IANS

Rural Intellectuals’ Forum held a discussion meet this morning on Latha Rajashekhar’s 3 books — Basava Mahadarshana, Budda Mahadarshana and Yesu Mahadarshana — at

Kalamandir, Mysore. Eminent writers Madikeri Gopal and Dr Jaware Gowda, critic Dr C N Ramachandran and others participated.

Three books at a timeG S Ravishankar

BBMP commissioner Siddaiah and former mayor S K Nataraj plant a sapling as part oftree plantation programme at Jayanagar today.

ʻGrow more treesʼS Radhakrishna

St Philomenaʼs getsautonomy status

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Mysore: The historic St Philom-enas College has secured au-tonomous status for the period2011 to 2016.

Philomenas is the only collegeto get this status among the 5colleges which had applied forautonomous status.

Speaking on the occasion, DrJ A K Tareen, vice chancellor ofCentral University, Pondicherysaid St Philomenas College wasthe first to start science coursesin Mysore 65 years ago.

The college was started by DrRev Dr Rene Feuga, the thenBishop of Mysore in 1946.

He said in the 12th five yearplan the concept of autonomyfor educational institutionsgained momentum.

He said colleges should havetheir own say in teaching edu-cation. Essential academic au-tonomous theory will improvequality of education from boththe ends - from lecturers as wellas students point of view

. “There is a great task for thelecturers to teach new conceptsin education.

The modern education has

overcome traditional or orthodoxmethodology of teaching, hesaid.

St Philomenas has to set agoal for its self with respect togiving quality education for its

over 4,500 students. Students from more than 20

countries are currently studyingin St Philomenas, he said.

Dr Thomas Vazhapilly, Bishopof Mysore, Dr V G Talwar, vice

chancellor, University of Mysore,J Alexander, former chief secretary of Karnataka and Principal Lesilie Morais areamong others who participatedin the function.

Nepal frees Dalaiʼs envoy but threat deepens

Kathmandu: Though Nepal po-lice have released the envoy ofexiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lamaafter detaining him for eighthours, the threat hanging overthe Tibetan diaspora deepenedwith the 55-year-old having tosign an undertaking.

Thiley Lama, who is officiallyknown as the volunteer coordi-nator of the Tibetan RefugeeWelfare Office in Kathmandu,formerly part of the office of theDalai Lama in Nepal, had to signan undertaking that he wouldinform the local administrationbefore his office organised anyformal programme. Lama, thefirst Nepali to hold the post, hadto agree verbally that he wouldregister his office as an NGO.

The Nepali authorities havebeen refusing to allow the office

to be registered. Prior to 2005, itwas part of the Dalai Lama’s of-fice. Both were closed down un-der the then king Gyanendra’sorders as the king sought to ob-tain Chinese support for his bidto grab power by staging a coup.

Though in October 2005, thehome ministry registered theBhote Welfare Society, it wasde-registered the following yearon the orders of the Foreign Min-istry.Since then, Western gov-ernments have been askingNepal to register an alternativeTibetan office to partner withthe UN refugee agency so thatTibetan refugees transitingthrough Nepal every year canbe provided urgent humanitarianassistance and the long-stayingTibetan refugee community so-cial service. Thiley Lama was

arrested after his maiden pressconference in Kathmandu Fridaywhere he asked the governmentof Nepal to resume issuing iden-tity cards to Tibetan refugees.

He also refuted reports in theNepali media that his office wasinvolved in a recent case of pro-viding fake documents to twoyoungsters so that they couldleave Nepal with false passports.

Police seized copies of thestatement, detained his aide,Jampa Dhundup, and questionedtwo Tibetan reporters.

“The temporary detention tookplace in an atmosphere of con-tinued insecurity for Tibetansdue to the Chinese government’sinfluence on the Nepalese au-thorities and its insistence thatno ‘anti-China’ activities be al-lowed in Nepal,” said the New

York-based International Cam-paign for Tibet (ICT).

“Once again, the Nepal au-thorities have departed from rea-sonable behaviour to satisfy Chi-nese-driven paranoia about Ti-betans in Nepal,” said Mary BethMarkey, ICT president.

Markey said Lama’s commentsat the press conference were re-sponsible and measured, andan attempt to set the recordstraight on false allegationsagainst his office that have ap-peared in the Nepalese media.

“He made sensible recommen-dations to the Nepalese govern-ment about addressing real is-sues in the Tibetan communitythat are fully consistent withthose repeatedly made by foreignembassies and international or-ganisations in Kathmandu.”

India accounts for2/3rd heart patients: Reddy

Bangalore: Two thirds of world’sheart diseases patients are inIndia, said doctor Prathap C Red-dy, chairman of Apollo Hospitalsthis morning.

Addressing a gathering afterinaugurating the conference on‘intensive healthcare manage-ment’ at Bangalore InternationalExhibition Centre on TumkurRoad, he said heart diseases areincreasing in India due to thelifestyle and food habits of peo-ple.

The situation will worsen un-less people take urgent steps toensure proper health and behealth conscious. “Occurrenceof heart diseases is 4 to 5 timesmore when compared with othercountries,” he said.

With less physical activities,no proper diet and obesity arelinked to heart diseases. Lipidcontrol is not in proper way andthis has led to more heart dis-eases. In order to make India ahealth conscious country, col-lective vision is required, he said.

“We are adopting the tech-

nology which should be utilizedin a proper manner, one suchexample is telemedicine whichhas come in 3G and now cheaperalso, he said.

Karnataka additional chief secretary K Jairaj, director generalof Apollo Hospitals Rekha Seith participated in the conference.

Former TNminister applies for bail

Erode: Former DMK minister NK K P Raja and four others, whowere arrested in a land grabbingcase, have applied for bail.

The Erode District PrincipalJudge court posted the plea forhearing on August eight when itcame up yesterday.

Others who applied for bailincluded Erode Municial Corpo-ration mayor K Kumar Muruges.

They were were arrested onThursday along with Raja. PTI

Hema happywith ban on

JallikattuMumbai: Veteran actress HemaMalini, whose demand of ban-ning ‘Jallikattu’, a bull-tamingsport played in Tamil Nadu dur-ing Pongal celebrations, has beenaccepted by the government,says, she is overwhelmed by thefact that now bulls will not bepart of this sport.

On Jul 1, the Rajya Sabha MPon behalf of People for EthicalTreatment of Animals (PeTA) hadwrote to former EnvironmentMinister Jairam Ramesh saying‘Jallikattu’ violates the spirit ofPrevention of Cruelty to AnimalsAct, 1960 which prohibits beatinganimals, kicking them and caus-ing them unnecessary pain orsuffering. She urged him to takesteps to put an end to the sport.The Ministry then issued a noti-fication in The Gazette of Indiadated July 11 stating that bullscan no longer be used as per-forming animals.

“I am really overwhelmed thatthe bulls will no longer have tobe part of this sport anymore.My special thanks to the gov-ernment and to all the concernedcitizens who helped us in achiev-ing this victory for animals,” Ma-lini said in a statement. As perthe notification issued by thecentral government, animals likebears, monkeys, tigers, panthers,lions and bulls shall not be ex-hibited or trained as performinganimals. PTI

Englandcould win4‑0, saysBotham

Continued from page 1“...only Rahul Dravid has shownthe sort of fight and techniqueneeded to be successful overhere. I don’t doubt the qualityof players like VVS Laxman andobviously Sachin Tendulkar, butthey have only shown glimpsesof what they’re capable of andlike any batsman they have toproduce the goods out in themiddle,” he pointed out.

Botham suggested that Eng-land retain the team that wonthe second Test by 319 runs atTrent Bridge.

“England must take the same11 men into battle next week tosecure their rightful place as theworld’s best Test cricket team.

“Another victory of the sortinspired by Tim Bresnan, StuartBroad, Ian Bell and Matt Priorat Trent Bridge will do just fineand with it will come the crownthat we have all been expectingfor some time,” he said.

Botham said pacer Bresnan,who scored a 90 and took a five-wicket haul, should be retainedeven if original choice Chris Trem-lett is fit.

“...I’m afraid he (Tremlett)should sit this one out becausethe man who replaced him inNottingham is on fire and hasdone more than enough to keepthe spot he has worked so hardfor,” he said.

Dr J A K Tareen, vice-chancellor, Central University, Pondichery, Dr Thomas Vazhapilly,Bishop of Mysore, Dr V G Talwar, vice-chancellor, University of Mysore, J Alexander, former chief secretary of Karnataka and Principal, Lesilie Morais participating in a

function this morning in Mysore to mark the occasion of St Philomena’s College securing autonomous status.

Litterateurs K Marulasiddappa, Vijayamma and K N Sahana release a book on the worksof renowned writer late Nadoja at Ravindra Kalakshetra today.

Book on Nadoja releasedS Radhakrishna

G S Ravishankar

Karnataka additional chief secretary K Jairaj and directorgeneral of Apollo Hospitals Rekha Seith take part in the

conference on ‘intensive healthcare management’ at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre today.

The Krishnaraja Sagar dam in Mandya district is just 5 feet short of reaching the maximum level of 125 ft. Today, thewater level stood at 120.52 feet with the inflow being 25043 cusecs and outflow at 11899 cusecs. Every year, when the

dam reaches its capacity, the chief minister offers bagina, a basket full of goodies, to the Cauvery river.

Bagina time soon

India, Pak can play decisive roletogether for peace: Rehman

Islamabad: Pakistan is commit-ted to working with India to rootout terrorism, Interior MinisterRehman Malik has said, insistingthat the two countries can play"a decisive role together" forpeace and stability in the re-gion.

"We show our firm resolve tocooperate with India and the in-ternational community to worktogether to end this menace (ter-rorism)," Malik said in a messageposted on micro-blogging web-site Twitter last evening.

"Terrorism can only be elimi-nated when all countries work

together with a collective re-sponsibility to fight terrorism."

Malik appreciated his Indiancounterpart P Chidambaram'sremarks linking the bomb attacksin Mumbai on July 13 to a "home-grown" terrorist module.

"I condemn the recent acts ofterrorism by the local home-grown terrorists in Bombay, onpeaceful and innocent people,"he tweeted. The Pakistani interiorminister contended that Pakistanand India "can play a great anddecisive role together for peaceand stability of this region".

"The people of Pakistan and

India are suffering from home-grown terrorism. Extremism, inall its forms, needs to end," hesaid. Malik called for an "opendiscussion" on the issue andsought "honest suggestions" toensure a "terrorism-free region".

He wished Chidambaram the"best of luck in dealing with ter-rorists who are enemies of hu-manity". "I (have) great trust inhis abilities (and) wisdom," hesaid. Malik was, however, silenton Chidambaram's recent callfor Pakistan to ensure the speedyprosecution of the perpetratorsof the 2008 Mumbai attacks. PTI

G S Ravishankar

Beyond BeatSaturday, August 6, 2011

Bangalore Beat Bureau

Do you still have doubts over thefears expressed by US PresidentBarrack Obama that if studentsin his nation do not work hardthen those from India and China

would take the lead? You will have to be-lieve his concerns have some basis if youget to see the project developed by me-chanical engineering students of PES In-stitute of Technology.

How do you feel when your car auto-matically drives you to your destination,while you can enjoy the travel time bywatching movies or getting updated onnews and stock prices that is screened onthe windshield? How about a car thatchanges colour and plays music matchingyour mood? This is not just a figment ofimagination, but in the realm of possibil-ity. The mechanical engineering studentsof PESIT have designed the mechanism forsuch a futuristic car. One more thing, thecar parks on its own.

The students have worked on a projectstatement given to them by PACE and ful-ly supported by General Motors. They hadto conceptualise, design and build a ‘Sus-tainable Urban Transport’ (SUT) for 2030,which has to be economical with negligi-ble carbon footprint. The problem requiredthe students to develop the entire manu-facturing and industry scenario for the carafter a comprehensive market research.They developed the idea and applied it toan Indian scenario, taking Ahmedabad asthe city for targeted market research.

“We wanted our car to be suitable for In-dian roads and Indian scenario, whilealso conforming to all the rules, regulationsand conditions set by PACE. The projectstarted in August 2010. There were seventeams, consisting of five universities eachworking on this project. We were headingTeam 3. Our team included National In-stitute of Design (Ahmedabad), Universi-dad Iberoamericana (Mexico), SJCE(Mysore) and Michigan Tech University(USA),” Vishwanath Sundaram, a teammember, told Bangalore Beat.

PESIT is working on ‘Steering andPropulsion systems’. The students havedone a comprehensive analysis on thechassis design and propulsion of the car.They have also incorporated special steer-ing mechanisms to combat increased traf-fic in 2030. Sensors have been installed inthe car that will avoid collision and guidethe car away from obstacles. This is an elec-tric car, running on battery and the steer-ing can be turned up to 90 degrees.

“PACE provided the college with the nec-essary hardware and software to com-plete the project. If we need any special soft-ware from one of its partners, it is givenfree,” said Vishwas Pai, another teammember.

As of August 2011, Phase I of the projectis complete. Phase I consisted of concep-tualisation of the car, virtual design andmodeling, and engineering of various sub-systems. Phase II of the project involvesmanufacturing of a prototype, providingcomplete technical specifications of allinner workings of the car and providingdata about different infrastructures andmanufacturing units required to actuallystart the production. Phase II is set to be-gin by the end of this month and is sched-uled to be completed by July 2012.

“The car has many distinct features. Itsbody will be covered by LED where one canchange the whole colour and design when-ever one wishes. All things in the car are

networked. The nearest gas station, foodstation, the battery levels, etc are dis-played. This will be a gift to parents as theycan send their children without any fearanywhere, as the car can be monitored andits route and position tracked,” said ProfSathish, research guide for the project.

The team won prizes at the Interna-tional PACE Forum 2011 held in Vancouverlast month. They secured the first place indesign and market research, first place forcollaboration and second place in productengineering and manufacturing.

The National Institute of Design hasdesigned the car and conducted the mar-ket research. The intensive research givenindicators to the type of car people wouldprefer. SJCE is responsible for global posi-tioning system and networking. They areresponsible for providing the interface be-tween the user and the car and also the in-ter car communication protocols.

UIA is responsible for the braking andsuspension. They have designed state-of-the art swiveling suspensions, which is re-quired for slot parking and rough Indiansuspension. Michigan Technological Uni-versity is responsible for the electricalcontrols in the car and incorporation ofdrive by wire technology.

A simple test canidentify heart

defects in babiesLondon: A simple screening test could help detectlife-threatening heart defects in babies at birth,says a new study published in ‘The Lancet’ jour-nal.

The pulse oximetry test measures blood oxygenlevels in newborns with a small skin sensorplaced on a hand or foot; the test identifies somebabies with congenital heart defects which wouldotherwise be missed by doctors, say researchers.

The test involves putting a small sensor on thehand and foot of a baby to check the blood oxy-gen level. Those with low levels are then sent fora heart ultrasound.

Identifying the problems early on will allow doc-tors to correct or reduce them with surgery, wher-ever possible, or prescribe medication, the Britishmedia reported.

In the study, more than 20,000 babies born inBritain were examined. The tests, conducted be-tween February 2008 and January 2009, detected53 cases of major congenital heart disease, 24 ofwhich were critical.

In 35 cases, congenital heart defects were al-ready suspected after ultrasound examinations.But some 18 cases identified by pulse oximetrywere not picked up by ultrasound.

The test spotted three-quarters of all critical cas-es.

When it was combined with ultrasound andphysical examination, the detection rate rose to 92per cent and no babies died from undiagnosedproblems.

Lead researcher Andrew Ewer of University ofBirmingham, said the test was simple, painless andnon-invasive, and can be usually performed with-in 24 hours of birth.

He said: “A small probe is put on the baby’shand and then on the foot, the machine isswitched on and you obtain a reading. That’s it.It takes longer to undress the baby than it does todo the test. This study has shown conclusively thatthis test is advantageous.” PTI

Co‑workers support key to longevityLondon: Employees buoyed up by their co-work-ers’ support and goodwill tend to live longer andbetter.

“We spend most of our waking hours at work,and we don’t have much time to meet our friendsduring the weekdays,” explains Sharon Toker, aresearcher in organisational behaviour at the TelAviv University.

“Work should be a place where people can getnecessary emotional support. Those who report-ed having low social support at work were 2.4 timesmore likely to die sometime within those 20years,” says Toker, reports ‘Health Psychology’.

Toker and colleagues Arie Shirom and YasminAlkaly, with Orit Jacobson and Ran Balicer fromClalit Healthcare Services, followed the healthrecords of 820 adults, according to a Tel Aviv state-ment.

They were aged between 25 and 65 years andworked an average of 8.8 hours daily through atwo-decade period.

Toker says that 53 participants died during the course of the study and most of them had negligible social connections with their co-work-ers. IANS

CITY BOYS DESIGN WONDER CAR

Middle age vices can shrink your brain

London: An expanding waistlinealong with other middle-age vicessuch as smoking and drinking notjust harm your heart, they couldalso cause your brain to shrink, anew study has claimed.

Conditions such as diabetes andhigh blood pressure also take theirtoll on the grey matter, having an ef-fect on brainpower just ten years lat-er, the researchers found.

Doctors could use the informa-tion to pick out patients at a high-er risk of dementia and encouragethem to improve their lifestyleswhile there was still time, theysaid.

“Identifying these risk factorsearly could be useful in screeningpeople for dementia and encour-aging people to make changes totheir lifestyle before it?s too late,”study author Charles DeCarli, fromthe University of California at Davis,was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.

For their study, published in the jour-nal Neurology, the researchers measuredweight and height of more than 1,300men and women in their 50s and 60s.

Their blood pressure, cholesterol and

diabetes were also examined. Scans tomeasure brain volume were carried outover the next ten years and mental testswere also run on participants.

The brain shrinks with age, even in thehealthiest of people. But in those with di-abetes, the hippocampus – the brain’s

“memory hub” – shrank morequickly than in those without thecondition, the researchers found.

The hippocampus also shrivelledfaster in smokers. And those withhigh blood pressure were moreprone to small lesions or areas ofbrain damage, known as “whitematter hyper-intensities”, they said.

High blood pressure was alsolinked to a more rapid worsening ofscores on mental tests, effectivelyageing the brain by up to eightyears, the researchers said.

Those who were obese in their 50stended to fare poorly on the mentaltests in the study. A previous studyof American pensioners found thatobesity ages the brain by up to 16years. It is thought that high levelsof fat raise the odds of the arteriesclogging up, cutting the flow ofblood and oxygen.

It is estimated that half of cases ofAlzheimer’s could be prevented bylifestyle changes, such as doing more ex-ercise, eating healthily and not smoking.

People who are overweight at 60 aremore than twice as likely to get demen-tia by 75. PTI

Robots marching fast,may outnumber us soon

Pallavi Lakshminarayanappa

Imagine the world of hu-mans being taken over byrobots. Imagine them hav-

ing jobs, earning salaries, so-cialising like us, havingfriends, getting married andraising a family… This maysound way beyond humanimagination!! But thinkagain… If scientific advances,especially in robotics, are anything to go by,then those days are not too far.

Glancing through the world of robotics, oneof the booming fields at present, we have ASI-MO, which is a humanoid robot created byHonda. It is capable of running at 6 kmph,which is quite close to the under 10 secondsclocked by world’s fastest 100 metre athletes.

Researchers at the Georgia Institute ofTechnology are into developing robots that canmimic the motion of humans in a smooth andco-ordinated manner.

MIT Media Lab researchers are trying toreplicate aspects of human social behaviourand have created a system that can hold a sim-ple conversation. It can answer simple ques-tions and absorb information.

But beside all these developments, can ro-bots have emotions like humans is the ques-tion that is haunting everyone. This has beenanswered by Kismet, again an MIT invention,with moveable eyelids and lips. Though the

range of expressions availableto Kismet is limited, it hasenough to generate feelingsof sympathy, anger, sadnessetc.

Today, one million is theapproximate number of robotsin use in the world. These in-clude any kind of automatesthat don’t need any human in-tervention to perform theirjobs and are able to learn.

Japan manufactures and uses them most.That country has 500 robots for every 1,00,000human workers.

Germany, the USA and many Europeanscountries come in the list after that. If the trendcontinues, robots would soon outnumber hu-mans at workplaces. Self-reproduction issomething that is, as of now, limited to bio-logical beings. It has not been explored as anengineering principle. But a beginning has al-ready been made. Prof Hod Lipson of CornellUniversity has succeeded in creating a simplemachine that act as “autonomous modular ro-bots” capable of reproducing themselves us-ing building blocks provided to them.

Advances in robotics have been occurringfast and the day is not too far when we wouldbe outnumbered by the machines that we cre-ated…

Pallavi Lakshminarayanappa, who has contributed this article, is an avid reader

of Bangalore Beat

This is a futuristic car that drives and parks itself. The smart car, being conceptualisedand designed by students from Bangaloreʼs PESIT, also has sensors to avoid collision.

It can change colour and play music to suit your mood, says Aknisree Karthik

Robot Kismet that canemote.

The team from PESIT that won many awards at the International PACE Forum 2011 held in Vancouver last month

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Runners dressed in rhino costumestake part in a 100-metre charge in a

fun race organised by the charity Savethe Rhino International, in London,

yesterday. The event is to highlight thework of the Rhino conservation group

which monitors populations of critically endangered rhinos and

works to protect their natural habitatin Africa and Asia.

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world briefs

Apple is now global smartphone leader

Toronto: Apple now tops smart phonerankings while BlackBerry has slipped tothe fourth spot, confirmed the latest datafrom the US analyst firm International DataCorporation (IDC).

Apple had claimed the global top spotby shipping 20.3 million iPhones in itsquarterly results released in the third weekof July.

In its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile PhoneTracker released on Thursday, the Massa-chusetts-based IDC said, “The smartphonemarket crowned a new leader in 2Q11, andits name is Apple.’’

Out of the 106.5 million units sold globallyin the second quarter, the IDC said Appleshipped 20.3 million iPhones, raising itsglobal market share to 19.1 percent - 141.7percent up since the same quarter last year.

The worldwide smart phone marketjumped 65.4 percent year over year duringthe quarter.

Though Research In Motion (RIM) regis-tered gains by shipping 12.4 million Black-Berries, its market share slipped to thefourth spot behind Nokia, the report said.

At number two, Samsung shipped 17.3million smart phones during the period,posting a growth of 16.2 percent, followedclosely by Nokia with 16.7 million shipments.

“Ever since the first iPhone launched in2007, Apple has made market-setting stridesin hardware, software, and channel devel-opment to grab mindshare and marketshare. Demand has been so strong thateven models that have been out for one ortwo years are still being sought out. Withan expected refresh later this year, volumesare set to reach higher levels,’’ said RamonLlamas, senior research analyst with IDC’sMobile Phone Technology and Trends team.

But Kevin Restivo, senior research analystwith IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker,added, “There is no runaway leader in themarket, which means there could easilybe further Top 5 vendor changes to come.

“The smartphone market leadershipchange signifies the parity that comes witha fast-growing market such as smartphones.’’ According to IDC projections forthe whole year, the worldwide smartphonemarket will grow 55 percent over 2010.

“The first half of the year has demon-strated strong growth for the smartphonemarket. The second half of the year willbring new flagship models and refresheduser experiences to market. These will keepsmart phones well out in front of the market,and keep growth on an upward trajectory,’’said Llamas. IANS

2 lakh movedas typhoon fear

grips ChinaBeijing: Over 206,000 people in the coastalareas of east China have been evacuatedas the region braces for one of the strongesttyphoons in years — Typhoon Muifa — thatis expected to hit during the weekend.

Muifa is likely to make landfall in Zhejiangprovince Saturday night or Sunday morning,Xinhua reported citing meteorological au-thorities.

It would be the ninth typhoon to hitChina this year. Packing winds of up to162 km per hour near its centre, Muifa isheading northwest at a speed of 10 km to15 km per hour, officials said. The stormwill bring strong winds and torrential rainsin Zhejiang. The Zhejiang provincial unitof the Communist Party of China has orderedchecking of all low-lying and other dan-gerous places to make sure every one hasbeen relocated. Zhejiang governor Lu Zushanhas ordered stepping up safety precautionsfor the Qinshan nuclear power plant andlocal chemical companies.

To brace for the forthcoming typhoon,several coastal cities have temporarily closedtourist destinations and evacuated tourists.Muifa will probably move further inlandafter landing, bringing rainfall to morethan 10 provinces over an area of onemillion square km, said Lou Maoyuan,deputy chief of the Zhejiang Provincial Me-teorological Station.

The typhoon is expected to last for 11days before it finally wanes. The ministryof civil affairs has issued a circular orderingmany provinces to monitor the situationclosely and carry out disaster relief opera-tions in a timely manner.

Government-run storage bases for reliefmaterials were advised to prepare for thepossible dispersal of their materials. IANS

Washington: Eggs, one of the mostpopular edible items in the world,have always been mired in contro-versy.

Research by Niva Shapira of TelAviv University indicates that whenhens are fed with a diet low inomega-6 fatty acids, their eggs arelikely to cause less oxidative damageto health.

Eggs high in omega-6 fatty acidsheighten cholesterol’s tendency tooxidize, which forms dangerousplaque in our arteries, the Journalof Agricultural and Food Chemistryreports.

Shapira’s research shows thateggs laid by hens with healthierfeed can lessen oxidation of LDL orbad cholesterol. But healthier eggsare likely to cost more, she says,according to a Tel Aviv Universitystatement.

Feed containing products highin omega-6 fatty acids, such asmaize, soy, and their oils, are muchcheaper for egg producers to pur-chase. Shapira and fellow re-searchers designed feeds high inanti-oxidants and lower in omega-6 fatty acids, based on wheat, barley,and milo, given to young hens.

Their results were measuredagainst daily intake of two grocerystore eggs, and a weekly intake ofonly two to four special eggs.

Daily consumption of two indus-try-standard eggs, high in omega-6, caused a 40 percent increase inLDL oxidizability in participants.

After eating two per day of thespecial eggs, with both high anti-oxidant and low omega-6 levels,however, LDL oxidation levels weresimilar to the control group eatingonly two to four eggs a week. IANS

Lentils, kidney beansmay help cut bowelcancer risk: Study

London: People who eat pulsessuch as kidney beans or lentilsat least three times a week areless likely to develop bowel can-cer, a new study has claimed.

Researchers at the Loma LindaUniversity in California foundthat diets rich in beans, pulsesand brown rice cut the risk ofdeveloping colon polyps – smallgrowths in the lining of the bowelthat can become cancerous – byup to 40 per cent.

They found that eating brownrice once a week cuts the risk bytwo fifths, while having cookedgreen vegetables at least once aday reduces it by a quarter.

Eating dried fruit at least threetimes a week was also found tobe cutting the risk of developingthe growths by a similar amount,the Daily Mail reported.

The study, based on the dataof a survey of nearly 3,000 people25 years ago, is one of the firstto look at which specific foodscan cut the risk of bowel can-cer.

Participants at that time wereasked to complete a follow-upsurvey focused on whether they

developed polyps, with arounda sixth of participants confirmingthat they had.

The data was adjusted to takeinto account possible hereditaryconditions, how active peoplewere and whether they smoked,drank or ate certain unhealthyfoods.

Study author Dr Yessenia Tan-tamango said that the high fibrecontent in these foods helpedmake them potent weapons inthe fight against bowel cancer.

Dr Tantamango added: “Puls-es, dried fruits, and brown riceall have a high content of fibre,known to dilute potential car-cinogens.

“Eating these foods is likelyto decrease your risk for colonpolyps, which would in turn de-crease your risk for colorectalcancer.

“Our study confirms the re-sults of past studies that havebeen done in different popula-tions analysing risks for coloncancer.”

The new study was publishedin the journal Nutrition and Can-cer. PTI

Body chemical may helpcritically ill to improve

Toronto: The presence of a nat-ural chemical in the body, pro-calcitonin (PCT), may be an ef-fective way to improve the resultsof critically ill patients, a latestresearch says.

“We’re trying to find ways toimprove the outcomes of sick,elderly patients and at the sametime, reduce health care costs,”says Daren Heyland, professorof Medicine at Queen’s Univer-sity, Canada.

PCT helps to monitor if youhave an infection in body. Hey-land and colleagues JohnMuscedere (School of Medicine)and Ana Johnson (communityhealth) found that levels of PCTrise in response to an infectionand fall in response to sufficientantibiotic treatment.

Prolonged antibiotic exposureups drug-resistance amongpathogens. PCT could helpphysicians optimise antibioticuse, the journal Critical CareMedicine reports.

It makes sense to examineways in which the duration ofantibiotic treatment can be mademore precise and safer, adds

Heyland. The researchers found that

using PCT levels to guide an-tibiotic use means that a courseof antibiotics can, on average,be reduced by two days withoutaffecting patient health or lengthof stay in the intensive care unit.

“This study is an example ofthe kind of technology evalua-tion that is so important to do,to inform clinicians and healthcare decision makers how to achieve best patient outcomeswith the least costs,” says Johnson. IANS

New way tomake friendson Facebook

London: A new way of predicting which people maybecome friends on social networks, based on the typeof places they visit has been formulated by Universityof Cambridge researchers.

To date, most social networking sites like Facebookand LinkedIn have relied upon the ‘friend-of-a-friend’approach to try and determine which people mayhave connections with one another, a universityrelease said.

However, Salvatore Scellato, Anastasios Noulasand Cecilia Mascolo of Cambridge’s Computer Labo-ratory, have devised a new approach that not onlylooks at friends of friends, but also the places peoplevisit, with incremental weightings given to differentplaces such as airports and gymnasiums.

Scellato said, “Essentially this is a way in whichwe can predict how people will make new friends.We know that we are likely to become friends with‘friends of friends’, but what we find is there arespecific places which foster the creation of newfriendships and that they have specific characteris-tics”.

Historically, the problem facing social networkshas been the sheer volume of users.

“While millions of users may represent good newsfrom a business perspective, it means the task ofrecommending friends can become an exponentiallydifficult one, if, as in the case of Facebook, you have750 million active users”, the release added.

The standard two-hop approach – sharing at leasta common friend – has, to date, ignored the possi-bilities of recommending new friends based on theplaces where users ‘check-in’.

The trio’s research is an extension of long-standingsociological theory that people who tend to frequentthe same places may be similarly-minded individualslikely to form a connection with one another but ap-plied to social networking sites.

Added Scellato, “For our research we analysedthe location-based social network Gowalla to seehow users created social connections over a periodof four months. We discovered that about 30 percent of all new social links appear among users thatcheck-in to the same places”.

Thus, these ‘place friends’ represent disconnectedusers becoming direct connections. By combiningplace friends with friends-of-friends, we can makethe prediction space about 15 times smaller and yet,cover 66 per cent of new social ties.

It turns out that the properties of the places we in-teract can determine how likely we are to developsocial ties.

Offices, gyms and schools are more likely to aiddevelopment rather than other places such as footballstadiums or airports.

In those places, it’s highly unlikely people willdevelop a social connection.

Our results show it’s possible to improve the per-formance of link prediction systems on location-based services that can be employed to keep theusers of social networks interested and engaged withthat particular website. PTI

For first time, USloses AAA rating

Washington: In an unprecedentedmove, Standard & Poor’s downgradedthe US government’s ‘AAA’ sovereigncredit rating – a development whichraises concerns that investors will loseconfidence in its economy.

“We have lowered our long-term sov-ereign credit rating on the United Statesof America to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’ and af-firmed the ‘A-1+’ short-term rating.

“We have also removed both theshort- and long-term ratings from Cred-itWatch negative,” the credit ratingagency said in a statement.

The downgrade, it said, reflects itsopinion that the fiscal consolidationplan which Congress and the adminis-tration recently agreed to “falls shortof what, in our view, would be necessaryto stabilize the government’s medium-term debt dynamics.”

“More broadly, the downgrade reflectsour view that the effectiveness, stability,and predictability of American policy-making and political institutions haveweakened at a time of ongoing fiscaland economic challenges to a degreemore than we envisioned when we as-signed a negative outlook to the ratingon April 18, 2011,” the agency said.

“Since then, we have changed ourview of the difficulties in bridging thegulf between the political parties overfiscal policy, which makes us pessimisticabout the capacity of Congress and theAdministration to be able to leveragetheir agreement this week into a broaderfiscal consolidation plan that stabilizesthe government’s debt dynamics anytime soon.”

Other prominent credit rating agencies- Moody’s Investors Service and FitchRatings - affirmed their AAA credit rat-ings even as President Barack Obamasigned a bill that ended the debt-ceiling

impasse that pushed the Treasury tothe edge of default. Moody’s and Fitchalso said that downgrades were possibleif lawmakers fail to enact debt reductionmeasures and the economy weakens.

S & P said: “The outlook on the long-term rating is negative. We could lowerthe long-term rating to ‘AA’ within thenext two years if we see that less re-duction in spending than agreed to,higher interest rates, or new fiscal pres-sures during the period result in a highergeneral government debt trajectory thanwe currently assume in our base case.”

“When comparing the US to sover-eigns with ‘AAA’ long-term ratings thatwe view as relevant peers – Canada,France, Germany, and the UK – we alsoobserve, based on our base case sce-narios for each, that the trajectory ofthe US?s net public debt is divergingfrom the others,” it said.

Including the US, S & P estimate thatthese five sovereigns will have net gen-eral government debt to GDP ratios thisyear ranging from 34 percent (Canada)to 80 percent (Britain), with the USdebt burden at 74 percent.

By 2015, S & P projects that their netpublic debt to GDP ratios will range be-tween 30 percent (lowest, Canada) and83 percent (highest, France), with theUS debt burden at 79 percent.

“However, in contrast with the US,we project that the net public debt bur-dens of these other sovereigns will beginto decline, either before or by 2015,” itsaid.

On Monday, S & P will issue separatereleases concerning affected ratings inthe funds, government-related entities,financial institutions, insurance, publicfinance, and structured finance sectors,the statement added. PTI

US drops chargesagainst Rajat Gupta

Washington: The US Securities and ExchangeCommission has agreed to drop an administrativeaction against Rajat Gupta, former Indian-Americandirector of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. In return,he has agreed to withdraw a lawsuit claiming theregulatory proceeding violated his constitutionalrights.

“ Gupta is very pleased that as a result of hislawsuit the SEC has dismissed its administrativeproceeding and he will no longer be singled outfor disparate treatment,” Gary Naftalis, his lawyer,said in a statement. “Mr. Gupta’s lawsuit againstthe SEC has achieved all of the relief he sought.”

The SEC started an administrative proceedingin Washington March 1, claiming Gupta passedinside information to Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam about Goldman Sachsand Procter & Gamble Co. (PG), where Gupta wasalso on the board.

According to an agreement filed Thursday in

federal court in Manhattan, the SEC will file anyfuture complaint against Gupta in that court,where it would be heard by US District Judge JedRakoff.

“The staff is fully committed to the case andwill proceed as appropriate,” John Nester, an SECspokesman, said in an e- mail. In the administrativeproceeding, the SEC claimed Gupta gave Rajarat-nam information about Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s$5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs. Theagency also alleges Gupta told Rajaratnam aboutquarterly earnings of Goldman Sachs and Procter& Gamble.

Gupta sued in the Manhattan court March 18,claiming the agency violated his rights by pursuingan administrative action rather than a lawsuit infederal court, where Gupta would have more pro-cedural protections, including the right to havethe case considered by a jury and the use offederal rules of evidence. IANS

US to keeppressureon Qaida

Washington: US defence secre-tary Leon Panetta has said thedeath of Osama bin Laden doesnot mean al-Qaida was finished,and that it was important forAmerica to keep pressure on theterrorist group to ensure nationalsecurity.

“(The death of bin Laden)doesn’t mean that they’re gone.They’re still around, and thereare elements of al-Qaida that arestill out there whose main pur-pose is to attack our homeland,”Xinhua quoted Panetta as sayingduring a visit to the US StrategicCommand headquarters at OffuttAir Force Base in Nebraska.

The defence secretary empha-sised keeping pressure on theterrorist network no matter wherethey hide. “We’ve got to continueto put pressure on them in Pak-istan. The biggest concerns wehave now are the nodes wherethey’re located in places likeYemen, Somalia, North Africa,”he said. IANS

Karachi tragedytoll now 16

Islamabad: The toll in Karachibuilding collapse, which oc-curred Thursday in Pakistan,risen to 16 after four more bodieswere recovered Saturday while24 people were still missing.

Rescue teams were lookingfor survivors trapped under therubble of the collapsed five-storeybuilding on the third consecutiveday in Karachi’s Lyari town.

Three owners of the buildinghave been apprehended whilethree surrounding buildings havealso been evacuated, said deputycommissioner (South) MustafaJamal Qazi. IANS

NASA launches2.7b km voyage

to Jupiter

London: NASA has launched a2.7-billion km voyage to Jupiterthat will try to discover the secretsbehind the largest planet in thesolar system.

The unmanned $1.1 billionJuno spacecraft blasted off fromCape Canaveral, Florida, at 11.25am Friday.

The aim of the 1.7 billion-mile(2.7 bn km) voyage, was to learnmore about how the solar systemwas created and unlock the se-crets that have remained a mys-tery until now, The Telegraphreported quoting NASA.

The spacecraft will arrive atJupiter in 2016 which will studythe planet’s core, atmosphere,magnetic field and auroras, sci-entists said. It is one of NASA’smost ambitious missions.

Once it reaches its target itwill be the furthest-travelled so-lar-powered probe and the fastestman-made object in history aftertravelling at 160,000 mph, thedaily said.

Senior space agency officialshave spent the past 10 yearsplanning the mission, which ispart of its New Frontiers plane-tary expeditions and is managedby the Jet Propulsion Laboratoryin La Canada Flintridge, Cali-fornia.

The unmanned satellite ob-servatory is named after the an-cient Roman goddess who spiedthrough clouds on her husbandJupiter and is the first NASAprobe to orbit Jupiter since theGalileo mission ended in 2003.

With the end of the space-shuttle programme, NASA hasfaced criticism that its approachto manned space exploration isaimless but this year it has turnedits attention to unmanned ex-ploration, particularly to deepspace.

“Jupiter holds secrets abouthow the solar system formed,”The Telegraph quoted NASA’sScott Bolton, the mission’s chiefscientist, as saying.

“We want to get the list of in-gredients that produced therecipe for planets. That will giveus guidance of what happenedin that early time that eventuallyled to us.

“If we want to go back in timeand understand where we camefrom and how the planets weremade, Jupiter holds this secret,”he said.

The spacecraft was launchedaboard the Atlas V551, the mostpowerful rocket in NASA’s in-ventory after the retirement ofthe space shuttle.

The 3.5 tonne spacecraft un-furled three 29-foot long solarpanels to provide power toJupiter, five times farther fromthe sun than Earth is, the news-paper added.

Jupiter is the size of 1,300Earths combined and containsmost of the material left in thesolar system after the solar sys-tem was formed about 4.6 billionyears ago. It has at least 63moons, one bigger than Mercury,Telegraph said. IANS

What makes for more healthy eggs?

In this photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket launcheswith the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch

Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Floridayesterday. NASA launched the spacecraft atop an unmanned

rocket that blasted into a clear midday sky as scientistscheered and yelled Go Juno! It was the first step in Juno’s 2.7billion-mile voyage to the gas giant Jupiter, just two planets

away but altogether different from Earth and next-doorneighbor Mars.

Iʼm way tooold for Sheen:Denise RichardsActress Denise Richards

insists she would neverrekindle her romance

with ex-husband CharlieSheen because she was “tooold” for him.

“That door is closed. I thinkhe and I are better as friendsand having our daughters. I’m

way too old for him now. I’mway past his age range,” con-tactmusic.com quoted the 40-year-old as saying.

Richards, who divorcedSheen in 2006, has two daugh-ters with the actor - Sam, sev-en, and Lola, six. IANS

LIFESTYLE 7Saturday, August 6, 2011

Hathaway: Life is painful at times

Actress Anne Hathawaythinks life at times becomesvery painful because bad thingshappen to people for no appar-ent reason.

“People deal with horriblethings all the time. Down-

stairs in this pub,someone is bat-

tling can-c e r .

Someone has lost their job. Lifeis really painful sometimes,”contactmusic.com quoted the28-year-old as saying.

“I think it’s unusual for some-one in a position of prominenceto go through something likethat but it’s not really unusualin life,” she added.

Hathaway, who is dating actorAdam Shulman after breaking

up with Italian real estate de-veloper Raffaello Follieri, is look-ing forward to turning a yearolder Nov 12.

“I think it’s the beginning ofa process that really blossomswhen you hit 30. It’s where youstop apologizing for who youare. It’s nice to not know thingsand that’s OK... That’s such afreedom,” she said. IANS

Statham buys Stillerʼs

mansionHollywood action man Jason Statham has bought

actor Ben Stiller’s Hollywood Hills mansion for7.19 million pounds.

The “Transporter” star would set up home with ac-tress-girlfriend Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

The couple’s new Mediterranean-style home features10 bedrooms and a guest house and is located near theHollywood Bowl, reports dailystar.co.uk.

Stiller and his actress-wife Christine Taylor had beentrying to sell the place since 2009. IANS

Rihanna datingex‑boyfriend?

Singer Rihanna is reportedlyseeing her ex-boyfriendNegus Sealy, who “has

hardly left her side” since shearrived in her home nation ofBarbados.

Rihanna was spotted enjoyingsome “hot and heavy” dancingwith her former flame at theKadooment Day festival.

The couple had parted ways

in 2006.“Negus has hardly left her

side. He was her first true love.The ladies here all love him -they call him the Love God.They’ve hooked up in the pastwhen she’s been back in Bar-bados but now things have pro-gressed into a proper relation-ship again,” femalefirst.co.ukquoted a source as saying. IANS

Mammootty back tofilms, plans sonʼs marriageSouthern superstar Mammootty

says the media had a field daywhen tax men were raiding his

premises, but now he is back to shoot-ing for films. He is also excited abouthis son’s marriage in December.

Speaking to the media for the firsttime since the IT raids, Mammoottytold IANS he was back to doing whathe knows best – acting.

“Am sure all of you people had afield day,” the superstar, who hasbeen doing films for over threedecades, said. The raids were carriedout on his homes and offices in fourcities July 22.

The superstar said he has begunwork on his new film “Veniceile Vya-pari” in the picturesque backwatersof Alappuzha in Kerala. It is directedby Shafi who is rated as a hit directoras two of his films warmed up thebox office. In the film, Mammootty

pairs up with Kavya Madhavan forthe second time.

“Veniceile Vyapari” is scripted byJames Albert and produced by veteranMurali Films Madhavan Nair. He saidapart from being busy with work, hewill now have to spend time planningthe marriage of his son, DulquarSalman.

“Yes, the engagement is over andthe marriage is fixed for Dec 22 to beheld in Chennai and a reception hereon Dec 26. It will be a very solemn oc-casion and a private affair,” said Mam-mootty.

Asked about his future daughter-in-law, Mammootty said, “They are anorth Indian Muslim family settledin Chennai and she has just finishedher architecture. The alliance has beenfixed by the elders from both familiesand is not a love marriage,” said thesuperstar. IANS

Reality TV star Kim Kar-dashian, who will marryrocker Kris Humphries

Aug 20, wants a wedding cakesimilar to that of PrinceWilliam and Duchess Cather-ine’s.

The 10-tier white cake withchocolate-chip icing andblack-and-white decorationswill resemble the traditionalmulti-tiered fruit cake withcream and white piping de-

signed by British baker FionaCairns for the royal wedding.

“Kim wants it to resemblePrince William and DuchessKate’s!” contactmusic.comquoted a source as saying.

The 30-year-old has previ-ously revealed that she wantsher wedding to be much moreextravagant and spectacularthan the royal wedding whichhappened here at WestminsterAbbey April 29. IANS

PRIYANKA BREAKS MUSICAL ground internationally

After making her mark in Bollywood,actress Priyanka Chopra, a trainedwestern classical singer, is set to re-

lease her debut music album, and that toointernationally. She will write and recordsongs in English.

“It has been a long cherished dreamwhich is finally coming true,” Priyankasaid in a statement.

The 29-year-old has signed a recordingagreement with music company UniversalMusic Group (UMG) and Desi Hits!, a fusion

entertainment platform. She will releasethe album in North America with Desi Hitsthrough Interscope Records and in otherinternational markets on Britain’s IslandRecords.

“I am truly excited to have an opportunityto present my musical dimension on aworld platform...This is a fascinating newexperience for me and I am thoroughlyenjoying the journey,” said the NationalAward-winning actress, who is also knownfor her involvement in humanitarian causes

and being a green crusader and brand am-bassador. Atom Factory CEO Troy Carter,who also manages international pop starLady Gaga’s career, has signed with Priyankato manage her music career across theglobe.

“We believe wholeheartedly in Priyanka’stalent, drive and creative vision. We areconfident in her ability to redefine popmusic on her own terms,” said Atom Factoryexecutive vice president and general man-ager Anthony Saleh.

Itʼs hard being with someone for

long: PaltrowActress Gwyneth Paltrow says her marriage to Coldplay

frontman Chris Martin is not always easy and they al-ways work hard to maintain their relationship. The

Oscar-winning actress married Martin seven years back.“Sometimes it’s hard being with someone for a long time.We go through periods that aren’t all rosy. I always say, lifeis long and you never know what’s going to happen,” fe-malefirst.co.uk quoted the 38-year-old as saying. The actressfurther said that if the couple ever plan to split, then it wouldbe amicable because they have a lot of respect for eachother. “If, God forbid, we were ever not to be together, Irespect him so much as the father of my children. I madesuch a good choice. He’s such a good dad. You can never berelaxed or smug and think, ‘I’ve got this thing’,” she said.

Marc wants toreunite with Jlo?Singer Marc Anthony is re-

portedly trying to get backto his estranged wife Jen-

nifer Lopez.Jlo announced her split from

Anthony last month. But An-thony is reportedly planning todelay their divorce as long aspossible so that she can changeher mind.

“His mood shifts from blam-ing her, to begging her to take

him back, to telling her she isdestroying his life. He’s beingdifficult on every little point. Hewants to prolong things so shereconsiders,” usmagazine.comquoted a source as saying.

However the “American Idol”judge has no plans to reconcilewith Anthony.

“She is very happy. She issurrounded by love,” the sourceadded. IANS

When Gaga madeTimberlake feel old

Singer-actor Justin Timberlake was stunned whenLady Gaga admitted that she used to be a bigfan of his band N Sync while she was a teenag-

er.“She told me (that) when she was 14, she sat

outside a radio station with *NSYNC painted on hercheek. She said, ‘I hope that doesn’t make you feelawkward.’ I said, ‘Hell no, that makes me feel old’,”Timberlake told Britain’s Elle magazine.

He also revealed that his upbringing in Memphis,Tennessee, didn’t allow him to learn much aboutmodern music at the time, reports thesun.co.uk.

“Where I’m from is very rural – you don’t get popculture as much. You get that in LA, New York andMiami, on the edges of the country,” he said. IANS

Kim Kardashianwants a royal wedding

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