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Show-time folks
he first ever Olympics in the South American continent began with a bang as Brazil showcased its
rich history and cultural heritage, combined with Rio’s
famous ‘Samba’ dance, as the 31st Olympic Games
was officially launched in Rio de Janeiro.
Though the legendary footballer Pele, Brazil’s
biggest sporting celebrity could not take part in
the ceremony and light the cauldron, there was
a subtle yet powerful message of global warming
plaguing the world in a simple but passionate opening ceremony.
Brazil’s Acting President Michel Temer declared open
the Games, in the presence of International Olympic
Committee chief Thomas Bach, who gave a lengthy
speech, and United Nations head, Ban-Ki Moon.
Led by its only individual gold medallist Abhinav
Bindra, who is in his swansong Olympics, as the flag
bearer, the Indian contingent entered the stadium as
95th country. In his record seventh Olympic appearance, tennis ace Leander Paes was seen waving at the
crowd, while the spotlight among the female members
fell on the likes of shuttlers Jwala
Gutta, Ashwini Ponappa and gymnast Dipa Karmakar.
Meanwhile, a Delhi court issued a non-bailable warrant
against liquor baron Vijay Mallya in a cheque bounce
case. Mallya is in London and has been evading arrest
in connection with default of huge loan amounts.
Jaya inaugurates multiple health projects
q Rs 16.72 cr worth anti-venom production facility at King Institute
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa with athletes including the physicallychallenged K Jenitha Anto, who won medals at various athletics
competitions, at the Secretariat in Chennai. She gave away incentives
to the tune of Rs 1.20 crore to them while Jenitha received Rs 25 lakh.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has
inaugurated a string of health projects
through video conferencing from
the Secretariat here, including a Rs
16.72 crore worth facility to produce
antivenom at King Institute at Guindy
in the city.
According to an official release
here today, Jayalalithaa on Friday inaugurated Single Photon
Emission Computed Tomography
(SPECT-CT) at the Government
Multi Super Speciality hospital at
Omandurar Estate. The equipment
has been installed at a cost of
Rs 4.80 crore. She also declared
open Rs 70.69 crore worth buildings constructed for the health
sector, 14 primary health centres,
Rs two crore worth CT Scan machine at Government Hospital in
Ariyalur.
The release said the government led by Jayalalithaa has been
implementing various projects to
ensure that poor people get high
quality healthcare facilities without
any interruption. In the past five
years, Rs 968 crore worth equipment have been given to government hospitals.
Stating that the King Institute
at Guindy is one of the among
the best research centres in the
country, it said the production
of antivenom was halted since
2000. Giving fresh lease of life
to it, a Rs 16.72 crore building
to house the antivenom facility, quality control division and
blood test facilities was inaugurated by the Chief Minister.
She also inaugurated various
other facilities, including quarters
at Chengalpet Medical College
(Rs 6.89 crore) and burn injuries
treatment wards at various district
hospitals set up at a cost of Rs
21.57 crore.
Health Minister Dr C Vijaya Baskar,
Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana
Rao, Advisor to Tamilnadu government Sheela Balakrishnan and others
were present.
SAMBA ‘O’ SAMBA...
q RIO GAMES KICKS OFF WITH VIBRANT OPENING CEREMONY q GLOBAL WARMING TAKES CENTRE STAGE
AT 1ST OLYMPICS IN LATIN AMERICA q BRAZIL SHOWCASES RICH HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra leads the Indian contingent at
the opening ceremony.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (PTI):
Brazil showcased its rich
history and cultural heritage,
combined with Rio’s famous
‘Samba’ dance, as the 31st
Olympic Games was officially
launched with a subtle yet
powerful message of global
warming plaguing the world in a
simple but passionate opening
ceremony here.
Brazil organisers put their passion
for football aside and made climate
change and depletion of natural
resources as the central theme in a
thought-provoking nearly four-hour
long ceremony to signal the opening of the 17-day extravaganza
which will be competed by more
than 11,000 athletes from 209
countries, including India, and a
refugee Olympic team.
Brazil’s Acting President
Michel Temer declared open
Nations head, Ban-Ki Moon.
‘I declare the Rio Olympics
open, and celebrate the 31st
Olympic Games of the modern
era,’ Temer said to formally
signal the commencement of
competitions as the Rio night
sky was lit with fireworks emanating from Maracana Stadium.
After the formal declaration of
the Games, Brazilian 2004 Athens Olympics marathon bronze
winner Vanderlei de Lima lit the
Olympic cauldron after former
tennis world number one and
three-time French Open winner
Gustavo Kuerten brought the
torch into the arena to the thunderous applause of spectators.
Having witnessed many memorable clashes on its pitch, the
78,000-capacity Maracana Stadium today bore testimony to
Brazil’s effort to make the world
a better place, and how!
It was, in a way, putting
aside the trouble-torn
build up that the host
city faced from a Zika
virus threat, to slumping economy and cost
over-runs.
Following the tradition,
Greece, the birthplace of ancient Olympics, led the athletes’
parade with the hosts country
Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa
prepare to take part in the opening ceremony.
the Games, the first to be Brazil coming last. The counheld in South America, in tries marched in alphabetical
the presence of International order based on the spelling of
Olympic Committee chief their names in Portuguese.
Thomas Bach, who gave a
Led by its only individual gold
lengthy speech, and United medallist Abhinav Bindra, who
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
The Maracana stadium was the centre of attraction as athletes from across the world gathered
for the opening of the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
donning blue blazer and tradiis in his swansong OlymFootballer Pele, Brazil’s most iconic sports figure wasn’t a
tional saree.
pics, as the flag-bearer, the
part of one of its biggest sports nights.
Indian contingent entered the
In his record seventh Olympic
Pele announced prior to the opening ceremony of the 2016
stadium as the 95th country.
appearance, tennis ace LeanOlympics on Friday that he would not be able to participate
Around 70 Indian athletes
der Paes was seen waving at
due to poor health.
the crowd, while the spotlight
(out of 118) and 24 officials
He wrote on Twitter: ‘I am there with you tonight with enamong the female members
took part in the march past with
ergy and thought at Maracanã Stadium. God bless you all!
fell on the likes of shuttlers
the male athletes wearing navy
#olympics #openingceremony’
Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponappa
blue colour blazer and trousers
I’m not physically able to attend the opening of the Olymand gymnast Dipa Karmakar.
and their female counterparts
pics,’ the 75-year-old soccer icon said in a statement later.
Pele said he would have been the person who carried the
Olympic torch to its final destination, lighting the Olympic
flame to start the games.
Former Brazilian athlete Vanderlei Cordeiro lit the Olympic
torch during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic
Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.
The men’s hockey players
skipped the parade as they
have a match against Ireland.
The archery, table tennis and
weightlifting teams also skipped
the opening ceremony.
There were loud cheers for the
Spanish and British teams with
the popular tennis duo of Rafael
Nadal and Andy Murray, both
multiple-time Grand Slam champions, leading their respective
countries on to the pitch holding
aloft their national flags.
Kenyan running legend and two-
time Olympic champion Kipchoge
Keino was conferred the first ever
‘Olympic Laurel’, a distinction
created by the IOC to honour
an outstanding individual for
achievement in education, culture
and peace through sport.
The ceremony was divided
into 22 segments with the first
11 focussing on Brazil and its
evolution. The first 45 minutes
was about the history of Brazil
and its evolution billions of years
ago before the theme moved to
planet earth.
Amala Paul files for divorce
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
It’s confirmed now. The celebrity couple,
actress Amala Paul and filmmaker A L
Vijay, are getting separated. A divorce
petition was filed on behalf of the actress
at a family court in Chennai today.
This morning, papers for divorce
with mutual consent was filed by
Amala Paul’s advocate Saib Jose
Kidangoor, during which the couple
were also present.
The couple got married in a highprofile ceremony two years ago. Amala
Paul who had acted in few films directed
by Vijay fell in love with him and with
the blessings of elders in their families
got married.
However a few weeks, it was reported
that they were not seeing eye-to-eye
on various matters and are planning
separation with mutual consent.
Vijay has issued a statement recently
denying rumours and saying only he
and Amala know the truth of their relationship.
‘When Amala wanted to continue her
career in films, I supported her to the
best of my ability. And she continued
acting even after marriage. The newfound accusations that I or my family
were stopping her from work is completely untrue,’ he said in a statement.
‘The new-found accusations that me
or my family were stopping her from
work is completely untrue. The base
for any marital relationship is honesty
and trust. When that is breached, the
very existence of committed relationship
becomes meaningless.’
Amala Paul meanwhile is on a
signing spree. She has agreed to
act in the lead role in three movies
in Tamil now.
Amala Paul
A L Vijay
Bits
SATURDAY
2 6 AUGUST 2016
East or vest,
Kabali is best
When the city was gripped with
Kabali fever last week, this journalist went to an inner garments shop
at Vadapalani to buy something
for him. After he was done with
the purchase and was waiting to
pay the bill, he saw the man at
the cash counter, presumably the
When everything went wrong
Three sisters with six bags arrived at Chennai Central Station. They
were late and the train has just started. As soon as their cab reached the
entrance, three porters
rushed to help them. Taking their bags
over their shoulders they
began running towards the moving
train. The women too
tailed behind, but by the time
they reached, the
train already left the station.
Then then went
to the waiting room to
check if they can
board another train.
The porters who
came back with the
luggage demanded
that they be paid Rs
800. After negotiations, the women
paid the trio Rs
400.
Settling down into
a chair, one of the
sisters said this was
the worst day for them
as they missed the
train thereby losing the ticket
money, cab money
and paid the porters Rs 400.
The sisters were left disappointed.
Her bite is human
owner of the showroom, talking
over phone to someone and clearly
insisting that he would give the
money which he owed, only if (s)
he watched Kabali and produced
him a copy of the ticket. After the
conversation was over and the
shopkeeper turned to him with a
smile, the journalist said, ‘I have
watched Kabali, am I eligible for
some discount?’ Pat came the
reply: ‘Yes sir, I will waive off five
per cent from your bill’.
Upwardly mobile
& Pieces
When question hour was going on
in the Assembly last week, a popular actor, who is a first time MLA,
sought the Speaker’s permission
to raise a supplementary question.
After he was given nod, he spoke
with all seriousness about a demand. But the House was in splits
even before he could complete the
query, as it was totally unrelated
to the main question (posed by
another MLA). The Speaker
asked him to place a
separate question and
seek answer from the
Minister concerned.
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dredging
in Burdw a n ,
Hooghly,
Bankura,
East Midnapore
and other
south Bengal districts which
face fury of flood every year,
a large irrigation project will be
taken up with the help of World
Bank during next five years
-- West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee
A senior leader from the opposition was
speaking in the Assembly last week,
when the Speaker intervened and
asked him cut short his speech, as
he was consuming time and important businesses were to be taken
up. Reacting, the former Minister
said, ‘we are coming to the Assembly only because of the trust
we have on you. You are our hope.
What will we do if you say like this?’
The Speaker said, ‘You are
sounding positive and optimistic here. But once you
are out of the Hall, you are
talking bad about me’.
The Congress has a different
agenda, so it is politicising the
(special status) issue. Whether
it is a Money Bill or not is a
different issue. It’s not correct
to stifle us between the two
(Congress and BJP). What we
want is special status
-- Andhra Pradesh,
Chief Minister
N Chandrababu Naidu
While travelling in the Metro from Koyambedu to Alandur, this
scribe lost his phone on the train. Unaware about it, he reached his
workplace. After sometime only he realised and tried calling his number.
The phone kept ringing but no one answered it.
After searching at several places, he finally made an enquiry at the
Koyambedu Metro station. One of the staff members went and checked
the lost and found area and found the phone there.
The scribe was grateful for their quick work but wondered why they did
not answer the call when the phone rang.
For that the staff answered, that it was their policy that they don’t pick
up calls from lost phones.
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Like human beings, this puppy is a
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SATURDAY
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MILK ADULTERATION
IS
HERE
TO
STAY
q SC DIRECTION TO GOVERNMENT TO TAKE STRINGENT ACTION
M BALASUBRAMANI
Chennai, Aug 6:
Various milk dealers and milk producers associations have raised
their voice in support of the Supreme Court’s direction to the
government to take strong action against those involved
in milk adulteration. Experts explain the different types of
adulteration involved and suggest methods to prevent them.
State treasurer of the Tamilnadu Milk Producers Association, M Shankar: Adulteration is almost like giving poison to
someone and considering that milk is mostly consumed by
children, the person involved in doing such an act can also
M Shankar
be given capital punishment. Even adding water to milk should
be considered adulteration.
WHAT IS THE
QUANTITY?
Of the 1.45 crore litres of milk produced per day
in the State, only close to 30 lakh litres of milk
produced by Aavin is free from adulteration. The
remaining 1.15 crore litres is adulterated in one
form or the other. There are 65 brands and 35
companies producing milk. Each brand produces
four varieties of milk and each company
competes with the other not just in
quantity but also adulteration, say
sources.
WHAT ARE THE
ADULTERANTS?
3
Not only milk but also the curd,
butter, ghee and other
derivatives will be affected
by the adulterant
Even though it is illegal, some
manufacturers use a chemical and
inject it into the cow to make it produce more milk. This chemical is said
to be harmful.
OFFICIALS’ ROLE
Officials seem to turn a blind eye to
complaints. They lift samples, but the
The various adulterants most com- agents never get the results. Without
monly used are soda, bleaching it, how can we know the quality of the
powder, javvarisi (sago) and enamel. milk we sell, they ask.
There is also one chemical which is
Even if some adulteration is
used to keep the milk from spoiling.
identified in a milk product, the
This chemical was originally
officials just warn the
used in samples that were
producers and
sent to the lab for testing;
the situation
since the travel time was
continues.
Expressing serious concern over more, they used this to
For an indiadulteration of milk and dairy products, ensure that the milk
vidual to test
the Supreme Court on Friday said ‘stringent reaches the lab withonce the quality
measures’, including amending the Food out getting spoiled.
of milk of one brand,
Safety and Standards Act and making it a However, companies
it would cost around
penal offence, are needed to ‘combat’ the have started using S A Ponnusamy Rs 6,000. This is not a
menace.
this in regular producfeasible solution.
Referring to earlier orders, the bench
tion which can even lead
A study published in 2012
headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said, ‘It
to abortion. The chemical is states that 64 per cent all milk produced
will be in order, if Union of India considers
very costly and only one drop in the country is adulterated. Tamilmaking suitable amendments in penal proviis enough to keep 10,000 nadu Milk Dealers Employees Welfare
sions at par with the provisions contained in
litres of milk from spoiling.
Association president S A Ponnusamy:
the state amendments to the IPC. It is also
Not only milk but also
Adulteration is not possible while
desirable that Union of India revisits the Food
the curd, butter, ghee and transporting. When milk was transported
Safety and Standards Act, 2006 to revise
other derivatives will be using tankers, there was the chance of
punishment
affected by the adulterant. adulteration. But now with milk sent in
for adulteration making it more deterrent
Some manufacturers pro- packets, I don’t see any chance of it getin cases where the adulterant can have an
duce the milk today but print ting adulterated. And, like most people
adverse impact on health.’
a future date on their packets say, it is not possible to adulterate the milk
The bench, also comprising Justices R Baand sell them on the printed packets in bulk, using a syringe.
numathi and U U Lalit, referred to the amendday to make it seem that the
ments made by some states like West Bengal,
milk is fresh.
Odisha in the IPC, enhancing jail term to the
Milk adulteration testing centres
imprisonment for life with or without fine for
should be opened in every ward or
the offence of food adulteration.
The court, while issuing a slew of guidelines
to curb milk adulteration, said infants are
‘traditionally’ fed milk and hence, stringent
steps are needed.
WHAT
SC SAID
at least in every municipality where the
common public can come and test the
milk they buy. A team comprising the
public and officials should be formed
and surprise raids should be conducted
in the manufacturing units and the quality should be tested. If found guilty, the
company should be sealed which will
instil fear among the others.
A separate website should be
opened and the result of the weekly
tests should be published in it for easy
access to the people. Each company
should have its manufacturing unit in
the districts to ensure that the milk is
transported within the stipulated time.
SUGGESTIONS
Rlys launches
Rail Geet
NT Bureau/PTI:
Chennai, Aug 6:
Railways on Friday launched Rail
Geet, a 3-minute song with moving
trains visuals, to enthuse railwaymen
and establish a connect with general
public at large.
Composed by noted music director Shravan and sung by acclaimed
singers Udit Narayan and Kavita
Krishnamurti, the song ‘Indian Railways, we love Indian Railways’ will
be played now at the beginning of
every railway function.
‘Symbols in our country play a very
important role in motivating and inspiring people and this ‘Rail Geet’ will
be such a symbol for all railwaymen
and rail users. It will give them the
spirit of marching ahead and working
unitedly for the growth of Indian Railways,’ said Railway Minister Suresh
Prabhu after launching the Rail Geet
in New Delhi. Thanking all those involved in preparing the song, Prabhu
pointed out that even during freedom
struggles many songs and slogans
worked as vehicles of inspiration for
millions of people.
Referring to the hardwork being
done by the railwaymen in running the
huge railway network successfully,
Prabhu said that this song will reflect
the commitment and dedication of
lakhs of railway employees.
Earlier, the Railways made a TV
commercial ‘Rail gaadi chhuk chhuk’
showing a human train running during
Signature campaign
against drug abuse
q Students drive home message thru’ mime, dance and skit
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
In an effort to make the young
generation understand about the
drug menace and the damages it
brings to one’s life, family and the
society, Rotary International District
3230 and Rotaract Club of Ethiraj
College for Women organised a drug
awareness programme at the college
premises on Friday, where over 1,000
students from various colleges in city
participated.
Additional Director General of Police
(Crime) Sunil Kumar addressed the
gathering and launched a signature
campaign ‘Say no to drugs’. A poster
was also released on the occasion,
which will be displayed by volunteers
in the colleges and schools in city, a
press release said.
To drive home the message effectively among youth, the students
put up fun-fi lled items like mime,
dance, skit, poster making and
short film screening on ill effects of
the drug abuse. They also took part
in an interactive session with Sunil
Kumar and Jacqueline David from
TTK Hospital.
Lawyer and columnist Sanjay Pinto at the students council inauguration
of Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts and Science in Chennai on
Friday. College correspondent, Meena Muthiah, principal P T Vijayshree
and vice-principal R Selvi are also seen with the student council members.
Students taught
‘panchatantra’ of success
q Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts and
Science students council inaugurated
Students performing a skit on drug abuse Ethiraj College for Women
in Chennai on Friday. (Inset) ADGP (Crime) Sunil Kumar launched a
signature campaign ‘Say no to drugs’.
‘Today’s youth are exposed to so plan to reach out to at least two lakh
many things good and bad. Timely youth in coming months,’ said Rotary
intervention, counseling and aware- Club director (Community Service) Dr
ness will help them save their future. Nandakumar.
Drug abuse will not only plague one’s
Rotary District Governor Natarajan
life, but affect the whole community. Nagoji, Rotarians P T Prabhakar,
To tackle the issue, we have planned Satya, Subhadra V Marimuthu and
to educate young generation through District Rotaract representatives were
awareness programmes, where we among those present.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 5:
Catching the attention of the students of Kumararani Meena Muthiah
College of Arts and Science here
on Friday at the inauguration of the
students council, lawyer, author and
columnist Sanjay Pinto listed a ‘panchatantra’ for success.
Be patient; have good stress; talent
is not everything, use opportunity;
create ideas; and communicate, he
exhorted the fresh council members.
Starting with a short story of his own
life, Pinto said, ‘Marks do not matter, only talent matters. Everybody
has talent, it’s how we expose it that
matters.’ Secretary and correspondent,
Meena Muthiah, told the students, ‘We
are the change that we seek. Learn
new things to succeed in life. Attitude
is like a box of crayons; add colours to
your life.’ ‘Start today so that you can
lead tomorrow,’ she advised them.
College principal, P T Vijayshree,
said, ‘Adding to our success, the Centre of Business Excellence will soon
be launched.’ She also presented
the achievements of the students.
Vice-principal R Selvi was present
at the event.
Following the student council inauguration, the inter-departmental
cultural fest, Indradhanush, was held.
A heart-warming story
of a woman bureaucrat
q Prince of Arcot releases book at Amir Mahal
Students of Jawahar
Vidyalaya Senior Secondary
School participated in an
awareness rally on food
wastage among public at
Ashok Nagar, covering 1st, 3rd,
4th and 7th Avenues on Friday.
School principal Alice Jeevan
flagged off the rally organised
by NCC chief officer of the
school M Vaithiyanathan.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
A book tracing a woman’s journey,
right from her birth in Kashmir to her
growing-up years in Old Delhi, her
stint in the National Academy of Administration in Mussori and to her triumphs and tribulations in Tamilnadu,
which she chooses as her karma
bhoomi, was launched at a function
held at Amir Mahal here on Friday.
Releasing the book - ‘My Beautiful
Journey - From Kashmir to Kanyakumari’, Prince of Arcot Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali said, ‘The friendship, I
share with the author Chander Kanta
Gariyali dates back to 1976. The
book will be helpful for aspiring civil
servants.’
Former Tamilnadu Chief Secretary
Former Tamilnadu Chief Secretary, T V Antony, Former Chief
Secretary, P Sabanayagam, Prince
of Arcot, Nawab Mohammed Abdul
Ali and Chander Kanta Gariyali
during the book launch at Amir
Mahal in Chennai on Friday.
T V Antony, receiving the first copy of
the book, said the concept of family
planning and Gariyali’s initiative efforts have been captured well in the
book and shows the struggles she
faced in India. Former Chief Secretary
P Sabanayagam highlighted the significance of Indian Administrative Service.
Calling the book apt for the current
situation as it implied that Kashmir is part
of India, danseuse Padma Subrahmanyam said it was more like a textbook for
younger generation to learn about India
and its administrative service.
Agriculture secretary Gagandeep
Singh Bedi recalled his experience with
Gariyali when tsunami hit Tamilnadu.
Gariyali said, ‘The book will take
you back in time and show you a
world where a pioneering woman
overcomes difficulties and challenges
to serve the society ’
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4 SATURDAY
6 AUGUST 2016
WHAT NEWS TODAY PRINTS IS NEWS THAT COUNTS
A
Pointless!
ministerial meeting of the South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation in Islamabad has ended, as usual, in
acrimony, with no tangible gain flowing from it. Given the ingrained
animosities and bitterness between the biggest of the eight-member
body, it would be foolhardy for anyone to expect real progress unless
India and Pakistan resolved their differences. With the Kashmirobsessed Pakistan staying true to type, the SAARC ministerial
meeting ending in a whimper should have caused no surprise.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who flew to Islamabad for
a day, said his piece, mincing no words when it came to pointing
the accusing finger at Pakistan for patronising anti-India terrorism,
and returned. His speech received little mention in the Pak media,
though it was not blacked out as originally reported. Rajnath used
some evocative phrases to make the point that Pakistan cannot
expect to make a success of a body meant for regional cooperation
if it failed in its duty to take effective action against State and nonState terrorists. One nation’s terrorists cannot be another memberState’s martyrs, the Home Minister said, with the recent events in
the region in view.
Nobody could have missed as to where his finger was pointed
at when he told SAARC Home Ministers that ‘…countries that
provide support, encouragement, give sanctuary and safe haven and
assistance to terrorists and terrorism must be isolated.’ Burhan Wani,
the young terrorist killed in an encounter recently in Kashmir, was
immediately declared a martyr by Pakistan which also condoled
his death and organised protest meetings in the Pakistan Occupied
Kashmir.
Even Pakistan’s national legislature passed a unanimous resolution
to condole his death, dubbing him a martyr. The Indian Home
Minister had these provocative actions in his mind when he directly
condemned support to terrorists by member-States. But the moot
question is to what purpose, if any, such meetings serve if Pakistan
refuses to mend its ways. A mere talking shop is what SAARC seems
to have become in the absence of any understanding between the
two South Asian neighbours locked in bitter recriminations almost
from their birth as separate nations back in 1947.
Though bilateral disputes are not part of the SAARC charter,
unfortunately the Indo-Pak rivalries and point-scoring always end up
vitiating the atmosphere of such meetings of the regional grouping.
As an idea, SAARC held much promise for bridging differences
between the eight member-States but almost from its inception
thirty-one years ago it has been dogged by bitter bilateral disputes.
Yet, India too cannot help but maintain diplomatic niceties. One
should not grudge Rajnath Singh taking the trouble of flying across
to Islamabad for delivering the usual homilies to a Pakistan which
is determinedly deaf to all good sense and international norms of
good conduct.
Kiran Bedi @thekiranbedi
Unless we
spend honestly & invest
more in our Municipal Services
cities will deteriorate. Needed
Proactive Governance
Today’s
jobs report underscores
what we know to be true: America’s
economy is the strongest in the
world.
Barack Obama @BarackObama
Tiny solar cells to
power personal devices
WASHINGTON:
Scientists have created high-performance, micro-scale solar cells
that outshine comparable devices
and could power personal devices
such as wearable medical sensors,
smartwatches and autofocusing
contact lenses.
Large, rooftop photovoltaic arrays
generate electricity from charges
moving vertically. The new, small
cells, developed by researchers at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in
the US capture current from charges
moving side-to-side, or laterally.
They generate significantly more
energy than other sideways solar
systems. New-generation lateral solar cells promise
to be the next big thing
for compact devices because arranging electrodes
horizontally allows engineers t
o
sidestep a traditional solar cell fabrication process - the task of perfectly
aligning multiple layers of the cell’s
material atop one another.
‘From a fabrication point of view, it
is always going to be easier to make
side-by-side structures,’ said Hongrui
Jiang, professor at UW-Madison.
‘Top-down structures need to be
made in multiple steps and then
aligned, which is very challenging at
small scales,’ said Jiang.
Top-down photovoltaic cells are
made up of two electrodes surrounding a semiconducting material like
slices of bread around the meat in a
sandwich.
When light hits the top slice, charge
travels through the filling to the bottom
layer and creates electric current. In
the top-down arrangement, one layer
needs to do two jobs: It must let in
light and transmit charge.
Therefore, the material for one electrode in a typical solar cell must be
not only highly transparent, but also
electrically conductive. Very
few substances perform both
tasks well.
Instead of building its solar
cell sandwich one layer at a
time, researchers created a densely
packed, side-by-side array of miniature
electrodes on top of transparent glass.
The resulting structure separates
light-harvesting and charge-conducting functions between the two components. Existing top-of the-line lateral
new-generation solar cells convert
merely 1.8 per cent of incoming light
into useful electricity
T
CHENNAI
Rio: Golfing virus
returns to Olympics
he Rio Olympics will get underway tonight (Friday) with
typical fanfare and fireworks
a good two days after it actually got
underway without any fanfare and
fireworks.
No, I am not joking. The football matches are already on since
Wednesday, but usually it is a tradition of the Olympics to have the
inaugural ceremony after the Games
have been technically inaugurated.
And Rio is only sticking to it. But Rio
is also set to blaze new trails, and
this is the biggest Olympic Games
ever, especially as reflected in the
statistic that 30,000 journalists are
out there covering it. The host city has
ensured that there is an easy supply
of what such a huge contingent of
media personnel usually looks for:
Controversies and scandals.
Ahead of the Games, most of the
talk has been around Zika virus, crime
in Brazil, pollution in Guanabara Bay,
the alarming recession, the impeachment move against the President, the
displacement of poor people to build
facilities for the Games, and reading
all those bitter and troubling reports
has made some of us feel almost
wistful for the Commonwealth Games
in New Delhi. The real point is that
if something makes you look back
fondly at an event that was organised
and helmed by Suresh Kalmadi then
you know you are looking at the pits.
The pollution in Guanabara Bay
has been the biggest issue (“Rio
2016 water full of garbage, plastic
bags, bottles, fridges and condoms”,
“Olympians will literally be swimming
Japan marks
Hiroshima
anniversary
TOKYO:
Japan today marked 71 years
since the city of Hiroshima was
destroyed by a US atomic bomb,
as its mayor urged the world to
unite in abolishing nuclear weapons. The annual ceremony came
just months after Barack Obama
became the first sitting US president to visit the western Japanese
city, paying moving tribute to
victims of the devastating bomb.
American B-29 bomber Enola
Gay dropped its deadly payload,
dubbed ‘Little Boy’, on Hiroshima
at 8:15 am local time on 6 August
1945.
Much of the city was incinerated
by a wall of heat up to 4,000 C
(7,232 F) -- hot enough to melt
steel -- killing tens of thousands.
About 50,000 participants, including Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe and representatives of more
than 90 countries and regions,
observed a minute’s silence at the
exact time the atrocity occurred
some seven decades ago.
During the solemn ceremony,
Hiroshima mayor Kazumi Matsui
recalled the visit by Obama in
his peace declaration, citing the
president’s historic speech.
‘(His visit) was the proof that
Hiroshima’s strong wish not to
tolerate the ‘absolute evil’ was
shared by President Obama,’
he said.
The mayor urged the world to
take action towards the abolition
of ‘the ultimate form of inhumanity, united and with passion’.
in human crap, scientists say” are just
two of the sample headlines) and so
if they decide. last-minute, to shift the
sailing events, we in Chennai can
surely offer to host it on the Cooum
and the competitors would be really
grateful for it. That is how bad the
situation is.
But it is also a fact that there are
many misconceptions surrounding
the Rio Games, one of which is of
course the belief
that Rio de Janeiro
is the capital city
of Brazil. This is
totally wrong. The
capital of Brazil is
--- you geography
nuts would doubtless know --- totally
some other city.
Let us face it, all Olympics have had
problems. But once the Games get
going all these things will be forgotten
and you can count on us journalists to
focus on sporting events, especially
the women’s beach volleyball. And
looking at the attire of the competitors
in this sport you will also probably
wonder whether the Olympic motto
has been modified to: Shorter, lesser,
hotter.
Another event that should get our
undivided attention is the Modern
Pentathlon, especially to figure out
what exactly is that sport. Nobody
really knows what events comprise
modern pentathlon, and I suspect
they just make them up on the fly.
So, it would seem, are the rules and
regulations of judo. The greatness
of this popular Olympic sport is that
even after watching a full bout you
can still never tell with any amount of
confidence as to who the winner is.
Rugby Sevens is being reintroduced in Rio Games (it was last
played in the 1924 Games) based
on its undoubted enormous popularity among the seven playing members of a team. Golf is another sport
that is making a comeback to the Olympics after a gap of 112 years, and
in a show of immense gratitude to
the IOC for this
gesture, many
of the top golfers
will not be seen
in action.
Seriously,
these golfers
have said that the fear of Zika virus
has forced them to stay back in
their respective places, which we
sincerely hope the ISIS terrorists
will target at the earliest. Okay, that
is an insensitive and cheap shot.
But when top golfers get all snooty
and make excuses and stay off
from the Olympics, we really need
to wonder whether we need golf at
all. But even without this, we have
to take a call on a sport that takes
less energy to play than when one
operates the telephone.
Now we get to the Indian participation, and as ever the nation has sent
a team of eager and enthusiastic
sportspersons, and, as ever, an
even more eager and enthusiastic
team of officials who can be counted
to come back with a rich haul of
foreign liquor and chocolates. The
IOA president is N Ramchandran,
the brother of N Srinivasan. This is
‘I want to be Prez
for all Americans’
Need to reject bluster, bullying from
Trump campaign: Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON:
Democratic Presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton has said there is a
need to reject the use of ‘bluster and
bullying’ coming from her Republican
rival Donald Trump’s campaign.
‘We have to reject and stand up
against the appeals to the kind of
bigotry and the use of bluster and
bullying that we see coming from
Trump’s campaign, but let’s not forget
the real economic challenges that too
many Americans of all backgrounds
are facing today,’ she said.
‘That’s how I think about it and that’s
how I’m going to try in this campaign
to respond to and rebuke all of the
horrible things he (Trump) says on a
pretty regular basis, but not about me,
I could care less about that,’ Hillary
said responding to a question about
her Republican rival.
‘But when he goes after individuals,
when he accuses a distinguished
federal judge of Mexican heritage of
not being fair, when he insults a gold
star family of a Muslim-American who
served in the military... you know the
list. I will stand up and call him out on
that,’ she asserted.
At the same time Hillary said she will
also keep reaching out to Americans
of all races and ethnicities and where
ever they live, to tell them that she is
not going to forget about them after
this election.
‘I’m going to work my heart out
to help every single person have a
better job with a rising income and
make sure their kids get a good
education, and everything else that I
think they’re owed here in America,’
she claimed.
Hillary said she will bring the country together. ‘I think we have three
overarching goals: we need more
economic opportunity, we need to
protect our national security and we
have got to work toward American
unity,’ she said.
‘I want to be the President for all
Americans. I want to lift up and give
everybody a chance to pursue their
dreams. And that means people who
Portugal’s ex-PM lead in
informal polls for UN
UNITED NATIONS:
Portugal’s former premier Antonio
Guterres maintained his lead in the
second round of informal polls held
here to elect the next UN Secretary
General, even as hopes appear to
fade for a woman to be elected for the
first time as the world’s top diplomat.
The powerful 15-nation UN Security Council held the second round
of so-called straw polls yesterday.
Diplomats said Guterres led the
pack of 11 contenders, garnering 11
‘encouraging’ votes for his candidacy,
two ‘discouraging’ and two expressing ‘no opinion’ on it.
Guterres, who had served as UN
High Commissioner for Refugees for
10 years, had emerged as the frontrunner in the first straw poll that was
conducted last month. Guterres was
much against the Lodha Committee
recommendation that said: it is a
conflict of interest for a former BCCI
president to have a brother.
The Indian medal hopes rest on
shooter Jitu Rai, badminton ace
Saina Nehwal, archer Deepika
Kumari, sundry wrestlers and boxers and the remarkable gymnast
Deepa Karmakar. Deepa created
history by becoming only the third
woman in gymnastics to land the
Produnova vault and the first ever
Indian to know what Produnova
vault is. There is also Abhinav
Bhindra, the first ever individual
gold medalist from India. Though
he has announced his retirement,
he has chosen to stay in the game
and lead India from the front by the
common sense logic of being the
country’s flag-bearer at the opening
ceremony.
Overall, the good news is that
India is predicted to win a total of
8 medals at the Games. The bad
news, however, is that the prediction
has come from Goldman Sachs, the
global Zikka virus in the investment
banking market.
Irrespective of how India’s performance is going to be at the Rio
Games, I think we should all continue to support our sportspersons,
and, who knows, with our sustained
backing India can one day surely
produce what we all truly dream of
--- an Olympics women’s beach
volleyball team.
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balakumarkb@gmail.com
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couraging him, four discouraging and
three expressing no opinion.
Argentina’s foreign minister Susana
Malcorra moved up from
S MAKyER the seventh place to third
NEWth
e da
of
place in the second round,
garnering eight encouraging votes,
six discourages and one no opinion.
Bokova slipped from her original
third place to fifth. New Zealand’s
former prime minister and head of
the UN Development Program Helen
Antonio Guterres
Clark remained on the number 7 posifollowed by Slovenia’s former presi- tion, behind Srgjan Kerim of Macedodent Danilo Turk and Bulgaria’s Irina nia. Of the 11 remaining candidates,
Bokova, who serves as UNESCO six are men and five women.
Director-General in the first round.
Earlier this week, Croatia’s depuThe second round saw former Ser- ty parliament speaker Vesna Pusic
bian foreign minister Vuk Jeremic withdrew her candidacy, saying
rising from the fourth spot to take the ‘selection has not gone in my
second place, with eight votes en- direction’.
are supporting him,’ Hillary said.
No logic in Trump’s campaign:
Joe Biden
Meanwhile, US Vice President Joe
Biden said that some ofthe things
that Trump does or says defies
logic. ‘I can’t figure out Trump. I’ve
known him a while, not well,’ Biden
told reporters travelling with him in
Florida where he campaigned for his
Democratic party candidates and
attended fund raising events.
‘You know, it’s true that when
you’ve never run for public office
before, going out there and getting
on the biggest stage in the world,
you’re bound to make mistakes.
But some of the things that he does
and says sort of defy logic for me,’
Biden said.
13 killed,
6 injured in
France bar fire
RENNES:
At least 13 people have died and
six been injured in a fire at a bar in
Rouen, northern France, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. The
blaze broke out at around midnight
at the basement room of the Cuba
Libre bar in the city centre during a
birthday celebration.
‘A fire broke out in a bar in the city
centre of Rouen this evening, according to an initial investigation, 13 are
dead and six are injured, and more
than 50 firemen attended the scene,’
Cazeneuve said in a statement.
‘An inquiry is underway to establish
the cause of the fire,’ he added. One
source close to the investigation said
that candles on a birthday cake may
have sparked the blaze.
One of the injured was in a critical
condition, the secretary general of
the Seine-Maritime prefecture Yvan
Cordier told AFP
Enterprise
CHENNAI
A&D to fit to a T
Right time for aerospace &
defence electronics market: Report
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
The market opportunity for aerospace and defence (A&D) electronics
in India is pegged to be at $70-72 billion in next 10-12 years, a report on
Friday said.
SUCCESS
SPEAKS SEVEN
According to a joint report by
IESA, Nasscom and Roland Berger, India is the seventh largest
(A&D) market globally.
‘India has needs to modernise
its A&D capital equipment base
by addressing obsolescence as
well as build additional capability
through new capital acquisition.
This requirement is also supplemented by additional budgetary
allocations of the Ministry of Home
Affairs for paramilitaries and state
police force requirements’, the
report said.
All of this results in India being
substantially attractive as an A&D
market, it added.
START, ACTION
‘We expect the government to support startups in the defence electronics industry in India. Defence manufacturing shifts globally has seen the
wave one from US to Japan, wave
two from Japan to Europe, wave
three from South East Asia to China
and want wave four to be from China
to India’, he added.
A BILLION DREAMS
‘The total market opportunity for
A&D electronics for India to ranges
from $70-72 billion in next 10-12
years’, the report said.
DIVIDE AND RULE
Of this, almost $53-54 billion
emanates from electronics spend
as part of platforms, while another
$17-18 billion of demand comes
from projects that are traditionally
called system-of-system projects
like Indian Army’s Project TCS,
BMS etc, it added.
EXCEL WITH
ELECTRONICS
‘The size of strategic electronics is
projected to grow to $72 billion from
the present $1.7 billion market and
this indicates immense potential
as there exists a significant gap
between supply and demand’, NITI
Aayog member V K Saraswat said.
SOFT IN SPACE
‘Though India is considered as a ‘soft power’ in the space, we are yet
to witness a single Indian company that develops strong end-to-end
Aerospace and Defence software solutions. As a result, we keep depending on foreign companies’, he added. He also said the return on
investments in the defence electronics industry in India is long term and
players need to have a long-term view.
TECH TOUCH
‘It is important for us to create an arrangement for technology transfer with more advanced nations and the role of the government will be significant here. They should
create an environment for the domestic
players to cross-pollinate knowledge and
technologies with other countries’, NASSCOM
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Governors were invited from 31 May
to 31 June, 2016, to make nominations for the organisation’s presidency, the release added.
‘It is a great honor to serve
as President of the ADB
for another five years.
I will devote myself
to continuing to lead
ADB to an even more
elevated standing as
the primary development institution in
the region that helps
achieve inclusive and
sustainable development in Asia and Pacific’, Nakao
said.
ADB said that during his first term,
Asks industries to seize opportunity of ‘transformational times’
New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI):
Terming the global slowdown as
transient, Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley on Friday asked the industry to
seize the opportunity to expand their
business and prepare themselves for
better times.
‘We are passing through transformational times and in these transformational times, those who have taken
over the challenge, I think must seize
this as a global opportunity’, Jaitley
said while inaugurating the India International Footwear Fair here. The
world is not doing well today at all, it is
in a slowdown mode now, he said.
‘Therefore with the globe not doing
so well, global markets shrinking,
some of the more advanced units,
particularly in leather are facing chal-
EID-Parry Q1
profit
at Rs 25 crore
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
Murugappa group company EIDParry has reported a standalone net
profit of Rs 25.34 crore for the first
quarter ended 30 June.
The Chennai-based sugar manufacturer had registered a net loss of
Rs 138.18 crore, during same period
of previous year, a company statement said.
Total income for April-June quarter
went up to Rs 581.37 crore, from Rs
498.71 crore registered during the
year ago period.
The company said the process of
merging Parrys Sugar Industries,
a subsidiary of the company, with
EID-Parry is ‘under progress’.
Managing director V Ramesh,
commenting on the standalone
results mentioned, ‘The company’s
performance in Q1 of FY 2016-17
was satisfactory, largely due to better
price realisation on sugar. The other
factors which helped in improved
performance were focus on costs
besides better results of the bio
products division’.
it has realigned its strategic priorities
through mid-term review of ‘Strategy
2020’ and plans to increase lending
capacity from $13 billion in 2014
to $20 billion by 2020.
‘The scaling up of its
operations has already
made good progress.
Last year, ADB’s loan
and grant approvals reached a record
$16.3 billion, including private sector operations of $2.6 billion,
which is also a record
high’, ADB said.
Manila-headquartered ADB also
approved a replenishment of $3.8
billion fund in May this year.
‘Money matters in Mumbai’
Mumbai, Aug 6 (PTI):
For Indian travellers, Mumbai has
been ranked the most expensive
city in the country, but second least
expensive in the world, according to
a report.
The financial capital of the country,
Mumbai has been ranked the most
expensive city in India, however, it is
the second least expensive destination in the world to visit after Hanoi,
according to TripAdvisor’s sixth edition of annual TripIndex Cities.
Overall, the report revealed that
New York (US), the most expensive city internationally for a threeday break for Indians will cost Rs
1,24,201, which is over
three times costly than
Mumbai, the most expensive city in India.
Capetown in South Africa has been
ranked third globally least expensive
city to visit followed by Kuala Lumpur
(Malaysia), Bangkok (Thailand) and
Moscow (Russia).
TripAdvisor’s sixth edition of annual
TripIndex Cities compares the cost of
a three-night break during the summer travel from June-September in
27 key cities around the world.
Conducted by independent research firm TNS, TripIndex Cities
also includes eight Indian cities,
5
Do not ‘slow down’:
Jaitley tells India Inc
ADB re-elects
its president
Manila/New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI):
The board of Asian Development
Bank has re-elected Takehiko Nakao
as the multilateral funding agency’s
president for a five-year term beginning November.
‘The Asian Development Bank
(ADB) Board of Governors has unanimously re-elected Takehiko Nakao
as President of ADB for a further five
years beginning on 24 November
2016’, ADB said in release.
Nakao was first elected as ADB
president on 28 April, 2013 to serve
the three-and-half-years remaining
term of his predecessor Haruhiko
Kuroda.
Being the ninth president of ADB,
he was the sole nominee after ADB’s
SATURDAY
6 AUGUST 2016
including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad,
Pune, Jaipur, taking into account indestination costs for two people.
These include - a four-star hotel for
three nights, a visit to three attractions, lunch each day, a taxi to and
from dinner each day, plus the cost
of dinner itself, the report said.
In India, Pune in Maharashtra is
the lowest cost destination at Rs
26,595, followed by Jaipur, Chennai,
Kolkata and Bangalore, the report
revealed.
‘Our research of booking
rates on TripAdvisor shows
that it is possible to budget
for a full trip to Pune for
little more than the average cost of
accommodation in Mumbai over the
same dates. Such information helps
travellers assess the various aspects
of their trip before going ahead and
making the final booking’, TripAdvisor
India country manager Nikhil Ganju
said.
Globally when it come to eating
out, Tokyo has emerged the most
expensive city at Rs 40,587, which
is almost three times the cost of Hyderabad that is the costliest in India
at Rs 13,668.
‘With the globe not doing so well,
global markets shrinking, some
of the more advanced units,
particularly in leather are
facing challenges, but that’s not
an everlasting phenomenon’
lenge because of shrinkage of global
markets, but that’s not an everlasting
phenomenon. That could be a transient phenomenon, and even in that
we have to seize the opportunity for
ourselves’, he said.
Emphasising that India has potential particularly in non-leather foot-
wear to become a world beater, he
said, this is one industry that India is
capable of finding core competence.
Over the last few years India has
shown potential as far as services
are concerned but for some reason
the country missed out in manufacturing, he added.
The two big employment generator
in the manufacturing sector are textile
and apparel, and leather.
Highlighting various steps taken
by the government, the Finance
Minister said last four months have
seen three very significant steps-Aadhaar, Bankruptcy Code and the
GST law.
In the biggest tax reform since
Independence, the Rajya Sabha on
Wednesday approved the Goods
and Services Tax (GST) bill to replace a raft of different state and local taxes with a single unified value
added tax system to turn the country
into world’s biggest single market.
‘These spate of changes are taking
place, when the world is otherwise in
a slowdown phase’, he said.
New ‘dawn’ for
Rolls Royce in city
Rolls Royce Motor Cars APAC regional manager Sven J Ritter and
Kun Exclusive MD Vasanthi Bhupathi, at the launch of ‘The Dawn,’ in
Chennai Friday.
NT Bureau
Chennai, August 6:
Rolls Royce launched its latest offering, ‘The Dawn,’ in Chennai Friday.
Speaking to the media, Rolls Royce
Motor Cars APAC regional manager
Sven J Ritter said, ‘The Dawn is a
4-seat convertible made by RollsRoyce Motor Cars. 80 per cent of the
car’s body panels are new, compared
to the Wraith’.
‘The Dawn is a four seater, luxury
coupe. The roof of the coupe has
seven levels of insulation which delivers pin drop silence inside the cabin.
The Dawn is the quietest convertible
car ever built in the world. The design
ethos followed by the engineers has
created a cabin that conveys all the
hallmarks of the brand’s peerless
craftmanship combined with a philosophy of effortless, yet invigorating
driving experince,’ he emphasised.
The Dawn is powered by a directinjection twin-turbo 6600 cc 12 cylinder v engine that produces a 563 hp
of raw power at 5,250 rpm and a twist
force of 820 nm at 1,500 rpm. The top
speed is electronically limited to 250
kmph and the car weighs 2560 kg. It
can accelerate from 0 to 100 kmph
in 4.9 seconds. The fuel consumption
of Dawn is stated to be 14.2 litres
per 100 km.
Speaking on the occasion, managing director of Kun Exclusive, Vasanthi Bhupathi who will be the dealer for
the car in Chennai, said, ‘It provides
a paradgim shift in providing luxury.
The Dawn is indeed a new birth from
the stables of Rolls Royce’.
‘The car will be available at our
showroom at the GST road in Meenambakkam. We provide a four year
unlimited mileage warranty. In addition, there is a 24 hour roadside
assistance throughout the warranty
period. The price of the car starts
from Rs 6.25 crore,’ she added.
Tube Investments PAT at Rs 40 crore
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
Engineering company Tube Investments of India’s standalone profit after tax more than doubled to Rs 42.40 crore
during the June quarter. According to a press release,
the firm’s profit after tax stood at Rs 18.01 crore during
same period a year ago and for the financial year ending
31 March, 2016 profit after tax stood at Rs 731.64 crore.
Total income from operations for the June quarter grew to
Rs 1,146.27 crore as against from Rs 1,076.47 crore registered during corresponding period of previous year.
For the financial year ending 31 March, 2016 total in-
Indian Bank
enters into MoU
with Star Agri
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
Indian Bank and Star Agriwarehousing and Collateral
Management Ltd. have entered into an agreement for
extending produce marketing loan to farmers.
According to a press
release, M/s Staragri will
now provide storage and
preservation services to
farmers for storing their
farm produce and also collateral management services to the Bank. Indian
Bank will provide credit facilities to farmers against
warehouse receipts. The
bank has developed a
special product for financing farmers upto a maximum limit of Rs 50.00 lakh
under this scheme. This
facility will help the farmers to avoid distress sales
under adverse market
conditions and also to tide
over liquidity crunch they
face immediately after the
harvest. Further, food and
agro processing units can
also store their produce in
the storage godowns and
avail credit facility against
the warehousing receipts.
The bank’s General Manager R Manimaran, and
Staragri head (business
development and strategy’
Vivek Thoopal, inked the
pact at the Indian Bank
corporate office in Chennai.
DOCUMENT MISSING
I have lost T.N.S.C. Board plot transferred
allotment R.C. No. E7/15714/2008 dated
23.06.2011, and Unregistered Sale deed in
Regisration district of Chennai, Mambalam-Guindy
Taluk, Venkatapuram Village, Block No. 6, Survey
No. T.S. 111/pt, No. 88 Venkatapuram Scheme,
Plot No. 89, Door No. 84 extent of 90.0 sq.meter,
while I was travelling by auto from Tambaram
to Meenambakkam the above said original
Transfer Allotment and Sale Deed was lost at
Meenambakkam Bazaar Road.
If found kindly contact below address:
Senjulakshmi, W/o, Late Ramakrishnan,
aged about 53 years, residing at No. 22/84,
Venkatapuram, Little Mount, Saidapet,
Chennai-600 015.
SENJULAKSHMI
PH: 9884538885
come from operations stood at Rs 4,212.66 crore.
‘The pickup in all segments of the auto sector and reduction in finance charges due to loan repayments helped the
company record a profit before tax of Rs 64 crore for the
quarter ending 30 June, 2016 as against Rs 27 crore for the
corresponding quarter in previous year’, managing director L
Ramkumar said. In cycles business, the company said the
revenue was flat during the quarter ending 30 June, 2016
as the division registered an overall drop of two per cent.
Engineering division registered total volume growth of 19 per
cent in precision tubes during the quarter ending 30 June, 2016
compared to corresponding quarter of previous year.
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6 SATURDAY
6 AUGUST 2016
CHENNAI
PAES DENIES REPORTS
OF RIFT WITH BOPANNA
Ready to put best foot forward in his 7th Olympics
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (PTI):
Tennis ace Leander Paes has
termed the reports that he had refused to share a room at the Olympic
Games Village here with his doubles
partner Rohan Bopanna as ‘false’ and
said that his timing of arrival at Rio
was according to plans and known
to the Indian tennis team.
Speculation of a rift between the
two men’s doubles players was
doing the rounds here and reports
have suggested that Paes refused
to share a room with Bopanna at
the Games Village. It
was also speculated that
Paes’ late arrival had
given the duo little time
for match parctice and
Bopanna had to make
other arrangements.
But Paes, who will be
playing in his seventh
straight Olympics, a first
in tennis, termed these reports as
‘baseless’ and ‘false’. He said that
the timing of his arrival and stay at
the Games Village was according to
plans and known to the team.
‘I am disappointed and feel sad by
the baseless suggestions in a section
of the media ... which accuse me of
not informing the tennis team about
my scheduled arrival in Rio,’ tweeted
the 43-year-old Paes.
‘There is also talk of
me refusing to share a
room with my doubles
partner Rohan Bopanna, which is false and
intended to unsettle our
preparations for the competition. I am staying in the
Games Village which was
the plan all along,’ he wrote.
‘Hope this clarifies and puts an
end to all fabricated stories and
allows me and the rest of the Indian
tennis contingent to concentrate on doing our best for
the nation. I would also like
to take this opportunity to
wish all my
colleagues in the Indian
contingent the very best for
this Rio Olympics,’ said Paes
who checked in at the Games
Village on Thursday evening.
India’s Chef-de-Mission Rakesh
Gupta clarified that Paes was always
going to stay alone.
‘He (Paes) was given a room and
there’s no controversy at all. For a
legend like him, Paes deserved a
separate room for himself,’ Gupta
said, explaining that the Indian ace
was playing a tournament in New York
and hence the delay in arrival here.
OMEGA’S LAP COUNTERS
FOR SWIMMERS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (PTI):
Omega has installed digital lap
counters at the bottom of the
swimming pool for the 800m and
1500m competitions in the Rio
Olympics.
One lap counter is included for
each lane - positioned on the opposite side of the finish - which
counts down the number of remaining laps for the competitor
swimming in that lane. Previously,
officials standing at the edge of the
pool would display the number of
remaining laps to the swimmer,
meaning that the competitor would
have to shift his or her attention
from the pool.
Sania misses opening ceremony
to prepare for 1st round match
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6:
Sania Mirza who will represent
India in the mixed-doubles and
women’s doubles category, is
giving the Rio 2016 Olympics
ceremony a miss because her
campaign commences later
on Saturday (Brazil time).
Sania tweeted about giving
the ceremony a miss and
assured that she’ll be in spirit
with the Indian contingent. India’s
leading tennis lady will pair up
Prarthana Thombare in doubles
and will share the court with Rohan
Bopanna in the mixed doubles
category. Active on the social media, Sania has been
sharing her Rio experience
on Instagram, Twitter and
Snapchat. In a latest tweet,
Sania tweeted a picture of
Pokemon Go. Pokemon
fever has gripped the entire world,
and she’s not far behind. She isn’t
the only athlete on a hunt as most
are spending their free time on
their smartphones. Many have
racked up huge phone bills ahead
of the games while others have
complained about poor access in
the village. Some athletes continue
with the run and have already
claimed to have scalped special characters in the village.
Sania-Thombare take on
China’s Shuai Peng-Shuai
Zhang in the opening round
on Sunday.
India not taking Irish
lightly, says Sreejesh
IOA announces
Rs 50 lakh cash
award for goldies
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (PTI):
The Indian Olympic Association
has announced a Rs 50 lakh cash
award for the gold medal winning
athlete in the Rio Olympics.
At a meeting with the managers
and coaches of the teams, the IOA
top brass comprising president N
Ramachandran and secretary general Rajeev Mehta, it was announced
that the national Olympic body for the
first time would award Rs 50 lakh for
a gold medal, Rs 30 lakh for silver
and Rs 20 lakh for bronze.
In addition, the coaches will be
awarded an equivalent of 50 per
cent of the amount that the athletes
receive. So, a gold-winning athlete
would receive Rs 50 lakh, while his
or her coach would receive Rs 25
lakh and so on. Ramachandran said,
‘this is the first time we are doing it
and we hope that this will form an
additional incentive for the athletes
and we are looking at a higher than
ever medal haul.’
Leander Paes will be
featuring in his seventh
straight Olympics, a
first in tennis.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (PTI):
Keen to start their Olympic campaign
on a winning note, Indian hockey
men’s captain PR Sreejesh has said
that his team would not be taking
Ireland lightly as they could be an
unpredictable side. Buoyed by some
strong performances in the run-up to
the Rio Games, Indian men’s team will
look to break their 36-year-long
medal jinx when they begin the
competition here in Group B
against Ireland, labelled as the
minnows in the competition.
‘The Irish can be unpredictable. They have been doing
well in the European Championships
and are sturdy and fast on the ball.
It won’t be an easy game to win and
we will need to go full force,’ Sreejesh
said on the eve of the match. This will
be Ireland’s first Olympic appearance
since 1908 when they had earned a
silver medal. Hence, going by the recent record, the Indian team, ranked
fifth in the FIH world rankings, would
start as favourites.
However, chief coach Roelant Oltmans does not want his wards to get
complacent. ‘We want to begin
on a winning note and carry
the momentum
forward in the
following group
s t a g e
matches. We
do not
want to undermine any team especially at an event like the Olympics
where every team wants to win,’ said
the chief coach. Ireland over the past
PR Sreejesh
have put up an inspired show beating
Malaysia and Pakistan at the 2015
FIH World League semis and with
Australia’s Oceania Cup win, the Irish
team had booked their berth to Rio.
Justin Gatlin
Gatlin‘hungry’
for Rio success
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (AFP):
US sprinter Justin Gatlin said he
was ‘hungry’ for success as he
prepares to take on Usain Bolt for
what would be a highly controversial
second Olympic crown.
Gatlin has twice served doping
bans in his career, meaning a 100m
or 200m win against the popular Bolt
would be polarising -- especially after Russia’s athletics
team was suspended over a
drugs scandal.
Gatlin, 34, has set the two
fastest times this year and he
is a real threat to two-time defending
champion Bolt, whose build-up has
been troubled by a hamstring injury.
He said he was taking a simple
approach to what will be his third
Olympics, after he won the 100m in
2004, missed 2008 with a drugs ban
and returned to take bronze in 2012.
‘I’m just going to go out and do what
I need to do,’ he told reporters at the
US track and field team’s training
base near Copacabana.
‘This Olympics is going to be special. I know everyone’s going to bring
their A-game so I’ve got to make sure
I’m ready.’
When asked how he was feeling,
Gatlin told reporters: ‘Hungry.’
‘This is my third Olympics
so I’m bringing the fun,
care-free Justin Gatlin
from 2004 and the honoured-to-be-here Justin
Gatlin from 2012, kind of
mixed together,’ he said.
‘When I go out there I’m just going
to celebrate and have a great time.’
Gatlin set personal bests over both
100m and 200m last year, raising
eyebrows after Norwegian researchers found in 2014 that the effects of
performance-enhancing drugs could
last for decades.
A ‘phone shock’ for Sammy Bharath, Mukunth
Darren Sammy
WI sacks T20 captain
St John’s (Antigua and
Barbuda), Aug 6 (AFP):
Darren Sammy, who led
West Indies to the World
Twenty 20 title in 2012 and
2016, claimed that he has
been sacked as captain in a
30-second phone call from
the head of selectors.
The 32-year-old posted an
emotional video on his Facebook page where he said
his six-year spell in charge
had ended.
Sammy, lying shirtless
in his bed and with reggae music playing in the
background, also said he
had been dropped from the
squad. ‘I got a call yesterday,
it was probably 30 seconds,
from the chairman of selectors telling me that they’ve
reviewed the captaincy of
the Twenty20 team and I
won’t be captain anymore
and that my performances
have not merited selection
in the squad,’ Sammy said
in the video.
Sammy led the West Indies
to T20 victory in Sri Lanka
four years ago and again
earlier this year in India when
Carlos Brathwaite smashed
four sixes off the final over to
beat England. But there were
obvious signs of the strains
between him and the West
Indies Cricket Board when he
used his presentation speech
to attack his employers over
a lack of support.
His contribution to the victory was minimal -- he scored
eight runs and took just one
wicket.
‘Six years ago I was asked
to captain West Indies, a task
which I thought would be the
biggest challenge in my career, in my life,’ Sammy said.
‘A task which I knew would
be so difficult but I took it
head on. I embraced the
challenge, I embraced the
difficulty.
hammer tons
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
Centuries from
skipper K Bharath
Shankar and K
Mukunth put TNCA
XI in a commanding position against
Hyderabad on
Bharath Shankar
t h e
opening day of the Kalpathi AGS-Buchi Babu
all-India Invitation tournament on Friday. Winning the toss, TNCA XI
piled on 419 for the loss of three
wickets at the end of 90 overs.
SCORES:
TNCA XI 419 for 3 in 90 overs (K
Bharath Shankar 119, K Mukunth
136, V Ganga Sridhar Raju 90, B
Rahul 56 n.o) vs Hyderabad.
TNCA President’s XI 195 in 73.5
overs (M Kaushik Gandhi 58, B
Aparajith 47, Shivendra Singh 5 for
63) vs Chhattisgarh 49 for no loss
in 14 overs.
Railways 280 in 88.1 overs (Shivakant Shukla 51, Mrunal Deodhar
74, R Sai Kishore 7 for 64) vs
TNCA Districts XI. Toss: Railways.
Jharkhand 187 in 57.5 overs (Ishan
Kishan 62, Sunny Gupta 43 n.o) vs
UPCA 80 for 2 in 30 overs.
Mixed Bag
CHENNAI
Big screen device for
traffic cops to book cases
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has
announced over 100 e-challan systems in the form of tablets with bigger
screens for the traffic police which
would make their job of booking
cases easier.
The e-challan system for collecting
spot fines was introduced around five
years back, to make the work easier
for the policemen. But the traffic
police say that the small screen echallan devices were a bit of a strain
as they had to check for vehicle details and fine amounts on the small
display screen.
Sources say that around 7,000 violation cases are booked by Chennai
traffic police every day. Around 300
machines were provided to the traffic
personnel, which allowed the police
to key in the vehicle number to get
all details pertaining to the owner’s
name, address, vehicle-make and
colour.
‘Although this system allowed us to
also see in an instant the previous
traffic violations committed by the
motorist, the small screens made
the task cumbersome,’ said a traffic
police officer.
This new, bigger version of echallan devices is said to be much
faster, compared to the old device,
and more such devices with added,
better features are to be issued to
the police soon.
‘Details of stolen vehicles have also
been fed into the tablets and we
will get an alert when we key in the
vehicle registration number. More
features are expected to be added
soon,’ said a police officer.
Auto driver dies in
mishap at Mylapore
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
An auto driver died in a freak accident on Royapettah High Road
last night.
According to police, Bhaskar (37),
a resident of Mylapore was riding on
the Sivasamy Salai, when his vehicle
skid and rammed into a median.
The mishap occurred at around
9.45 pm. Police recovered the body
and an
autopsy was conducted at Royapettah Government Hospital.
The Adyar Traffic Investigation has
registered a case.
SATURDAY
6 AUGUST 2016
7
Lorry owners refuse to
carry burden of penalty
Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill proposes fines on transporter
M BALASUBRAMANI
Chennai, Aug 6:
Lorry owners association feels that
the increase in penalty amounts for
overloading, announced recently in
the Motor Vehicle Amendment Bill,
will not reduce offences: in fact, it will
lead to increase in bribery.
The Motor Vehicle Bill, which was
passed on 3 August, proposes
insertion of 28 new sections. The
amendments in it are mainly focused
on issues relating to improving road
safety and citizens’ ease and facilitation while dealing with the Transport
Department.
One of the proposals made in the
bill is to mandate the automated
fitness testing for transport vehicles with effect from 1 October
2018. The government is of the
opinion that this would reduce
corruption in the Transport Department, while at the same time,
improving road worthiness of a
vehicle. Penalties have also been
proposed for deliberate violation of
safety / environmental regulations.
Talking to News Today, Tamilandu Lorry Owners Federation
Association president, R Sugumar,
said it was not fair to levy penalty on the driver and the transport
agency alone in case of overloading. ‘The receiver and the sender
of the consignment should also be
fi ned. According to the Factories
Act, the licence and safety of the
vehicle in which
the consignment is checked
by the factory
that sends it. If
this is possible,
then why don’t
they check for
the capacity of
the vehicle and
then load them
accordingly?’ he
asked.
Sugumar suggested that if the
government was
really concerned
about the safety
of the people
then the root cause of this overloading should be found out instead of
going about levying penalties.
‘If a vehicle is caught with overlaod,
the fine should be imposed on the
sender, receiver and the transporter
as well, instead of dumping everything on the transporter. This will
ensure that the companies also
have a share in ensuring the safety
of the people. If the same company
is caught overloading again, then
their licence should be cancelled,’
Sugumar said.
He pointed out the recent survey
which states that compared to other
States, Tamilnadu ranks first in accidents and road deaths for which
overloaded trucks and damage on
highway are among the reasons.
‘Compared to neighbouring States,
Tamilnadu is carrying abnormal
excess of loads on highways. More
than 90 per cent transportation
vehicles are of abnormal overload
in the State; but only one or two
vehicles are caught and fi ned by
the authorities for the purpose of
record,’ he added.
Sugumar added that there are no
weighing machines in the 19 checkposts in the State to check the weight
of the vehicle entering and exiting
the Tamilnadu, and there are also no
weighing machines in most tollgates
though a recent court order makes
such machines mandatory.
‘Vietnam Veedu’
Sundaram passes away
A filmmaker & writer who was part of MGR & Sivaji films
Commanding Officer D Sendhil Kumar, Wing Commander, 1(TN), Air Squadron - NCC, watches the students
take part in a march past at the inaugural of the 181st sports day and 69th NCC Day of Madras Christian
College Higher Secondary School at Chetpet, Chennai, today. School headmaster and correspondent
G J Manohar is also present.
Vijay Rupani meets Guv
Stakes claim to form govt in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, Aug 6:
Vijay Rupani, who was on Friday
nominated as the next Chief Minister
of Gujarat by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), today met Governor
OP Kohli to stake claim to form the
government.
Vijay Rupani along with Nitin Patel
- who will be the deputy Chief Minister - called on the Governor at the
Raj Bhavan to discuss government
formation.
The decision to appoint Rupani as
Chief Minister came as a major twist
as Patel was the frontrunner for the
post after the former had bowed out
from the race, saying he would like
to work for the party.
Yesterday, in a crucial meeting attended by BJP president Amit Shah
and Union Transport Minister Nitin
Gadkari at the party headquarters
in the State, the decision to make
Rupani as the next Chief Minister
was announced.
BJP`s Central Observer Nitin Gadkari said after the meeting that the
decision was taken by the party
MLAs unanimously and through a
democratic process.
Perera spins Lanka
to series win
Galle, Aug 6 (AFP):
Sri Lankan off-spinner Dilruwan
Perera’s six-wicket haul secured a
historic series win for the hosts as a
struggling Australia were bowled out
for 183 on the third day of the second
Test here today.
Chasing a mammoth 413 for an improbable win, the visitors were all out
for 183, handing Lanka a 229-run win
and a series triumph after 17 years.
Resuming at the lunch score for
133 for 7, Australia lost the remaining
wickets for the loss of 50 runs and the
game ended when Peter Nevill was
run out for 24. Perera had earlier got
Josh Hazlewood caught and bowled
for 7 to finish six wickets.
At lunch, Australia was 133 for
seven with Nevill and Mitchell Starc
battling to survive Sri Lanka’s spin
test. Overnight batsmen David Warner and skipper Steven Smith offered
some resistance with their 51-run
fourth wicket partnership but both of
them fell to Perera’s guile.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Aug 6:
Popular writer and director, Vietnam
Veedu Sundaram passed away this
morning at a private hospital here. He
was suffering from jaundice for some
time. He is survived by two daughters,
son-in-laws and grand children.
Known for his successful plays, Sundaram became famous with Kannan
Vandhan, which was later
made as a film (Gowravam)
with the legendary Sivaji
Ganesan. He has also appeared as a character actor in several Tamil films
and TV serials. Other than
Sivaji Ganesan, Sundaram
has also worked with leading actors including M G Ramachandran,
Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Karthik
and KR Vijaya.
Well known for his family themes,
his stories have been made into
films in other languages also. Many
prominent film personalities including
3 pilgrims killed
in landslide
Gujarat Chief Minister-designate Vijay Rupani called on Governor
O P Kohli at Raj Bhavan today.
The BJP central leadership had already made it clear that a state MLA
would be assigned the job.
Anandiben Patel had tendered
her resignation to the Governor on
Wednesday. Governor OP Kohli had
asked her to continue as the care
taker Chief Minster till an alternate
arrangement was made.
Patel, who took charge as Gujarat`s
first woman Chief Minister after
Narendra Modi took charge as the
Prime Minister, citing age issues
had in her Facebook post earlier
urged the BJP to relieve her from the
coveted post.
Patel said that she had two months
earlier sought to resign from the
party to give enough time to the new
incumbent to prepare for important
events like the upcoming `Vibrant
Gujarat Summit`.
Jammu, Aug 6 (PTI):
Four persons including
three pilgrims were killed
and nine injured in a landslide triggered by heavy
rains enroute to the cave
shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district.
The landslide occurred
on Banganga-Ardhkuwari
road around midnight and
the debris fell on a shelter
where the pilgrims were
sitting, Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of Shri Mata
Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
(SMVDSB) Ajeet Sahu
told PTI. ‘Three pilgrims
including a 5-year-old died
on the spot and another
person was brought dead
at hospital,’ the CEO said.
No differences with
Lt Guv: Pondy CM
Puducherry, Aug 6 (PTI):
Puducherry Chief Minister
V Narayanasamy today asserted that there were no difference of opinion between
his Ministry and Lt Governor
Kiran Bedi. ‘There is no clash
between the Lt Governor and
the Ministry,’ he said.
He said the LG and the Ministry
were functioning within the powers demarcated for them in the
Constitution. Hence, there were
no room for any difference of
opinion.
Addressing reporters here, the
Chief Minister said there was a
vast difference in the constitutional provisions governing the
administration of the National
Capital Territory of Delhi and the
Union Territory of Puducherry.
‘We have separate provision
in the Constitution relating to
Puducherry and the rules framed
under the Union Territories Act
1963 were also different and
hence one should not contend
that both Delhi and Puducherry
Union Territories were on equal
footing,’ he said.
Replying to a question whether
conferment of statehood for
Puducherry would clear the
scenario as far as powers for
elected Ministry were concerned,
he said his government and
Congress insisted that Puducherry should be granted special
category status.
Special category status
would ensure that the Centre
provided 90 per cent of the
budgetary requirements of
Puducherry by way of grants
while the remaining 10 per
cent could be mobilised by the
State government.
Asked about his reported warning to government employees
that they would be dismissed
if they come late, he said he
has never made any critical
comments against government
staff although his intention was
that the employees should be
punctual in turning up at their
workplace.
Khushbu Sundar, Suriya, Manobala,
Y Gee Mahendra and Sivakumar paid
last respects to the mortal remains of
Sundaram at his residence at T Nagar
here. The last rites are expected to
be performed later today.
‘I lost my elder brother’
Sundaram started his career as a
service boy in United
Amateur Artistes (UAA)
run by YG Parthasarathy
in 1956. That kindled his
interest in drama and
cinema. Speaking about
his association with Sundaram, Y Gee Mahendra
of UAA said, ‘I consider
him as my elder brother.
He had a long association with our drama troupe. He wrote
eight plays for us. Kannan Vandhan
was one among them, which was
later made as Gowravam. I had the
fortune of re-enacting Gowravam as
a stage play recently’.
‘He also did many television serials
for me. He was part of our family. I
As writer
Sundaram worked as writer for
films including Vietnam Veedu,
Gnana Oli, Naan Yen Pirandhen, Naalai Namadhe, Justice
Gopinath, Annan Oru Koyil, Paritchaikku Nermaachu, Dharmam,
Nambinar Keduvathillai, Jallikattu
and Soora Samhaaram.
am at loss over his demise’, he added.
‘He was a simple man’
Sundaram is an inspiration for all
of us. He was a simple man, who
loved to travel by public transport and
walk distances, said his son-in-law
Saravanan.
His passion was infectious. A voracious reader, he was planning to stage
a mime on Shakespeare Macbeth and
wasa working on it. He had plans to
produce and direct films, he added.
His love for cinema and stage plays
deserve special mention. He encouraged and motivated a lot of young
talents, he added.
ODYSSEY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
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A cat & mouse
game
After Naan Ee by Rajamouli,
movies around pet animals are on
the rise in K’town. Films featuring
dogs, fish, elephant and bull are in
the making. And joining the list is
Meow, a flick about the heroics of a
cat. A Persian cat has acted in the
lead role. Directed by debutante
Chinaas Palanisamy, the film has a
set of talented technicians coming
together. Music is by Sreejith
Edavano and cinematography
is by Bhojan K Dinesh.
Vincent Adaikalaraj who
produced legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s last
script Target, is bankrolling the project.
He says, ‘Meow is about
a cat named Selfie.
Four youngsters
trouble her and Selfie
plans to take revenge
on them. The tussle between the cat and the men
makes up the movie.
Acclaimed graphic designer
Ramesh Aacharya has used
state-of-the-art CG work in over
150 shots in the movie.
The need to care for animals is our
message through Meow, he adds.
-NT Bureau
Suriya to act in
Gautham Menon’s
film?
Sources in Kollywood say that Suriya and Gautham Menon who parted ways after Varanam
Ayiram might join hands together again. The duo
rendered a huge hit in Khaakha Khaakha.
If reports are to be believed, Suriya
has hinted at working with Gautham again. Now he is busy
with S3, the third instalment
of Singam franchise. It would
be followed by movies with
filmmakers Pa Ranjith and
Muthiah.
Gautham is working in
Achcham Yenbadhu
Madamayada and Enai
Nokki Payum Thotta.
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Three cheers
for Udhay
After Manithan, Udhayanidhi Stalin will be working in three films this year. He
will act in Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran director Ezhil, then a film with Thoonga
Nagaram fame Gaurav Narayanan and one film with debutante Thalapathy,
a former assistant of director Ponram. His movie with Ezhil is a rural comedy
entertainer and this yet-to-be-titled. It will go on floors in September. Buzz is
that Madras fame Catherine Tresa will play the female lead. She had acted in
films including Madras, Kathakali and Kanithan.
-NT Bureau
Kabali lyricist
for Arjun
Arunraja Kamaraja, who
penned lyrics for Neruppu Da
in Rajinikanth starrer Kabali
has emerged a hot property in
Kollywood.
He is flooded with lots of offers
and one among them is for
Nibunan featuring Arjun and
Prasanna in the lead role.
He will be penning the theme
song for Nibunan’s theme
song, set to scores by Naveen.
The movie is directed by Arun
Vaidyanathan.
The movie also stars Varalakshmi Sarathkumar and
Lucia’s heroine Sruthi Hariharan, Suman and Suhasini
Maniratnam.
-NT Bureau
Dharmadurai to
release 19 Aug
A good news for Vijay Sethupathi
fans. His Dharmadurai is confirmed
for a release on 19 August. Directed
by Seenu Ramasamy, Dharmadurai
features Tamannaah opposite Vijay
Sethupathi. Aishwarya Rajesh and
Srushti Dange are also in the cast.
Produced by RK Suresh, the movie
has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
and lyrics by Vairamuthu. Interestingly Vijay Sethupathi has three
releases so far this year - Sethupathi,
Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum and
Iraivi. Remember Vijay Sethupathi
was introduced as hero by Seenu Ramasamy in Thenmerkku Parivakattru.
-NT Bureau
Hingis feels like
a junior after a
20-year absence
BRILLIANT BRAZIL ON SHOW
The Rio Olympics got off to a start with a
vibrant opening ceremony which saw leading
sportspersons including Spanish tennis ace
Rafael Nadal and Briton Andy Murray carry
the flag for their respective nations. The
participants were the cynosure and some
chose to take selfies while many were
proud to enter the Maracana stadium as
part of the country’s squads. Various
events were part of the programme
to entertain the audience.
Rio de Janeiro:
Martina Hingis has retired twice
and been hit with a doping suspension since she last played
the Olympics in 1996 as a precocious 15-year-old.
But after waiting 20 years to
return to the Games, the Swiss
star almost had her Rio dream
snatched away -- not once but
twice.
First,
Roger Federer, her
sched-
A breakthrough for Iran:
First female flag-bearer
Archer Zahra Nemati eyes yellow metal in Rio
Zahra Nemati
Rio de Janeiro:
When archer Zahra Nemati carried
the Iranian flag into the Maracana
Stadium on Friday, she broke new
ground for the Islamic country.
Never before had a woman led Iran’s
team into the parade of athletes in an
Olympic opening ceremony.
In Iran, where strict interpretations of
Islamic norms are enforced, female
fans are traditionally barred from attending male-only sporting events.
Arriving in the stadium in a wheelchair, wearing a green head cover-
ing, Nemati was the flag-bearer for
a team made up overwhelmingly of
men.
It’s quite a way for the 31-year-old
Nemati to make her mark on her first
Olympics.
She had hoped to represent Iran at
the Olympics much earlier in life and
in taekwondo rather than archery.
A car accident as a teenager set the
former black belt on a new sporting
path after leaving her paralysed.
She picked up archery a few years
later simply because, ‘I wanted to do
some sport.’
Unlike most athletes, Nemati won’t
just be spending part of August in Rio
de Janeiro. She’ll be pulling double
duty and will be back next month
for the Paralympics, where she’s
the defending gold medalist in the
individual recurve W1/W2.
Nemati started her ambitious journey to a first Olympic medal ahead
of Friday’s opening ceremony during archery’s qualifying round at the
Sambadrome.
She shot 72 arrows and accumulated a score of 609, good
for 49th position. The results
from the qualifying round
are used determine the
seedings for the bracketed tournament next
week.
At the 2012
London Paral ympics, she captured
gold to become
the first
woman from
Iran to do
so, according to the
Rio Olympics website.
Nemati
earned her spot
at both the
Olympics and
Paralympics
with a strong
performance at the 2015 Asian
Championships and Asian Para
Championships.
‘I had a dream to be in the Olympics
as I was doing taekwondo before my
accident,’ she said. ‘Now, this dream
came true through archery.’
-PTI
Martina Hingis
uled partner in the mixed doubles, withdrew with injury and a
day later Belinda Bencic, her doubles teammate, also pulled out.
In a last-minute solution, where
Vitorija Golubic dropped out of
the team, Hingis was paired with
Timea Bacsinszky.
‘When Roger agreed to play
with me I was very excited but in
our sport you never know what’s
going to happen next week,’ said
Hingis who only arrived in Rio on
Thursday afternoon.
‘Of course, when the phone call
came I was little prepared as it’s
never easy to say no to something you have looked forward to.
‘But we were both equally disappointed that we couldn’t compete
in the Olympic Games together.
I was looking forward to bringing
home a medal.
‘I have another chance. I
never go on the court thinking I am going to lose and I
am here to compete hard
with Timea,’ added Hingis,
now a 35-year-old veteran
of the tour.
Back in the 1996 Olympics, Hingis lost in the second round of the singles
and reached the quarterfinals of the doubles with
Patty Schnyder.
She went onto establish herself as
the leading player of
her generation, winning five Grand Slam
singles titles between
1997 and 1999.
But she retired in
2003 with a knee injury before returning
to the tour in 2006.
One year later, she
was into her second
retirement when she
was hit with a twoyear doping suspension having tested
positive for cocaine
at Wimbledon.
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