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'Shoaib wasn't dropped because of Sania'

14 July, 2010
Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed has dismissed reports that Shoaib Malik was not considered for the first Test against Australia on disciplinary grounds and said the former captain was dropped from the playing eleven because of his poor form.

There were reports in the media that Malik was dropped from the team for the first Test against Australia which started on Tuesday at Lord's after the experienced all-rounder skipped a few practice sessions to be with his wife Sania Mirza.

But Yawar rubbished the reports, saying they were untrue and baseless.

"The team was picked well in advance and the tour selection committee did not pick Malik because he is still trying to find his form," Yawar said from London.

"The spirit of the team is high and all the players have gelled together. There have been no disciplinary issues as yet at all," he said.

Malik married Indian tennis ace Sania earlier this year in a much-hyped ceremony in Hyderabad.

Soon after his publicised wedding, Malik, who was banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for one year over indiscipline, was recalled in the national team for last month's Asia Cup after an appeals tribunal cleared him of any wrongdoing.

Malik himself was surprised by the report since he had not missed a single practice session and said he was ignored only because of his form.

"Even when we go out of the hotel we do it with the knowledge and permission of the team management," he said.

"I have not been selected because the tour selection committee felt that it was better to give a chance to youngsters for this Test and also I am trying to get back to my best form," Malik said.

The PCB has issued strict instructions to the team management not to show leniency to any player during the tour and to deal strongly with incidents of cricketers violating the code of conduct.

Sources, however, said that Malik and enigmatic fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar had been on their best behavior since returning to the Pakistan team last month.

"In fact the board has asked the team management including the captain and coach and also the selection committee to send a report on the behavior, form and fitness of Malik so that he can considered for a central contract," one source said.

Malik was robbed of his central contract this year because of the ban and fine imposed on him by the PCB for indiscipline during Pakistan's disastrous tour of Australia.

103 fall sick due to chlorine gas leak, probe ordered

July 14, 2010
Nearly 103 persons fell sick early today after inhaling chlorine gas leaking from a cylinder stored in Bombay Port Trust (BPT) premises at Sewri prompting BPT, police and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to begin a joint probe into the incident.

All the affected persons were taken to King Edward Memorial hospital, JJ hospital and BPT hospital, police and fire brigade sources said, adding, they included college students, BPT staff and firemen.

The condition of eight persons at JJ hospital was said to be critical. However, there are no casualties so far, Dean of JJ hospital T P Lahane told reporters.

Some of the affected persons were discharged after getting treatment. Currently, 78 persons are recuperating out of which eight are in the Critical Care Unit due to respiratory problems and 14 in Medical Intensive Unit for throat problems, Lahane said.

Infosys tanks 2.6 per cent on fall in its Q1 net profit

13 July, 2010
IT major Infosys technologies today plunged as much as 2.6 per cent on BSE in the morning trade after the company posted a dip in first quarter numbers.,
Shares of the company, which carries maximum weight on Sensex after RIL, fell to Rs 2,820.25, down 2.6 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The IT bellwether reported a fall of 2.4 per cent in its June quarter net profit. The company's consolidated net profit declined to Rs 1,488 crore against Rs 1,525 crore in the same quarter last year.

However, the consolidated revenue rose to Rs 6,198 crore against Rs 5,472 crore over the year-ago period.

"The results are marginally down which was expected due to pressure on company's revenues in terms of squeezed margins.

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PSLV Launch Successful, Satellites Placed in Orbit

12 July, 2010
In a textbook launch, India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) today successfully placed into orbit remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B and four other satellites after a perfect lift off from the spaceport here.,
At the end of an over 51-hour countdown, the 44.4 metre-tall four-stage PSLV-C-15, costing Rs 260 crore, blasted off from a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre with ignition of the core first stage and placed the satellites in orbit one after the other.

Visibly relieved scientists, headed by ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan, cheered as ISRO's workhorse PSLV soared into clear skies at 9.22 AM from the spaceport in the East Coast in Andhra Pradesh, about 100 km north of Chennai.

Spain - The King of Football

12 July, 2010
Andres Iniesta struck deep into the second half extra time to give Spain their maiden World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in a drama-filled summit clash here today.,
Iniesta scored the winner in the 116th minute after both the sides were locked goal-less in the regulation 90 minutes in an ill-tempered grand finale which saw the ejection of Dutch defender John Heitinga in the 110th minute for his second booking and another 12 yellow cards being shown.

Spain, who had never gone beyond quarterfinals before this World Cup, today bagged world football's most coveted trophy after 13 appearances since 1934.

New world champions Spain, the eighth such team in history, now join Brazil (five titles), Italy (four), Germany (three), Argentina (two), Uruguay (two), France (one) and England (one).

John Abraham's next is like sushi

9 July, 2010
Pasta is passe. Abbas Tyrewala compares his new film to sushi. And thinks Hrithik’s pasta parallel for Kites was inapt.

Last week director Abbas Tyrewala was spotted on the sets of Siddharth Anand’s Anjaana Anjaani in earnest discussion with choreographer Ahmed Khan who was shooting a club song with Ranbir and Priyanka.

While Ahmed was pleading his inability to choreograph the song, Abbas was insistent. The director needs to bring an element of identifiable glamour music and masti into his film. Piggyriding Anjaana Anjaani into a romantic mood seems a safe bet.

Apparently Abbas is urgently in need of giving his untitled film a specific marketing spin. But the problem is, the love story in Abbas’ film has no reference point.

Says Abbas, “Forget a reference point. There’s no definite image or idea to create a sense of identification with the protagonists. I don’t have a title as yet. No, my film is not called Call Me...Dil. In my first film Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na there was at least the youthful theme to create a marketing base. In my second film there’re a new leading lady who happens to be my wife and John who goes against his image and doesn’t take off his shirt even once. It’s a love story. But the audiences have no way of relating to it because they haven’t seen anything like it.”

So would Abbas use Hrithik Roshan’s image from Kites of trying to feed pasta to those who are used to biryani?
Protests Abbas, “Not at all. Pasta, like biryani, is filling and sumptuous. How do I market a delicate piece like my film? It’s like trying to convince guests at a dinner joint to have sushi instead of biryani.”

This is where Ahmed Khan’s choreography comes in. Abbas Tyrewala wants to use Khan’s choreographic skills to create a sense of identification for his unconventional love story with the audience.

Ahmed Khan apparently had no dates to spare. Now Abbas has persuaded the choreographer to shoot a song with John and Pakhi from July 14 to 16 July.

Says Abbas, “It took some convincing. But we needed Ahmed’s dancing to generate that right amount of youthful pep and zest in the audiences’ mind.” Abbas is counting on the far more conventional Anjaana Anjaani which releases a fortnight before his film, to generate the right romantic ambience for the John-Pakhi film.

Says Abbas, “Let’s admit it. Any member of the audience would give anything to see Priyanka and Ranbir together. I’m hoping some of that audience would be there waiting to see John and Pakhi. We are counting on Anjaana Anjaani to create a romantic atmosphere for our film. Then maybe they’d accept sushi after biryani.”

Women enjoy best sex at 40

Women have higher sex drives in their thirties and early forties than in their younger years because they fear their "biological clock" is ticking. A study showed that despite the fact their bodies may be in decline, women are more likely to have sexual fantasies and affairs as they approach 40.

Experts said that as women approach the milestone, they may sense that their "window of opportunity" to have children is closing and their fertility is declining.

Their instinctual reaction is an increased appetite for sex, the researchers said, an explanation which could explain the rise of the "cougar" - a woman who seeks out flings with younger partners.

The survey of nearly 900 women divided respondents into three groups: those at their most fertile age (19 to 26 years), those whose fertility was declining (27 to 45 years) and those who were approaching or had reached menopause.

Those in the middle group were significantly more sexually driven, engaging in sex and having sexual fantasies more often than their older and younger counterparts and being more likely to have flings.

"Results indicate women with declining fertility have greater sexual motivations and increased sexual behaviours than do women with relatively high fertility," David Buss, a researcher, said.

"These findings lend further support to the influence of the biological clock on women's mating psychology to facilitate conception before the window of opportunity closes," he added.