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China plans green Olympics
Asif not charge-sheeted: Pakistan Cricket Board
Nadal to meet Djokovic in French Open semis
Beijing is set to host the Olympics this August but with concerns over climate change and reducing energy needs being such an important issue, China is trying to make sure this Olympics is as green as possible.
Despite concerted efforts to green the bigger cities and introduce fuel-efficient vehicles, the air quality a matter of concern for Chinese authorities ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
And they have devised a gameplan to reduce pollution and make the Olympics in August carbon neutral. New hybrid electric buses are being progressively introduced to ease traffic congestion and control emissions.
Fresh saplings have sprung up at various spots across the city, especially around the main Olympic venues.
Over 500 new energy vehicles will be used, in the Central Olympic Areas making them 0 (zero) emission for the first time in the history of the Games.
The idea is to use solar, wind and geothermal energy to power most of the venues and use recycled water and rainwater harvesting to augment water needs.
While the carbon footprint of this mega event, with athletes and spectators flying in from all over the world is expected to be 1 to 1.18 million tons, China aims to reduce emissions by between 1 million and 1.29 million tons.
Despite concerted efforts to green the bigger cities and introduce fuel-efficient vehicles, the air quality a matter of concern for Chinese authorities ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
And they have devised a gameplan to reduce pollution and make the Olympics in August carbon neutral. New hybrid electric buses are being progressively introduced to ease traffic congestion and control emissions.
Fresh saplings have sprung up at various spots across the city, especially around the main Olympic venues.
Over 500 new energy vehicles will be used, in the Central Olympic Areas making them 0 (zero) emission for the first time in the history of the Games.
The idea is to use solar, wind and geothermal energy to power most of the venues and use recycled water and rainwater harvesting to augment water needs.
While the carbon footprint of this mega event, with athletes and spectators flying in from all over the world is expected to be 1 to 1.18 million tons, China aims to reduce emissions by between 1 million and 1.29 million tons.
Asif not charge-sheeted: Pakistan Cricket Board
DUBAI: Authorities here have detained Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif on suspicion of possessing an illegal substance.
Mr. Asif was detained at the airport at around 8 a.m. local time
on Sunday while on his way to Lahore from Mumbai. He was returning home after the IPL Twenty20 league.
At a press conference in Lahore on Tuesday, Shafqat Naghmi, the Chief Operating Officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said: “Asif has not been charge-sheeted as yet for possessing any drugs or banned substances. The substance found on him has been sent for laboratory tests after which the situation will become clearer.”
The suspected contraband was reportedly recovered from Mr. Asif’s wallet.
The PCB official expressed optimism about the possibility of Mr. Asif’s early return home.
“We are hopeful he will return home and if that happens, that itself would be an indication that he is innocent. So there would be no question of taking any disciplinary action against him,” he said.
Analysts say that the episode is no longer a legal issue and has now acquired a political dimension. The Pakistani embassy has been been holding talks with authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Both countries have close bilateral ties. A leading law firm has been engaged to defend him.
Pakistani cricket officials are also dismissing as speculation, a report by a local television channel that Mr. Asif was detained following a brawl at the airport. “I really don’t know because neither Asif nor the local authorities have mentioned this to me,” Geo television quoted Nadeem Akram, PCB’s Human Resource Director, who has arrived here, as saying.
Customs officials say that after his detention, he was handed over to the drugs unit of the Dubai police. Samples of his blood and urine have been taken for analysis.
Mr. Asif was banned for one year after he tested positive for the steroid nandrolone in October 2006.
He is part of a 16-member squad picked on Monday for a one-day tri-series tournament in Bangladesh.
Mr. Asif was detained at the airport at around 8 a.m. local time
on Sunday while on his way to Lahore from Mumbai. He was returning home after the IPL Twenty20 league.At a press conference in Lahore on Tuesday, Shafqat Naghmi, the Chief Operating Officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said: “Asif has not been charge-sheeted as yet for possessing any drugs or banned substances. The substance found on him has been sent for laboratory tests after which the situation will become clearer.”
The suspected contraband was reportedly recovered from Mr. Asif’s wallet.
The PCB official expressed optimism about the possibility of Mr. Asif’s early return home.
“We are hopeful he will return home and if that happens, that itself would be an indication that he is innocent. So there would be no question of taking any disciplinary action against him,” he said.
Analysts say that the episode is no longer a legal issue and has now acquired a political dimension. The Pakistani embassy has been been holding talks with authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Both countries have close bilateral ties. A leading law firm has been engaged to defend him.
Pakistani cricket officials are also dismissing as speculation, a report by a local television channel that Mr. Asif was detained following a brawl at the airport. “I really don’t know because neither Asif nor the local authorities have mentioned this to me,” Geo television quoted Nadeem Akram, PCB’s Human Resource Director, who has arrived here, as saying.
Customs officials say that after his detention, he was handed over to the drugs unit of the Dubai police. Samples of his blood and urine have been taken for analysis.
Mr. Asif was banned for one year after he tested positive for the steroid nandrolone in October 2006.
He is part of a 16-member squad picked on Monday for a one-day tri-series tournament in Bangladesh.
Nadal to meet Djokovic in French Open semis
RAFAEL Nadal could have played with the birthday cake
organisers gave him perched on his head and made the semis of the French Open. Often it is wretched women's quarter-finals at grand-slam tournaments that cause one to raise the thorny issue of equal prize-money and whether it is a travesty, but when Nicolas Almagro collected his cheque for €125,000 ($203,000)
The A Team: Bachchans, RGV speak on life, films
organisers gave him perched on his head and made the semis of the French Open. Often it is wretched women's quarter-finals at grand-slam tournaments that cause one to raise the thorny issue of equal prize-money and whether it is a travesty, but when Nicolas Almagro collected his cheque for €125,000 ($203,000)The first family of Bollywood who are believed to be well over Rs 4,000 crores — Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan — along with filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, in conversation with CNN-IBN's Bhupendra Chaubey about their forthcoming film Sarkar Raj.
Bhupendra Chaubey: Starting with Amit ji is Sarkar Raj in any way different from Sarkar?
Amitabh Bachchan: The story is about the same family in Sarkar, the story looks into the circumstances of the family. And explores another day in the lives of the Nagre family.
Bhupendra Chaubey: So in that sense, Abhishek, would it be correct to say that Sarkar Raj is a sequel exploring just another day in the lives of the Nagre family?
Abhishek Bachchan: Sarkar Raj is a sequel because it's an extension of a story based on a particular family. The sequel of Sarkar Raj does not pick up immediately where Sarkar left. The story starts from three to four years later from where Sarkar ended.
Bhupendra Chaubey: So would you say there is no correlation between the two movies as such? more.....
Bhupendra Chaubey: Starting with Amit ji is Sarkar Raj in any way different from Sarkar?
Amitabh Bachchan: The story is about the same family in Sarkar, the story looks into the circumstances of the family. And explores another day in the lives of the Nagre family.
Bhupendra Chaubey: So in that sense, Abhishek, would it be correct to say that Sarkar Raj is a sequel exploring just another day in the lives of the Nagre family?
Abhishek Bachchan: Sarkar Raj is a sequel because it's an extension of a story based on a particular family. The sequel of Sarkar Raj does not pick up immediately where Sarkar left. The story starts from three to four years later from where Sarkar ended.
Bhupendra Chaubey: So would you say there is no correlation between the two movies as such? more.....
Other News
Obama chosen Democratic presidential candidate
Washington: Barack Obama sealed the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, a
historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the first black US president. A defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his ticket.Obama's victory sets up a five-month campaign against Republican John McCain, a race between a 46-year-old opponent of the Iraq War and a 71-year-old former Vietnam prisoner of war and staunch supporter of the current US military mission.
They will vie to succeed President George W Bush, whose popularity has plummeted as the economy weakens, gasoline and food prices soar and the war continues in its sixth year.
Obama, a first-term Illinois senator who was virtually unknown across America four years ago, defeated Clinton, the former first lady and one-time campaign front-runner, in a 17-month marathon for the Democratic nomination.
''Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States,'' he said, in remarks prepared for delivery at a rally in St Paul, Minnesota.
His victory had been widely assumed for weeks. But Clinton's declaration of interest in becoming his running mate was unexpected.
Mumbai: Trainee pilots held on molestation charge
Mumbai: The Mumbai police arrested a group of trainee pilots for molesting three girls on Tuesday night at the Poptate restaurant in suburban Saki Naka.
According to eyewitnesses, the youth insisted the girls - who were seated a few tables away - joined them. When the girls refused, the men allegedly started abusing them.
"They were all aged between 20 and 22. And, seated on different tables, they suddenly started abusing each other. I tried to calm them down and then called the police," says senior manager, Poptate, Santosh Shetty.
According to police, all this was allegedly done at the behest of their instructor, Vilas Naik, a 61-year-old ex-captain with a reputed airline.
Police have arrested Naik and the youth - Kedar Maniar, Jay Mehta and Snehal Bhat - on charges of molestation, physical abuse and threat to life, a non- bailable charge.
The accused have been taken for medical tests to ascertain if they were under the influence of alcohol when the incident occurred.
They will be produced at the Andheri Metropolitan Court later on Wednesday.
According to eyewitnesses, the youth insisted the girls - who were seated a few tables away - joined them. When the girls refused, the men allegedly started abusing them.
"They were all aged between 20 and 22. And, seated on different tables, they suddenly started abusing each other. I tried to calm them down and then called the police," says senior manager, Poptate, Santosh Shetty.
According to police, all this was allegedly done at the behest of their instructor, Vilas Naik, a 61-year-old ex-captain with a reputed airline.
Police have arrested Naik and the youth - Kedar Maniar, Jay Mehta and Snehal Bhat - on charges of molestation, physical abuse and threat to life, a non- bailable charge.
The accused have been taken for medical tests to ascertain if they were under the influence of alcohol when the incident occurred.
They will be produced at the Andheri Metropolitan Court later on Wednesday.
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