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England coach will not allow social networking sites or newpsper columns for his players. England’s Fabio Capello will not allow England fans with glimpses into life at the World Cup, official or otherwise, this summer. The squad will not be allowed to use Twitter or Facebook or write magazine or newspaper columns during the tournament.

Australian cricketer Philip Hughes also gaffed during the Ashes when he tweeted that he had been dropped, before Australia had announced their team.

The England manager wants his players attentions devoted solely to the matter of winning in South Africa and is reportedly thrashing out strict instructions for how he expects the squad to behave. The Irish Independent reports that the rules will include a ban on all social networking sites. Capello does not want team selection news or tactical information to be unwittingly leaked through Tweets or Facebook updates.
The move could have the unintended effect of media attention on the players’ wives and girfriends during the tournament. The likes of Victoria Beckham and Cheryl Cole are already adept at stealing the headlines. And their exploits in the beauty parlours and shopping malls of South Africa are likely to be as closely observed as their other halves’ performances on the pitch.

Capello’s mistrust of sites like Twitter is not isolated. Last week it emerged that Manchester City and Manchester United had both banned their players from using social networking sites in order to avoid controversy, leaks and the chances of being caught out by hoaxes.

For the rising diabetes population worldwide, scientists claimed to have developed a 15-minute non-surgical treatment that could lead to drastic weight loss and reverse the onset of the disease.

A device is put into small intestine to prevent food being absorbed into body.

The breakthrough treatment, considered a cheap and safe alternative to surgery, involves a device called EndoBarrier — a plastic sleeve that is inserted into the intestine of a patient to prevent food being absorbed into the body.

The device is fed through the mouth using an instrument called an endoscope while the patient is awake.

It is so quick to fit that you can get lots more patients treated. The patients loved it so much they didn’t want us to remove it at the end of the trial period. We had no significant side effects and it was easily removed.”

Extensive tests of EndoBarrier have been carried out in the US and Europe and last week the new device was given a license for use on European patients. In a 12-week trial in the Netherlands, patients fitted with the EndoBarrier lost an average of 16kg compared with a control group of patients who dieted and lost just 5kg.

According to its developers, the treatment, which costs £2,000, is about half the cost of the cheapest obesity operation.“The patients who used it continue to lose weight. It gave them the incentive to eat sensibly,” said Gersin.

The EndoBarrier device is fitted to the first two feet of the small intestine where most food is absorbed. During trials the sleeve was able to reverse Type 2 diabetes within weeks by reducing blood sugar levels so they no longer needed drugs. Nadey Hakim, a UK consultant in weight loss surgery, said: “I would love to be able to cure a patient’s obesity with a 15-minute procedure. It’s a very clever idea”.

The words that had the nation all those years ago: ‘‘Miley sur mera tumhara, toh sur baney hamara?’’

Indians needed it and it was given by Doordarshan. A 16-minute film was launched without fanfare on August 15, 1988, and quickly slipped into nation’s bloodstream.

The 60th anniversary of the republic to being ‘‘mahaan’’ is a booster. Entirely re-filmed ‘‘Phir Miley Sur’’ records the new beats of India and it is sung by 69 icons instead of the original 26. ‘‘Phir Miley Sur’’, presented by The Times of India, and supported by Vodafone, Kingfisher Airlines and Taj Hotels, was launched on Monday — the eve of the 60th Republic Day — by Amitabh Bachchan. If Delhi’s fog prevented the I& B minister, Ambika Soni from doing the honours as scheduled, it was arguably the triumph of fitness over form.

The Big B represent Hindi cinema, the country’s biggest unifier, he was also the only icon from the original video to figure in the new one. Not just that, he is the only non-singer who has actually sung the opening bars himself, and then slipping his hands into his pockets slipped into his unmistakable oratory.

Bachchan is there, this time with Abhishek and Aishwarya. It is a continuum of the patriotism parampara and perhaps a link into ‘‘Phir Sur Miley’’, whenever that is made to record the next spike in the India balance sheet. Louis Banks, who arranged the music for this film, is there with his son Gino; Amjad Ali Khan with Aman and Ayan; Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma with Rahul; Zakir Hussain is there with his brothers Taufiq and Faizal Qureshi — and his eight tablas; L Subramaniam is en famille. And Deepika Padukone takes the place of her badminton ace father as she sings in the rain.

‘‘Phir’’ may have the same words but it is palpably, six packs-ly different. You can feel it in the cyber rush of A R Rahman’s finger board, unveiled here for the first time, in the throb of Shankar Ehsan Loy, in the musical tandava of Shivamani and the electronic twang of the instruments.

The timeless India of its religions, its monuments, its languages is as much on show as Rau Sahib’s stunning photography unfolds phir sey. .

You can check it for yourself on Zoom today, and clear for yourself the doubts expressed by one cynic who had asked its CEO, Suresh Bala, ‘‘Yeh item number key channel par Mother India kaisey?’’

Miley sur mera tumhara made the youngsters of this Nation witness a unique kind of thrill and unity in India. This song has been re-done on the eve of India’s 60th Republic Day celebrations. I tried some networks to download the same, but could not. More about it later.

I had always loved games like cards. Cricket playing was always in the backyard of my house. And that too after India won the World Cup in 1983. It was all due to my health problems. I wonder even if I had good health I would have played outdoor games! It was all due to poor exposure to games and not due to economic issue. The parents did not encourage or understand that games also a existed as a means of life and earning.

Now there are great opportunities for those engaged in games. In India playing Cricket pays now. And youngsters have ample opportunities in other games too.
So Playing Games is not for health or fame now! It pays you heavily!