Also under the Abhiyan, a new sanitation survey will be undertaken in the city between January 5 and 20 to review sanitation and hygiene conditions. Citizens can participate in the survey by giving a 8 PCS FLEXIBLE RATCHET SPANNER SET missed call on toll free number 18002672777, which will be open till January 15.Owing to shortage of toilets, thousands of people use these spots to defecate in the open, thereby posing a severe threat to public hygiene. Conducted by the Quality Council of India, the survey will be based on data provided by municipal bodies, field inspectors and citizens through an IVRS questionnaire.”.With 117 open air defecation spots still existing across Mumbai, the city needs as many as 1.15 lakh toilets to be free from open air defecation, making it an uphill task for Brihanmumbai Municipal Co With 117 open air defecation spots still existing across Mumbai, the city needs as many as 1. The civic body has set itself an ambitious target of building 1. In fact, rendering the city free from open air defecation will be a major priority for BMC under the Centre’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. So far, only two wards – B (Pydhonie and Mohammed Ali Road) and C (Kalbadevi and Bhuleshwar) – have been declared as being free from open air defecation. The results of the survey will be announced on MyGov website on January 25.15 lakh toilets to be free from open air defecation, making it an uphill task for Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to achieve its target. “Swachh Bharat Mission aims at ensuring door-to-door garbage collection and disposal of municipal solid waste in all 80,000 wards in urban areas by 2019.Praveen Prakash, Mission Director of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, said that the Centre will be providing Rs 400 crore aid to the BMC for implementing the abhiyan.15 lakh toilets by December 2016. Municipal bodies are encouraged to convert waste into compost as well as generate electricity.
- Dec 01 Tue 2020 09:43
With 117 open air defecation spots still existing across Mumbai
- Nov 25 Wed 2020 08:51
Nadal lost in the first round here last year
11 David Goffin to reach only his second Grand Slam semifinal.Nadal lost in the first round here last year and had extended injury layoffs before and after the U. It was the No.Raonic last year reached the Australian Open semifinals, when he was hampered by a hip injury and lost to Andy Murray after leading by two sets-to-one, and went on to reach the final at Wimbledon. The 30-year-old Spaniard saved six set points in the second set, including two in the 13-minute tiebreaker..Earlier in the day, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria notched a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over No. Open to let his left wrist recover from injury. He&3-in-1 Reversible Ratchet Combination Spanner39;s on a roll in Australia after winning the Brisbane International tuneup tournament ahead of the season's first major. Rafael Nadal exults after winning his quarterfinal against Milos Raonic at the Australian Open in Melbourne.Rafael Nadal eased past Milos Raonic in straight sets to enter his first Grand Slam semifinal since the 2014 French Open. 15-seeded Dimitrov's fifth win from as many meetings with Goffin.The win over Raonic was Nadal's 50th at Melbourne Park, where he won title in 2009 and lost in the final in 2012 and '14. (Photo: AP) Melbourne: Rafael Nadal beat third seed Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (7), 6-4 to reach the Australian Open semifinals, returning to the last four at a Grand Slam tournament # for the first time since winning the 2014 French Open.He improved to a career-high year-end No.Nadal's return ensures there will be three 30-somethings in the men's semifinals, equaling the Open era mark set at Roland Garros in 1968. 3 ranking and beat Nadal in three sets in the quarterfinals at the tuneup event in Brisbane earlier in the month. Nadal will play Grigor Dimitrov on Friday, the day after 35-year-old Roger Federer takes on 31-year-old Stan Wawrinka in an all-Swiss semifinal.
- Nov 18 Wed 2020 17:56
The 24-year-old Indian ace has always managed to find her
In the doubles, the men&Double Ring Ratchet Spanner39;s pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who clinched their maiden BWF Super 500 # title at the Thailand Open, have pulled out of the competition due to injuries.Saina's likely opponents in the quarterfinals will be China's Chen Yu Fei, who had clinched the All England Championship earlier in the year. She is likely to face Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark next.The 10th seeded Madhya Pradesh shuttler will face a tough challenge against second seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the pre-quarterfinals if he clears the earlier rounds. The 24-year-old Indian ace has always managed to find her best form in the World Championships, producing stellar performances but she missed the trick in the summit clash twice. I have to perform well but there is no pressure," Sindhu told PTI..If she wins her first match, Sindhu is likely to meet Beiwen Zhang of USA in the third round and is expected to face Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfinals.The Indian pairs of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, MR Arjun and Ramchandran Shlok and Arun George and Sanyam Shukla will also be in the fray.In the women's doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, Jakkampudi Meghana and Poorvisha S Ram and Pooja Dandu and Sanjana Santosh will also look for a good outing.The 24-year-old Indian ace has always managed to find her best form in the World Championships, producing stellar performances but she missed the trick in the summit clash twice.
She received a bye in the first round and will open her campaign against either Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po or Bulgaria's Linda Zetchiri.Sindhu has been the most consistent performer in the World Championships in the last few years with two back-to-back silvers.While she lost to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in an epic battle, lasting 110 minutes in the 2017 edition, Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain stopped her in the summit clash in 2018."I've been working on my defence, physical fitness and also on-court skills.Sindhu has been the most consistent performer in the World Championships in the last few years with two back-to-back silver and as many bronze medals but a gold medal has so far eluded her. I have trained hard and I hope I can do well.The seventh-seeded Indian, who has gone without a title in the BWF World Tour for the last 22 months, will open against Nhat Nguyen of Ireland in a repeat of the opening clash of the 2018 edition. (Photo: PTI) Basel: India's double silver medallist P V Sindhu will look to produce another masterclass when she resumes her quest for an elusive gold at the BWF World Championships beginning here on Monday.Eighth-seeded Saina, who boasts of a silver and bronze medal in the World Championships, will take on the winner of the match between Switzerland's Sabrina Jaquet and Netherland's Soraya De Visch Eijbergen in the second round after getting a bye.
- Nov 13 Fri 2020 11:17
The third seeded B Sai Praneeth prevailed
This is Praneeth&Universal Wrench39;s second consecutive title win, following the Singapore Open victory.Praneeth, ranked 24 in the world, did not have an ideal start in the final as he went down in the opening game. But I tried to slowly and slowly to build up and I am happy I could win.Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates PraneethPrime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated shuttler B Sai Praneeth for winning the USD 1,20,000 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold men's singles title in Bangkok today. Although he wasted two game points, he eventually won it 21-18.The Indonesian opened up a 3-0 lead but Praneeth soon caught up with him at 4-4 and it was a close battle till 7-7 before Christie broke free to maintain a slender edge.Congratulations to B Sai Praneeth for wining the Thailand Open badminton tournament."I was just focusing on the rallies. It was a difficult match.He had reached the finals of Syed Modi International in January at Hyderabad, where he lost to Sameer Verma.
The third seeded B Sai Praneeth prevailed 17-21 21-18 21-19 over the fourth seeded Indonesian Jonatan Cristie in a contest that lasted an hour and 11 minutes.(Photo: PTI) Bangkok: Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth lifted his maiden Grand Prix gold title by posting a come-from-behind victory over Indonesian Jonatan Christie in the men's singles final of the USD 1,20,000 Thailand Open here today. However, the Indian slowly made his way up with five consecutive points to reduce the margin to # 7-8.Thereafter, it was a neck-and-neck battle till 15-15 before the Indian took a slight two-point lead at 17-15.In the decider, Christie broke away at 2-2 to open up a 7-2 lead and then to 8-3. The rallies were going too long.Finally Praneeth caught up with him at 9-9 and what followed was a keenly contested affair with none of the shuttlers sparing an inch to each other.This is B Sai Praneeth's second consecutive title win, following the Singapore Open victory.After another couple of close points, Christie found himself 18-17 up and quickly sealed off the opening game with three points on the trot.At 17-17, Praneeth won two crucial points to take a 19-17 lead but only to concede the advantage.Christie bagged the next two points to tie at 19-19. He had reached the finals of Syed Modi International in January at Hyderabad, where he lost to Sameer Verma.
- Nov 11 Wed 2020 08:50
The injury I suffered at Roland Garros needs
He missed the 2004 and 2009 events through injury.&8 PCS FLEXIBLE RATCHET SPANNER SET039;The injury I suffered at Roland Garros needs time to heal,' wrote Nadal on his Facebook page."The 14-time Grand Slam title winner was Wimbledon champion in 2008 and 2010."On Wednesday, his uncle Toni, who is also his long-time coach, admitted that there had been no time set for his nephew's return."Wimbledon, the season's third Grand Slam event, gets under way at the All England Club on June 27."We don't want to put in danger his participation in the Olympic Games," said Toni Nadal.He pulled out of the French Open, where he has been champion on nine occasions, after injuring a tendon in his left wrist having played just two rounds."(Rafa) will return when the doctors are convinced that all is going well.Nadal has endured a roller-coaster relationship with Wimbledon.His suffered a second round exit in 2012 to Lukas Rosol, a first round loss against Steve Darcis in 2013, a last-16 run in 2014 which was ended by Nick Kyrgios while he was knocked out in the second round last year by Germany's Dustin Brown."Hi everybody."Don't push yourself and don't risk."As you can all imagine, it's a very tough decision, but the injury I suffered at Roland Garros needs time to heal."
My advice is just to take your time," said del Potro in Stuttgart where he is playing this week's grasscourt tournament.In 2015, he slumped to 10 in the world at one stage, his lowest ranking in a decade and also failed to win a Grand Slam title for the first time since 2004.A statement on Thursday from Nadal's agent Benito Perez-Barbadillo read: "Rafa's left wrist will continue (to be) immobilised for a maximum of two weeks. After that the player will start # an anti-inflammatory rehabilitation and physiotherapy-based treatment once the cast is removed.He had been scheduled to be his country's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony."Wimbledon will also be without another former champion this year after 2004 women's winner Maria Sharapova was banned for two years for failing a doping test.Nadal, the world number five, is keen to play at the Rio Olympics after being unable to defend his gold medal at the 2012 London Games because of a knee injury. He won't play unless he's 100 per cent. I'm sad to announce that after talking to my doctors, and receiving the results of my last medical revision, I won't be able to play at Wimbledon this year," wrote the 30-year-old who is desperate to be fit for the Rio Olympics in August.
- Nov 03 Tue 2020 10:39
Banga is also among the American business leaders
The New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board will be chaired by the governor&13 PCS FLEXIBLE RATCHET SPANNER SET39;s former secretaries Steve Cohen and Bill Mulrow and includes over 100 business, community and civic leaders from industries across the state.Regions must also implement a testing regimen that prioritizes symptomatic persons and conducts frequent tests of frontline and essential workers. Further, each business and industry must have a plan to protect employees and consumers, make the physical work space safer and implement processes that lower the risk of infection in the business.New York is the epicentre of the pandemic and currently has 295,106 COVID-19 cases.Cuomo stressed that the state will have to gradually begin the re-opening process because "you can't sustain being closed.Besides him, Chair of advisory firm Tandon Capital Associates Chandrika Tandon and President and CEO of Hotel Association of New York City Vijay Dandapani are also part of the advisory board constituted by the New York governor.Tandon's advisory firm Tandon Capital Associates focuses on measurable transformation of institutions to excellence.Businesses considered 'more essential' with inherent low risks of infection in the workplace and to customers will be prioritized, followed by other businesses considered 'less essential' or those that present a higher risk of infection spread.If the hospital system in an area exceeds 70 per cent capacity, which means you only have 30 per cent left, or if the transmission rate hits 1. The economy can't sustain it.A recognised leader in the worlds of business, education and arts, Tandon is also an acclaimed composer and vocalist and a Grammy-nominated artist.There must also be at least 30 contact tracers for every 100,000 people and the region must also monitor the regional infection rate throughout the re-opening plan.
On Tuesday, 337 people died of the disease in the state. At New York University (NYU), she is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chair of the NYU President's Global Council and Chair of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Board of Overseers. It was below the 1,000 mark for the first time in over a month, down from over 3,000 on April 4, proving that the outbreak was waning in the state.Outlining additional guidelines for the phased plan to re-open New York on a regional basis, Cuomo said based on CDC recommendations, once a region experiences a 14-day decline in the hospitalization rate, they may begin a phased re-opening. Her album 'Soul Call' had earned her a Grammy nomination.Businesses in each region will re-open in phases, he said, adding that phase one will include opening construction and manufacturing functions with low risk, phase two will open certain industries based on priority and risk level. Individual families can't sustain it. Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga (File photo) New York: Three eminent Indian-Americans, including Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, will be part of an advisory board formed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to help guide the state's strategy to gradually re-open the business and institutions amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as it continues to witness a declining trend in the number of cases.In 2002, the Asian American Business Development Center, New York, selected him as one of the 50 outstanding Asian Americans in Business."We've come up with a phased plan to re-open New York so every region in the state has the same opening template as we begin this process," Cuomo said.Dandapani is a hotel industry veteran, who was recognised in 1998 as one of the Crain's New York Business top 100 minority business leaders in the New York City. Our children can't sustain it.1, those are danger signs, he said.New York is the epicentre of the pandemic in the US and currently has 295,106 COVID-19 cases with over 17,000 deaths. We can't sustain it on a personal level.
- Nov 02 Mon 2020 08:52
The process of issuing notices and inviting tenders
Lack of manpower may force the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to outsource the task of maintaining open spaces, which it is planning to take over from the private parties.“The notices were initially issued to only those plots which the BMC was confident of maintaining on its own.The civic body, in the second phase, is planning to send notices to 25 parties, which have been allotted open spaces. The process of sending notices and acquisition of plots would be carried out phase-wise, said the official.Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked the BMC to take back 216 open plots, which were given on the previous adoption policy and whose agreement is not valid anymore. To pre-empt possible attempts of private agencies to stall its action of taking over open spaces, the BMC has also filed caveats in the high court and city civil courts. 6 PCS FLEXIBLE RATCHET SPANNER SET Sukhbir got acquainted with Kusum, a divorcee, on social media in late December last year. However, it would not be possible for all the 216 plots.However, civic activists had expressed apprehensions as to whether the BMC has the necessary workforce to maintain the open spaces. The civic body is now planning to issue tenders to appoint contractors for the maintenance of these plots. The list of these plots, released by the civic body, includes many prominent recreational grounds and playgrounds (RGPGs), which are maintained by politicians’ trusts, corporates and gymkhanas. Hence we will invite tenders to maintain the rest of the open spaces. Lack of manpower may force the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to outsource the task of maintaining open spaces, which it is planning to take over from the private parties. The process of issuing notices and inviting tenders will be done simultaneously so that when these plots are taken over, we are ready to maintain them,” said a senior civic official. These concerns have come true, as the civic officials have said that they would soon issue tenders to appoint contractors for the upkeep of these spots.In the first phase, the BMC has issued notices to 36 parties asking them to hand over the open spaces allotted under the adoption policy.
- Oct 28 Wed 2020 11:28
Since then she has withdrawn from her WTA title
A file photo Serena Williams in the women’s tennis competition at the Rio Olympics. (Photo: AP ) A file photo Serena Williams in the women’s tennis competition at the Rio Olympics. (Photo: AP )Serena Williams once again arrives at Flushing Meadows poised to rewrite the tennis record books — if her own troublesome right shoulder and increasingly emboldened rivals allow.The 34-year-old US superstar matched Steffi Graf’s Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles with her triumph at Wimbledon in July.With a seventh US Open triumph she can break Graf’s record, and continue her march toward Australian Margaret Court’s all-time mark of 24 Grand Slam titles.She could also break Graf’s record of 186 consecutive weeks atop the world rankings, and surpass Chris Evert for most US Open singles titles won in the Open Era.But after seeing a frustrating year go by between her 21st Grand Slam win and No. 22, Williams said she’d learned to let history take care of itself.“I learned not to get involved in those debates and conversations,” Williams said after her straight-sets victory over Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon final. “I definitely had some sleepless nights...
I’ve just felt a lot of pressure.” When the final Grand Slam of the year gets underway, the pressure could be on again.Williams’ bid to retain her Olympic singles title ended in Rio de Janeiro this month when she was sent crashing out of the third round by Elina Svitolina.Williams was clearly hindered by the shoulder injury that had forced her out of the Montreal WTA tournament as she served up eight double faults and 37 unforced errors in the straight-sets defeat.Since then she has withdrawn from her WTA title defence in Cincinnati, saying the inflammation in her shoulder “continues to be a challenge”. If Williams isn’t at full strength, Kerber is just one of the players poised to pounce.The German defeated Williams in the Australian Open final in January. Seeded second in New York, she is one of three players with a chance to seize the number one ranking if Williams falters.Kerber, 28, boasts a title at Stuttgart, an 6 PCS RATCHET SPANNER SET Olympic silver medal and finals appearances at Brisbane in January and this month in Cincinnati — where she missed her first chance to supplant Williams atop the rankings. Being viewed as a legitimate threat to Williams, Kerber said, “is really special”.“Because Serena is one of the best players and athletes in the world,” she said. “Of course it’s really special that a lot of people are speaking about her and then speaking about me.”
- Oct 23 Fri 2020 08:43
Media and open government advocates called the language unnecessary
Democratic lawmakers has introduced a bill that would make clear that personal social media pages and messages are public records. Gov. Eric Greitens leaves the civil courts building in St. Louis, Mo., after speaking with reporters after a felony invasion-of-privacy case against him was dismissed. One app promotes itself as a way to discuss sensitive negotiations and human resources problems without leaving a digital record. Another boasts that disappearing messages “keep your message history tidy.” And a popular email service recently launched a “confidential mode” allowing the content of messages to disappear after a set time.The proliferation of digital tools that make text and email messages vanish may be welcome to Americans seeking to guard their privacy. But open government advocates fear they are being misused by public officials to conduct business in secret and evade transparency laws.Whether communications on those platforms should be part of the public record is a growing but unsettled debate in states across the country. Updates to transparency laws lag behind rapid technological advances, and the public and private personas of state officials overlap on private smartphones and social media accounts.“That kind of technologies literally undermine, through the technology itself, state open government laws and policies,” said Daniel Bevarly, executive director of the National Freedom of Information Coalition. “And they come on top of the misuse of other technologies, like people using their own private email and cellphones to conduct business.”Some government officials have argued that public employees should be free to communicate on private, non-governmental cellphones and social media platforms without triggering open records requirements.Lawmakers in Kentucky and Arizona this year unsuccessfully proposed exempting all communications on personal phones from state open records laws, alarming open government advocates.
A Virginia lawmaker introduced a bill to exempt all personal social media records of state lawmakers from disclosure.New Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer went the opposite direction in February with an executive order that requires his staff to use official email accounts for all government business. He also banned private accounts for any communications related to “the functions, activities, programs, or operations” of the office.In neighbouring Missouri, Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill that would make clear that personal social media pages and messages sent through digital platforms such as Confide and Signal are public records as long as they relate to official business. The legislation arose because of a controversy involving the use of the Confide app by former Gov. Eric Greitens, who resigned in June amid a series of scandals.“We need to clarify the expectations because we should not be allowed to conduct state business using invisible ink,” said state Rep. Ingrid Burnett, who said she’s disappointed the bill didn’t advance.The proposals were captured by a new Associated Press application called SunshineHub, a digital tool that tracks bills related to government transparency in all 50 states. They point to the mushrooming challenge of defining and maintaining government records in the smartphone era.The issue exploded into public view last year amid reports that several employees in the office of Greitens, then Missouri’s governor, had accounts on Confide. The app makes messages disappear immediately after they are read and doesn’t allow them to be saved, forwarded, printed or captured by screenshot.The news prompted an inquiry from the state attorney general, an ongoing lawsuit alleging the practice violated the state’s sunshine law and the bill that would declare all such communications relating to government business to be public records.Greitens and aides have said they used Confide only to discuss logistics such as scheduling matters that were insignificant, “transitory” and therefore not required to be maintained as public records. An inquiry by Attorney General Josh Hawley found no evidence the practice as described was illegal, but investigators didn’t recover the disappearing messages.Greitens’ explanation for using the app has drawn scepticism from critics, who question why mundane messages would be sent on a platform that promotes “honest, unfiltered confidential conversations” on sensitive topics.“That’s absurd. Nobody switches out to a secret burner app to do that,” said Missouri attorney Mark Pedroli, who is suing Greitens on behalf of an open government group and using the case to investigate whether the former governor used the app to communicate with donors and political aides.“One of the motivating factors of this lawsuit is to find out — what could be the worst-case scenario of a governor or elected official using a secretive app like this?”
- Oct 20 Tue 2020 08:39
To say nothing of his unnerving habit of making pointed references
Karan Thapar is one of India’s most respected journalists. Karan Thapar Karan Thapar’s ‘To the Point’ has been conspicuously off the air. More to the point, we know not why. We await his reappearance, in another avatar, with bated breath. This imagined conversation took place a few weeks prior to his departure. A Satire News exclusive.Karan Thapar is one of India’s most respected journalists. He is sharp, thorough in his preparation and To The Point, to accord his erstwhile television chat show its designated brand name. Impeccably dressed, suit and tie or bow tie perfectly synchronised to match his well groomed and distinguished silver grey hair. Sartorial elegance personified. He speaks in clipped, Oxford accented English. His subjects find his burrowing and darting eyes a bit disconcerting, as if they were caught with their hands in the cookie jar. To say nothing of his unnerving habit of making pointed references to something the subject had said, and totally forgotten, several years ago. As in, ‘Interesting you should say that Mani Shankar Aiyar, because at an election rally in your constituency in Mayiladuthurai (makes a complete hash of the pronunciation), you said just the opposite, and I quote……..’ Given Karan Thapar’s notoriously elusive personality, Satire News’ dogged persistence finally paid off. The great man agreed to be interviewed in camera, which actually means without cameras, in the convoluted ways of the English language. Given our shoestring budget, we could not afford to invite the celebrated anchor to a posh 5 star location. Instead he agreed to meet us at our unpretentious office, over a cup of matka chai and dhoklas.Satire News (SN): ‘Good morning, Karan. So good of you to agree to be interviewed by us at our modest premises. What does it feel like, to be on the other side of the table, in a manner of speaking?’
Karan Thapar (KT): ‘Mr.Thapar to you, if it doesn’t put you out. We hardly know each other. Calling me by my first name? It’s too soon. And you call this a table, this battered old school desk? A pox on you’.SN: ‘Extremely sorry, Mr.Thapar. We proffer, with bowed head, our unconditional apology. Won’t happen again, cross my heart and hope to die. A pox on you??’ KT: ‘Just an old English expression, when you want to curse or put the mockers on someone. Went out of currency in the 18th century, but I am partial to a smidgen of Ye Olde English. And another thing. You described your premises as modest. That is a very good description, if a tad understated. Could do with a lick of paint’.SN: ‘Er, thank you, I guess. Can we hunker down to the questions?’ KT: ‘I like that, “hunker down”. You have a way with words. Yes, of course. Fire away’.SN: ‘Right. By the way, I hope the dhoklas are not too salty’. KT: ‘No, they’re scrumptious, though I would have preferred fish fingers with mayonnaise. And speaking of salt, en passant, have you read my book ‘More Salt than Pepper’? Available on Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon. Suggest you order it eftsoons. There’s a special offer on. Sorry, I digress’.SN: ‘Actually, we have already read the book Mr. T, if calling you that is not a liberty. No? Super. We downloaded it for free from Kindle.’ KT: ‘Damn Kindle and its free downloads. That’s one royalty fee up the spout. Right, on with the questions. These diversions are pleasant but my time is precious.’SN: ‘Righty ho, Mr. T. Tell us, of all the famous people you have interviewed on television, who were the most difficult?’ KT: ‘All of them. I select my subjects for their high degree of difficulty. Makes for spicy television. The cut and thrust of debate is never better exemplified than to cross swords with a pugnacious foe. I see them as innocent sacrificial lambs. That’s why my programme graphic features a sword cutting a swathe across the screen. Prepares the viewer for the thrust and parry’.SN: ‘Most interesting, but can you name some subjects who challenged even your formidable array of attacking arsenal?’KT: ‘Hmmm, nice one. ‘Array of attacking arsenal’. You have a natural bent for alliteration, my friend. You are right, of course. Offence is my best form of defence, even if that meant being offensive. Let’s get back to your question, lest I be accused of dissembling. My audience research tells me that most of my subjects squirmed a goodish bit under my close questioning. However, there were two notable exceptions. The late Benazir Bhutto and the equally late Dr. J. Jayalalithaa’.