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Inner city the best place to be a mum while outer suburban mums do it tough

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 08 May 2016
Her children, Jack, 4, Alice, 3, and eight-month-old Hugo will visit family in Europe every year, go skiing in the winter and may well attend private high schools, she says ... Woollahra Council has been named the best place in NSW to be a mum, and mothers in Sydney's outer suburbs and the bush do it toughest, according to new research that ranks areas by health, education, income and social advantage....

We are presuming it is a House of 61, says BJP

Edit Indian Express 08 May 2016
Uttarakhand BJP president Ajay Bhatt. (Source. YouTube screen grab). It’s been a busy day at the BJP headquarters in Balbir Road, Dehradun ... They always have two people guarding him,” says Bhatt ... “Bhim Lal Arya has not officially been attending party meetings but he has been talking to people on a private level ... There are many in the Congress who feel the party has no future, says Chauhan, hinting at more rebellion in the party ranks....

Eight things to know about Cubs mega-prospect Addison Russell

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 08 May 2016
Russell, 21, was a consensus top-five prospect entering the 2015 season, ranked third by Baseball America, fifth by MLB.com and second by Baseball Prospectus. Bryant, by comparison, was ranked first, second and fifth, respectively, by those organizations. Russell has been in the top 50 on all three rankings every year since 2013, and his stock has risen every year since ... 1 national ranking — and a state runner-up finish in 2012....

Ohio State beats BYU for second NCAA volleyball title

Edit Springfield News-Sun 08 May 2016
Brenden Sander had 14 kills for top-ranked BYU (27-4)....

I want to win a medal Rio: Srikanth

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
Presently ranked No. 12, the 23-year-old Srikanth has an uphill task, but India’s only men’s single qualifier at South Africa’s first Summer Games, is going to make an all out effort at Jakarta and Sydney ... I would have been much happier had I been in the top eight ranking ... The 5 to 8 ranked will play 1 to 4 only in the quarter-finals and 9 to 16 ranked would play 1 to 4 in the pre-quarters ... No one has been there....

Marriage ends, a new bond begins

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
Last New Year's eve, Sunil Mathapati's 18-year-old daughter cleaned out his cupboard and discovered that he was still wearing the shirts he wore 10 years ago ... "Just smile and walk off." ... She writes a journal in private and reads books on the nuclear proliferation treaty and the Dalai Lama ... "I tell her, it is because your mother left that I immersed myself in my work, moved up the ranks and travelled the world for free." ... ....

Volquez, Tomlin clash in rubber game between rivals

Edit MLB 08 May 2016
If there's one team that gives Volquez fits, it's the Indians ... the Tribe ... Since returning from a shoulder injury last year, Tomlin has ranked among baseball's top pitchers. Among pitchers with at least 14 starts over the 2015-16 seasons, Tomlin ranks third behind only Jake Arrieta and Clayton Kershaw with a 0.90 WHIP. Tomlin's 7.3 strikeout-to-walk ratio ranks second overall among that grouping, trailing only Kershaw's rate of 7.9 ... ....

Pvt groundwater surveyors make a killing this summer

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
A private company that carried out the survey presented a sketch depicting the spot where water could be present ... This was one of the incidents that came to the attention of the department regarding the emergence of private parties who claim to employ most-advanced technologies to detect presence of groundwater ... In most cases, they team up with private rigs, who are passed on the drilling works," the official added....

SCS bill: KVP seeks NDA parties’ support

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
Venkaiah Naidu to bring together all NDA partners to support the private member bill moved by him on the special category status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh, on May 13 ... Rao said the Union Minister could be a shining star by ensuring NDA partners’ support to the private member’s bill ... private bill on SCS to AP....

Bus termini or parking lots?

Edit The Hindu 08 May 2016
Commuters complain that one finds more private vehicles than MTC buses in these termini ... However, commuters find the bus termini to be largely occupied by private vehicles. Similarly, residents of Thiruninravur and Mullai Nagar at MKB Nagar pointed out that inadequate bus services were the reason many private vehicles were parked at these termini ... The Madipakkam terminus was also being usurped by private vehicles....

Saudi Arabia forges ahead with $500 billion worth of projects

Edit Arabnews 08 May 2016
Under the ambitious reform agenda being driven by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, within its recently announced Vision 2030 framework, Saudi Arabia is seeking to drive the non-oil economy and stimulate private investment in state activities ... With government debt rising sharply in the wake of the collapse in oil prices, Riyadh is exploring using public-private partnerships (PPP) for its most important infrastructure projects....

Andy Murray beats Rafael Nadal, to meet Novak Djokovic in Madrid Open final

Edit Indian Express 08 May 2016
Murray, who saved 11 break points to win a rematch of last year’s final, will play the decider against top-ranked Novak Djokovic, who defeated No ... 2 ranking, a position he has held since November. In the women’s final, Simona Halep of Romania defeated Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-4 to win her 12th career title and guarantee her return into the top-five rankings....

Bankers focus on Saudi Vision 2030 and investment outlook for 2016

Edit Arabnews 08 May 2016
Gary Dugan, chief investment officer — wealth management at Emirates NBD KSA Private Banking, recently briefed clients in Riyadh on the investment outlook for the year ahead ... to Emirates NBD’s private banking and retail clientele....
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