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New Indian Express
4 days ago
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Karnataka HC quashes doping ban on ‘pork-eating' hoopster Rai
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the four-year suspension of former national basketball player Shashank J Rai by the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP). The ADDP had banned Rai (32), the 6.5-foot-tall hoopster from Mangalore, on October 11, 2022, for testing positive for 19-NA (a metabolite of Nandrolone). Rai's appeal was rejected by the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel on April 16, 2024. Rai had challenged the ban saying the presence of 19-NA in his sample was not a result of willful ingestion of a performance-enhancing substance, but rather an inadvertent consequence of consuming pork, a staple in the cuisine of his native, coastal Karnataka. Justice M Nagaprasanna's order said the penalty imposed by the anti-doping agency was in ignorance of Rai's assertion. 'The court finds the impugned orders vitiated by non-consideration of vital material, absence of reasoned adjudication and a palpable breach of the principle of fairness,' the court observed. On February 5, 2022, while participating in a preparatory camp in Bengaluru, intended for India's elite basketball contingent, the petitioner's urine sample was collected by the National Anti-Doping Agency and the same was opened and resealed in Delhi. The charges from the petitioner for conducting the Sample-B test were also collected by the Agency. Then the sample was sent to a laboratory in Rome.
New Indian Express
01-05-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Dope of shame for India yet again
CHENNAI: WHEN it comes to doping, India will always be in front. The latest figures could be the highest positive doping cases after the 225 cases in 2019. What is even more intriguing is that the positive cases are in less than a year. According to the latest Annual Report of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports published on their website, 186 returned Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) in the April 2023-January 2024 (about 10 months) period. The number of samples increased to 4891, including 544 blood samples. Going by percentage, this is a high 3.80. In 2022, India had topped the world in the percentage of doping positives against the number of samples tested. The figures were based on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) testing figures published last year in April. According to the WADA report, NADA found 125 positives, about 3.2 percent of the total number of samples collected and was highest among countries that had tested more than 2000 samples. As far as testing samples is concerned, 4891 could be the highest in the country. 'During the period of April 2023 – January 2024, a total of 4891 dope samples including 544 blood samples were collected during sports championship and training camps,' said the report. At 43, athletics has seen a spurt of positive cases including Asian Games and championship medallists. Weightlifting had 33 AAFs, followed by powerlifting with 27 positive cases. Wrestling (10) and boxing (9) were next. Pencak-Silat is a sport that has returned 2 positive cases. In all, there were positive cases in 24 sporting disciplines. Cricket figures among the top sport to have opted for Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) with seven cricketers opting for this provision. The report said, 'TUE may give that athlete the authorization to use that substance or method while competing without invoking an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV).' Surprisingly, there have been only two TUE requests in athletics. Kabaddi saw four TUE requests but they were all granted. The report said that Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) had heard 92 Anti-Doping Rule Violation cases while the Anti Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) heard 35 cases. The ADDP issued 56 orders while ADAP 21. 'The ADRV cases/Appeals as per following details have been heard/disposed by ADDP/ADAP during the period of April – December 2023,' said the report. The report also pointed out that the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) has increased the capacity from 4000 to 6000.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Council raises more than £15m from property sales
A council has disposed of seven properties to raise millions of pounds and avoid potential future losses. The sites released by Southampton City Council in the last year include a student accommodation block, retail units and warehouses. More than £15m was raised through private sales and auctions, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The council, which warned in February that it faced bankruptcy, said it needed to manage assets better and had disposed of properties that might carry a future "disbenefit". The authority currently has a temporary capitalisation direction from the government, allowing it to use the receipts from asset sales to fund revenue costs in its budget. It said individual sale prices could not be disclosed. However, one site - a DPD depot in Raunds, Northamptonshire, which was purchased in 2017 - appears to have been sold at a £620,000 loss, according to council documents. In 2020/21, it was delivering rental income of more than £477,000, papers showed. Other disposals include a vacant office in Cambridge, where the council surrendered its lease, and two properties in Southampton that were sold at auction. Labour councillor Sarah Bogle, in charge of Southampton's economic development, said decisions were taken as part of a five-year asset development and disposal programme (ADDP). She said: "We want to have the right assets and use them much better and manage them a lot better, which I think historically we haven't always done." ADDP manager Julianna Clark said the council had secured "good" capital receipts, with some above initial estimates. She said: "These particular assets that we chose are saying it is better for you to cash the capital receipt because in the longer term you could potentially hold it for a disbenefit." You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram. Council's emergency financial support extended Emergency support for council facing 'bankruptcy' The councils selling the family silver to pay bills Southampton City Council
BBC News
11-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Southampton City Council raises more than £15m from asset sales
A council has disposed of seven properties to raise millions of pounds and avoid potential future sites released by Southampton City Council in the last year include a student accommodation block, retail units and than £15m was raised through private sales and auctions, according to the Local Democracy Reporting council, which warned in February that it faced bankruptcy, said it needed to manage assets better and had disposed of properties that might carry a future "disbenefit". The authority currently has a temporary capitalisation direction from the government, allowing it to use the receipts from asset sales to fund revenue costs in its said individual sale prices could not be disclosed. However, one site - a DPD depot in Raunds, Northamptonshire, which was purchased in 2017 - appears to have been sold at a £620,000 loss, according to council 2020/21, it was delivering rental income of more than £477,000, papers disposals include a vacant office in Cambridge, where the council surrendered its lease, and two properties in Southampton that were sold at councillor Sarah Bogle, in charge of Southampton's economic development, said decisions were taken as part of a five-year asset development and disposal programme (ADDP).She said: "We want to have the right assets and use them much better and manage them a lot better, which I think historically we haven't always done."ADDP manager Julianna Clark said the council had secured "good" capital receipts, with some above initial said: "These particular assets that we chose are saying it is better for you to cash the capital receipt because in the longer term you could potentially hold it for a disbenefit." You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Developmental disability providers lobby for budget funding
BOSTON, (WWLP) – Hundreds of developmental disability providers and disabled adults gathered at the State House to call for funding in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The work of these providers–members of the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers or ADDP–focuses primarily on addressing workplace challenges for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including those with autism or traumatic brain injuries. One lawmaker spoke at the forum about the importance of uplifting disabled peoples' voices in conversations about their wellbeing. 'It happens by being led by those who are most impacted, who are most marginalized, by access to services and resources,' said 1st Worcester District Senator Robyn Kennedy. The ADDP's long-term goal is to ensure human services salary benchmarks are aligned with the 75th percentile of the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor index, which would ensure competitive compensation for these workers. In this year's budget, the ADDP is requesting funding to get these workers' salaries to the 63rd percentile. 'Instead of being paid at $20.79 an hour, which is projected now, we are requesting that people will be paid $22.35 an hour,' explained Ellen Attaliades, President and CEO of the ADDP. Raising salaries to the 63rd percentile would cost the commonwealth an additional hundred million dollars, and the ADDP says it is worth the investment. The budget process continues with House and Senate drafts before they are combined and finalized this summer. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
