& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Off the Record
Who’s Gorby ?
MOSCOW Did you know that Mikhail Gorbachev was born Into a peasant family and started working at the a* of 15 as a machine-operator at a tractor station? That he has two higher education diplomas one tn agriculture and the other in law’’ That Raisa Gorbachev lectured at colleges for 20 years and defended a thesis to become a Candidate of Philosophical Studies (equal to Ph D In the West)? Thal the Gorbachevs daughter Irina and her husband Anatoli are both doctors and have two children?
You can find this and other information about Mikhail Gor bachev and his close relatives along with other facts in the reference book "Who Is Who tn World Politics.' reports IAN
In one of his speeches during the recent Soviet-American summit. President Bush made a play on the name of the village where M Gorbachev was born — Prtvolnoye Conveying the meaning of this word In English as "free." he added that nowadays It is associated with new winds of freedom blowing through Europe and all over the globe But If journalists wanted to find this Russian toponym In the latest edition of the Great Soviet Encyclopaedia and check Its spelling, they would search In vain for an article about Gorbachev in volume 7 (entries from Gogol to debit. In Russian alphabetical order) which came out in 1972
Only volume 30 of the Great Soviet Encyclopaedia (1978) has a short reference about the Soviet leader in Its supplement. It says that Gorba< hev was born on the 2nd of March 1931. in the village of Prtvolnoye of the Krasnogvardelsky Region. Stavropol Territory (Northern Caucasus). In 1946 1950 he worked as a combine-operator’, assistant. In 1955 he graduated from Moscow University (law faculty) and In 1967 — from the Stavropol Agricultural Institute From 1956 he held office tn the Young Communist League (YCI.) and since 1966 tn the Party Member of the CPSU Central Com mlttee since 1971. Secretary of the CPSU CC since 1978
Another kind of Operation Desert Storm
BUBAL The Gulf emirate of Dubai has begun storming buildings in search of rats, which they say have increased to a level that threatens public health, reports AFP.
The new Desert Storm is part of a two-month operation to 'flush out the rodents from residential areas and destroy their concentrations, an official at the emirate's Health Department said
The operation, backed by strong pesticides has killed around 2.000 rats and another 2.000 mice since It was mounted last week.
The figures include only those collected. Many others died In their holes, said John Balfour who directs the pest control section at the Health Department.
It is the emirate's second such campaign against rodents which find an ideal habitat in the hot desert conditions Last year, an antl-rodent drive killed more than 18.000 rats and 14,000 mice.
Apart from causing disease, rats have been blamed for many electrical accidents after gnawing al power cables.
Poor Japanese bachelors
TOKYO ■ Japanese bachelors arc choosing the single life because the few women they meet want rich and successful men. a recent survey said, reports Reuter
Four out of five single men surveyed said they did not expect to marry despite intense social pressure to do so. a researcher at the Altmann Research Institute said on Friday.
Most of the 500 bachelors who responded to the survey said prospects for marriage were poor because they had few chances to meet a spouse and insufficient time to socialise, the researcher said
Those surveyed also said women expected to do much tn a suitor, such as money and a good career
Japanese women's magazines carry regular reports that ' the marriage market is wide open for women.
Government statistics show that there about the same number of eligible Japanese men and women.