Claimed to be the first time in Andhra Pradesh, a city-based corporate hospital has successfully undertaken total knee implant surgery on a 57-year-old patient weighing 125 kgs. Called Attune Knee, it’s a knee joint replacement procedure. The prosthesis was implanted in both knees of the patient in Seven Hills Hospital.
Explaining the procedure, Dr Sushant Kumar Mallik, consultant joint replacement surgeon, said the patient Ch Sanjeev Reddy from Visakhapatnam was suffering from severe degenerative arthritis of both knee joints and was unable to walk since the last five years. “His X-rays revealed badly damaged condition of both knees and reduction in joint space in both knee joints. After necessary investigations, the patient underwent total knee replacement in both knees 10 days ago during an operation that lasted for four hours. The patient is stable and is walking normally post surgery.”
“The patient underwent bilateral total knee replacement in a single sitting with Attune knee replacement implant. The surgery was done for the very first time in AP. The surgery team was headed by Dr SK Mallick, the joint replacement surgeon at our hospital with anaesthesia support from Dr V Kuchelababu and team,” said Dr M Dinakar, medical superintendent of Seven Hills Hospital, Visakhapatnam.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Visakhapatnam / TNN / May 06th, 2016
An Andhra Pradesh project to collect very specific climate data from farms and give farmers personalised information through SMS has won the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2016 prize in the e-Agriculture category.
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Secretary-General Houlin Zhao announced the prize Tuesday in Geneva.
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) in Hyderabad developed the project, which is having a pilot run in Anantpur district. WSIS said the organisation had an e-strategy for implementing it at the national level.
“The WSIS Prizes recognize all players in the effort to improve global connectivity, from governments and global ICT (information communication technology) companies to grassroots NGOs leading innovative ICT-oriented projects at the local level.” Zhao said.
A total of 18 prizes were awarded in categories ranging from international cooperation to information ethics. The prize in the e-Agriculture category was the only one won by an Indian organisation.
The project, Harmonized Information of Agriculture, Revenue and Irrigation for a Transformation Agenda- Precision Technology for Agriculture or HARITA-PRIYA, uses wireless sensor networks (WSN) to collect micro-climate information from farms, according to WSIS.
This data is used to create advisories and alerts on irrigation schedules and pests and plant disease. Based on them state agriculture officers send out personalised crop advisories in Telugu to farmers by SMS.
The Andhra Pradesh government, the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) station and the Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University in Anantapur partnered in the project.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by IANS / May 04th, 2016
Mayor Pantam Rajani Sesha Sai, MLAs Akula Satyanarayana and Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary going round the exhibition after inaugurating it in Rajahmundry on Sunday.— PHOTO: S. RAMBABU
Young tribal artisans from Maredumilli agency area, who honed their skills with a special training programme in making of artefacts, have made the audience spellbound by displaying a wide range of artefacts made of bamboo in a special exhibition arranged at Hotel River Bay here on Sunday.
As many as 30 artisans from the agency area were chosen for a month-long training programme conducted by the Balakavi Educational Seva Trust (BEST), an NGO, from April 1.
Master trainer Prabhal Saikia and his team from Assom helped the tribal youth to hone their skills in making artefacts by using bamboos.
MLAs Akula Satyanarayana, Gorantla Buchayya Chowdary inaugurated the exhibition.
Mayor Pantam Rajani Sesha Sai attended as special guest.
President of the BEST B. Padmaja thanked the ITDA and APSSDC for choosing their organisation for the training programme.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Rajamahendravaram – May 02nd, 2016
Uppada sari is among the products that obtained the prestigious tag. —File photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
The brand is a direct way to penetrate the national market, says Vishesh Nautiyal, South India Director, Weavers’ Service Centre.
Ten handloom products of the State have obtained the India Handloom Brand (IHB) tag of the Ministry of Textiles, which will help promote them in the global market.
According to the Weavers’ Service Centre (WSC) in Vijayawada, prominent among them include Dharmavaram silk sari and Pavada of Anantapur district; Madavaram cotton sari of Kadapa district; Venkatagiri cotton sari of Nellore district; Polavaram cotton sari of Krishna district; Mangalagiri sari of Guntur district; and Uppada sari of East Godavari district.
“We are doing research for identifying eligible handloom products in Andhra Pradesh to recommend them for the IHB tag,” WSC Deputy Director K. Ravindra told The Hindu .
Mr. Ravindra said that the recent buyer-seller meeting held in Hyderabad yielded the expected result as the branded handloom products witnessed great demand.
Speaking over phone from Chennai, Weavers Service Centre’s South India Director Vishesh Nautiyal said that the work of the weaver or manufacturer would go beyond the borders through the IHB tag.
“The IHB speaks about the quality and standards of the respective product. The branded products are being sold by renowned retail malls in Indian cities. The brand is a direct way to penetrate the national market,” said Mr. Nautiyal.
The Ministry of Textiles has identified eligible individual manufactures/cooperative societies for production of IHB products.
The brand is a direct way to penetrate the national market –Vishesh Nautiyal ,South India Director, Weavers’ Service Centre
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by T. Appala Naidu / Machilipatnam – April 30th, 2016
The amount was granted to enable her to take part in a series of international tournaments to be held in different cities of the U.S. in May and June.
Former World under-10 and National under-13 girls chess champion Nuttaki Priyanka was granted Rs. 2 lakh by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and the cheque was handed over the player on his behalf by Central MLA Bonda Uma Maheswara Rao here on Saturday.
The amount was granted to enable her to take part in a series of international tournaments to be held in different cities of the U.S. in May and June.
“First she will take part in the Chicago Open from May 26 to 30, and later she will vie for honours at the World Open in Philadelphia from June 30 to July 4. She will take part in World Open women championship at the same city from July 5 to 7,” said Ratna Rao Bobba, president of Mustabada Sports and Educational Academy.
Ms. Priyanka, as a pass time, started learning chess during summer vacations after her second class exams. She learned the nuances quickly to win district-level honours.
However she honed skills in a methodical manner after joining Mustabada academy.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Vijayawada / by Special Correspondent / Vijayawada – May 01st, 2016
ICONIC LANDMARK:Visitors enjoy traditional idli, dosa tiffins at the Babai Hotel at Gandhinagar in Vijayawada.— Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar
The eatery had become so famous that super stars like ANR, NTR used to visit it
The eatery had become so famous that super stars like ANR, NTR used to visit it
Seven-decade-old popular restaurant and no change in menu? That may come as a big surprise for the epicureans but Babai hotel, a city landmark, which has turned 73, does not believe in change for the sake of it.
“We will continue the same tradition to serve the hungry stomachs and fill up the yearning hearts with great taste with our stock menu – idli, masala-dosa, godhuma ravva upma, podi-dosa and pongal – maintaining the quality and taste. We will not add any new recipe to our menu that brought us all round recognition”, said Babai Hotel proprietor Valveti Lakshmi Narisimiha Rao.
Among the best
“Our hotel has made it again. The world’s largest travel website, Trip Advisor accredited it as fifth best hotel out of around 116 restaurants in the city. The hotel got good reviews by many people in the site applauding the taste of the tiffins specially the ghee-soaked idlis and hot pongal.”
Mr. Narasimha Rao said that the hotel became a brand name in many five-star hotels as their menu-card read ‘Babai hotel idli’. Going into the history, the inspiration behind the name, Babai Hotel was established in 1942 by Patruni Samba Murthi. He became popular as ‘Babai’ to one and all. In turn, he used to greet rank and file affectionately with the same salutation – ‘Babai’. Former President Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy also expressed his gratitude for the services of the hotel.
Babai passed away in 1985, leaving name and fame of the hotel to his adopted nephew, Chanti (Valiveti Lakshmi Narasimha Rao) who is the current proprietor of the hotel. The bigwigs from the Telugu film industry like Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao (NTR), Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR), Savitri, Chandra Mohan and a host of top politicians were frequent visitors to relish the tiffins at the Babai Hotel.
This despite the fact that the eatery was small for celebrities to come by, they took great liking to the food here as compared to what was served by many five-star hotels.
In the hands of heirs, the hotel was renovated into a two-storey building in October 2007. “It was great pleasure to have breakfast here at any time, the taste is awesome. Signature recipes unchanged despite passing of years; there is absolutely no change in the recipes including the mouth-watering chutneys of coconut and ginger with chilli powder, along with butter and ghee. The Idlis are literally soaked in ghee and topped with dollops of white butter for good measure”, said Syed Nadir Basha, a daily customer of this hotel since 1981. Basha is a native of Kurnool and settled in Vijayawada.
“Though the culture and structure of the city has changed, the unchanged part is the ongoing flocking of customers at the door in the early hours for the dishes of inexplicable taste. The breakfast is as sumptuous as it was in Babai’s times”, Mr. Rao said.
The eatery had become so famous that super stars like ANR, NTR used to visit it.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Vijayawada / by Sk. Rizwana / Vijayawada – May 02nd, 2016
Telemedicine facility is ready with Apollo Hospitals which is ready to put it in operation once the State Government sanctions it permission to construct a hospital in the Vijayawada-Amaravati area, said chairman of Apollo Hospitals Prathap C. Reddy.
“With Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu all set to provide bandwidth to homes, telemedicine connectivity is possible and people can be in constant touch with medical experts. We are ready and waiting for the nod from [the] Government on the site for hospital,” Dr. Reddy told The Hindu on Friday. The plan is to establish a 300-bed super speciality hospital with an investment of around Rs. 200 crore.
Apollo Hospitals have made the best use of IT and is the first to introduce telemedicine in the world, in 2003. Its hospitals are connected to 200 TV stations in 35 countries.
On the Government’s plan to engage specialists of corporate hospitals to perform surgeries at its hospitals on payment, Dr. Reddy said the specialists and hospitals were ready but the doctors would like the Government hospitals to follow the process and protocol of surgeries and treatment.
He said more cancer hospitals were needed as the disease was spreading. Holistic treatment is also needed since a cancer patient will be having other health problems. While 2000 high end radiation machines are needed in the country, only 200 are available, he noted. Seven out of the 60 hospitals of Apollo are having true beam cancer treatment equipment and nine more would be provided the equipment in two years. The Chennai hospital has Asia’s first Proton equipment, which costs Rs. 350 crore.
He has adopted 115 villages in his native mandal in Chittoor district and is taking care of health of their 69,000 inhabitants in all respects, Dr. Reddy said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Visakhapatnam / G. Narasimha Rao / Visakhapatnam – April 30th, 2016
Sevakula Vamshi, a student of Sri Chaitanya Junior College, Andhra Pradesh has secured the first rank in the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE)-2016 which was held from April 6 to 17 in 118 selected cities across India, as well as Dubai, Kuwait and Muscat. The entrance exam was held for admission to the various B.Tech programmes offered by VIT University at its Vellore and Chennai campuses.
Releasing the results here on Thursday, VIT chancellor G Viswanathan said that a record 2,12,238 candidates had registered for the VITEEE-2016. The other rank-holders among the top 10 are 2nd rank: Mohil Patel (St Anns School, Gujarat), 3rd rank: Satyajit Ghosh (DAV Public School, Delhi), 4th rank: Jeevan Chandra N (Sri Chaitanya Narayana Junior College, Karnataka), 5th rank: Shubanker Jauhari (Sri Chaitanya Narayana Junior College, Telangana), 6th rank: Sanit Gupta (Navrachana Higher Secondary School, Sama, Jammu & Kashmir), 7th rank: Kumaresh Ramesh (Pace Junior Science College, Thane), 8th rank: Sai Saketh Aluru (FITJEE Junior College, Telangana), 9th rank: Vishal Jain S D (Jain Modern School, Gujarat) and 10th rank: Charit Verma (Bal Niketan Model Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh).
Viswanathan said that admissions would be only on merit, based on the marks obtained by the candidates in the VITEEE. The results have been released through the following websites: www.vit.ac.in, www.careers360.com, www.entrancecorner.com, www.shiksha.com, www.minglebox.com
Counselling for candidates, who obtained ranks up to 8,000 would be held on May 9 and counselling for ranks 8001 to 12,000 would be held on May 10 while for those who secured ranks from 12,001 to 16,000 will be held on May 11. Counselling for ranks 16,001 to 20,000 will be held on May 12. The counselling would be held simultaneously in the Vellore and Chennai campuses.
Under the G V School Development Programme Central and State board toppers would be given 100 percent fee waiver for all the four years. Candidates with ranks up to 10,000 would be given a tuition fee waiver of Rs 50,000 for all four years, while rank-holders from 10,001 to 20,000 would be given a fee waiver of Rs 25,000 for all the four years.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Tamil Nadu / by Express News Service / April 29th, 2016
