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Madurai girl dribbles basketballs for 6km, enters Limca Book of Records

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Madurai :

A 13-year-old girl from here has successfully entered into the Limca Book of Records for dribbling two basketballs simultaneously for a distance of six km. The girl, who skated throughout the distance, achieved the record in 29 minutes and 58 seconds. The 13-year-old L S Sivashree is known to make everyone awestruck with her feats as she often engages herself in doing many impossible tasks. She is also a state-level under-14 basket ball player and an athlete who loves to run on long tracks.

Sivashree did the dribbling for Limca a few months back amidst thundering applause from the crowds on the busy Kamarajar Salai. She, along with her father L S Sundaramoorthy, a sports trainer and her younger sister L S Yogashree were all on cloud nine when they received the copy of the book recently. Although they received an official e-mail with confirmation and the copy of book with her record under ‘Human Story’ category, they are still awaiting the certificate. Like Sivashree, Yogashree too is keen in athletics and basketball.

A Class 8 student of Meenakshi School at Vandiyur Mariamman Theppakulam where she resides, an enthusiastic Sivashree said, “I want to participate in the Olympic Games and bring laurels to the nation in athletics event. Not only in sports, I’m also good in studies too. I always score more than 80% in all the subjects.”

“Sivashree in earlier attempts ran for 30 km when was just five years old. When she was six she ran for 10.5 km by dribbling a basketball. In another attempt she dribbled a ball while skating for 19 km when she was seven years. We have presented them to the Guinness records but they have not even considered the little girl,” said Sundaramoorthy.

“In the next level, I want prove my talent in running and basketball at the national level. I have been undergoing rigorous training to come up at the national level,” Sivashree said.

Sundaramoorthy said that during his school days he wanted to pursue basketball and table tennis seriously but was rejected citing his height. He then took up kho-kho and athletics to emerge as a state player. From then, he has been coaching his two daughters to groom them into the international level, he said.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Madurai / by v. Devanathan, TNN / May 23rd, 2014

JMC’s students cooperative store adjudged best

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Jamal Mohamed College Students Cooperative Stores, Tiruchi, being awarded as the Best Student Cooperative Stores / .Photo: Special Arrngement / The Hindu
Jamal Mohamed College Students Cooperative Stores, Tiruchi, being awarded as the Best Student Cooperative Stores / .Photo: Special Arrngement / The Hindu

The store managed to achieve a sales turnover of Rs.13 lakh last year and a maximum dividend of 14 per cent has been paid to its members for the last 20 Years.

Jamal Mohamed College Students Cooperative Store has been adjudged the best store among the 276 student cooperative stores functioning in Tiruchi district for the year 2012-13. It won the award for the second consecutive year.

The store has been functioning as an outstanding student store ever since it came into being in 1953. All the students of Jamal Mohamed College are enrolled as members of this store. The teaching and non-teaching members have also been admitted as members and they have to pay a share capital of Rs.100. The student store at present accounted for 109 teachers and non-teaching staff as members and over 2,500 students as associates. The store managed to achieve a sales turnover of Rs.13 lakh last year and a maximum dividend of 14 per cent has been paid to its members for the last 20 Years.K. K. Selvaraj, Managing Director, Tiruchi District Cooperative Union, handed over the shield to Khaja Nazeemudeen, Secretary and Correspondent of the College, and Khaleel Ahamed, treasurer, in the presence of Mohamed Salique, Principal, and Syed Ghayas Ahmed, secretary of the cooperative stores.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Tiruchirapalli / by Special Correspondent / Tiruchi – July 20th, 2014

As she turns 100, nurse takes a walk down time

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Chennai :

With a rusty trunk in hand and a plethora of instructions in mind, Anna Jacob boarded SS Franconia from Bombay to Liverpool to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse. “It was 1947. There were 3,500 passengers on board, and most of them were Britons returning home,” says Jacob, 67 years later.

The journey lasted three weeks. “There was a badminton court, a swimming pool, a live band. Many of them were upbeat as they all were returning home at last,” says Jacob, her face breaking into a wrinkled smile.

Jacob, who will turn 100 this month-end, was among the first batch of students who completed the higher grade nursing course from Christian Medical College, Vellore, in 1936. In the city to attend the centenary celebration of Women’s Christian College, where she did an intermediate course in 1946, she recounts her days with Dr Ida Scudder, founder of CMC, and Vera Pitman, her nursing tutor.

Jacob, fondly called Annamma by her family and friends, surprises people with her sharp memory. “I still remember the day Miss Pitman came to our school in Tiruvalla, Kerala,” she recalls. “She was really tall and graceful, but what drew people to her was her passion for what she did — nursing. Fifteen minutes into her talk on the need for dedicated nurses in the country, I had already made up my mind to join her team in Vellore.”

Her family members were aghast as “Nursing was looked down at that time. No woman from a good family would get into the profession.” When I broke the news to my family that I was moving to Vellore, they were aghast. News spread fast and my father received condolence letters,” said Jacob, who was the third among five sisters. Undeterred, she went on to be among the first batch of nine students under Pitman. “It was the best move I made in my life,” says Jacob.

After completing her course three years later, Jacob moved on to work in Delhi, before she got a scholarship in 1947 to do a bachelor’s in Canada. “A month later, I saw myself on board SS Franconia and later made my way from Liverpool to Montreal,” she said. She returned to Vellore two years later, where she was made the Nursing Superintendent. She worked there from 1949 to 1974.

Pitman continued mentoring her through letters from London. “She said it was up to me to now to pass on what I was taught. And that’s what I did and continue doing,” says Jacob, who stays on her own in Vellore and continues mentoring young nurses.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Chennai / by Ekatha Ann John, TNN / July 20th, 2014

 

Tamil Nadu govt institutes award in poet Ilango Adigal’s name

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Tamil Nadu govt institutes award in poet Ilango Adigal's name
Tamil Nadu govt institutes award in poet Ilango Adigal’s name

Chennai :

The Tamil Nadu government has instituted an award in the name of Ilango Adigal, the author of “Silappathikaram,” which is one of the five great epics in Tamil literature, to honour people who have done pioneering work in the field of literature.

Chief minister J Jayalalithaa said in the assembly that the award would be presented to individuals credited with similar feat in the literary world and who spearhead the cause of classical literature. “The award, carrying Rs 1 lakh in cash, one sovereign gold medal and a citation, will be presented during the Tamil New Year in April,” she said.

Similarly, the government has instituted ‘Tamil Chemmal’ award to honour people who have made big contributions for the development of Tamil in every district. It would carry a cash prize of Rs 25,000 and a citation.

Jaylalithaa said two new buildings would be constructed at Tamil University in Thanjavur. A museum to showcase the life of ancient Tamils would be opened at the International Tamil Research Institute in Taramani, Chennai.

“My government’s efforts will develop Tamil language, encourage Tamil enthusiasts and help the future generations know about the ancient Tamils’ values,” she said.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Chennai / by Julie Mariappan, TNN / July 25th, 2014

South India’s first test tube baby turns mother

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The 24-year-old gives birth to a baby girl at the same hospital she was born in

At 4.24 p.m. on Thursday, the first cry of a newborn brought back memories of an unforgettable day in 1990 for doctors at GG Hospital and a family from Tirunelveli.

Twenty four years after she was born at the hospital, south India’s first test tube baby — Kamala Rathinam — delivered a girl at the same hospital. “She got married on September 8, 2013 and conceived naturally. She endured heavy labour pain this morning. We tried for seven hours to ensure a normal delivery but there was difficulty in opening of the mouth of the cervix. She underwent a caesarean section. She was due a week later but we did not want to take a chance,” Kamala Selvaraj, obstetrician and gynaecologist, GG Hospital, said.

The baby weighed 2.8 kg and both mother and child are healthy, she added. An excited Dr. Selvaraj said that this case will remove any doubts in people’s minds about whether test tube babies can lead a normal life. Ms. Rathinam and her husband Rajesh Hariharan are software engineers working in Bangalore.

“I was keen on bringing her to GG Hospital for delivery. We had ante natal check-ups done in Bangalore and came to Chennai during her eighth month of pregnancy,” Mr. Rajesh says.

Kamala’s birth on August 1, 1990 marked a milestone in Assisted Reproductive Technology in south India, recall doctors. Her father Ramamurthy (70) wishes his wife was alive to see their granddaughter. “She died last year when my daughter had just conceived,” he said. He was 46 when Kamala Rathinam was born. “I knew that this procedure was new but they explained everything to me, and I was not afraid,” he said.

Kamala was named after Dr. Selvaraj and his mother Ramarathinam, he said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Chennai> Health / by Serena Josephine. M / Chennai – July 11th, 2014

‘Milk Production in TN Up by 1.2 Lakh Litres a Day’

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Chennai :

Milk production in Tamil Nadu has gone up by 1.2 lakh litres per day and 18,356 new born calves were added to the cattle population as a result of the 36,000 milch cows distributed by the initiatives of Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, Animal Husbandary Minister TKM Chinnayya said on Saturday.

Speaking at the valedictory of the 21st Annual Convention of Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology at the Madras Veterinary College, he said the 6 lakh goats distributed free by the government have more than doubled their population to increase to 14.86 lakh.

According to him in the three years that the scheme has been implemented, about 1.2 lakh people who have received milch cows and over 1.5 lakh beneficiaries who have received goats are reaping the benefits of the scheme.

He also informed that Tamil Nadu accounts for 17.71 per cent of the poultry population of the country and more than 90 per cent of poultry products exported from India originates from the state.

The minister distributed several awards to the participating students and prize winning presentations at the conference which has drawn several delegates from the US and UK. Secretary to Government, Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisheries Department, S Vijayakumar, President of ISVIB, RK Singh, Dean of Virginia – Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, USA, Cyril Clarke and Vice -Chancellor of TANUVAS, TJ Harikrishnan, were present on the occasion.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Chennai / by Express News Service / July 20th, 2014

32 alumnus to be honoured at celebrations

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Trichy :

A total of 32 alumni will be presented with the ‘distinguished alumnus’ award at the celebrations on Saturday. The 32 alumni members representing big corporate houses will be presented the award for their achievement in their respective fields.

The success and contribution of the alumni are laudable. They lead some of the large business corporations, governmental departments, services, academia and others fields and most of them are expected to be present for the event as the institute has been sending out invites to every individual who passed out.

Theyjas Srivas, pursuing master’s degree in the mechanical engineering department said that the faculty members are the strength at NIT-T.

“NIT-Trichy stands like a monolithic structure among the peers because of its growth and leadership in the field of technical education. There is a month-long orientation programme for first year students immediately after their join. The objective of this orientation is to bring all students together on a common social-cultural platform and make them ready for a new learning experience,” which is unique, he says. He further added that focus on research and development is given priority and the collaboration with several universities abroad gives the students a lot of exposure.

Santhosh G, a third-year production engineering student said, “Thrust is given to the use of ICT in teaching, learning and administration. A state of the art video-conferencing facility has been established in the campus. The classrooms are also enabled for video-conferencing through NKN (National Knowledge Network) that interconnects all government institutions including IITs, NITs through high bandwidth internet.”

Meanwhile, enthusiastic students have also created a new website for the Golden Jubilee celebrations with a new logo and would be selling souvenirs bearing the logo.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Trichy / TNN / July 19th, 2014

Coimbatore gets first neo-natal ambulance

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Coimbatore :

The district got its first neo-natal ambulance for Coimbatore and two 108 ambulances exclusively for Valparai. The services was launched at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Saturday.

The neo-natal ambulance has transport incubators, ventilators and a multiport infusing system.

The 108 ambulance will be stationed at the neo-natal intensive care unit, CMCH. and it would be operated for neo-natal cases only.

Trained physicians who can handle neonatal cases will be available round the clock in the special neonatal ambulance. The state already has 33 neo-natal ambulances which have attended to an estimated 11,000 cases.

Two more 108 ambulances were inaugurated for the Valparai region. The ambulance is a four wheel drive vehicle suitable for hilly areas.

The 108 emergency ambulance services of the GVK emergency management and research institute has decided to operate one of the ambulances between Valparai and Mudis and another between Valparai and Sholaiyar.

“It is difficult for residents of Valpari and neighbouring villages to reach the hospital quickly in an emergency.

“These ambulances can take patients from remote areas to the Valparai GH quickly,” said George Kenneth, district manager, GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI). tnn Health minister C Vijayabaskar flagged off the vehicles on CMCH campus on Saturday. S P Velumani, minister for municipal administration and rural development, S Revwathy, Dean of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) and other government department officials participated in the function. Health Minister told the media persons that the Department of Cardiology would get two more additional doctors in CMCH for performing open-heart surgery.

He also visited trauma ward and met the people who met accident few days ago near Pillur dam.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Coimbatore / TNN / July 14th, 2014

2,200-year-old Terracotta Ring Well Found in Lake

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Cuddalore :

A terracotta ring well, believed to be over 2,000 years old, was found near Cuddalore during the desilting work in a lake, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

When the workers were desilting the Kondangi Lake near Cuddalore old town on Saturday, they found a strange round-shaped object and informed the Annamalai University’s History Department.

A team, led by assistant professor J R Sivaramakrishnan of the Annamalai University,went to the spot  and examined the object on Sunday.

Sivaramakrishnan said, “It is a terracotta ring well, which might be 2,200 years old. The ring well is 42 cm high with a radius of 54 cm. A 100 metres away, we found broken pieces of an urn. With all these findings, we could say there was a settlement here during the stone age.”

He added that based on the stone manufacturing style, the ring well may date back to 2nd century BC.”

Further he said that as the area from where the  ring well was found was full of sea sand, the place might have been a sea-area centuries ago.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States>Tamil Nadu / by Express News Service / July 14th, 2014

Six more TN towns get heritage tag

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A view of the historical shore temple at Mamallapuram, near Chennai. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced that six more towns in the State would get the heritage tag File photo: K. Pichumani
A view of the historical shore temple at Mamallapuram, near Chennai. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced that six more towns in the State would get the heritage tag File photo: K. Pichumani

Thirumuruganpoondi, Kazhugumalai, Swamimalai, Punnainallur Mariamman temple, Thirupuvanavasal and Thirubhuvanam added to the list of heritage towns in the State

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced Rs. 1 crore each for the infrastructure development of 10 ancient and historical towns in the State

The Chief Minister told the Assembly that the State had already declared 64 places as historical and ancient towns and released Rs. 50 lakh each towards the infrastructure development of 60 towns.

Now her government decided to increase the amount to Rs. 1 crore and accordingly Thiurparamkundram, Thiruvattar, Suchindram and Kodumudi would benefit from the announcement.

She also included six more places in the list of ancient towns. They are Thirumuruganpoondi, Kazhugumalai, Swamimalai, Punnainallur Mariamman temple, Thirupuvanavasal and Thirubhuvanam

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National / by Special Correspondent / Chennai – July 15th, 2014