Daily Archives: February 24, 2019

Boy’s invention to be adopted by Civil Supplies Dept.

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Paddy filling machines, if successful, to be installed at all procurement centres

A class VIII boy’s ingenious invention is set to be adopted by the Civil Supplies Department at its Paddy Procurement Centres (PPCs) on a pilot basis.

A prototype of a paddy filling machine, used to fill paddy into bags, would be adopted with minor tweaks and installed at select PPCs. If successful, they would be installed at all the centres across the State, Civil Supplies Commissioner Akun Sabharwal said in a statement here on Saturday.

Abhishek, studying in Zilla Parishad High School at Hanumajipet village in Vemulawada mandal of Rajanna-Sircilla district, has already received accolades and prizes for his invention at Inspire Science Exhibition at regional and national levels.

On Saturday, he met Mr. Sabharwal along with his parents Rajavva and Lakshmi Rajyam, and his school principal, and received a gift of ₹10,000 and a robot doll from the Commissioner.

Mr. Sabharwal said the machine, with a few changes, would be very useful for farmers. The machine’s capacity could be increased from 20 kilograms to 40-45 kg by increasing its width, he said. If successful, the machine would replace four workers.

Naming it Vari Abhishekam, Mr. Sabharwal directed the officials concerned to initiate the process of obtaining patent for the machine on behalf of the Telangana government. In another major initiative, the Civil Supplies Department would introduce e-weighing machines at warehouses with the capacity of five tonnes, starting from the coming rabi season. The department is aiming to implement the same State-wide starting from the next khariff.

The e-weighing machines would be installed at 170 warehouses across the State, to ensure that the commodities are supplied to fair price shop dealers with correct weight. Inspecting the performance of the machines at Met Weigh India Factory at Cherlapalli on Saturday, Mr. Sabharwal said the machines would be available at all the godowns by March 31.

The machines would be linked to the Command Control Centre at Civil Supplies Bhavan and also to the Mini Command Control Centres in the districts, where live weighing can be viewed.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – February 23rd, 2019

Veteran Telugu director Kodi Ramakrishna no more

Arts, Culture & Entertainment

He was known for directing supernatural as well as heroine-oriented movies.

Veteran movie director Kodi Ramakrishna, who directed nearly 202 movies in a career spanning 37 years, passed away on Friday afternoon at a hospital in the city. He was 70 and was ailing for the past few days.

Telugu film industry went into mourning as the news of the death of the successful director spread. Born in Palakollu in West Godavari district, Mr. Ramakrishna directed movies in multiple languages including Tamil, Hindi and Kannada.

“Extremely saddened by the news of director Kodi Ramakrishna garu’s demise. His contribution to Telugu cinema is unparalleled; our industry will never forget his work. My thoughts & prayers are with his closed ones… May his soul rest in peace!” tweeted actor Mahesh Babu.

“A huge loss to #TFI..His contribution to cinema remains remarkable with so many path-breaking films like #Arundhati #Ammoru #ManganmaGariManavudu #Ankusam and many others…Strength to the family and loved ones…RIP #KodiRamakrishna garu..” Manchu Lakshmi posted on a microblogging site.

Beginning his career with a bang, in 1982 he helmed the Intlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya which led to the rise of another superstar in Telugu film industry Chiranjeevi. Gollapudi Maruthi Rao scripted it, and the movie was a big hit and was remade in many languages including Hindi where Govinda was cast as the hero. Two years later, in 1984 he scored another hit with Mangamma Gari Manavadu which had Nandamuri Balakrishna in the lead. The duo went to score more hits together.

Known for supernatural as well as heroine-oriented movies, the last big hit Mr. Ramakrishna delivered was Arundhati, the 2009 supernatural drama starring Anushka Shetty propelled him to stardom for the second time in his long career.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Entertainment> Movies / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – February 22nd, 2019