Hyderabad to host CAI Expo on Nov 10-12

Business & Economy

Hyderabad :

The Hyderabad edition of the three-day CAI Expo 2017 will be held at the Hitex Exhibition Centre on November 10-12.

Top players, consultants and experts in construction, architecture and interiors (CAI) sectors will take part in the event organised by the iads & events group and The Hindu BusinessLine.

It will be a B2B event and an ideal platform for all the businesses with adequate networking opportunities.

The title sponsor is Dosan Bobcat. The event is powered by K-Lite and the co-sponsors are Nippon Paint, Prime, Trott and the supporting partners are Credai, Hyderabad, All India Bricks & Tiles Manufacturing Federation, Indian Institute of Structtural Engineers, Ready Mixed Concrete Manufacturing Association (RMCMA), Indian Society of Lighting Engineers (ISLE). Launched in 2013, CAI Expo 2017 is the 5th successful edition. The event has grown in its size and participation year on year and also in the number cities organised. This year, CAI is being organised in four cities — Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Goa.

For the visitors, the event showcases the latest products and technologies available and provide them with the opportunity to interact with industry professionals.

From office blocks to high-rise constructions; from residential buildings to embassies; the number of forthcoming infrastructure and construction projects across India is vast and wide-ranging.

The Indian construction equipment industry’s revenues are estimated by the industry expert researchers to reach over $ 22 billion by 2020.

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> News> National / The Hindu Bureau / November 02nd, 2017

Dubai-based Bin Zayed Group to Invest $2 Billion in Telangana

Business & Economy, World Opinion

Bin Zayed International LLC has expressed interest to invest in infrastructure projects like the Animation and Gaming Tower, Road Development Corporation, Musi River front development project, Watergrid and Fibergrid, said a statement from the office of Telangana Industries Minister.

Hyderabad:

Dubai-based Bin Zayed Group will invest $2 billion in various infrastructure projects in Telangana with an MoU being signed between the state government and Bin Zayed International LLC in Dubai on Tuesday, an official statement said.

Telangana’s Principal Secretary, Investment Promotion, Arvind Kumar and Bin Zayed Group’s Managing Director Midhat Kidwai signed the MoU.

The Animation and Gaming Tower, Road Development Corporation, Musi River front development project, Watergrid and Fibergrid, and development of new industrial parks are some of the infrastructure projects in which the company has expressed interest to invest, said a statement from the office of Telangana Industries Minister.

Arvind Kumar has invited the Bin Zayed Group management team to send a high-level team to Telangana to take this agreement forward.

The Bin Zayed Group of Companies is a leading business conglomerate with diverse business interests in the local and international markets. The company was established in 1988 by Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nehayan as its Chairman, added the statement.

source: http://www.news18.com / News18.com / Home> News18> Business / IANS / October 31st, 2017

Hyderabad man gets smallest pacemaker

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Hyderabad :

An 81-year-old man became the recipient of the world’s smallest pacemaker in city on Tuesday .

The leadless pacemaker, which has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) only a year back, is a new heart device that offers the most advanced pacing technology at onetenth the size of a traditional pacemaker, said D. Bharat V Purohit, chief of Interventional Cardiology , Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad, where the procedure was carried out.

Pacemakers are the most common way to treat Bradycardia to help restore the heart’s normal rhythm.

“The gentleman had slow heartbeat and was suggested a pacemaker. In view of prior history of angioplasty for which he is on blood thinner, stopping the medicines for doing conventional pacemaker would have caused a risk.Besides in view of advanced age, he was very reluctant for any surgical procedure. Hence option of this leadless pacemaker was discussed and decided,” said Dr Bharat V Purohit.

The pacemaker was implanted through the leg. It was attached directly to the walls of the heart to give electrical signals for maintaining a normal heart rate.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Hyderabad News / TNN / November 01st, 2017

A prolific batsman’s innings cut short

Leaders, Records, All, Sports
Former India cricketer V.V.S. Laxman with M.V. Sridhar. | Photo Credit: V_V_SUBRAHMANYAM

Contemporaries remember Sridhar’s 366-run Ranji innings

The cricketing fraternity was in for a shock on Monday with the demise of former Hyderabad Ranji captain M.V. Sridhar. He was a role model for any budding cricketer playing in the HCA leagues as he evolved into one of the best batsmen in Ranji Trophy having started playing in the B-Division League.

A prolific run-getter in his playing days and a wonderful communicator because of his fluency in English and Hindi.

One of the high-points of Sridhar’s illustrious Ranji career was his 366 against Andhra when Hyderabad scored then record-breaking score of 944 for six declared at Gymkhana in January, 1994. The same innings also saw Vivek Jaisimha and Noel David score double centuries!.

And, one of the most visibly shaken cricketers was Noel David, who was Sridhar’s partner when history was scripted at Gymkhana.

“I can never forget that match and I am eternally grateful to Doc (as Sridhar is affectionately called in the cricketing circles). The few times I went for the strokes, he shouted at me – teherke khelna, lamba bari khelna (stay there and play a long innings). It was just because of him I could score a double century,” said Noel struggling to control his emotions in a chat with The Hindu. “I miss him more than anyone else,” he said.

Interestingly, former HCA Secretary D.S. Chalapathi, who was a witness to that historic batting display, recalls that Sridhar was actually a selfless cricketer who never cared for records. “If he wanted to bat on, he could have easily been cautious and scored 400 and more on that day. But, he decided to score quick runs and declared the innings to try for an improbable win,” he said.

Ironically, for someone who always believed in playing a long innings out there in the middle, destiny deemed otherwise and cut short what has been a truly brilliant cricketing career – as a first-class player and also dotted with his impeccable behaviour in handling some of the most demanding jobs at the highest level in the BCCI as General Manager (Operations) and with the Indian team too as manager.

By all means, HCA will miss a gentleman cricketer, a sober voice for sure.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by V.V.Subrahmanyam / Hyderabad – October 31st, 2017

Stanford, Harvard universities vie for Hyderabad student Amita Gondi

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Amita is squash, swimming champion who aced competitive exams.

Amita Gondi

Hyderabad:

While other students struggle to secure seats at reputed universities, Amita Gondi from Hyderabad is spoilt for choice. This grade XII student of Oakridge International School has received offer letters from Harvard as well as Stanford.

Amita plays squash and racquetball at the international level and is a national-level swimmer. She has many awards to her name and is currently ranked first in India, in squash, in the girls under-17 category. She has finished in the top three at major tournaments including the 2016 US Junior Squash Open, the 2015 Canada Junior Open and the 2016 Canada Junior Open.

Amita received a letter from Harvard University in July 2017, inviting her to visit their campus and finalise the admissions process. She then received an offer from Stanford University, which she accepted earlier this month. Luke Hammond, the assistant coach of the Harvard University Men’s and Women’s Squash Teams, had written to Amita in July, asking her to visit the campus for an official visit and interview, upon which her acceptance would be dependent.

Subsequent to her visit, she received a letter from Stanford which read, “It is a tribute to your outstanding achievements as a student-athlete that our Department of Athletics has requested an early review of your application for admission to Stanford for Fall 2018. I am delighted to share this good news with you ahead of our regular notification period. We offer congratulations on your distinguished accomplishments and welcome you to Stanford.”

Ranked first in India in the girls under-17 category

SAT Score: 1530 (Math: 800, English: 730)

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / by Anusha Puppala, Deccan Chronicle / October 30th, 2017

Kidambi Srikanth wins French Open Super Series

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Dominant: K. Srikanth, who is on a winning spree, exults after taking the French Open with ease on Sunday.

Having already completed a hat-trick of Super Series titles, Srikanth won his fourth title of the season.

India’s Kidambi Srikanth’s dream season continued as he brushed aside the challenge of Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in straight games to win the French Open Super Series men’s singles title, in Paris on Sunday.

Having already completed a hat-trick of Super Series titles, Srikanth won his fourth title of the season.

Srikanth, seeded eight in the tournament, took just 34 minutes to get the better of his Japanese opponent 21-14 21-13 in the summit clash.

The win ensured Srikanth, who played his fifth Super Series final this season, bag his second consecutive title in two weeks after winning the Denmark Open in Odense last week.

Srikanth, thus, became only fourth men’s singles player to win four or more Super Series titles in a calendar year.

Going by Srikanth’s current form, it was expected to be a one-sided summit clash and it turned out to be one, except for the first few points of the opening game which was a neck-and-neck fight between the two shuttlers.

It was Nishimoto, who started brightly to race to a 9-5 lead before Srikanth fought back to draw level at 9-9.

From there on it was no looking back as the Indian used his court coverage and superior technique to take a 14-10 lead.

Nishimoto did manage to take some points to reduce the margin to 15-14 before Srikanth used his experience at the highest level to pocket six straight points and win the first game.

Srikanth continued his good form in the second game and won five straight points to take a commanding 10-2 lead.

Nishimoto tried his best to force a comeback and managed to reduce the margin to 13-8 but the Indian showed his class and superiority in crunch situations to keep his lead intact and win the game 21-13 and claim his second consecutive title in as many weeks.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport> Other Sports / PTI / Paris – October 29th, 2017

TS woman carrom player wins both singles, doubles titles

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U. Sarita Devi receiving prize for winning singles and doubles titles at 22nd All India Postal Carrom Tournament at Victory Playground in the city on Friday.By Arrangement

U. Sarita Devi of Telangana bagged a ‘double’ winning the women’s singles and doubles titles in the 22nd All India Postal Carrom Tournament at Victory Playground here on Friday.

In the final, she defeated A. Ponnarasi (T.N.) 18-14, 18-10. Later, she combined well with A. Ramasri to down Ponnarasi and Asha Padmanabhan of Tamil Nadu (23-5, 20-8) in the doubles final.

Brig. B. Chandrasekhar, Chief PMG (Telangana Circle), and P.V.S. Reddy, PMG, Headquarters Region, Col. Elisha, PMG Hyderabad Region, Y. Upender, Director of Postal Services, Hyderabad Region, and V.V.S.N. Reddy, Director of Postal Services (Hqrs), Telangana Circle, gave away the prizes.

The results

Men: Singles: Final: Bharatidasan (T.N.) beat G.D. Kishore Kumar (T.N.) 20-19, 25-11.

Third place: K. Tamil Selvam (T.N.) beat V. Sivananda Reddy (Telangana) 25-8, 22-25, 25-4.

Doubles: Final: Bharathidasan and G.D. Kishore Kumar (T.N.) beat M. Suman and Silambarasan (T.N.) 22-20, 16-3.

Third place: Tamil Selvan and Dharani Kumar (T.N.) beat J.L. Syamsundar and V. Rajesh (Karnataka) 25-5, 25-0.

Women: Singles: Final: U. Savitha Devi (Telangana) beat A. Ponnarasi (T.N.) 18-14, 18-10.

Third place: Maitreyee Sarkar (West Bengal) beat T. Bhanu (Telangana) 25-9, 17-19, 25-9.

Doubles: Final: U. Savitha Devi and A. Ramasri (Telangana) beat Ponnarasi & Asha Padmanabhan (T.N.) 23-5, 20-8.

Third place: R.M. Bhoir and Bhagyasri Rani (Maha) beat Monica Paul and Mythreyi Sarkar (West Bengal) 25-6, 13-25, 25-12.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / by V.V. Subrahmanyam / Hyderabad – October 28th, 2017

Certificate man vies for top slot at Delhi record holders’ meet

Records, All
Tushar Pillai holds the record for 111 different certifications

Hyderabad :

Tushar Pillay , 33, is all set to represent Hyderabad at the ‘Indian Record Holders at World Stage’ to be held in New Delhi on November 12, for being in top 100 record holders among eight different Asian countries.

Tushar Pillai holds the record for having 111 different certifications. He applied to the Indian Book of Records in June 2016 with the aim of spreading awareness about different methods of knowledge acquisition in the nation.

“In India, we have restricted ourselves to attaining formal education through universities. My aim is to sensitize people about how there is a world of diplomas and certified courses untapped by the country today which provide you with quality education as well,” said Tushar.

Tushar said his interest in collecting certificates goes way back to his school days where he first received his 100 metres running race merit certificate. “What started off as a hobby has now become a passion of mine through which I want to represent my country ,” added Tushar.

The road to the acquisition of these certificates wasn’t easy . From participating in different training pro grams to being part of events and competitions, Tushar acquired 111 varied certifications by the end of August’16 while having a full-time job at Tata Telecommunications.

With certifications like CCNA, Six Sigma Green and Yellow Belt, Diabetic Educator and Trainer amongst many other varied diplomas Tushar believed in keeping an open mind about knowledge.`I don’t want to compartmentalize my expertise. If there are opportunities out there why not grab them,” he added.

When asked about his future plans, Tushar was very clear,”I want to expand beyond these 8 Asian countries. I am planning on applying for Guinness Book of Records once this event is underway.”

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Hyderabad News / TNN / October 28th, 2017

Bentley launches showroom in Hyderabad

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The company sees South India as a high growth area with tremendous potential for its future business.

Hyderabad:

Adding another feather to Hyderabad’s high-end car showrooms, Bentley India announced the launch of its latest showroom and service centre here on Friday. The showroom located in Jubilee Hills area is the third such centre in India after Delhi and Mumbai.

The company sees South India as a high growth area with tremendous potential for its future business. “Bentley India is optimistic about growth in South India and when we feel the market is large enough, we would open newer showrooms and workshops in other southern cities,” said Satya Bangla, MD, Exclusive Motors – which is the exclusive dealer of Bentley in India.

The company is currently selling and promoting the company’s four model lines- the new Continental GT, Flying Spur, Bentayga and Mulsanne in India.

source: http://www.telanganatoday.com / Telangana Today / Home> Hyderabad / by Telangana Today / October 27th, 2017

Hyderabad IT institute working on components of driverless car

Education, Science & Technology

Hyderabad :

The International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H) is working on components of driverless car technologies.

“We are actually working on components of driverless car. We are not hoping that the car will be running on Hyderabad roads without a driver,” IIIT-H director P J Narayanan told reporters.

But it is a problem that practically every good group in the world is working. It poses several academic challenges,” he said.

Though the goal is a driverless car, the research into the subject would help understand many other things, he said.

“Driverless car, that’s our goal. It’s not easy to have a driverless car on Indian roads… But, the purpose is you develop technologies for it, you learn a lot for other things.

“Instead of driverless car, how can you make our car safer. How can you help our drivers with automatic help…,” he said.

The institute is working on a project for providing data on the condition of roads in Hyderabad to the government agencies, Narayanan said.

Under the project, a car fitted with cameras is proposed to be sent on the roads and the cameras would capture images on the condition of roads.

“…Just send a car with a video. Not driverless. Somebody driving it. And the car will record the video and at the back end information algorithms will detect where are the problem points. This information will help GHMC (Hyderabad civic body) or government to collect,” he said.

The institute runs a car with the technology within its campus under controlled conditions as part of its research, he said.

source: http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com / The Economic Times / ET Home> Industry> Auto> News> Industry / PTI / October 24th, 2017