Surgeons at Global Hospitals conducted a total laparoscopy whipples surgery on a 45-year-old male patient who had pancreatitis and a tumour in pancreas.
The usual surgery to remove tumours from pancreas is to conduct whipples surgery, which involves surgical removal of some parts of pancreas, bile duct and portions of intestines.
After the removal of the tumours, the surgeons undertake reconstruction where all the organs are reconnected again. According to surgeons, this procedure is demanding for patients as well as the doctors.
“Under normal circumstances, whipples operation would have been performed. But this patient is a young male and a strenuous worker by occupation. Also, after considering the risk of respiratory and wound problems, we undertook a total laparoscopic whipples surgery. This procedure consists of small incisions and recovery is very quick,” said Vijaykumar C. Bada, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Global Hospitals.
According to doctors, the patient had severe abdominal pain and unexplained weight loss of more than 10 kg in three months.
“Upon evaluation, we detected that he had pancreatitis with dilated liver, pancreas and a tumour in the head of the pancreas. We decided to do laparoscopy and it took us around 10 hours to complete the surgery,” Dr. Vijaykumar said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – February 26th, 2015
The Directorate of Agriculture and Home Science College of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University (PJTSAU) is organising a Millet Fest-2015 from February 27 to March 1 at People’s Plaza here.
“To popularise the cultivation of millets, production of millet-based products and to popularise consumption of foods prepared with millets among public, the Millet Fest is being held,” commissioner and director of agriculture GD Priyadarsini told reporters here on Tuesday. Millets are not only easy to cultivate when compared to other crops but are also very nutritious. As people are becoming more health conscious, millet-based foods will be a perfect option for them. The fest would create awareness among visitors about various millet-based foods available now, she said.
This is the fourth edition of the Millet Fest. Various millet based foods like multigrain atta, ragi malt, jowar flour, jowar noodles, jowar pasta, ragi vermicelli, cookies, extruded snacks among others will be made available in about 50 stalls. All these products are designed by the scientists at incubation centre of PJTSAU and manufactured and marketed by entrepreneurs.
About 50 entrepreneurs dealing in millet- based food products from all over the state would participate in the fest. PJTSAU will conduct awareness sessions for farmers on millets cultivation and value added products during the fest.
A food court also will be set up at the fest dishing out delicious recipes made from millets like jowar rotis, ragi sankati, jowar upma, jowar noodles, among others. V Praveen Rao, special officer of PJTSAU, D Raji Reddy, director of research PJTSAU, Anurag Chaturvedi, Dean of Home Sciences College, were present at the press conference.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / February 25th, 2015
A lesson on the life of Eshwari Bai, former politician, will be introduced in the school syllabus in Telangana, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said here on Tuesday.
Speaking at the award presenting ceremony of Eshwari Bai Memorial Award – 2015, Rao said the new syllabus will feature biographies of several other leaders of Telangana like G Venkataswamy as well.
The state government will also officially celebrate the birth and death anniversaries of Eshwari Bai, the CM promised. When Eshwari Bai Trust approached the chief minister for attending the award ceremony, he not only gave a nod immediately but also promised to make it a state government function.
Every year the government will coordinate with the trust to organise grand celebrations on both birth and death anniversaries of Eshwari Bai. The CM further said, Eshwari Bai was a great leader and she will remain an inspiration to the younger generation. “Her speeches have been widely quoted in the Telangana movement and are still relevant,” he added.
The Eshwari Bai Memorial Award – 2015 was given to retired bureaucrat and former secretary to Union government Dr PS Krishnan. Though he belongs to Kerala, Krishnan had worked in the united Andhra Pradesh for a long time and he is very familiar with the developments in Telugu States way back from the inception of Telangana movement.
Congress leader Geeta Reddy, daughter of Eshwari Bai, praised the state government for honouring Eshwari Bai by officially celebrating her death anniversary. Jana Reddy said, “This is a good move that the state government has recognised the great personalities of Telangana irrespective of the political differences. I hope this will be followed in future.”
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Telangana / by Express News Service / February 25th, 2015
Progress Software on Tuesday got into a new role of external incubator with the opening of a 23-seater, 1,600 sq ft facility on its Hyderabad campus. It is the first such facility in the corporate sector and will host four start-ups initially. Going forward it can take two more.
At the inauguration, the software firm announced RiskEdge and DoConf have signed contracts and become the first set of occupants of the Progress Pacific Incubator.
Briefing presspersons, Progress Software India managing director Ramesh Loganathan said the selected start-ups were expected to develop products on Progress products.
“If they are successful, we get licence revenue,” he explained, adding the incubator will not take equity stake in the start-ups. Such investments, he said, may be considered only after the proposed fund of Progress for start-ups is launched.
The pilot programme runs in six months cohorts, Mr.Loganathan said, adding apart from the infrastructure, Progress engineers will be available for the start-ups to provide domain expertise, mentoring and access to markets. The incubator programme, a release said, will be extended to universities and institutions in the next phase.
Progress EVP and CIO Dave Benson said depending on the success of the Hyderabad model the company may replicate it at its engineering locations, which includes Boston, North Carolina besides Sofia in Bulgaria, where it recently acquired a firm, Telerik AD.
“It is a great initiative,” declared Nasscom vice chairman BVR Mohan Reddy and described start-ups as crucial to the economy, particularly as job creators.
IIIT Hyderabad Director P.J. Narayanan said for the benefit of students setting up start-ups the Institute has introduced a deferred placement programme. Such students, in the event of the venture not clicking, remain eligible to participate in campus recruitment after three years.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by N. Ravi Kumar / Hyderabad – February 24th, 2015
Book lovers sift through the collection at Our Sacred Space. Photo: G.Ramakrishna
Book swap sessions have caught the fancy of many book lovers in Hyderabad
Coming across cherished, old books is rather common for most book lovers. But the fact is that most book lovers are faced with a mounting collection of books that just get pushed deeper and deeper into that book shelf. Of late, book lovers in the city are finding a new way to recycle and update their existing collections – through book swaps.
First organised as part of the Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) last year, the book swap programme received lukewarm response. However, as the idea picked up HLF decided to conduct another book swap drive last Sunday at Lamakaan. Apart from this annual feature, Our Sacred Space too conducts weekly book exchange sessions.
How it began
Nivedita N., a poet and media professional, who spearheaded the weekly book exchange movement, says, “It really started off as a way to pass on books that I’ve read and enjoyed. I started it off as a book give away on my blog and had people from across the country sending me requests for books that I have and I would then send it to them. Nayantara Nandakumar of Our Sacred Space happened to see this and we then collaborated to do a weekly book exchange at the venue.”
It all began when Nivedita was sent a coveted collection of books by a lady she had met at Auroville. “Also my grandfather left behind a huge collection of books and these exchanges are a way for us to share our collection while ensuring that the treasured books go into the right hands,” explains Nivedita, an avid reader herself.
How they work
A book swap session typically requires participants to bring their collection of read books in a good condition to the exchange. They can deposit their box of books at the venue and take their pick from the variety brought in by others. “A book swap is a great idea. Not everyone can buy all the books that they want to read. This way a barter system works very well,” says Jatin Kuberkar, a writer and a regular at the book swap sessions.
Chances are a couple of hours spent at a book exchange might throw up some pleasant surprises as well. “I have come across some rare books that I’d been looking for, for quite some time. Like Joanne Harris’ Lollipop Shoes. I’d checked at quite a few book stores in the city and most only had her Chocolat. So coming across this at a book swap was a wonderful surprise,” says Preeti K., an IT professional.
Jatin agrees, saying, “I’d been looking in vain for Dadabhai Naoroji’s Poverty and Unbritish Rule in India for a long time as part of the research for my next book. Even online, I could only come across half a chapter. So imagine my delight when I found this book at a book swap session in the city. Similarly my mother had been looking for Anand Math, a Hindi book, but I stumbled upon it at the book exchange session.” Another advantage of book swap sessions is that they often introduce readers to new authors. “I’ve myself come across several books that I wouldn’t have otherwise stumbled upon. Book swaps can often throw up some rare gems and can enrich one’s reading repertoire,” explains Nivedita, adding, “People can bring in all kinds of books regardless of genres. We just don’t encourage them to bring outdated academic books.”
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus / by Ranjani Rajendra / January 19th, 2015
Ten-year-old Gade Parineetha seems to have a special ability. She can identify or read from flash cards when blindfolded, by smell and sense. She has set a world record by doing so with as many as 101 flash cards in a matter of 60 seconds and entered the Limca Book of World Records, Unique World Records, Wonder Book of Records and four more book of records.
She set these world records, a couple of days ago, in front of a full house of guests and luminaries like justice Challa Kodanda Ram of Hyderbad High Court; GD Priyadarshini, director of department of agriculturem S Kumar, BJP Telangana state secretary and several others at Ravindra Bharati here. The technique is simply called Mid-Brain Activation. “Mid-brain activation gurus Hitesh Satara and Dr B Sai Kiran have been training over 5,000 students in this technique. They realised that Parineetha has special talent. She has been training only for about three weeks,” says her father Pawan Kumar Gade, who is a High Court Lawyer.
G Parineetha performing mid-brain activation skills blindfolded while her father G Pawan Kumar looks on at a function in Hyderabad | NEERAJ MURALI
A class 5 student of Johnson Grammar School in Habsiguda, Parineetha says the new found ability has helped her in her studies too. “What I do now is only a first level. In a few months, I should be able to identify a card from a distance, without touching or even summarise a book by just flipping through it,” says Parineetha who aspires to become a scientist.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / February 23rd, 2015
Not all players who have played cricket in the country can claim to have experienced the diverse ethos of two prominent centres of the game in the south -Madras and Hyderabad. V Ramnarayan belongs to this rare breed. Brought up in Madras, Ramnarayan’s professional commitments took him to Hyderabad. He went on to represent Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy.
Hailing from a family with its share of cricketers, it didn’t take long for Ramnarayan to be smitten by the g ame. He grew up admiring of fspinner Jim Laker and R a m n a r ay a n too chose to take up the craft the illus trious Englishman excelled in. “By the time I was 16, I found a liking for it (offspin) and continued to pursue it,” says the 67-year-old.He recalls an incident where Venkatraman, physical director of Vivekananda College, overlooked him for the college team. “Later, when I did well against Vivekananda College while representing Presidency College, Venkatraman apologized for his error. It was a moment I will cherish.”
After honing his skills on the Madras league cricket circuit, Ramnarayan’s professional career took him to Andhra Pradesh where he joined SBI (State Bank of India) as a probationary officer in December 1970. He began playing cricket at the league level in Hyderabad and it didn’t take long for him to make a mark there. The prestigious Ranji Trophy soon beckoned, and Ramnarayan made his debut in 1975 against Kerala at Trivandrum.
“Playing zonal games in Hyderabad and that too alongside the likes of Abbas Ali Baig, Abid Ali, M A K Pataudi and M L Jaisimha prepared me to play at the Ranji level,” says Ramnarayan, whose figures in his debut match were an impressive 6-33.
Among the numer ous incidents of his career, the legendary offie recounts the one featuring Tiger Patau di with rel ish. “A day before Hydera bad’s Ranji game against Ma dras at Chepauk in 1975, one of the fans asked some uncomfortable questions to Tiger at our team hotel (Admiralty Hotel at Mandaveli). Tiger soon told skipper Jaisimha that he would open,” says Ramnarayan, who played 25 first class games for Hyderabad.
“The next morning,” he says, “Jaisimha had to persuade Tiger to bat at No 3.”
What followed was a vintage knock with Tiger notching up his highest Ranji score of 198. That also turned out to be his last innings at the MA Chirambaram stadium in Chepauk, remembers Ramnarayan.
“What was special about Tiger was his ability to take on challenges and come up trumps,” adds Ramnarayan.He may not have gone on to play at the highest level for the country, but Ramnarayan’s skills were considered good enough for him to make it to the list of probables for the national team’s tour of Australia in 1977-78.”I count on my blessings. To have played the game with some of the illustrious names in the Indian cricket is something that will alw ay s s t ay with me,” says the man, whose book Third Man: Recollections from a life in cricket was released recently.
After calling time on his career, Ramnarayan made a smooth transition into a career in writing. He went on to become an author of repute, and now edits Sruti, a well-known monthly magazine on the performing arts.But Ramnarayan has not cut himself from his beloved sport. He continues to be involved in the game by writing on it for various publications.
(A weekly column on famous sportspersons whose first playing field was Chennai and its neighbourhood)
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Chennai / by Prasad S, TNN / February 14th, 2015
Funeral rites of veteran freedom fighter, Bhupati Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Telangana Gandhi, were performed with state honours here on Monday. Krishnamurthy, who was the president of Telangna Praja Samithi (TPS) died here on Sunday night. He was 89-years-old and is survived by a son and daughter.
Deputy chief minister Kadiyam Srihari, TJAC chairman M Kodandaram, PCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah, district collector Vakati Karuna, superintendent of police Ambar Kishor Jha and several others, paid respects to the departed leader.
The funeral procession was taken from his residence in Girimajipet to Vysya cremation grounds at SRR Thota on the city outskirts. Krishnamurthy was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and accompanied Gandhi on his visit to Warangal town then.
He fought against the British and Nizam rulers and also participated in the struggle for a separate Telangana. He, however, refused to merge TPS with TRS party and remained a lone fighter till the end. His relatives said, Krishnamurthy does not even own a house and lost all his wealth fighting for freedom of the country and later for Telangana.
Sources in TRS party said they were planning to celebrate his 90th birthday on February 21 on a grand scale, and now his demise has come as shock for the entire party. Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed his condolences to the bereaved family.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Telangana / by Express News Service / February 17th, 2015
Mylarapu Rajanna sharpening a pair of scissors on his knife sharpening contraption. Photo: S. Harpal Singh
Innovation and ingenuity were always the hallmark of rural technologists in the country and Mylarapu Rajanna only carries the tradition forward in tune with the times. He has not only simplified the mechanism to sharpen knives and scissors but has the pedal-driven ‘machine’ mounted on the rear of his moped which makes his task of moving around much easier.
Rajanna is a ‘retired’ lorry driver from Mendapally in Indervelli mandal whose comparatively larger area of operation covers the mandals of Gudihatnoor, Indervelli, Utnoor, Narnoor and Jainoor. He visits one mandal every week and ferrets out enough work to earn him a decent income of over Rs. 200 per day, after expenses.
“I park my moped on its stand and sit in the reverse direction on the pillion to operate the pedals,” says the 60-year-old toiler as he introduces his innovation to The Hindu. I have made this machine by using parts of a cycle and of course, the grinding stone,” he adds.
The machine consists of a discarded cycle rim, a cycle gear apparatus with chain and pedals and a rouded grinding stone. The speed of the grinding stone is controlled in the same manner as that in a bicycle.
“It takes about 5 minutes to sharpen a kitchen knife or the scissors used by the pan wallah. Heavier knives and cleavers of the butchers require more speed for the grinding stone and consume more time,” Rajanna reveals.
The former lorry driver’s love of film and bhakti music even has him improvise a music system and add to his moped mounted paraphernalia. “The music not only keeps me engrossed but attracts customers when the loudspeaker gets blaring at the village square,” he points out the old-fashioned round speaker within the gap in the handlebar just under the grinding stone.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Telangana / by S. Harpal Singh / Adilabad – February 17th, 2015
The last rites of the legendary film-maker Daggubati Ramanaidu being performed on Ramanaidu film studio premises in Hyderabad on Thursday.— Photo: Nagara Gopal
The mortal remains of ‘Movie Moghul’ Daggubati Rama Naidu were consigned to flames inside the D. Rama Naidu Studios here with full police honours on Thursday afternoon.
The who’s who of the Telugu film industry was present, as was Telangana’s Minister for Cinematography, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, on behalf of the State government. A while earlier, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao paid floral tributes, as did his Cabinet colleague Naini Narsimha Reddy, MLA Teegala Krishna Reddy and former MLA Payyavula Keshav, apart from balladeer Gaddar.
Among those who paid their last respects on Thursday at the first level of the Studios where the body was kept for about four and a half hours were actors Anil Kapoor and Sridevi, with her husband Boney Kapoor and director Satish Kaushik from Bollywood and actor Karthi (actor Suriya’s brother) from Kollywood, the Tamil film industry, actor-turned-MP K. Chiranjeevi, actor Krishna, his director-wife Vijaya Nirmala and Jaya Prada, to name a few.
Several directors from the Telugu industry, including Boyapati Srinu, V.V. Vinayak, Y.V.S. Chowdhary and S.V. Krishna Reddy, Rajasekhar and his actor-director wife Jeevitha and other stars including Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sharwanand, Harshavardhan Rane, Madhushalini, Kavitha and Ranganath of yesteryears. Producers present included Atchi Reddy, Bandla Ganesh, Boorugupalli Sivaramakrishna, ‘Dil’ Raju, K.C. Sekhar Babu, K.L. Narayana, Shyamprasad Reddy and Sunitha of Guru Films.
Earlier in the day, the body was brought from Naidu’s residence in Jubilee Hills to the Studios. Naidu’s son Venkatesh, grandsons Rana, Abhinav, Nagachaitanya and their best friend Ramcharan Tej were present near the air-conditioned container throughout.
Around 1.30 p.m., the body was shifted to an enclosure nearby for preparations before the last rites. Photographers were politely asked not to take pictures during this process and once it was over, at about 3 p.m., the body was carried by Rama Naidu’s son Venkatesh, grandsons and a few other close relatives and associates lifted it and placed it on a decorated vehicle.
It took about an hour for the body to be taken up to the third level of the Studios to the place opposite the Film School that was the designated spot for the last rites.
The Padma Bhushan awardee’s son and producer D. Suresh Babu lit the pyre and as the flames leapt into the air, the waiting policemen fired their gun salute, signalling the end of the last journey.
It was an incredible, three-decade-long journey ‘Naidu garu’
Producer Boney Kapoor
I went to have a ‘darshan’ of the ‘Movie Moghul’ and he gave me a role in ‘Bobbili Raja’. He was the one who created the Babu Mohan-Kota Srinivasa Rao combination in the movies.
Babu Mohan
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Suresh Krishnamoorthy / Hyderabad – February 20th, 2015
