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Sunday samaritans run an anti-hunger project

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Street saviours: Members of the ‘Railway Team-Food for Poor’ distributing food packets to the destitute near the Vizianagaram railway station.
Street saviours: Members of the ‘Railway Team-Food for Poor’ distributing food packets to the destitute near the Vizianagaram railway station.

A.P. government employee starts a project to feed the poor, and draws a team of 130 volunteers

For government employees, Sunday is a time to relax and spend time with family members, but not for Visakh C.

Even before dawn breaks in Vizianagaram, this government employee gets busy with cooking. He finishes well ahead of the lunch hour, packs the food in packets and sets out on his mission: to distribute them among the destitute, including persons with mental disabilities.

Started in Kerala

“I prepare food for 50 people every Sunday. It gives me satisfaction. I started the initiative, along with my wife Vaishnavi when I was in Kerala. She taught me to easily prepare food for a big group,” Mr. Visakh said.

What he started solo has become a movement now, as 130 railways employees have joined hands to use their free time to feed orphans and run a dedicated team called ‘Railway Team-Food for Poor.’

The railway officials, M. Kanakaraju, N. Jayasankar, A. Omkar Murthy, S. Dixit, and others, chalk out the action plan a week ahead.

Blood donation

Apart from distribution of food packets, the team also extends a helping hand to the needy in many other ways — be it supply of blankets to the people who sleep rough, on the pavement, setting up water purifiers at orphanages and so on. The team members also donate blood to patients in need. They maintain a WhatsApp group to ensure a quick response when patients need blood urgently.

“I never thought that my initiative would get such support from many top officials and colleagues. Their active participation is motivating many to come forward and spare their free time for charitable activities,” said Mr. Visakh.

Mr. Kanakaraju said that the association now was planning to extend health care support to the needy.

Every Sunday, the inmates of many orphanages and old-age homes eagerly wait for the team, as the members arrive to share happiness and offer some hours of companionship, apart from food packets.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Andhra Pradesh / by K. Srinivasa Rao / Vizianagaram – April 2th, 2018

Surekha trains her eyes on Asian Games

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VIJAYAWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH, 03/12/2017 Indian Archer Vennam Jyothi Surekha in action in Vijayawada on Sunday. Photo: Ch.Vijaya Bhaskar | Photo Credit:
VIJAYAWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH, 03/12/2017
Indian Archer Vennam Jyothi Surekha in action in Vijayawada on Sunday. Photo: Ch.Vijaya Bhaskar | Photo Credit:

Prestigious event will be held at Jakarta in next August

City archer and Arjuna awardee Vennam Jyothi Surekha ended her international assignment for the year 2017 in a triumphant note clinching three medals at the recently-concluded 20th Asian Archery Championship at Dhaka (Bangladesh).

She won gold in team event, silver in mixed and bronze in the individual event in the tournament, which saw Indians giving a tough fight to the numero unoteam – Korea.

“We are equal to Koreans in all respects including equipment and technique. The archer who gets adjusted the conditions well emerged winner because what separates a winner and loser is a wafer-thin margin,” Surekha told to The Hindu, on her return from Dhaka.

Twenty-one-year old management student of Koneru Lakshmaiah University is eagerly looking forward to 2018 in which the prestigious Asian Games will be held at Jakarta (Indonesia) in August.

“We do not know how many events would figure in the compound segment. But I am mentally preparing for all three events – team, mixed and individual. Soon both Archery Associaiton of India and Sports Authourity of India will decide about the coaching camps”.

Surekha said arriving at the venue, especially in alien countries, one day before the official practice gave the archers to chance to get used the weather conditions and the ambiance.

The early part of 2017 was not significant for the ace archer as she could not a win medals in the Asia Cup (Bangkok), World Cup Stage One (Shanghai), Two (Antalya), Four (Berlin) and at World Universities at Chinese Taipei.

But she had a memorable world championship at Mexico when she won silver medal in her mixed event partnering Abhishek Varma. “In the individual ranking round, I lost in the pre-quarterfinal narrowly. I was tied with a Korean 146-146 and in the single arrow shootout we both hit the 10 points but her arrow was close to the X enabling her to advance”.

Incidentally she has been representing the country for the past of seven years. Surekha also received the coveted Arjuna award for her contribution to the archery.

The Andhra Pradesh State government announced a reward of ₹ 1 crore, a 500-square yard house site in Vijayawada and a government job for achieving the prestigious Arjuna award.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport> Othe Sports / by J.K. Shridharan / December 03rd, 2017

National Police Academy gets first woman director

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New Delhi:

Government has appointed senior police officer Aruna Bahuguna as the new chief of the Hyderabad-based National Police Academy, alma mater for IPS officers in the country.

With this appointment, Bahuguna, a 1979-batch IPS officer, will be the first woman Director of the 65-year-old institution also known as the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) and is tasked with the training of police leaders after they are recruited by the UPSC through the all-India civil services exam.

Bahuguna (56), who belongs to Andhra Pradesh cadre, is at present posted as the Special Director General, CRPF, at its headquarters in the national capital.

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently issued orders in this regard.

The officer, who has served in various positions with Andhra Pradesh police, also holds the distinction of being the first woman SDG in CRPF, country’s largest paramilitary force.

She is the second-in-command of the 3 lakh strong force, after the DG.

The post of NPA Director fell vacant after incumbent Subhas Goswami was appointed as the DG of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in November last year.

Reputed police officers like Sankar Sen, Trinath Mishra and K Vijay Kumar have earlier headed the NPA.

After taking over, Bahuguna will be the 28th boss of the academy and could continue upto February 2017 when she is due for retirement from service.

The high-level board of the NPA comprises senior civil servants, police officers and eminent educationists as its members and is headed by the Union Home Secretary.

PTI
source: http://www.zeenews.india.com / Z News / Home> State News> Andhra Pradesh / Monday – January 20th, 2014

Gems of history

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Historian Musham Damodhar Rao with some rare telephone bills issued during Nizam’s tenure./ Photo: Nagara Gopal / The Hindu
Historian Musham Damodhar Rao with some rare telephone bills issued during Nizam’s tenure./ Photo: Nagara Gopal / The Hindu

World’s first postage stamp among other items in Damodar’s collection

‘Black Penny’, world’s first postage stamp issued in Britain in 1840, royal documents, letters,firmans proclaimed during Aurangazeb’s time and a record pertaining to what could be one of the earliest MNCs of India — Bank of Bengal — form part of an invaluable collection of historic items belonging to 51-year-old Musham Damodar Rao, a businessman-turned epigraphist.

A visit to a philately exhibition 30 years ago aroused curiosity in Mr. Rao. Driven by the passion, he started collecting stamps, and along with their accumulation, turned his attention to coins, currency notes, documents and postal covers which were censored during World War I before delivering to the addressee. The total number of stamps runs into 50,000 to 60,000, including 3,000 of 100 princely States.

Describing himself as a “historian”, Mr. Rao, who is convenor of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee’s intellectual’s cell, told The Hinduthat he was also a consultant for old documents and scripts.

One of his earliest collections is a 2,500-year-old coin of pre-Satavahana period. The coin made of panchaloha depicts Soma Gopa, a tribal king, who used to worship the naga deity. A copper coin of Biblical times is another prized possession. He has a collection of 303 coins of Satavahana dynasty and a thousand each of various other dynasties, besides those pertaining to the British rule in India. In all, he is in possession of a staggering 30,000 to 40,000 coins.

A small gold coin of Vijayanagara empire, the size of a pen nib, is another rare piece.

Mr. Rao said his collection also includes an information bulletin sent by Sind Sultan (now in Pakistan) authorities to the rulers in Delhi in the 16 century.

One of the interesting records shows an authorisation issued by William Carr in November 1839 declaring that he was authorising and empowering besides himself, William or Dwarakanath Tagore (grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore) or Thomas J Taylor to vote for him in the election of directors to the Bank of Bengal. Another rare collection is the salary receipt of Junagarh King, who used to receive a monthly salary of Rs.30,000 from British Crown.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Y. Mallikarjun / Hyderabad – July 26th, 2013

Free eye screening held in Vijayawada

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The David Brown Children’s Eye Care Centre at the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in Tadigadapa conducted free eye examination and treatment for 63 HIV positive children of Tulip Garden at Buthimillipadu, Gannavaram mandal.

Netherlands-based philanthropist Margaret said the David Brown Children’s Eye Care Centre was catering to the needs of children from Vijayawada and five other neighbouring districts.

“The eye care centre is so clean, sand everybody was so kind . It was so different from other hospitals in Vijayawada. I felt I was in a hospital in The Netherlands,” she said.

Eye specialists Niranjan examined the eyes of the children and prescribed medication when required.

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Special Correspondent / June 28th, 2012

2,300 students get gifts from NAM Foundation

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Around 2,300 students from various schools in old city were provided with schoolbags and stationery by NAM Foundation on Sunday in Hyderabad.  / Photo: Balachander Goud RK / The Hindu

Ten-year-old Mohd. Shareef, student of class five of Government Primary School at Achireddynagar, was quite worried about purchasing a school bag, notebooks and stationery as his father, who is an auto driver cannot afford to provide him with all these materials at one time.

Thanks to the initiative of National Association of Muslims (NAM) Foundation, Mohd. Shareef is all smiles today.

The foundation, which is a voluntary organisation, provided him with books, school bags, pencil box etc. free of cost on Sunday at Mehdipatnam.

It’s not just Mohd. Shareef alone, 2,300 other students too were presented with school books and other stationery on the occasion. Besides, distributing books and stationery, the foundation also paid the first-term tuition fee for 1,104 students studying at different private schools and colleges.

Cheques were presented to the respective school and college management representatives during the programme.

Meritorious students adopted by the foundation were presented with gold medals and cash awards.

All the expenditure is met through donations received from various philanthropists and organisations across the globe.

The objective behind distributing books and paying fee was to motivate and improve the quality of education and literacy rate in old city, said foundation chairman, Mohd. Jameeluddin.

In addition to distributing books, the organisation presented 55 sewing and embroidery machines to poor and illiterate women, who had completed training in craft and tailoring courses.

Syed Anwarul Huda, Director General (law and order) was chief guest for the function while Dr. Hemanth Kaukuntla, consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, Care Hospital and M.A. Basith, former Director General of Police were among special invitees.

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Staff Reporter / June 25th, 2012