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Pretoria: Veteran actress, playwright and writer Muthal Naidoo was the sole Indian-origin South African to receive a National Order from President Jacob Zuma here on Friday evening. Zuma honoured men and women, who have made great contributions to South Africa`s democracy, by bestowing National Orders on them since 2010 at a ceremony at the Presidential Guesthouse on the annual Freedom Day public holiday. National Orders are awarded to deserving citizens and eminent foreign nationals who have contributed meaningfully towards making the country a free, democratic and successful nation, united in its diversity. Naidoo, 76, received the Order of Ikhamanga, joining several other local and international recipients of the orders made in several categories. Naidoo was an actress and playwright in the alternative theatre movement which spoke out against apartheid and has also written extensively on a wide range of subjects from democracy and international conflict t...

NEW DELHI: Jwala Gutta will become the first Indian to qualify for two events - mixed and women's doubles - in the Olympics when the world rankings are out next week and the doubles specialist said she was delighted and hoped to bring laurels to the country at the London Games . In the 1992 Barcelona Games, Vimal Kumar and Dipankar Bhattacharjee had played in the singles and men's doubles category though they had qualified only in singles and hence were given an entry in doubles event as well. But it would be for the first time that any of the Indian doubles pairing will get a direct entry in the history of Olympics when the world ranking will be freezed on May 3. "We are finally through. We got our job done. I would be happy to know it the next week officially. But I am delighted. It is a special feeling and we hope to play good badminton in Olympics," she said. "We had lost in the first round last year and here we reached ...

తెలుగు దేశం పార్టీని ప్రక్షాళన చేయవలసిన సమయం ఆసన్నమైంది, ఏవైనా అనుకోని పరిణామాలు జరిగితే తప్ప ఎన్నికలు రావటానికి ఇంకా రెండు సంవత్సరాలు సమయం ఉంది. తల్లి పాలు తాగి రొమ్ము గుద్దే ప్రభుద్దులు చాలా మంది తెలుగుదేశం పార్టీలో ఇంకా ఉన్నారు.  చంద్రబాబు నాయుడుని వ్యక్తిగతం గా విమర్శించే వారు 'తెలుగు దేశం' పార్టీ అంటే 'చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు' సొంతం కాదని, అతని మీద కక్షతో పార్టీకి వ్యతిరేకంగా ఏ విధంగా ప్రవర్తించినా 'కూర్చున్న కొమ్మను నరుక్కున్న' చందంగా భావించ వలసి వస్తుంది. 'తెలుగు దేశం' పార్టీ 'స్వర్గీయ శ్రీ నందమూరి తారక రామారావు' మానస పుత్రిక, అశేష ఆంధ్రుల 'ఆశా కిరణం'. ఈ మధ్య సంభవిస్తున్న పరిణామాలను గమనిస్తే, పార్టీలో కొందరు వ్యక్తులు, ముఖ్యంగా 'హరికృష్ణ ' కోటరిగా ముద్రపడిన 'జూనియర్ యన్.టి.ఆర్', వల్లభనేని వంశి, కొడాలి నాని మొదలైనన వారు 'తెలుగు దేశం' పార్టీని బలహీన పరచి, జగన్ ను సమర్ధించే విధంగా ప్రవర్తిస్తూ, తమ చేష్టల ద్వారా బహిరంగా తెలియచేస్తూ, పార్టీలో, తెలుగుదేశం పార్టీ కార్యకర్తలలో చులకన అవుతు...

  Dr. Venu Vadlamudi (second from the right) receives the American Medical Association Foundations 2012 Leadership Award from AMA President Dr. Peter Carmel. FLINT, MI -- Dr. Venu Vadlamudi, a r adiology resident at Hurley Medical Center, was named a recipient of the American Medical Association Foundation’s 2012 Leadership Award. The AMA Foundation honored 30 individuals with Leadership Awards at its annual Excellence in Medicine Awards ceremony. Recipients of the award were recognized for demonstrating outstanding non-clinical leadership skills in advocacy, community service and education, according to a press release. The award also provided recipients with special training to develop their skills as future leaders in organized medicine and community affairs. “I am very honored to receive this prestigious AMA Foundation Leadership Award. We have great medical leaders here at Hurley Medical Center, many of whom have directly impacted my interest and i...

 Idaho State University and the ISU Alumni Association proudly announce the 2012 Outstanding Student Award recipients who will be honored at Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 5, in Holt Arena.             The 13 Outstanding Student Awards are presented to recognize outstanding graduating seniors who have excelled in their programs, their extracurricular activities and have epitomized ISU's outstanding student body.  Students receiving these prestigious awards exhibit a readiness to graduate, high academic achievement, above-average dedication to academic and professional goals and involvement in professional societies. Work experience and community service are also considered.  The Outstanding Student Award recipients will be honored at a reception April 27 in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. Graduate School, Doctoral Candidate, Chandrasekhar Potluri , Eluru, Ind...

Coimbatore-based Rs 4,200 crore Suguna Poultry ( B Soundararajan, chairman, Suguna Foods ) wants to grow beyond poultry. The company has renamed itself as ‘Suguna Foods’ in line with its ongoing efforts to provide a gamut of products in the foods category. The company is expanding the portfolio of offerings to other livestock products, ready-to-eat vegetarian foods and milk and milk products, while increasing its retail presence. At present, processed and ready-to-eat chicken contributes to 95 per cent of Suguna’s revenue, with the rest coming from eggs, poultry feed, poultry vaccine and soy oil. As it moves into a larger space, Suguna expects its poultry contribution to come down to 70 per cent in the next five years. The new products coming out from Suguna Foods will include processed meat of turkey, fish, lamb, and emu under the brand ‘Suguna Exotic’. At present, the company sells poultry under three brands — Suguna fresh chicken, Suguna Anytime frozen chick...

  ఆహ్వానము   ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ కమ్మవారి సేవా సంఘం కార్యవర్గ సభ్యుల ప్రమాణ స్వీకార మహోత్సవం  సభా ప్రారంభ కార్యక్రమము: తేది: 22-04-2012, ఆదివారం ఉదయం గం:10.00 లకు  వేదిక: స్వర్ణభారతి, కమ్మవారి కళ్యాణ మండపం, ఖమ్మం     కార్యవర్గ సభ్యుల ప్రమాణ స్వీకార సమయం ఉదయం గం: 11:36 ని.లకు  ముఖ్య అతిధి గౌ: శ్రీ.పి.యస్.రామమోహనరావు (మాజీ గవర్నర్, తమిళనాడు) గౌరవ అతిధులు  గౌ: డా.త్రిపురనేని హనుమాన్ చౌదరి (Founder: VSNL, IT and Telecom Advisor to Govt., and Enterprises)  గౌ:శ్రీ.చేకూరి కాశయ్య  (మాజీ.జిల్లా పరిషత్ అధ్యక్షులు, చైర్మన్. గురుదక్షిణ ఫౌండేషన్)    ఈ మహోత్సవానికి మిమ్మల్ని మనసారా ఆహ్వానిస్తున్నాం.                                                     ...

  VikramRajasinha, Last King of Ceylon The Nayaks of Kandy (Nayakar Dynasty) were the rulers of Sri Lanka with Kandy as their capital from 1739 to 1815. They were also the last dynasty to rule Sri Lanka. They were from the royal family of the Madurai Nayak dynasty, who were of Telugu origin and were members of the Kammavar Naidu caste . There were four kings of this lineage and the last king was exiled by the British to Vellore Fort in India. They assumed the Kandy throne through marriage alliances with the much prevailing Marumakkathayam law. These kings were Hindus later converted to Buddhism and were responsible for renaissance of Buddhist culture in the Island. Origins The Mahanuwara dynasty that preceded the Kandy Nayaks always married brides from royal family of Madurai Nayaks and Tanjore Nayaks. The Nayaks of South India started of as governors of Vijayanagara Dynasty during 14 and 15th centuries who ruled parts of Tamil Nadu. After the Vijayanagara E...

Ram Prasad Kolli was USA National Memory Champion - 2005 and 2013  1st place - 2005 2nd place - 2006 2nd place - 2007 3rd place - 2008 2nd place - 2009 2nd place - 2010 1st place - 2013 Ram Kolli represented USA and he got 19th place in the World Memory championship - 2005

It's raining awards for Dr.Kodali Siva Rama Krishna Prasad , a staff grade orthopaedic surgeon working for Prince Charles Hospital at Merthyr Tydfil in United Kingdom since 1994. A native of Thurumella village near Tenali in Guntur district, the UK-settled orthopaedic flew down to India in January this year to receive the globally reputed Glory of India Award. The India International Friendship Society bestowed the honour on him in recognition of his meritorious services and outstanding performance in the field of medicine. It's only a couple of months and he is here again, to receive a couple of more awards, conferred by the All-India Economy Survey Award Council.  ‘The Indira Gandhi Seva Ratna Puraskar' and the ‘Shining Image of India Gold Medal' presented to him at a function held in Delhi on April 8 are, according to him, “completely out of the blue. From what I gathered, they selected me on the basis of web content. Instead of seekin...

Dandamudi Rajagopal Rao (b: 16 October 1916 - d: 6 August 1981) was renowned sports person of India. He was born in Gandigunta village in Krishna district in a family of farmers. Impressed by the performance of Kodi Rammurthy Naidu, he took up the line of Weight Lifting. He was trained by Sistla Somayajulu in Weight lifting for sometime.Later He traveled with Kolli Rangadasu and gave many performances in different Indian states. Sports Achievements     *In 1946 won 1st place in XII Olympic games of India held in Banglore in heavy weight class *He annexed kerala title in 1942 and the bombay provincial honours in 1944 breaking all the previous records *He has represented India in International competitions held in Burma in 1947. *He won Gold medal in Indian Olympic Games held at Delhi in 1952. He has lifted 780 pounds in the Heavyweight category. In 1954 Indian Olympics he has won Gold medal and established three Records. *He won Bronze medal in 1951 Asian Games he...

 Not yet 15, Karnam Spoorthy is set to stamp her class on the table tennis firmament. For one so young, just having written her matriculation exams, the Vijayawada native is quick to size up an opponent and her game. The teenager's fore and backhand counter top spin driven game has rivals on the back-foot soon enough. So does her court craft find her in excellent control of the table as much as her receiving of serve is spot-on. Little wonder then that she has Chief National Coach Bhawani Mukherji admiring. “Spoorthy is very talented, young and a promising player. Going by her performance at the national and international level, I see a good future for her,” he notes. As a seven-year-old, Spoorthy followed in the footsteps of her father, Karnam Balram Prasad, a former Mangalore university paddler. Not quite as tall as the table her dad had at home, she soon grasped the game's finer points and in just a month or two was seriously into the sport. She then came under Balram...

It is the defining ambition of many a technologist to work for General Electric as the company is famous for being a global innovator. Gopichand Katragadda is now one such person. Katragadda has been picked to head the company’s largest R&D centre outside the US. "I had been with GE for a long time and was heading the energy division prior to my present role. It is always exciting when you work with lots of innovators," he says. The India technology centre of this global behemoth is spread across three cities—Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bangalore. Katragadda clearly loves challenges, whether it is in his professional or personal life—the last 15 years saw him attempting to decipher the complex Indus script, not exactly a job for the fainthearted.  In his new role as the Managing Director, GE India Technology Center Katragadda's aim is to similarly find solutions to complex problems. He says that he wants to make the GE India Technology Center a nati...

TOP 20 FINALISTS KAVLI VIDEO CONTEST. VOTE FOR PEOPLE'S CHOICE APRIL 2 - 13, 2012 . The Kavli video contest finalists have been chosen! The very best videos answered the contest's question "How to Save the World Through Science and Engineering" creatively, using topics inspired by the NAE Grand Challenges .  To vote, please click on the entry name and view each video on YouTube, then "like" your favorite. VOTING DEADLINE IS APRIL 13, 2012. You can also vote and view all the videos here ! Winners will be announced at the Festival's Kavli Video Awards Ceremony on April 29, 2012.  Vote for: Stem Cell Research Sowmya Mullapudi Monta Vista High School Cupertino, CA

 లోక్ సత్తా  వ్యస్థాపక అధ్యక్షులు డా. నాగభైరవ జయప్రకాశ్ నారాయణ గారు రాజకీయ వ్యవస్థలో, సామాజిక వ్యవస్థలో, సమూలంగా రావలసిన మార్పుల గురించి చాలా చక్కగా గంటల తరబడి చర్చించగలరు, ఓపికగా ఉపన్యాసం ఇవ్వగలరు. జయప్రకాశ్ నారాయణ గతంలోకి  వెళ్తే కొన్ని విషయాలను పరిశీలిద్దాం.  ఈయనకు పిల్లనిద్దామని గతంలో యన్.టి.రామారావు అనుకుని కుటుంబ సభ్యులతో సంప్రదిస్తే 'చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు' అడ్డు చెప్పటంవలన, ఈయనకు యన్.టి.రామారావు అల్లుడయ్యే ఛాన్స్ కొద్దిలో తప్పి పోయింది. (బహుసా అప్పటినుండే ఈయనకు చంద్రబాబు నాయుడంటే అక్కసు ఉందేమో?) . ఆ తరువాత ఈయన గుంటూరు జిల్లానుండి వెళ్లి కర్ణాటకలో వ్యసాయ రంగంలో ఆర్ధికంగా బాగా స్థిరపడిన ఓ సంపన్న కుటుంబంలో (కన్నెగంటి పాపారావు) అమ్మయిని వివాహం చేసుకున్నాడు, తద్వారా బెంగుళూరు పట్టణ శివారు ప్రాంతంలో ఎంతో విలువైన ఆస్తులను కట్నంగా పొందారు.  స్వతహాగా మంచి ఆదర్శ భావాలు కలిగిన ఈయన కలెక్టర్ గా చాలా సమర్ధవంతంగా, ఎంతో నీతి, నిజాయితీ, నిబద్ధతలతో పనిచేసి ప్రజలలో మంచి గుర్తింపు తెచ్చుకున్నారు. అవినీతికి ఎప్పుడూ ఆమడ దూరంలో ఉంటూ ప్రజలతో మమేకమై ప్రభుత్వ పధకాల...

April 04th 2012 Natco Pharma Limited has been selected as the winner of the 'Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility' for the year 2012 by the awards Jury under the Chairmanship of Justice P.N.Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India and Member, UN Human Rights Commission.    The award will be presented at a specially organized "Awards Gala Nite" at 1900hrs on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 at Hotel InterCon Dubai Festival City in Dubai in the presence of distinguished gathering of business leaders, jurists, academics, environmentalists, economists, legislators and policy makers during the Dubai Global Convention incorporating the 7th International Conference on Social Responsibility, being held on 24 - 26 April 2012 at the same venue.  His Excellency Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qutami, Minister of ...