Mumbai: The Mumbai Fire Brigade on Wednesday submitted an investigation report on a fire which occurred during the 'Make in India' programme last week to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in which it has accused the organizers of the event of 'gross negligence'.

The report states that short-circuit was the root cause of the fire. The presence of inflammable adhesives and an LPG cylinder near the stage helped the fire to assume mammoth proportions.

The fire department has slammed the organizers for keeping inflammable substances near the stage. Pratap Rahangdale, Chief Fire Officer of Mumbai Fire Brigade, said that report was prepared by analyzing accounts of several witnesses and circumstantial evidence.

"We have opened the report for the public. We studied circumstantial evidence and witness accounts. I was also one of the witnesses, as I was the first one to use extinguisher there. By studying all that we arrived at the chain of events leading to fire and prepared a final report," he told ANI.

In its 185-page report uploaded on the website of the BMC, the Fire Brigade, has also said that repeated instructions on fire safety were ignored in the run-up to the event. Fire department has also sent some samples from the site for testing in the Central Forensic Science Laboratory.

On February 14, a major fire broke out at the stage of Cultural programme of ' Make in India' here at the Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai. The entire stage set up for the programme was destroyed due to the fire. All the celebrities and dignitaries were safely taken out from the venue.

According to eye witnesses a dance performance was going on and suddenly the stage was engulfed by a massive fire. Shiv Sena chief Udhav Thackeray, Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Amir Khan, Hema Malini, Vivek Oberoi and others were present when the incident took place.

Kabul: Crackdown against Taliban in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan has left 19 militants killed, provincial Governor Abdul Sattar Bariz told Xinhua on Wednesday.

"The security forces have killed 19 militants and injured three others in Dand-e-Ghori district over the past 24 hours," Bariz said. However, the governor did not say if there were casualties among the security personnel.

Mumbai: Former Indian captain Kris Srikkanth feels Test skipper Virat Kohli will turn out to be one of the best leaders ever for the cricket team, given his "adaptability skills".

"Adaptability skills which Virat has are fantastic. You see Virat Kohli's game approach, he adapts beautifully in all the three formats. As a cricketer if you want to be a complete cricketer, you need adaptability skills and that is what cricket teaches you," Srikkanth said at a programme organised by Right Management last evening.

The former chairman of selectors also appreciated Kohli for his "never-give up attitude". "He does not give up and fights from the front. That is Virat's style." Srikkanth, a member of the 1983 World Cup -winning squad, also looked back at the glorious days and praised Kapil Dev's leadership.

"Kapil Dev was different, (Sunil) Gavaskar's approach as a captain, was first perfection and then go for a win, but Kapil Dev's approach was different, both (were) positive," he said.

"He was one guy whose attitude was, who are these West Indians, who are these fast bowlers, who are these guys... and that attitude helped us win the World Cup in 1983," he said. "If one man was responsible for winning the 1983 World Cup it was Kapil Dev, he led from the front," he added.

Gartner Recognizes i-exceed as an MADP Provider and Key Vendor in Adjacent Markets

Chennai – February 25, 2016: The year 2016 has started off on a good note with i-exceed’s Appzillon being recognized as one of the MADP providers and key vendors in adjacent market in Gartner’s global MADP report for 2016.

With demand for mobile apps outweighing internal IT team’s delivery capacities by a large margin, RMADs are quickly gaining prominence as swift enablers of digital initiatives for an enterprise. Gartner recommends that enterprises ought to:

1. Adopt a bimodal approach to mobile app development to capture digital opportunities in an agile manner, while also setting up and maintaining a solid back-end infrastructure to support scalability.

2. Focus enterprise IT on the integration layer and production of APIs. The front-end mobile app development should be shared with lines of business (LOBs) as well as third parties that have expertise in UX and user interface development efforts.

The report also highlights that usability is an important factor, if not the most important one, for the success of all mobile apps. For such use cases, customers prefer MADPs and RMADs that enable rich content creation and engaging experiences.

However, no two organizations have the same approach to mobile app development, nor the same feature requirements or priorities, so selection of a mobile app development framework or toolchain will vary depending on each company's app development strategy.

For the report Gartner evaluated 160 MADP Providers and key vendors in adjacent markets in the MADP, RMAD, and MBaaS space. On being featured as the only Indian vendor in the RMAD space, Mr. Joseph John, Managing Director at i-exceed commented, “When we conceptualized Appzillon, we wanted a tool that would enable enterprises to achieve their digital objectives in the shortest possible time with as minimal effort as possible. In the past year, based on our learnings we have released a newer version of Appzillon, taking into consideration the latest of what technology has to offer coupled with a deeper understanding of what customers need. The result has been astonishing so far and we believe that the mention in Gartner's report is proof of this."

Gartner “Market Snapshot: Mobile App Development Platforms, Worldwide, 2015” Neha Kumar and Adrian Leow, 15 January 2016.

With Twitter Q&As, live Periscope master classes, videos, photos, and live Tweets, experience the best of Australia’s food story through your favourite Indian personalities in food #OnlyOnTwitter

Chennai 25th February 2016: Food lovers in India can get ready to go on a delicious journey across Australia this March, as the country’s leading food personalities such as Chef Sanjeev Kapoor (@SanjeevKapoor), Chef Vicky Ratnani (@VickyRatnani), Chef Ranveer Brar (@RanveerBrar), food consultant Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal (@RushinaMG), food critics Vir Sanghvi (@VirSanghvi), Rashmi Uday Singh (@RashmiUdaySingh) and Marryam Reshii (@Reshii), bring the best of Australia’s food tales alive on Twitter all month.

With Sydney becoming the focal point of all food discussions during the month with the much-awaited recent opening of the NOMA Australia pop-up (@ReneRedzepiNoma) in the harbour city, foodies in India who can’t be there can live through this gastronomic sojourn with front-row seats only on Twitter! For the first time, foodies will get a chance to engage and connect with their favourite chefs and critics “live” as the excitement unfolds. Through engaging live Tweets, great photos and videos from their daily food capers across Australia, live Periscope masterclass broadcasts, and Twitter Q&As, Twitter will be home to all things food for the month of March by following #TasteOfAus.

Twitter India and Twitter Australia in collaboration with Tourism Australia will also host one of Twitter’s iconic food properties: #TweetWhatYouEat on March 2nd at 9.30 am IST at the all-new Twitter Sydney office. For two hours, Twitter users will be able to ask questions, converse and engage directly with the best names in food in India and globally through Twitter Q&As that will be held at the #BlueRoom in the Twitter Australia office. Users will get a chance to watch chefs take blind-taste tests live on Periscope. Australia’s famous chef Adam Liaw (@AdamLiaw) will also be at this Twitter event.

It will be a journey through Australia’s culinary landscape in more than 140 characters, with live broadcasts, cool native videos, Twitter Q&As - a rare, young, and energetic trip through Australia’s foodie culture through the eyes of some of the best in food in India. It’s a food party, and you’re invited!

Mr. Nishant Kashikar, Country Manager, India & Gulf, Tourism Australia, said, “Tourism Australia has a strong digital media strategy to inspire consumers to holiday in Australia. The influence of social media networks within Tourism Australia’s target segment of affluent, mid-life travellers is significant and we are keen to use this medium to actively engage with potential travellers.

It is an honour for us to receive support from leading Indian food influencers for NOMA Australia and we are eager to offer them a diverse taste of Australia through this epicurean journey. The sessions in the Twitter office, delivered as part of the partnership, will help us engage with Indian travel and food enthusiasts; bringing them closer to Australia. The world’s top ranked restaurant coming to Sydney has set Australia’s culinary standards much higher. The NOMA team has created something extraordinary and we know it will have a lasting impression on our honourable guests, tourists and locals.”

Keya Madhvani, Head, Youth and Emerging Media Partnerships, Twitter India said, “Twitter is your live connection to culture today with the best of cricket, Bollywood, TV, books - and now food. Whether recipes, food videos, quizzes or more, we aim to drive many innovative engagements and create unique #OnlyOnTwitter experiences for all the Indian foodies on our platform. Through this association with Tourism Australia, food lovers will follow India’s biggest food experts in their journey across the fascinating world of Australian food and produce through Twitter – a first of its kind engagement opportunity in our country, bringing the best of food content and conversations on the platform.”

Tourism Australia has witnessed record arrivals from India this year, making it the 8th largest inbound tourism market for the country. Total arrivals for the year ended December 2015 stood at 233,000; an increase of 19% over the previous year. For the year ended September 2015, Indian visitors contributed A$ 1.1 billion to the Australian economy; an increase of 34% over the previous year.

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday said the 2016-17 railway budget had failed to meet the state's expectations but welcomed some of its aspects. "On the whole, the railway budget has failed to meet the expectations of the people of Tamil Nadu," Jayalalithaa said.

She, however, welcomed Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu's announcements on setting up a rail auto hub in Chennai, a Delhi-Chennai dedicated freight corridor and upgrading two rail stations in Nagapattinam and Velankanni. The chief minister said the east coast corridor (Kharagpur-Vijayawada) ought to have been extended to Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu.

Referring to Prabhu's announcement on improving amenities for rail passengers, Jayalalithaa said they appeared to be contingent on public-private partnership taking off. "Further, many of the grievance redressal mechanisms appear to be moving exclusively to the digital platforms," she said.

According to her, the quality of service and grievance redressal to the common people who may not be digitally literate nor own a smartphone should also be ensured and not confined to only those who are active on the social media.

Ms. Asia Mariam IAS and Mr. R. Nataraj, IPS (Retd.), District Governor Rtn. CR Raju, RI Dist 3230 and Rtn. Jayanthi Govindan, President, RCM East who organised the entire competition along with Rtn. Magesh Pattabhiraman, Chairman, Wings to Fly and Rtn. Babu Krishnamoorthy, Secretary, RCM East were also present.

The Rotary Club of Madras East in association with the Corporation of Chennai organized an “Elocution Competition” captioned “Wings to Fly”, exclusively for Corporation School Students of standards 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11. The finals witnessed a flurry of activity and rousing speeches for winning the coveted awards. Ms. Asia Mariam, IAS officer and Mr. R. Nataraj, IPS (Retd.) distributed the prizes to the winning students. The 8 winners will be flown to Malaysia for an educational cum sightseeing trip for 4 days in May 2016.

The competition saw over 2000 students from 70 Corporation schools in Chennai participate. The contest was for two categories: Junior level - 6^th, 7^th& 8^th Standard Students and Senior level - 9^th and 11^th Standard students and held both in English and Tamil.

Ms. Asia Mariam said, “The School Students have demonstrated amazing zeal, confidence and oratory skills in this competition. Even today, there is a miscomprehension among a few, that corporation schools lack the quality that builds self confidence and stunts the growth of its students. But, this “Wings to fly” program organised by the The Rotary Club of Madras East clearly proved that these students can stand their grounds against any competition provided they are given the opportunity. Congratulations to the winning students.”

District Governor Rtn. CR Raju, RI Dist 3230 and Rtn. Jayanthi Govindan, President, RCM East who organised the entire competition along with Rtn. Magesh Pattabhiraman, Chairman, Wings to Fly and Rtn. Babu Krishnamoorthy, Secretary, RCM East were also present.

The winners are:

Tamil, Senior Level:

1. Rajesh.M, VP Koil Street Corpn. School

2. Shivashankar. M - MMDA II Corpn. School

3. Bharathi. N - Subbrayan Street Corpn. School

Tamil, Junior Level:

1. Sivagami. S – Saidapet Girls Corpn. School

2. Kirthivasan. M – Teynampet Corpn. School

3. Naren Kumar. R – New Washermanpet Corpn. School

English, Senior Level:

1. Ishwarya. E – Saidapet Corpn. School

English, Junior Level:

1. Ayisha Siddiqha, Korukkupet Corpn. School

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother, who was admitted briefly to the Civil Hospital in Gandhinagar on Wednesday, is now fine and has returned home, family sources said. According to family members, Hiraba was admitted for a routine health check up and then sent home.

Hiraba, who lives near here with her son Pankaj Modi, an officer in the Gujarat information department, was taken to the hospital in an ambulance around 4 p.m. and was admitted to the intensive care unit. Paresh Vora of the hospital said she had age related illness. Her ECG, blood pressure measurement and X-ray tests were conducted.

"She was fine and sent home," he said. Sources in the hospital said she had cough and breathing problems. Pankaj Modi termed it a routine check-up and said "she is fine".

New Delhi: Right from extending e-catering services to creating rail-auto hub in Chennai, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu proposed a host of new schemes in his Railway Budget - 2016-17 on Thursday. In order to fulfill the social obligations towards differently-abled, senior citizens and women travellers, the railways have introduced lots of schemes.

One-time registration for availing concessions while booking tickets online, online booking of wheelchairs and Braille-enabled new coaches for the differently abled are some of the other schemes. Also, the quota of lower berths has been increased for senior citizens and women.

The new schemes are:

* 100 rail stations to get Wi-Fi this year.

* Indian Railways will provide 17,000 bio-toilets on trains.

* Additional toilets at 475 stations before 2016-17 ends.

* E-catering services to be extended to 408 stations.

* Developing Delhi-Chennai, Kharagpur-Mumbai and Kharagpur-Vijayawada freight corridors on a priority basis.

* To create rail auto hub in Chennai.

* Watchdog proposed for railways.

* FM radio entertainment on trains.

* With new uniforms, railway porter will be called Sahayaks.

* Half of lower berths reserved for senior citizens.

* Baby food at stations, child menu on all trains.

* Local cuisine to be available on trains.

* Ticket cancellation through phone calls.

* To install 1,780 automatic ticketing machines.

* CCTV surveillance in all stations in a phased manner.

* Local art to be highlighted at railway stations.

*Dedicated freight corridors envisaged for North-South, East-West and East Coast alignments.

Urban office goers face increasing incidence of spine problems, say doctors at Indian Spinal Injuries Center

* Prolonged sitting and standing not accompanied by adequate exercise and stretching exerts extra pressure on the spine, back, neck and legs that increases the incidence of back problems

* Doctors say the incidence of backache and neckache have risen dramatically in Delhi over the past decade

New Delhi, Feb 2016: Backaches and spinal problems have never been uncommon, but when every fifth patient visiting a specialist to consult remedies for spinal issues is a young office goer in 30s, you know there is a dangerous trend.

Doctors at Indian Spinal Injuries Centre say they are alarmed by the rise in numbers of young office professionals in Delhi NCR who are reporting spine problems that were earlier more prevalent in relatively older people.

Spinal problems, especially back pain, stiffness in neck and shoulders, immobilization or locking of joints,sore feet, swelling feet and legs often accompanied with pain are some of the common complaints from people who have long hours of sedentary jobs coupled with long commutes to work spending up to 3 hours standing or sitting daily in private vehicles or public transportation like metro, bus or trains. Apart from the physical stress that hurts the spine, the mental stress and anxiety as a part of today’s lifestyle further leads to increased incidence of backaches, neckaches and shoulder pains.

Sitting in the same position for extended periods of time and repetitive movements like using a keyboard and a mouse can cause repetitive stress injuries on the joints, muscles and nerves. Sitting in the same position for more than 4 hours a day is harmful to the spine.

“Prolonged sitting in same posture can add a tremendous amount of pressure to the back muscles and spinal discs, a slouched position can overstretch the spinal ligaments and strain the spinal discs and cause major pain in back and neck.The health hazards of long-term sitting are recognized worldwide. So much so, that many organizations in the west have introduced the culture of standing or flexible workstations to enable employees take a break from sitting. Similar to sitting, prolonged standing also has health implications. Standing keeps the body in an upright position, which requires considerable muscular effort. Prolonged standing results in pooling of blood in the legs with reduction in blood in active circulation. Insufficient blood flow further accelerates the onset of fatigue and causes pain in the muscles of the legs, back and neck, the muscles that maintain the upright position of the body, thereby affecting the spine.Both long-term sitting and long-term standing are equally bad.” says Dr. Vedant Vaksha, Assistant Consultant ISIC.

“Back aches and spinal issues have always been common, but what is alarming in recent times is the number of younger men and women they are afflicting. Prolonged work hours which do not allow time for appropriate walking or stretching breaks, lack of physical exercise in daily routine, sedentary jobs, long hours of commute to work are factors that are responsible for this surge.

Another factor is rise in the incidence of obesity due to poor dietary habits and lack of physical activity again putting further burden on the spine and lower extremities causing and aggravating the problem. Also, due to lack of exercise the muscles and ligaments in our back and joints become weak and can suffer injuries even with small actions like lifting weight,” says Dr. Vedant Vaksha, Assistant Consultant ISIC.

Besides prolonged sitting and standing andlack of physical activity, regular urban office goers also face spinal issues due to not so people friendly mode of commutation. With people either commuting with self-driven vehicle or public transport, damage is caused to the neck and the back during the travel. “Unscientific speed breakers also cause injuries. A slight miss in acknowledging the bulge and a person may end up with a whiplash injury causing painful and numb neck or limbs.” says Dr. Vedant Vaksha, Assistant Consultant ISIC.

Besides these, osteoporosis, malignancy, inflammatory diseases (arthritis), other metabolic bone diseases, and hematological diseases are some other issues that lead to spinal problems.

Indian medical start up Diabetacare nominated for the prestigious international Global Mobile Awards

* Global Mobile Awards are given out each year to organizations making a difference with path breaking technological innovation

New Delhi, 25 February, 2016: Leading Indian medical start up Diabetacare which has used innovative digital technology to revolutionize diabetes management in India through mobile interface has been nominated for the internationally acclaimed ‘Global mobile awards 2016’

Diabetacare was  shortlisted under the category ‘Best mobile innovation for “The internet of things” at the prestigious platform. The winners were announced on 24^thFebruary in the ceremony  held in Barcelona, Spain.   

Diabetacare has offered a unique 24x7 care support platform that automatically takes care of all aspects of diabetes care – from screening, intervention to monitoring. Reducing the requirement of patient travelling to different sources for blood tests, reports and consultation, Diabetacare has unified all aspects of diabetes management under one platform. The system has set up a24x7 monitoring service through a set of leading-edge devices that allows patient to be connected to a centralized monitoring center.

Diabetacare also owns a unique connected new generation glucometer that transmit glucose readings to their secured database to be updated in the patients’ personalized electronic medical record system.

Dr Sanjiv Agarwal, Founder &MD, Diabetacare says,“It is an honor to be nominated at such a prestigious international platform. Through Diabetacare, we have tried to use innovative digital technology to help millions of Indian diabetics who suffer due to lack of comprehensive diabetes management systems. We are hopeful that we can contribute towards improving quality of life of many patients as well as saving and prolonging many other lives with the help of integrated technological advancements.”

GSMA’s Global Mobile Award is the industry’s leading stage for innovation, excellence and achievement. Starting this year, the platform has been given a brand new name in “The GLOMOAwards” 2016. It is the mobile industry’s longest established awards platform that recognizes everything from game changing mobile devices to applications, technologies, apps and services, showcasing the ever growing value that mobility brings to users, to industries, to businesses, communities and economies.

Diabetacare offers exceptional technology which is very helpful for patient care. Some of their services are listed below:

* Diabetacart℠: is a small, portable kit that allowstheir diabetes specialist nurses to screen patients for diabetes at home or in the clinic. Diagnostic components include a retinal camera for diabetic retinopathy screening, a 12 lead ECG for assessing cardiovascular risk, a vascular Doppler for blood pressure, dynamic foot pressure mapping capability, and much more.

* InTouch™App: helps the physician manage and monitor patients that require extra care and attention. The app is compatible with both iOS and Android devices, including tablets, “phablets”, and smartphones.

* dCare Smart™: is a connected “smart” glucometer. Results are transmitted within 30 seconds to the electronic medical record system. It is powered by Vodafone GSM SIM and connected to secured award winning M2M platform.

* DxNET™: is a comprehensive electronic medical record system that helps with clinical decision making (CDM) by providing prompts and reminders to the experts and their patients for better quality care.

Some of the key modules include:Patient Booking and Clinic Management Tool

* Connected Devices

* Connected Apps

Baghdad: At least seven people were killed and 31 others injured in two suicide bomb attacks at a mosque here, an Interior Ministry source said.

During the evening prayer on Thursday, two suicide bombers detonated their explosive vests at the gate of al-Rasool al-Adham mosque on the predominantly Shiite district of Shula in Baghdad, the source told Xinhua news agency on the condition of anonymity.

"The toll could be much higher if the two suicide bombers managed to enter inside the crowded mosque," the source added. The blasts caused damages to several nearby shops and buildings and set destroyed several cars outside the mosque, the source said.

Vimal Sumbly, MD, Triumph Motorcycles India on the upcoming budget 2016

‘The government has already augmented the ‘Make in India’ campaign which has been phenomenal in putting India on the world map generating encouraging opinions across industries.

The wish-list of the industry includes implementation of fast rollout of GST so as to have an equitable tax system and unified market which, in turn will help in improving the efficiency and competitiveness. This will surely render India into one big market ensuring seamless movement of goods and services and push up GDP.

The Government should also look into reducing the import duties for  motorcycles that are 800 cc and above since none of the Indian manufacturers are working on similar capacity engines for now. This will definitely be a favourable move as it will help tide over the recent slump in the market and encourage buyers to get an excellent price point for their vehicles over that capacity. Cutting down on the extremely high duties will make the business environment more conducive and allow us to be more relevant to a larger section of the society. A major thrust on infrastructure and spending and road development will be good for the automotive industry as a whole. The Indian business community and overseas investors continue to be upbeat about India, and the government will hopefully do all that it takes to introduce measures to boost business sentiment.’

Chennai: Three men where held at the Marina beach here for possessing bullets.

Sources said, Dilip (24), a native of Uttar Pradesh, Deetzil (28) and Bykunda (25) from Orissa lived in Perungalathur. The trio were at Marina beach when they approached a tattoo artist on the pavement to get impressions on their body.

The three men, the police said, bargained with the tattoo artist by stating that would sell the three bullets. The bullets were nine mm ones mostly used by Tamilnadu police personnel.

The tattoo artist, without the knowledge of the men, signalled to the patrol police. The police took the men to custody and seized the bullets. An enquiry is underway.

(L-R) Mr. Krish Datta, Director, Ms. Sunita Kaur, Advisor and Mr. Madhukar, Founder and CTO of Etabu

* To offer over 1.7 million pages of notes and tutorials to under graduates in India via free and Rs 99 per month subscription models

Chennai, India, February 26, 2016: Etabu.com, an online platform for inter-disciplinary collaboration and a global knowledge-sharing podium with unlimited access to notes and tutorials developed by Singapore-based Itabu Pte Limited, today announced its official launch in India.

Emerging as the world’s first global online university community, Etabu.com is a responsive and user-friendly website that eliminates the needs to carry bulky books, saves on usage of paper and connects the hungry minds of students to the digital world, of millions of pages of study material, tutorials, notes and multi-media content.

Etabu.com now offers under graduate students in India the opportunity to catch up on classes, courses or nail that next exam anytime he/she wants –– all without carrying their heavy books, notes or spending time on travelling.

“Considering how advanced the Indian educational system is, and given the difficulties in travelling, we believed India was a great place to start. Also, India has one of the largest community of growing under graduate educational needs. Etabu’s long-term aim is to be available in every country. However, our focus right now is only on India,” said Mr Madhukar, founder and chief technology officer of Itabu Pte Limited.

In the Beta phase for almost two years so as to have a robust amount of content before going live, Etabu already registered over 350,000 registered students on board before going live.

“As long as you belong to any university across the globe, you can set up an Etabu account and gain access to the over 2,000 courses, covering about 14,000 subjects comprising more than 1.5 million pages of notes and tutorial content currently available on Etabu. The platform is a wonderful opportunity for universities and professors to showcase the courses they have and the great work they are doing for students,” Mr Madhukar said.

Etabu.com will be offering three levels of services to Indian students – Free Tier to gain access to popular courses, Referral Tier to gain access to the full site by telling their friends about Etabu, and Paid Tier to gain full access to the site and future plans for gated content.

“Keeping in mind the interest of Indian student community, Etabu has priced its premium content at an affordable Rs 99 per month. In other words, a couple of trips to the local library or two cups of coffee would probably cost more than one month of premium education with Etabu,” said Mr Krish Datta, non-executive director Itabu Pte Limited.

Power supply will be suspended in the following areas on 27-02-16 between 9.00 A.M. to 2.00 P.M. for maintenance work.

FORE SHORE ESTATE AREAS: Srinivasapuram, Dooming kuppam Leith castlesouth, central, North st, TNHB Quarters, PRO Qtrs, Rohini Garden, Santhome Highroad, MRC- Nagar, Karpagam Avenue, Mandaiveli pakkam.

MANDAIVELI AREAS: Mandaveli st., and Lane, 1 to 13th trust cross st, southcanal bank road,V.K. Iyer road,Thiruvalluvar pettai, Jeth nagar, Norton st,St. Marys road.

SANTHOME AREA: Kutchery road, Bazaar road, Appu st, Nadu st, Nochi kuppam,Chithiraikulam North,East,West, and South st.

THIRUVERKADU AREA: Thiruverkadu, Thiruverkadu Co-Op nagar, Goparasanallur,Mooventhar nagar, Pillaiyarmadanthangal, Ashok Nandavanam, Ishwaryagarden,P.H.road, Saveetha Dental Hospital, KGP nagar, Rani Anna nagar,Perumalagarm, Kendriya Vihar, Vada Noombal, Noombal road, Abirami nagar,Mahalakshmi nagar, K.P.S.nagar, Sundaracholapuram, Velappan chavadi,Mathiravedu, Kaveri nagar, Pallikupam.

TI CYCLE AREA: Krishnapuram, Ram nagar, Lenin nagar, Kamarajapuram,Municipal Court, Tass Estate part, Thiruvenkata nagar, Cholapuram roadpart, Cholapuram road, C.T.H.road, Stedford Hospital, O.T.Bus stand,Mounaswamy Madam st, Oragadam road, Teachers colony, Municipal Office,Varadharajapuram, Post Office, Ambattur Rly.station bazaar, Sivanandanagar, Sourth park st, School st, Ambattur Market, Ramapuram, Thasildharoffice.

THIRUMUDIVAKKAM AREA: Part of Kundrathur town, ThirumudivakkamIndustrialEstate, Thirumudivakkam Village, Pazhanthandalam, Erumaiyur, Somangalam,Naduveerapattu, Varadharajapuram.

KOLATHUR AREA: Thenpalani nagar, Lakshmi nagar, Kannagi nagar, MahatmaGandhi nagar, Dr. Ambedkar nagar, Dhanrajapuram, Selvi nagar, Rajan nagar,Subramaniyapuram, Church st, Kambar nagar, Arjun nagar, GKM colony,Murugesan nagar, Asoka avenue, Bharath avenue, Budhar st, VSA nagarTeachers colony, Kadappa road, Villivakkam raod, venue nagar, Dr. Colony,Jayanthi nagar, Sarathy nagar, Adhilakshmi nagar, Kalpalayam, BalaVinayagar koil st, Vetrinagar, Ramamoorthy colony, Ram nagar, K.C. Garden,Paper mills road,S.R.P. koil st (North), Gopalapuram (part), Sai nagar,Kumaran nagar, GKM colony 33th to 43th st, Akbar squarem Silandhi kuttai,Rokini st.

SIDCO NAGAR AREA: Sidco nagar 1 to 10th blocks, Agathiyar nagar, AnnaiSathiya nagar, Sidco Indl., Estate, Balrampuram, Amman kuttai, Rajamangalam, South&North Jeganathan nagar, Ponvizha nagar, Balarama Puram,Nehru nagar, Ramakrishnagar, G.K.M.colony, Redhills road, New Avadi road,Thiru nagar, M.T.H.road, Sivan koil west & north Mada st, Thirumangalam st,Thiruvenkadam st, Lakshmipuram, Bharathi nagar.

VYASARPADI AREA: West cementry road, Slum clearance board back sideKalingarayan st, Classic Appartment & partially Effected model lane.

WEST MAMBALAM AREA: Entire West Mambalam, , Rangarajapuram to GovindanRoad,Railway Border road, 70 feet road, Kavery nagar, Kumaran colony, Appavoonagar, Sasthiry nagar, Part of T.Nagar, Postal colony, Natesan st,Kannammapet, Usman Road, Ranganathan st.

PADI AREA: Balaji nagar, Palla st, TVS nagar, Annai nagar, Agraharam,North, East & Central avenue, Sakthi nagar, Part of Housing Board, EntirePadi, TVS colony & avenue, Kumaran nagar, Devar nagar, Thathan kuppam,Senthil nagar, Santhi nagar, Srinivasa nagar, Vivekananda nagar, Teacher’scolony, Puthuthagaram.

EGMORE AREA: Boopathy nagar,Kengu reddy road, Pusala kengu reddy st.

IYYAPPANTHANGAL AREA: Iyyappanthangal, V.G.N. nagar, Ashok Brindavannagar, Subbaiah nagar, Mettu st, Balaji nagar, R.R. nagar, Part of –Kattupakkam, Valasaravakkam, Porur garden phase 1 &2, Ramasamy nagar Urban3,part of Arcot road, part of Vannagaram, Paraniputhur, Karambakkam, MPLroad, Samayapuram, Officers Colony, Rajeswari colony, Thirumurugan nagar,Chettiyar Agaram, Om sakthi nagar, Vivekanandhar nagar.

TONDIARPET AREA: T.H.road, G.A.road, Solaiappan st, Sanjeevirayan koil st,Kappal Polu st, Thandavaraya Mudali st & Gramani st, Balu Mudali st,V.P.koil st, Ramanuja Iyer st, R.K.nagar, Tondiarpet part, OldWashermenpet, Avathana Ramasamy st, Subburayalu st, Kothandaraman st, SriRangammal st.

KOLATHUR AREA: Harbour colony, Venkateshwara nagar, Venkateshwara colony,Milk colony road, Rizwan road, Arul nagar, Narayanasamy garden, Rekhanagar, Solaiamman koil, Koyathopu, Ambika nagar, Sastri nagar, MH road,Annai Sathya nagar, Chandrababu colony, Part of GNT road, Periyar nagar,Thanigachalam nagar, Kolathur area, Thirupathi nagar,Muthamil nagar 7th Block part of Industrial area, Teachers Colony, Gandhinagar, TH road, Simson Group of company.

AGARAM & PERAMBUR EAST AREA: Kantha pillai st, Rajavel st, Chettiyar flatM.H. road, Natal garden, Muniyappan nayakkar st, Thulasingam st, Schollroad, Rajabhathar st, Subramanium main st, Bharathi st, Anandhan st,Madurai Swamy 1 to 3st and East st, Haibeem nagar, State Bank colony,Jaganathan st, ESI hospital, SRP Koil north, Amirthammal colony,Mariyanagam 1, 2nd st, Malligapuram st, Mallipoo nagar, Somarama samy st1,2nd st, Thulukkathamman koil, Alakka reddy flat, Ganga foundations,Police qts., Sundhara vinayagar koil st, Perambur park st, Bundher gardenmain 1-3 st, Ragavan st, Market st, Perambur High road one part, Venugopalsamy st, Sadayappa doss st, Siruvalur main road, foxen st, Murugesan st,Palavayal Loco works road , 1st, 2nd st, Loco Scheem road, GKM colony 1 to 11 st, Narayan st.

TIDEL PARK AREA: Kanagam, V.V. koil st, MGR nagar (CSIR road), VSI EstatePhase – I, Bio Ticle park, Velachery (parts), Tharamani.

THARAMANI AREA: Part of Nehru nagar, OM road (parts), Sri Jayendra colony,Govinadasamy nagar, M.G.R road (parts), Thiruvallur st, Sai pooja avenue,Karpavinayagar Kovil st (part).

PORUR AREA: Porur, Santhosh nagar, Gurusamy nagar, Ranganathan nagar,Ramasamy nagar, Ramakrishna nagar, R.E. nagar 5,6,7,8 and 9th st.

NANGANALLUR AREA: Nanganallur, TNGO colony NGO colony, Civil aviationcolony, Lakshmi nagar, Voltas colony, Kanniga colony, Alwar nagar,Ullagaram, Balaji nagar, Ayyappa nagar, Duraisamy garden, AGS colony, MGRsalai, Viswanathapuram, Venugopalapuram, Bhakthavachalam nagar, Poonthotam,Kalloori salai, Nehru colony, Bharathiyar st, Raman thottam, Kanagammalcolony, NSK st, Kuppusamy st, Govinthyasamy st, Kumaran st, MGR st,Medavakkam main road, palavanthangal, MMTC colony, Jain stop colony,Moovarasenpet, Raghupathy nagar, Bharma tamizhar colony, Balammal nagar, MGnagar, Union carbide colony, Puzhithivakkam main Rd, Muthu Mohamad st,Nanganallur 1st to 6th main road and surrounding areas.

SHOLINGANALLUR AREA: Sholinganallur, Semmenchery, Semmenchery TNSCB.

RAMAPURAM AREA: Bharathi salai, Valluvar salai, Sathiya nagar, Sabarinagar, Mugalivakkam, Manapakkam, Ramapuram, Poonamalli high road,Nesapakkam, Jaybalaji nagar, Venkataraman salai, Soolai Pallam (MGR Nagar).

KALADIPET AREA: Ennore Express road (Tolgate to Pattinathar koil),T.H.road (Tolgate to Thiruvottiyur Market), Sathankadu high road toThiruvottiyur Railway station.

PALLAVARAM AREA 9 to 5: T.G. nagar, Pammal , Kovilampakkam, Radha nagar,Old Pallavaram, P.V.V. road, Zamin Pallavaram, Dharga road, Thisulam ,Bharathy nagar, Rajaji nagar, Cantonment pallavaram, Malliga naga, GSTroad, Malaganantha puram, Muthamil nagar, Subam nagar, Moongil Eri, Perumalnagar, Bhavani nagar, Part of Krishna nagar, part of Pammal.

Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman – TAFE Motors and Tractors Limited, launches the new engines and silent genset series from TMTL Engines Division. The new range features advanced engines and silent gensets with CRDI technology, an industry first in the segment.

TAFE Motors and Tractors Limited (TMTL) launches new series of silent gensets and engines

* Industry-first features and award winning service, making it truly #IndiaKaEngine (India’s Engine)

* Reliable high quality power output

* Lowest cost of ownership

* Intelligent Engineering

Chennai, February 26, 2016: The Engines Division of TAFE Motors and Tractors Limited (TMTL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), launched its new series of gensets and engines in the 82.5 to 125 kVA range in Chennai today.

TAFE Chairman & CEO, Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, speaking at the launch said, “The new TMTL series of silent gensets and engines, equipped with CRDI technology and Isochronous Governing are among the most advanced in India in this range and best suited for powering sensitive equipment that have low tolerance to power fluctuations.”

Talking in-depth about the genset industry, Ms. Srinivasan highlighted the opportunities for growth in the medium and high HP range, given the GDP growth in the country, government initiatives in building rural infrastructure, e-governance, the ‘Make in India’ programme and the projected rise in energy consumption consequent to the economic development. She said “TMTL’s dominant position in the Agro sector, market leadership in the telecom sector and opportunities to establish a strong presence in the high HP and Industrial segment, backed by its best in class service, will position TMTL as a strong energy solutions provider with the new series.”

TAFE’s Deputy CEO and industry veteran, Mr. R. C. Banka, talking about the new product said, “The new TMTL series is the result of extensive investments in R&D with inputs from leaders in engine design such as AVL of Austria and offers customers, reliable and trouble free service.”  Listing the capabilities of the new series of silent gensets and engines, he said, “With the strong and robust engine, these gensets have the highest block load taking capability, no power deration up to 2000 metres and can run at -10^o Celsius without a cold starting aid. With one of the lowest fuel consumptions in the segment and longest service interval, these new gensets are the most economically viable in the market at the moment. He added that, “TMTL is the only genset and engine company to have won awards for the past three consecutive years for its after-sales service from India’s foremost telecom companies, among other service awards.”

TMTL President and TAFE Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr. S. Chandramohan said, “With more than 100,000 gensets already in the market, TMTL gensets powered by Eicher Engines and TMTL Engines, offer the lowest cost of operations in their respective class and represent an excellent value proposition to discerning customers requiring dependable high back up power, supported by industry benchmark levels of service to even remote locations through its extensive dealer and service network.”

According to TAFE’s COO - Product Strategy and Corporate Relations, Mr. T. R. Kesavan, the new Engine is emission compliant, meeting stringent norms of the CPCB II, which are more stringent than European norms. These engines are therefore suitable for export to markets in Europe and Africa.

Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman – TAFE Motors and Tractors Limited, launches the new engines and silent genset series from TMTL Engines Division. The new range features advanced engines and silent gensets with CRDI technology, an industry first in the segment.

டாஃபே நிறுவனம் (TMTL) சத்தமின்றி இயங்கும் ஜெனரேட்டர்கள் மற்றும் இன்ஜின்களின் புதிய அணிவரிசையை அறிமுகம் செய்துள்ளது

* XLRI has successfully placed its high-caliber students from its Business Management and Human Resource Management programs.

* Participation by a large number of reputed organizations year-after-year for recruitment bears testimony to the reputation of XLRI as a trusted management school.

* XLRI’s unrivalled reputation for its Human Resources Program was clearly visible as the HR students secured excellent job offers across sectors viz. Consulting, FMCG, General Management and other sectors in large numbers.

* 102 students were offered PPOs (Pre-Placement Offers) from their summer internships, of which 84 PPOs were accepted, students from XLRI proving their mettle in the industry yet again.

* The median salary offered to the batch is INR 18.00 lakhs per annum while the average is INR 18.5 lakhs per annum both an increase over last year.

XLRI- Xavier School of management has placed its current outgoing batch of 2014-16, the largest batch to ever sit for final placements in the history of XLRI.

The Final Recruitment process saw participation from 132 recruiters, inclusive of 36 first time recruiters and 386 offers were made for a batch of 361 students.

Prof. Rajiv Misra, Chairperson, Placement, XLRI – Xavier School of Management commented, “XLRI has completed yet another successful placement session for its students. This year’s placement season has witnessed a remarkable increase in both the number of offers and recruiters coupled with participation of quite a few new recruiters.  We are happy to announce that there has been an across the board increase in the salary package as well. We attribute the excellent placements this year as an affirmation by the industry of the high-standard of management-centric education that we strive to deliver to our students.”

Finance

In continuation with the trend from the recently concluded Summer Internship Placements the CRP was marked by a good presence of recruiters from the financial sector domain. Recruiters from the BFSI space included Citibank, Development Bank of Singapore, Goldman Sachs, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered and Yes Bank. ICICI Bank was the largest recruiter with 21 offers total. Kotak Mahindra and Karvy visited for the first time and offered Wealth Management and other companies also visited campus offering PE, VC and IB roles.

Marketing /Operations and Human Resources

The FMCGs have been the forte of XLRI over the years. This year was no different and XLRI has again re-established its strength as an FMCG destination. Asian Paints, Colgate Palmolive, GSK CH, Heinz, HCCB, ITC, Kellogg’s, Mondelez, Nestle, PepsiCo, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever among others offered roles in Sales and Marketing and HR functions. ITC was the largest recruiter in the FMCG space.

The media sector too made its presence felt with Star TV rolling out the second highest number of offers at 12, and opening up Sports Marketing role. Airtel, Ericsson, Vodafone and Telenor represented the Communications and the Networking space while Samsung recruited from the Consumer Durables sector here at XLRI.

Future Group, Lodha Group recruited students from the HR function.

Ola Cabs, Uber, Tata Steel, Reliance Industries and Zensar offered operations related roles including supply chain and procurement.

General Management

General Management once again was one of the preferred sectors on campus with major industry players like Aditya Birla Group, Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance Industries, RPG and TAS offering a large number of roles in this area.

Consulting

The consulting domain saw the active participation of industry majors such as Accenture Strategy, Capgemini Consulting, Cognizant Business Consulting, Deloitte, EY, Everest Group, Gallup, KPMG, McKinsey and Company, Peoples Business Group, Price Waterhouse Coopers, The Boston Consulting Group, and Vector Consulting and Zensar. International roles were also offered to students.

Technology

Technology and ecommerce were the other highlights with some of the key recruiters being Call Health, Flipkart, Microsoft, Ola Cabs, Paytm, Samsung, Tech Mahindra and Wipro who offered roles in program management, sales & marketing, HR and operations.

In Pic: Dr Uday Krishna Myneni, Consultant Orthopaedics, Joint Replacement, Trauma & Limb Reconstructive surgeon, KIMS Hospital; briefing media about a complex medical procedure performed for the first time in the country, which enabled the patient suffering from Cerebral Palsy with Quadriparesis to stand on his own feet, for the first time since his birth, on Friday at KIMS Hospital. The patient, Mr Srisailam aged around 40 years was also present on the occasion.

Hyderabad, 26^th February 2016: One of a very rare surgery and achievement has been undertaken at the KIMS hospital, Hyderabad. In very rare fete, a group of doctors led by Dr. Udhay Krishna, performed a marathon surgery for over 5 hours to help a patient suffering from Cerebral Palsy with Quadriparesis with a hip fracture.

In this marathon surgery Dr. Uday Krishna and his team have treated this patient with a total replacement that has helped him stand on his own. This is the fist time this patient has been able to stand on own since birth. The patient, Mr Srisailam aged around 40 years has been suffering from rare disorder CEREBRAL PALSY since birth. 

Cerebral palsy refers to a group of neurological disorders that appear in infancy or early childhood and permanently affect body movement and muscle coordination Cerebral palsy (CP) is caused by damage to or abnormalities inside the developing brain that disrupt the brain’s ability to control movement and maintain posture and balance

Unfortunately my patient had all four limbs affected (quadriparesis) which itself is very disabling he has stiff or tight muscles and exaggerated reflexes of all four limbs (spasticity)

His Condition was so bad that he could not even pray to GOD holding the hands together. And due to the quadriparesis (weakness of all four limbs) he could not stand or sit and was confined to the bed.

He Visited Dr. Udhay Krishna three years back when he suffered from a complex with complex hip problem coupled with pain due to fracture three years back. He had over the last few years undergone multiple surgeries elsewhere to try and attempted to fix the fracture but failed due to the complexity of the fracture and spasticity of the hip. Earlier all attempts to do a total hip replacement had failed as it tends to dislocate automatically.

The complication was in fixing the painful hip and thereby making the hip stand as well. Dr. Udhay and his team had started the surgery of by meticulous planning since the cup (acetabulam) is completely deformed and the position of the cup should be accurate. Given this background, it took the team about 5 hours to complete this surgery successfully.

Once the surgery was successfully done the patient was able to stand after 10 days with the help of a walker and may improve over the time. In future, the patient may require treatment in terms of getting injections or smaller surgeries to overcome the spasticity.