Tirupati to become sports hub of Rayalaseema, says Minister

Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy, tries his hand at basketball after formally inaugurating the modernisation works at Srinivasa Sports Complex in Tirupati on Wednesday. SAAP Chairman A. Ravi Naidu, former Union Minister Panabaka Lakshmi and Collector S. Venkateswar are also seen. | Photo Credit: K.V. POORNACHANDRA KUMAR Minister for Sports and…

Ganga Hospital designated as GCOE in trauma, joint replacement, arthroscopy surgeries

Kanakavalli Shanmuganathan (fourth right), Managing Director of Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, and Yoo Jin Chey (third right), Vice President, Asia Pacific, Johnson and Johnson MedTech, with the memorandum of understanding in the presence of S. Rajasekaran (fourth left), Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Spine Surgery at Ganga Hospital, on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Siva SaravananS…

CSIR-NIIST to organise conclave on intellectual property monetisation and technology transfer in May

As part of its golden jubilee celebrations, the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST) is organising ‘Conclave on Intellectual Property (IP) Monetisation and Technology Transfer’ on May 14. V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, will inaugurate the conclave. C. Anandharamakrishnan, Director, CSIR-NIIST, will preside. The conclave is aimed at empowering research organisations and industries…

Police constable dies in accident near Sholinghur 

Police said the constable lost control of the vehicle and hit the tree. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 28-year-old head constable attached to Avadi battalion was killed after the two-wheeler he was travelling in hit a roadside tree on Arakkonam – Ranipet Main Road near Sholinghur town in Ranipet on Wednesday.  Police said the…