Rs one crore worth organic cereals and cow products to TTD

Newswand: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam has received a unique donation of Rs One crore worth of organic cereals and other ingredients produced out of indigenous Cow products which could be used for making Srivari Prasadam.

Former TTD Board member and My Home Group Chief Jupalli Rameswara Rao has donated this largesse prepared in Sri Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamy Ashram at Hyderabad to TTD through another TTD Ex-board member Shiva Kumar. Shiva Kumar handed over the materials to the TTD officials in front of Tirumala temple on June 30.

The donation includes 6,200 kilos rice, 1,500 kilos desi ghee, 17 kilos almonds, 315 kilos cashew nuts, 85 kilos mustard seeds, 18 kilos fenugreek, 20 kilos turmeric, 25 kilos Asafoetida, nearly 850  kilos of different cereals, 50 kilos rock salt, 350 kilos tamarind, 375 kilos oil etc.

It may be mentioned here that during the last Board meeting a resolution had been taken to encourage use of indigenous organic products for making Naivedyam to Srivaru in the name “Govinduniki Go Adharita Naivedyam”.

Potu Peishkar Srinivasulu, Temple OSD P Seshadri, Organic Farmer Vijayaram, Veda Vignana Peetham Principal KSS Avadhani, SVHVS Project Officer Dr A Vibhishana Sharma were also present. 

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Arjun’s Lord Hanuman temple construction completed

Newswand: Popular film hero Arjun has completed construction of temple for Lord Hanuman in his own land in Chennai.

He announced it on June 29. He said that Kumbhabhishekam would be held for the deity from July 1. He said that people were not invited to the ceremony due to Covid Pandemic.

Arjun who acted in Tamil, Telugu and other languages as hero has taken up the construction of Lord Hanuman temple in his own land at Chennai 15 years ago. The construction has been completed and temple is ready for darshans of Lord Hanuman.

However, the devotees may be allowed after Covid Pandemic subsides.

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Indian Railways deliver 34,000 MT of oxygen

Newswand: Overcoming all hurdles and finding new solutions, Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country.

Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 34,000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) delivery in service to the Nation. So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 34,760 MT of LMO in more than 1976 tankers to various states across the country.

Tamil Nadu has received highest Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) delivery from Oxygen Expresses. More than 6,476 MT of LMO delivered to Tamil Nadu. Till now, Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3700, 4800 and 4700 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka respectively.

Oxygen relief by Oxygen Expresses reached out to 15 states namely Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam.

Till the time of this release, 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3,797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5,791 MT in Delhi, 2,354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 4,697 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 6,476 MT in Tamil Nadu, 4,824 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 3,791 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 560 MT in Assam.

Till now Oxygen Expresses offloaded LMO in around 39 cities/towns in 15 states across the country. Indian Railways has mapped different routes with Oxygen supply locations and keeps itself ready with any emerging need of the States. States provide tankers to the Indian Railways for bringing LMO.

Crisscrossing the country, Indian Railways is picking up oxygen from places like Hapa , Baroda, Mundra in the West and Rourkela, Durgapur, Tatanagar, Angul in the East and then delivering it to States of Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Assam in complex operational route planning scenarios.

In order to ensure that Oxygen relief reaches in the fastest time possible, Railways is creating new standards and unprecedented benchmarks in running of Oxygen Express Freight Trains. The average speed of these critical Freight trains is way above 55 kmph in most cases over long distances. Running on high priority Green Corridor, with a highest sense of urgency, operational teams of various zones are working round the clock in most challenging circumstances to ensure that Oxygen reaches in fastest possible time frame. Technical stoppages have been reduced to 1 minute for crew changes over different sections.

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India crosses 30 crore landmark in vaccination

Newswand: In a milestone achievement, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage has exceeded 30 Crores on June 23. A total of 30,16,26,028 vaccine doses have been administered through 40,45,516 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on June 24. About 64,89,599 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

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 The new phase of universalization of COVID19 vaccination commenced from 21 June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID19 vaccination throughout the country.

Meanwhile India has reported 54,069 new cases in the last 24 hours. Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 17 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload stands at 6,27,057 on June 23.

A net decline of 16,137 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.08 per cent of the country’s total Positive Cases.

As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 42 consecutive days now. About 68,885 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

More than14,000 (14,816) recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic,  2,90,63,740 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 68,885 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.61 per cent, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.

With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 18,59,469 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 39.78 crore (39,78,32,667) tests so far.

While on one side testing has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 3.04 per cent while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.91 per cent today. It has remained less than 5 per cent for 17 consecutive days now.

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Akhanda Sundarakanda Pathanam held

Newswand: Vedic pundits have recited the slokas of Sundarakanda of epic Ramayana on June 21 at Tirumala as part of Sundarakanda Akhanda Pathanam programme of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.

The TTD has taken up the programme to invoke the Gods to free the humanity from clutches of Covid Pandemic. It was part of Parayana Yagam being held by TTD for the past 13 months. The Sundarakanda Pathanam being held on June 21 was the 15th one.

The Sundarakanda Akhanda Pathanam was held at the Nada Neerajanam platform in Tirumala.

As part of Akhanda parayanam, 174 shlokas from 59 to 64 sargas from Sundarakanda were recited by the Vedic pundits of Dharmagiri Veda Vignana Peetham, SV Vedic University, National Sanskrit University and TTD Veda Parayanamdars.

Vedic Scholars KSS Avadhani, Pavana Kumar Sharma, Maruti and several others have participated in the programme.

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TTD to develop Lord Anjaneya temple at Anjanadri

Newswand: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Trust Board chairman YV Subba Reddy said on June 19 that TTD will take up all round development of the Anjaneya temple at Anjanadri near Akashaganga at Tirumala soon.

Speaking to media after performing special pujas at the temple along with TTD EO KS Jawahar Reddy, other board members and Additional EO AV Dharma Reddy, the TTD Chairman said  Akasaganga is believed to be the birth place of Sri Anjaneya and hence TTD plans to develop the Anjana Devi sameta Bala Anjaneya temple in this area.

Later TTD EO said the Vedic pundits committee had also assessed that Anjanadri at Akashaganga was the birth place of Anjaneya and hence an action plan was prepared for developing all devotee friendly facilities here on war footing.

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Lord Venkateswara temples in Mumbai and Varanasi: says TTD Board chairman

Newswand: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam would construct Lord Venkateswara temples in Mumbai, Varanasi and at 500 other places all over India.

This was revealed by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Trust Board chairman YV Subba Reddy on June 19. He spoke with the media after the meeting of the Trust Board at Tirumala.

He said that the construction of Lord Venkateswara temple in Jammu would be completed in 18 months time. He said that Gudiko Gomatha scheme would be extended to all the temples under the jurisdiction of TTD. He said that already the scheme was implemented in 100 temples.

Explaining other decisions being taken at the Trust Board meeting, he said that it has been decided to prepare the Naivedyam of the Lord with organic farm products. He said that they would discuss the issue with the farmers of various districts on growing organic crops.

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TTD to extend Garuda Varadhi up to Alipiri

Newswand: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Trust Board may take a decision in favour of extending the Garuda Varadhi (fly over) up to Alipiri to ease the traffic problems.

TTD Chairman YV Subba Reddy reiterated that the TTD Board will on Saturday decide on the issue of extension of Garuda Varadhi works up to Alipiri to resolve traffic problems in Tirupati.

Speaking to media on June 18 at Annamaiah Bhavan in Tirumala, the TTD Chairman said he had received many representations from public representatives and other sections of the public on the need for extending the prestigious Garuda Varadhi flyover up to Alipiri tollgate. In view of above the TTD Board will deliberate on cost estimates of the extension works etc. in the board meeting scheduled on June 19.

He said the TTD could not implement the board decision to revive Kalyanamastu (free mass wedding to poor families) launched earlier by the former CM of AP Late YS Rajasekhara Reddy and also to build 500 Sri Venkateshwara temples in SC/ ST/ BC and fishermen colonies as part of Hindu dharma Pracharam due to Covid pandemic. But both programs will be revived and implemented once things turn to normalcy.

The Chairman said during the last 18 months of Covid first and second waves, TTD had launched several programs for the well-being of people. TTD launched several spiritual programs like Sundarakanda, Bhagavat Gita, Virat Parva Parayanams and various other spiritual programmes seeking Sri Venkateswara Swamy blessings to free entire humanity from the pandemic of Covid.

The board meeting on Saturday will also deliberate on providing Srivari Darshan to more devotees following Covid norms.

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Rs one crore donated to SV Vidyadana Trust of TTD

Newswand: The MD of Paramesu Bio-tech Private limited T Upendra Reddy from Anaparti of West Godavari district has donated Rs One crore to SV Vidyadana Trust of TTD on June 18.

He handed over the DD for the same amount to TTD Board Chairman YV Subba Reddy in Ranganayakula Mandapam of Srivari temple.

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Election Commission of India publishes ‘General Elections 2019 –An Atlas’

Newswand: Election Commission of India has published ‘General Elections 2019 – An Atlas’ containing the data and statistical figures of 2019 general elections to Lok Sabha.

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra along with Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey released ‘General Elections 2019 – An Atlas’ on June 15, 2021. Sushil Chandra commended the officers of the Commission for compiling this innovative document and hoped that this would inspire academicians and researchers to further explore the vast landscape of the Indian elections.

The Atlas encompasses all the data and statistical figures of this monumental event. It has 42 thematic maps and 90 tables depicting various facets of the elections. The Atlas also shares interesting facts, anecdotes and legal provisions related to the Indian elections.

Since the first General Elections in 1951-52, the Commission has been publishing compilation of electoral data in the form of narrative and statistical books. 17th General Elections conducted in 2019 were the largest democratic exercise in human history which witnessed the participation of 61.46 crore voters at 10.378 lakh polling stations spread over 32 lakh square kilometer territory of India.

In Indian elections, electoral data is primarily collected during the preparation of Electoral Rolls by the Electoral Registration Officers and also in the process of conduct of elections by the Returning Officers. This data is then collated by these statutory authorities. Thereafter, after the culmination of the electoral process, the Election Commission of India collects this electoral data and prepares various reports for compilation, record and dissemination purposes.

In October 2019, the Commission released statistical reports based on the electoral data made available by the Returning Officers of 543 Parliamentary Constituencies. The maps and tables as placed in this Atlas depict that information and provide for better understanding and appreciation of electoral diversity of the country. In addition to contextualizing the data, these detailed maps reveal electoral patterns at various levels as well as indicate its spatial and temporal settings. With an aim to better visualize and represent the electoral data, this Atlas serves as an informative and illustrative document that brings to light the nuances of the Indian electoral process and empowers readers to analyse trends and changes.

The Atlas brings out salient features such as data of the 23 States and Uts where women voting percentage was more than the male voting percentage; information about the largest & smallest parliamentary constituency in terms of electors, candidates and performance of political parties amongst other parameters.

The Atlas depicts the electors data in different categories and through various comparison charts like Elector Gender Ratio and electors in different age categories. The 2019 General Elections witnessed the lowest gender gap in the history of Indian elections. The Elector Gender Ratio which has shown a positive trend since 1971 was 926 in 2019 General Elections.

The Atlas also compares the average number of electors per polling station in different states during 2014 & 2019 General Elections. The Election Commission of India set up over 10 lakh polling stations in General Elections 2019 with the lowest number of electors per polling station (365) in Arunachal Pradesh.        

Amongst the various other categories, the atlas compares the number of contesting candidates in the General Elections since 1951. In the 2019 General Elections, there were 8,054 qualified contesting candidates after rejection of nominations & withdrawals from a total of 11,692 nominations filed across the country.

To check out the details, the e-Atlas is available at https://eci.gov.in/ebooks/eci-atlas/index.html. Suggestions, if any, can be shared with the EDMD division of the Commission.

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