Mata Amritanandamayi Devi Donates ₹13 Crores to Help Corona-Affected

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  • ₹10 crores will go to the PM CARES Fund and ₹3 crores to Kerala’s CMDR Fund.
  • Amma says humankind must live in better harmony with Nature to prevent future calamities.
  • Amrita Hospital is providing free treatment for COVID-19 patients
  • An interdisciplinary team constituting 60 faculty members of Amrita University are researching ways for various scalable solutions for relief efforts
  • A 24-hour mental-health hotline is being manned by trained professionals.

13 April 2020 :

The Mata Amritanandamayi Math announced today that it is donating ₹13 crores [$1.7 million U.S.] to help combat and contain COVID-19 as well as to provide relief to those physically, mentally and economically affected by the virus. Moreover, it will provide free care to COVID-19 patients at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital) in Kochi. Rs. 10 crores will go to the Central Government’s PM CARES Fund, and ₹3 crores will go to the Kerala Government’s Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund.

“Seeing the entire world hurting and crying in pain, my heart is aching deeply,” Amma said in the statement issued by the Math. “Let us all pray for the souls who have succumbed to this pandemic, for the mental peace of their families and friends, for the peace of the world, and for God’s grace.”

At Amma’s request Amrita University and Amrita Hospital have set up a mental-health hotline (0476 280 5050), where people who are feeling stressed, anxious or depressed due to the pandemic and its ramifications can call to get free support. Last week, Amma had publicly requested doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists to set aside time to provide counselling. “Counselling is a service needed at this time,” Amma said. “Please consider this as an appeal from Amma to doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists. Whether you are believers or not, set aside one or two hours every day to provide free counselling for those who need it.”

For decades Amma has stressed the necessity of mankind changing its lifestyle to be more harmonious with Nature and warning that failure to do so would result in increased natural disasters and disease. “The selfish things man has done to Nature are now coming back in the form of such epidemics,” Amma said. “We need to develop the attitude that we are nothing but Nature’s servants. We should practise humility, servitude and respect. At least now let us stop throwing our arrogance in Nature’s face. The time has come to bow down before the forces of Nature. The time has come to beg Nature to forgive all our trespasses. The time has come to abandon the lackadaisical attitude that Nature will just forbear, suffer and forgive all the indignities we keep heaping on her. Nature is commanding us to wake up and look around. To awaken humankind, Nature is sounding a loud alarm in the form of COVID-19.”

Through its deemed university, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University), the Math also has a interdisciplinary team researching ways to produce low-cost scalable medical masks, gowns and face-protection visors, as well as ventilators, rapid-setup isolation wards, units for sterilizing medical waste, and IoT means for the remote monitoring of quarantined patients. The team includes more than 60 faculty from the fields of medicine, nanoscience, AI, big data, sensor-manufacturing and material sciences.

Through online classes and interactions, Amrita students are also being engaged in Coronavirus-related curriculum and service opportunities. The Math is also in regular communication with the leaders of its 101 adopted Amrita SeRVe villages, promoting Coronavirus awareness, ensuring the villagers are aware of all the latest government-assistance programs available to them, as well as ensuring that fake news and erroneous information regarding the pandemic does not spread within their communities. Some Amrita SeRVe villagers have been trained by the Math to tailor medical masks and are fulfilling government contracts for the same.

Under Amma’s direction, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math has provided more than ₹500 crore in disaster relief since 2005. This has included the provision of financial support, household items, free healthcare and even construction of new homes, etc.

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FRAI appeals to the Prime Minister on allowing small retail shops to operate during the current lockdown

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Also, plea to announce an economic package to compensate losses under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana  

13 April 2020: Federation of Retailer Association of India (FRAI), a representative body of about 4 crore micro, small and medium retailers from across the country with membership of 34 Retail Associations from Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western part of the country. FRAI represents the interests of the poorest of the poor in the country and raise issues which impact their employment opportunities and also render help to such people who are unable to express their views. FRAI members sustain their livelihood by selling goods of daily needs which are demanded by general public like biscuits, soft drinks, mineral water, cigarettes, bidi, pan etc. in the neighbourhood. The profit of these micro retailers in selling these essential products works out to about Rs 15,000 per month which is barely adequate to feed two square meals a day to their family members.

The closure of such shops during the current lockdown on account of Coronavirus has completely stopped the daily inflow of the petty retailers’ income.

Speaking on the issue, Sh. Ram Asre Mishra, President, Federation of Retailers Association of India, said “We would humbly like to appeal to the Hon’ble Prime Minister to kindly empathise with the hardships being faced by our poor and helpless individual members and allow them to open their shops immediately. We also appeal to the Hon’ble Prime Minister to immediately announce an economic package to compensate the losses  of the petty retailers in their daily income under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana announced by the Government”. Adding to his plea, he said, “We are very sure that this poor-pro Government will sympathetically consider our plea on humanitarian ground”.

 “While big grocery shops selling essential commodities are allowed to operate during the lockdown, why should our small shopkeeper brothers, who also sell similar goods of daily public needs, be deprived to earn their livelihood” Sh. Mishra, further added.

March to June are the important months for small retailers to earn extra money and save. Sale of all the products sold from their shops picks up during this period. Unfortunately, this lockdown has come at the time of the peak months for them and they have already given up the hope to make extra income during the peak season. These poor individuals and their families are now facing certain poverty and survival challenges.

All the capital of these poor retailer is tied up in the stocks of essential products which are remaining unsold in their shops because of the lockdown, they are now having to dip into small savings to survive in order to purchase food to support their family members. Most of our individual members have now depleted their entire savings and are on the verge of starvation.

For further information, please contact:

Anand Tiwari / Vinay Kumar

Federation of Retailers Association of India

8826726508 / 9953745076

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ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಮಾಜಿ ಸಚಿವ ಶ್ರೀ ಎಂ. ವಿ.ರಾಜಶೇಖರನ್ ಅವರ ನಿಧನಕ್ಕೆ ಸನ್ಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಭಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು ತೀವ್ರವಾದ ಸಂತಾಪ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

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ಶ್ರೀ ಎಂ.ವಿ.ರಾಜಶೇಖರನ್ ಅವರು ಸರಳತೆ, ಸಜ್ಜನಿಕೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಉತ್ತಮ ಪ್ರಬುದ್ಧತೆಯ ರಾಜಕಾರಣಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದು,
ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸಲಹೆಗಾರರಾಗಿದ್ದರು.

ಲೋಕಸಭೆ, ರಾಜ್ಯಸಭೆ ಹಾಗೂ ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾಗಿ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಸಂಸದೀಯ ಪಟುವಾಗಿ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದರು.

ಭಗವಂತನು ಅವರ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಚಿರಶಾಂತಿ ನೀಡಲಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬ ವರ್ಗದವರಿಗೆ, ಅಭಿಮಾನಿ ಬಳಗಕ್ಕೆ ಈ ನೋವನ್ನು ಭರಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಿ ಎಂದು ಸನ್ಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಭಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಿಸಿರುವುದಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ.

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TTK Prestige launches smart induction cooktop for the home chef who likes to multi-task

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Bangalore April 2020: Are you always pressed for time? Do you like to multi-task in the kitchen? If so, you are in for a treat. India’s number one kitchen appliances brand, TTK Prestige has launched the PIC 31.0 innovative induction cooktop, a first in India with its a pre-set pressure cooking menu that does all the cooking for you.

This revolutionary feature means that you can cook various dishes with an ‘automatic whistle counter’ that can sense your pressure cooker’s activity and automatically switches to the ‘keep warm’ mode. The most exciting part of this cooktop is the auto pressure cooking mode, which is a smart pre-set feature that lets you cook various dishes automatically by just pressing a Auto P C mode menu button on the control panel. For instance, Cooking rice has never been this easy. All you need to do is select the rice function from the Auto PC Menu options and the cook-top will start functioning. After the cooker gives one whistle, the two dots on the display will start flashing, the timer function will get activated and start decreasing. At the end of the time, the cooktop will go to auto keep warm mode, to ensure the rice stays hot.

Prepare to be spoilt for choice with a diverse menu ranging from rice, sambhar, gravy, rajma, channa, pongal, khichdi, chicken and any other meat on demand. This is a must-have kitchen appliance for the busy home cook who is burning the candle at both ends and takes away the hassle of having to count the number of whistles. The intelligent pre-set feature allows you adjust the setting in seconds, thus saving you time. The design ensures the elimination of magnetic energy and hence you can enjoy a healthy meal without any magnetic or radiation hazards.

The cooktop retails for INR 3995 and is  available for purchase at Prestige Xclusive stores and leading dealer outlets across the country. The PIC 31.0 come with a one year guarantee.

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ಪಕ್ಷದ ಶಿಸ್ತಿನ ಸಿಪಾಯಿ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲೂ ಬಹಳ ಶಿಸ್ತು ಬದ್ಧರಾಗಿದ್ದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಯಕ ಎಂ.ವಿ ರಾಜಶೇಖರನ್ ನಿಧನಕ್ಕೆ ಕೆಪಿಸಿಸಿ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಡಿಕೆ ಶಿವಕುಮಾರ್ ಸಂತಾಪ

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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು:

ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಯಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಮಾಜಿ ಸಚಿವ ಎಂ.ವಿ ರಾಜಶೇಖರನ್ ಅವರ ನಿಧನಕ್ಕೆ ಕೆಪಿಸಿಸಿ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಡಿ.ಕೆ. ಶಿವಕುಮಾರ್ ತೀವ್ರ ಸಂತಾಪ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಎಂ.ವಿ. ರಾಜಶೇಖರನ್ ಅವರು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಿದ ನಾಯಕರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬರು. ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಅವರ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಅಪಾರ. ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆ, ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್, ಲೋಕಸಭೆ ಹಾಗೂ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸಭೆಯ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾಗಿದ್ದ ಅವರ ಪಕ್ಷನಿಷ್ಠೆ ಆದರ್ಶನೀಯ.

ಅವರು ಪಕ್ಷದ ಶಿಸ್ತಿನ ಸಿಪಾಯಿ. ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲೂ ಬಹಳ ಶಿಸ್ತು ಬದ್ಧರಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರ ಜತೆಗೂ ಸ್ನೇಹದಿಂದ ಬೆರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಅಜಾತಶತ್ರುವಾಗಿ ಬದುಕಿದರು ಎಂದು ಶಿವಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ಸ್ಭರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಅವರ ಬದುಕು ನಮಗೆ ಆದರ್ಶ. ಅವರು ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಕರಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಮುನ್ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದರು. ಇಂದು ಅವರನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಇದು ನಮಗೆ ತುಂಬಲಾರದ ನಷ್ಟ.

ಕೆಲ ದಿನಗಳ ಹಿಂದಷ್ಟೇ ಅವರನ್ನು ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭೇಟಿ ಮಾಡಿ, ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ವಿಚಾರಿಸಿದ್ದೆ. ಅವರು ಇಂದು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಅಗಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂಬ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಕೇಳಿ ಮನಸಿಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಬೇಸರವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅವರ ಅಗಲಿಕೆಯ ನೋವನ್ನು ತಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬ ಸದಸ್ಯರು, ಬೆಂಬಲಿಗರಿಗೆ ಆ ಭಗವಂತ ನೀಡಲಿ. ಅವರ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಶಾಂತಿ ಸಿಗಲಿ ಎಂದು ದೇವರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ ಎಂದು ಡಿ.ಕೆ. ಶಿವಕುಮಾರ್ ತಮ್ಮ ಶೋಕ ಸಂದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

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