Daily Archives: June 27, 2014

15, 000-page magazine opens to world record

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Students of Ideal institutions with the Mega Mag 2014 that they released on Thursday. / The Hindu
Students of Ideal institutions with the Mega Mag 2014 that they released on Thursday. / The Hindu

Students of Ideal institutions at Kadakassery in the district took a step closer to the Guinness Book of World Records when their 15,000-page giant magazine was released at a colourful function on the campus.

Titled Mega Mag 2014, the magazine is claimed to be the largest manuscript magazine ever. The 4,000-odd students on the Ideal campus, from kindergarten to degree level, worked non-stop for a week to produce the magazine.

The students produced 3,604 poems, 2,941 stories, 2,298 sketches, and 1,719 essays, besides a large number of cartoons, travel anecdotes, and snippets. Supervised by their teachers, the children did the complete work of the magazine from designing to binding. The 500-kg magazine is more than 250 cm high. Although the school had registered 10,000 pages with the Limca Book of Records, it increased the number of pages to 15,000 during production.

Sub Collector Amit Meena released the Mega Mag 2014. E.T. Mohammed Basheer, MP; K.T. Jaleel, MLA; writer P. Surendran, and other dignitaries spoke.

Ideal academic director K.A. Majeed welcomed the gathering. Programme coordinator Ummer Punathil proposed a vote of thanks.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode  / by Staff Reporter / Mallapuram  – June 27th, 2014

Tomb of Mar Ivanios opened

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The mortal remains of the first archbishop of the Malankara Catholic Church Mar Ivanios being taken out in a special casket the St. Mary’s Cathedral, Pattom, on Monday as part of the ongoing process to canonise him. / The Hindu
The mortal remains of the first archbishop of the Malankara Catholic Church Mar Ivanios being taken out in a special casket the St. Mary’s Cathedral, Pattom, on Monday as part of the ongoing process to canonise him. / The Hindu

Canonical verification to ascertain historical importance of the archbishop

A large number of the faithful thronged the St. Mary’s Cathedral at Pattom on Monday to witness the opening of the tomb of the architect of the Reunion Movement and the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram, Mar Ivanios. The tomb was opened to enable the expert committee appointed by the Vatican to carryout canonical verification to ascertain the historical importance of Mar Ivanios, which is a prerequisite for the canonisation procedure.

Offer prayers

The tomb was opened by the committee in the presence of Cardinal Baselios Mar Cleemis Catholics, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, and the mortal remains covered in vestments were taken to the church for the faithful to offer prayers.

The mortal remains were taken back and entombed in the evening. The tomb opening ceremony commenced with a concelebrated mass. The ceremony was attended by all Metropolitans.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy; Assembly Speaker G. Karthikeyan; Deputy Speaker N. Sakthan; Ministers K.C. Joseph, P.J. Joseph, V.S. Sivakumar and Anoop Jacob; and MLAs K. Muraleedharan, Mons Joseph, V. Sivankutty, Palode Ravi, M.A. Wahid and R. Selvaraj visited the church and offered prayers, the church said in a release.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Thiruvananthapuram / by Staff Reporter / Thiruvananthapuram – June 24th, 2014

Pampakuda to be Declared the First Digitised Local Body

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Kochi :

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will declare the Pampakuda panchayat, situated near Muvattupuzha, as the first digitised local body in the state, at a function to be held on Saturday.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob will preside over the function.

Under the ambitious project, the details of all the people residing in the panchayat will be made available at the click of a mouse button.

The project was conceived by panchayat president Eby N Elias. He has entrusted the task of develop ing a software for the purpose to IT company Nextuz.

The details of every individual, including profession, blood group, educational qualification and bank account, will be available digitally.

Data collection for the project was done by the Asha workers. Data was collected  by distributing a questionnaire prepared by the panchayat.

The questionnaire had 30 questions, with several sub-sections. The data was later uploaded to a computer server, with the support of NSS volunteers from the Holy Kings Engineering College

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Kochi / by Express News Service / June 27th, 2014

NRI Businessman Wins Abu Dhabi Chamber Elections

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Prominent Indian businessman and head of Middle East’s retail major, Lulu group, MA Yusuff Ali has won the prestigious Abu Dhabi Chamber election for the third time.

Ali, 58, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi-based EMKE who had won previous two elections to elect 15 board members of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, retained his seat with 1,721 votes, highest among expatriate candidates.

The elections held yesterday during which 14,555 votes were cast also elected 13 local citizens to the board of directors for a four-year term, his office said today.

Four panels representing 70 Emiratis, including five women and eight expatriate candidates, participated in the elections.

Abu Dhabi Chamber is the only government organisation in the world where expatriates can get elected to the director board through a democratic election process, a statement said.

“I am pleased with faith reposed on me by the business community of Abu Dhabi and I thank them wholeheartedly for helping me to come out victorious once again,” Yusuff said.

“I am fully aware of the responsibilities and I will strive to further enhance the business and investment relationship between India and UAE and work closely with all stake holders for mutual benefit,” he said.

Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyam, UAE minister for Culture, Youth and Community Development congratulated Yusuff Ali on his hat-trick victory and asked him to continue his work and contribute to the growth of the UAE in general and Abu Dhabi in particular.

Abu Dhabi Chamber is an autonomous entity under government supervision which works towards streamlining and regulating business and industrial affairs in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

source: http://www.outlookindia.com / Outlook / Home> News / Dubai – June 27th, 2014