P.S. Varier Award for Praveen Balakrishnan
The Hindu
Praveen Balakrishnan, research officer at CCRAS, Thiruvananthapuram, won Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Award from Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala for topping in 55th national Ayurveda essay competition. D. Anushree & P.S. Nidhin from National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, won 2nd prize. Awards to be presented at 60th national Ayurveda seminar in Thrissur on Oct 15.
Praveen Balakrishnan, research officer at the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Thiruvananthapuram, has won the Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Award instituted by Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala. Dr. Balakrishnan won the award by topping in the 55th national Ayurveda essay competition conducted by Arya Vaidya Sala on ‘New trends in panchakarma techniques’. He will get ₹60,000 and a citation.
D. Anushree and P.S. Nidhin from the National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, won the second prize for their joint essay. They will get ₹40,000 and a citation.
The awards will be presented at the 60th national Ayurveda seminar to be organised by Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala in Thrissur on October 15.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.