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By Express News Service - KOLLAM Published: 28th September 2013 01:28 PM Last Updated: 28th September 2013 01:28 PM 2

The ‘Amrita RITE-Rural India Tablet Education’, a programme designed Like 1 for after-school tutoring and adult literacy among the rural folk with the use of custom developed tablet computers, was unveiled on the 0 occasion the 60th birthday celebrations of Mata Amritanandamayi on Friday at Amritapuri near here. Email 0

The e-learning project was launched by Mata by handing over a tablet Print A+ A A- to Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor. The project would be initiated in the villages adopted by the Math. The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi unveiled a package to More from this provide free surgeries worth `50 crore to the poor. section Editor's Picks Most Read Most Emailed The package included free kidney transplants, cardiac surgeries and Malayali solves It takes much more than just talk to become cancer treatment. algebraic riddle country's maximum leader Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan and Union Minister Oscar to arrive Sonia, villain in Andhra talkies Fernandes gave away the beneficiary certificates. Shashi Tharoor today for two-day visit distributed the Math’s financial assistance of `1 lakh each to the Bollywood diplomacy brings India, Indonesia families of the nine persons killed in a boat tragedy in Alappuzha earlier Cyberdome on the anvil together this year. for effective policing, says CM The event also witnessed the extension of various welfare programmes Sex determination still rampant in Hyderabad, state of the Math including Amrita Nidhi Pension Programme (beneficiaries Rajiv Gandhi extended to 69,000 from the current 59,000) and Vidyamritam Student Biotechnology Centre to Toxic ferns threaten deer in Western Ghat Sholas Scholarship programme (beneficiaries extended to 46,000 from 41,000). get a BIC push

Amritakeerthi Puraskar Palmolein case: VS flays The Amritakeerti Puraskar National Award for writer and literary critic Chandy's stand Entertainment Manoj Das and Amritakeerti Puraskar State Award for Thuravoor Hindi Viswambharan were also presented on the occasion. Three books Cities written by the disciples of Mata were also released. ‘Colours of the Eesha Koppikar finds Marathi Rainbow’ by Math vice-chairman Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri was debut 'challenging' released by Shashi Tharoor by handing over a copy to Ron Gottsegen, More president of Mata Amritanandamayi Centre, US. Mata released the books ‘Guru Sishya Bandham Oru Hridayalayanam’ written by Swami English Thuriyamritananda Puri by handing over a copy to former Commuters cry foul Chief Minister Jagdambika Pal and ‘The Fragrance of Pure Love’ by Katy Perry praises Miley Cyrus Swamini Krishnamrita Prana by handing over a copy to Home Minister over tampered Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan. auto meters More The Minister also released the souvenir of Amritavarsham 60-’Matruvani’. ‘Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi- The Impact of Her Life Kannada & Teachings in Societal Transformation’, a study conducted by the Prashant Rai on a big ticket to Bharatiya Vichara Kendram on Mata’s life and teachings, was released by senior BJP leader O Rajagopal. Hollywood Metro: The More newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Amrita-RITE---Rural-India-Tablet-Education-unveiled/2013/09/28/article1808172.ece 1/4