Calling Mucormycosis ‘Black Fungus’ is a misnomer, says Dr Venkatesh Prajna
The Hindu
‘Mucormycosis is not a new disease. It has been present from time immemorial.’
Mucormycosis is not a new disease. It has been there from time immemorial, says Dr Venkatesh Prajna, chief, Department of Medical Education, Aravind Eye Hospitals, Madurai. In an interview with The Hindu, he says, Mucor is not a black fungus.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday pledged to mobilise people in resistance against the BJP-led Union government’s “anti-agricultural worker, anti-farmer, anti-worker, anti-people” laws and policies till they are all repealed, the party said on Friday. In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) said the members took the pledge following a three-day meeting held at Thiruvananthapuram.

Expressing the need for more number of socially responsive engineers and lawyers for furthering development of the country, Governor Thaawarchad Gehlot here on Friday lauded St. Aloysius institution for widening its service in the education sector by opening separate institutes for engineering and law











