
Medical conference focusses on control of cancer cases
The Hindu
The Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) - Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Chapter, initiated its 36th annual conference here on Saturday with a focus on scaling up of screening and creating awa
The Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) - Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Chapter, initiated its 36th annual conference here on Saturday with a focus on scaling up of screening and creating awareness to control cancer cases.
Every year, 13 lakh new cancer patients are identified in the country, K.S. Kirushna Kumar, Secretary, said addressing the inaugural session of the conference organised on the theme 'Recent Advances in Radiation Oncology’ by Harshamitra Super Speciality Cancer Centre and Research Institute.

The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











