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His leg got caught in the chain of containers and crushed. Chennai : Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s largest and most trusted multi-specialty chain of hospitals, successfully completed a complicated Limb saving revascularization Procedure on a patient from Georgia early this month. The patient sustained crushed injury in his lower limb during his work on a cargo ship that was stationed near Chennai.   (2nd from left) Dr Rajarajan Venketesan, senior consultant vascular surgeon Mr. Malkhaz Surmanidze, a 46-year-old from the Republic of Georgia and a vice captain of a cargo ship sustained an injury on his right leg on the 23.06.2020 while his vessel was at Chennai coast. His leg got caught in the chain of containers (where he would have lost his life which got prevented by pulling his leg from that) and crushed. The ship was docked, he was taken to a hospital close to the Chennai port and he was referred to Apollo Hospitals owing to his critical leg injury. The shifting to Apollo happe...

New Delhi, August 27, 2020: Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd. today made a grand entry in 180-200cc motorcycle segment with it’s all new muscular, sporty and advanced Hornet 2.0. Conceived to be an International Street Fighter, its agility complemented by a range of advanced features is expressed in its design codes while ‘Built to perform’ attitude showcases a sense of sophistication. Talking on the launch Mr. Atsushi Ogata, Managing Director, President & CEO , Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Inspired by the dreams of the new age customers & their passion for riding, we are pleased to introduce all new Honda Hornet 2.0. With its advanced technology & thrilling performance, new Hornet 2.0 is set to create a new benchmark among the young motorcycle enthusiasts. It is the beginning of Honda’s new era of portfolio expansion catering to a wide range of customers in India”.  Introducing the new Hornet 2.0, Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Director...

ஆன்லைனில் பாடல் கச்சேரிக்கு ஏற்பாடு  சென்னை: பாம்பே ஜெயஸ்ரீ மற்றும் 7 கலைஞர்கள் ஒன்றிணைந்து , ஒற்றை ஆசிரியர் பள்ளிகளுக்கான நிதி திரட்டுவதற்காக ஆகஸ்ட் 22 முதல் ஆன்லைனில் பாடல் நிகழ்ச்சிகளை நடத்துகின்றனர். தமிழ்நாட்டின் தொலைதூர கிராமங்களில் பயிலும் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான குழந்தைகளுக்கு  கல்வி கற்பித்தலை எளிதாக்க, 'ஓராசிரியர் பள்ளி' எனும் திட்டம் செயல்படுத்தப்பட்டு வருகிறது.  சுவாமி விவேகானந்தா  ஊரக வளர்ச்சி சங்கத்தின் மூலம்,  2006 இல் இருந்து இவ்வாறு கற்பிக்கப்படுகிறது. காஞ்சிபுரம், திருவள்ளூர், வேலூர், ராணிப்பேட்டை, திருவண்ணாமலை, செங்கல்பட்டு, கோயம்புத்தூர், திருவாரூர், நாகப்பட்டினம், திருச்சி ஆகிய 10 மாவட்டங்களில் 1,057க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பள்ளிகளைச் சேர்ந்த 31,000 குழந்தைகளுக்கு கற்பிக்கப் படுகிறது. மகளிர் மேம்பாட்டின் ஒரு பகுதியாக, கிராமங்களில் உள்ள தகுதியான பெண்கள் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டு ஆசிரியர்களாக பயிற்சி அளிக்கப்படுகிறது. அவர்களே ஆசிரியர்களாக இருந்து மாணவர்களுக்கு கற்பிக்கின்றனர். பள்ளிகளில் கரும்பலகைகள், பாய்கள், சோலார் விளக்குகள் மற்றும் முதலுதவி பெட்டிகள் பொருத்தப்படுவ...

Standard of Higher education in Russia is considered to be one of the most advanced and sophisticated.  Cost of higher education is relatively cheaper because it is highly subsidized by the Government of the Russian Federation .  Chennai, August 21, 2020: Russian Universities are all set to conduct online classes for students in India who enroll in their undergraduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) programs in the 2020 academic year. The online classes are scheduled to start from September / October this year and may continue throughout the first year, owing to the international travel restrictions during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, announced the officials of the leading Russian universities, today, while addressing a virtual press meet. (L to R)    Gennadii A. Rogalev, Director - Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Chennai; Oleg  N. Avdeev, Consul General - Russian Federation in Chennai, South India The press meet was organised by the Russian Centre of Sci...

Team of experts at Gleneagles Global Health City successfully performed Complicated Surgery amid COVID Pandemic  Chennai, August 20th, 2020: A 16 years old boy from Chennai who was suffering from decompensated chronic liver disease due to ‘Cholesteryl ester storage disease’, has undergone successful liver transplant at Gleneagles Global Health City.  Master Dilli Ganesh who had undergone successful liver transplant for Rare metabolic disease with the team of experts who had performed the first-of-its-kind living donor liver Transplant at Gleneagles Global Health City, today Across the globe, only 17 such cases have been reported and this is the first such case reported in India. This is one among the rare genetic liver diseases which affects the liver at childhood and further leads to liver failure as the child grows older. It is caused by a mutation in the LIPA gene. As the situation was getting critical, the boy’s mother decided to donate the right lobe of her liver to save ...

Liver transplants on a Six-month old baby and an Eleven-year-old girl Chennai: Apollo Hospital doctors successfully saved two young lives by performing complicated living donor liver transplants on a Six-month old baby and an Eleven-year-old girl who had extreme health complications during the pandemic. Mothers of both children gave a new lease of life to them once again by donating a part of their liver. (L to R) Dr.Velmurugan Anesthesist, Dr. Elankumaran- Surgical Gastroenterologist, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Dr. Dhanasekar Kesavelu-Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Dr. Raja Rajan-Vascular Surgeon, Dr.Venkatachalam, DMS, Apollo Hospitals Six-month old Baby Abhyansh Mondal had persistent jaundice since his birth in January 2020 which eventually got worse with time. The baby was affected by a rare genetic disorder due to which he was born without a bile duct. Abhyansh Mondal son of Abhishek Mondal and Samyuktha Kumari from Jharkhand was suffering from Biliary Atresia, a rare, cong...

Chennai, August 2020: In an ongoing outreach to empower the community to save lives during emergencies, ALERT, a NGO th at works towards a better emergency care eco system in India, signed MoU with the LIONS club international District 324-A1 to collaborate in the effort. The programs will be delivered to the members of the prestigious clubs in the District, their families, Leos and to the adopted colleges, villages and others from the larger community. With the need of the hour to also embrace the new normal due to the COVID pandemic, the MoU will also enable the outreach of a program titled “Be ALERT”, specifically designed for individuals and organisations to embrace safety as a culture in day to day life.  (R to L):  Mr. V.M.Muralidharan, Chairman-ALERT, and Ln. PV Prakash Kumar, District Governor PMHF with the MoU copy. ALERT and LIONS club international District 324-A1 signed an MoU To jointly enable Right to Life”, by empowering people to save lives. Also seen in the p...