Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 14 (ANI/BusinessWire India): PFNDAI (Protein Foods and Nutrition Development Association of India), an organisation founded to promote food safety, quality, nutrition, and healthy diets through education, along with 'Right To Protein' a nationwide protein awareness and education initiative which shares a common vision, recently concluded a research paper identifying soy protein as a key food source to fortify traditional Indian foods and develop new, innovative high-protein foods and beverages which can help in improving India's protein consumption.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 13 (ANI): President of India Droupadi Murmu on Thursday visited the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati campus during her visit to Assam, said a press release.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 29 (ANI/SRV): The Governor of the state of Assam Prof Jagadish Mukhi recently released the coffee-table book 'Builders of India', published by Max Cement that commemorates the sacrifices and contributions of 75 unsung heroes of the Freedom Movement.

Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): AASRA Group of Hospitals has completed over 50 robotic surgeries since its launch in June 2022. AASRA is the first Hospital to use MAKO Smart Robotics in Karnataka and the second hospital in Karnataka to use CMR Surgical Robotic System in various surgeries conducted till date. AASRA hospital becomes the first hospital in Karnataka to use CMR Surgical Robotic System for surgeries across various specializations including gynecological, urological, gastrointestinal, thoracic and many more.

New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Founder of Isha Foundation Jagadish Vasudev, popularly known as Sadhguru, who started a worldwide 'Save Soil Movement', on Monday said India has destroyed its soil health in the last 45 years.

Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 25 (ANI): Surfing Federation of India, the governing body for the sport of surfing and stand-up paddling (SUP) on Monday announced the Palkbay National Stand-up Paddling Championships 2022. The two-day event will be held here at Palkbay on April 28 and April 29. The event which will be a part of the week-long Rameswaram SUP-Week will be held under the aegis of the Surfing Federation of India.

Chennai Mar 25 PTI The Madras High Court on Friday directed actor and senior BJP functionary S Ve Shekher to appear before the Central Crime Branch CCB of Greater Chennai police on April 2 in connection with a case relating to his sharing a derogatory social media post against women journalists Justice AD Jagadish Chandira passed the orders on the case relating to the actor sharing the post on his social media post in the wake of former Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit patting on the cheek of a woman scribe after a press conference triggering a controversy The counsel appearing for Shekher informed the court he had just shared a message originally posted by a man in the US and removed shortly besides tendering apology He is also ready to tender apology once again However the prosecution counsel told the court that the actor-politician had not appeared before the investigating agency even once After listening to both sides the judge ordered Shekher to appear before the police on April 2 and adjourned the matter by two weeks PTI CORR SA SA

Chennai Mar 24 PTI It is better to leave the earth in good condition than exploring an alien planet the Madras High Court has observed The court made the observations on Wednesday while disposing of a batch of criminal revision petitions which challenged the orders passed by a lower court in Nagapattinam which had rejected their plea to return the vehicles that were seized allegedly due to transporting illegally mined sand The mother earth is our heritage which has been inherited by us from our past generations without much damage and in fact with many developments to enjoy all its treasures conserving all its goodness and not making any defacement under the guise of development to be bestowed on our future generations While the geologists proclaim that the age of the earth where we live now is 4543 billion years they expound that it is our responsibility to leave this planet in a better shape for the future generations than we found it rather to close our eyes on the cruelty being committed to our precious earth and take pride in our search for an alien planet with least infrastructure by spending huge money to survive afresh In the present generation the deterioration rate is at a new pace We see perennial rivers that were once flowing with clean water are now converted into drainage channels to carry effluents Justice A D Jagadish Chandra lamented The petitioners contended that if the vehicles seized are left idle in the open and exposed to all weather conditions their value would get diminished causing heavy monetary loss to them They sought for the immediate release of the vehicles State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohammed Jinnah submitted that the vehicles were under confiscation proceedings If the vehicles were ordered to be released the petitioners would indulge in the same illegal activities The judge said that in the instant case the data produced by the PP showed that in all the cases confiscation proceedings had already been initiated Therefore this court is of the view that in the interest of justice it would suffice if a direction is given for conclusion of the confiscation proceedings within a time frame the judge added and accordingly directed the authority concerned to conclude the confiscation proceedings within six months PTI CORR SA SA

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 11 (ANI): Madras High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to former AIADMK Minister D Jayakumar in a land grabbing case.

Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 3 (ANI): The Madras High Court granted conditional bail to former Tamil Nadu Minister D Jayakumar in a case related to assault and disrobing a man during the Tamil Nadu civic polls held in February.