New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI/SRV): Tamil Nadu's Food and Civil Supplies Minister R.Sakkarapani and his team have set out to create a new Elite World Records by planting 6 Lakh trees in just 4 hours, in a bid to honour a pledge and mission "Green Tamil Nadu" Initiated by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The Objective of this Mission is to increase its forest to 33 per cent cover from the present 23 per cent before 2030 to combat climate change. About 16,000 volunteers are going to be involved in this huge plantation campaign on December 23, 2022, in which saplings will be planted at Idayakottai Village of Oddanchatram Constituency in Dindigul District. Dindigul District Administration, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, and Ever Green City Club have extended their supporting hands and cooperation by joining hands for this initiative under the leadership of the TN Minister.

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Columbia [US], October 20 (ANI): When a person is diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, one of the two primary types of lung cancer, there is a 70-80 per cent risk that cancer will acquire resistance to the initial medication therapy used to treat it after 14 months. If this occurs, there aren't many therapy choices right now. Researchers are on a mission to discover a solution.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): Nexdigm has been named in Everest Group's Global "PEAK Matrix® for Procurement Outsourcing (PO) 2022" report.

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Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, an experimental dendrimer nanoparticle medication called OP-101 significantly lowered the risk of death and the need for a ventilator in a study of 24 seriously ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India]/ Boston (Massachusetts) [US], April 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): Excelra, a leading global Data and Analytics provider for Life Science organizations, has announced a strategic majority investment in Anlitiks, a young and rapidly growing technology company in the value and evidence domain.

Kochi Mar 28 PTI The Kerala High Court on Monday said that no new permanent flag masts be installed in the state until the government comes out with its proposed policy or regulations for regulating the same While issuing the direction Justice Devan Ramachandran also made it clear that District Collectors and Secretaries of Local Self Government Institutions are still enjoined to act as per the Land Conservancy Act against the existing or any new illegal flag masts and need not wait for formulation of the policy or regulations The directions by the court came after the Additional Advocate General Ashok M Cherian and senior government pleader S Kannan submitted that the state government has constituted a high-level committee to evolve a policy or regulations for regulating the installation of new permanent flag masts in Kerala The committee shall comprise the Chief Secretary Law Secretary and the Home Secretary of the state they told the court The submissions were made before the court during hearing of a plea by a cooperative society which has alleged that a particular political party was illegally putting up flags and banners on its land On February 21 the court had given the government time till March 28 to inform about the future course of action It had also observed that there cannot be two sets of laws -- one for the powerful and one for the ordinary citizens -- after noting that the Left government was unable to prevent flag masts being put up without permission by political parties despite the courts orders against the same On November 1 last year the court passed an interim order directing that no illegal flag poles or masts be put up in the state while the issue was being examined by it It had on November 15 last year given 10 days time for people to remove the illegal flag poles and on November 25 2021 it directed the government to invoke provisions of Land Conservancy Act against all flag masts numbering 42337 in the State Subsequently in December last year the court had directed all District Collectors in the state to take action under the Land Conservancy Act against the illegal flag masts PTI HMP SS SS

Thiruvananthapuram Feb 24 PTI Concerned about the safety of thousands of Malayalis especially students trapped in Ukraine amidst the Russian military offensive against that country the state of Kerala on Thursday urged the Centre to protect them and make necessary arrangements for their return Separate letters were shot off to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Leader of the Opposition LoP in the State Assembly V D Satheesan seeking safe repatriation of Malayalis trapped in Ukraine The CM in his letter has said that among the Indian students there 2320 were from Kerala and many were staying back as they do not want a break in their studies I am writing this letter to request the kind intervention of your good self with the authorities in that country for ensuring the safety of our students I also request your kind intervention to make necessary arrangements for their return by arranging special flights Vijayan has said The LoP in his letter has said that around 20000 Indians mostly Malayalis are stranded in Ukraine and with acute shortage of flights and rising air fares many of them especially students are unable to afford the air tickets With the war intensifying Ukraine has started shutting down its major airports as there is an imminent threat to the airspace The families of these students back home are extremely worried about the safety of their children Satheesan said He urged the Ministry of External Affairs to take prompt steps to ensure their safe return Meanwhile the Department of Non Resident Keralites Affairs NORKA said that all possible steps were being taken for the safety of Malayalis in Ukraine and that it was in constant touch with the Indian Embassy there and the Ministry of External Affairs NORKA said that it was informed by the Indian Embassy that people have been asked to follow the instructions given by that country during the war and that no one should venture outside and should remain indoors wherever they are Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said alternative arrangements were being made for the safe evacuation of Indians stranded in the Eastern European nation as its airspace was closed Amid concerns expressed by the near and dear ones of the people stranded in Ukraine Muraleedharan said the Central government will ensure the safety of over 18000 Indians including students stranded there and asked them to follow the instructions of the Indian Embassy in Kyiv No need to panicThe Central Government is with youAn alternative plan is being prepared to repatriate Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine We are looking for other ways as the airspace of that country has been closed the Minister told reporters here Amid the rising concerns over the safety of Keralites stranded in Ukraine the states NRK welfare agency NORKA-Roots on Thursday said a total of 468 students from Kerala studying there have contacted from that country and their details have been handed over to the External Affairs Ministry The department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs NORKA said the Embassy there has assured the safety of those who are trapped in the airport due to the closure of the airport Meanwhile the videos of students from Kerala have been telecast in various television channels in which they could be seen explaining the situation there in Ukraine A student Shan in a video message which was telecast by various media houses said they had to return to their hostels as the airport at Kiev the capital city was closed due to a blast nearby We as a group booked tickets and were on our way to Kiev but had to stop midway and return as the airport was closed The people here are panicked and we could see a lengthy queue before the ATMs and shops Shan said in a video in which he could be seen walking with his luggage back to his hostel Shan also said that there were rumours that all the services were likely to get affected and there was difficulty in making phone calls as the service networks were already affected Malavika Sunil a third year medical student in Ukraine who reached Kochi recently from Ukraine through Sharjah said she somehow managed to catch a flight but many are unable to do so due to exorbitant ticket prices from that country Everything was normal until I flew back But the scene changed today A friend told me today that a blast was heard today morning Our university has cancelled all online and offline classes and instructed the students to keep their certificates safe The institution has also directed the students to keep necessary food supplies ready with them and withdraw necessary cash she told a television channel She said the lowest price available when she flew was at around Rs 55000 and many are unable to afford that NORKA said it got calls from more than 200 students studying in Odessa National Medical University At least 44 students contacted the NORKA from the Kharkiv National Medical university while 18 students called from Bogomolets university NORKA said NORKA has also informed that it has been in constant touch with the Embassy and the Ministry of External Affairs NORKA-Roots CEO C R Kannan said the organisation was in touch with various Keralites organisations in Ukraine PTI HMP RRT SS SS