Magsaysay award winning oncologist's mission to provide affordable cancer care to poorOn winning the award, the oncologist had said the award is not about him but for all who have contributed to cancer care in the community a...
03 Sep, 2023, 01.47 PM IST
Colossus of cancer care, Dr Shanta dies of heart attack; TN govt announces police honours for funeralPrime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in condoling her death and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the government would ac...
19 Jan, 2021, 02.15 PM IST
Dr V Shanta, renowned oncologist and pioneer in cancer care, passes away in ChennaiVeteran oncologist V. Shanta who headed the Cancer Institute (WIA) here, popularly known as Adyar Cancer Institute died at a private hospit...
19 Jan, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
Cancer Institute founder V Shanta passes away in ChennaiSenior oncologist and chairperson of the Adyar Cancer Institute Dr V Shanta passed away in the early hours on Tuesday morning. She was 93.
19 Jan, 2021, 09.21 AM IST
Black flag protests over Cauvery issue greet PM Modi in ChennaiBe it black flag , balloon with slogan saying "Go Back Modi or the hashtag #GoBackModil in Twitter, they highlighted the mood of the protes...
12 Apr, 2018, 08.37 PM IST
For first time, tobacco use is down in country: Family health surveyThe use of tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death, has for the first time begun to decline across country.
08 Mar, 2016, 12.22 PM IST
Jayalalithaa congratulates Dr V Shanta on being conferred Padma VibushanSeveral lakhs of patients and their families had benefited from Shanta's service, Jayalalithaa said in the letter, which was released by th...
27 Jan, 2016, 12.56 PM IST
Northeast students to be sponsored for training abroad: GovernmentAddressing a seminar on 'Empowering Northeast India', Singh said to begin with, eight youths will be sent for training in fashion technolog...
15 Dec, 2015, 08.39 PM IST
Mizoram to be bamboo state: Jitendra SinghThe Centre has proposed to make Mizoram a bamboo state, Union Minister for Development of North East Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh said.
23 Nov, 2015, 08.27 PM IST
IIT Madras partners with Paterson Cancer Centre to develop indigenous IR Mammographic UnitThermal imaging techniques have proven to be useful in screening all kinds of cancer and as a diagnostic tool for arthritic conditions and ...
21 Jul, 2015, 05.59 PM IST
UK for collaboration for cancer screening program in IndiaMany people in India were unable to treat cancer due to financial reasons and there were no screening program to detect the disease at earl...
10 Dec, 2013, 10.38 PM IST
Jayalalithaa confident of regime change after LS pollJayalalithaa has been asking AIADMK cadres to work for the victory of the party in all 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and Puduch...
12 Jun, 2013, 08.29 PM IST
- Make Adyar Cancer institute Centre of Excellence: Jayalalithaa to PM
Jaya urged Centre to accord status of "Centre of Excellence" to the Cancer Institute at Adyar to enable its expansion to treat more patient...
22 Mar, 2013, 01.06 PM IST
- Allocation for health & family welfare ministry up by 20% to Rs 26,760 crore: Shipping Minister G K Vasan
Rs 731.52 crore has been allocated in the 11th plan period under the National Cancer Control Programme to tackle cancer, diabetes and heart...
21 Aug, 2011, 02.20 AM IST
- Centre proposes to set up Cancer Institute in Chennai
The Centre proposes to set up a state-of-the-art National Cancer Institute in Chennai as part of efforts to augment medicare facilities in ...
16 Sep, 2007, 09.40 AM IST
- Govt to invest Rs 1,000 crore in nanotech
The government is planning to pump Rs 1,000 crore in the next five years to create a nanotechnology industry from the scratch.
03 Apr, 2007, 03.53 PM IST
- Govt to invest Rs 1,000 cr in nanotech
The govt is planning to pump Rs 1,000 cr in the next five years to create a nanotechnology industry.
03 Apr, 2007, 02.53 AM IST