Ganga Ram Hospital successfully completes Whipple procedure using the Hugo-RAS robot

Ganga Ram Hospital successfully completes Whipple procedure using the Hugo-RAS robot

Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi has successfully performed a complete robotic Whipple procedure using the Hugo-RAS robot. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has successfully performed a complete robotic Whipple procedure using the Hugo-RAS robot. This advanced surgery was performed recently on a 66-year-old patient diagnosed with periampullary carcinoma of … Read more

ASI finds Eastern Ganga king Anantadeva Varma’s inscriptions in Vizianagaram district

ASI finds Eastern Ganga king Anantadeva Varma’s inscriptions in Vizianagaram district

Eastern Ganga King Anantadeva Varmas inscription was found by ASI authorities near Jami of Vizianagaram district. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Archaeological Survey of India’s Epigraphy wing Director K.Muniratnam Reddy said that inscriptions of Eastern Ganga King Anantadeva Varma were found in Jami of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh. According to him, the inscriptions dated … Read more

Guardians of the Ganga: task force keeps a watchful eye on the river

Guardians of the Ganga: task force keeps a watchful eye on the river

Omveer Kumar, 41, picks up plastic bottles, pouches and food packets as he walks on the wet sand on the banks of the Ganga. As he nears a heap of garbage, Mr. Kumar sees an overturned turtle, its neck wounded. He rushes it to a nearby rescue centre for treatment. Mr. Kumar, a resident of … Read more

Ganga mission clears projects worth ₹638 crore

Ganga mission clears projects worth ₹638 crore

River Ganges at Shivala Ghat, Varanasi. File | Photo Credit: Prashant Nakwe The Jal Shakti Ministry’s National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) cleared eight projects worth ₹638 crore on Tuesday. The projects include the rejuvenation of river Hindon, a tributary of the Yamuna, stretches of which rank as among the most polluted in the country. … Read more

Govt mulls tourism network along Ganga; ‘Ghat mein haat’ concept to promote local goods

Govt mulls tourism network along Ganga; ‘Ghat mein haat’ concept to promote local goods

The government is planning to create a tourism network to promote not only sites of historical and mythological importance along the Ganga, considered holy among the Hindus, but also to boost the economy of the regions surrounding the river, officials across ministries working on the project told PTI. The 2,520-km-long Ganga flows through major cities … Read more

UP Polls 2022: Caste remains key mobilisation tool for parties in Ganga belt

UP Polls 2022: Caste remains key mobilisation tool for parties in Ganga belt

Elections in eastern Uttar Pradesh‘s constituencies along the Ganga, including Mirzapur and Ghazipur, are seeing mobilisation of voters on caste lines. The government schemes that have benefitted a large number of people in these constituencies are also a factor, more so among the smaller backward castes. Although caste remains a big factor like in the … Read more

People stay in Kashi “when the end nears”, Akhilesh Yadav on PM Modi’s visit to Varanasi; BJP calls comment cruel

People stay in Kashi “when the end nears”, Akhilesh Yadav on PM Modi’s visit to Varanasi; BJP calls comment cruel

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi kickstarted his visit to Varanasi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday remarked jeeringly that people stay in “when the end nears”, sparking condemnation from the BJP which said his taunts were “cruel” and equated the former chief minister with Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. On the first day of his two-day … Read more

Varanasi: PM Modi heads to Kashi Vishwanath temple on cruise boat

Varanasi: PM Modi heads to Kashi Vishwanath temple on cruise boat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a cruise boat from Varanasi‘s Khirkiya Ghat to Lalita Ghat to visit Kashi Vishwanath temple. The Prime Minister is on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency. PM Modi is accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. PM Narendra Modi was greeted by the people standing alongside … Read more

Melting Himalayan glaciers to Africa’s droughts — these climate warnings we must know amid COP26 buzz

Melting Himalayan glaciers to Africa’s droughts — these climate warnings we must know amid COP26 buzz

According to an Oxfam report, climate-related disasters tripled in 30 years. (File) The COP26 climate change summit begins in Glasgow, Scotland, with leaders and delegates from 200 countries debating how to cut emissions by 2030. With an exponential rise in global warming due to fossil fuel emissions, scientists have called for urgent action to avoid … Read more

Centre asks states to check future incidences of people dumping bodies in Ganga, its tributaries

Centre asks states to check future incidences of people dumping bodies in Ganga, its tributaries

The Centre on Tuesday asked states along the Ganga to ensure strict vigilance and check future incidences of people dumping bodies in the river and its tributaries. In a letter to District Ganga Committees which are chaired by district magistrates or collectors, the National Mission for Clean Ganga — the apex body that monitors rejuvenation … Read more