Bhatkal: A session on financial awareness was held at Anjuman Arts, Science, and Commerce College, Bhatkal, on September 4, 2024. The session began at 11:15 AM and featured V. Hariprasad, Deputy General Manager of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Bangalore, as the guest speaker.

The event was organized by the college's Student Welfare Wing and hosted by Prof. Mohammed Ganim, the Student Welfare Officer. The session opened with a welcome note from Principal Prof. M.K. Shaikh, followed by the recitation of the Qirat.

During the session, Hariprasad spoke on several key topics related to financial awareness. He discussed the importance of the National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI) and the National Strategy for Financial Education (NSFE), initiatives aimed at improving financial literacy. He also highlighted the RBI's efforts to reach underserved populations, such as rural youth, self-help groups, and farmers.

Hariprasad provided information on government schemes like the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), and Atal Pension Yojana (APY), explaining their benefits and how they contribute to social security.

The session included an interactive segment where Hariprasad answered questions from students and faculty, making complex financial topics more understandable.

The event also marked 90 years of RBI's existence, with Hariprasad announcing an All-India Quiz Competition for students aged 18-25 years to further financial literacy.

Attendees included Satish, Assistant Manager at RBI Bangalore, Ajaz Alam, Manager at Canara Bank, Bhatkal, and Geeta Naik, a Financial Literacy Consultant.

The session concluded at 12:15 PM with a vote of thanks by Prof. Manjunath Prabhu, Head of the Department of Commerce.

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New Delhi, Nov 23: Cancer patients should not delay or stop their treatment by following unproven remedies, oncologists at Tata Memorial Hospital said after former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu claimed at a presser that his wife Navjot Kaur defeated stage 4 cancer with dietary and lifestyle changes.

In a statement posted on X, the Director of Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr C S Pramesh, said, "Parts of the video imply that starving the cancer by not eating dairy products and sugar, consuming haldi (turmeric) and neem helped cure her 'incurable' cancer."

These comments have no high quality evidence to support them, the statement signed by 262 oncologists from the Tata Memorial Hospital, both past and present, said.

While research is going on for some of these products, currently there is no clinical data to recommend their use as anti-cancer agents, it added.

"We urge the public to not delay their treatment by following unproven remedies, but rather to consult a doctor, preferably a cancer specialist, if they have any symptoms of cancer. Cancer is curable if detected early and proven treatments for cancer include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy," read the statement issued in "public interest".

Posting a clip of from Sidhu's press conference on X, Dr Pramesh said, "Please don't believe and get fooled by these statements regardless of who it comes from. These are unscientific and baseless recommendations. She got surgery and chemotherapy that were evidence based which is what made her cancer-free. Not the haldi, neem etc."