Cancer centre at Manipal KMC, MAHE gets ESMO recognition
Mangaluru, Oct 21: The Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre of Kasturba Medical College under Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), has been accredited by the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) as the ESMO designated centre of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care.
Dr Karthik Udupa, professor and head, department of Medical Oncology received the award at the ESMO 2019 Congress, Barcelona, Spain recently, a MAHE press release here said.
The accreditation is for a period of three years from January 2020 to December 2022.
Across the globe, top 21 cancer centres were selected for the award of which two are from India including Manipal.
The ESMO accreditation will enable Manipal to be part of the international ESMO working group for cancer guidelines creation, developing minimum standards for supportive and palliative care by the oncologists and to be part of the international oncology network for quality cancer care, the release said.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
