“Only healthy lifestyle can prevent Cancer” Dr. Hasib A.G tells students on World Cancer Day
Dr. Hasib is Prof. and HOD of Radiation Oncology, Father Muller Medical College
Mangaluru: Indian Red Cross Society, along with Red Cross unit and Rangers and Rovers of St. Aloysius College Mangaluru organized an awareness program against Cancer, at Eric Mathias hall of St. Aloysius College here, to mark the ‘World Cancer Day’ on February 4, here.
Dr. Hasib A.G, Professor and HOD of Radiation Oncology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangaluru was the resource person of the event which was presided over by CA Shantaram Shetty, Chairman, Indian Red Cross Society, Dakshin Kannada District.
Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis S.J, Principal St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, in his address to the students, advised the youth community to keep away from substances like tobacco and smoking which result in Cancer.
‘The students’ community today should understand the seriousness of this disease, it takes your lives, yet they indulge in activities like smoking and Gutka. We need to minimize the damage that is being done to humanity by cancer” said Dr. Praveen said.
He further lauded the efforts of organizations like Indian Red Cross Society and others in spreading awareness about the ‘critical disease’.
Dr. Hasib A.G, addressed the students and spoke in length about Cancer through a PowerPoint presentation, duly explaining different types of Cancers, symptoms and prevention.
“Cancer is one name, but it has several components, factors and stages. First up we should always be precautious in anything we do, and we shall take preventive measure for Cancer, if not we should always opt for screening regularly so that we can detect the Cancer at the earliest possible stage. The earlier it is detected, more the chances of survival” Dr. Hasib told students during his address.
CA Shantaram in his presidential address, urged all the students volunteers of Indian Red Cross Society to create awareness about Cancer among their friends and relatives in order to help them in preventing from being diagnosed with it.
“The lifestyle of people is one of the major reason for the spreading of Cancer, people eat junk food every day, it is our responsibility to go up to such people in our circle and try and stop them from doing so. We should promote healthy lifestyles and food habits” he added while thanking St. Aloysius College for letting the organization organize World Cancer Day in its campus for three consecutive years now.
Earlier in the event, Prabhakar Sharma, KAS, Hon. Secretary IRCS welcomed the guest and students to the event.
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Israel launches first airstrike on Lebanon since ceasefire, accusing Hezbollah of breaching truce
Beirut, Nov 28: The Israeli military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.
There was no immediate word on casualties from Israel's aerial attack, which came hours after the Israeli military said it fired on people trying to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon. Israel said they were violating the ceasefire agreement, without providing details. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said two people were wounded.
The back-to-back incidents stirred unease about the agreement, brokered by the United States and France, which includes an initial two-month ceasefire in which Hezbollah members are to withdraw north of the Litani River and Israeli forces are to return to their side of the border. The buffer zone would be patrolled by Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers.
On Thursday, the second day of a ceasefire after more than a year of bloody conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon's state news agency reported that Israeli fire targeted civilians in Markaba, close to the border, without providing further details. Israel said it fired artillery in three other locations near the border. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
An Associated Press reporter in northern Israel near the border heard Israeli drones buzzing overhead and the sound of artillery strikes from the Lebanese side.
The Israeli military said in a statement that “several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire.” It said troops “opened fire toward them” and would “actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”
Israeli officials have said forces will be withdrawn gradually as it ensures that the agreement is being enforced. Israel has warned people not to return to areas where troops are deployed, and says it reserves the right to strike Hezbollah if it violates the terms of the truce.
A Lebanese military official said Lebanese troops would gradually deploy in the south as Israeli troops withdraw. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.
The ceasefire agreement announced late Tuesday ended 14 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began a day after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack out of Gaza, when the Lebanese Hezbollah group began firing rockets, drones and missiles in solidarity.
Israel retaliated with airstrikes, and the conflict steadily intensified for nearly a year before boiling over into all-out war in mid-September. The war in Gaza is still raging with no end in sight.
More than 3,760 people were killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon during the conflict, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The fighting killed more than 70 people in Israel — over half of them civilians — as well as dozens of Israeli soldiers fighting in southern Lebanon.
Some 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon, and thousands began streaming back to their homes on Wednesday despite warnings from the Lebanese military and the Israeli army to stay out of certain areas. Some 50,000 people were displaced on the Israeli side, but few have returned and the communities near the northern border are still largely deserted.
In Menara, an Israeli community on the border with views into Lebanon, around three quarters of homes are damaged, some with collapsed roofs and burnt-out interiors. A few residents could be seen gathering their belongings on Thursday before leaving again.
