Udupi:  Fed up of caste and religion based politics as well as rampant corruption, Akhil K Gowda (25), a young engineering graduate from  Sullia who runs an  NGO named "Yuva"  in Mysuru is on a solo cycling mission across the state with the objective of creating a political awareness in the society. His cycle jatha with the  slogan "Vote for Clean Politics" will cover 3,000 kms.  

Son of Krishnappa Gowda of Jalsoor in Sullia taluk, Akhil who commenced his jatha from Mysuru on January 12 arrived in Udupi district on January 16,  Tuesday. He cycles  80 kms every day right from 8 am to 6 pm and intends to complete his mission within 35 to 40 days.

His jatha commenced form Mysuru  on January 12 and he has covered Hunasuru, Madikeri, Puttur, and Mangaluru before arriving in Udupi  thus cycling nearly 300 kms. He will  proceed towards Kundapur, Karwar, Hubballi, Bijapur, Hyderabad Karnataka Region, Kolar and Bengaluru and conclude his jatha in Mysuru.

His Cycle is filled with several posters stating "Do not create divide on the basis of religion, caste and language, Join Fight against Corruption, If you agree   give a missed cal to 7877778850."

 Akhil is an Electrical and Electronics Engineering Graduate from Visveshwaraiah Institute of Technology of Mysuru. His Yuva NGO has around 200 members and it has engaged itself in several  social service activities including installation of solar lamps to  300 houses of poor in 2016 and 250  houses in 2017.

He says his jatha also aims at  offering tribute to slain journalist Gauri Lankesh and    DySP Ganapathi who had  committed suicide.

 

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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."