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WHO calls for action on Cancer Prevention, Child Nutrition and Emergency Care

“Many of today’s most serious health challenges are preventable, but only if governments act decisively.” Mohammad Hanief The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a series of urgent warnings highlighting how preventable diseases, poor nutrition and underfunded health systems are converging into a global health crisis, placing millions of lives at risk. New analyses released…

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World Cancer Day: SKIMS Director highlights comprehensive cancer care, research advances & major infrastructure upgrades

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 04 (STC): Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) has consolidated oncology services within a dedicated facility, ensuring integrated care through advanced radiotherapy and surgical oncology units, said Director SKIMS & EOSG, M. Ashraf Ganie, in his address to a day-long awareness programme commemorating World Cancer Day under this year’s global theme,…

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Initiatives taken to revive, restore and conserve J&K’s valuable heritage: CM Omar Abdullah

STC NEWS DESKJAMMU, FEBRUARY 04 (STC): The Department of Culture has been mandated with the revival, restoration and conservation of Jammu and Kashmir’s valuable heritage sites, and several initiatives have been undertaken in this regard at key locations including Parihaspora, Pattan and Tappar, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah informed he Legislative Assembly today.He was replying to…

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Cement industries asked to install CAAQMS for regular monitoring of air quality: Minister Javed Rana in Assembly

STC NEWS DESKJAMMU, FEBRUARY 04 (STC): Cement industries operating in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have been directed by the J&K Pollution Control Committee (J&K PCC) to install Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Systems (CAAQMS) for regular monitoring of air quality, said Minister for Forest, Ecology, Environment Javed Ahmed Rana today in the…

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