treatment of cancer
20.02.18 (CGPCS) Chhattisgarh Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH C’garh rice varieties could help fight cancer  Scientists have claimed to have detected anti-cancer properties in three traditional varieties of rice found in Chhattisgarh. A research has concluded that three medicinal varieties of rice – Gathwan, Maharaji and Laicha – have the ability to fight cancer, said scientist Deepak Sharma. The research was conducted by the Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai. These varieties were taken from the rice germplasm bank preserved in IGKV, said Sharma, principal scientist at the genetics and plant breeding department of ... Read more
28-29.01.18 Chhattisgarh (CGPCS) Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH Bhilai gets chhattisgarh’s 2nd amrit pharmacy  Chhattisgarh’s second AMRIT pharmacy was inaugurated by Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in a sustained bid to provide lifesaving drugs and surgical disposables for life threatening diseases like cancer and heart diseases. A flagship initiative of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment) pharmacy was launched at AIIMS, New Delhi in November 2015 with the object of providing affordable medicines for treatment of cancer, cardio-vascular and other diseases. HLL is the nodal agency to implant AMRIT pharmacies across the country. Till ... Read more