At the advent of the riding season going up to the challenging and picturesque UT of Ladakh, Jawa-Yezdi Motorcycles has just kick-started a service initiative for its Community members planning to ride to the region from across the country. The ‘Service is on Us’ initiative will offer free service assistance to the riders on the way to Ladakh spanning the major access routes to the region from key parts of the country.

Under this initiative, the service centers situated in major cities along the route will provide necessary service support to the riders. Labor charges for periodic service and running repairs will be complementary and free of charge. Riders can also avail of a complimentary 26-point general check-up at the Leh service station. The company will also station an expert technician at Leh, equipped with essential tools and spares. RSA policyholders will be eligible for enroute breakdown assistance as per RSA policy guidelines while non-RSA policyholders will be able to do so on a paid basis.

Dedicating this service initiative to the riders from Jawa & Yezdi Community, Ashish Singh Joshi, CEO – of Classic Legends said, “A ride to one’s dream destination takes a lot of planning, and with this ‘Service is on Us’ initiative, riders from our Community will have one thing less to worry about – service support throughout the way. This initiative is dedicated to the free-spiritedness of Jawa & Yezdi riders and their quest to explore, and it is our aim to offer them complete peace of mind in terms of service assistance while they are at it.”

The initiative aims to offer comprehensive service cover to riders setting out from almost every corner of the country merging in the NCR to take the two most popular routes to Ladakh; one via Chandigarh and Manali and the other via Jammu, Srinagar, and Kargil. Jawa-Yezdi Community members starting their journeys from states like West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Delhi, can avail of this support as per the details mentioned below.

From Delhi, the riders can utilize the service centers situated in Noida, Ghaziabad & Gurgaon, moving on to Haryana – Faridabad, Ambala & Karnal, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh – Mandi, Punjab – Hoshiyarpur & Pathankot, J&K – Jammu & Srinagar.

Starting from Kolkata, West Bengal, the route passes through the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi/NCR, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Jammu & Kashmir. The key service locations chosen strategically on this route will be Jharkhand – Dhanbad, Bihar – Arrah & Patna, Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow & Agra while taking up the above-mentioned route from Delhi onwards.

For riders coming in from Bangalore, Karnataka, the preferred route traverses the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi/NCR, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Jammu & Kashmir. The service locations on this route would be Telangana – Hyderabad, Maharashtra – Nagpur, Madhya Pradesh – Gwalior & Bhopal, Uttar Pradesh – Jhansi & Agra.

The preferred route for Ladakh from Mumbai through the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi / NCR, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Jammu & Kashmir will have the following service locations – Gujarat- Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara & Ahmedabad, Rajasthan – Udaipur, Ajmer & Jaipur.

Riders can also check the comprehensive list of dealerships and service centers falling in their routes at the dealer locator section on Jawa and Yezdi’s official websites

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Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are all about hospitality, warming hearts and cultural authenticity. It’s a diverse and unique part of India which shines in its intellectual brilliance. The luxurious coffee-table book, Femina -Emerging Leaders of South recognizes and honours the talent of emerging leaders from South India, who have outdone themselves in their respective fields with their diligent hard work and exceptional managerial skills.

After a fascinating introduction to each of the above-mentioned states, the issue dives deep into the lives of these luminaries from the fields of art, business, sport, politics, health, music, film, education, etc. As one reads through awe-inspiring stories, they seek a fascinating insight into the rise to stardom along with the stellar list of achievements that these phenomenal beings have made.

The illustrious list includes the likes of Nirmala Sitharaman, the Financial Minister of India, who have made her mark in the traditional male-dominated Ministry. On the other hand, T. Natarajan is making headlines by becoming the first Indian cricketer to make his international debut across all three formats (Tests, ODIs and T20s). Not just that, he is helping local children in his village to play cricket the right way at his academy back home. While, Arundhati Nag, Keerthy Suresh and Spoorthi Vishwas are some of the stunning artists who light up our world every time they are on our screens, they have also constantly worked towards growth of the cinema world as well.

This stellar list also features achievers such as Akkai Padmashali, Deepika Govind, Jyoti Reddy, Kalpana Ramesh, Kutti Revathi, Nirupama Rao, Preetha Reddy, Sandhya Raju, Sridhar Vembu, Suchitra K. Ella, Sunitha Krishnan, Supraja Dharini, Swapna Dutt Chalasani, Ajay Padyappan Sethupathyaar, Anirudh Balaji, Arya Rajendran, Beno Zephine, Bhavani Devi, Chinmayi Sripada, Garvita Gulhati, Dr Hemamalini Lakshman, Krishna Bellani, Lithika Bhanu, Malavika Mohanan, Manisha Pramod Chordia, Merin Joseph, Nikhil Kamath, Sameer Sethi, Sneha Mohandoss, Sudha Kongara, Dr Suman Cherukuri and Varalakshmi Sarathkumar. Their achievements have set the benchmark for all Indians to be proud of.

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A 78-year-old woman suffering from a faulty mitral valve in the heart recently underwent a Non-surgical Transcatheter Mitral valve-in-valve Replacement procedure (TMVR) at Aster RV Hospital, giving her a new lease of life. Previously, two such procedures have been conducted in Karnataka, making this only the third of its kind in the state. The incidence of heart valve disease increases significantly with age affecting the longevity as well as the quality of life for elderly patients. Transcatheter valve replacement procedures have come up on the medical horizon as a boon to some of these patients who are deemed unfit for open-heart surgery.

In this instance, the patient Lalitha (name changed) had already undergone open-heart surgery for a leaking mitral valve in 2013. A prosthetic tissue valve was implanted during that operation. Over the last few years, unfortunately, the surgically implanted valve had degenerated and was leaking, leading to debilitating symptoms. By the time she consulted the doctors at Aster RV Hospital in January 2021, she had already developed symptoms of heart failure –characterized by severe shortness of breath, swelling of her feet, and difficulty in carrying out her day-to-day activities. A detailed medical examination revealed that a second open-heart surgery to change this artificial valve would be of very high risk to the frail patient due to her age and the severity of her symptoms.

The Heart Team at the Aster RV hospital comprising of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and cardiac anesthetists decided that replacing the valve non-surgically through a Transcatheter Mitral valve-in-valve procedure (TMVR) is far less risky and relatively safer. In this procedure, a new prosthetic valve is placed within the earlier failed prosthetic valve non-surgically.

“We successfully carried out a Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-valve (V-in-v) implantation of Edwards Sapien 3 valve through a small incision in the vein in the patient’s thigh. The procedure was done under short general anesthesia and the patient came out of anesthesia in the Cath lab just after the procedure. She recovered quickly, walked home after 4 days, and has recovered fully now. Trans-catheter valve procedures are available in India only in recent years and can be beneficial, particularly for older patients as it is possible to perform otherwise high-risk procedures without resorting to open-heart surgery and the results are very good,” said Dr. S. Venkatesh, Lead Consultant, Interventional Cardiology, Aster RV Hospital. “Therefore, these can be of great value in treating elderly, high-risk patients as well as those who have undergone prior heart operations,” he added. While transcatheter procedures are far more common for the aortic valve, they can also be useful for mitral valves and like in this case, previously implanted degenerated heart valves.

Incidentally, the first transcatheter Aortic valve-in-valve procedure in Karnataka state was also performed by the cardiac team at Aster RV hospital.

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Bengaluru, February 15^th, 2020: HCG – the specialist in cancer care introduces the first Digital PET CT scanner in Karnataka, for high precision diagnosis in cancer and therefore better treatment planning. Biograph VISION- 600, by Siemens is the first UDR detector with 3.2-mm LSO crystals[a] and helps in visualizing smaller lesions. It improves accuracy, performance, and reproducibility to see a whole new world of precision in PET/CT imaging. The blend of resolution and effective sensitivity assists in evaluating the impact of the treatment in prior.

Addressing the press, Dr. KG Kallur, Director – Molecular Imaging, HCG said, “In cancer care, the need of the hour is precision and accuracy and a PET CT scan is crucial for accurate diagnosis of cancer.  With the adaption of Digital PET CT, HCG will now have the advantage to report cancerous lesions or tumors more accurately and fast, eventually, plan the treatment better and achieve the desired clinical outcome for a patient. This is possible because of the enhanced imaging technique provided by VISION-600 Digital PETCT, combined with the expertise of the Molecular imaging department, focused to offer superior service to patients for early diagnosis of cancer.”

He further added, “In this unit of HCG, we do about 30 to 50 PET CT Scans in a day and the demand is surging with increased awareness on early cancer diagnosis. The waiting time of patients will reduce along with the hazardous risks of radiation for our medical technicians as the amount of isotope usage for the scan, will be reduced by 50% in Digital PET Scan.”

Dr. B.S Ajaikumar, Chairman & CEO, HCG Enterprises Ltd said, “In cancer care, early diagnosis has proven to be the key and treating it the right way the first time with proper staging results in achieving better outcomes. We at HCG, are happy to announce the introduction of Digital PET CT, which transforms diagnosis and therapy to a much higher level. We are able to achieve precision and make disease staging even at the millimeter level and deliver appropriate treatment. This is the highest technology possible globally for image diagnosis. HCG has always invested in the best of technology and expertise for our patients for improved outcomes, testified by Harvard Business Review and the World Bank. This is another milestone for us in achieving our goals towards precision medicine and outcomes on par with global standards.

“We are proud to partner with HCG, who is a renowned cancer care provider in India. With exceptional features such as the market’s fastest time-of-flight and highest effective sensitivity, Biograph Vision helps reduce scan time and injected dose, reducing patient exposure to radiation. We look forward to our journey together in transforming care delivery by setting benchmarks for precision in PET/CT imaging.” said, Mr. Vivek Kanade, Executive Director, Siemens Healthineers, India.

Advantages of Analog VS Digital PET CT

About HCG Enterprises Ltd:

Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd (HCG), headquartered out of Bangalore, is the largest provider of cancer care in India. Through its network of 24 comprehensive cancer centres spread across India, HCG has brought advanced cancer care to the doorstep of millions of people. HCG’s comprehensive cancer centres provide expertise and latest technologies in diagnosis and treatment of cancer under one roof.  HCG has pioneered introduction and adoption of several technologies in the country and is amongst the first to introduce high-intensity flattening filter free mode radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, and robotic radiosurgery, in the treatment of cancer in India.

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