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Union Minister Gehlot lauded IIT-Madras for its initiative, and also recalled the Narendra Modi government's various welfare measures for the 'divyang' Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Madras) has launched the country’s first indigenously designed standing wheelchair . The project, in collaboration with Phoenix Medical Systems, enables a differently-abled person requiring a wheelchair to shift from sitting to standing position, and vice versa, independently and in a controlled manner. The wheelchair ‘Arise’ was launched in the presence of Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot at the institute. Union Minister Gehlot lauded IIT-Madras for its initiative, and also recalled the Narendra Modi government’s various welfare measures for the ‘divyang’, including setting up five national-level sophisticated sports centres for differently-abled sportspersons in different parts of the country. According to Sashi Kumar, Managing Direct...

The team of surgeons took five-and-a-half hours to remove all the waste the cow had consumed for close to two years. Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University (TANUVAS) on Saturday removed 52 kilograms of plastic waste from a cow’s stomach, in a surgery that lasted more than five hours. The cow was brought from Thirumullaivoyal to TANUVAS in Vepery after its owner, one Munirathnam, found the animal was having problems in passing stool and urine, and had been kicking its belly in pain for some time. The cow’s milk yield had dropped significantly, though it had delivered a calf a month ago. Munirathnam first consulted a local veterinarian, and then brought the cow to TANUVAS. After running a few tests, taking an X-ray and an ultrasound scan, the doctors confirmed the presence of foreign substance inside the animal’s stomach. A team of doctors led by Dr Balasubramanian, Directorate of Clinics, Assistant professors of surgery Dr Sivashankar and Dr Velavan, along with ot...