FICCI FLO Chenani Celebrates World Handloom Day with a

 FICCI FLO CHENNAI CELEBRATES WORLD HANDLOOM DAY WITH A WORKSHOP
ON WEAVING, SPINNING AT SHUTTLES & NEEDLES

 

FICCI FLO Chennai in association with Shuttles & Needles in Adyar celebrated World Handloom Day. Shuttles & Needles studio provides experience and support for everyone to enjoy the meditative & joyful aspects of textile crafts like hand weaving, hand spinning & felting. 

The on-ground event was held with 10 members from the association along with speaker Naresh Ramasubramanian, CSE of Shuttles & Needles. Naresh,  textile technocrat and Kalyani Pramod, NID designer and textile artist, held a workshop which provided hands-on experience for the members to experience spinning, weaving and felting by themselves. 

 

Anyone with interest in arts & crafts, enjoys working with hands, experimenting with colours & textures, curious minds, people who love mathematical patterns, bitten by creativity bugs, knitters, crocheters, designers, artists & slow fashion enthusiasts found something interesting at Shuttles & Needles.

FICCI FLO established in 1983, is an all Indian Organisation for women and promotes entrepreneurs and professional excellence among women.

This December, IndiGo marks 1500 daily departures

This December, IndiGo marks 1500 daily departures

The airline aims to promote international trade, tourism and economic growth by increasing mobility through its extensive network

 

 In line with its expansion strategy, IndiGo - India’s leading airline - has achieved the milestone of 1500 daily departures across its network of 83 domestic and international destinations. IndiGo expanded its operations to 11 domestic and 8 international new destinations inclusive of multiple exclusive and virgin routes, increasing its portfolio by 22 percent, between January to December 2019.

 

Stations launched in 2019
1.       Jeddha 2.       Shillong 3.       Gaya 4.       Jodhpur 5.       Belgaum 6.       Chengdu 7.       Yangon 8.       Silchar 9.       Hanoi 10.   Riyadh 11.   Ho Chi Minh City 12.   Guangzhou 13.   Shirdi 14.   Mysore

The airline was the first Indian carrier to connect India to Istanbul in Turkey, Chengdu in China and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam while foraying into countries like Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) and Myanmar (Yangon). IndiGo further enhanced point to point connectivity through the length and breadth of the country by announcing multiple domestic connections. Kannur was connected to Bengaluru, Kochi, Goa, Hubli, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram; Kolhapur was connected to Hyderabad and Tirupati; and Bhopal was connected to four metro cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, amongst other destinations.

 

IndiGo’s expansion in domestic and international skies has enabled Indian travellers to not only travel affordably within India, but also to new exotic destinations like Vietnam, Myanmar and China. The airline established a robust network connecting the Buddhist circuit in India with key Buddhist communities in China, Vietnam and Myanmar, creating a South Asian Buddhist circuit with Kolkata as the gateway city. These new flights will enhance point-to-point connectivity as well as growth of domestic, inbound and outbound air traffic, promoting economic growth and social cohesion. 

 

Speaking on the subject, Mr. Ronojoy Dutta, CEO, IndiGo said, “We are very pleased to be the first Indian airline to touch 1500 daily departures, with one flight taking off every minute. The simple philosophy of offering low fares and on-time, courteous, hassle-free service has been the foundation of IndiGo’s growth and unparalleled network in India. Flying over 2,50,000 customers every day, we are on a mission to promote trade, tourism and economic growth by increasing mobility and accessibility across the length and breadth of the country”.

 

Mr. Dutta further added, “2019 has been an eventful year with many new partnerships, orders and milestones. We are optimistic about 2020, and our endeavour will be to build focus cities and traffic corridors that connect India to the world”.

 

The year witnessed many more historic moments including IndiGo’s entry into Europe through a direct connection to Istanbul and the codeshare with Turkish Airlines, another codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways, mega orders of 280 CFM engines and 300 Airbus aircraft to fuel the airline’s growth in the 2020s, joining IATA as a member, receipt of the first A321neo, celebrating IndiGo’s 13th anniversary and introduction of new in-flight services to enrich customer experience.

India’s First Minimally Invasive – Robotic Hybrid Revascularisation

India’s First Minimally Invasive – Robotic Hybrid Revascularisation Performed at Apollo Hospitals Chennai

 Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s largest and most trusted multi-specialty chain of hospitals became the first centre in India to perform minimally invasive- Robotic Hybrid Revascularization surgery to treat blocks in two major blood vessels to improve blood flow to the heart. The cutting-edge procedure gave a new lease of life to a 63 year old female patient from Chennai.

Robotic Minimally Invasive Hybrid Revascularisation is a procedure that combines minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) and angiography stenting procedure with Robotic assistance to achieve precision while treating patients with multi vessel coronary artery disease.

 Mrs. J. Malliga, 63 year old lady from Ambattur (Chennai) was brought to Apollo Hospitals Chennai on 18^thFebruary,2018 with worsening chest pain that was persistent over 6 months. It was identified that she had blocks in two of the major blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. Patients with such severe blockage are mostly treated with a conventional Bypass surgery (by splitting the central chest bone) which is an intense procedure that needs a longer recovery time post-surgery which is over three to four months.

Dr. M M. Yusuf - Cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Apollo Hospitals and his team decided to use a minimally invasive technique rather than the traditional approach on the patient. This minimally invasive-Hybrid Revascularisation procedure with Robotic assistance allows the surgeon to work on a beating heart through a small chest incision (small tracheotomy) without having to split the chest bone.

Dr. Yusuf Shares About Robotic Hybrid vascularisation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRKSG9nsJrc


Dr. Yusuf explain about the India’s First Minimally Invasive Robotic Hybrid Revascularisation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tNg8GJknQs&t=58s

Dr. M M. Yusuf and team performed this procedure with a unique two stage approach using Robotic assistance. Two of the three major blood vessel of the patient was severely blocked reducing the heart function completely. She also had blocks in other vessels, which could be treated either with surgery or angiography stent insertion. As the patient was a not convinced with a conventional bypass, Dr Yusuf performed the Minimally Invasive CABG using a robot under the guidance of Dr Frank Vanpraet, Director of Robotic and Minimally Invasive cardiac surgery, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium. This procedure helped quick recovery and major morbidity.

 Dr Frank Vanpraet Spotted at Invasive Cardiac Surgery | Apollo Hospitals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT6Se1Jhd8I&t=9s

Describing the procedure Dr. M M. Yusuf - Cardiothoracic surgeon specialising in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Apollo Hospitals said, “In the thoracotomy -beating heart approach, the surgeon can perform the operation through a tiny incision under the left nipple (four or five centimetres wide) while the heart continues to beat. This technique lowers the risk of complications that arises if a conventional bypass method is used. The patients have reduced pain and less need for postoperative pain medication, smaller scars, a shorter stay in the hospital and a faster recovery.”

He added, “As a stage two approach the patient underwent Angiography and Drug Eluting Stent insertion to the remaining blockages in the coronary artery under specialised Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance. This was performed by Dr.Damodharan, Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. The patient had excellent results in the check angiography after stent insertion and surgery. This patient was very cooperative and recovered in 48 hours and was discharged.”

Dr. Dhamodiran Cardiologist Spotted at Robotic Hybrid Revascularisation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R6S_negvpI

Robotic assisted CABG is the least invasive method of minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Blood loss, pain are negligible and it reduces hospital stay with extremely quick recovery. This procedure would be suitable to treat many patients with multi-vessel vessel coronary artery disease. Patients can return back to full normal activity with 2 weeks.

Dr. Mohammad Yusuf and team had earlier in March 2018 performed India’s first Minimally Invasive Hybrid Revascularisation procedure (without Robotic assistance) on a 53 year old man saving him from a triple vessel blocks