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Time of India
01-06-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Project Pink Alert launched in Kolkata: Empowering youth for a cancer-aware future
In a significant step towards creating a cancer-aware generation, the Institute of Breast Disease, Kolkata, in collaboration with the Asian Medical Foundation, launched Project Pink Alert—a youth-focused cancer awareness initiative—at Presidency University. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The project was unveiled during a dynamic three-hour workshop held at the PCM Auditorium, engaging over 100 students from the university's Department of Mathematics. The interactive session focused on key areas, including cancer prevention, early detection, lifestyle risk factors, and debunking myths, aiming to equip young people with life-saving knowledge. This marks a new chapter for an initiative that previously reached over 1.8 lakh school students across 1,800 schools nationwide. With its latest expansion, Project Pink Alert seeks to engage college and university students as cancer awareness ambassadors within their communities. 'India's biggest challenge is not the lack of treatment facilities, but the late detection of cancer,' said Dr. Soumen Das, Director of the Institute of Breast Disease. 'With Project Pink Alert, we are planting the seed of awareness among today's youth, so they become informed, proactive, and responsible citizens.' India faces a mounting cancer burden, with one in every 22 women at lifetime risk for breast cancer. Over 70% of cancers in India are detected at advanced stages (Stage III or IV), significantly reducing treatment success rates. Project Pink Alert aims to change this narrative by promoting timely detection and reducing avoidable deaths. The launch event featured engaging talks by key medical professionals, including Dr. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Kanad Basu (project lead), Dr. Tanmoy K. Mandal, Dr. Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, and Dr. Anowar Ali Mallick. A vibrant Q&A session followed, during which students asked thoughtful questions about genetics, symptoms, and societal stigmas. The team extended their gratitude to Professor Avishek Adhikari and the Presidency University faculty for their support, as well as to Sanjoy Chatterjee, Chairman of the NASSCOM Regional Council, for his continued encouragement. Following its successful kickoff, Project Pink Alert is poised to expand across colleges and universities in multiple states, with an ambitious goal to reach 1 million students in the next two years.
Reuters
14-02-2025
- Business
- Reuters
UK's Segro plans data centre strategy shift as AI booms
Feb 14 (Reuters) - Segro (SGRO.L), opens new tab, which has historically offered data centres equipped only with power connections, plans to develop full-fledged facilities to directly serve major cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab, and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google in a bid to shore up rental income. The largest-listed European property company is looking to capitalise the surge in demand for data centres, a trend fuelled by the growing reliance on AI systems, which require specialised infrastructure like high capacity power supply and advanced cooling systems. Typically, Segro leases out data centres to firms that add infrastructure such as chillers, generators, and dividing walls before sub-leasing to tech companies, which then add their own technology. Under the new strategy, the London-based company will lease data centres fitted with required infrastructure directly to end users. "A 'powered shell' might cost 50 million pounds ($62.9 million) to build, whereas a 'fully fitted' data centre could require around 500 million pounds. However, rental income could jump from 5 million pounds to 50 million pounds," Segro CFO Soumen Das told Reuters. Segro currently earns about 650 million pounds in annual rent from its broader portfolio, and Das added that a single fully fitted data centre would have a noticeable impact on overall revenue. The group, which mainly owns big box and urban warehouses among other assets, has 34 'powered shells', all in London and Slough, accounting for 8% of its overall portfolio. The London- and Paris-listed firm said it is planning for its new data centres to also incorporate 'fully fitted' facilities, but did not provide additional details or a timeline. However the new strategy comes with a trade-off, with Das saying fully fitted spaces would depreciate faster than the 'powered shells', potentially impacting long-term performance. ($1 = 0.7948 pounds)
