Duathlon flagged off in Chennai to raise awareness, funds for paediatric cancers
The Hindu
Apollo Cancer Centre and Neville Endeavours Foundation organised the duathlon, which saw participation from several members of FLO, the women’s wing of FICCI
Several members of FLO, the women’s wing of FICCI, participated in a duathlon organised along with Apollo Cancer Centre in Chennai on Saturday, to raise awareness and funds for the treatment of paediatric cancers.
Apollo Dawn to Dusk (D2D) Duathlon 2021, was flagged off by Harshad Reddy, Director, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre and Neville J. Bilimoria, Founder of D2D Marathon, Neville Endeavours Foundation.
Besides raising awareness around paediatric cancers, Apollo’s D2D Duathlon also promotes the need for a healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of cancers. Funds raised through the duathlon would be contributed towards the treatment of young cancer patients.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.