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Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is a prevalent malignancy that causes considerable health problems in India. Although clinicopathological investigations of GC assist to create baseline data and guide future health care policies and treatment, there is little literature on the subject, especially in this geographical area. In this research, we aimed to examine the clinicopathological characteristics of stomach cancer in order to diagnose it early and reduce morbidity and death. Materials and Methods: In this hospital-based retrospective analysis, clinicopathological data were gathered from hospital records of GC patients who had subtotal or complete gastrectomy between 2018 and 2020. Results: A total of 279 cases of gastric cancer were included, with a male-female ratio of 2.4:1. The study population had a mean age of 54.47±12.2 years, ranging from 18 to 82 years. The incidence of stomach cancer was greatest in the antrum. Adenocarcinoma was the most common histological subtype. Most of our patients manifested at an advanced stage locally. Conclusion: This research demonstrates that the incidence of stomach cancer increases between the fourth and sixth decades. Males are particularly affected. The most common symptom is stomach discomfort, which is often nonspecific and hence ignored. Most individuals had advanced illness. Raising public awareness may help us discover the illness sooner and create more effective treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ranidhan is a popular late-maturing rice variety of Odisha state, India. The farmers of the state suffer heavy loss in years with flash floods as the variety is sensitive to submergence. Bacterial blight (BB) disease is a major yield-limiting factor, and the variety is susceptible to the disease. BB resistance genes Xa21, xa13, and xa5, along with the Sub1 QTL, for submergence stress tolerance were transferred into the variety using marker-assisted backcross breeding approach. Foreground selection using direct and closely linked markers detected the progenies carrying all four target genes in the BC1F1, BC2F1, and BC3F1 generations, and the positive progenies carrying these genes with maximum similarity to the recipient parent, Ranidhan, were backcrossed into each segregating generation. Foreground selection in the BC1F1 generation progenies detected all target genes in 11 progenies. The progeny carrying all target genes and similar to the recipient parent in terms of phenotype was backcrossed, and a total of 321 BC2F1 seeds were produced. Ten progenies carried all target genes/QTL in the BC2F1 generation. Screening of the BC3F1 progenies using markers detected 12 plants carrying the target genes. A total of 1270 BC3F2 seeds were obtained from the best BC3F1 progeny. Foreground selection in the BC3F2 progenies detected four plants carrying the target genes in the homozygous condition. The bioassay of the pyramided lines conferred very high levels of resistance to the predominant isolates of bacterial blight pathogen. These BB pyramided lines were submergence-tolerant and similar to Ranidhan in 13 agro-morphologic and grain quality traits; hence, they are likely to be adopted by farmers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tribes have their own culture, socioeconomic traditions and governance system. Unless we respect and connect the content and curriculum with their culture, languages, social and political practices, mainstreaming the tribes through education would continue to be a difficult task. A study conducted on low literacy, dropout rate among the tribal population and identification of factors that determined the hindrance of the children education indicated that parents, land holding and occupation, Socio-cultural influences, linguistic hurdles, less awareness of parents' towards education is main cause of low enrollment of children in schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]