CMGGA receives good response
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates (CMGGAs) has received tremendous response as applications have been received from 25 states and union territories in the country. A 2-week orientation programme would be conducted from July 1,2016 under the CMGGA programme. Many of the applicants have graduated from 15 different foreign Universities and Institutes like london Business School and london School of Economics, Oxford University, University of liverpool, University of Michigan and Duke University. About 50 applicants are from 10 premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) while about 20 applicants are from 15 premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Also, about 100 applicants are from top ranking universities and institutes, both public and private. 25 per cent of the applicants are female.
Kings XI Punjab to play at Dharamshala
Chandigarh: Kings XI Punjab has chosen Dharamshala as their second home-ground and will be playing three home games in the city. The franchise’s statement on Thursday stated, “We are happy to announce that Kings XI Punjab will be playing our 3 home games in Dharamshala. We are grateful and thankful to Anurag Thakur and the HPCA for their support in helping us make this transition seamless at such short notice.”
Minister warns erring schools
Chandigarh: While taking a serious note of commercialization of education by some schools, Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said that strict action would be taken against such schools. The Minister, who was in Panipat, said that it had been brought to his notice that some schools were selling books, stationery and uniforms to the students within their premises. He said that a probe would be conducted into this matter. He said that a high-level meeting of the Department has been convened on Friday in which significant decisions would be taken.
accelerate pace of lifting wheat: Kamboj
Chandigarh: Haryana Food and Supplies Minister Karan Dev Kamboj said that all agencies have been ordered to accelerate the pace of lifting of wheat from the mandis and no laxity would be tolerated. The Minister who was on a visit to Anaj Mandi in Panipat also ordered to lift the wheat lying in the Anaj Mandi, Panipat within next 48 hours. In case of slackness in this regard, the contracts of the contractors concerned would be cancelled, he added. The Minister also issued orders to District Food and Supplies Controller (DFSC), Manjula Dahiya, to give half-kilogram of ‘gur’ to each ‘palledaar’ working in the Anaj Mandi. He said that arrangement should also be made for water and electricity in the mandi.
CNE conducted at PGIMER
Chandigarh: A Continuous Nursing Education (CNE) was conducted at PGIMER on Thursday by the M.Sc. Nursing students, specialty of Medical Surgical Nursing on the topic of Organ Donation – “Be Alive after Death”. The chief guest of the event was Dr R K Dhiman, Organ Donation Coordinator, Professor of Hepatology, PGIMER, who emphasized on the importance of awareness among masses regarding organ donation. With great efforts, organ donations have seen an increase in the past years as PGIMER received 27 organ donations in 2015. Dr Dhiman motivated the students about pledging organ donations and creating awareness among all the people they meet at home or at the hospital.
Financial market mgmt course for class IX, X
Chandigarh: In order to pursue career opportunities for students in the financial sector, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) partnered with National Stock Exchange (NSE) to introduce Financial Market Management (FMM) course for students of Class IX and X in the current (2016-17) academic session. The country’s premier exchange NSE signed an MOU with CBSE earlier for promoting financial market related education among the youngsters through schools linked to CBSE. The training of the school teachers to teach the subject from Class 9 to 12 started from this month. It is expected that around 150 teachers will get trained in the initial round. The FMM course covers 200 hours of teaching which includes theory and practical classes.
AskMe Grocery joins Kings XI Punjab for IPl
Chandigarh: AskMe Grocery, the hyper local grocery delivery arm of the AskMe Group has partnered with Kings XI Punjab as an official sponsor for the ongoing 9th edition of Indian Premier league. Through its digital space, AskMe Grocery has been constantly cheering for the team, and has helped the KXIP trend on social media among the team’s fans.
Monkey Shoulder brings Bartender Championship
Chandigarh: Monkey Shoulder has brought the ‘Ultimate Bartender Championship’ - an innovative international competition that refocuses the art of bartending by challenging competitors to demonstrate their knowledge and service rather than just their flare. 10 bartenders from popular outlets in Chandigarh went through different rounds that tested their technique, insight, speed and skill behind the brand competency in all aspects of what it takes to be a top bartender. These bartenders were further shortlisted for Chandigarh City Final round held at Tamzara. The contestants went through challenging rounds to select the top two bartenders from the city for the national finale in Delhi on April 28.
patient undergoes Hip replacement surgery
Derabassi: The newly-opened Indus International Hospital in Dera Bassi is fast emerging as a favorite destination for patients from Africa and Middle East for knee and hip replacement surgeries. The state of the art hospital is functional for last 3 months. Robert Riggs flew all the way from Botswana for his revision hip replacement. He had his primary hip replacement in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1991 and was suffering from pain and limping since last 3-4 years. “Such complex surgeries require lot of planning and meticulous execution as patients don't have another chance if even a small error occurs,” said Dr Vineet Sharma, Joint Replacement Specialist at Indus Healthcare.
Doctors meet to digitize primary health care
Chandigarh: A collaborative workshop titled ‘Collaborative Workshop in Patient Centric Systems for primary health care: development, implementation, research and education, is being organized jointly by School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh and University of Oslo, Norway and Center of connected care, Norway from April 20-22. Vini Mahajan, Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), Punjab, while inaugurating the workshop said, it is important to draw on the experiences of developed countries which attempted to establish digitized health records and hospital information systems much earlier than India to avoid pitfalls and establish robust systems which serve their purpose well and also withstand future challenges.
Specialisation in Military law
Chandigarh: lt General K.J. Singh, GOC-in-C Western Command on Wednesday said that a Chair for specialisation in Military law will be set up at Army Institute of law, Mohali under the supervision of legal luminaries. In his presidential address at the annual function of the Institute, General Singh said that during youth the spark of rebellion is unfailingly there in the youths, which left unbridled can turn out to be catastrophic, while harnessed in a proper way it can work wonders. He underlined the need to remove the disconnect evolved over the passage of time between Bharat and India. So he advised the fledgling lawyers to spend their quality time in career building only. He gave away cash prizes and trophies to the students who got laurels in the field of academics, sports and other co-curricular activities. Vice Chancellor Rajiv Gandhi National law University P.S.Jaiswal also shared the felicitation ceremony with the chief guest.