Train youth to meet need of industries: Guv
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana Governor, Kaptan Singh Solanki on Wednesday said that the Central and State Governments are encouraging Engineering Institutions to take the initiative on reform through Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP). Speaking in a symposium on Industry-Institution-Interaction organized by CII, he said that aim of these initiatives was to raise the quality of education, enhance the qualifications of faculty, increase and enhance research outputs and most significantly to improve educational standards and the employability of students who pass out of these institutes. Emphasising on bridging the increasing gap between industry and the Engineering institution, he said that need of the hour was to train youth to meet the needs of industries.
Haryana launches website
Chandigarh: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has launched the website www.hmscl.org.in of Haryana Medical Services. The site would have the facility of e-Tendering and provide information about various projects and schemes of the corporation.
It would have research papers, list of important medicines, rate contract, black list of firms and detailed information of important documents of various companies.
The information related to quantity of medicines stocked in godowns and their expiry date would also be available on the website. Haryana Medical Services Corporation makes procurements for various departments related to health sector. Now, the stock would be procured online and in a transparent manner. Primary Health Centers would also be linked to this website.
Krishan Ayush varsity to be set up in Haryana
Chandigarh: Krishan Ayush University would soon be set up in Haryana to overcome the shortage of doctors of various disciplines of Ayush including Ayurveda, Homeopathic, Unani and Sidha. Homeopathic doctors employed in Haryana would be provided with modern software along with laptop, which would facilitate them in the treatment of patients, said Health Minister Anil Vij.
He said that Homeopathic Council would soon be expanded to promote homeopathic system of medicine in a big way in the state. The chairman of the Council and its three members would be nominated and the post of Registrar of the Council and other posts would soon be filled up. The Government would also consider to constitute an Advisory Committee of specialists for the promotion of homoeopathic system of medicine, said he.
MlA promises gift to Panchkula on his birthday
Panchkula: Gian Chand Gupta, MlA Panchkula on Wednesday said that he will keep working for the development of his constituency. On the occasion of his birthday, hundreds of his supporters and well-wishers including Cabinet Minister OP Dhankar came to meet him. Gupta said, “I would like to thank the people of Panchkula for their support in all these years, adding that while lot of development works have been taken up, many others are in the pipeline as announced by Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar.
The MlA went to Mansa Devi in the morning to pay his obeisance where a havan was organised and a cake was cut on the occasion. later, he visited the Blind School in Sector 26 where he distributed food to the inmates.
Haryana to set up Kaushal Kunj
Chandigarh: Haryana Government will set up Swarn Jayanti Nari Aashraya Avam Kaushal Kunj in Faridabad at a cost of about Rs6.65 crore. While over Rs4.40 crore would be spent on the setting up of Nari Aashray, over Rs2.24 crore would be spent on establishing Kaushal Kunj. The Nari Aashraya would be for 50 inmates. A skill training centre would be set up in Kaushal Kunj to provide skill training in various crafts and trades to the girls and women for making them self reliant and employable. Arrangements would be made for imparting training to short stay inmates and other city or village girls of Haryana. Apart from this, day care services would be provided to the children of the inmates who would attend skill training.
DlSA to hold workshop for the juveniles
Chandigarh: The District legal Services Authority in association with Art of living foundation will organize a workshop for the juveniles pertaining to youth empowerment and skills under the guidance of Balbir Singh, District and Sessions Judge cum Chairman DlSA on May 26 at the Observation Home, Sector-25 here. Amarinder Sharma, Secretary, DlSA said, “It will be 4-day workshop and would be conducted from 3pm to 6 pm with the objective of all round development and empowerment of the juveniles.”
NTSE orientation workshop at BCM
ludhiana: With an objective to inform and educate school students about the importance of National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), an orientation workshop was organized at BCM School Shastri Nagar here. It was attended by over 350 students and teachers of the school. Three workshop sessions were addressed by academic experts of STEPS, the schools program of Top Careers & You, city-based Ed-tech Company. During the workshop, the students were made aware of the advantages of taking this elite school-level examination and how they can better manage their academics with STEPS’ coaching and TCY-K12 mobile App.
India’s 1st Aadhaar based ATM launched in Punjab
Chandigarh: DCB Bank on Wednesday launched a new technology - India’s first Aadhaar based ATM in Punjab that accepts the customer’s Aadhaar number and fingerprint impression for transactions. The ATM is also enabled for ATM cum Debit Card & PIN transaction. The launch coincides with the inauguration of branches at Jalandhar, Malerkotla, and Nawanshahr. DCB Bank Managing Director & CEO, Murali M. Natrajan said, “We are delighted to launch India’s first Aadhaar-based ATM in Punjab. Punjab is an important region for the Bank and the new branches are a testimony of our commitment to Punjab. We look forward to serve a large cross-section of customers with empathy and courtesy, high quality service and speed that respects the customer’s time.”
Aadhar Housing Forays into Punjab & Haryana
Chandigarh: Aadhar Housing Finance limited (Aadhar) on Wednesday announced its foray into Punjab and Haryana with the launch of its 11 branches at Chandigarh, ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Bathinda, Panipat, Hisar, Faridabad, Patiala, Ambala and Rohtak. Aadhar provides housing finance to lower income consumer segments for Both Salaried and Self-employed individuals with monthly incomes ranging between Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 50,000. Deo Shankar Tripathi, CEO, said, “Aadhar’s foray into Punjab and Haryana is an important milestone in our quest to expand our footprint and reinforce our dedication and commitment to empowering the EWS and lIG segments to own a home of their own.”