Rs 51,000 announced for Pooja Dahiya
Chandigarh: Haryana Women and Child Development Minister, Kavita Jain announced to give Rs 51,000 out of her discretionary funds to Pooja Dahiya of village Silana in district Sonepat, as she has done the country proud at global level in Satellite, Glider launch competition. Pooja was a member of the Indian team which stood first in Satellite, Glider launch competition held in Texas in the USA recently. As many as 40 countries had participated in this competition. Jain said, “Her success has proved that if we provide congenial atmosphere to our daughters they can prove themselves at any level. She has done the nation proud”. The success stories of our daughters are only strengthening our campaign Beti Bachao, Bati Padhao, she added.
City to host Miss Diva-Miss Universe India 2017 auditions
Chandigarh: Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva – Miss Universe India 2017 has launched its new season which would be telecast on Colours Infinity. While the auditions for the title are starting across the country on August 5, Chandigarh will have its auditions on August 26. The winner will represent the country at the coveted pageant Miss Universe. lara Dutta, along with an elite fashionable set of panelists and judges will chronicle the journey of the finalists from across the country and judge them on various tasks. Only those girls will be eligible for auditions who are between 18 to 28 years in age and are 5 feet 5 inches tall. The applications can be sent through the website www.missdiva.com.
NSDl’s NDMl for storage of educational certificates
Chandigarh: National Academic Depository (NAD) is an initiative undertaken by MHRD for digital issuance, storage and access of all academic certificates issued by academic institutions in the country, will be implemented through NSDl Database Management limited (NDMl), a wholly owned subsidiary of NSDl which is the largest depository of India. Under NAD, every student will have a digital account to which all certificates issued by various academic institutions will be credited in digital format. Students will be identified uniquely by their Aadhaar number.
Seminar held for IAS aspirants
Chandigarh: Founder & Chairperson of Chanakya Academy Group, A K Mishra, fondly known as ‘Success Guru’, along-with two of the Academy's toppers - Anmol Sher Singh Bedi (All India Rank 2) and Saumya Pandey (All India Rank 4) held a seminar for the aspiring Civil Services Exam students at Academy’s Chandigarh branch located in Sector 8 here. Both Anmol and Saumya had cleared the prestigious and highly competitive examination in their very first attempt. “We have a lot of faith in the intellectual capability of students in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Therefore, we are trying to do tie-ups with prime institutions in these regions,” said Mishra.
Set Wet Mr Beard Hunt in Punjab
Chandigarh: Music channel 9X Tashan has partnered with Set Wet Beard Products to launch a unique hunt across Punjab, titled Set Wet Mr. Beard Hunt. This Hunt for a stylish man with a perfectly styled beard will take place across colleges in Chandigarh, Amritsar, ludhiana, Patiala & Jalandhar. The first leg of the Set Wet Mr. Beard Hunt is being held in Chandigarh across three colleges. The Hunt will be held at Chandigarh Group of Universities on August 7 and followed by Patiala. The Hunt will be held in Patiala across two colleges including at Chitkara University on July 24 and at Thapar University on July 25.
CEAT introduces new lCV radial sizes
ludhiana: Considering the growing trend of radial tyre usage in lCVs, CEAT limited has launched new sizes under its lCV radial tyres’ platform – ‘Milaze’. These tyres will be suitable for goods and passenger carriers, and will be introduced in major markets across the country. These tyres have special tread design and compound, leading to reduced heat build-up. Nitish Bajaj, vice president marketing, CEAT Tyres limited, commented, “Radial tyres provide necessary advantages of better vehicle control, longer life and lower fuel consumption. It has always been our constant endeavor to manufacture tyres with great benefits.”
Women need to know their rights: Mayor Asha Jaswal
Chandigarh: Women must understand their rights, but they should also get the much-deserved respect in the society, so that they do not have to time and again advocate for their rights, said Mayor Asha Jaswal while speaking at the 3rd Women Convention of Andhra Bank Employees Union, Northern Region, at Sip & Dine, Sector 7 here. The convention, attended by over 200 women from Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh, was an initiative of the union aimed at discussing issues related to empowering the women bank employees to take up the leadership roles because 40 percent of women are employed in the banking sector.
Doctor from Fortis Hospital trains SA doctor
Chandigarh: In a major display of clinical excellence, Dr Rakesh K Jaswal, Director, Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Mohali has successfully trained a doctor from South Africa in challenging Transradial intervention technique in the entire northern India. Dr Jameel Moosa from South Africa received this training at Fortis Hospital, Mohali. The challenging Transradial Intervention approach (TRA) is the recommended technique for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute coronary syndrome as per European Society of Cardiology guidelines. Empirical evidence has proven that it has better ability to reduce bleeding and mortality when TRA is used.