‘Stay demolition outside lal Dora in Kaimbwala
Chandigarh: Pawan Kumar Bansal, ex- MP and former Union Minister has appealed to the UT Administration to stay proposed demolition on Monday outside lal Dora in Kaimbwala. He visited the village and met the residents there. In a message sent through WhatsApp to the UT Adviser and Deputy Commissioner, Bansal has expressed concern over proposed demolition. He has also sent the copy of public notice issued earlier by DC regarding construction in the catchment area of Sukhna lake. Bansal said, the notice specifically refers to the order of Supreme Court which reads, “No one shall carry out and the authorities shall not permit any construction in the catchment area falling in Punjab, Haryana & UT after May 21, 2012.” It further states respondents shall not demolish any construction made before the said date.
50 attend free hernia camp at Zirakpur
Zirakpur: As many as 50 patients attended a free hernia camp at Alchemist Wellness Centre, Zirakpur. In camp, free consultation was provided to the patients by Dr RK Batra and Dr Harsh Garg, both senior consultants- general surgery. Dr Batra said that hernia is very common problem. Hernia means bulge or protrusion of intestine from any normal opening in abdomen i.e umbilicus, inguinal or abdominal opening like surgery scar, cesarean etc, said he. Dr Garg said that hernia is generally associated with heavy weight lifting, smoking. It shows as a large or swelling on the abdominal wall which generally reduces by itself.
World AIDS day observed
Chandigarh: World AIDS Day was observed by the Department of Community Medicine PGIMER at Health sub-centre in lalpur village, Ambala in Haryana. The participants comprised of Multipurpose Health workers, ASHA workers and the community members in the area of sub-Centre lalpur. These are the key health personnel involved in the prevention and control of diseases and routine healthcare service delivery at the community level. The participants were apprized regarding the modes of transmission of AIDS. This was followed by a detailed description of the causes, symptoms, prevention and control of HIV/AIDS.
KTM organises stunt show in Bhatinda
Bhatinda: KTM, the European Racing legend, conducted breath-taking KTM stunt show in Bhatinda. The stunt-show was organized in order to showcase the mind-blowing stunt rides and tricks from the professional stunt riders. The show was held in Chawla Market in which professional stunt team demonstrated breath-taking stunts on the KTM Duke bikes.
Amit Nandi, president- Probiking, Bajaj Auto ltd, “The KTM brand is known for its high performance racing bikes and we always want our customers to experience the thrills and adventure which KTM bike can provide. Professional stunts are being conducted in every major city and will keep on growing in scale in the near future.”
JGU enters global rankings
Chandigarh: OP Jindal Global University (JGU) has been ranked among the top 10 private institutions in India by QS University Rankings: BRICS 2018 edition. JGU became the youngest Indian University and also the first and only private university in Haryana to have been ranked in an international ranking. JGU is placed in the 251-300 rank out of 9,000 universities in the BRICS region (covering five countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), placing it in the top 2.8% of the universities in the region.
NHA presents solutions of stubble burning
Chandigarh: To tackle the problem of stubble burning, New Holland Agriculture- an agriculture machinery company has collaborated with the Department of Agriculture, Punjab for Straw Management project in Kallar Majri village of Patiala. New Holland Agriculture is offering a complete range of equipments for straw management which also helps play a significant role in collection of biomass for biomass based power generation by paddy straw & other crop-residues and cogeneration from cane trash in sugar mills. The baler being provided by New Holland Agriculture can help produce electricity for 950 rural homes for one year in one paddy season.
PUCA thanks punjabi university
Mohali: Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA) thanked Punjabi University, Patiala for inviting its affiliated Colleges and listening to the problems being faced by the unaided colleges of Punjab. The meeting was addressed by Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, Prof BS Ghuman. Dean, Kulbir Singh Dhillon, additional Dean Rajinder Singh Brar and chairmen / managing directors of over 250 colleges were also present during the meeting. Anshu Kataria, president PUCA said that students face lot of difficulty in semester examination system so the University should introduce integrated campus concept wherein students should be able to study different streams like Education, Agriculture, law, Arts, Commerce etc under one umbrella having common infrastructure, land, building etc.
Atharva Foundation to honour Indian Army
Chandigarh: Atharva Foundation has announced the launch of event “One for all, all for one ”, which is a tribute and salute to Indian Army. The event which has been envisaged and conceptualized by Sunil Rane, chairman of Atharva Foundation will be held on January 31 at NSCI, Worli. Over 25000 people will attend the program along with 5000 families of soldiers.
Atharva works at the grass-root level in India to bring about a positive change in the lives of the less fortunate people of India.
Max life records embedded value of Rs 6,946 cr
Chandigarh: Max life Insurance recorded embedded value of Rs 6,946 crore as on September 30 with a return of embedded value (RoEV) of 17%. Individual adjusted new premium went up to Rs 1,112 crore, recording a growth of 19% in H1 FY18 i.e. first half of financial year 2017-18 over H1 FY17. Rajesh Sud, executive vice chairman & managing director, Max life Insurance said, “The mid-year performance of the company is a testimony to our efforts to continue on the path of sustainable profitable growth.”