Haryana Edu Minister addresses seminar
Chandigarh: Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said, the State Government will initiate a new revolution in the field of higher education in the state so that the young people could get moral values along with modern education.
live transmission of coronary angioplasty
Chandigarh: Continuing with its legacy of providing the world with best in class medical education, PGIMER successfully delivered one live transmission of a complex coronary angioplasty case amongst a group of eminent scholars, who were attending a reputed interventional cardiology conference held at Orlando, USA. This was the 15th annual conference of Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics (C3) summit held at Orlando, USA.
Voyagers' Programme initiated by PEC
Chandigarh: The Punjab Engineering College has begun Voyagers’ Programme under which 1st and 2nd year students (selected by a process) will be allowed to travel around India on a shoestring budget during the summer. The students will be sent in a small group of 3 students to discover and learn about the country. The first group of three students from PEC successfully completed this journey, travelling north-east, South, West part of the country.
250 gram heroin seized, four arrested
Chandigarh: Crime Investigation Agency of Haryana Police, in separate cases, has arrested four persons after a total of 250 grams of heroin was seized from their possession in district Sirsa. Market value of seized drug is around Rs 25 lakh. In another case, CIA sleuths has arrested Sonu, a resident of Ther Mohalla from Bhadra Bazar area on the charges of possessing 20 gram heroin.
Hartek Solar installs 10-kWp solar plant
Kharar: Catering to the day-to-day requirements of more than 100 orphaned and homeless girls, Hartek Solar Pvt Ltd, the rooftop solar division of the Mohali-based Hartek Group, has installed a 10-kWp rooftop solar plant at the Jyoti Sarup Kanya Asra Society-run shelter home in Kharar. The project will enable the orphanage, which operates out of a 2,500 sq yard building, to reduce its electricity expenses by 30 per cent and provide succour from power cuts.
Sharda University's '#WaterForLife' Campaign
Chandigarh: Sharda University has launched '#WaterForLife' Campaign to raise awareness around water scarcity, a looming crisis in India and the way it is affecting people across India. Philem Rohan Singh has reached Chandigarh and interacted with local people of Daria village and examined the water related problems they encounter on day to day basis. The journey was flagged off from Srinagar on June 14. The team along with Rohan has covered around 1,196 Kms till now and journey will culminate at Kanyakumari.