Blood donation camp organized
Chandigarh: On the 7th day of the week long awareness campaign, ROTTO (north) PGIMER reached out to religious gatherings to promote the noble cause of organ donation and organised an awareness cum pledging camp on organ donation alongside the voluntary blood donation camp in collaboration with Sant Nirankari Mandal at Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan, Sector 15 here. Graced by Parminder Rai, Ex DGP Haryana as chief guest, the camp witnessed huge response with 314 donating blood and 102 pledging for organ donation. The counsellors of ROTTO (north) PGIMER interacting with the devotees shared that the queries pertained to the cost of transplantation, causes of organ failure, hospitals with retrieval and transplantation facilities and general myths and misconceptions about the cause.
Elante’s sale offers assured prizes to shoppers
Chandigarh: Elante Mall has rolled out a shopping extravaganza ‘Asli Happyness Wala Sale’ which will offer assured attractive prizes to all its shoppers. The sale by Elante would conclude on August 15. The mall began this sale bonanza to reward their valuable shoppers for shopping with them by giving away assured vouchers on shopping of Rs 2,500 or above. Apart from assured vouchers from several brands, Elante has been giving away special prizes like stay at Hotel Hyatt Regency, watches, clutches, bags, and other goodies to one lucky winner on a daily basis. Thrinath K, Centre Director, Elante Mall, said, “We are offering shoppers a wide range of prizes, discounts, sale, and rewards which will enhance the shopping experience.”
587 poor students given free school kits
Chandigarh: Bharat Vikas Parishad under the aegis of their Project “Shaksharta 2019” organized a function for the free distribution of study materials and uniform at Law Auditorium, Sector 37 here. A total of 587 needy and deserving students from across 58 government schools of Chandigarh are benefitted from this project. Chief Guests Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor PU and Swami Atmnandji, Secretary, Swami Ram Krishana Mission Ashram distributed the kits to beneficiaries. In their address, they applauded the initiatives of Parishad towards the social upliftment. Prof Raj Kumar invited Parishad to take a few projects in campus in collaboration with PU authorities. Later 89 meritorious and 58 outstanding teachers across the Govt Schools were also honoured by Bharat Vikas Parishad.
Governor condoles death of Surji Devi
Shimla: Himachal Governor Acharya Devvrat has condoled the demise of Surji Devi, mother of Information Officer Jayant Sharma, who is posted as Press Secretary to the Governor. She passed away at IGMCH, Shimla on Saturday night at the age of 72. Acharya Devvrat has expressed his deep condolences with the bereaved family members and prayed to the Almighty for peace of the departed soul. Advisor to the Governor, Shashikant Sharma has also expressed grief over the death and prayed for the peace of the departed soul. Director, Information and Public Relations and all the staff members have also expressed their heartfelt condolences with the bereaved family members.
BSNL to provide pre-loaded SIM to Amarnath Yatries
Chandigarh: The Jammu and Kashmir circle of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has made special arrangement to provide smooth connectivity for communication requirements of yatris under taking the pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, from July 1 to August 15. Since prepaid connections of other states are not allowed to work in J& K, special pre-loaded yatra SIM are being provided by BSNL with the approval of Ministry of Home Affairs/ DOT. The cost of the yatra SIM is Rs 230/-(including the cost of STV and Plan Voucher) with 20.000 sec free talk time and 1.5 GB free data usage and validity of ten days. Since large number of pilgrims is expected, voice and SMS have given priority over data, said an official spokesman.
Bank of Maharashtra awarded with Skoch Award
Pune: Bank of Maharashtra is awarded with prestigious Skoch Award for excellent implementation of official language Hindi. Dr N Muniraju, General Manager (HRM & Rajbhasha) has received this award in a grand function arranged at Constitution Club, New Delhi. Dr. Rajendra Shrivastava, Assistant General Manager (Rajbhasha) and Dinesh Gupta, Chief Manager (Rajbhasha), Delhi Zone were also present at the function. Bank of Maharashtra is the first bank to receive this award in the field of Rajbhasha in the banking industry. The reputed Skoch Group focuses on best practices in finance, banking, technology, corporate, economics and the social sector. Skoch award is the highest independently instituted (non-government) honour in India.