Chandigarh: Waste biomass such as agriculture and municipal waste can be innovatively recycled for the preparation of biodegradable nano-composites which are going to be the future materials with enhanced strength. Not only this, nanotechnology can be used to improve drug-delivery to the target tissues and in various biomedical applications.
This and several other research findings relevance to agricultural, environmental and biological effects of nano particles were discussed on the second day of the “International Conference on Interdisciplinary areas with Chemical Sciences (ICIACS 2013)” which is going on at the Department of Chemistry, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh. The three-day conference is being organised by PU, in association with Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, from October 30 to November 1.
Campaign for Green Diwali in BTS
Chandigarh: The Eco Club of Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, Chandigarh, organised a week-long ‘Anti cracker Campaign’ in the school campus. It began with an “Oath of not using crackers” in the forthcoming Diwali season.
Students of class VI presented a meaningful skit conveying the message of pollution free Diwali. On Thursday, students from classes III to XII took out an Anti-Cracker Rally in the nearby areas.
Holding placards like ‘Say No to Crackers’, Green Diwali, ‘Safe and Happy Diwali, they urged the people of the adjoining group housing societies to enjoy accident free and Green Diwali.
Principal Rajiv Varshney in his speech urged the students to practice Eco- friendly Diwali and to shun fire crackers to protect the rights of thousands of children who are working in the cracker manufacturing factories.
Haryana Day festival ‘ratnawali’ in KU
Kurukshetra: lt General Dr DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor KU, called upon the students to participate in extra-curricular activities in addition to their regular studies.
He said that extra-curricular activities are a medium of self-expression.
He was speaking at the Prize distribution function of 29th four-day Haryana Day state-level festival - Ratnawali - on the premises of Kurukshetra University on Thursday.
Sandhu said KU is successfully organizing Ratnawali festival since 1985 and it has become an important platform to disseminate Haryana’s culture and heritage.
Director of Youth and Cultural Affairs Department KU, Anoop lather said two decades ago this programme was confined only to one stage and was held for a day only, but now, it has been expanded to six stages simultaneously and was performed for four days consecutively.