Appointment letter given to sibling of martyr
Chandigarh: Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Aruna Chaudhary handed over an appointed letter to Lakhvish Singh, brother of Pulwama terror attack Martyr Maninder Singh Attri here at Punjab Civil Secretariat, Sector-1. Chaudhary has fulfilled her promise, which she has made few days back, that CRPF Constable Lakhvish Singh would be appointed on the same rank in Punjab Police and he will soon get appointment letter. Lakhvish Singh was a constable deputed with 153 battalion of the CRPF in Assam and later he was transferred to the 13 battalion in Fatehgarh Sahib.
PEDA organises workshop on energy efficiency
Chandigarh: Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) on Tuesday organized a workshop on energy efficiency in buildings at PEDA Solar Passive Complex here. This was the 15th such program held this year under the guidelines of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Union Ministry of Power. HS Hanspal, Chairman, PEDA inaugurated the workshop and exhibition in which energy efficient building materials such as Insulation, AAC Blocks, HVAC, Glass, Lighting, Solar PV & Hot Water, Electrical Systems and Automation were displayed by various manufacturers and vendors.
Haryana Police crack ATM theft case
Chandigarh: With the arrest of five accused, Haryana Police has cracked the ATM theft case that took place on the intervening night of February 21 and 22 in Saha town of Ambala. The robbers had uprooted the entire ATM machine and took it along in a vehicle. A spokesperson said, police have arrested five persons identified as Sunny Khurana of Kurukshetra, Bittu Panchal of Jind, Himanshu of Kurukshtra, Raman Thakur of Kurukshetra and Aman Kathuria of Kurukshetra. Police also recovered stolen money of Rs 6.77 lakh.
IIT Ropar conducts workshop
Ropar: IIT Ropar organized a workshop on “Evolution of an Education Ecosystem for Skill development”, which was attended by Punjab Minister for Technical Education, Charanjit Singh Channi and over 30 stakeholders from industry, academia and government to discuss how skill education system ecosystem can be conceptualized better and evolved to serve Punjab.
2020 Games for Transplant Patients to be held
Chandigarh: The 2020 Games for transplant patients at PGIMER is scheduled to be held on February 26 at the Sports Ground (Near Advanced Cardiac Centre). Whether you are a transplant recipient, from a deceased donor family or a living donor, PGIMER has invited such people to make the most of life at the Transplant Games. More than 250 persons who have undergone kidney, liver, heart, pancreas transplantation have already registered for the games and there will be provision of spot registration for some of the sports as well.
Extension Lecture on Coronavirus held
Chandigarh: The Department of Sociology, Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42 here organized an extension lecture on “Sociology of Health: Preventive Measures for Coronavirus” by Prof Digambar Behera, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER in the College. Behera said, there is no vaccine for Coronavirus which means it is more difficult for vulnerable members of the population- elderly people or those with existing respiratory or immune problems- to protect themselves. He opined that one sensible step is to get the flu vaccine, which will reduce the burden on health services, if the outbreak turns into a wider epidemic.