Advocate stabbed by DU students in road rage
In a road rage incident, a 40-year-old advocate was stabbed by two DU students in South Delhi's Hauz Khas area when his car grazed their motorbike on Monday night. The two accused were arrested on the spot. Keshav Kumar's car grazed the motorcycle of the accused persons, Manish Tivary (22) and Ashwani Kumar (23), triggering a heated argument. “The two students shouted at Kumar and one of them fished out a knife and stabbed him in the chest,” a senior police officer said. locals made a call to the Police Control Room (PCR) and took Kumar to AIIMS’ trauma care where his condition is reported to be stable.
Conference on health wellness wraps up
International Conference on Skilling India for Health-Wellness and Medical Tourism concluded in the Capital on Monday. The event was organised jointly by NIMA and Confederation of Health, Wellness and Medical Tourism (CWMTS). The inaugural session was presided over by Girish Shankar, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Tourism. Various representatives of the health and wellness industry coming from Sweden, USA, Thailand, Sri lanka, and Singapore and from different parts of India were present on the occasion. Dr Gulshan Sharma, president of NIMA while laying the ground for the discussion on the occasion said that challenges before the Health and Wellness Industry is lack of skilled manpower and infrastructure to train people up to global level to promote Medical tourism in India. Dilip Chenoy, CEO and MD-National Skills Development Council (NSDC), while making his presentation said that by 2020, out of the projected population of 1.40 billion, there will be 500 million people that shall remain without employability skills.
Noida writer feted with Mahadevi Verma Award
Noida-based writer Natasha Arora was honoured with Mahadevi Verma Award by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav in lucknow for her Hindi novel Hidimba, a character from The Mahabharata. In her novel, the author has described the present state of affairs of Indian society and has tried to awaken the conscience of the pseudo cultural class. The author has been honoured earlier with Vagdev Award from a Mumbai-based organisation, Ambika Prasad Divya Award from Sahitya Sadan Bhopal and Kamleshwar Kamini Award from Vartman Sahitya of Aligarh for her earlier works.