technical advisors’ Work reallocated
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has reallocated work amongst two Technical Advisors including lieutenant General BS Dhaliwal and Major General VK Bhatt. A spokesman said lt General Dhaliwal would be responsible for all departments except local Government Department and Institutions falling under this Department. Major General BK Bhatt would be responsible for local Government Department and all Institutions falling under it.
HSWC moots proposal to construct godowns
Chandigarh: There is a proposal to construct godowns of over 1.36 lakh metric tonnes capacity in Haryana which will raise the storage capacity to 21.34 lakh metric tonnes and the number of godowns would increase to 118, said a spokesperson of Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC). At present, the Corporation is operating 108 warehouses with a total storage capacity of 19 lakh MTs having 105 per cent utilization. Also, NABARD has sanctioned a loan of `3061.05 lakh under RIDF scheme for the construction of 97,796 MTs capacity godowns at nine locations in the state.
Public lecture series to begin in PGIMER Chandigarh: PGIMER will begin Golden Jubilee public lecture series in the new OPD block to create awareness amongst patients, attendants and general public about common health issues like dental care, respiratory allergies and asthma, itching disorders, hepatitis-jaundice, common urinary problems, diarrhoea and dysenteries, brain attacks-strokes, voice and hearing problems and bone and joint related problems.
The first public lecture will be on itching disorders by Dr Tarun Narang, Department of Dermatology PGIMER on April 5 at 12.30pm on third floor, C Block of new OPD.
HSCST to offer research fellowships
Chandigarh: Haryana State Council for Science and Technology (HSCST) will offer research fellowships involving full time research work leading to PhD degree in science subjects from any institute or university in Haryana. A spokesman said that the candidates would be selected on the basis of their performance in National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). More details are available on website http://www.dstharyana.org/.
HSVB recommends departmental action
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau (HSVB) has recommended departmental action against six gazetted officers and four non-gazetted officers as they have been found guilty in the investigations conducted by it recently. A spokesman said that seven officials were caught red handed while accepting illegal gratification ranging from `2000 to `30,000. Criminal cases have been registered against them under Prevention of Corruption Act.
Seminar on bank audit organised at CII
Chandigarh: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) organised a seminar on Bank Audit at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Sector 31 here. The seminar was well attended by bankers and chartered accountants of tri-city. 400 branches of nationalized banks in the tricity are covered under the audit guidelines. During seminar, speakers deliberated in detail and enlightened the members about various important aspects of conducting Statutory Bank Audit.
‘H&H Technologies’ wins excellence award
Chandigarh: H&H Technologies Private limited, a Chandigarh-based System Integrator and Hewlett Packard (HP) partner has been recognised with an ‘HP Partner in Excellence Award’ for Best Solution Portfolio Award at the recently concluded HP Global Partner Conference 2013 at las Vegas. H&H Technologies is now the only company from Indian Subcontinent to win an award in any category.