Haryana awarded for High agri Productivity
Chandigarh: Haryana has been given the Commendation Award for Sustained High Productivity in Rice and Wheat for the year 2012-13. Haryana Agriculture Minister, Paramvir Singh received the award from the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at the inaugural ceremony of the World Congress on Agro Forestry 2014 at New Delhi. Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar and Environment and Forests Minister, Veerappa Moily were also present on this occasion. Paramvir Singh stated that Commendation Award has been given to Haryana for achieving consistently high productivity in Wheat and Rice and for being the second largest contributor of food grains to the Central Pool. He also said that Haryana ranks first in Basmati rice export and has also promoted resource conservation technology in Rice-Wheat system. He said that Haryana has already won the Krishi Karman Awards continuously for two successive years — in 2010-11 for being the best performing State in Wheat and in 2011-12 for achieving the average productivity of 5,182 kg per hectare.
Girls advised on Adolescent Health
Chandigarh: Rotary Club of Chandigarh in association with PGI organised a workshop on Adolescent Health and Gender Sensitisation at the Government Model Senior Secondary School in Sector 10, Monday. Dr Manmeet Kaur and Dr Madhu Gupta of PGI conducted the workshop under Rotary Club’s Hamari Beti programme to sensitise the girls about adolescent health and gender issues, which was attended by over 200 students.
Mobile App for infertile couples launched Chandigarh:
Bloom IVF Group has launched a new mobile application called Bloom IVF which would be a guide for infertile couples seeking or undergoing IVF treatment. There are many techniques (IUI, ICSI, IMSI, IVF) available in Assisted Reproductive Technology for curing the male and female infertility problems but due to lack of awareness couple remains in confusion and doubt about the decision of opting for In Vitro Fertilisation. This application will provide solution to all queries as it contains a host of information about FAQs, techniques, medical dictionary as well as facility for free online consultation, Dr Hrishikesh Pai, Consultant Gynecologist said.
JlPl School hosts Inter-School sports event
Mohali: Bringing out the sporting spirit among students, JlPl School, Sector 91, Mohali, which is a part of Pearson Schools, hosted their Annual Inter-School sporting event, Pearson Junior Olympics 2014. More than 100 students participated. The event had a variety of competitive sports and thrilling games which witnessed enthusiastic participation from schools in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. Poonamjit Kaur, Principal, JlPl School, said, “In an age where students spend most of their energies on academic pursuits, the Junior Olympics were conceptualised to identify and encourage sporting abilities and create an environment of healthy competition among students in the sporting arena.”
mp urges for commissioning of sail unit Shimla:
Member of Parliament from Mandi, Pratibha Singh has urged Union Defence Minister A.K Antony to personally intervene and take appropriate action for resolving the pending matter of setting up proposed steel processing unit of SAIl at Kandori in District Kangra. In a letter written to the Defence Minister, Pratibha Singh said that the construction work of this unit was in advance stage of commissioning but it had been suspended due to some security reasons given by Field Ordinance Depot, Kandori.
MOU signed to improve technical education
Chandigarh: To improve the quality of technical education in the State, Haryana State Board of Technical Education has decided to make policies and rules so that the Technology Enabled learning becomes central to Polytechnic System. A spokesman of the Board said on Monday that to improve quality in Technical Education, an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Haryana State Board of Technical Education with National Institutes of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Chandigarh as partners in the initiative for dissemination and roll out of National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology products.
Passenger 3-wheelers exempted from penalty
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has exempted passenger three-wheelers, from paying penalty on outstanding road tax and the owners of passenger three-wheelers could now pay arrears of road tax without any penalty by February 28, 2014. A spokesman of the Transport Department said on Monday that this exemption will be provided till February 28, 2014 and full pending road tax would have to be paid with regard by passenger three-wheelers owners for availing this benefit.