Haryana CM inaugurates state-level exhibition
Panipat: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal inaugurated a State level exhibition of ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Programme’ before the launch of National BBBP Programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Panipat on Thursday. The CM went around the exhibition and inquired about the schemes and programmes of various departments displayed at the exhibition. He keenly watched the chart displayed by the Health Department depicting the sex ratio in the State. On this occasion, he also honoured a girl by giving her cash prize. later on, the officials of Women and Child Development Department pinned a badge of ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Programme’ on the CM.
PGI President to visit institute on Saturday
Chandigarh: Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and President of the Institute will visit PGIMER on January 24 and inaugurate two new patient care facilities. These are Robotic Assisted Surgical Facility and Image Guided Radiation Therapy Facility. Robotic Assisted Surgery Facility in the Department of Urology is the only such facility North of Delhi. Robotic Assisted Surgery offers the benefit of enhanced precision and meticulousness of tissue dissection & suturing with the help of three dimensional vision of the operative field with 10 times magnification. Image Guided Radiation Therapy Complex houses a High Energy linear Accelerator and a CT Simulator along with other accessories. The High Energy linear Accelerator installed in the Department of Radiotherapy, has facilities for all the latest techniques of radiation for treatment of different cancers. The Minister will chair the Institute Body Committee meeting at PGIMER.
Punjab forms Punjab Development Fund Board
Chandigarh: To utilise the revenue collected from sale of liquor in the state, Punjab Government has constituted Punjab Development Fund Board under the chairmanship of Excise and Taxation Minister. The Board would utilize dedicated funds for the purpose of different welfare schemes, creation of community assets of durable nature, de-addiction and maintenance and development of culture & heritage in the state. A spokesman of Punjab Government said that state Excise & Taxation Department collects substantial revenue from the sale of liquor to utilize this revenue for the purpose of some social welfare schemes. He also said under the excise policy out of fee received from the sale of applications for allotment of liquor vends, 25% amount would be dedicated to this fund. As per the notification issued by the state government, Excise and Taxation Minister would be the Chairman of the board.
Microcon 2015 in PU
Chandigarh: Three-day National Conference, MICROCON 2015, commenced on Thursday at the Panjab University, Chandigarh. The Conference is being organised by the PU Department of Microbial Biotechnology. Padma Bhushan recipient and former Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh Prof. K K Talwar inaugurated the conference. Rupinder Tewari is the president of the conference and. Rohit Sharma is the organising secretary. In his address, Talwar emphasized the importance of microbes residing inside the human body for the well being of humans. He informed the audience that the number of microbes in the human body is 10 times to the number of human cells.
Haryana Vigilance helpline launched
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has installed a toll free Vigilance Helpline ‘1064’ at its control room set up at vigilance headquarters in Panchkula. A spokesman of the Bureau said that this number could be used by any member of the public from landline or mobile to lodge his complaint or to provide information related to corruption. Another toll free no. 1800-180-2022 is already operational. The Vigilance Helpline along with one landline no. 0172-2581102 would be operative round the clock, he added. The Bureau has also provided WhatsApp No. 09417891064 and its webpages http://www.facebook.com/SVBHaryana and http://www.twitter.com/SVBHaryana for general public to send their complaints or information.
Mahesh Kumar elected President of IRC
Chandigarh: Mahesh Kumar, Engineer-in-Chief, Haryana Public Works (Buildings & Roads) Department, has been elected as president of Indian Roads Congress (IRC), which is a representative technical body of highway engineers in India. He was elected on the concluding day of its Platinum Jubilee Session at Bhubaneshwar on Thursday.
UT local businesses see 60% growth
Chandigarh: Chandigarh local Businesses witness a 60% growth through Online Initiatives and Online presence. This study was recently conducted by Chandigarhonline.in, a division of Indiaonline.in, India's 1st local search website with a network of 350 user centric websites. The learnings dervived from the study reveal that small businesses are contributing 45% to India’ GDP while Corporates are only attributing to 15% of economy's growth. Rahul Jalan, Director, Indiaonline.in says, “We at chandigarhonline.in bring forward a unique business opportunity for small businessmen of Chandigarh to make their presence online and increase their growth to the peak with our proffered service GETONlINE”.
Nathealth unveils Indian Healthcare Roadmap
Chandigarh: For Healthy India, the apex healthcare sector body Nathealth, released a white paper ‘Aarogya Bharat 2025' in collaboration with Bain & Company. Nathealth also introduced an initiative of an 'Ethics Pledge', a declaration by the industry leaders across diverse healthcare segments in partnership with IMA, to build a robust and transparent platform to promote ethical practices in the healthcare ecosystem. According to the paper, 70% of India's population has no health insurance and is short by 2 million beds compared with the global benchmark. India requires US$ 3 Trillion in cumulative funding and has the potential to generate 15 to 20 million jobs by 2025.