Pipes to be used with hand pumps developed
Chandigarh: Innovative pipes to be used with hand pumps to draw water have been developed by a resident of Kurukshetra, Amrik Singh who has signed a Rs140 crore contract to install 400 handpumps with such pipes in Nijer State of South Africa. For him, this seems to be an initiative of an individual to realise the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ‘Make in India’. Singh said that more water could be taken out through these pipes, and less power is consumed while drawing water. These pipes are anti rust, would draw water faster and there would be no need of digging deep bores. He added such pipes are being made in Gujarat, but by an American company therefore he is the only Indian to make such pipes.
Pb fencing team wins fifth time in n’tnl school games
Chandigarh: Punjab has again put up an excellent show in fencing competition of 60th National School Games, being held at Pune (Maharashtra), by becoming consecutive fifth time over all champions in fencing competition, creating a new national record. The team has bagged nine Gold, five Silver and four Bronze medals in U-14 and U-19 category of the event. Greeting the winning players, their coaches and parents, the Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema said that this achievement is the result of consistent hard work the players had put in.
Aryans career counselling camp on May 30
Mohali: Punjab State Education Board has declared the result of class XII and CBSE will also declare soon. Keeping this in mind, Aryans Group of Colleges (AGC) has decided to organise career counselling camp on May 30 at its campus. The students of X, XII of Chandigarh and Punjab region can participate in this camp. To register and participate, students can give missed call on 1800-30000-388. The career counselling camp will focus on providing guidance to students of X, XII on how to select a career suitable to their abilities, interest and personality. Prof BS Sidhu, Registrar, Aryans Group said that that the camp would aim to make students aware about various courses, colleges, streams, eligibility criteria, fees structure, job opportunity etc.
SAMI Direct’s new FSSAI-approved total health drink
Chandigarh: SAMI Direct, direct selling companies in India and a subsidiary of the award winning ingredients innovator Sami Group, has launched a natural refreshing health drink “Saberry® Drink Mix”. It is a natural refreshing drink with an exotic punch of original fruit flavors to help manage metabolic stress and to rejuvenate the mind and body. “Saberry® Instant Drink” has been approved by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). It is a pack of 10 sachets and each sachet contains 6.5 g of drink mix with no added sugar or preservatives.
Reliance life Insurance’s new comprehensive plan
Chandigarh: Reliance life Insurance Company (RlIC), part of Reliance Capital limited, launched ‘Reliance Health Total’ a comprehensive health insurance plan with unique advantages. Reliance Health Total is a non-linked, non-participating and non-variable health insurance plan that provides a complete health cover including a fixed benefit cover for hospitalisation, critical illnesses and surgeries, along with reimbursement for other health related expenses. It provides customers with fixed benefit hospitalization and critical illness covers. The uniqueness of the plan lies in the medical reimbursement feature that allows customer to claim for OTC health-related expenses or medical bills.
SBI welfare panel organises cultural programme
Chandigarh: State Bank of India welfare committee, Chandigarh Circle organised a cultural evening at Chandigarh on Saturday. lingaraj Mahapatra, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Chandigarh lit the lamp to start the cultural evening consisting mesmerising songs and dances at jam-packed auditorium of St. Stephen's School, Sector-45-B here. Performers were mainly the State Bank of India staff members, their family members and other top performers of the mega events from the city.
Hry procures 67.54 lakh metric tonnes wheat
Chandigarh: Haryana has procured 67,54,386 metric tonnes of wheat so far during the current Rabi season. The target of 65 lakh metric tonnes of wheat procurement was fixed for the current Rabi season. A spokesperson said that out of the total arrival of 67,54,386 metric tonnes this year, 67,53,964 metric tonnes (MT) of crop has been procured by Government procuring agencies on minimum support price and remaining 422 metric tonnes was mopped up by the traders. More than 20.08 lakh MT wheat had been procured by the Food and Supplies Department, over 29.50 lakh MT by Hafed, over 6.96 lakh MT by Haryana Agro, more than 10.93 lakh metric tonnes by Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 5,800 MT of wheat was purchased by Confed.