Atwal meets Canada’s MlA
Chandigarh: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal on Sunday met Raj Chohan, an MlA of Burnaby — Edmonds Constituency of British Colombia (Canada) to discuss the legislators and their representational role, and the need for uninterrupted functioning of legislatures. Atwal said that the Parliament and the State legislatures today are not law-making bodies alone but have become multi-functional institutions performing a variety of roles. As elected representative, it is the duty of every member to reflect people’s problems effectively in legislative debates and, based on the problems of their respective constituencies, get the government’s policies to address them.
CII-Yi & HP Govt to hold entrepreneurship summit
Chandigarh: With an objective to kindle the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the youth from the region, promote free enterprise as a better career option instead of jobs and encourage the budding entrepreneurs, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and its Young Indians (YI) Solan Chapter along with Himachal Government will hold the first ever “Entrepreneurship Summit” themed as “Innovation in Entrepreneurship” on October 20 at CII Northern Region headquarters in Sector 31 here. More than 200 aspiring entrepreneurs and young budding businessmen with naïve business ideas would get a chance to learn from the first hand experiences and insights of 30 top business tycoons from India and also interact with the Angel Investors who would be funding their ideas. The summit will also feature “Yustart 2015” a CII-Yi Start-Up Challenge” from the Engineering / Management / Regular Colleges across the region.
Trinity Hospital marks World Osteoporosis Day
Chandigarh: Over 200 people from tricity joined the walkathon, which was held at Sukhna lake to mark the World Osteoporosis Day here on Sunday morning. The event was organised by Trinity Hospital and Medical Research Institute, in collaboration with Trinity Hospital, Zirakpur, Endocrinology Department, PGIMER and Yuvsatta, an NGO. People from all walks of life and from all age groups joined the campaign based on the theme “Serve up Bone Strength”. The event started with a welcome address of Dr Mohinder Kaushal, Director, Trinity Hospital, Zirkapur. Vijay Kumar Dev, Advisor to UT Administrator was the chief guest for the event who flagged off the Walkathon which culminated at Buddha Garden.
Three-day annual day festivity concludes at GNPS
Chandigarh: A three-day long annual day festivity of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 here concluded with the massive participation of junior and senior wings of school. All three days witnessed the participation of over 2000 students in various cultural activities . According to Principal Gurnam Kaur, the objective of three day long festivity to serve platform each student to exhibit their talent. On the concluding day, students presented ‘Joy of School life’ depicting the school and hostel life followed by Pantomine, a play suggesting the stop cruelty towards animals amused everyone. Western Dance, Classical Dance, Gypsy Dance, Bhangra and Sufiyana Kalam left everyone mesmerized.
Youth fest kicks off
Yamunanagar: The three-day 38th Zonal Youth Festival (Yamunanagar Zone) is being organised by DAV College for Girls, Yamunanagar from Sunday. Kurukshetra University’s Department of Youth and Cultural Affairs aimed at preserving our rich cultural tradition and provides a platform to college students to artistically express themselves and showcase their talents every year. Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kanwar Pal Singh was the chief guest in the inaugural session. Singh spoke of growing need to revive interest in music.IJ
ASUS to begin ‘Har Pal Happiness’ offer
Chandigarh: After launching the Zenfone to a heartening response, ASUS gave another reason to spread cheer with its ‘Har Pal Happiness’ Diwali offer. Under this scheme, customers buying an ASUS Zenfone will get an opportunity to win Flipkart gift vouchers worth Rs 1,000 every hour. Besides this, one lucky customer will stand a chance to win gold vouchers worth Rs 25,000 every day. ‘Har Pal Happiness’ started on October 13 and will end on November 11. Peter Chang- Regional Head, South Asia and Country Manager for ASUS India said, “Diwali is considered as one of the most auspicious periods of the year and it also has an emotional connect with the Indian consumers. ‘Har Pal Happiness’ campaign will definitely help the consumers celebrate Diwali in a special way.”
Trishneet launches book on internet security
Chandigarh: With the increasing usage of internet on mobile for e-commerce and net banking, the users are at a higher risk of mobile hacking. Trishneet Arora’s new book “Hacking with Smart phones” addresses the issue with easy tricks and tips. He has written two books “Hacking Talk with Trishneet” and “Hacking Era” before. The book talks about simple but dangerous smart phone hacking techniques and countermeasures for the same. The book was unveiled by Sukhchain Singh, SSP, Chandigarh at Press Club.
Two-day live workshop concludes
Chandigarh: A two-day live workshop on Gynecological oncology surgery and zonal conference organised by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMER and Government College, Chandigarh, under the aegis of Indian Menopause Society and Association of Gynecologic oncologists of India, Chandigarh chapter concluded on Sunday. Over 250 delegates from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana,and Himachal Pradesh attended the meeting. On the first day, there was a live surgical workshop in which Dr Hara Pattanaik demonstrated various surgical techniques for uterine and vaginal prolapse. On the second day, a symposium on menopausal health and well-being was held which included discussions on need for screening for medical disorders such as hypertension, diabetes, thyroid dysfunctions, lipid profile, sleep disorders and various cancers.
Oral health programme organised
Chandigarh: Indian Dental Association, Chandigarh branch organised an oral health programme at Gur-asra, Mohali, which is a home for nearly sixty orphan girls of all ages on Sunday. The programme comprised of an oral health talk and demonstration, dental check up and distribution of oral health kits to the children. The inmates participated enthusiastically and were curious to learn about various aspects of oral health related issues.
Aryans organises industrial visit
Mohali: To give exposure to the students with industrial life, Mechanical Department of Aryans College of Engineering organised an industrial visit to Diesel loco Modernisation Works, Indian Railways at Patiala for BTech Mechanical students. The students visited various departments and learned about maintenance, upgradation, rebuilding and modernization of Deisel locos. The purpose of the visit was to make students aware of the various practical aspects of industry. The students were benefited in terms of the technical details provided by the company on an important part of recruitment policy by company and various career opportunities in industries.
PHD chamber & Telangana Tourism join hands
Chandigarh: PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry along with Telangna Tourism will take their religious and most famous festival “Bathukamma” to North India including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, UP etc, said B Venkatesham Secretary, Department of Youth Advancement, Tourism, & Culture, Telangana Government. The Telangana Government will also hold Bathukamma carnivals in collaboration with PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry to popularise the colourful and vibrant festival of Telangana for north India, a commitment that it will evolve into a global carnival by 2020. B Venkatesham said, “Bathukamma is a beautiful flower stack, arranged with different unique seasonal flowers most of them with medicinal values, in seven concentric layers in the shape of temple towers.”