Micro & Small Enterprises Facilitation Council remade
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has notified the reconstitution of the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council. A spokesman said that Director of Industries & Commerce would be Chairperson and Joint Director/ Deputy Director, Department of Industries & Commerce, Punjab would be Member Secretary of the Council. The Council will meet as often as required for speedy settlement of disputes concerning realization of interest on delayed payments to Micro and Small Enterprises.
Governor inaugurates 42nd National Conference
Chandigarh: The three-day 42nd National Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India began at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER). More than a thousand delegates from difference parts of the country and abroad are participating in the conference, which was inaugurated by Punjab and Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki. He said that Biochemistry constitutes an important segment of medical science and the health care system and over the years, rapid developments have been witnessed in this field The conference started with the plenary lecture delivered by Prof IC Verma of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.
Verka distributes milk to slum children
Chandigarh: Verka on Thursday distributed milk to over 1400 children of Government High School in Colony No 4, Industrial Area Phase I here to mark the Indian Milk day. November 26 is celebrated as Indian Milk Day in the memory Dr Verghese Kurien, Father of India's White Revolution. Amarjit Singh Sidhu, chairman, MIlKFED, said, “On his 94th birth anniversary, we pay our tribute to the father of white revolution, Dr Verghese Kurien. He transformed India from a milk deficient country to the world’s largest producer.” “Milk consumption is deeply embedded in Indian culture and culinary traditions. Following the direction shown by Dr Kurien, Verka has been working towards empowering India by empowering its dairy farmers, said he.
helpline number launched to report graft case
Shimla: A spokesman of the Himachal Government said that public could report the case of corruption against the Government departments, if any, to a toll free telephone number 0177-2629893 set up in State Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau, Shimla. He said that in addition to it, a short code 1064 was also available as anti-corruption helpline.
Elante Wednesday’s plays tricity’s Santa Claus
Chandigarh: Visitors & participants at the latest edition of the wonderful & exciting ‘Elante Wednesday’s’ got an opportunity to experience the Christmas preparations after Chef Kandla Nijhowne & Chef Navneet Choudhary took them to a perfect baking journey. As a part of the Elante Wednesday’s, a unique women-centric concept introduced by the mall, Peddlers at Elante Mall played host to it. The bakery workshop, organised by Elante Mall saw visitors streaming in to enhance their knowledge about new baking trends and learn from experts on how to bake these delicacies.
legal Aid Clinic for public inaugurated
Chandigarh: “There is a proposal to make compulsory imparting of legal Studies both at School and University level so as to make students aware about their fundamental rights and duties” said Member Secretary, Punjab legal Services Authority Tejinderbir Singh while delivering his address to the law students of University Institute of legal Studies at Chandigarh University on the occasion of 66th National law Day. He also inaugurated Mohali Districts 1st legal Aid Clinic for North-East Students and workers and legal Aid Centre for all other students and public in general at campus of Chandigarh University.
monitoring of anti-social elements done: SSP
SAS Nagar: District Police is committed for the safety of citizens and a close monitoring is done on anti-social elements, said SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar on Thursday, after flagging off the green signal to 10 Motorcycles for PCR & three vehicles cars for surveillance of International Airport. Bhullar said that entire district has been divided into 35 beats. 10 motorcycles will be equipped with Hooters, lED lights & Wireless system and will be engaged for 24 hour patrolling. SSP said that DGP Punjab has provided 3 new vehicles for security of international airport. These vehicles include Tata Sumo, Bolero & Jipsy.
DuPont observes Stewardship Days
Chandigarh: To strengthen Govt of India’s mission “Grow Safe Food”, DuPont rolled its nationwide campaign involving 15,000 farmers and 500 retailers in its over 350 farmer meetings to mark Stewardship Days. The initiative involved imparting training on the label instructions and safety practices while using the crop protection products. The program aimed at training farmers and retailers on the ‘Responsible Use of Crop Protection Products’ and making a concerted effort towards creating stewardship awareness among the community of farmers, retailers and students from the agricultural university.
School Cinema Club launched
Chandigarh: In order to develop children’s national character and nationalism by showing them positive and patriotic piece of content in cinema, an initiative ‘School Cinema Club’ was launched amidst massive participation of over 500 students of various schools here. On the occasion an inspirational and education theme based movie ‘Pirthi Pal Singh’ was screened at Wave Cinema. The movie is based on the life of Prithipal Singh, one of the greatest Indian Hockey player who brought three Olympic medals for country. This CBSE initiative is working closely with various stake holders of the industry with the vision of various education departments and boards towards the development and enrichment of theater and cinematic skills amongst the students by conducting workshops of similar nature.
OYO Rooms announces MoU with THSC
Chandigarh: OYO Rooms, a network of branded hotels announced that it has been selected by the Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council (THSC) to train and certify hospitality staff across the country. The two partners will sign an MoU to this effect on November 26 at the National Conference on Skill Development, in the presence of Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. THSC is a sector-specific council under National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
AISRF 2015 organsied at IISER campus
Mohali: Australia-India Strategic Research Fund Meeting (AISRF-2015) on Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy, Optoelectronics and Biological applications is organised by Institute of Nano Science and Technology at IISER Mohali campus from November 25 to 27. Notable dignitaries such as Bharat Ratna Prof CNR Rao, Prof. Sathyamurthy, Director IISER, Prof GU Kulkarni, Director CeNS, Bangalore along with more than 200 participants from India and Australia attended the meeting. The second day of the meeting featured fifteen invited talks by eminent scientists from India and Australia.
DataWind honoured with Institutions Award
Amritsar: DataWind has been honoured for the Most affordable tablets for Educational Institutions Award at the Digital Edge ICT Conclave on Education for its high technology economical tablet range.The award was received by Harshdeep Kohli, Vice President, Call Center Operations India Region on behalf of DataWind.