Haryana CM mourns demise of Acharya Baldev
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has expressed grief over the demise of Acharya Baldev, former president of Haryana Arya Samaj Pratinidhi Sabha. Acharya Baldev, 84, passed away at PGIMS, Rohtak. In a condolence message, the Chief Minister described Acharya Baldev as a noble person who remained associated with Arya Samaj and Gurukul. He conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul might rest in peace. It was in the year 1959 that Acharya Baldev renounced his home and began to generate awakening among the masses about Vedic values. He also used to look after cows. For many years he served Gurukuls at Kalwa and Jhajjar as Acharya. Besides Yog Guru Ramdev, many other preachers had got education under his guidance and promoted Arya Samaj.
Haryana Min to participate in national workshop
Chandigarh: Haryana Public Health and Engineering Minister Ghanshyam Saraf would participate in a day-long national workshop to review the progress made under ‘Swachh Bharat’ and ‘Water for All’ programmes at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on February 3. A spokesman said that Saraf along with Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health and Engineering, Alok Nigam and Engineer-in-Chief, AK Khetarpal would present progress report on ‘Swachh Bharat’ and ‘Water for All’ in the workshop on behalf of the State Government. The workshop would deliberate amongst other things, matters pertaining to implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission and National Rural Drinking Water Programme and the new initiatives in these sectors.
Road-safety drive concludes
Manesar: Committed to the noble cause of promoting road safety in India, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. ltd. (HMSI) has successfully concluded its week long road-safety drive which coincided the National Road Safety Week (January 10 to 16). Reinforcing its commitment to the promotion of road-safety, Honda engaged with 35822 individuals including children and females in 250 cities across India. Supporting Honda in this celebration were various stakeholders of the society including defense personnel, Corporates, schools, several State police departments and NGOs etc. 10,428 associates located at Honda’s 4 manufacturing plants, 11 zonal offices,5 regional offices and corporate office took ‘I am a Safe Rider’ pledge themselves.
Haryana honours M-Pesa services
Hisar: Vodafone India was lauded and acknowledged by Haryana Government for setting up a seamless and successful network of M-Pesa services across the state covering 72 villages during an award ceremony held at the Republic Day celebrations in Gurgaon. Vipin Chopra, Senior Manager & M-Pesa, head for Haryana received the award on behalf of Vodafone M-Pesa Haryana team from Manohar lal, Chief Minister for outstanding contribution to the ‘Thari Pension Thari Pass’ project of Direct Benefit Transfer of Social Security Pension. Under the scheme, Vodafone India’s M-Pesa has partnered for financial disbursements to pensioners in the state, offering a safe and secure mechanism to transfer funds to over 11,000 beneficiaries each month.
DHFl net profit up by 16.4% to Rs185.90 crores
Chandigarh: Housing Finance major – DHFl has announced a net profit growth of 16.43 % in the third quarter of the current financial year which rose to Rs 185.90 crores. Assets Under
Management (AUM) grew by 23.48% year-on-year, reaching Rs 65962 crore from Rs 52, 637 crore as on December 31, 2014. The loan Book Outstanding grew 23.48 % to Rs 58991.81 crore during the quarter. loan disbursements and sanctions were Rs 6428.37 crore and Rs 9307.75 crore, respectively for the quarter.
Max life Insurance leads in claims management
Chandigarh: Max life Insurance has announced significant achievement with its outstanding claims ratio of just 0.07% as on March 31, 2015, as per the latest IRDAI Annual Report. During the last financial year, a total 9145 claims were received in which only 6 claims
stands pending. During the period company has paid a total of Rs 245.46 crore in claims. Max life Insurance also leads the private life insurance space in payment percentage at 96.03%.
MSU announces Masters Degree in Cyber Security
Chandigarh: Missouri State University (MSU) has invited applications from students of tricity for its Master’s Degree Program in Administrative Studies with a concentration in Cyber Security, under the Department of Computer Information Systems. The 18-24 months duration program provides hands-on labs and exercises to teach aspiring Cyber Security professionals how to secure and defend Information Systems from malicious attackers and serve in senior management roles sometimes referred to as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or Chief Security Officer (CSO).The program will start from August 15 this year. Students who have successfully
completed a bachelor degree from a recognized university
with a minimum GPA of 2.75 and a GRE score of 290 or above, along with IElTS of 6.0 Bands or a TOEFl iBT of 79 can apply for the programme.
Elante Wednesday’s HOlDS ‘wintry warm wonders’
Chandigarh: Elante Mall, the region’s most happening destination for shopping and fun, organised a cookery demonstration on the theme of “Wintry Warm Wonders”. The culinary magician chef, Kandla Nijhowne of the Master Chef India fame took the visitors on an enchanting culinary journey into the world of “Wintry Warm Wonders” at Home Stop. This workshop attempted to dispel the misconceptions that people might have towards baking.
IDP Education HOlDS Australian Education Fair
Chandigarh: IDP Education India organized the Australian education fair in Chandigarh on Thursday at Hotel Taj for students aspiring to pursue higher education in Australia. The fair spread across 14 cities brought together prominent universities and educational institutes from Australia under one roof. The fair kick started on January 25, 2016 at Kolkata and will conclude in Coimbatore on February 11, 2016. Among the other cities, the fair will be organized in ludhiana, Gurgaon, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Kochi. Piyush Kumar, Country Director, India - IDP Education said, “IDP seeks to provide a platform to aspiring students to come and have a face-to-face interaction with the university representatives and get answers to all their queries related to studying in Australia.” 37 Australian institutions are participating in the fair across India.
Aryans, PGI organise Blood Donation Camp
Mohali: Aryans Institute of Nursing and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) organised “Blood Donation Camp” at Aryans Group of Colleges. 8- member team of doctors, nurses and technicians from PGIMER conducted thorough medical checkup of voluntary donors and selected the eligible donors to donate blood. The students were given certificates and donor cards along with refreshments. A total of 57 units of blood were collected by the students and staff of Aryans.
‘KWHS announces Summer Programme
Chandigarh: Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS), part of the global Knowledge@Wharton network of online business journals at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has invited applications from high school students for its upcoming 2016 summer program,KWHS Global Young leaders Academy. launched last year, the KWHS Global Young leaders Academy aims at promoting entrepreneurship, leadership, business and finance skills among high school students around the world through class room content, trips and competitions. The intensive academic program will be held at WhartoninPhiladelphia with three two-week sessions between May and July 2016.