IDBI Officers Association stages protest
Chandigarh: All India IDBI Bank Officers Association (AIIDBIOA), Chandigarh Unit staged a protest on Friday at Bank Square, Sector – 17, Chandigarh against proposed move of Government to reduce the shareholding of Government below 51 per cent resulting in privatisation of IDBI Bank. The Officers came in large numbers wearing black badges as a mark of protest against the recent move of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to privatize IDBI Bank as stated in his budget speech. The Officers also raised slogans against the financé ministry for dismantling of IDBI which has completed 50 years of its purposeful existence as DFI as it is unfair and unwarranted and it is against the objective for which IDBI Bank was founded.
MARCH 10 to be observed as WORlD KIDNEY DAY
Chandigarh: WHO has decided to celebrate March 10 as ‘World Kidney Day' every year to create awareness regarding diseases of kidney and how to prevent them. The theme for this year is ‘kidney diseases and children-act early to prevent it'. Every year millions of children a over world suffer from kidney failure requiring dialysis and transplantation, many of which are preventable through early diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Most common cause of kidney diseases in children is urinary tract infections which can easily be treated. Further appropriate management of other kidney Diseases like glumerulonephritis, nepritic and nephrotic syndromes can prevent kidney failure in children. Hence, most effective way to control kidney disease s is creating awareness about its prevention and early and appropriate management of kidney diseases to prevent kidney damage and kidney failure, treatment cost of which is enormous with paucity of kidney donors.