DC DISCUSSES ElECTORAl ROll PURIFICATION PROGRAMme
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Administration on Tuesday convened a meeting to discuss about improving the electoral rolls and to rationalise the Polling Stations boundaries and location. The meeting was chaired by Ajit Balaji Joshi, Deputy Commissioner-cum- Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Chandigarh. Kriti Garg, SDM south, Bhupesh Chaudhary, SDM East, Prince Dhawan, SDM central, Master BlOs, BlOs, and representatives of political parties were present in the meeting. Election Commission of India’s has recently launched National Electoral Roll Purification (NERP), 2016 programme. The objective of this program is to improve the electoral mechanism. An online system will be setup, which will be providing all the details of polling station, information about the voters. Door-to-door surveys will be conducted to include enrollment of all eligible citizens.
CII BRINGS THAI SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA TO TRICITY
Chandigarh: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will organise the fourth edition of ‘THAIlAND TRADE SHOW 2016’ from March 30 to April 3. The show is being organised by CII and the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, Government of Thailand, at Himachal Bhawan, Sector 28 here. Tharadol Thongruang, Minister Counsellor (Commercial), Royal Thai Embassy, said “Thailand has been a part of CII Chandigarh Fair since 2005 and the partnership has flourished since. There is vast scope of improvement in the volume of trade between India and Thailand and Thailand Trade Show is a step in exploring the same. During the forthcoming visit of the Prime Minister of Thailand to India, several MoUs will be signed, including Free trade Agreement (FTA)."
CAs SHOUlD CURB MISUSE OF PUBlIC MONEY
Chandigarh: “Chartered Accountancy as a responsible profession should act precisely in curbing the misuse of public money deposited in banks to further enhance the nation’s economy. To review the financial year during the Bank Audits, banks too cooperate in this process along with auditing agencies,” said Anil Kishora, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India while addressing the seminar themed on “Seminar on Statuary Bank Audit” organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the nationwide apex body of CA fraternity. In his address Kishora revealed that Indian Banking Regulations and Auditing Standards are stringent as compared to rest of the world. This is probably one of the reasons which ensure safety to our proceedings. There is always a reflection of ‘harshness and strictness’ in RBI’s guidelines which has saved the nation’s economy to a very large extent, said he.
USOl CElEBRATES ITS 43rd CONVOCATION
Chandigarh: University School of Open learning (USOl), Panjab University (PU) on Tuesday celebrated its third Annual Convocation and 43rd Annual Prize Distribution Function. As many as 38 meritorious students received the degrees during the convocation. A large number of students received prizes and many amongst them were girls and young ladies. Prizes were awarded for academic excellence, creative writing, public speaking and recitation. In its academic journey since 1971, USOl has been catering to all sections of the society and has as many as forty courses which includes eighteen Post-graduate, eight Undergraduate and many professional and Certificate Courses. USOl has now more than 22,000 students on its rolls. Padma Shri recipient, PU Gyan Rattan Awardee and a former Vice-Chancellor of G.N.D.U, Amritsar Professor JS Grewal delivered the Convocation Address. In his address, he traced the illustrious history of the Open and Distance learning systems at both the national and international levels.
HDFC BANK lAUNCHES MISSED CAll MOBIlE RECHARGE
ludhiana: HDFC Bank ltd has announced the launch of Missed Call Mobile Recharge, a simple yet revolutionary way to top up your prepaid mobile number. HDFC Bank customers can now recharge their mobile by giving a missed call, without the need to visit a shop, log onto a website or open an app. Further, customers can also add his family or friends to avail of the missed call mobile recharge service. Nitin Chugh, Country Head – Digital Banking, HDFC Bank said "Missed call mobile recharge further simplifies the process of recharging pre-paid numbers. Even if a customer is on the road or based in a remote location, all he has to do is give a missed call to re-charge his phone. Further, this service gives the customer the option of adding family members, friends or dependents.”
SAMSUNG lAUNCHES NEW VARIANTS OF SMART WATCH
ludhiana: Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of 3 new variants of the stylish Gear S2 smart watch with a whole new set of applications & dial faces for the Indian consumers. The new variants of the Gear S2 wearable will be available across all Samsung retail channels at a price of INR 24,300 for the Gear S2 White and INR 34,900 for the Gear S2 Classic Gold and Platinum variants. In continuation of its leadership in the wearables category, Samsung introduced two new elegant editions of the Gear S2 Classic, one encased in 18K Rose Goldand another in Platinum, offering users diverse options to express and match their style. The third new variant is the Gear S2 White,where a sporty white elastomer strap is matched to the stylish silver dial.
PROFESSOR R NATH MEMORIAl ORATION
Chandigarh: PGIMER will organise 7thProfessor R Nath Memorial Oration on March 30. The oration has been instituted by the family of Professor R. Nath in his fond memory who was the former head of Department of Biochemistry from 1981 to 1992. Prof. R. N. K. Bamezai, Padam Shree Awardee, at School of life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, will deliver the oration on “A comprehensive understanding of gene to metabolism in cancer for possible therapeutic intervention”.
PU ANNUAl SPORTS PRIZE DISTRIBUTION today
Chandigarh: Directorate of Sports, Panjab University would organize Annual Sports Prize Distribution Function to honour the players and sports promoters in the University Gymnasium Hall, Chandigarh on March 30. PU alumnus, legendary Hockey player and Padamashri Awardee Balbir Singh Sr. would be the chief guest and Balbir Singh Khushwaha will be the guest of honour. The Inauguration of the Shooting Range would be held on March 30 at PU Shooting Range.