WINNERS OF OlYMPIAD COMPETITION FElICITATED
Chandigarh: Anchit Singh of St Stephen School, Chandigarh and Bhavya Kashyap of The Gurukul, Panchkula, Medhavi Sareen of Ashiana Public School, Chandigarh, Samarth Rastogi of Bhawan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh, Harsh Sood of DPS, Pinjore, Shekinah Chattwal of Mount Carmel School, Chandigarh, and other students were felicitated as the National Toppers of the Third National live Olympiad Competition being organised by the Green Olympiad Foundation. Eight toppers along with 15 Regional toppers and numerous School Toppers were on Monday felicitated with scholarships worth Rs 12,000, Educational Tablets and Wrist Watches by Chanchal Singh, (Deputy Director, School Education), UT Administration at a function held today at Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, Chandigarh. The event was attended by over 700 students along with their teachers and parents. This third edition of the competition involved over 50,000 students from 200 schools across the 50 keys cities of country.
CSC in Haryana to be connected with nofn
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided that villages where Common Service Centres (CSC) have been established would be connected with National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) on priority basis, Haryana Chief Secretary, D.S. Dhesi said while presiding over a meeting on implementation of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)on Monday. It was informed in the meeting that 105 common services were being provided to the people through 3,387 CSCs in the state. The Chief Secretary directed the concerned officers to ensure that maximum e-governance services were delivered to the people through CSCs. He said that the Information Technology Department and Bharat Sanchar Nigam limited (BSNl) would coordinate with the Development and Panchayats Department on a regular basis to review the progress of work in this direction.
25 posts of MultiPurpose Health Worker
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided to create 25 new posts of Multi Purpose Health Work (female) for all the 25 newly constructed Sub Health Centres in the State. An official spokesman said that a proposal to this effect has been approved by Chief Minister Manohar lal. He said that recruitment to these newly created posts would be done through Haryana Staff Selection Commission.
Hyatt celebrates Global Month of Community Service
Chandigarh: With the hospitality industry gaining momentum, many young minds are exploring career options in the industry and are keen to know more about it. As part of a Hyatt Thrive initiative in Hyatt’s Global Month of Community Service, Hyatt Regency Chandigarh hosted an orientation session for students of classes 9 to 12 of city based NGO Humari Kaksha. General Manager,Puneet Baijal said, “Every year in April, our colleagues from Hyatt hotels across the globe come together to make a positive impact in our communities and this year at Hyatt Regency Chandigarh our endeavour is to familiarise the young children to the hospitality industry enabling them to make an informed choice about their future.” The GM’s session was followed by a hotel show around and a short table etiquette session by the Food & Beverage team. Subsequently the Director of Human Resources, Manish Jain, educated them about the various career opportunities offered by the industry and answered their questions. The session culminated with an elaborate lunch where kids enjoyed innovative culinary delights prepared by Executive Chef, Rajib Mazumder.
kalra, BBMB Inspects Power Tunnel of Pong
Chandigarh: VK Kalra, Member (Power), BBMB inspected the work of low level maintenance of Power Tunnel P-2 of 396 MW Pong Power House at the Beas Dam. Power Tunnel P-2 remains perennially submerged and carries 7000 cusec water from river Beas to the power generating turbines. Requiring formidable logistics & manpower planning, this maintenance work can be done only after lowering the reservoir level below 1300 feet. More than 350 workers are engaged in this work round the clock. Kalra mingled with the maintenance personnel even up to the lowermost worker level, appreciated their diligence, dedication & enthusiasm, imparted useful suggestions and encouraged everyone. His words raised workers’ morale and inspired them to devote themselves to the task with renewed vigour. Maintenance work is now expected to be completed by the end of first week of this month.
Zindagi presents a new series ‘Vasl’
Chandigarh: Zindagi has brought ‘Vasl’, the journey of a mother who will stop at nothing to re-unite with her children. ‘Vasl’ premiered on May 2 and will air every Monday - Saturday at 9 PM. Directed by renowned Mehreen Jabbar and written by Sameera Fazal, it has the very dynamic Adnan Siddiqui in the lead role as Hashim and Ayesha Khanin the extremely heart–wrenching role of Heena.
Kent RO Introduces india’s Smart RO Purifier in ut Chandigarh: Smart Phone, Smart TV and now it’s the turn for Smart Water Purifier, which gives alarms about the water quality, TDS, service record and many other features to ensure safe water. Kent RO has introduced smart RO Purifier which is equipped with digital technology. Mahesh Gupta, Chairman, Kent RO Systems ltd said, “Chandigarh itself is emerging as IT Multimedia digital hub, and we couldn’t find a better place than Chandigarh to roll out this product in the market.” He said that brand Kent is committed to provide the best digital experience to its users. “The world is moving toward digitization and here we have taken a leap by introducing a smart and digital RO water purifier,” he said.
Easyday strengthens footprints in Punjab
Chandigarh : Easyday announced the launch of its Fourth Store in Hoshiarpur, Second store in Barnala and First store in Sultanpur lodhi. The stores launch was accompanied by fun drawing competition organized for kids. The stores offer products ranging from grocery, home & personal Care, health & beauty products, fruits and vegetables.
AIBOC CElEBRATES MAY DAY AS ANTI-PRIVATISATION DAY
Chandigarh: All India Bank Officers’ Confederation celebrated “May Day” as “Anti Merger & Anti Privatisation Day” and propagate save Public Sector campaign. The State Committee of AIBOC, in its meeting registered strong protest against the recent initiatives of the Government to undermine the importance of the Public Sector Units by reducing the Governments’ stake to less than 50% and to hand over these units to the private industrialists. Deepak Sharma, State Secretary said that AIBOC had decided to organize a “Protest March” on may 6 in Chandigarh against the move of Government of India to privatize the public sector banks.
E-AUCTION OF NEW SERIES OF VEHIClE REGISTRATION NUMBERS
Chandigarh: The e-auction for new series “CH01BG” for special /choice registration numbers 0001 to 9999 will start on Tuesday at 10 AM and will continue till general working hours on May 5. The applicants may login to the National Transport website: http:/ /parivahan.gov.in/fancy or Chandigarh Administration Transport Department website: www.chdtransport.gov.in