Capt Abhimanyu met entrepreneurs
Chandigarh: Haryana Excise and Taxation Minister, Capt Abhimanyu, said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country is progressing in every field and the faith of the people in the Government has increased. The Minister while addressing representatives of several organisations associated with the handloom industry in Panipat also urged the entrepreneurs to contribute their efforts towards the campaign launched by the present Government for creation of new India. He also received charter of demands from the representatives, which included lower tax rates for their products so as to protect the handloom industry. The Minister assured to forward their demands to the GST Council at the earliest.
PGIMER welcomes new resident doctors
Chandigarh: While addressing the new resident doctors joining PGIMER, in the July session for MD/MS/DM/Mch courses Dr Girish Sahni, Union Secretary, Department of Science & Industrial Research, emphasised on the spirit of unity and team work for entrepreneurship, to do research to create a product beneficial for a common man. He gave various examples of innovations done over the years that had impacted the common man’s life. Prof Jagat Ram, Director PGIMER informed the audience about the latest developments in the institute and said that it has many state-of-the-art facilities for patient care which are comparable with any best medical institutes in the world. Till date PGIMER has conducted 4 Heart transplants and 11 Pancreas kidney combined Transplants, largest in the country, he added.
Kho-Kho & Kabaddi Tournament begins
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Sports Department is organising Kho-Kho/ Kabaddi Tournament for Boys & Girls U–17 from July 17 to 20 at Sports Complex, Sector–42 here. In kabaddi, 15 teams in the boys section and 14 teams in the girls section are participating. In the kho-kho event 11 teams from boys as well as 11 teams from girls are participating. Participating teams are representing schools of urban as well as rural Chandigarh. For kho-kho as well as kabaddi events, cash prizes of Rs 1500/- per head for winning team, Rs 1000/- per head for runner up team and Rs 750/- per head for 3rd position team have been earmarked said Capt Karnail Singh, PCS, UT Director Sports.
BSNl increases broadband speed
Chandigarh: BSNl has increased the broadband pre FUP speed for plans with fixed monthly charges (FMC) of Rs 675 and above from 2 Mbps upto 4 Mbps. BSNl also increased post FUP speed from 1 Mbps to 2 Mbps across all the plans with FMC of Rs 675 and above after higher speed FUP quota, said a spokesman. Also, the data down load under FUP quota across different broadban plans has been increased to a great extent. BSNl is the only operator offering upto 2 Mbps speed after the high speed quota with FMC Rs 675 and above. Broadband plan BBG combo UlD 559 plan with flat 2 Mbps speed has also been introduced.
Monte Carlo launches new youth collection
Chandigarh: Monte Carlo has curated outfits for the youngsters to enable them to add elegance and glamour. The new range features dress styles designed keeping the latest youth trends in mind. Summer shrugs, dresses, shrugs, denim shirts, polo t-shirts, digital print kurtis, crop tops, tees and shorts are some attractive options for girls. Boys can choose from denims, cotton shirts in colour palette, polo t-shirts, graphic prints tees, lowers and Bermudas.
Glory of Sanskrit can be revived: HP Guv
Shimla: Himachal Governor Acharya Devvrat on Monday Sanskrit is the oldest and scientific language in the world which has the distinction of being the mother of all languages and capable of making all-round development of a person. Presiding over the State level conference of Sanskrit Students organised jointly by Himachal Sanskrit Academy and Sanskrit Bharat Pratishthan at HPU Shimla, the Governor said knowledge of Vedas inscribed in Sanskrit language proved valuable for the spiritual upliftment of mankind. He said significant damage was done to Sanskrit when it was linked to caste system. He expressed his concern over neglect of Sanskrit language.