18th Foundation Day celebration of Department of Telemedicine at PGIMER
Chandigarh: The Department of Telemedicine at PGIMER Chandigarh celebrated its 18th Foundation Day on Thursday organised at Kairon Administrative Block, PGIMER, Chandigarh. The program was hosted by the Head, Department of Telemedicine Prof Biman Saikia along with his team of project leaders. The occasion was graced by the online presence of Chief Guest Prof Meenu Singh, pioneer behind the establishment of the Telemedicine Department at PGIMER, who is currently the Executive Director, AIIMS Rishikesh, along with the esteemed Director of PGIMER, Prof Vivek Lal, Institute Registrar Ummed Mathur and other established dignitaries of the institute.
The guest speaker for the event was Dr. Sanjay Sood, Associate Director and Project Director of e-sanjeevani, a tele-consultation service platform developed by CDAC Mohali.
Truck runs over pilgrims in Punjab, seven killed
Hoshiarpur: Seven pilgrims on their way to celebrate Baisakhi at Khuralgarh Sahib in the district were killed while ten injured after being run over by a truck near here early Thursday, police said. Garhshankar Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Daljit Singh Khakh said the deceased were mostly residents of Mastan Khera in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The area where the accident took place is a sub-mountainous region, police said, adding the driver lost control while negotiating a slope and hit the 17 pilgrims who were on foot. It was suspected that the brakes of the truck had failed, police said. Khakh said the deceased were identified as Rahul, Sudesh Pal, Santosh, Angoori, Kunti, Geeta and Ramoh. Five of the critically injured persons were referred to PGIMER Chandigarh while the rest were admitted to Civil Hospital, Garhshankar. Pilgrims have been flocking Khuralgarh Sahib, a place associated with Guru Ravidas, in view of the Baisakhi festival.
Jalandhar bypoll: Congress candidate Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary files nomination papers
Chandigarh: Congress candidate for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary filed her nomination papers on Thursday, accompanied by the entire party leadership in Punjab. Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa, former chief ministers Charanjit Singh Channi and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and former MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu were among those who accompanied her. The Congress’ in-charge of party affairs in Punjab Harish Chaudhary, MLA Raj Kumar, former ministers Brahm Mohindra and Bharat Bhushan Ashu and former Punjab Assembly speaker Rana K P Singh too arrived in Jalandhar to support Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary. The filling of nomination papers started on Thursday and the last date is April 20. The ruling AAP has nominated former Congress MLA Sushil Rinku, while the Shiromani Akali Dal has fielded two-time MLA Dr Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi. The BJP has named Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, who quit the Akali Dal to join the party recently, as its candidate for the bypoll.
Purohit greets people on Baisakhi
Chandigarh: Punjab Governor and Chandigarh-UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit on Thursday extended greetings to all Punjabis on the eve of Baisakhi. Purohit, in a message, said that Baisakhi has a multifarious significance, and it marks the ripening of the Rabi harvest. The Governor added that this auspicious occasion has a special significance in the glorious history of Sikhism, as on this day in 1699, the tenth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh ji, founded the ‘Order of Khalsa’ to fight against the tyranny of the Mughals and to preserve human and secular values. Stating that this day also marks the watershed in our freedom movement, he reminded that in 1919, many known and unknown martyrs sacrificed their lives on this day, in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, for attainment of freedom. The Governor appealed to the people to celebrate this festival collectively rising above considerations of caste, and religion, in a spirit of social cohesion and national unity.
Haryana witnesses a 5,000% jump in cybercrime complaints since 2019
Chandigarh: Haryana saw a rise of almost 5,000 percent in cybercrime incidents since 2019, registering 66,784 such complaints in 2022, officials said on Thursday. The state in 2019 had logged 1,362 cyber crime complaints, which rocketed by 4,803.40 per cent by the end of 2022, according to the data. In the first three months of 2023 alone 25,659 complaints of cybercrime have been recorded, the officials said. The average monthly receipt of complaints increased from 272 in 2019 to 956 in 2022, 1,313 in 2021, 5,565 in 2022, and 8,553 in the first three months of 2023. To deal with the rising number of complaints received on cyber crime helpline number ‘1930’, Haryana police has increased call lines from six to ten and number of people manning the lines from 18 to 40. Haryana’s Additional DGP (Crime) O P Singh said the victims of cybercrime were being attended to round-the-clock by police. Haryana Police recovered Rs 56.9 crore from cyber frauds in the past three years, arresting 1,377 of them, 1,239 from outside Haryana, he said.