Reshuffle in charges of senior UT officers
Chandigarh: Consequent upon relieving of Arjun Sharma, IAS, SDM (east) from Chandigarh Administration, the UT Administrator has ordered to assign the charges given to him to other officers in addition to their present duties. A spokesperson said that Saurabh Mishra, SDM (south) will look after the charge of Director Information Technology, Nazuk Kumar, SDM (central) is assigned the charge land acquisition officer, Jagjit Singh, Controller Prining and Stationary is given additional charge of joint chief electoral officer and Sudhanshu Gautam, Director Public Relations is assigned the charge of SDM (east).
Indo-Taiwan joint research centre on ai
Ropar: The nation’s first Indo-Taiwan Joint Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at IIT Ropar will be inaugurated by Deputy Minister for Science and Technology, Taiwan, Dr. Yu-Chin Hsu, the Ambassador of Taiwan to India, Tien Chung-Kwang, and Dean of R&D, National Chung Cheng Univ., Taiwan, Dr. Shih-Ming Huang on July 27. Prof. Sarit K. Das, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar will preside over the function. The Centre is the first of its kind in the nation with a focus on promoting research interaction between Taiwan and India.
Corporation Bank organises MSME meets
Chandigarh: Corporation Bank has organized MSMEs meets in Panchkula, Saha and Panipat which was attended by large number of customers. In the presence of General Manager GM Bellad and zonal head HM Sahoo, the customers were given information about various MSME related schemes. They were informed about the restructure of the stressed micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) account under MSME. Apart from this, zonal head highlighted various services being offered by the bank.
Vigilance nabs PSPCL clerk taking bribe of Rs 25,000
Chandigarh: Punjab State Vigilance Bureau arrested consumer clerk of PSPCL for taking bribe of Rs 25,000. A spokesperson said, clerk Gurmukh Singh posted at PSPCL office, Patran, Patiala district was arrested on the complaint of Gurpreet Singh of village Kheri Nagaiha in Patiala district. A case under Prevention of and Corruption Act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Patiala and further investigation is under progress.
HP signs MoU for skill development centre
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Government has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Himachal Siksha Vikas Dharmarth Sanstha to establish day school and skill development centre for the local community in village Sanwara under Kasauli Tehsil of district Solan. The MoU was signed here in the presence of Education Minister Suresh Bhardwaj by Director Education (Higher Education) Dr Amarjeet Sharma on behalf of the State Government and president of Himachal Siksha Vikas Dharmarth Sanstha Sukhjinder Jagpal. This institute will be established at an estimated cost of Rs 19 crore and it will provide employment to 65 people.
HS Hanspal takes charge as PEDA chairman
Chandigarh: Former PPCC chief HS Hanspal has been appointed as chairman of Punjab Energy Development Authority ( PEDA) by Punjab CM, Captain Amarinder Singh. He took charge of office at PEDA office in Sector 33 here. Among others former Punjab CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal , cabinet ministers Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and Aruna Chaudhary, former central minster Pawan Kumar Bansal and Chairman of the Punjab Mandi Board, Lal Singh were also presented during occasion. Hanspal has been former Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha for two terms.
NCSK to meet Punjab representatives on July 26
Chandigarh: The members of National Commission for Safai Karamchari will review the schemes implemented for Safai Karamcharis’ of the state and will hold a meeting with the representatives of Punjab on July 26 at Punjab Bhawan. A spokesperson said that the chairman of the Commission Manhar Valjibhai Zala, member Manju Diler and Secretary Narayan Das accompanied by other senior officials would review the status of schemes launched for the welfare of Safai Karamcharis in UT Guest House, Sector-6.
Mercedes-Benz India to revise price
Chandigarh: India’s largest luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz India announced an upward revision of the price of its select model range effective first week of August 2019. The price correction would be up to the range of a moderate 3 percent, varying across the model range. The current increase in custom duty on automotive parts and additional cess and excise duty on fuel has been exerting significant pressure on overall operations.
Tricity matrimonial service bags award
Chandigarh: Wedding Wish, a matrimonial service situated in tricity, has been awarded as ‘The Most Trusted Matrimonial Service Provider of the Year’ in the ‘International Product & Service Award’ held in Mumbai recently. The award was given on the basis of a Product & Media Consumer Research and by adopting Process Evaluation. Aditi B. Singla, the Managing Director of Wedding Wish, received the award from the famous Bollywood actress and the chief guest of the event, Juhi Chawla. Wedding Wish is a popular match making organization and has already matched many ‘Jodis’ over the past many years.
Experts held workshop on Vaccinology
Chandigarh: PGIMER’s national workshop on Vaccinology witnessed a league of visionaries discussed about the need and challenges in vaccine introduction in India. Dr. Madhu Gupta, Professor, Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER, course coordinator emphasized that this national level workshop goes a long way to meet the objective of creating awareness regarding need of introducing effective vaccines in the national immunization schedule in India.
186 gram opium, 119 gram heroin, recovered
Chandigarh: Under a drive against drug peddlers, Haryana Police has seized 186 gram opium, 119 gram 40 miligram heroin, 5 kg chura post and 2230 prohibited pills from the possession of eight persons in Sirsa and Fatehabad district. A spokesman said, a team of Narcotics cell arrested a youth identified as Lakhwinder alias Chinda, a resident of Malekan from Railway Road Sirsa area. 186 gram opium was recovered from him. Also, three persons were caught by Police team on the charges of possessing 119.40 gram heroin in Fatehabad district. Two accused Gurpreet Singh alias Tiku and Sandeep Kumar alias Sandy were found carrying 114 gram contraband whereas Deepak Kumar was nabbed with 5 gram 40 miligram heroin.