Himachal Governor issues directions
Shimla: Himachal Director, Women and Child Development Kritika Kulaihari called on Governor Bandaru Dattatraya at Raj Bhavan and apprised him about various steps taken by the department during the lockdown. The Governor advised the department to give instruction to Anganwadi Workers to sensitize the people in rural areas for the preparation of homemade masks. These workers should also work in coordination with the Health Department and provide information in detail about the movement of people. Self-help groups should also be motivated in this direction by the department, he added. He asked to provide ration to migrant labourers in coordination with police, food supply and Health Departments.
M3MF contributes Rs 1 crore to Hry CMRF
Chandigarh: M3M Foundation, the philanthropic arm of realty developer M3M Group has donated Rs 1crore to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund in Haryana. The company has been actively supporting construction workers and daily wage earners with food and essentials requirements. Payal Kanodia, Trustee, M3M Foundation said, “We are going through extraordinary times, we never thought of. We all need to rise to the occasion and fight this precarious situation together. The government is doing a commendable job in containing the current crisis and it becomes imperative that we stand with them at this moment.”
VC insists on confidence building measures
Chandigarh: Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University chaired the second round of online meeting of the 38 chairpersons, directors and coordinators of different departments, institutes and centres including regional centres of PU at Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Muktsar. PU VC had one to one interaction with the heads to know about the online academic activities going on and also enquired about the syllabus covered till now. He appreciated the concerted efforts of the teaching fraternity of the varsity towards promoting the academic interests of the students. Prof. Raj Kumar urged all to ensure connecting of the faculty with the students through possible online options for confidence building during testing times.