Punjab failed in giving ration to migrants:MIn
Chandigarh:Union Minister Som Parkash on Wednesday alleged that the Punjab Government has failed to distribute free ration to migrant workers which led to their “exodus” from the State. Som Parkash, BJP MP from Hoshiarpur, alleged that the ration was provided to the State by the Central Government under the ‘Garib Kalyan Yojna’ several days ago, but it did not distribute it to the needy so far, aggravating their condition. “That is why migrants in hordes are returning to their home states from Punjab, saying that they may or may not die of coronavirus but they will definitely die of hunger here," the Hoshiarpur MP remarked, adding, “If the state of affairs continues like this, the troubles and tribulations of poor people will further worsen”.
Microsoft grant for COVId-19 research to SU
Solan: A team of scientists from Himachal Pradesh based Shoolini University has been offered a grant through Microsoft Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Health Programme to conduct research on finding drugs to cure and prevent COVID-19. The project has been funded through High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium and the team led by Dr Gurjot Kaur, Associate Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, will have access to Microsoft Azure credits for the next six months to perform work using Microsoft licensed resources, that is, online platform and virtual machines. The team will perform much-needed screening of phytochemical constituents for anti-viral activity through interaction with COVID-19 specific targets using molecular modeling studies.
Unaided Colleges urge Govt to release PMSf
Chandigarh: A delegation of Joint Action Committee (JAC) representing over 1600 unaided colleges of Punjab met Social Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and urged for the immediate release of Rs 309 crore of Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) funds. The Minister assured that state has received the Rs 309 crore of 2016-17 from the Centre Government and soon, it will be disbursed to the Colleges. Notably, out of total outstanding amount of Rs 1850 crore, the Centre has released Rs 309 crore of Punjab under PMS recently.
corpse of baby girl found in garbage
Chandigarh: A corpse of a newborn baby girl was found in a garbage dump at Ram Darbar here. A police officer said that after receiving information, the police recovered the body and sent it for postmortem at GMCH-32. A case has been registered at Sector 31 Police Station under Section 318 (Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) against unidentified accused and further investigation is on. Police is checking the records of government and private nursing homes of the city to get the list of birth of babies in the last few days to get clues about the baby girl, the officer said. Notably, the city is currently under lockdown in view of Covid-19.