Bandore visits GRIID
Chandigarh: Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore on Monday visited the Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), especially the various sections including college, clinic and the special school. Badnore, while interacting with the doctors attending to the children with intellectual disabilities, said that Chandigarh should become the first disabled friendly city in India as it has the potential to come on world map. He said that an international conference should be organised by GRIID where various stakeholders can come together to make Chandigarh the best city in the country in the field of disability. Badnore also asked the Institute’s director to ensure safe hostel facilities to the children, especially the girls, within official premises.
Rotary Club holds gynae camp, health talk
Panchkula: Rotary Club, Panchkula, on Monday organised gynae health talk and camp for students and teachers of Sector-6 Government Senior Secondary School on the occasion of the International Gynaecological Awareness Day. Around 50 students and staff members were examined and also made aware about gynae related health disorders. The camp was held in association with Paras Bliss Hospital. Senior Consultant (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) Dr Monica Agarwal said: “Women with poor health are more likely to give birth to low weight babies. Also they are less likely to provide adequate food and care to their children.”
Hry organises Clean Cold Chain Workshop
Chandigarh: Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HSIIDC), in collaboration with Department of Agriculture, on Monday organised a Clean Cold Chain Workshop in Chandigarh headed by HSIIDC managing director TL Satyaprakash, officers from University of Birmingham, officers of British High Commission, senior officers from Haryana State Agriculture and Marketing Board (HSAMB), Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED), Horticulture, Agriculture, Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Petroleum Conservation Research Association participated. During the workshop, it was decided to take initiatives for setting up a cold chain across the state and explore possibility of associating progressive farmer organisations.
Date extended for reporting for jobs’ training
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has decided to extend the reporting date till September 17 for the state’s youth for free training programme scheduled by the Department of Employment Generation with the help of Punjab Police for training them for the recruitment of 55,000 posts or vacancies of constables in various Central Security Forces. Spokesperson said that the Centre’s Staff Selection Board is about to make recruitments to different paramilitary forces such as BSF, CISF, CRPF, ITBP, SSB, NIA, SSF and Assam Rifles and the total number of vacancies are 54,953. The aspirants can apply online till September 17.
Sodhi congratulates athlete Arpinder
Chandigarh: Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Monday congratulated athlete Arpinder Singh for his Bronze medal winning performance in the triple jump event of the IAAF Continental Cup at Ostrava in Czech Republic. Arpinder is the first Indian athlete ever to bag a medal in his kitty in any event in the history of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Continental Cup. Sodhi termed Arpinder’s achievement as an epoch making, and winning a medal in this even is no less than Olympic or World Championship medal owing to the participation of top level athletes from all the continents.