Life convict, who jumped parole, arrested
Chandigarh: Haryana Police has succeeded in arresting a life convict, who jumped parole in a 2006 murder case, from Sonipat district. He had a reward of Rs 25,000 on his arrest. A spokesperson said that the arrested criminal has been identified as Arshad, a resident of Pavati in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh. Arrested offender, along with his accomplices, had shot dead a Panipat farmer in 2006, and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Court. Subsequently, he went underground after being granted parole from Karnal jail in 2010.
Lawyers stage peaceful protest at HC
Chandigarh: The lawyers held a two-day peaceful protest at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, under the banner of Lawyers in Solidarity with Farmers (LSF), showing their solidarity with the farmers to support their demands. A good number of advocates expressed their concern over the ongoing Kisan agitation and decided to provide free legal aid to the persons booked by Government during the ongoing protest with intention to gag their voice.
Haryana plans to install solar systems on houses
Chandigarh: To promote solar energy in Haryana, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) has implemented a plan to install solar systems on houses under Phase-II Scheme as per the Guidelines of Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Under this, consumers will be given a 40 percent subsidy up to three kW and 20 percent for more than three kW and up to 10 kW
for installing solar systems on their rooftops from empanelled solar firms. By installing a one KW solar system, consumers
can save up to Rs 6,000 during a year and expenditure on installing the system can be compensated in five to six years.
HACS observed World AIDS Day
Chandigarh: Haryana State AIDS Control Society, under the chairpersonship of Haryana State AIDS Control Society’s Project Director-cum-State Director Health Services Dr Veena Singh, in collaboration with Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society, on Tuesday observed World AIDS Day. A spokesperson
said that actress-cum-model Sargun Mehta, the chief guest of the function, participated virtually and suggested that such events connect people to health awareness and should be observed daily.
IIT Ropar partners with IIT Alumni Council
Ropar: IIT Ropar would be the first Global Centre of Excellence (GCE), under the India Innovation Network initiative, to be set up by IIT Alumni Council. The core areas of focus will be Agritech and Water under this Centre with multi-disciplinary
support from areas like artificial imaging, computer vision, IOT sensors, chemical engineering, nuclear physics etc. IIT Ropar recently got Rs 110 crore worth prestigious project for agriculture and water from Centre’s Department of Science and Technology.
Dewan hails NRIs’ contribution in Punjab’s edu
Chandigarh: Manjit Singh Nijjar, Coordinator in the UK and NRI of the Year for the NRI Affairs Department of the Punjab Government, met Punjab Large Industrial Development Board chairman Pawan Dewan on Tuesday. With Nijjar, Harjinder Singh
Chahal, the head of the Indian Overseas Congress, Germany, was also honoured by Dewan. Dewan emphasised the importance of contribution of NRIs in the development of Punjab saying that they can contribute significantly for the development of education and health sectors in Punjab’s villages, besides industrial development.
FERCICON-2020 concludes successfully at PGIMER
Chandigarh: The seventh national conference of Forum for Ethics Review Committees in India (FERCICON 2020), held virtually by the Experimental Pharmacology Laboratory (EPL), Department of Pharmacology, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), concluded successfully on
Tuesday. The theme of the conference was “Challenges faced in research ethics during the current COVID-19 pandemics”. Its key objective was to share insights into recent research, global perspective, vaccine development, clinical trials, ethical concerns, traditional medicine research, and social behavior research, by experts.