Haryana Guv to hoist national flag at Raj Bhawan
Chandigarh: Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya will now hoist the national flag at Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh instead of Panchkula on the occasion of Republic Day According to the circular issued by the Political and Parliamentary Affairs Department of the Chief Secretary Office, this decision has been taken due to the ongoing situation of COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the previously released programme schedule will remain unchanged and the guidelines issued by the Government of India will be followed.
HP CM mourns demise of Yograj Sharma
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has mourned the sudden demise of BJP district president Chamba, Yograj Sharma, who died after prolonged illness. The Chief Minister in his condolence message said the death of Yograj Sharma was a great loss to the party as he contributed immensely for strengthening of the organisation. The Chief Minister has prayed to the Almighty to give peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family members to bear this irreparable loss.
Internal Edu Day, Girl Child Day: Singla greets youth
Chandigarh: Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla has extended greetings to the youngsters on International Education Day and National Girl Child Day with hopes and prayers to attain success in future. Singla, in his tweet message, said that “Education channelizes your inner energies, gives wings of flight to your dreams, and helps your personality bloom. This #InternationalEducationDay, let us pledge to gift education and contribute to the building of a brighter future, self-empowered individuals and progressive societies.” Also extending greetings on National Girl Child Day, he appealed to daughters to spend the day with firm resolution not to bow down before the conservative mindset.
Sidhu launches new knee replacement technique
Chandigarh: Punjab Health and Family Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday launched a new ‘True Motion Technique’ (TMT) for knee replacement at Ivy Hospital, Mohali, on Sunday. Sidhu said that this kind of new technique would help knee patients a lot, and Punjab has many knee patients and they could benefit from this technique. TMT, devised by Hospital’s Ortho Director Dr Bhanu Pratap Singh Saluja, gives full range of motion within 48-hrs of surgery, and a patient can walk within six hours of surgery with stitch-less incision and no further follow-up required.
Haryana ASI honoured by former AIIMS Director
Chandigarh: Haryana Police Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI), Rajesh Kumar of Anti Human Trafficking Unit, who walked extra mile to help the missing children, was honoured for his remarkable commitment in a function held at Cuttack, Odisha. He was felicitated by former Director AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Dr Ashok Kumar Mahapatra. So far, ASI Rajesh Kumar has helped over 500 children to return home across the country. “I have full support from all of my senior officers in this noble cause. Even my family understands my work timings, responsibility and duty which helps me going ahead to help the needy”, said Rajesh. The function was organised by Sabitri Jana Seva, a social organization working in the health sector for the needy ones in the state of Odisha.
Punjab announces rotational irrigation prog
Chandigarh: Punjab Water Resources Department on Sunday announced the rotational programme of irrigation for the Rabi season through canals from January 25 to February 1, 2021. The channels of Sirhind canal system would run on the priority basis from Patiala Feeder, Abohar Branch, Sidhwan Branch, Bathinda Branch, and Bist Doab Canal respectively. Spokesperson said that Ghaggar link and its off-taking channels will run to their indent and balance water supplies available will be utilized in the direct distributaries of Bhakra Main Line (BML) in Group ‘A’.
CITCO, NGO ‘FEED THE SOUL’ mark Girl Child Day
Chandigarh: CITCO in association with an NGO ‘FEED THE SOUL’, spread happiness and cheers amongst girl children from Bhaskar Colony and Shastri Nagar Chandigarh by arranging a special treat for girl children to celebrate the National Girl Child Day at Sukhna Lake here. Around 25 kids from different areas of Chandigarh were given a free joy ride on Roof top Double Decker Hop on Hop off coach of CITCO. The HOHO bus decorated with pink balloons , took the girl children to a sight-seeing tour around the city and covered the prominent tourist places viz. Rose garden , Govt Museum Art Gallery Sector 10, Rock Garden and Sukhna Lake where the kids enjoyed snacks and played games.
Deliberate rare diseases: Virtual consultation held
Chandigarh: People-to-People Health Foundation (PPHF), a public health organization working for access to holistic healthcare, organized the second consultation on rare diseases in India. The second edition of the virtual conference, under the initiative “Blueprint of Rare Diseases in India” was held in collaboration with the UT Administration and Punjab Government. This consultation objective was to deliberate on key challenges and propose solutions to tackle rare diseases in North India.
R-Day art work at Elante Mall by Barkat Singh
Chandigarh: This Republic day, Elante Mall with Rubic Cube Artist Barkat Singh has brought the emotion of solidarity with a one-of-a-kind art installation made out of a very unusual medium: Rubik’s cubes. Commemorating the 72nd year of the Indian Republic, the beautiful artwork brought in the spirit of oneness while celebrating the unity in diversity of our nation. Using hundreds and thousands of Rubik’s cubes to create the fantastic artwork, talented event artist and founder of non-profit organization, Colours of Change, Barkat Singh used individual squares as the mosaic tiles and amazed the audiences with his fast-paced, impressive work. The artwork included symbols of religions with the Indian Tricolour in the background.
15 get COVID jabs at Zirakpur
Zirakpur: The COVID vaccination drive was rolled out at Amcare Hospital, Zirakpur, on Saturday with 15 frontline staff, including doctors and nurses, vaccinated on the first day. Dr Rachit Duggal, head of critical care who also got vaccinated, said that the vaccination drive at hospital will continue to cover all front line staff.