TALK ON E-COMMERCE: A talk on e-commerce was organised by the Department of Commerce, Government College, Sector 11, here on Thursday. Prof S.C. Vaidya from the University Business School, PU, was the chief guest. He emphasised that the consumer stood empowered and he wanted value for money. He told the students that in today’s world it was survival of the fittest and the entrepreneurs must be aware of the latest techniques in marketing and selling. Principal S.N.Singla welcomed the chief guest while Dr A.N. Garg proposed the vote of thanks.
SAD SUPPORT: The Ahluwalia Biradri, Patiala, has extended full support to Mr Charanjit Singh Walia, former MP and official candidate of the Shiromani Akali Dal from Dakala seat. This was stated in a press note released by the organisation.
SYMPOSIUM: “A scripture is a living reality for the community”, said the Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, at the symposium on ‘Sri Guru Granth Sahib: a unique and revealed scripture”, organised on Thursday by the Professor Harbans Singh Department of
Encyclopaedia of Sikhism and attended by several foreign scholars. Referring to the ‘omnipresence’ of religious scriptures in the life, the VC stressed that a religious scripture being intertwined with social, cultural, economic and political life of a faith community, acquires meaning, sense and
significance from the historical experience of the community, apart from the innate scriptural meaning. Dr Ahluwalia added that while cultural- specific categories in interpretation of a scripture define the religious identity, the cross-cultural categories relate this identity to identities of other religions.
CONDEMNED: At an emergency meeting held under the presidentship of Mr S. Balbir Singh on Thursday, the District Bar Association of Patiala unanimously condemned the news item which appeared in some news papers alleging the association’s support to Mr Surjit Singh Rakhra, a candidate from Samana constituency. Mr Balbir Singh said the Bar Association is a lawyers body comprising of advocates belonging to different political ideologies and groups, therefore the question of association’s support to one candidate as such does not arise. He has appealed to the different candidates and their supporters to desist from such type of propaganda.
FUNCTION: The State Institute of Education organised a prize distribution function to honour the winners of various activities like quiz contests, music contests, slogan writing competitions and paper writing contests for students and educational toy making contest and Hindi handwriting competition for teachers. Ms Surinder Tangri, Principal, Government College of Education, Sector 20 presided over the function.
VALEDICTORY FUNCTION: The valedictory function of the Oil Conservation Fortnight, Punjab, was held at The Institute of Engineers here on Thursday. The function was presided over by Mr G Vajralingam, Director Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Punjab. The chief guest presented awards to school children and students who won this year’s prizes for best entries on essay competition on oil conservation.
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QUIZ COMPETITION: The Haryana Urdu Academy in collaboration with the district administration organised the third Inter-University Adbi quiz competition here in order to popularise Urdu. Speaking on the occasion, Mr R.S. Chaudhary, Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, lauded the efforts of the Academy with regards to introduction of Urdu at college level. He emphasized that college students should learn this language and that the academy should initiate more such programmes at college level so that students could be benefitted. Mr Raminder Jakhu, secretary of the academy, said the knowledge of Urdu could also be imparted in Devnagri script. He threw light on the background of Urdu quiz competition. The college students gave an overwhelming response to the proposal and their participation in the programme was exemplary. Eight teams comprising two students each which were named after eminent Urdu poets. The first, second and third teams were awarded cash prizes. The academy also presented mementoes to the guests.
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN: The district administration will launch family health awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS and a Swasthya Yon Mela from February 1 to 16. Presiding over a meeting of the Coordination and Media Committee of the FHAC, the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Jyoti Arora, directed the health officers that a special campaign be launched for the truck drivers in slum areas, labourers of industrial areas and red light areas. She said that cooperation will be sought from GM Roadways, police, industrialists and NGO’s for the success of this campaign. She also directed the District Education Officer that students of Class XII be educated about AIDS during the morning assembly and that cinema slides, posters , pamphlets and stickers be used to spread awareness. The Civil Surgeon, Dr B.S. Chaudhary, said the campaign will be launched in two phases with Yon Mela camps being organised in Raipur Rani, Hangola Barwala and Kot during the first phase and in Kalka, Morni, Pinjore and Panchkula will be organised.