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World Earth Day
‘Imbalance in ecology caused Iceland volcano eruption’
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Private schools - fee hike-II
Gang of smugglers busted, 2 held
Break in works under NREGA
Wheat flour witnesses hike in price
IED a boon for disabled students
York university doctoral
fellowship for NIT student
Jalandhar census from May 1
Kiln workers demand hike in wages
Non-medical classes
Painkillers dangerous for liver
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World Earth Day
Jalandhar, April 22 With a motive to sensitise people about the dangers being faced by the green planet, students took a pledge to make the city plastic free. To make the planet green and pollution and plastic free, students also pledged to plant a sapling each on their birthdays every year, not to waste water, reduce the use of electricity, cut down on driving and promote the use of eco-friendly products. Badge-making and paper bag-making competitions were organised to discourage the use of plastic bags. A quiz was conducted to acquaint students of the history of the day. The students wrote their pledges on a paper and submitted it to their class teachers. Pre-primary students also observed Earth Day by wearing green clothes. Principal Madhu Sharma planted a sapling on the school premises. The students of St Joseph’s Convent School today organised a parody to mark World Earth Day. The presentation depicted the various aftermaths of destruction of the Earth because of human intervention. It focused on minimising the use of water and saving energy to prevent further deterioration of the environment. Principal Sister Prema gave tips to the students on doing their bit for the purpose. St Soldier Divine Public School, Nangal Krarkhan, students planted different types of saplings on the school campus and took the responsibility of looking after the plants. They also made a nature walk wearing green dresses. Phagwara: Several prominent citizens, including NRIs, have appealed to the people to plant more trees to save the unbalancing environment of the Earth. Addressing a function organised by the Indian Environment Association on World Earth Day at nearby Palahai village on Thursday, Overseas Indian Association UK secretary Kishore Jain, former Phagwara Nagar Council president Malkiat Singh Ragbotra, Community Polytechnic College Principal Gurmeet Palahai and Shri Guru Hargobind Education, Palahai, president Jatinder Singh Palahai asked the people to stop the use of plastic bags to save the environment.
‘Imbalance in ecology caused Iceland volcano eruption’
Kapurthala, April 22
A former Chairman of the Botany Department of Panjab University, Dr I.S. Dua, stated this while delivering the keynote address on the celebrations of World Earth day at Pushpa Gujral Science City (PGSC) here today.
Dr Dua said there had been an increase in the temperature of five degrees during the last 72 years due to imbalance in the ecology of earth and that was the reason India was getting longer summer season. He attributed the major cause of climate change due to global warming, deforestation and pollution.
He expressed his apprehension that half of Sri Lanka would be submerged under water after 50 years and Maldives after 30 years due to rise in the sea level.
Dr Dua emphasised the need to create awareness among public about
this imbalance to save the planet for future generations.
Replying to a question on the low yield of wheat due to sudden rise in temperature, he said it was the poor quality of seed which resulted in the fall of yield not the sudden rise in temperature. Dr Dua felt sorry that nearly 5,000 eucalyptus trees were axed during the widening of the Chandigarh-Ambala road but no new tree was planted so far.
Science City Director-General Dr R.S. Khandpur stressed the need to involve people in the awareness campaign to protect the planet. Competitions like poster making, quiz contest and model making were organised at the science city in which students form different schools and colleges participated. Dr Khandpur gave away cash prizes to the winners. A film on global warming was also shown to the students. |
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Private schools - fee hike-II
Jalandhar, April 22 While the educational institutions justify the increase in the fee structure in the name of facilities being provided by them, the parents, in turn, are left in a lurch with fewer options to choose from. Nearly every school has enhanced its fees from 10 to15 per cent in this
academic session. The Tribune takes a look at the fee hike in some of the schools. Dhilwan International Public School (DIPS), Karol Bagh, has increased its fee by Rs 150 per class. The fee for class V has increased from Rs 750 per month to Rs 850, while the annual charges have been enhanced from Rs 3,500 to Rs 4,000. Principal Sarvesh Deol was not available for comments. Similarly, DIPS, Urban Estate-I, has been fleecing parents by charging an additional amount of Rs 750 for lunch and other facilities under the “golden section” of the school. The school increased its fees by Rs 250. Last year, the school charged Rs 1,300 as its monthly fees. “At present, the school is charging Rs 1,550 per month plus Rs 700 as transport fees, which is beyond my means,” said a parent. Eklavya School enhanced its fees from Rs 11,800 to
Rs 12,800 for six months for class III. “Though this amount includes stationery and books also but the amount is too much for us to pay after every six months. And to add to it, we also pay Rs 500 as transport charges,” said a parent. “In the absence of any regulatory body over the private schools, the private institutions are running the show on their own whims and fancies. We are being fleeced in the name of quality education. The state government should consider this matter seriously,” said Sukhdev Singh, a parent. Delhi Public School (DPS), Rama Mandi, has been increasing the fee by Rs 100 every year. The school charges Rs 1,800 on a quarterly basis, while Rs 2,500 as annual charges and another Rs 900 as bus fare. “We still feel at ease as the fees structure is still low as compared to many schools of the city,” added a parent. However, the principals of these schools refused to comment on this issue. |
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Gang of smugglers busted, 2 held
Phillaur, April 22 DSP Kamaljit Singh Dhillon said here tonight that three of their accomplices, identified as Kartar Singh and Zindi of Sanghowal village and Raju of Dera village, escaped, leaving a truck and an Esteem
car (DL-3CF-1259) behind. Dhillon said two of the five gang members were driving the Esteem car, while the others were in the truck laden with poppy husk. The Bilga police impounded both
the vehicles. |
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Bist Doab cleaning Scores of families left jobless Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, April 22 The district administration has suspended projects under the scheme due to the cleaning of the Bist Doab Canal in these areas. The affected job cardholders, who met Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti here yesterday, claimed that they were asked not to come to the sites. Had the authorities informed them in time, they would have joined certain contractors for harvesting the wheat crop, said Tarsem Peter, president of the Pendu Mazdoor Union, Punjab. Irate residents alleged that many people engaged in the NREGA projects had not been issued job cards as yet. In the absence of regular water supply, workers have to walk long distances to fetch water. They also alleged that they were not able to withdraw remuneration from banks. Moreover, the administration had not been making payments to them in time. The DC assured them early redress of their grievances.
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Wheat flour witnesses hike in price
Jalandhar, April 22 Capsicum witnessed a decrease in prices of Rs 4 per kg this week. It sold at Rs 24 per kg this week against Rs 28 last week. The prices of onion and totato witnessed a decrease. Onion remained at Rs 11 per kg against Rs 12 last week. Similarly, tomato remained at Rs 16 per kg against Rs 18 last week. The prices of ginger and lemon (Rs 80 per kg) and radish (Rs 10 per kg) remained nearly the same as last week. Potato also witnessed no change in its prices as compared to last week and remained at Rs 6 per kg this week. The prices of bottle gourd went nearly unchanged and remained around Rs 15 per kg. However, cucumber witnessed a fall in prices of Rs 2 per kg and was available at Rs 8 per kg. |
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IED a boon for disabled students
Jalandhar, April 22 Nearly 41 physically challenged students have undergone corrective surgeries under this programme. While spending Rs 3.42 lakh on treatment, corrective surgeries of 31 physically handicapped students were facilitated under the programme. In addition, 10 students, who were suffering from severe neurological disorder and cerebral palsy, underwent corrective surgeries under the IED. District in charge of IED Jai Vishal said nearly 4,215 children (including those who are yet to be enrolled in schools) from urban and rural areas were identified with disabilities ranging from learning disabilities to severe diseases like
cerebral palsy. “Under the IED, we have selected 128 severely disabled students for assessment in orthopaedics and physiotherapy departments of different institutions. Corrective surgeries were recommended in 48 cases. Of the recommended students, only 41 opted for the surgeries,” said Jai Vishal. “The idea of this programme is to bring disabled children to schools as most of the handicapped students are reluctant to enter schools owing to even treatable impairments
and disabilities,” said Jai Vishal. Treatment of children from the age group of 0-14 years, suffering from visual and hearing impairment, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, multiple disabilities, bone deformity and autism, is provided for free. Nearly 17 inclusive education resource teachers are working under the programme. Job of such teachers is to deliver psychological treatment to disabled children and impart training to in-service teachers to deal with handicapped children. Nearly 80 inclusive education volunteers across the district are working as helpers to these teachers. |
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York university doctoral
fellowship for NIT student
Jalandhar, April 22 It is first time that a student pursuing her PhD in integration of QoS for cognitive radio using soft computing techniques in the department of computer science and engineering has been selected for this research work. Earlier, it were students from the field of medicine who had been getting this scholarship. As a visiting student to the unversity, Maninder would carry out research towards PhD in the area of cognitive radio an emerging subject. Maninder would be leaving for the UK in June. |
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Jalandhar census from May 1
Jalandhar, April 22 The Deputy Commissioner said training classes for enumerators, appointed for the 15th census, were near completion and exercise of numbering houses in villages and towns would be completed in the next two days. He said each block would consist of 150 to 170 houses and national population registry would be prepared in the first phase. The second phase of the census would be from February 9 to 28, 2011. |
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Kiln workers demand hike in wages
Jalandhar, April 22 In a released press statement, district president of union Sunil Kumar said that owing to inflation, labour wages should be increased by 30 per cent. He added the government must press kiln owners to provide free uniforms, spades and wheel-burrows to workers. The protesters demanded an increase of Rs 700 per month in the salaries of workers. The workers also demanded facility of washrooms, lavatories and basic health care services in the kilns. |
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Non-medical classes
Jalandhar: MGN Public School, Urban Estate-II, launched classes in non-medical and commerce streams in the presence of MGN Educational Trust honorary secretary Jarnail Singh
Pasricha. Jarnail Singh assured the children that they wouldn’t have to look for tuitions as the school would cater to all their academic needs. — TNS |
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Painkillers dangerous for liver
The spinal cord in human body gets undue pressure while a person performs daily hectic routine and in the way moves the body that results into cervical pain. People start taking painkillers to get rid of the pain that hurts their liver a lot.
The spinal cord is the base of the body and many small bones are linked to it. It consists of 33 bones and there is a disc after every two bones. There are two small joints on the backside of the cord. These joints of discs provide support and power to the cord. With the increasing age or some other reasons the parts and bones get rubbed and in many cases the disc bursts, resulting in pain moving downward from the neck or the waist down to feet. The defect in the disc also leads to the freezing of arms and legs. The spine is made up of many individual bones called vertebrae, joined together by muscles and ligaments. Flat, soft inter-vertebral discs separate and cushion each vertebra from the next. Because the vertebrae are separate, the spine is flexible and can bend. In other words, the vertebrae works like a spring. Physiotherapy is the better way to cure the disc problems in order to avoid surgery and hefty cost of medicines. The patient going through physiotherapy starts feeling relieved within eight to 10 weeks. To save ourselves from cervical pain due care should be taken to keep the body in ideal position during work that requires bend at home like washing clothes or utensils, etc. Always try to pick heavy weight by sitting rather than bending and never sit in a wrong posture. Balanced diet, light exercise and vitamin D and E are also helpful in avoiding the pain. |
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On the occasion of World Earth Day, students of Apeejay School, Rama Mandi, today sent a letter to the Deputy Commissioner to promote the usage of paper bags and make city plastic free.
Jalandhar, April 22
The price of wheat flour was stagnant at Rs 145 per 10 kg for the past fortnight.