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Police, NGOs brainstorm steps to rein in crime
Dikshit opposes war memorial
at India Gate
DUTA condemns teacher's manhandling
Balloon sinuplasty is the answer
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DSGMS to raise awareness of
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Police, NGOs brainstorm steps to rein in crime
New Delhi, April 8 Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Suman Nalwa said that since January, three meetings have taken place with the NGOs to fortify community policing. In the first meeting, 23 NGOs and public-spirited people participated. The same NGOs attended the yesterday's meeting. An activist of Shreela, an NGO, stated that she worked on a module to improve the traffic scene. Her efforts were welcomed and she promised to provide all required assistance of her organization. Saroj Joshi of Rotary Club explained that they have 150 schoolchildren, whose services could be utilized in traffic management and other road safety measures. Rotary Club can also provide councillors and mediators, she said. In the meeting, the police asked her to approach the Social Welfare Department for the problems of streetchildren begging at intersections. Kusum Das, working in the Airport Authority of India where she and her colleagues recycle the waste papers, suggested that she could also recycle the waste papers of the police unit into files and folders.
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Dikshit opposes war memorial
at India Gate
New Delhi, April 8 A group of ministers (GoM) headed by Defence Minister AK Antony had recommended the establishment of a national war memorial at the India Gate complex in August last year. "It is a people's place. It is just like Marina Beach and Chaupati. My point
is that you can make a memorial anywhere else. Why spoil this beautiful place? Why become a hindrance to people's enjoyment?"
said Dikshit. The Chief Minister said that the construction of the memorial would restrict people's movement in the area due to security reasons.
Comparing the India Gate complex with Chaupati in Mumbai and Marina Beach in Chennai, Dikshit said that
setting up of the war memorial will severely affect the ambiance of the area
and restrict the movement of people in the area. "I have been there (India Gate) recently after watching a movie about 12:30 at night. People from all sections come here to have pleasure. They come out to get some fresh air. There is a party atmosphere in the evening. We should not spoil this environment," Dikshit said. There are so many other places in Delhi where the memorial can be built, she added. The armed forces have been demanding the war memorial to honour their men who made supreme sacrifice in wars,
conflicts and militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. In view of their demand, the government had set up the GoM in 2009 which was first headed by Pranab Mukherjee. Besides the Chief
Minister, the Urban Development Ministry and the Delhi Urban Art Commission have also objected to the construction of the memorial at India Gate. |
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DUTA condemns teacher's manhandling
New Delhi, April 8 "We noted that there was no provocation that merited such behaviour on the part of the Vice-Chancellor's 'bouncers'. It is of the view that such a brazen act against the teachers has become the norm in this university. The obsession with academic restructuring, even at the cost of rationality has resulted in frequent incidents like this one," said an official statement from DUTA today. Following the incident, teachers have also started pouring out their anger on a social website 'Facebook', demanding the Vice-Chancellor's resignation. One of the DUTA members said that the security men accompanying the Vice-Chancellor at the function had earlier ordered the faculty members sitting in the front row to move from there and make place for them. Such a huge delegation of security men did not accompany even the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, or the HRD Minister, Pallam Raju, on their recent visits to the college and they certainly did not occupy the front row. |
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Chronic sinusitis Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 8 For those patients who do not respond adequately to medication, doctors recommend balloon sinuplasty-an invasive procedure to treat the blocked nasal sinuses in a procedure similar to that of angioplasty used for obstruction in heart. "People are still to know about sinusitis and the benefits of balloon sinuplasty. It is much like angioplasty, in which the heart arteries are cleared. People are familiar with the balloon inside the artery of the heart to open blood flow; we are essentially doing the same thing. We are putting a balloon in the sinus," explained Dr Lalit Mohan Parashar, senior consultant ENT, Nova Specialty Surgery. Doctors said it is important to watch out for the symptoms such as a thick, yellow or greenish discharge from the nose or down the back of the throat; nasal congestion, tenderness and swelling around the eyes, cheeks, nose and forehead accompanied by a reduced sense of smell and taste. Stressing the need for timely intervention, senior ENT consultant Dr Atul Ahuja said, "The impact of chronic sinusitis on a person's quality of life includes throbbing facial pain or pressure, headache, bad breath, irritability, fatigue or nausea, and pain in the upper teeth." Traditionally patients are treated with medical therapies such as antibiotics and topical nasal steroids, or conventional sinus surgery that requires the removal of bone and tissue to open blocked passageways. But with the changing times, balloon sinuplasty, a onetime procedure, provides an effective therapy for the treatment of chronic sinusitis, said doctors. "Studies indicate that more than 1,50,000 patients across the globe have been treated safely via balloon sinuplasty and 95 per cent of those patients feel that they have achieved the desired results," said ENT doctor Dr Chanchal Pal.
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DSGMS to raise awareness of
welfare schemes
New Delhi, April 8 The DSGMC president Manjit Singh (GK) said that every year the committee gives fee concession to the students of poor families, still a number of people meet its members, asking for the details. He was speaking at a workshop organized by Baroo Sahib, an NGO that work in the field of education in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. An activist of Baroo Sahib, Charanjit Singh said if efforts are made, more students of poor families can avail themselves of the benefits of government schemes in education. |
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