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Surgeons’ conference
in November CHANDIGARH, Oct 8 — A three-day conference for surgeons from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh is being organised by the Department of Surgery at the PGI from November 10 to 12. The emphasis of the conference will be on communication with cancer patients, first hour care of the traumatised individuals, damage limitation strategies in surgical practice and occupational hazards. Besides, there will be sessions on how to manage difficult situations encountered almost everyday by the experts. A unique feature of the conference will be a face-to-face evidence based debate. The course will cover management issues as well as skills required for hernia repair operation demonstration. The conference will provide opportunity to view different applications of endoscopy in surgical practice. Other highlights include guest lectures, oration and a special session for young surgeons. Three best papers will be chosen for presentation at the all-India surgeons' conference. The faculty comprises eminent surgeons from India, the UK, Japan and South Africa. |
New scoring pattern
to be experimented chandigarh,
Oct 8 — Badminton eves will now have to exert more due to a new scoring system being experimented by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) at the all-India junior ranking prize money badminton meet at Kozhikode in Kerala last evening. Though the rules, as contemplated by the International Badminton Federation and the Asian Badminton Confederation, will be in force at the world junior badminton championship in China this month, BAI wants to experiment first to enable the players to adjust to the new system. The new rules envisage that the earlier system, of best of three games of 15 points in boys and of 11 points in girls, will now be replaced by 7 points in either section. The match point is at 6 points and if the score is 6-6, it is deuce, with the game ending at 8 points. A thought was given to introduce the rally point system, like in table tennis and volleyball, but it would not be applied in the present context. Views were gathered from a few past badminton players of repute. It was Vikram Talwar a former Combined Universities player, who said this new rule was a welcome change since it would give more opportunity for a deceptive player to dislodge the opponent and to try to finish the game without allowing the rival to settle down. Veer Singh Chauhan, a former Himachal state champion, said the rule might not fit for long rally players because the moment the player would begin to warm up in a game, match point might be approaching, which would go against his winning the same. He was of the view that it should have been 12 points for each game, with best of three, while it could be 10 points a game for girls. Geeta Aggarwal, a player from Chandigarh, said it would be taxing for girls as now they would have to work more on fitness and endurance. She said for Indian women, the new rules might be a misfit since they had lesser stamina on court, while it could be a nice step for boys. She added that now the player could not afford to lose concentration at any stage. She said it was good that such a change had been made, though initially it was done for increasing viewership as TV channels would have more sponsors in this sport. Dharminder Batra, a former Combined Universities player, said the new pattern would be a blessing for Indian players, who were always at a loss due to less stamina. The Indian style of play was best suited for 7 points, he said. He claimed that he had suffered due to lack of stamina and long match points, which could be extended to 54 points. Hardaljit Singh Bains, a Punjab state player, said earlier it had 45 points in boys and now 35 points, which would not help any comeback in the game. He said this might not help Chinese and Indonesian players, but the players with deception, net play and proficiency in finishing the game early would benefit. He said watching matches on TV would be more interesting. He added that tennis, which was quite slow, was seen with interest. He hoped that this change paved the way for increase in viewership for badminton. |
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Nadia Saini wins TT
championship CHANDIGARH, Oct 8 — Nadia Saini clinched two titles, while her brother Divey Saini clinched the singles title in the 13th Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship being played here today at the Sector 23 TT hall. Nadia of DAV Public School, Sector 8, bagged cadet singles and sub-junior girls singles title while Divey, also of same school, settled for cadet boys title. Results: Cadet boys Sub-Junior girls Sub-Junior
boys Lake Club tennis Neha Singh bagged two titles in the fourth Lake Club Open tennis championship, which concluded here this evening at the Lake Club in Sector 6. Results: Ton by Vishal Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula, cornered glory when it trounced Francis Xavier School, Sector 44, by 197 runs in the under 14 section, thanks to 118 runs by Vishal Goyal, which enabled HPS to a fine win in the third Blesssed Edmund Rice Cricket tournament being played in St John’s High School, Sector 26. In the other matches of the day in under14 section, Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, beat St Joseph’s -44 by eight wickets, Little Flower School, Sector 14, Panchkula defeated KB DAV Centenary School, Sector 7, Chandigarh, by 58 runs and St Anne’s School, Sector 32 outplayed Saupin’s School, Panchkula by 105 runs.
Naval club victorious Naval Cricket Club beat Unique Juniors Cricket Club by three wickets, while Bharpur Cricket Club outscored Gaganbir XI by 66 runs in the under 16 section of the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Cricket tournament being played here at the Government College for Men, Sector 11. |
Additional force
for traffic management SAS NAGAR,
Oct 8 — To improve traffic management in the town, additional force, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), has been posted while additional vehicles have been allotted from the vehicle pool of the Ropar police. These decisions were taken at a meeting of the district police officials chaired by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ropar, Mr GPS Bhullar, here today. It was decided that the practice of inter-district rotation of the cops of the traffic wing on a weekly basis would be discontinued. Now the rotation would be after a month. The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr SS Gill, said the practice of parade of the cops on every Monday at Ropar had also been discontinued. This would help in improving the efficiency of the traffic cops, said Mr Gill, adding that now the Head Constables, presently five with the local traffic police, had been empowered to issue challans. The practice of allowing the Head Constables to issue challans had been earlier withdrawn after complaints of the cops demanding bribe from the violators from traffic rules. With the additional sanction, the total strength of the local traffic wing would go to 25. The traffic wing would now been permanently equipped with six walkie-talkies, with more range than the obsolete sets being used by the local force. Mobile force at the six vital points of the town would be equipped with walkie-talkies. During the school opening and closing hours and during the office hours, at least two cops would be permanently stationed at vital points in the town. |
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