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Conference on surgical oncology from Sept
21 Panchkula, September 11 Stating this here, the organising secretary of the NATCOM-IASO-2001, Prof R.K. Karwasra, and the honorary secretary, Dr Ravi Kant, said as many as 400 delegates from all over the country would participate in the conference. The year 2001 being observed as the International Women’s Year, the experts have set aside one-day to deliberate on cancers common amongst women which include breast cancer, cancer of the cervix and ovaries. Experts from cancer hospitals and regional cancer centres from the country are expected to participate in the conference with the theme of gastrointestinal cancers and their treatment. A quiz on onco surgery and display of scientific papers and posters would be a part of the three-day programme. The chief patron NATCOM-IASO, 2001, Mr Ajay Chautala, said he had extended all possible help to make the conference a success. The chief minister of Haryana, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, would inaugurate the conference on September 21 and would be attended by Dr C.P. Thakur, Union Health Minister, among other specialists from abroad with specialisation in cancer treatment, he added.
Chandigarh, September 11 The meeting has been convened by the Directorate of National Anti-Malaria Programme, Government of India, with special focus on a comprehensive review of the malaria situation in inter-state border areas. The states which are taking part in the meeting are Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh. This is the first time that such a meeting is being held in City Beautiful. Dr Rameshwar Chander, Director, Health Services, UT, will inaugurate it. |
Watch the surface, not the
shuttlecock Chandigarh, September 11 In November 2000, one of the three courts was replaced and the other two renovated, just before the Junior National Badminton Championships. However, the new surface that has been replaced has patches of unevenness. The junior national meet was played on synthetic courts that were laid over the wooden surface. The court boundary has not been marked till date. Sources in the UT Engineering
Department said the new surface would be removed with the help of a machine. Players said officials visited the hall almost every day to supervise the levelling job, but the felt unsafe while playing. A visit to the hall revealed that surfaces of the other two courts were also broken. “A player can get injured anytime,” said one of the senior players. The Sports Department is also to be blamed because it has been unable to make engineers to the desired job. Besides trainees and club members, top officials of the UT also play regularly in this hall. A badminton player said the hall was often made a venue of judo competitions and the other meets, which damaged the courts. The Sector 23 table tennis hall has never misused in like the Sector 42 hall and the Sector 10 Skating Rink. Judo, boxing and wrestling halls are being built near Badminton Hall and the construction began in October 2000. Though the completion period is 12 months, sources in the Engineering Department say that it will take another year for the project to finish. Meanwhile, the Chandigarh State Badminton Championships are to be held in the Sector 42 hall from September 19, while it continues to be unsafe for players to play on the courts here. |
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KB DAV-7 win gymnastics
championship Chandigarh, September 11 Ishani Sharma of KB DAV won gold medal in vault horse, two silver medals in beem bar and uneven bar event, respectively. She was also declared the second best gymnast in this meet. Shivani Joshi, also of KB DAV-7, secured gold medal in beem bar and bronze medal in uneven bar while she was declared third best gymnast of the meet. The schools which took part in the above meet were, CL DAV Senior Public School, Sector 11, Panchkula, Hansraj Public School, Sector 6 Panchkula, CL Aggarwal DAV Model School, Sector 7, Chandigarh, KB DAV Centenary School, Sector 7, DAV Public School, Thermal Colony, Panipat, DAV Public School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, and Major R.N. Kapoor DAV Public school, Ambala cantonment.
Cricket tourney Chandigarh defeated SAS Nagar on the basis of Ist innings lead in the Sushil Bali under-14 two-day cricket meet played here today at SAS Nagar. SAS Nagar scored 114 runs while Chandigarh scored 225 runs for the loss of six wickets in 90 overs. SAS Nagar was 140 for eight in 36 overs in the second innings when the match came to close today. |
PUDA’s dual policy in developing
parks SAS Nagar, September 11 Lakhs of rupees have been spent on laying on concrete tracks, flower beds and arch-shaped metal frames for creepers in a specific green belt, adjoining one-kanal houses in Sector 70. Decorative white-coloured overhead lights have put up adjacent to one-kanal houses in the sector which faces Phase 7. At a short distance from the neighbourhood park, mild steel railings around wild growth and uneven ground in front of HIG flats are the only identification signs of the place being a green belt. Mr S.S. Grewal, a resident of the area, said: “After a lot of effort PUDA had erected the mild steel railings around the green belt running under a high tension line but nothing was done after that. The neighbourhood park was being developed as a senior police officer, a senior official of PUDA and a politician lived in the area”. A visit to the area corroborated the version of the residents. The horticulture officials appear to be quite wise in putting up mild steel railings but have not bothered to level the ground and lay concrete paths and develop flower beds. Mr Joginder Singh Deep, a resident of the sector, lamented that the decorative lights along the concrete paths were not functional and the development by the horticulture wing appears to be restricted to the neighbourhood park and two other belts adjoining the houses of certain VIPs. |
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Protect children’s rights: Jacob Chandigarh, September 11 The movement should highlight the importance of taking care of child health, nutrition and education. He regretted that in the new social environment and with the emergence of certain lustful elements, children were open to abuse. He said even at work, especially in eateries, dhabas and other places, there were cases of child abuse that left indelible scars on the child’s psyche. The Administrator said children were a precious human resource. They were our future. It was imperative for parents and the government to collectively strive for ensuring proper growth and development of children. Expressing concern over the disturbing male-female ratio, especially in Punjab and Haryana, the Governor said there was need to take strict measures to curb female infanticide. The girl child had remained ignored for long and this conference must deliberate upon measures to empower the girl child so she could become self-dependent to face the future, he asserted. Highlighting the role of non-government organisations, the Administrator said their efforts needed to be accelerated. Volunteers were needed all over country in great numbers to create awareness and to arrange psychological rehabilitation service, wherever possible. Emphasising the need for giving education to the children who had to perforce work during the day, the Governor said recent experiment by the Chandigarh Administration to provide education to the slum children had been a success. He appealed to various NGOs to come forward to extend this programme to other slums. |
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