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HEALTH

Hepatitis-B vaccination camp
Our Correspondent

Machhiwara, September 20
As many as 1,150 persons were vaccinated against hepatitis-B in two camps organised at Machhiwara and Jhar Sahib.

In the camp at Machhiwara, which was organised by the Sarv Hitkari Sabha, around 1,000 persons were vaccinated, whereas at the Jhar Sahib camp only 150 persons came for vaccination.

The camp was inaugurated by Mr S.S. Brar, SDM, Samrala.

The others who visited the camp included Mr Ashok Sood, chairman, Sarv Hitkari Sabha, Mr Irwin Luthra, president, Dr Sunil Dutt, Mr Gurcharan Singh Mithewal, chairman, Market Committee, Machhiwara, Mr Anil Sood, president, Nagar Panchayat, Machhiwara, and Mr Tejinder Singh Kooner, vice-president, District Congress Committee.

Ways to beat bad breath

BAD breath problem affects all age groups. Bacteria in the mouth or oral flora and their evil products are behind the bad breath. As bacteria breakdown food, foul smelling sulfur compounds emanate.

During the day, saliva provides natural hygiene. As you talk and chew, your tongue moves around in the mouth and promotes saliva flow. This way mouth is continuously rinsed and cleaned. During sleep, this process stops. Talking, eating, drinking and chewing get juices flowing against the fumes dissipate.

Certain activities such as vigorous exercise, smoking, talking certain medications and consuming alcohol dry the mouth. Sugarless gum or sugarless mints may help keep the mouth from drying out. Some foods legitimately cause bad breath. We all know about garlic and onions. Brushing you teeth is not going to help because the odour comes from the lungs and not from residue in your mouth. Garlic and onions cause bad breath because they contain sulfur compounds which enter the blood stream. When blood reaches the lungs, so do the vapours, which you exhale. Cabbage, coffee, alcohol, curry and even pineapple contain substances that are released in the lungs and can produce distinctive breath odour. Bad breath can also be a sign of a more serious disorder. Sinusitis, tuberculosis, syphilis, eirrohsis of the liver., diabetes, hypoglycemia, renal disease and vitamin and chemical deficient can all produce a foul order. If you are concerned about your breath odour, consult you dentist. Bad breath may be a sign of indigestion or upper respiratory infection.

Some tips
* Brush your teeth thoroughly but gently. Brush at least twice a day for three to five minutes each time and Clean every surface of every tooth.
* Brush your tongue, sounds silly, but bacteria collect on top of it and raise a stink.
* Avoid injury to the inside of your mouth.
* Do gargle with a mouth wash or salted water.
* Brush immediately after meal.
* Rinse the mouth when you cannot brush.
* Eat regularly and do not skip meals. An empty stomach can send up foul odours.
* Cloves and cardamom can cover bad breath with a pleasant fragrance.
* Chew a mint or some other gums also good for a temporary cover up.

— Dr Anil Dheer

SPORTS

Sahil, Simarpreet to clash for title
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, September 20
Sahil and Simarpreet S toiled hard to down their opponents to secure berths in the cadet boys singles final of the Ludhiana District Table Tennis Championship which began at the Shastri Hall of Guru Nanak Stadium here today.

In the semi-finals, Sahil, a student of class VIII of Green Land Senior Secondary School faced a stiff resistance from Jagdeep of Bharatiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School before emerging victorious at 11-9, 11-8 and Simarpreet Singh outplayed Dharmender at 11-7, 11-8.

In the sub-junior boy’s section, Sahil alongwith Dharmender and Simarpreet Singh and Sun Wing of Sacred Heart Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, made it to the last four stage.

In the quarterfinals, Sahil defeated Sushant Verma 11-6,11-8, Dharmender outclassed Himanshu 11-9,11-7, Simarpreet Singh got better of Karan 1-8,11-6 and Sun Wing prevailed over Jaideep 11-7,11-9.

Today’s results: Cadet Boys (Ist round) — Sahil b Manider Singh 11-8,11-9; Jagddep b Sumit 11-6,11-7; Raghav b Fo Ming 11-9,11-7; Abhijit b Jagdish 11-7,11-8; and Nitesh b Sidhant 11-8,11-7; (2nd round) — Manpreet b Sumit Singh 11-6,11-8; Vaibhav lost to Jagdeep 9-11,7-11; Jaideep b Raghav 11-6,11-5; Simarpreet b Abhijit 11-9, 11-7; Parul Verma b Mitesh 11-6,11-4; Akshay b Abhay 11-7,11-9; and Dharmender b Maninder 11-7,11-4; (Quarter-Final) — Sahil b Manpreet 11-7, 11-9; Jagdeep b Jaideep 11-9, 11-8; Simarpreet b Parul Verma 11-7, 11-6; and Dharminder b Abhay 11-8, 11-9; (semi final) — Sahil b Jagdeep 11-9, 11-8; and Simarpreet b Dharmender 11-7, 11-8.

Sub-junior boys (1st round) — Sahil b Piyush 11-7, 11-9; Akshay lost to Rachit Chopra 7-11, 8-11; Sushant Verma b Sumit Singh 11-7, 11-5; Jagdish b Karanjot 11-4, 11-6; Dhaminder b Mohinder 11-5, 11-4; Vaibhav b Bharat Sood 11-7, 11-3; Sidhant b Mukal Grover 11-4, 11-3; Simarpreet b Manpreet 11-3, 11-7; Jagdeep b Gaurav 11-7, 11-9; Kapil b Puneet 11-8, 11-9; Karan Mahajan b Fo Ming 11-4, 11-3; Jaideep b Rajat 11-7, 11-4; Abhijit b Raghav 11-3, 11-5; Nandan b Tarun 11-7, 11-5; and Sun Wing b Parul 11-7, 11-4. (2nd round) — Sahil b Rachit Chopra 11-7, 11-9; Sushant Verma b Jagdish 11-7, 11-6; Dharminder b Vaibhav 11-6, 11-4; Himanshu b Sidhant, 11-7, 11-6; Simarpreet b Jagdeep 11-9, 11-7; Kapil Sharma lost to Karan 7-11, 9-11; Jaideep b Abhayjit 11-7, 11-9; and Sun Wing b Maninder 11-7, 11-8. (Quarter-finals) — Sahil b Sishant Verma 11-6, 11-8; Dharmender b Himanshu 11-9, 11-7; Simarpreet Singh b Karan 11-8, 11-6; and Sun Wing b Jaideep 11-7, 11-9.

Taekwondo association meeting

The general body meeting of the Punjab Taekwondo Association will be held here on September 22 at 10 am at Punjabi Bhavan, according to a press note issued by Mr Jaspal Singh, general secretary of the association.

The agenda of the meeting is to finalise the coaching camp programme for the Punjab taekwondo teams prior to their participation in the forthcoming National Games to be held in Punjab later this year. All units of the association will take part at this meeting which will be presided over by its president, Mr Mantar Singh Brar, MLA.

ADMINISTRATION

Auction of octroi postponed
Our Correspondent

Samrala, September 20
The auction of octroi on contract- basis in the city has been postponed for an indefinite period, according to Mr Devinder Singh Grewal, Executive Officer of the Nagar Council, here today.

According to sources, the auction of octroi for the year starting from October 1 was fixed but the octroi contractors were not ready to collect octroi because the reserve government price was higher than the last year, ending on September 20, which amounted to Rs 76,40,000 but for the following year the government reserved it with an increase of 15 per cent, amounting Rs 87, 86, 000.

Meanwhile a large number of employees of the Samrala Nagar Council went to Ludhiana participate in a dharna in front of the office of the Deputy Director, Local Bodies Ludhiana, to protest against the failure to lift octroi from the sate. The general secretary of the Samrala Employees Union, Mr Bhinder Singh, said the octroi should not be lifted unless suitable jobs were provided to the octroi employees.