HEALTH

200 units collected at PNB blood donation camps
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 19
Mr S.S. Kohli, Chairman and Director, Punjab National Bank (PNB), inaugurated the blood donation camps organised by the bank at its head office on July 18 and 19. Employees of the bank voluntarily donated over 200 units of blood. The camps were organised in association with the Red Cross Society.

Mr Kohli, while inaugurating the blood donation camp, informed that as a responsible corporate citizen the bank continuously involved itself in various community-based programmes throughout the country, like organising sapling plantation camps for preservation of environment, medical check-up and blood donation camps for improving the health of fellow citizens, career and guidance camps, putting up tree guards for protecting the tender future essence of life etc.

During the last financial year, the bank organised 151 programmes under social banking, including 53 medical check-up camps and 13 blood donation camps.

Donations to the tune of Rs 1.45 crore were made by the bank to various societies, charitable institutions and organisations working for the benefit of the downtrodden and weaker sections of society. Donations were also given to institutions involved in sports and cultural activities.

The bank also donated a computerised Braille Production Unit for the benefit of more than 350 blind children to the National Association for the Blind, Delhi.

Under 'Adopt a Gran' scheme of HelpAge India, the bank has again supported 30 economically and socially deprived older persons to live a life of dignity and self-esteem by contributing Rs 1.44 lakh. The bank contributed Rs 80 lakh for the PNB Centenary Rural Development Trust.

The bank has also established the PNB Hockey Academy with the aim to encourage talented youngsters to become quality players without sacrificing their educational careers.

During the last financial year, the bank organised 151 programmes under social banking, including 53 medical check-up camps and 13 blood donation camps. Donations to the tune of Rs 1.45 crore were made by the bank to various societies, charitable institutions and organisations working for the benefit of the downtrodden and weaker sections of society.

SPORTS

Hemant stars in Ravindera School’s victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 19
An all-round performance by Hemant Singh (2 for 14 and 66 not out) and deadly bowling by Vipul Gupta (4 for 33) helped Ravindera Public School defeat Poorvi Delhi Club by nine wickets in a league match of the first Shiv Narain Khinchi Memorial Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Tyagi Public School ground.

Scores: Poorvi Delhi Club: 106 all out in 21.2 overs (Chetan Bisth 43, Rachit Pathak 22, Vipul Gupta 4 for 33, Hemant Singh 2 for 14).

Ravindera Public School: 107 for 1 in 15.5 overs (Hemant Singh 66 n o, 8x4, 2x6; Jatin Paul 26 n o).

Amit Ghuman shines

A brilliant knock of 56 by Amit Ghuman and a 3 for 37 bowling spell by Amit Kumar helped Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji Academy (Senior) beat Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji Academy (Junior) by 59 runs in a limited-over match at the Guru Harkishan Public School ground, Vasant Vihar.

Amit Ghuman’s 56 run were full of fiery shots.

Scores: Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Senior): 182 all out in 29.5 overs (Amit Ghuman 56, Harpreet Singh 3 for 23, Lakshman 2 for 23).

Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Junior): 123 all out in 25.5 overs (Rohan 31, Sorin Dhaka 29, Amit Kumar 3 for 37, Parteek Jain 2 for 23).

Record entries in Manav Sthali Table Tennis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 19
A record number of 1150 players will compete in the 30th Smt. Chandravati Bhatnagar Manav Sthali Open Table Tennis Tournament, which was inaugurated at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium by Mr Shashi Kant Mehrotra, deputy commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, in the Capital on Friday.

The tournament introduced competitions in the four plus, five plus and six plus categories to give a platform for the young talent to flourish. The other categories are tiny-tots, cadet, sub-juniors, boys and girls singles, midget and blossoms.

Results: Blossom Category (below four years): Arjun Verma (Manav Sthali School) beat Arshit Bhalla (Convent of Rani Jhansi) 11-5,11-8; Arshdeep Singh (Manav Sthali) beat Mudit Kumar (Nav Manav) 11-5,11-6; Supriya Kapoor (CRJ) beat Chandeesh Sehgal (Nav Manav) 11-3,11-8.

Below six years: Nikhil Jain (Bhatnagar International) beat Parth Kapoor (Nav Manav) 11-7,11-4; Manav Gupta (Manav Sthali) beat Prerak Purohit (CRJ) 12-10,11-7; Devyani Dhingra (Nav Manav) beat Depesh Choudhry (South Ext.) 11-5,11-8; R Chandra Sekhar (Manav Sthali) beat Astha Kaul 11-8,11-9.

Under-7 girls: Pryanka Tandon (Manav Sthali) beat Sonakshi Sharma (St. Vivekanand, Patel Nagar) 6-11,11-7,11-6; Mahima Channa (St. Vivekanand) beat Uprisha Kapoor (Nav Manav) 11-7, 11-8; Raghav Jain beat Vaibhav Magoo (Manav Sthali) 7-11,11-8.

Under-7 boys: Aman Bansal (SE) beat Parikshit Salaria (St. Vivekanand) 11-9, 9-11, 11-9; Anshul Aggarwal (CRJ) beat Sidhant Arora (SE) 11-9, 11-8; Sidhant Gupta beat Sagar Malhotra (Nav Manav) 11-4, 8-11, 11-4 and then 11-9, 11-9; Priyank Sood (St. Vivekanand) beat V P Mishra (CRJ) 11-7, 11-4.

Under-10 girls: Diksha Tulsi (Manav Sthali) beat Tanvi Jairath (SE) 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8; Ishleen Saluja (CRJ) beat Chhvi Verma (St. Vivekanand) 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8; Gunjan Jindal (Manav Sthali) beat Nayati Jain (Nav Manav) 7-11,11-6, 11-9, 12-10; Sugandha Choudhary (DS) beat Sanjana Batra (BE) 13-11, 10-12, 9-11, 11-3, 11-5.

Under-10 boys: Kartik Choudhary (Manav Sthali) beat Akash Bhareja 11-3, 11-7, 11-6; Anish Mittal (Manav Sthali) beat Shivam Vij 11-7, 13-11, 11-5; Hardik Sethi beat Harshit Gupta 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7; Jasal Bhagwani beat Utkarsh (Nav Manav ) 11-9,11-9, 11-8.

Under-12 boys: Aman Puniani (Manav Sthali) beat A Goel 11-6, 11-4, 11-9; K. Kapoor beat R Dhawan 12-14, 7-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-6; P. Rawal beat R Sachdeva.

Mohit Batra claims 5 for 20
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 19
A devastating bowling performance of 5 for 20 by Mohit Batra helped DAV School, Shalimar Bagh beat Blue Star Club by eight wickets in the first Prabhu Dayal Memorial Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Ashok Vihar Picknichut ground. Scores: Blue Star Club: 89 all out in 27.2 overs (Sachin Singh 28, Mohit Batra 5 for 20, Pawan Chauhan 2 for 25). DAV School, Shalimar Bagh: 90 for 2 in 14.5 overs (Love Sehrawat 32, Abhishek Sakuja 24 n o, Sachin Kumar 1 for 29, Karan Kumar Singh 1 for 30).

Hasan, Naveen excel

Hasan Ahmed hit a smashing 80 and Naveen Kumar claimed 5 for 40 to excel in Madhu Vihar Cricket Club’s 30-run victory against Shalimar Club in the Triangular Cricket Series at the Patparganj ground in the Capital.

Scores: Madhu Vihar Cricket Club: 230 for 7 in 30 overs (Hasan 80, Nand 47, Vinay Kumar 3 for 60, Manu John 3 for 45). Shalimar Club: 200 all out in 29.5 overs (M.John 70, V. Kumar 40, N. Kumar 5 for 40, Prabhu 3 for 30).

Manu John slams century

New Delhi, July 19
Manu John slammed a stroke-filled century to help Dhananjai Academy beat Cambridge Club by 100 runs in a Tri-Series Cricket Tournament, organised by Sh. Malik Sarkar Sports Trust.

Scores: Dhananjai Academy: 272 all out in 40 overs (Manu John 117, Dhananjai Kanojia 60 n o, Raj Kumar 32, Dinesh Nagar 3 for 40, Girish Kumar 2 for 45, Durga Prasad 2 for 35). Cambridge Club, Faridabad: 172 all out in 31 overs (Vijay Yadav 62, Pankaj Thakur 42, Dhananjai 2 for 14, Manu John 2 for 28, Sanjay Saini 3 for 20). OSR