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Pataudi to open eye
collection centre Gurgaon, August 19 It would be formally inaugurated by the Nawab of Pataudi and famous cricketer, Mr Mansoor Ali Khan and his actress wife Ms Sharmila Tagore. The chairman of the Trust which runs the hospital, Mr D. D. Jain, informed that the eye facilities and services in the hospital are being run and managed by the Venu Eye Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi. The new eye collection centre would also be managed by the centre. Venu’s Satellite Hospital at Dhankot, established in 1993, is the only comprehensive eyecare centre in Gurgaon area, which caters to the people who cannot afford the costs of eyecare, added Mr Jain. The Director of Venu Eye Institute, Delhi, Ms Tanuja Joshi, informed that out of the total 12 million blind in India, approximately 2.5 million are afflicted with corneal blindness. And 80 per cent of the 2.5 million blind in India could have been cured if enough corneas were available for implantation. She added that the country don’t have sufficient corneal tissues to perform corneal grafting. 40,000 eyes are required per year but only 21,000 eyes are generated per year. Thus, around 19,000 more blinds are added to the backlog of 2 million each year, she informed. Set up by Dr R. K. Seth, the Venu Eye Institute and Research Centre, has been providing eyecare facilities to the poor and the needy through its effective three-tier delivery networks. The network consists of the base hospitals, the satellite hospitals and mobile eyecare units. The new eye collection centre at Dhankot Satellite Hospital will help collect more eyes, as it would facilitate a great number of donor families in Gurgaon and surrounding areas, said the director. She further informed that it would be easier to ensure a quicker response to an eye donation call from the areas as all the eye banks, which are located in Delhi, are far and might take time to respond to the call (donor of the eyes). Om Indu Jain Charitable Hospital, at village Dhankot, famous for its social services, is presently providing OPD facilities for villagers in mother and childcare, eyecare, medicine, dental, ENT (eye, nose and throat) and orthopaedic where more than 150 patients avail the services daily. |
BCCI move creates ripples in DDCA New Delhi, August 19 in Delhi has created a wave of resentment in the Delhi and District Cricket Association. Delhi is perhaps the only Test venue in the country without a proper stadium, befitting of international standard. A few years ago, the Australian team, led by Mark Taylor, had vowed that they would never play any sort of cricket in the smoggy, foggy, polluted and unkempt cricket centre of Delhi at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground. Though the somewhat strict pollution control law in Delhi has lessened the evil effect of vehicular pollution, and the Australian team relented to play in Delhi a few months ago, the DDCA is still known as an ill-managed body, riven with intense factionalism, and polluted for all the wrong reasons. It’s surprising that despite being in the heart of the “power centre of the country”, with a former Union Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley as its president, the DDCA has not been able to put its house in order. And this has been the bane of the DDCA, all through. The DDCA has about 112 clubs and over 4000 club members who elect the office-bearers, but with the proxy system being the ‘be all and end all’ of all DDCA elections, the same set of people manage to hold key positions, year after year, to the detriment of cricket in the Capital. But it seems, nobody is willing, or capable, of changing the system, for the better. A few years ago, former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi raised a banner of revolt against the then ruling group and even succeeded in ascending power. But Bedi could not continue in power for long, and had to quit before he could consolidate his position. Over the years, things not improved much in the DDCA. The proxy system continues to rule the roost. And now, when the DDCA is all set to construct a new stadium, comes the news that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is also all set to construct a mega stadium in the Capital, to set up shop. But the Sports Working Committee of the DDCA would have none of it. They have vowed to fight “tooth and nail” the BCCI’s bid to build a stadium in Delhi “as the prime object of the BCCI is to strengthen its affiliated units at the State-level by providing financial assistance as well as allotment of international matches. |
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Nepal Cricket Association signs deal with Percept New Delhi, August 19 CAN president Jay Kumar Shah said the dream of CAN “is to see Test playing countries compete with each other in Nepal and also to play One-Day Internationals in 2007. I do sincerely hope our agreement will not remain an agreement but will become a reality”. Mr Shah said CAN had a commitment towards the development of cricket in the Kingdom of Nepal. “Having already developed a good cricketing facility in Kathmandu, CAN is now in the process of developing infrastructure in Pokhra and Beergunj. The efforts of CAN can now be seen in the growing popularity of the sport and the support and interest generated by the past few events held in Nepal”, Mr Shah elaborated. CAN secretary Binay Pandey said, “The recent track record of the Nepal cricket team speaks volumes of the strides the sport has made in recent years with the team making it to the finals of the ACC Trophy in Singapore, which has promoted them to play Asia Cup with the cricketing giants of Asia, such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.” The CEO and Executive Director of Percept, Mr Sanjay Lal, said, “Percept will bring in all its expertise and contacts to promote cricket in Nepal. Cricket in Nepal is a top priority for Percept and we have undertaken a commitment to organise professional cricket tournaments every year. We have worked hard for three years to make this announcement and are extremely excited to move ahead with our dream”. He said Percept’s commitment to sports had gone global this year with an association with Laureus World Sports for Good Foundation. “Laureus World Sports Academy, the only recognisable world sports body, has motivated Percept to initiate India’s first and only sports academy called the Hero Indian Sports Academy. The academy will work towards bringing about social change through sports and honour talent in various sports in the country through an annual sports awards ceremony. Recently, Percept entered into a memorandum of understanding with Quintus, the parent of Wisden, and has planned a special cricket awards ceremony from January next year, which will have the blessings of the Board of Control for Cricket in India”, Mr Sanjay Lal said. |
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India annex team titles in Bench Press Championship
New Delhi, August 19 In the men’s section, the nine-member Indian team
collected 60 points to emerge on top. The four-member Japanese team collected 48 points to finish second. Chinese Taipei (33 points, two lifters), Philippines (21 points, 2 lifters), Kazakhstan (20 points, 2 lifters) and Nepal (17 points, two lifters) finished in that
order. Chao Chen Yeh of Chinese Taipei emerged as the best woman lifter when she logged 137.22 points. Her team-mates Hung Min Chu and Chou Hui Chen accounted for the second and third place, collecting 132.01 and 126.25 points, respectively. In the men’s section, Kodama Daiki of Japan took the top spot with 159.02 points. The second and third positions were also won by Japanese lifters Nakayama Hisayuki and Minami Shigeki, respectively. Over 60 lifters from six countries participated in the Asian meet. The Indian challenge was led by team captain Sandeep
Gosain, who himself won a silver medal in the 110kg class. He had won a bronze medal in the last Asian Championship. |
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Railway
Board, Delhi Audit earn full points New Delhi, August 19 Outside-left I S Brar scored the first goal in the 46th minute while inside-right Rajesh Kumar completed the tally in the 29th minute. In the morning session, Delhi Transport
Corporation (DTC) and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) played a 1-1 draw. Defending champions Delhi Audit routed the Food Corporation of India (Headquarters) 8-0 in the last match of the day in an A Division match. This was Delhi Audit’s fourth successive victory. The winners led by 3-0 at half time. Naresh Mann opened the floodgates, while Rishi Kapoor and Sameer Jung completed the first half scoring. In the second half, inside-left Hitender Rawat made it 4-0, while Neeraj Choudhary, Hitender Rawat and Naresh Mann (2) got the other goals. Delhi Audit have collected 12 points from four matches. FCI have only one point from three matches. Tuesday’s fixtures:
Reserve Bank of India vs BSNL (7.45 am), Indian Airlines vs
IGPCL/BSES (2.30 pm), Central Secretariat vs Northern Railway (4 pm)— Ambedkar
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Nivia rout
Tagore School New Delhi, August
19 Saurabh and Yogesh reduced the margin for Tagore School. In the second match, Navyug School beat Government School, Panipat, 4-1. DDA Football Academy beat Nivia Academy 3-0 on Sunday. Tuesday’s fixtures: Vasant Valley vs Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan (11 am); Nivia Football Academy vs Modern School, Noida (12.30 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium. |
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Soumik Chatterjee hits century New Delhi, August 19 Soumik Chatterjee was declared the man of the match. Opting to bat first, DAV School scored 236 for 2 in 35 overs. Delhi under-14 player Soumik Chatterjee stole the thunder with his dashing knock, which contained 12 boundaries and one six. In reply, Anglo Arabic School could make only 64 for 6 when rain stopped play. DAV won the match on a better run rate. Scores: DAV, Shalimar
Bagh: 236 for 2 in 35 overs (Soumik Chattejee 110 n o, Manas Malhotra 69). Anglo Arabic School:
64 for 6 in 17.1 overs
(Weleed Ahmad 26, Pawan Chauhan 2 for 16, Abhishek Rohilla 2 for 5). |
Jhajjar right on target in 20-point programme Jhajjar, August 19 According to the progress report issued by the finance commissioner against the target of 1.01 lakh man days under the Jawahar Gram Samarithi Yojna, it has achieved 3.39 lakh man days which is 159 per cent of the actual target. Total beneficiaries in the Swarn Jayanti Gram Rojgar Yojna were 849 who provided loans of Rs 149.72 lakh and grants of Rs 71.09 lakh. The Deputy Commissioner said that 487 persons belonging to the scheduled caste were benefited also from this scheme for self-employment. He further informed that 130 new houses were constructed for below the poverty line (BPL) families and 65 houses were upgraded under Indra Awas Yojna. The district achieved distinction in agriculture production also as the targets in the production of paddy, kharif pulses, bajra, jawar, barely and other kharif pulses have been exceeded. Targets in vegetable and fruit productions have been achieved up to 166 and 84 per cent respectively by the horticulture department. The health department has also achieved almost 100 per cent success in the immunisation of DPT, BCG, polio, measles and other sterilisation programmes. The DC added that under Apni Beti Apna Dhan Yojna, 793 eligible girls were benefited against the target of 534. The district welfare office also provided financial help to 280 persons of the scheduled caste while the actual target was 199. In the slum development programme, around 5,798 people benefited in Jhajjar and Bahadurgarh. The forest office also achieved the target of 1.67 lakh tree plantation covering 192
hectare area. The electricity department also provided 127 new tubewell connections. Elaborating the progress of the programme during the current financial year, Mr Mohinder Kumar told that an amount of Rs 380 lakh is being spent on various development projects undertaken by the District Rural Development Agency. About 25,250 quintal wheat has been distributed among the labour class under the Sampoorn Gramin Rojgar Yojna. |
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