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Free health service to women, diabetics
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 23
The Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research is offering free consultation on diabetes and women’s health at Dr Morepen, Lifespring store, South Extension. The residents of Delhi can avail themselves of the benefit of free consultation from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm till January 30.

The initiative is part of the institute’s endeavour to bring hassle-free, quality consultation closer to the residents of the city and also to emphasise the importance of preventive healthcare.

The free camp is being announced through mailers, radio announcements and effective placement of posters and banners in the vicinity and at various Lifespring stores.

The institute has set up an information desk at the venue, with a representative stationed at the site, to provide a first-hand information about the camp.

The consulting procedure is based on a number of factors such as gathering inputs about lifestyle habits, education level, awareness levels about the existing ailments, current level of treatment and care.

The inputs are helping the consultants to determine the barriers to the existing treatment received by the patients.

The consultants are also referring clinical tests and follow-up sessions.

According to Mr Abhishek Bhartia, Director of the Sitaram Bhartia Institute, this camp in collaboration with the Dr Morepen, Lifespring store, is a step towards promoting preventive measures in Delhi.

Owing to changes in lifestyles, pre-diabetic conditions and women’s health are becoming a major concern in the city’s health sector. Pre-diabetic conditions such as impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose levels, have depicted 30 per cent of the population turning into diabetics, if the patient check-up trend resisted preventive measures.

Through this camp, the institute is trying to educate patients on how the symptoms and diseases can be controlled.

Mr Bhartia said, “We are trying to emphasise how regular check-ups and tests can negate complications arising from diabetes. It is the endeavour of the institute to bring its vast experience and research knowledge to treat patients at the initial stages.”

As a special feature, the camp is providing the benefits of unlimited consultations with specialised doctors during the 10-day tenure.

In-depth counselling sessions are being imparted. Education is being provided at the camp to address the psycho-social needs of the patients.

SPORTS

ICF roll to big victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 23
Integral Coach Factory (ICF) blanked WAP 5-0 in a Group D match of the PNB-All India Railway Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Thursday. Dinakaran opened the scoring in the 11th minute and scored the second goal too, a minute later. Vinod Kumar hit home the third goal in the 23rd minute while Srikanthan and Rajendra Prasath accounted for the fourth and fifth goals in the 59th and 63rd minutes, respectively.

In another Group D match, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala nosed out DLW 2-1. M Ekka scored both the goals for Rail Coach Factory in the 18th and 60th minutes respectively while Gaurav Raghuvanshi pulled off the consolation goal for the losers in the 38th minute, off a penalty corner.

In Group B matches, Southern Railway drew 1-1 with Eastern Railway while Western Railway swept aside South Eastern Railway 3-0.

P Soy put Eastern Railway in the lead in the 20th minute while Natarajan equalised for Southern Railway in the 55th minute.

For Western Railway, Shivendra Singh started the scoring with a field goal in the 12th minute while Sunil Kumar Singh added the second goal seven minutes later when he converted a penalty corner. Sunil completed a brace when he struck home the third goal in the 57th minute, again off a penalty corner.

Friday’s fixtures: RDSO vs Railway Board (11 am); NER vs CLW (1 pm); RCF vs Central Railway (3 pm)—Shivaji Stadium.

PBL Rai lift Corporate Cup
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 23
An all-round performance by Narender (58 and 3 for 2) was the highlight of PBL Rai and Sons’ six-wicket victory against Daksh in the final of the Corporate Cup Cricket Tournament at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium.

Kunal of Daksh was named the best batsman while Shiwam of E Fund received the best bowler award. The best all-rounder prize went to Rakesh Rawat of PBL while Vikash Sharma got the best wicket-keeper award.

Scores: Daksh: 164 for 9 in 30 overs (Anupam 43, Kunal 30, Partha 38, Narender 3 for 20, Subodh 3 for 15, Rohit 2 for 19).

PBL Rai and Sons: 165 for 4 in 29 overs (Ravi 58, Narender 52, Vaibhav 3 for 20).

Elvee beat Hughes

Elvee beat Hughes Software by nine wickets in the Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament at the Venkateshwara College ground, Dhaula Khuan.

Scores: Hughes: 67 all out in 18 overs (Anand Kumar 29, Gurtej 4 for 14, Veerender 3 for 27).

Elvee: 68 for 1 in 19 overs (Gurtej 23, Sudhir 31 n o).

Ravindra in final

Ravindra Public School defeated SPM Cricket Coaching Centre, Punjabi Bagh, by 82 runs and entered the final of the SPM Cricket Tournament at the SPM ground. Scores: Ravindra Public School: 198 for 8 in 30 overs (Virat Kohli 36, Akash 37, Rajesh 2 for 16, Rachit 2 for 37, Tanuj 2 for 20). SPM Coaching Centre: 116 all out in 27 overs (Digan Chouhan 29, Vikas 35, Ranchal 4 for 17, Anuj 2 for 35).

Delhi team get warm welcome
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 23
The Delhi Under-17 team, who beat Uttar Pradesh on the basis of their first innings lead at Kanpur to lift the Vijay Merchant Trophy Cricket Tournament title, were accorded a warm welcome at the New Delhi Railway Station by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Sports Committee members.

The Sports Committee members comprised Ashok Sharma, P. K. Soni, P. S. Chauhan and DDCA Executive Committee member D. S. Bawa.

The Delhi Under-17 team, led by Gaurav Chhabra, included Punit Singh Bisht, Wilkins Victor, Arun Chaudhary, Ankur Garg, Robin Bisht, Gaurav Sharma, Karan Singh, Rahul Mehta, Saurabh Jain, Aditya Jain, Vikram Rai, Rajat Gupta, Ajit Ranjan, Mayank Sidana and Shawez Khan. Coach: Radhey Shyam Sharma. Manager: Devender Chaudhary.

Ajit Singh Cricket final

Rohtak Road Gymkhana will take on Malviya Club in the final of the seventh Sahibzada Ajit Singh Cricket Tournament, organised by the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, at its ground in Pitampura. Film star and Member of Parliament Raj Babbar will be the guest of honour at the final. Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, former Test cricketer Kirti Azad, MP and Delhi State Gurudwara Management Committee president S. Paramjeet Singh Sarna will also be present.

Haryana trounce Punjab
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 23
Haryana defeated Punjab by six wickets to record their second victory in the M A Chidambaram Trophy Under-19 Cricket Tournament, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, at the Jamia Millia Islamia University cricket ground.

The Haryana team were led by Manvinder Bisla while Gaurav Gupta captained the Punjab team. Haryana have earned nine points from two matches while Punjab have collected only four points from two matches.

Scores: Punjab: 147 all out in 40 overs (Sunny Gandhi 34, 2x4; Rahul Arora 32, 4x4; Gautam Mandora 17 n o, Saurabh Virmani 2 for 27, Sachin Rana 1 for 23, Manvinder Bisla 1 for 24, Aprajit Singh 1 for 28, Pardeep Sahu 1 for 13).

Haryana: 148 for 4 wickets in 34.1 overs (Pardeep Sahu 34 n o, 3x4; Sunny 27, 4x4, 22b; Vishal Saini 27, 2x4, 54b; Vikram Dhariwal 25, 3x4; Manvinder Bisla 18, 2x4, 30b; VRV Singh 1 for 36, Amardeep Singh 1 for 33, Varun Gautam 1 for 20, Rajesh Sharma 1 for 25).

NTPC rout Canon
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 23
Prahlad Ramrakhiani hit an unbeaten 41 to help National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) rout Canon India by 47 runs in a league match of the tenth Teri Cup Cricket Tournament at the Central Secretariat ground. Prahlad was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Scores: NTPC 146 for 6 in 20 overs (Prahlad Ramrakhiani 41 n o, 5x4; A K Chaturvedi 24, 2x4; SVR Subba Rao 22, 3x4; Ravi 2 for 23). Canon India: 99 all out in 17.4 overs (Ripple 18, Rajesh Dogra 14, Ravi 14, A P Talreja 5 for 15, Sanjay Khanna 3 for 20).

Sar Group beat Citicorp by ten wickets in another match. Scores: Citicorp: 56 all out in 16.2 overs (Manan Thakur 11, 1x4; Jitender Choudhary 4 for 6).

Sar Group: 57 for no loss in six overs (Rajesh Brown 26 n o, 5x4; Rajeev Rana 28 n o, 2x4, 1x6). Jitender was named the Man of the Match.

Deep Chand Cricket

The 12th Deep Chand Yadav Memorial Cricket Tournament will be held at Nangloi village from February 8. Entries close with Mr J P Yadav on February 6.

Ph: 9811472173, 25478341, 25188682. The tournament will carry a cash prize of Rs 41,000 for the winners and Rs 21,000 for the runners-up.

Nationals outshine Moonlight
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, January 23
Indian Nationals edged past Moonlight 1-0 in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)- SAIL Senior Division Super League match at the Ambedkar Stadium on Thursday. The match-winner materialised four minutes after the kick off when Yash Pal headed in, following a flag kick.

Though Nationals dominated the proceedings and came across a few more chances to score, the Moonlight defenders succeeded in baulking the rival forwards. Nationals have secured four points from three matches and take on New Delhi Heroes in their last league match. Moonlight have collected three points from two matches.

Friday’s fixture: City Club vs Moghals (3 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium.

HC demands report on animal flaying
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 23
Expressing concern over the reports that animal carcasses were being flayed at Gazipur landfill site in East Delhi, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Municipal Commissioner to file a detailed report in this regard.

Besides the unhygienic conditions prevailing in the landfill site, located near the Hindon Air Base, the collection of carcasses and their flaying has resulted in the loss of six MiG aircraft over the years due to bird hits, claimed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL).

Stating that the court was not satisfied with the affidavit filed by MCD on the issue, a Division Bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Devinder Gupta and Justice B D Ahmed, directed the Delhi Municipal Commissioner to look into the matter personally. The judges asked for the detailed report from the Commissioner by March 7, the next date of hearing.

The court had earlier observed that the conditions prevailing in the landfill site could invite spread of diseases in the city. It had ordered the MCD to inform the court about the steps it wanted to take to improve the situation.

The MCD had been asked to file an affidavit within four weeks, failing which the Health Officer of the Shahdara Zone will be summoned to give an explanation. The judges said this after viewing photographs of the area supplied by a petitioner in a PIL filed by the United Communist Party of India through its counsel Namita.

The PIL alleged that besides unhygienic conditions and unbearable stench, birds descended on the trans-Yamuna area due to collection of carcasses and their flaying. The nearby Hindon Air Base lost six MiG aircraft over the years due to bird hits, it claimed.

Though the MCD had accepted that several birds flocked to the area, it attributed this to the fact that garbage or waste was brought in from all other MCD zones to this ‘notified landfill site.’ The corporation was also trying to ‘counter the problem of birds,’ it said.

The petition charged that carcasses from all the 12 corporation zones were sent to Gazipur where they were allowed to be flayed in violation of the MCD Act. The petition also sought setting up of a scientific flaying and disposal centre in the Capital.

The MCD had earlier denied that any flaying was allowed at the impugned site and stated that authorities in all zones had made different arrangements for collection and disposal of carcasses found in their areas. It had claimed that carcasses were only collected there before being taken outside the city for ‘removal and disposal’ by contractors.