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PNB holds cancer awareness camp New Delhi, June 23 Mr D. P. Singh, while inaugurating the camp, said the bank continuously involved itself in various community-based programmes like organising tree plantation camps for the preservation of environment, medical check-up and blood donation camps. During the last financial year, the bank organised 143 programmes under social banking, including 22 medical check-up camps and 12 blood donation camps. Donations to the tune of Rs 1.24 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 sponsored cancer seals worth Rs 50 lakh and contributed the amount to Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi. The bank donated a sum of Rs 5 crore in the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. Under ‘Adopt a Gran’ scheme of HelpAge India, the bank has supported 30 economically and socially deprived older persons to live a life of dignity and self-esteem for three years in a row by contributing Rs 1.44 lakh during the past two years and Rs 1.80 lakh during the current year. |
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Karthikeyan races to
podium finish New Delhi, June 23 Karthikeyan and Bruce Jouanny showed exactly why Tata Carlin team were lying second in the championship for the Nissan World Series at Italy’s FI Circuit In qualifying on Saturday for the first of two races, Karthikeyan shrugged off his pain and took the second fastest time on his third lap to start on the front row of the grid. Alongside him on pole position for the race was Frenchman Stephane Sarrazin while leader Franck Montagny was pushed off the front row by Karthikeyan to start third. In race one, Karthikeyan made no mistake at the start and flew past Sarrazin to take the lead into the first corner with Montagny pushing hard up into the second place. In race two, Karthikeyan made a sensible decision to hold position. sarrazin won the race with Jouanny and Karthikeyan second and third on the podium. The next race for Karthikeyan is scheduled to be held at Lausitz, Germany on July 20. |
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FORMULA 3 New Delhi, June 23 Hot weather of over 30 degrees centigrade greeted the Formula 3 drivers to Wiltshire circuit. On Saturday, the drivers had just one and a half hour to have a test session to set their cars up and prepare themselves for qualifying later in the test session, with a time of 1:01.2 secs, a tenth of a second ahead of team-mate Steven Kane. Ernesto Viso clawed back to qualify for pole position for rounds 11 and 12. Kane qualified behind him with Chandhok in the third position for both the races. Karun said free practice was really good, and the car was working well too. He however said during qualifying, the ambient temperature had gone up by 12 degrees, which made a big difference and “we couldn’t get the car to work as well in the heat as Viso could” In the final battle, in Race 1, the race was almost over as soon as it started for
Chandhok. He later observed that he made a decent start, and was closely following one of the championship class cars on the straight, going towards the first corner when he just lifted off the throttle. “I had nowhere to go and hit him from behind, which launched me off the circuit and into the field. It was very disappointing for my race to end so quickly, especially when we could’ve easily scored some good points”. Race 2 was a better result for
Karun, as starting on the dirtier side of the circuit, he got lots of wheelspins the lights went green which ended his chances of fighting with Kane for second place. The race, thereafter, was a fairly professional affair till it was red-flagged three laps from home when Nelson Piquet Junior hit the wall at the final corner. “It was good to actually finish a race here. Last year, we were very fast, but had problems in both races and also we didn’t finish in the first race today. Third place is not a bard result, but it’s been one of those weekends where the team and I just haven’t been able to put the winning package together”, Karun said. |
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Delhi Audit derail Northern Railway New Delhi, June 23 The match started on a cautious note, with both the teams making deep probings in each other’s territory. And then Northern Railway hit the target in the 24th minute through outside-left Shyam Kumar, who placed the ball home, following a cross from the right flank. In the second session, a recharged Delhi Audit went on the prowl to knock in three goals. Striker Sameer Jung pulled back the equaliser off a pass from winger Neeraj Choudhary in the 32nd minute. And then Neeraj himself found the mark to put Audit in the lead. Sameer Jung was bang on target for a second time, after Neeraj had done the spadework, to wrap up the scoring for Railways. Olympian Harbinder Singh, sports officer of Northern Railway, gave away the prizes. International Kashmira Singh of JCT was also present. Delhi Eaglet enter final An all-round performance by Saurabh Negi (74 n o and 2 for 37) and a strokeful 85 by Saurabh Malik helped Delhi Eaglet Club defeat DAV, Shalimar Bagh, by four wickets to enter the final of the I D Paul Memorial Cricket Tournament on the Apex Public School ground. Scores: DAV Shalimar Bagh: 302 for 9 in 30 overs
(Saurabh Tiwari 115, Saurabh Jain 52, Kamal Kishore 2 for 47, Raman Sachdev 2 for 49, Saurabh Negi 2 for 37). Delhi Eaglet: 307 for 6 in 29.3 overs
(Saurabh Negi 74 n o, Saurabh Malik 85, Raman Sachdev 53, Sahil Chugh 4 for 43, Jaladh Dua 2 for 34).
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Anil Khanna elected to Asian Tennis Federation New Delhi, June 23 He was elected as a vice-president of the ATF for a two-year tenure at the Annual General Meeting held in Bangkok. Mr Anil Khanna has also been given additional responsibilities of general secretary and treasurer by the board of directors of the ATF. Mr Khanna has been holding the post of vice-president for the last two years. Mr Salvador Andrada, president of the Philippines Tennis Association, was elected president of the ATF. The election of Mr Anil Khanna to the ATF is expected The AITA has been conducting 40 weeks of international tournaments for men, women and juniors, besides conducting over 100 weeks of tournaments for juniors. Mr Khanna, elated at his elevation, said the responsibility entrusted on him was a “recognition for Indian tennis”. He said his immediate task would be to raise the standard of Asian tennis by formulating a development programme. He felt that Asia needed many more competitive events to enable the Asian players to move up the ATP/WTA ladder. He said he would give equal importance in developing the game in all the 45 member-countries. |
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Divya, Sharda enter
semi-finals New Delhi, June 23 Divya Sharma subdued Radhika 11-5, 5-11, 11-3 while Sharda got the better of Shweta 11-0, 11-2. Following are the other results: Under-10 girls singles quarter-finals: Shreya Aggarwal beat Deepika 11-0, 11-1; Jyoti b Harveen 11-2, 11-2; Shreya Suri b Sanskriti 11-3, 11-5; Rashmit Kaur b Himani Sharma 11-8, 11-8. Under-13 girls singles quarter-finals: Niharia b Chhavi Gulan 11-8, 11-7; Srishti Mehta b Peppino 3-11, 11-6, 11-6; Anchal Malhotra b Shreya Aggarwal 11-1, 11-1; Saloni Chopra b Priyanka Arya 11-8, 11-8. Under-16 girls singles: Akansha Mehra b Swati Aggarwal 11-4, 11-1; Meenakshi b Vinita Mehta 11-1, 11-1; Mohita Sahedev b Shubhi Prakash 11-0, 11-1. Under-19 girls singles: Mohita Sahedev b Divya Arora 11-2, 11-2; Harsimran b Rachita Sahdev 11-9, 11-4; Vanshika b Gauri Chopra 11-7, 11-7. |
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Abhishek’s knock goes in vain New Delhi, June 23 Love Sehrawat, who scored 57 for Shastri Club, was named the best batsman while Abhishek Kapur won the man of the match award. Scores: Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 211 for 8 in 40 overs (Love Sehrawat 57, Sawan Saini 42 n o, Manan Sharma 3 for 27, off 8 overs). Modern School: 170 all out in 36 overs (Abhishek Kapur 81, Karan Khanna 25, Vipin Malhotra 3 for 27, Tarun Chowdhary 2 for 26).
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