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Train parents of autistic children: experts Chandigarh, July 4 This is what Ms Merry Barua, who has been running an NGO for autistic children for the past 17 years in Delhi, strongly feels. More than 30 parents of autistic children and 50 professionals attended a workshop organised by the Psychiatry Department of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here today. Ms Barua, mother of a 22-year-old autistic child, has got training at the University of North Carolina. She is the founding member of the World Autism Organisation. She said since there were not enough schools for autistic children, the best way out was that the parents must equip themselves with skills that could help in providing the best care to their children. The head of the Psychiatry Department, Dr S.B. Chavan, said one of the major problems was the denial on the part of parents, due to social stigma attached with the disorder, to accept that their child was suffering from autism. “Autism is a spectrum of disorders that affects all areas of development of the child who faces problem in communication, socialisation and thinking. Generally, it is not identified at an early stage,” said Dr Priti Arun. She said autism affected about 2 to 4 children out of every 10,000 children in India. “Almost 60 per cent autistic children suffer from mental retardation and being unable to attend normal school, they have to be sent to special institutes,” she said. Since there was a shortage of such schools, especially in North India, the best way out was that the parents should attend workshops or undergo special training in the interest of their children. She said till date there was no definite treatment for autism and desperate parents try all kinds of therapies, including those recommending particular drugs and special diet. She felt that another area of concern was the low awareness about autism, both in the public and the medical fraternity. |
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MC destroys unhygienic food items Chandigarh July 4 Raids are being conducted and all food items exposed to flies and dust and kept under unhygienic conditions are being destroyed. The enforcement staff of the MC destroyed 2,720 kgs of ice and ice candies, 2,090 kg of cut fruit and rotten vegetables, 587 kg of sweets and other eatables. A total of 240 bottles of local-made soft drinks and 60 litres of sugarcane juice was also destroyed. The MC captured 11 pigs and a sum of Rs 14,000 was collected from their auction. Six meat sellers were challaned for selling meat in violation of the law and three quintals of exposed meat was destroyed. The Enforcement wing issued nine notices and 36 challans to defaulters under sanitation and public health bylaws for creating insanitary conditions in the area. |
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Red Cross camp for rural students Chandigarh, July 4 Presiding the valedictory function, the Director, Public Instructions (Elementary Education), Punjab, Dr Jagtar Singh, advised the students to grow more trees in schools. The deputy secretary of the state Red Cross branch stated that more camps for students would be held in the districts and the students would also be sent to other states and countries. |
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Table tennis hall of fame Chandigarh, July 4 Before 1996, Chandigarh-based table tennis players used to play on a makeshift arrangement at Indira Holiday Home in Sector 24. Then, the Chandigarh Table Tennis Association headed by the then president Mr P.K. Verma, persuaded UT Administration to construct a new hall. Finally, the new hall having eight tables for any national tournament with seating capacity of 1000 persons was completed. Rajeev Kaushal, UT Sports Department coach, said the hall had been a boon for the budding players who earlier never got the chance to play for longer hours. Now with more space and number of tables, players were able to practise for longer hours. Kaushal said the players were given chance to play in almost five to six state-level tournaments and the respective age group nationals, including senior nationals, junior nationals, school nationals and other zonal championships. Many players of repute are the products of this hall, like Harish Kumar, Dheeraj Kumar, Vikas, Barkha KC, Shikha Sharma, Aditya Puri, Sajal Kaushal, Ramit Singla, Manik, Amanpreet and Ashish Sharma. Among junior girls, there are Gurvinder Kaur, Sadhika, Kuljit Kaur, Geetinder Kaur, Arshdeep Kaur to name a few. Rajiv Kaushal said this year the Sports Department had revised the monthly charges for regular players — Rs 100 for students and members and Rs 150 for non- members — but still the interest in table tennis had grown manifold. He said the promising players were burdened with studies. He said almost every school or college-going player was taking tuitions which made it difficult for them to strike a balance between sports and studies. |
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Isha, Alipt to clash in tennis final Chandigarh, July 4 The boys final will be an all- Uttar Pradesh affair, with Nitish Raaj to play against Manish Gupta. The boys doubles final will be played at 8 am while the singles final at 4 pm. Results: semi-finals: under-18 section: Boys singles:
Nitish Raaj b Karan Patnaik 6-3,7-5; Manish Gupta b Rajkanwar Singh 6-2, 6-1. Doubles:
Nitish Raaj and Manish Gupta b Parvesh Kumar and Deepinder 6-3, 6-3; Manjeet Singh and Rajkanwar Singh b Javed Hazari and Simarveer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Girls singles: Isha Toor b Inayat Khosla 6-3, 6-3; Alipt Sandhu b Ramita Vig 6-1, 6-0.
Karan wins swimming gold Karan Bhai in the 50-metre butterfly and Abhimanyu Tiwari in the 50-metre backstroke section bagged gold medals in the third Major P.P.S. Sidhu memorial swimming tournament played here today at the Sector 23 swimming pool. Other gold medal winners were Pankaj Chauhan, Prabhjot Kaur, Bhavneet Kaur, Aman Sharma, Vivek Yadav, Gaganpreet Boparai, Kanika, Himanshi Bakshi, Vasu Sharma, Kunal Bhardwaj, Sparsh Arora, Amandeep Singh, Prabhjot Kaur, Inderpreet Singh, Lovraj Singh, Sukhman Ghuman and Harsimran Kaur.
CFA selection trials The Chandigarh Football Association will hold the selection trials in the under-16 boys section to select the UT team for the 26th National Sub-Junior Football Championship (North Zone) to be held at Nainital. These trials will be held tomorrow at 5 pm at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8,
Chandigarh. This was stated by Mr Ravinder Talwar, President, CFA. Those born on or after January 1,1988, can appear for the trials.
Scavengers XI win Scavengers XI defeated Star XI by 99 runs while Maa Saraswati XI outplayed Palsora XI by two wickets in the first Lt-Col I.S. Deol memorial cricket tournament played here today at the Cricket Stadium, Sector 16.
5 cricket academies join hands PATIALA: Five private cricket academies have joined hands in an attempt to spot and channelise talent in a professional manner. The coordinator of the joint venture is former India medium pacer Rajinder Pal. The academies are R.P. Cricket Academy, Dehra Dun, Dronacharya Academy, New Delhi, Gayatri Devi Academy, Aligarh, Rajkumari Academy, Bulandshahar, and NICS Academy, Patiala. Pal said a 10-day coaching camp for young spinners and medium pacers would be held at the NICS centre from July 10 to 20. He said in an attempt to provide exposure, youngsters of all the centres would play against each other in a tournament to be held in September. |
Notices issued to shopkeepers Chandigarh, July 4 An official note said the notices had been issued after several meetings held during the past four months with traders of the area. |
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