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PAU plants over 90 new varieties of herbs Ludhiana, July 22 Majority of the herbs have medicinal value which will add to the existing variety of as many as 120 herbs. The rest are either aromatic or ornamental in nature. The plants have been brought either from the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Palampur, or the PAU research centres at various parts of Punjab. The planting material such as seeds, saplings, rhizomes and suckers is currently being planted in the newly developed gardens adjacent to the petrol pump on the campus. A few saplings are also being nurtured within polybags kept inside the nursery of the department. Giving these details, Dr Swaran Singh Saini, senior agronomist in the department, said since the president had keen interest in the herbal gardens, Dr K.S. Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor, was making special efforts to develop these. This he knew from the visit of the VC to herbal gardens in Rashtrapati Bhavan last month. He said the newly added varieties included geramin, lavender, patchouli, jamalgota, kapoor tulsi, damask rose, cheeni rose and jasmine. He said 90 plots of 12 square metre each were being prepared for these herbs. Dr Saini said some of the new varieties were not being grown in this region earlier. He said over a testing period of one year, these would be tried under various temperature, soil and water conditions. He said if they pass their testing time, these might also be recommended for commercial growth by farmers in Punjab. Dr Saini said all plants brought down here are either perennial or for kharif season. However, the university already had more than 30 rabi plants of rabi season, he said. He said the rest of the 90 herbs in collection were either for kharif or perennial growth. The existing variety has a long list with mentha, turmeric, celery, fennel, dillseed, coriander, ashwagandha, brahmi, asparagus, safed musli, dadura, mulethi, keokand, isabgul, sarpgandha, giloe and
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PAU soil scientist gets ICAR award Ludhiana, July 22 The award has been conferred in recognition of his contribution in the field of ‘improvement of soil fertility’. The award carrying a gold medal, citation and cash of Rs 3 lakh was presented to him by Mr Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Agriculture, on the occasion of foundation day of the ICAR held recently at New Delhi. He won the gold medal in the category of ‘natural resource management’ that included soil sciences, agronomy, water management and environment, and agroforestry. Some major achievements of the scientist included generation of systemic scientific information on the judicious use of mineral fertilizers integrated with organic sources in cereals, oil seeds and pulses in cropping sequences. Such an information has important implications for improving the fertilizer-use efficiency, soil fertility, crop productivity in terms of yield, quality and other environmental benefits. Dr Milkha Singh had also provided a comprehensive package of information on balanced nutrition of field crops and management of soil nutrients for economically viable high quality yields. Dr Milkha Singh has a distinguished track of 28 years of research and teaching. Completing his MSc from the PAU, he obtained his Ph.D in 1983 from the University of Saskatehewan, Canada, and was a Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, USA. He has more than 130 research publications to his credit which have found a place in national and international journals as well as books of repute. Dr Milkha Singh has been the first and the only Indian scientist to have won the prestigious International Fertilizer Award in Paris. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Indian Society of Soil Science. Congratulating the soil scientist, Dr K.S. Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor of the PAU, said it was an honour for the university and would inspire other scientists to follow his footsteps and work with more dedication. Dr G.S. Heera, head of the Department of Soil Sciences, said the award conferred on Dr Milkha Singh was the highest award in agricultural research given in six disciplines and the PAU had the distinction of winning it 15 times in various categories. He said this award was earlier conferred upon groups or teams of researchers clubbed together, but Dr Milkha Singh had won it by individual efforts. Dr G.S. Nanda, Director of Research, Dr J.S. Kolar, Director of Extension Education, Dr A.S. Joshi, Resident, PAUTA, and Dr M.S. Tiwana, Dean, College of Agriculture, have congratulated the award winning scientists. |
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students attend seminar Ludhiana, July 22 Mr Raman Nayyar, a member of the Ludhiana Junior Chamber Club, delivered a talk on ‘Unleash the champ’ yesterday. He told the students that each one of them had a champion within him and they only had to take it out with their efforts, hard work and confidence. He said great men were not born great, they worked with diligence and strived for success in their efforts so as to become great. Citing examples from the lives of Kalpana Chawla, Dirubhai Ambani, M.S. Oberoi and Brij Mohan Munjal, he said they all were determined to achieve their goals for which they continued to work hard with diligence, perseverance and patience. Finally, their efforts paid and they earned recognition in society, he said. Mr Nayyar said competition had become so stiff these days that only hard work was not enough. One must do ‘smart work’, he said. He urged the students to fix their targets well in advance, set a plan and work accordingly. He gave some tips to the students on quick learning through his audio-visual projections. Today’s talk on ‘Achievements and motivation’ was delivered by Dr Rajiv Gupta, a renowned psychiatrist and secretary of the Rotary Club of Ludhiana, Midtown. He emphasised that the students must avoid tensions and concentrate on their studies. He told them that they must not get depressed at failures as these were a part of life. He said a failure should instead act as means of motivation to achieve a big success. Tomorrow, Dr Tejinder Singh from the Christian Medical College and Hospital will deliver a talk on ‘Achieving success in medical entrance tests’, while Mr K.S. Kelly from Junior Chamber will speak on ‘Accepted public speaking’. |
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seats for BTech vacant in GNEC Ludhiana, July 22 The last date of first counselling for all categories was scheduled on July 16 and the Punjab Technical University had told all its students to deposit the fee within five days. While 366 students had taken admission to the college during the centralised counselling, 295 deposited the fee till the last day which fell today. Of these, 132 seats have been filled in the 50 per cent Sikh quota and the rest 163 have been occupied in the general quota. Almost all the seven branches of engineering have five to 26 seats vacant in every branch. With just 19 out of the total 30 seats filled for BTech (production), the branch seems to have received a poor response this time. Even IT did not get good response as just 34 seats could be occupied against total 60 seats. Streams such as computer science and electronics received a much better response. Nearly 32 out of the total 40 seats were filled in the former and nearly 35 were occupied in the latter. Branches such as civil, mechanical and electrical received a moderate response. Nearly 48 out of the total 60 seats were filled in civil, 60 out of the total 80 were filled in the mechanical branch and 57 out of the total 70 were occupied in the electrical branch. Col D.S. Grewal, Principal, said that even though just 14 out of the total 380 seats were left vacant in centralised counselling, 66 such students who had taken admission did not pay the fee and as such their admissions would be cancelled. He now hoped that the remaining seats might be filled in the second counselling scheduled on July 24. Col Grewal said that admission to MTech was also being conducted in the college directly. He said that the annual session for the fresh admissions would begin on August 11 while the session for the old students would commence on August 4. |
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employees hold dharna Ludhiana, July 22 The employees were protesting against the proposal of the Punjab government to privatise the polytechnics and industrial training institutes (ITIs). They said in case this was done, there would be a steep hike in fee, forcing many students from rural areas and lower middle sections of society to keep away from these. Mr S.P. Singh, one of the protesters, said private companies would have their own vested interests and would not pay a heed to the facilities to be given out to students and staff. He said employees might not be promoted for several years and their career would come to a standstill. The employees raised slogans against the Punjab Government and demanded that the proposal not be implemented at all. They said in case the government did not give them any assurance in this regard, they would join a massive dharna outside the office of the Director Technical Education, Punjab, which would be represented by the employees of polytechnics and ITIs from all over the state. Prominent representatives in the dharna included Mr Jasvir Singh Jassi, Mr Tilak Raj Sharma, Mr Rajinder Singh, Mr Lakhmi Chand, Mr Gurmeet Singh and Mr Praveen Kumar. |
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gearing up for Kalam’s visit Ludhiana, July 22 The PAU Vice-Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh, had extended the invitation to the President on June 4 when the President had invited him to Rashtrapati Bhavan. The university has drawn a plan to give a facelift to Mohinder Singh Randhawa Library, Thapar Hall, Kairon Kisan Ghar and Sutton House at a cost of Rs 20 lakh. The VC said the Punjab Government had sanctioned Rs 45 lakh for campus improvement. |
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Remand extended in abduction case Ludhiana, July 22 Mr Gurmit Inder Singh and his wife Charanjit Kaur were produced in the court this afternoon. The court had ordered their police remand for a day yesterday. The assistant public prosecutor claimed before the court that they had disclosed during interrogation that the “abducted” girl was in Mumbai and in the house of Mrs Sharma. He urged the court to extend the police remand for at least 10 days as they had to be taken to Mumbai for finding the girl. However, the parents of the accused stated that they had no knowledge about the whereabouts of their son and the girl. After listening to the arguments, the court reserved the order on request of the police to extend the remand. Later, the judge passed the orders extending the remand for two days.
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