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Dry-eye syndrome on the increase Chandigarh, February 8 “The dry-eye syndrome is a condition where the film of tear on the eye ruptures and as such the reflecting capacity of the cornea gets affected, resulting in poor vision of the individual,” explained Dr B. Patnaik from the Retina Associates Eye Institute, New Delhi. He is here in the city to attend the International Symposium on “Uveitis and Intraocular Inflammation” that concluded at the PGI here today. He informed that a large number of people, especially in polluted cities like Delhi and industrial hubs, complain of the dry-eye syndrome. Though with the shifting of the polluting industries out of Delhi and the use of CNG being made mandatory, the number of cases pouring into the clinics had gone down, he added. He further said if taken care of properly through treatment and adequate precautions, the problem was reversible. He said, “With the increasing pollution, especially in areas where there are polluting industries, the tear film on the eye ruptures. The tear film basically keeps the eye moist and the vision remains in perfect condition. There are certain diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and sjorgan syndrome (allergy to some drug), where the patient might suffer from the dry-eye problem, but in 90 per cent of the cases coming to us the problem is due to pollution,” he explained. He explained that a lot of youngsters who commuted a lot, especially on two-wheelers in polluted areas, tended to complain of this problem. “In order to ensure that the eye remains protected and the vision does not start getting affected, if possible one must shift to a cleaner environment and always wear a protective glass in front of the eyes, while driving,” he advised. While recommending cleaning of the eye with water, he said splashing it with tap water should be avoided completely as it could damage the eye. “Preferably, use boiled or mineral water, as the tap water piped by the Municipal Corporation has high chlorine content which is harmful,” he cautioned. He said the water drawn from tubewells was far better than what was being supplied by the municipal authorities everywhere. Another category of people who were coming in with the dry-eye problem was of those who were not getting adequate sleep. “A large section of the girls working in call centres come in for treatment of the dry-eye problem as they do not get enough sleep, which they need to get for at least six hours,” he said. Dr Patnaik said those who had suffered from the dry-eye problem even once should take adequate precautions against pollution as their vision could get affected seriously. |
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Health mela draws big crowds Chandigarh, February 8 Inaugurating the mela, the Finance-cum-Health Secretary, Mr Karan. A. Singh, stressed the need for providing the best and dedicated health services to the residents and to keep the spread of diseases under control. The three-day mela is being organised as per the directions of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Stalls have been set up for various systems of medicine including allopathy, homoepathy and ayurveda. The community is also being informed about various national programmes on tuberculosis, malaria, goitre, leprosy, sexually transmitted diseases, blindness and dental hygiene being run by the health department.
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Indian players lack physical toughness, Chandigarh, February 8 Ramesh said their was lot of competition at junior level and at this moment, it was difficult to say that which player would perform well. But the second line after Leander Paes was ready and tennis level of Indian players was much better and they were capable of performing well at International level, he added. Ramesh said the only drawback which Indian players face was the lack of physical toughness as compared to many foreign players. He said technically our players were good and they need to be more aggressive in order to have an edge over others. Ramesh also had practice with budding youngsters of the CLTA.  |
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players get wild card entry Chandigarh, February 8 Those who qualified for the main draw are — Kazuya Ono (Japan), Kevin Benchetrit, Guy Kobi and Lior Barbash (all Israel) among boys and Eleonora Sitdjemileva (Uzbekistan), Yeon-Ju Kim (Korea), Iryna Matiychyk (Ukraine) and Dariya Bykodarova (Russia) among girls. The sign-in for the main draw was also completed and the tournament referee Birbal Wadhera announced that the main draw matches will commence as per schedule at 9 am tomorrow. The main draw consists of players from 18 countries including 28 players from India. Rupesh Roy of India is the top seed among boys and remaining players in order of seeding are — Navdeep Singh (India), Farish Khatib (Great Britain), Martin Sayer (Hong Kong), Naoki Sato, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (India), Roman Kelecic (Croatia) and Abdullah Magdas (Kuwait). In the girls section, I-Hsuan Hwang of Chinese Taipei is the top seed. Other girls players in order of seeding are, Madura Rangnathan (India), Kartiki Bhat (India), Pichittra Thongdach (Thailand), Yana Nemerovski (Israel), Punam S. Reedy (India), Vandana Murali (India) and Jung-Yoon Shin (Korea). The Chandigarh challenge will be led by CLTA trainee Kinshuk Sharma while from the girls side it would be CLTA trainee Alipt Sandhu and Total Tennis Academy trainee Inayat Khosla. Other wild card entrants in the main draw are Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Agnel Gladwin ( both from India) and Murad Hossain Mohammed of Bangladesh in boys section and Shivika Burman and Karina Ahuja ( both India) in girls section. All outstation players in the main draw will be provided free board and lodging facility by the CLTA. Mr S.N. Sharma, Honorary Secretary, CLTA, will formally inaugurate the tournament at 9 am tomorrow. Today’s results: Qualifying boys (singles) dinal round — Kazuya Ono (JPN) b Krishank Shah (IND) 6-4, 6-0; Kevin Benchetrit (ISR) b Umarov Jamolkhol (UZB) 6-4, 6-0; Guy Kobi (ISR) b Gursher Singh Harika (IND) 6-2, 6-2; Lior Barbash (ISR) b Krishna Karsolia (IND) 6-4, 6-1; Girls (singles) final round — Eleonora Sitdjemileva (UZB) b Jilke Nelord (IND) 6-1, 6-1; Yeon-Ju Kim (KOR) b Vishaka Sheoran (IND) 6-1, 6-2; Iryna Matiychyk (UKR) b Chai-Li Chen (TPE) 6-0, 6-2; Dariya Bykodarova (RUS) b Sanjana Kapoor (IND) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0. |
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Haryana bags kabaddi titles Chandigarh, February 8 In the women final, Haryana defeated Punjab 43-25. For winners, Suman Sharma, Sarita Devi, Mamta Devi and Santosh Devi got six, five, four and three points, respectively, as raider. While Parveen Rani, Neena Rani and Rajni Rani got four, three and three points, respectively, as catcher. For losers, Usha Rani, Amandeep Kaur and Kiranjit Kaur got four, four and three points, respectively, as raider while Hardeep Kaur, Manjeet Kaur and Jatinder Kaur also played well as catcher. In the men final, played between Haryana and Punjab, former won 45-35. Naresh Kumar, Dalbir Singh, Vinod Kumar and Ram Kumar got six, five, five and four points, respectively, as raider while Sushil Kumar, Telu Ram and Satish Kumar got five, four and three points, respectively, as catcher. For losers, Major Singh, Kiranjit, Kulbir Singh and Jagdeep Singh got five, four three and three points, respectively, as raider while Ajit Singh, Sohan Singh, Harminder Singh and Davinder Singh played well as catcher. |
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Annual sports meet of SBOP concludes Patiala, February 8 The Managing Director of the bank, Mr A.K. Dass, who was the chief guest, distributed the prizes on the concluding day. Results; 100m-men (35-45 years): Lachman Singh-1, Siri Chand-2, Bhola Nath-3; 100m-men (above 45 years): Sher Singh-1, Harvir Singh-2, Prabhjeet Singh-3; 200m- women (upto 35 years): Kamla Sharma-1, Kamalpreet-2, Rozy Arora-3; 200m-women (35-45 years): Sudha Nehra-1, Rupa-2, Paramjit Ahuja-3; 200m (above 45 years): Usha Bansal-1, Shimla Verma-2, Neera-3; long jump-men: Balwinder Singh-1, Gopal Kataria-2, Lachman Singh-3; javelin throw-men: Hardeep Singh-1, Virinder Singh-2, Charan Singh-3; chess-boys (upto 12 years); Ricky Garg-1, Sahil Garg-2, Yash-3; chess-girls (upto 12 years): M.A Malini-1, Happy Rani-2, Madhu Satija-3; chess-girls (12-16 years): Monika Garg-1, Neha Bansal-2, Swapna-3; 200m-boys (10-12 years): Birinder Pal Singh-1, Sunit Narang-2, Anshal Malhotra-3; 200m-girls (10-12 years): Yashpreet-1, Chilteen Kataria-2, Sonila-3; and 200m-girls (12-14 years): Harry Sharma-1, Neha Bansal-2, Tavleen Kaur-3. |
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