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Play on environment staged
Chandigarh, June 8
To mark the world environment day on June 5, the Theatre Arts Chandigarh in association with the State Bank of India staged a play — “Prakirti ke Dushman” at Sector 17.
Fitness Trail
Eat for the season and stay cool
AN Indian summer has all ingredients, including blazing sun and scorching winds, that work in tandem to sap the body’s energy. As the mercury shoots up, the desire to eat diminishes, with the mind yearning for something cool.
Cool refreshing drinks replace the thoughts of food from our
mind. However, mere drinks cannot meet the nutrient quotient
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Srijan to nurture child’s talent
This is how a child visualise the future. Considering the overstuffed academic curriculum and physical activities lowering down to mostly watching the TV and games on computer, probably he is not away from the truth.
Students illustrate self-composed poems in the 15-day workshop organised by Srijan, an institute of Creativity, at DAV Model School, Sector 15, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph
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A special camp
for children
PARENTS, don’t just allow your little ones to laze in front of television sets watching serials that hardly make any sense. Just encourage them to leave the cool comfort of their rooms and learn the art of cutting footloose or twirling all around the floor during summer workshops for young innocents.
LEARNING
TO DANCE: Young innocents twirling around the floor during a summer workshop in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
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NIFD engages beauty queens
The city-based National Institute of Fashion Design has engaged all the three Femina Miss Indias 2004 as its brand ambassadors. Femina Miss India Universe 2004, Tanushree Dutta, Femina Miss India World 2004 Sayali Bhagat and Femina Miss India Earth 2004 Jyoti Brahmin will launch its tie-up with Annamalai University .
Tanushree Dutta launched the national tie-up of the university
and NIFD corporate at a ceremony in Chandigarh recently.
Jyoti Brahmin
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Nail-biting: docs decry enamel
Tarunima sits in front of the computer, biting nails. As she pauses in between keying in the notes, the research scholar inadvertently places the nails in between her teeth before biting them ruthlessly. A resident of Sector 20 in Chandigarh, she has been doing it since childhood. Her parents had tried to discourage her by tempting her threatening her and thrashing her, but to no avail.
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New clinic to help region’s snorers
Mohali, June 8
The incidence of snoring is very high in the region because of widespread obesity. Snoring is mainly associated with sleep disorders where patients usually have a number of involuntary breathing pauses at night during sleep.
Preparations to tackle diseases reviewed
Panchkula, June 8
The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Neelam Pardeep Kasni, reviewed the arrangements of dealing with cholera and other diseases at a meeting with the Civil Surgeon, Dr Satvir Chaudhary, here today.
Pondicherry
minister visits PGI
Chandigarh, June 8
Health Minister of Pondichery R. Varsaraj, accompanied by Director of Health and Family Welfare, Pondicherry, G. Subramanium Reddy, visited the PGI today. They visited various departments of the institute.
Two
doctors honoured
Chandigarh, June 8
Prof Raj Bhadur of the Department of Orthopaedics at the GMCH, Sector 32, and the Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the PGI, Dr Sumesh Gupta, have been honoured with “orthopaedics excellence award” and ‘dermatology excellence’ respectively, for their contribution in their respective fields.
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