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More students excel on day 2 of
contests
Mohali, October 26 She gave away prizes to winners of various competitions held today. Mrs Pavitarpal Kaur, Director, said the competitions had been divided into three groups depending on the age of the participants. Efforts were made to help the students come out with hidden talent in them. She said nearly 40,000 students took part in the block-level competitions. The winners then participated in the district and zonal-level competitions. Students, numbering 1,500 were able to excel in the zonal-level competitions and took part in the state-level competitions. The following have been declared winners in various contests. Declamation:
Gursimran Kaur 1 (Central Public High School, Ghumaan, Gurdaspur); Gurpreet Singh II (Government High School, Alampur Mandran, Mansa); Navreet Kaur III ( Major Ajaib Singh Senior Secondary School, Jeevanwala, Faridkot). Poetry recitation:
Arminder Kaur I ( Central Public High School, Ghumaan, Gurdaspur); Yashpal Singh II ( JMFH Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Nawanshahr); Tavleen Suman III (Senior Secondary School, Raipur Majri, Fatehgarh Sahib). Vaar gayan:
Sarpreet Singh and party I ( Shaheed Baba Khushal Singh Khalsa Memorial Senior Secondary School, Lambran, Jalandhar); Kulbir Kaur and party II (Kalghidhar High School, Danewal, Muktsar); Ramandeep Kaur and party III ( Robin Model High School, Dhuri, Sangrur). Kavishri:
Ramandeep Singh I ( Dashmesh Public Senior Secondary School, Moga); Gurinderpal Singh II (Baba Farid Public School, Bathinda); Gurlal Singh III (Senior Secondary School, Kalyana Sukha, Bathinda). Writing: Mohammad Parvej Khan I (Government Middle School, Kotli Lehal, Gurdaspur); Navdeep Kaur II ( SBS National Model High School, Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur); Pawandeep Kaur III (Guru Ram Dass Public School, Amritsar). Painting:
Gurvinder Kaur I (Government Senior Secondary School, Baghaprana, Hoshiarpur); Amandeep Singh II (Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, Ludhiana); Gurpreet Kaur III (Government Senior Secondary School, Moosa, Mansa). Shabad gayan:
Ashu I (Shining Star Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar); Amanpreet Kaur II ( SD Model Senior Secondary School, Rajpura); Jaspreet Kaur III (Shri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Model Town, Hoshiarpur). Gidhha:
Major Ajaib Singh Senior Secondary School (Jeevanwala, Faridkot) 1; Government Senior Secondary School (Kathu Nangal, Amritsar) II; JMFH Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Nawanshahr ) III. Folk songs:
Sahil Sabharwal I (DAV Senior Secondary School, Hathi Gate, Amritsar); Anmol Preet II (Baba Farid Public School, Bathinda); Inderpreet Singh III (Shishu Shiksha Mandir School, Hoshiarpur).
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NSUI activists gherao CoE
office
Chandigarh, October 26 Led by the president, NSUI, Nitin Goyal, and the president of the campus unit, Harpreet Singh Harry, the students organised the protest after the office of the CoE declared partial results of various semester examinations and declared the date-sheet for the conduct of exams of the department. They raised slogans against the CoE outside his office. “The CoE has forced us to resort to this kind of measure since he refuses to meet students. Also, he does not give any satisfactory reply to our queries about when we can expect the result of the re-evaluation examination. Later, the CoE assured the students that all pending results would be declared by October 29. A delegation of NSUI activists also met the Vice-Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak, and apprised him of the situation. They demanded postponement of the examination of the Law Department till the time all the re-evaluation results are declared. Earlier this week, NSUI activists had met Professor Pathak, and acting on their request, had directed the Controller of Examination to declare all pending results before declaring the datesheet of the next examination. In a hurry to announce the datesheet, the Controller had, in turn, declared the results. However, while a handful of students got to know their marks, most of the others had ‘result later’ written against their names.
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Contests to promote creativity
Chandigarh, October 26 According to the school Principal, Mrs Anita Kapoor, students from Class VI to X participated and displayed keen interest in the competitions. Students who got first and second positions were given prizes.
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Workshop on molecular modelling from Nov
1
Mohali, October 26 Traditionally, medicines were discovered mostly by way of random search. Recent years have seen a paradigm shift wherein computer-aided drug design has become a major component of drug design and discovery. Molecular modelling, a major component of computer-aided drug design, is an emerging field. It took shape as an offshoot of theoretical chemistry. Pharmainformatics is a field of informatics that addresses the problems of pharmaceutical research. It involves the effective integration of several emerging informatics-based scientific disciplines, namely bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, biomedical informatics, clinical informatics, pharmacy informatics, ADME/Tox informatics, cancer informatics, etc. Molecular modelling and pharmainformatics find wide ranging applications in the field of drug design and discovery. In the workshop, various scientists working in this field will deliver lectures and leading software companies will give demonstrations of their softwares for molecular modelling. The seminars will cover the background information, current trends and future prospects. Around 55 participants, including scientists, researchers, teachers and students from various universities, institutes and industry, are likely to be trained at the workshop. During the workshop, the main emphasis will be on hands-on training on PC-based molecular modelling softwares and a few demonstrations will be given on super computers.
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Exam form blues
Chandigarh, October 26 While students wait for their turn for hours on end, representatives of book-sellers from Punjab queue up again and again to buy forms, putting students to a lot of inconvenience. Since they cannot get forms in bulk in one go, they buy a couple of forms and take their place in the queue all over again till the counter is open. After buying these forms, the book-sellers take these back to their stations and sell them at higher prices. While a form of an undergraduate class costs nearly Rs 870, a form for a postgraduate class is priced around Rs 1,050. To this sum, the book-seller adds his charges and provides it at a higher rate. Students, too, avail themselves of the facility and willingly buy these forms since it saves them the trouble of coming to the university or other counters in different cities where forms are officially available. This puts students at a disadvantage as they keep getting pushed to the back of the queue. Students have to wait for nearly three hours before getting a form. Rush continued at the counters today as well. Even during the lunch hour, those in the queue chose to await their turn rather than leave and lose their place. Also, most of them were not aware that the last date for submitting forms had been extended from November 3 to November 16 since there was no official announcement.
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Workshop on geology opens
Chandigarh, October 26 These studies could reveal the nature of cyclicity of natural hazards such as landslides, earthquakes and floods, he added. The Deputy Director-General of the GSI, Mr U.K. Bassi, in his welcome
address, underlined the importance of holding such workshops. Prof I.B. Singh delivered the inaugural
address. Over 100 geoscientists are attending the workshop.
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Shopping fest: MC told to hold F&CC
meeting
Chandigarh, October 26 The Bench of, Mr Justice Amar Dutt, and Mr Justice Rajive Bhalla, also directed the committee to give an opportunity to the petitioners as well as to the party that is objecting to the holding of the festival to present their contentions before taking any decision. The meeting will be held on October 29. The shopping festival had run into rough weather after the booth owners in the sector protested against the holding of the festival. The Market Welfare Association had sought permission from the corporation, by submitting the permission application along with a cheque of Rs 31,000. However, as Mayor Kamlesh was not in city the next day, permission could not be granted. Later, the MC office returned the cheque without deciding on the issue of granting permission and directed the Market Welfare Association to remove all structures in the parking, holding these to be arbitrary and illegal. The Senior Deputy Mayor, in the absence of the Mayor, referred the case to the Finance and Contract Committee of the MC which, too, did not give its decision in the case, stating that the matter was sub-judice. The MC made an attempt to remove decorations made by the shopkeepers for the shopping festival, terming it as encroachment.
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Fitness Trail Renu Manish Sinha The greens are back. The scorching summer months had not only sapped vitality and energy from our bodies but had also robbed us of the green leafy vegetables. The advent of winters has brought these leafy green in abundance, a vital constituent of a healthy diet. Green leafy vegetables like spinach, ‘sarson ka saag’ (mustard leaves), amaranth (chaulai saag), ‘methi’ (fenugreek leaves), coriander are a valuable source of minerals, vitamins, cellulose, says Dr Neelu Malhotra, Diet Consultant, at a Mohali, hospital. Important minerals like calcium and iron and vitamins like A, C and K and B vitamins like riboflavin (vitamin B2), thiamine (vitamin B1), niacin are also present in good quantity in these leafy greens. Green leafy vegetables are a rich source of beta carotene which gets converted into vitamin A in our bodies, Dr Malhotra adds. Vitamin A is required for normal growth and vitality, a good eye sight, healthy skin and guards against various diseases, especially those of the respiratory tract, she adds. Leafy greens are rich in antioxidants like carotenoids and flavonoids. Most of the antioxidants have cancer-preventive properties as they guard the body against harmful effects of free radicals. Free radicals are harmful molecules which are responsible for ageing, cause cell damage and may cause various cancers. Antioxidants in the leafy green vegetables destroy these free radicals. Leafy greens are also a good source of folic acid needed for making new blood, skin and muscle cells. These vegetables are particularly good for expectant women and those planning to have a baby. Despite being a store house of various vital nutrients, leafy greens are quite low in calories. Hence they should be an important constituent of a weight-reduction diet, opines Dr Malhotra. While buying leafy green vegetables select those having clean and tender leaves which should be crisp and brightly coloured. The leaves should be free from dirt, insects and flowers. They should not be damaged or spotted. Edges of leaves should not be crumpled, advises Dr Malhotra. Thinner and greener the leaf, more is its nutritive value. Green outer leaves of cabbage and lettuce are more rich in vitamin A, calcium and iron than white inner leaves. Also do not throw away the green leaves of radish, beet root, cauliflower, broccoli etc as they are a rich source of calcium and iron. They can be utilised in cooking, salads, chutneys. They can be blanched and pureed and used in soups and dals or added while kneading dough, says Dr Malhotra. While washing these vegetables, they should not be washed vigorously as many water-soluble nutrients would be lost. They should be immersed in a pan of water a few times to remove the grime.Also do not throw away the stalks, advises Dr Malhotra. Leafy greens also contain oxalic acid which hampers the absorption of calcium and iron in the body. To counter the effect of oxalic acid, these vegetables should be cooked in combination with vitamin C-rich foods like lemon juice, tamarind, curd, tomatoes etc. This would maximise the absorption of calcium and iron, says Dr Malhotra. These vegetables should be cooked in minimum water and should be covered to prevent loss of nutrients. Do not use baking soda to brighten the colour of leaves as soda leeches away vitamins B and C from these vegetables. To retain the bright green colour, put leaves in hot water and then immediately immerse in cold water, adds Dr Malhotra. So go green to get the vitality and energy to face the cold winter months ahead.
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Beauty in futility
“Molly Sweeney” is an outpouring of Irish playwright Brian Friel.The play, staged at Tagore Theatre here on Tuesday, is interspersed with some fun moments. It forces one to think about the sorrow, beauty, and futility of life .
The play opened with Molly Sweeney (Shernaz Patel ) and Frank (Rehaan Engineer) doing ballroom dance. Then they both sit on chairs and are joined by the third character, Dr Rice (Vijay Crishna). From here the story proceeds. Molly Sweeney is blind but not by birth. But she is a contended woman, with a good job and a good social life. She is happily married to Frank, a passionate, impulsive man. He is a self-taught expert in Iranian goats, blue black salmons and Ethiopian farming. Her blindness propels Frank to undertake a pledge to cure his wife’s blindness. The search for cure ultimately does not lead to happiness and proves futile. What emerges is the selfishness of the two male characters, The world of vision, throws up gigantic problems, hitherto unknown to Molley who enlivened the dilemma of a blind woman. Frank’s selfishness is his desire for adventure. Mr Rice, the eye doctor, has his own desire to be successful as a major practitioner. So Molly is the dream subject for his career. Some central lines of the play like “what has she got to lose” or “what has she got to gain” spelled the selfish trait inherent in every human being. Life changes when Molly is restored her eyesight. From the medical point of view, she can see but from the psychological point of view she is still blind. As the play meanders, we see the downfall of Molly, Mr Rice and Frank, as their selfishness becomes apparent. While the continuous monologues between the three actors might be a treat for theatre-goers who relish emotional intimacy, for some these were too long winding. It was a definite test of one’s concentration. Each of the actors here tried best to bring emotions in their dialouges. But it was Shernaz who established her credentials by her sensitive portrayals in “Love Letters” and “The Diary of Anne Frank”, struck a chord with viewers. Her blindness provided some touching moments, especially the scene of the night before the operation. She asked herself, “Did I choose this to get the world of sight”. The answer she got was ‘no’. The play was directed by Rehaan Engineer and produced by Nadir Khan. It was organised by the Durga Das Foundation and Spice Telecom. The media sponsor was The Tribune.
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