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Students of non-affiliated schools to be treated as private candidates
Mohali, February 9 Ms Sukhwinder Kaur Saroya, Controller of Examinations, said here yesterday that in such cases students would be issued roll numbers only as private candidates and not as regular ones. She said this practice had been going on over the years as examination forms were cleared without proper scrutiny due to the heavy rush of examination work. She said when a school got an affiliation for Class IX, it could make students appear as regular candidates only when the Class IX students reached Class X. But some private schools were admitting students direct to Class X after getting affiliated and made them appear as regular candidates in violation of the rules. She said there were more than 500 such schools that were not affiliated and would have to wait till the next session to make their students appear as regular candidates.
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Acquire latest IT technique, says expert
Mohali, February 9 Mr John Leaning encouraged the students to try and acquire latest knowledge about computers. He added that postgraduate studies in various fields like advance computer networking, network security, wireless networking, enterprises systems networking, games technology, health statistics and data engineering should be offered by the institutes. Dr John Leaning explained the meaning of technology, business management and globalisation in the present scenario. He informed the students that at one stage India and China would dominate the world economy and India could emerge as a world power by adopting latest technologies.
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Workshop on property rights
Mohali, February 9 The project has been commissioned to NIPER under the work plan of the WHO Biennium 2004-2005. Stating that from January 1, 2005, the product patents had come into force in India, Prof P.Rama Rao, Director of the institute, pointed out that this marked the culmination of the 10-year transition period, which began when India signed the TRIPS agreement. “While on one hand every effort is made to protect the interests of innovators and inventors by making due provisions in the law to prevent unauthorised copying, at the same time, there were concerns emerging that monopoly rights associated with inventions could lead to inflated prices and expensive products. There concerns are severe in case of the pharmaceutical industries, since it is believed that enforcement of stringent rules pertaining to IPRs may lead to high prices of drugs and medicines, affecting public healthcare systems in developing countries. But are such concerns genuine? Or is something being missed? These are the questions which need to answered at this point of time,” he said. A national workshop on “TRIPS and its impact on pharmaceutical prices” would be organised here on February 14. The workshop was aimed to critically examine the TRIPS agreement, especially with regard to its impact on pharmaceutical prices in India (especially generic) and suggest remedial measures, if any. The meeting would also elicit inputs from the various stakeholders of the healthcare system for the project in progress. “A major cause of concern for developing countries was that in view of technological advantages of developed countries and protection offered under TRIPS, public health issues would be seriously affected as drugs would be monopolised and their prices would rise. To address these concerns an exception was made in case of public health issues. This was done under the Doha declaration (14th November, 2001) under which the member countries have been given flexibility to overcome any problems relating to national public health issues, which may arise as a result of TRIPS.” said Professor Rao. Professionals from pharmaceutical industry, officers of drug procurement agencies, policy makers in healthcare sector, IPR professionals, practicing lawyers with an interest in the subject, regulatory personnel, consumer groups, non-governmental organisations and various representatives from the Government of India would be participating in the workshop.
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A school that believes in doing things differently
Satluj Public School, established in 1976 with the motto “Live With Effort”, strives to do things differently. The school emphasises an enhancing students’ talent and projecting it to the world. The school is affiliated with the CBSE, New Delhi. A structured plan has been designed on the basis of Indian and International models to ensure efficient functioning of academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The school has separate junior wing in Sector 2 and senior wing is in Sector 4. Children from Nursery to Class V study in a very stimulating environment. Numerous play structures, science laboratories, audio-visual rooms and computer labs, landscaped gardens, beautifully decorated rooms have been set up to make the learning process attractive. The Senior Secondary section is in Sector 4, which is located in an area of 10 acres. Apart from extensive sports facilities, it is equipped with a multi-purpose stadium, laboratories with up-to-date apparatus and excellent library with over 30,000 books. Other infrastructures include a Fine Arts Department and music complex. The school awards “Merit Marks” to students for his good performance in academics, sports or cultural. The student getting the maximum number of Merit Marks gets a trophy during the annual function. It lays great emphasis on health and sports and as a result the school has produced several sportspersons of state, national and international repute. The school provides a wide choice of sports activities like snooker and pool club, swimming and splash pool, horse riding, basketball stadium, badminton, chess, athletic track, roller-skating rink, lawn tennis etc. It also has a cricket academy. To develop a child’s overall personality is the school’s main objective and to achieve that the school believes in striking a balance between the academic and the co-curricular activities. The needs and interest of all students are identified and a special programme in academics has been designed and executed. To ensure personal as well as professional growth of teachers, regular staff training programmes have been introduced. To develop positive traits among the students, the school has developed a parliament with 40 members. It encourages everyone to get involved in the functioning of the school. Information Technology is emphasised on a bigger scale. LCD projects/multimedia theatres/45 computers/30 CD’s/Internet/Compulsory IT regular lessons have made the students aware about the latest know how in the world. The school is Intel certified. The school provides day boarding facility to help the working parents. This programme provides a comprehensive package to cater to the need of the child. For security reason the school has installed CCTV cameras on the premises. New innovations are adapted to upgrade its facilities. The school has wireless sets to facilitate communication. To showcase the talent of students the school organises popular events like Satluj Splendour and Satluj Pride. The school fete, Satluj Splendour, is dedicated to social causes. To compete internationally, the students are exposed to French language in the middle section. The spoken English classes are taken in the middle section to enhance the spoken skill of the students.
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Satlujians are being shaped to become productive and proud citizens of our nation. They have proved themselves to be excellent students by topping in the CBSE examinations year after year. In 2004, the CBSE National Certificates were awarded to our students who scored cent per cent in mathematics and 97 in business studies. Satlujians excel in sports and cultural events as well. They are successful in their careers and many of them have become successful entrepreneurs. Satlujians are taught to be morally sound, confident, up to date, technologically sharp and scientifically advanced. Satlujians believe and achieve. The future belongs to such individuals. Satluj is a futuristic school, which acts on its school motto.
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Lecture on holy book
Chandigarh, February 9 The first lecture was delivered by Sikh Scholar Prof. Jodh Singh, former Chairman, Department. of Religious Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala. It was presided over by Prof Amrik Singh, former Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala. Prof. Amrik Singh in his presidential remarks expressed his anxiety about deteriorating academic scenario Prof. K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University appreciated the lecture series and said a national seminar on Guru Granth Sahib would be organised soon. Prof. Nahar Singh, Chairperson, School of Punjabi Studies, Panjab University, in his welcome address appreciated the initiative taken by the Vice-Chancellor through such special lecture series.
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Woes of 2 Ph.D students
Chandigarh, February 9
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Yoga camp for school kids
Mohali, February 9 Detailing the need of the yoga Principal Shemrock Senior Secondary School, Air Cmde S.K. Sharma, today said that these practices were especially designed for children and were effective in increasing concentration and power of retention, a healthy body and alert mind. Three hundred students and fifteen teachers were participating in this camp. The school management also organised a workshop for parents today to learn some of these techniques whereby they could help children cope with stress during exams.
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Students’ date with
Gursharan Singh
Chandigarh, February 9 A play, “Begumo do thee” was also staged in which Aman, Harish, Sukhvinder and Vikramjit performed. Later, songs on Shaheed Bhagat Singh were presented. These included “Rang de basanti chola”, “sarfaroshi ki tamanna” and “ghodi”.
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PU staff stage dharna for pension scheme
Chandigarh, February 9 Addressing the rally, Mr Ronki Ram, convener, JAC said the employees of the university had been fighting for the implementation of the pension scheme for the past 15 years but now the struggle had reached a decisive phase. If their demands were not fulfilled then the committee would intensify the agitation. A massive protest will be organized on February 21, he said.
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.303 rifle draws contrasting stands
Chandigarh, February 9 This question has arisen during the course of hearing in a murder appeal pending before the Punjab and Haryana High Court And, as if to give a new twist to the case, counsel for the Union of India and the Haryana Government have taken contrasting stands on the issue. While counsel for the Government of India today informed the Division Bench of Chief Justice Mr Justice B.K. Roy and Mr Justice HS Bedi that .303 rifle does not fall in the purview of the weapons classified as prohibited weapons, counsel for the Haryana Government took the opposite stand. The Bench is hearing the murder appeal against the order of a lower court awarding death sentence to former policeman Swaran Singh, who allegedly shot dead one Sat Pal of Shah Kot on May 6, 1998. The alleged killer was accompanied by another cop Balwinder Singh. Both had gone to the deceased's house and demanded liquor on the plea that the deceased's son was to get married soon. However, when their request was turned down, they shot dead Sat Pal with the official .303 rifle. A lower court had awarded death sentence to Swaran Singh and life term to Balwinder. During an earlier hearing, Swaran's counsel had claimed that the provisions of Section 27 (3) of the Arms Act were not applicable to his client as the bolt action of .303 Rifle could not be said to be prohibited arm. After the Government of India counsel told the court today that the Rifle does not fall in the category of prohibited weapons, Haryana Senior Deputy Advocate-General Randhir Singh contended that any weapon that can fire service ammunition has to be prohibited because if it is not prohibited, it is likely to yield to pilferage of Service ammunition, which is reserved exclusively for use by the armed forces and law enforcement agencies. Moreover, he added, since .303 rifle is a service weapon, the Arms Act itself makes it prohibited for general use.
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Show-cause notice to KC cinema house management
Chandigarh, February 9 This comes after an inspection of all cinema houses was carried out by the staff of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here. Deputy Commissioner Arun Kumar said the condition of toilets, seats, screen and exhibition of film had been found satisfactory in almost all cinemas except KC theatre where the condition of seats was not satisfactory and the theatre was being run on generator, besides exhibitions of film was also not clear.
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Singhvi to be acting
CJ
Chandigarh, February 9 He will take over as Acting Chief Justice after the present Chief Justice, Mr Justice B.K. Roy, takes oath in the Guwahati High Court, where he has been transferred.
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Manpal Tiwana dons father’s mantle
Manpal, son of Harpal Tiwana, the young actor-director who is trying to get into his father’s shoes, will stage “Sirhind di Deewar” to pay homage to the legendary Punjabi theatre thespian as well as the city which nurtured his talent.
“While walking in the National Institute of Sports (NIS) in 2001, a year before my father died in an accident, I told him the Old Moti Bagh Palace would be a perfect place to stage the historic play,” Manpal says. “Little did I know the responsibility of staging the show would fall on me”, he says. “Sirhind di Deewar” is being staged at the NIS by his group on February 16 as part of the Heritage Festival. This is the first time that a group from Patiala will be performing at the festival which showcases the best in music, dance and theatre. “Most of our team consists of local actors”, he says, adding friends and disciples of Harpal Tiwana were also taking part in the production. “The music has been composed by Jagjit Singh who sings Guru Gobind Singh’s “Mitr pyare nuu”. Girija Shankar will also act in the play. A visit to the “Play House”, residence of his father, in Patiala on Sunday saw the entire cast going through a rehearsal under a thatched roof. “It is the attention to detail which is my obsession, as it was with my father”, says Manpal who is directing the play along with his mother Neena Tiwana, also a National School of Drama graduate. Manpal’s last performance was as that of Zafar Beg before he left for the Royal School of Dramatic Arts in London. “The play is about Wazir Khan, the circumstances which led him to give the order to brick the Sahibzadas alive and the recriminations followed by penitence,” he says. TNS
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‘Saka Sirhind’, ‘Saka Chamkaur Sahib’ staged
THE Punjabi Natak Academy, Mohali, in a tribute to the ‘saga of supreme sacrifices chronicled in glorious Sikh history’ presented two historical plays titled ‘Saka Sirhind’ and ‘Saka Chamkaur Sahib’ at Tagore Theatre today.
This was the first ever presentation of the plays in the city after its 30 shows already staged, including eight in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Spiritual fervour pervaded the hall as the play opened up. Scripted and directed by Charan Singh Sindra, the plays brought alive the miracles of the divine commandant, Guru Gobind Singh, who blessed the subjugated communities to rise and fight the tyranny of the Mughal emperors notwithstanding the resources. Leading the crusade, Guruji induced confidence in the soldiers, especially the 40 Muktas and five beloved ones, who drank the divine nectar to uphold the ethical doctrines of the great Guru in letter and spirit. The battles at Anandpur Sahib, Chamkaur Sahib and crossing the rivers all were well illustrated through chiaroscuro and sound effects. In view of certain constraints that the divine Gurus cannot be presented on the stage in flesh and blood the illustrations of facts become a challenging task for any director. Armed with a profound knowledge of the Sikh history and research, C.S. Sindra relied upon the light and sound technique, pre-recording of dialogues, visual effects and narrative sequences in the mellifluous voice of Vidula Dhindsa. Besides hymns from the Gurbani, couplets from Jogi Allah Yar Khan and Gurdit Kundan, Sham Singh contributed to the repertoire of songs which augmented the emotional presentation. Eternal glory of the fighting spirit of Sahib-jada Ajit Singh and Jujhar Singh, barely in their teens and the younger Sahibjadaas Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh not succumbing to the threats of mighty Mughals was effective through the forceful narrations. Internal conflict in the mind of otherwise faithful Gangu tempted by the greed was immaculately portrayed by Gaurav while Gaurav Sharma,Ms Kulwant Bhatia, Padamdeep Singh, Gurbhej Singh, Harbans Lal, Daljit Singh, Deepender Deep and others enacted their roles with verve. Earlier Gurpartap Singh Riar honoured Harminder Singh, Tarsem Singh and Inderjit Vikaspuri, all from Delhi. The play will be staged at Bangkok from March 4 and in London later, said C.S. Sindra, director. OC
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17-yr-old clears MBA exam
Nandeep Bamrah, a 17-year-old boy, has achieved a top-grade MBA degree from Edinburgh Business School, Canada, while being still at school there. Nandeep Bamrah is a grandson of Mr J.S. Nagi, a Mohali-based lawyer.
In an e-mail, Nandeep said: “I did not tell my friends or teachers about my ongoing postgraduate studies.” He was born in Northampton, England, and his teachers recognised that he was “gifted” and informed his parents. “In July 1994, a child education psychologist, Dr Peter Congdon of Birmingham, took my IQ and other tests which verified that I was ‘gifted’. I moved to Toronto in 1995. I took a gifted programme, which starts in Class 3 and is for those students who have been recognised as ‘gifted’ with IQs in the 98th percentile.” “I discovered a postgraduate opportunity in Edinburgh Business School’s MBA programme and joined it in 2001. I took the final exam in December, 2004 and passed it on January 18, 2005 with an “A” average and a distinction in quantitative methods (statistics). I would now go to Edinburgh in July, 2005 to attend a convocation ceremony,” he said.
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