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Workshop on suicides held
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Chandigarh, April 5 The workshop was part of a larger action plan to bring down the incident of suicides in Chandigarh. Dr BS Chavan, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry, said over 25 teachers from various government and private institutions participated in the workshop. Dr Chavan said the objective of the workshop was that many of the major problems went unnoticed, leading to serious disorders and even suicides. The teachers had to play a pivotal role to identify the children who were at risk for developing problems. Dr Rachna Bhargava, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, GMCH, spoke on the learning problems. She emphasised that poor performance was not necessarily due to low intellectual functioning,
there could be several reasons leading to low performance. Ms Priti Singh, a clinical psychologist, talked about the symptoms and management of attention deficit hyperactive disorder, conduct disorder and
oppositional defiant disorder. Dr Priti Arun, a Reader in the Department of Psychiatry, also spoke on the occasion. |
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Avoid smoking and live long, healthy life: seminar
Chandigarh, April 5 The seminar was organised by BBS under its young people awareness drive series of initiatives. The programme has been developed by BBS with active consultation with many health professionals headed by Dr Rajesh Kashyap, Professor of Medicine at IGMC, Shimla. The seminar, moderated by Hemant Goswami, highlighted that each cigarette reduces the life span of a person by 11-20 minutes and a passive smoker by 3-7 minutes. The fact that tobacco is responsible for killing one person every five seconds and is directed responsible for the death of half of its lifelong users by reducing on an average the life of a smoker by 14 years astonished most of the youngsters attending the seminar. The other facts highlighted at the seminar pointed out that smoking is responsible for near 50 per cent of all heart attacks and cardiovascular deaths; 30 per cent of all cancer death and 87 per cent of lung cancer deaths each year; 82 per cent of deaths due to emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Over 90 per cent of patients with oral cancer use tobacco by either smoking or chewing it. Smokers have a 16 times greater risk of developing peripheral vascular disease (PVD), (blocked blood vessels in the legs or feet), than people who have never smoked. Smokers are more likely to develop a cerebral thrombosis (stroke) than non-smokers. About 20 per cent of all stroke deaths are estimated to be smoking related. The risk of dying among smokers from tuberculosis is about 400 percent higher than the non-smokers with tuberculosis. Contrary to the macho image projected by tobacco companies, research has shown that there is a 50 per cent increase in the risk of impotence among smokers compared with men who had never smoked. Tobacco users may damage their DNA too by a condition called chromosomal fragility in which certain regions of a chromosome, which contains the body’s genetic material, in the form of DNA easily break or form gaps. Interacting with young people, Hemant Goswami said that there is no such thing as a safe cigarette or a mild or light cigarette. “Thinking of smoking a cigarette labelled as mild, light or smoking only 2, 3, or 4 cigarettes a day is like committing suicide by jumping from a 30 storey building instead of 31. It makes no real difference as the dangers and consequences are the same. All youngsters when they start tobacco, they start with one (harmless looking) puff and then slowly and steadily it reaches a stage of addiction and habit formation. So the basic prevention step is never to consume tobacco and not allow any of your friends to consume any form of tobacco.” Mr Hemant Goswami concluded by appealing to the youngsters to help the elders in the family who want to quit tobacco by creating a positive pressure and by providing the much needed support system for then.
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NIPER to conduct workshop
Mohali, April 5 The field of pharmacoinformatics is emerging as a new discipline as a result of the integration of bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, chemogenomics and pharmacy informatics, catering to the needs of pharmaceutical sciences by providing scientific and technical tools for target specific drug design and development. Scientists, researchers, teachers and students involved in research in the areas related to medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, natural products, pharmacology, pharmaceutics and biotechnology from academic, scientific and industrial setups are expected to attend the workshop.
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World Health Day celebrated
Chandigarh, April 5 Keeping the theme in mind, a rally of 40 school children was organised by the School of Public Health, Department of Community Medicine, PGI. Children raised slogans pertaining to immunisation, ORS treatment of diarrhoea, female foeticide, importance of iron tablets during pregnancy and institutional delivery. In another event to mark the occasion, a group meeting was held in which 30 members, including women, from the community participated. Dr Madhu and Dr Sitanshu from the Department of Community Medicine, PGIMER, narrated their experiences in child delivery difficulties. Through group interactions, the emphasis on how mortalities in these situations can be prevented was discussed. Education material pertaining to mother and child health was also distributed. |
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RALLY
CHANDIGARH
: A polio awareness rally in connection with nationwide polio immunization campaign was taken out by students of Government Model High School, Sector 36-D, here on Tuesday. The school Principal, Ms Rita Jauhar, flagged off the rally.
TNS
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Mandeep beats Imanbir Singh in tennis
Chandigarh, April 5 Today’s results: Boys (u-14):1 Mandeep Singh Gill (Chd) bt Imanbir Singh Mann (Chd) 6-0, 6-0;2 Digvijay Singh (Chd) b Akash Ghai (Chd) 6-0, 6-2; 3 Sidharth Rawat (Dli) b Raghav Singal (Chd) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; 4 Amit Chouhan (Chd) b Karanbir Singh (Chd) 6-1, 6-4; 5 Abhiraj Singh (Chd) b Pullock Bhattacharya (Dli) 6-2,6-1; 6 Akshit Joshi (Chd) b Gaurav Inder Toor (Chd) 3-6,7-6, 7-0; 7 Gurinder Singh (Pb) b Fateh S. Ladhar (Chd) 7-5, 6-4. Girls (U-14 Pre Qtr): 1 Mehak (Chd) b Pooja Narayana (Dli) 6-1, 7-5; 2 Purna (Chd) b Nupur (Chd) 6-4, 6-2; 3 Jaanesh Kaur (Chd) b Noor Paul (Chd) 6-4, 6-2; 4 Carol Augustine (Dli) b Prabhamrit Kaur (Chd) 7-6, 6-2; 5 Nandini Singh (Raj) b Ikitesh Chahal (Chd) 6-1, 6-2; 6 Mehak (Chd) b Arushi Sharma (Dli) 6-4, 6-4; 7 Purna (Chd) b Jaanesh Kaur (Chd) 6-4, 6-1; 8 Sadhana Shreya (Har) b Carol Augustine 6-4, 5-7, 6-3). Boys (U-18): 1 Manav Dhawan (Pb) b Ujjawal Khanna (Pb) 6-0, 6-2; 2 Pilkit Mishra (Dli) b Bupinder Singh (Pb) 6-0, 6-1; 3 Chandan Shaolin (Chd) b Harry Samar (Chd) 6-2, 6-3;4 Tanuj Keshwani (Dli) b Ashiwani Kumar (Chd) 6-1, 6-0; 5 Kush Jagga (Dli) b Gaurav Inder Toor (Chd) 6-0, 6-1; 6 Pankaj Kulthia (Dli) b Sagar Sharma (Har) 6-3, 6-0; 7 Saurav Sharma (Pb) b Jai Vinod (Pb) 6-4, 6-4; 8 Mandeep S Gill (Chd) b Anmol Singh Leggar (Chd) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Girls (U-18): 1 Prabhamrit Kaur (Chd) b Pallak Grewal (Chd) 6-3,6-3; 2 Ankita Singh (Chd) b Sadhana Athreya (Har) 7-6, 6-3; 3 Noor Paul (Chd) b Shilpa Norka 6-4, 6-4; 4 Purna (Chd) b Arushi Walia (HP) 6-0, 6-0; 5 Tanvi Gupta (Dli) b Sonali Bansal 6-1, 6-0; 6 Pooja Narayana (Dli) b Munisha (AP) 6-1, 6-2; Doubles Boys (u-18): Inderjot/Bhupinder (Pb) b Dhushant/Mann Singh (Pb) 6-2, 6-4. Doubles Girls ( u-18): Simar/Mehak (Chd) b Shilpa/Nupur(Chd) 6-1, 6-0.
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Under-15 cricket tourney today
Chandigarh, April 5 |
Two join IT Appellate Tribunal
Chandigarh, April 5 Mr Joginder Singh was earlier a member in the ITAT Bench at Bangalore, whereas Mr Pransukha has been appointed. ITAT Chandigarh Zone consists of four members headed by the Vice-President, Mr M.A Bakshi. The zone comprises benches at Jaipur, Jodhpur and Amritsar having two members each covering the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. There are 63 ITAT benches all over the country. The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, constituted under the Income Tax Act, 1961 deals with second appeals against the revision order of Administrative Commissioners as well as orders of acquisition of properties under the Act.
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UT reinstates 2 employees
Chandigarh, April 5 In an order that can significantly impact the manner in which officials handle their future affairs, Ms Kusum Kalra has been recalled as Warden, Working Women’s Hostel, Sector 24 while Ms Sukhraj Kaur, earlier relieved on “dubious” grounds, has been taken back as Superintendent, Nari Niketan, Sector 26. Ms Kalra, who has been fighting a legal battle for the restoration of her professional dignity, was terminated as Warden, Working Women’s Hostel, in May last year. The ground extended for her termination was that the hostel was incurring losses due to a sharp decline in occupancy rate. However, the occupancy shown to prove the losses was that of May alone. No average rate was taken. After a long-drawn battle with the past Director, Ms Kalra got back to office today. With her induction, the post of Warden, which was earlier held in abeyance (on grounds of losses), is secure. She replaces a part-time Warden, who was handling hostel affairs until now. Ms Sukhraj Kaur, who rejoined as Superintendent, Nari Niketan, today had earlier been relieved of the charge on no solid grounds whatsoever. Both Ms Kalra and Ms Sukhraj Kaur have been called back on previous terms and conditions, on previous posts. While the former’s post falls under the Director, Social Welfare Office, the latter reports to MD, Women and Child Development Corporation, UT. In Chandigarh, both offices are headed by the same person.
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MC cancels sanitation contract of two zones
Mohali, April 5 The council today shifted its employees from the industrial area to take care of sanitation work in the two zones. Short term tenders would be called by the civic body soon to allot the work to a new contractor. The decision to cancel the contract was taken by the general House at a monthly meeting of the civic body held yesterday. The item was presented in the House as a table item and did not figure on the agenda of the meeting. Councillors had been complaining of poor sanitation conditions in parts of the town. Mr Kulwant Singh, president of the council, said that the contract would have been cancelled much earlier but the contractor started pleading that he would make efforts to improve the work. The House had then decided to give him an extension in time. He did bring about an improvement and his work and his contract was extended for about four times. But after some time residents had again started complaining that the work of sanitation was in a state of neglect. According to complaints, employees of contractor Gill who looked after sanitation work in Phases III B 1, III B 2, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI, did not lift garbage regularly and roads in residential areas were not swept on a regular basis. It was also alleged that the contractor did not employ safai karamcharis according to the conditions of the agreement. The council had issued notices to the contractor for unsatisfactory work. Money was also deducted from the bills presented by him for engaging less number of employees. |
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Safai kendras inaugurated
Chandigarh, April 5 |
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