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Land-to-lab approach to solve farmers’ problems
Ludhiana, April 9 Scientists belonging to different agricultural institutes doting the country, who were here to participate in the national biennial conference on weed management organised by the India Society of Weed Science on the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus from April 6 to April 8, said another major factor that had been forcing them to change the existing pattern of interaction with the farmers was that they were more concerned about the maintenance of profitability from farming operations. “Earlier they used to ask farmers to implement what they had been evolving in the laboratories and there was no participation of farmers in that exercise. Now, they have started adapting from land-to-laboratory’ approach so that they can solve the problems of the farmers in their fields and enable them produce quality products to meet global challenges and earn enough profit from the same,” pointed out Dr
R.P. Singh and Dr R.K. Malik, president and secretary of the Indian Society of Weed Science, respectively. The agricultural scenario in the country had reached a point where the scientists had been left with no other option than to use ‘pull mechanism’ instead of using “push mechanism, that they had been using for the past many decades. They said they would go to farmers, know about their problems, technology and other agricultural inputs being used by them and then take these things to the laboratories and research on these for improvement. In this way, the farmers would get the best of the technologies. Apart from it, the farmers would have significant participation in the research work that would be carried out by the scientists in the laboratories. Dr
R.P. Singh point out that MNCs had been trying to make farmers dependent on them for all agricultural needs and it had posed a challenge to the scientists. Dr Malik said though genetically modified (GM) crops had been suiting economically to the farmers due to profitability, reduction in input costs, the scientists were required to monitor the same and should save farmers from its long term effects. He added the government should also set up a strong monitoring mechanism in connection with the cultivation of GM crops in the country.
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BJP condemns move to privatise education
Ludhiana, April 9 He observed, that by bringing privatisation in almost every sphere, the state government intended to conceal its failure and get rid off the responsibility of governance. This fact also came to light during a meeting held between the Education Minister and representatives of private school managements. During the said meeting, the state government openly admitted its failure to run the educational institutions effectively. He said it was pertinent to mention that the private school managements have shown over-enthusiasm to accept the government’s proposal in that regard. Obviously, with a motive to loot the public and to deprive the less privileged section of society. He said the government seemed to be hand in the glove with the private school managements. Mr Bhandari alleged that the government had failed on all fronts. Most of the ministers of were incompetent, having no capability of running the administration, but were openly indulging in corrupt practices.
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South Asian academicians come together
Ludhiana, April 9 The conference was inaugurated by Wg Cdr H.S. Gill, Chairman, PCTE, Dr R.K. Dhawan, Chairman, Federation of Indian Exports (FIEO), New Delhi, presided. The conference comprised technical sessions on global management in HRM, role of management in service sector, globalisation and management functions vs global economy. Dr R.S. Deol, HR consultant and Mr K.D. Chadha, specialist in banking affairs chaired the morning sessions while Dr Anwar Hossain, Dean AIUB, and Dr S.K. Singla, Head, Department of Business Management, PAU, chaired the afternoon technical sessions. “The conference included participations from Dr Fazeela Ahsan, Dr Ahmad Kaleem, Professor, COMSATS Institute, Lahore, Muhammad Mahmood Shah Khan from College of Commerce, UMT, Lahore, Zeshan Ahmer, Assistant Professor, Punjab University, Lahore, Dr Nasir Ahmad, Chairman, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Muhammad Shahbaz Shabbir, Dr Kashif Ur Rehman, Professor, Bahria University, Islamabad, and Dr Anwar Hossain, Dean, AIUB, Dhaka”, Dr K.N.S. Kang, Director, PCTE, said.
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Programme for parents
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Ludhiana, April 9 Dr Sushrna Jaiswal, Professor, Human Development, College of Home Science, PAU, Ludhiana, was the guest speaker. She said, “Fifty per cent of the child’s brain develops till the age of 4 years and 30 per cent till 6 years, so KG has an important role to play, but support of parents is a must.” Celebrations: Bharatiya Vidya Mandir, Udham Singh Nagar, celebrated Nav Samvat 2062 and Navratras with enthusiasm. Students of the school, in the presence of the president of the trust, Mr Mitter Sen, and secretary, Mr K.C. Maini, started a shobha yatra. They passed through various areas spreading the message of unity and prosperity.A hawan-yajana was also performed in the school. After returning from the shobha yatra, all students, members of the staff and president of the trust took part in the hawan. The function ended with the puranaahuti and distribution of parsad. Declamation: Alpine International School organised a declamation contest on Saturday. More than 15 students expressed their views on women liberation. They cited examples of shining stars like Indira Gandhi, Kiran Bedi etc. Namrata, Shruti and Rishab were declared winners. Prizes were given away by Ms Rajeshwari Dhir.
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Jobless teachers want vacant posts filled
Samrala, April 9 In Samrala, schools at Bondli, Dhande, Khatran, Ashgaripur, Chawa and Mandiala Khurd only have teachers on deputation. Primary school vikas committees generately recruit untrained teachers when hundred of B.Ed. teachers are jobless, he said.
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Biggest ever Lok Adalat today
Free PCOs by BSNL The Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Ltd.(BSNL) has decided to install three free PCO’s at the venue of the national-level Lok Adalat to be held at Judicial Complex on April 10 for the convenience of the general public. The callers would not be charged for making any local call from these PCO’s. Taking into consideration that large number of litigants are expected to attend the adalat and in order to save them from any
inconvenience for making phone calls, the BSNL is going to provide this facility, said General Manager of the BSNL, G.S.
Zulka.
Ludhiana, April 9 The biggest ever Lok Adalat would also ensure the participation of about 100 judges belonging to the subordinate judiciary, including the district judges of each district of Punjab, claimed the District and Sessions Judge, Mr Harbans Lal, while talking to Ludhiana Tribune. It is expected that above 8,000 cases would be disposed off, as a lot of spade work was done by the judicial officers to persuade the parties to resolve their disputes by holding pre-Lok Adalats. “Earlier we had constituted 46 Benches to hear the cases but as more and more people are approaching us for putting up their cases before the Lok Adalat, the number of Benches have been increased to 52. Each Bench would be headed by a Judicial Officer and assisted by two members. Twentyseven Judicial Officers have been called from other districts of Punjab and the services six retired Additional Sessions Judges have been availed to head different benches’’, added Mr Harbans Lal. He further informed that a seminar would also be organised under the National Legal Literacy Mission to create awareness among the masses about their legal rights, fundamental duties and to create awareness about the free legal aid services provided to the
underprivileged and needy persons. More than 50 inquiry counters have been set up to guide the litigants to enable them to reach the proper Bench. Two medical camps would also be organised. Thirtythree students from the Punjab College of Law, Bahadurgarh, Patiala, 70 students from Deptt. of Law, GNDU, Jalandhar, 23 students of Law College, Ludhiana, and more than 100 employees of different banks and departments have been deputed to assist the litigants to reach to proper bank, added Mr Harbans Lal.
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DC draws up plan to check water-borne diseases
Ludhiana, April 9 For this, special attention would be given to slum areas, localities inhabited by poor people and localities chronically affected by water-borne diseases. Giving these directions, Deputy Commissioner Anurag Verma asked the Municipal Corporation to evolve a mechanism to ensure that potable water was being supplied in all areas of the city. He further said only chlorination was not sufficient. Wherever there was some leakage in water pipes or water pipes had corroded or there was contamination of drinking water by sewerage, immediate remedial steps should be taken. He asked the MC and the executive officers of all municipal committees to identify the slum areas and other spots, which had been affected by water-borne diseases in the past. Emphasis should be laid on providing potable drinking water in these areas, he added. He also asked the Civil Surgeon to take water samples throughout the district on daily basis. This should cover the Municipal Corporation, all municipal committees and rural areas. The DC asked the Civil Surgeon to organise health awareness camps throughout the district, especially in the slum areas, and chronically affected areas for which the assistance of the district education officers could be sought. The district education officers should be given pamphlets to be distributed to the students and to be read out during the assembly in all schools. The DEOs were made personally responsible for ensuring that this was done. Mr Verma asked all SDMs to monitor the implementation of this programme in their sub-divisions on a daily basis. Dr Rajinder Kaur, Civil Surgeon, informed that the department had already chalked out a comprehensive programme to create awareness among people regarding the preventive measures. She said the Health Department had already started taking samples from the various areas in the city. Others who attended the meeting included, Mr Sumer Singh Gurjar, ADC (D), Mrs Sarojini Gautam Sharda, Deputy Director, Local Government and Dr Jaswant Singh, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation.
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Latest pain management technique at DMCH
Ludhiana, April9 Disclosing this here during a workshop on “Management of Pain” organised by the Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, here recently, Dr GP
Dureja, Professor of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Consultant incharge of Pain Clinic at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, said the medical sciences had taken a lot of strides forward in this direction. The Head of the department, Dr
T.K. Kaul, and Dr P.L. Gautam, associate professor in the department, who were the organisers of the workshop, said, intensive deliberations were held on “current concepts of pain management”. The session was chaired by the DMC, Principal, Dr Daljit Singh. He also demonstrated various pain relieving techniques on three patients. Dr Kaul said implantation of a device in the abdominal area to deliver continuous micro concentration of a drug in the spinal cord was demonstrated practically. These, he said, are the latest techniques for treatment of pain in chronic pain conditions and syndrome like spastic conditions and intractable pains due to diseases like cancer. Alleviation of pain was considered to be a human right and its relief in terminal malignant diseases leads to a better quality of life for the patient. He announced that this technology will be available in DMC from now onwards. The workshop was attended by doctors from various fields like anaesthesia, neuro surgeons, neurologists, paediatricians, surgeons, oncologists and physiologists of the region.
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Pulse polio drive today
Ludhiana, April 9 Giving this information here today, the Civil Surgeon, Dr Rajinder Kaur, said in this round, nearly 5.20 lakh children would be given polio drops to guard them against the crippling disease. For this purpose, 900 booths had been set up in urban areas and another 1,200 in the rural areas of the district. Sixtysix mobile teams would cover slums and under-developed localities in the district, while 96 check-posts had been established for coverage of railways, road networks, public transport vehicles and travelling children. All programme officers and sector controllers had assumed their assigned posts. The Civil Surgeon said an intensive awareness campaign had been launched all over the district to motivate people to bring eligible children to the special polio booths for immunisation. Special banners and mottos had been displayed at strategic places in towns and the villages and announcements were being made on public address system all over the district to seek the cooperation of the people and make this programme a total success. She said the medical and paramedical staff of the department had been explicitly directed to make sure that each and every eligible child was given the dose of polio drops to achieve the objective of eliminating the dreaded disease from the country.
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Sartaj, Amandeep adjudged best athletes
Ludhiana, April 9 The overall trophy (boys) was bagged by the Electrical Engineering Department, while the honour in the girl’s section went to the
Computer Science and Engineering Department. Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal, MP, gave away prizes to the winners. He exhorted students to set high goals in life and channelise their youthful
exuberance and creativity to achieve those goals. Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, MP from Ludhiana, Mr Vaheshinder Singh Grewal, addition secretary of the Nankana Sahib Education Trust, were among those who attended the prize distribution function. Results: (boys)- 400 m race — Saratj Singh 1, Hamanjot Singh 2 and Harpreet Singh 3; 110 m hurdles — Sandeep Singh 1, Sartaj Singh and Vikramjit Singh 3; 5000 m race — Paramjit Singh 1, Pardeep Singh 2 and Ravinderpal Singh 3; 100 m race — Sartaj Singh 1, Sandeep Singh and Tanjit Singh 3; high jump — Vikramjit Singh 1, Ravinder Singh 2 and Sandeep Singh 3. Girls: 4x400 m relay race — Computer Science and Engineering Dept 1, Civil Engineering Dept 2 and Electronics Dept 3.
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Deepak guides MC XI to victory
Ludhiana, April 9 Batting first, MC XI scored 208 for the loss of six wickets in 30 overs. The main contributors were Deepak who made 53, followed by Dharminder 47, Atul Kohli 45 and Gagandeep 22. For Oshan Club, Varinder Sharma Patwari and Harpal claimed two wickets each conceding 22 and 50 runs, respectively. In reply, the club could make 166 in 29.4 overs. Harpal and Arun scored 53 and 36 n.o, respectively, while Savraj Pandey and Nikka chipped in with 21 and 25 runs. The main wicket takers for the MC XI were Deepak ( 3 for 33), Dharminder (3 for 26) and Harmit Batra ( 2 for 22 ).
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Cricket trials today
Ludhiana, April 9 The selected probables will attend a camp prior to their participation in the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament for the Sushil Bali Trophy to be organised by the Punjab Cricket Association from April 15. The interested players are advised to report at the venue at 9 am. A new selection panel was formed during a meeting of the executive committee of the LDCA here last evening. Mr Chaman Lal Malhotra will head the panel. Other members include Mr Lokesh Khanna, Mr Pawan Pandey, Mr Rajesh Puri, Mr Satish Mangal, Mr Rajinder Pursharthy and Mr Naresh Kumar. The meeting also decided to honour former cricket star Yash Paul Sharma and the speedster Gagandeep Singh for bringing laurels to the city.
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