HEALTH

Malnutrition ‘alarming’ in developing countries
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23
Balanced diet is the key to combat malnutrition in developing countries, experts attending the 21th All-India Ayurvedic Specialists Conference and seminar on malnutrition held at Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Dabur Dhanwantry Hospital, Sector 46, said here today.

Speaking at the seminar, Prof Dharma Vir from the International Vedic Institute, New Delhi, said malnutrition had assumed alarming proportions in the developing countries. Food at affordable price and clean drinking water were luxuries and the tropical infections make life difficult.

He claimed that ayurveda could play a significant role in the treatment of malnutrition since it kept the body composition in mind.

It was highlighted that irregular dietary habits were one of the most potent causes of the diseases along with stress-induced anxiety. Stress may be mental but nutritional disorders are certainly the most potent physical causes of diseases, the experts said.

Meanwhile, the local college has been rated as one of the best in India and recently the Government of India released Rs 12 lakh grant for the upgradation of research and development infrastructure, Mr Naresh Mittal, vice-president of the Shri Dhanwantry Educational Society, added.

Experiential yoga
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23
As many as 100 doctors attended the demonstration session on “Experiential yoga: Asanas, mudras pranayams and bandhas in daily life’’, which was organised at the PGI’s lecture theatre I here today. Swami Dhirendracharya of the Yog Sadhna Mission along with Swami Chidanandji performed several asanas to teach the audience. They stressed that yoga should not be practised as a physical exercise only but a more holistic approach should be adopted. PGI Director Prof K K Talwar was also present on the occasion. 

SPORTS

P. Ramesh lifts TT trophy
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23
Punjab State Electricity Board duo Vikas Mahajan and Pankaj Sharma gave a brilliant performance to emerge victorious against the pair of Nalin Somani and Sunil Ahuja of Haryana Power Sports Group 11-7,11-9,11-9 in the men’s doubles final on the concluding day of the 31st All-India Electricity Sports Control Board Table Tennis Tournament at Table Tennis Hall, Sector 23, here today.

P. Ramesh of Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board won the final of men’s singles title by defeating Pankaj Sharma of Punjab State Electricity Board 8-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 11-5, 13-11.

Earlier, in the men’s singles, semifinals Pankaj Sharma gave a straight set defeat to Jai Stephen of Kerala State Electricity Board 11-8, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8. In another semifinal tie, Vikas Mahajan was toppled by P. Ramesh of Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board 12-10, 5-11, 4-11, 6-11, 5-11.

The four-day tournament was organised by the Bhakra Beas Management Board. Mr V.P. Jain, Chief Engineer, Beas Sutlej Link, was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony. He distributed prizes among the winners. Fifteen teams from different parts of the country participated in these matches, which were played on league basis.

Pranjay Jain wins Total Tennis trophy
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23
Pranjay Jain of Chandigarh emerged as winner defeating another local lad Ishaan Dadial 6-0 on the first day of L.D. Kapoor memorial Total Tennis Championship being held at Total Tennis Academy’s Sector 11, here, today.

As many as 46 matches are scheduled to be played to see the aspirant for various age categories,in the boys under 14 and under 16 to get into the prestigious, talent series first round. Today first and second rounds of the qualifying matches were played. The cloudy weather made the clay courts more slower and comfortable for the participants.

Today’s results:

Boys under 14 Qualifying first round

1. Bhavya Jain (Chd) beat Barinder S. Gill (Chd) 6-1

2. Anhad Soin (Pb) w/o Sameer

3. Digvijay S.Naruka (Chd) beat Suveer Sachdeva (Chd) 6-2

4. Pranjay Jain (Chd) beat Ishaan Dadial (Chd) 6-0

5. Shikhar Nehru (Chd) beat Anupam Chetri (Chd) 6-2

6. Paramveer S. Toor (Chd) beat Ankush Agarwal (Pb) 6-1

7. Vaibhav Gupta (Chd) beat Bhavya Jain (Pb) 6-1

8. Jivtesh Singh (Pb) beat Naveen Shankar (Chd) 6-3

Boys under 14 qualifying second round

1. Senthil Kumar (TN) beat Sidharth Chhabra (Chd) 6-2

2. Bhavya Jain (Chd) w/o Gautam Singh (Chd)

3. Raghav Singhal (Chd) beat Anvit Gupta (Chd) 6-0

4. Samin Bhargav (Chd) beat Anhad Soin (Pb) 6-1

5. Nitin (Chd) beat Abhir Malhotra (Chd) 6-0

6. Digvijay S.Naruka (Chd) beat Chetnya Moudgil (Pb) 6-3

7. Ajay Yadav (Har) beat Davinder Singh (Chd) 6-2

8. Rishab Dev (Chd) beat Pranjay Jain (Chd) 6-0

9. Vishal Suri (Chd) beat Parminder Singh (Chd) 6-0

10. Shikhar Nehru (Chd) w/o Sidharth Maggu (Pb)

11. Shreshth Jain (Chd) w/o Gursimran Singh (Pb)

12. Paramveer S.Toor (Chd) beat Udit Jain (Pb) 6-4

13. Jaivardhan Gupta (Chd) beat Manik Futella (Chd) 6-0

14. Vaibhav Gupta (Chd) beat Pankaj Panchal (Chd) 6-3

15. Karan Bhai (Chd) beat Gagandeep Gill (Pb) 6-5 (3)

16. Jivtesh Singh (Pb) beat Sampuran Singh (Chd) 6-1

Boys under 16 qualifying first round

1. Ramit Kapoor (Pb) beat Prabhjot Singh (Chd) 6-1

2. Ruben Budhwal (Chd) beat Pankaj Panchal (Chd) 6-0

3. Jaivardhan Gupta (Chd) beat Naveen Shankar (Chd) 6-2

4. Ishaan Thukral (Chd) beat Paramveer S.Toor (Chd) 6-2

5. Jasjeet Bhatia (Pb) w/o Neeraj

6. Vaibhav Gupta (Chd) beat Jivtesh Kang (Chd) 6-4

Boys under 16 qualifying second round

1. Vikram Singh (Har) beat Jashanveer Bhatti (Pb) 6-1

2. Shivang Mahajan (J&K) beat Ranveer Kang (Chd) 6-1

3. Mandeep Yadav (Chd) beat Nishant Sood (Pb) 6-0

4. Chetnya Verma (Chd) beat Vishal Suri (Chd) 6-4

5. Saurav Sharma (Pb) beat Ramit Kapoor (Pb) 6-1

6. Shikhar Nehru (Chd) beat Anupam Chetri (Pb) 6-1

7. Deepinder Bains (Chd) beat Ruben Budhwal (chd) 6-0

8. Artim Kumar (Pb) beat Davinder Singh (Chd) 6-2

9. Shubham Kamboj (Har) beat Jaivardhan Gupta (Chd) 6-4

10. Nitin (Chd) beat Jaininder (Pb) 6-2

11. Gurinder Singh (Chd) beat Ishaan Thukral (Chd) 6-3

12. Manish Bhumbak (Chd) beat Manik Futella (Chd) 6-1

13. Jasjeet Bhatia (Pb) beat Senthil Kumar (TN) 6-4

14. Sukhjot Singh (Pb) beat Tushar (Pb) 6-2

15. Vaibhav Gupta (Chd) beat Karan Bhai (Chd) 6-4

16. Akshit Choudhary (Chd) beat Ishaan Handa (Chd) 6-0.

City teams win carrom test series
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23
Chandigarh Men and Women’s team continued to hold the winners’ title in the 1st round matches in the ongoing 1st Tri-angular Carrom Test Series being played at St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today.

Mr S.K. Sharma, general secretary of the All India Carrom Federation and also Secretary General of International Carrom Federation inaugurated the series which is being organised by the Chandigarh Carrom Association. The enthusiasts from Haryana, Punjab and hosts Chandigarh are participating in this series.

Today’s results:

Gagandeep Singh b Punjab 3-0, Neeraj Bharti b Vikrant Sharma 25-7, 25-0, Neeraj Bharti b Harpreet Singh 25-17, 25-0, Md Shahzad b Amanpreet Singh 25-3, 25-3.

Haryana b Punjab 3-0

Anand b Harsimrat Singh 25-2, 25-0, Mohinder Sharma b Vikrant Sharma 25-0, 25-5, Vinod Goyal b Harpreet Singh 25-15, 17-25, 25-15.

Chandigarh b Haryana 2-1

Gagandeep Singh b Anand Parkash 25-4, 25-0, Neeraj Bharti b Mohinder Sharma 25-12, 25-7, Sudhir Sidhu lost to Mukesh Sethi 10-25, 4-25.

Women

Punjab b Haryana 2-1.

Heena Habib b Haryana 2-1.

Heena Habib b Keka Mukherjee 24-0, 25-1, Sukhpreet Kaur b Archana Garg 17-19, 16-14, 19-14, Kulpreet Kaur lost Anita 25-0, 25-0.

Chandigarh b Haryana 3-0

Sushila Parshad b Anita Garg 25-0, 25-0, Bhanu Jain b Keka Mukherjee 25-11, 25-13, Bhanu Sadana b Archana 25-2, 19-05.

Chandigarh b Punjab 2-1.

Bhanu lost Heena Habib 10-20, 15-18, Bhanu Sadana b Kulpreet Kaur 25-0, 25-0, Sushila Parshad b Sukhpreet Kaur 25-0, 25-0.

Haryana beat Delhi powermen
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, April 23
Hosts Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam outplayed the Delhi team in straight games 25-15, 29-13 in the opening group C match in the 31st All-India Electricity Board Volleyball Championship at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3 here today.

The four-day tournament was inaugurated by Mr Samir Mathur, Managing Director, Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam. Fourteen electricity board teams of different states, divided into four pools, participated in the championship.

Haryana spikers were in control of the game throughout. Vikas and Ankit of Haryana displayed excellent performance and collect points by powerful smashes and neat placements.

However, Sriram of Delhi earned some good points for his team.

Taekwondo championship ‘invalid’
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 23
“The Taekwondo Championship held on April 23 at Skating Rink, Sector 10, was invalid and misled the players,” claimed Mr B.S. Handa, Technical Director, Chandigarh Taekwondo Association in a statement sent to this office through fax here today.