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Kisan training camp
by SBoP
Amloh,
June 29 Over 100 farmers of the sub-division participated in the one-day camp. Mr
S.N. Goel, Manager of the bank, welcomed the guests and spoke about the various loan schemes floated by the bank for farmers at low rate of interest. He talked about how farmers could start different trades related with farming to improve their economic condition. Dr Ranbir Sharma, Senior Veterinary Officer, advised the farmers to get their cattle vaccinated to save them from fatal diseases. The Animal Husbandry Department had provided vaccine for 34,000 cattle in the Amloh area, he added. He stressed the need for quality milk production free from contamination. Mr Arjun Singh, District Agriculture Development Officer, urged the bank to provide higher and assured income to farmers. Such awareness camps provided opportunities to the farmers to reap the benefits of technological development and globalisation of agricultural, he maintained. Mr Bhagwan Singh, Assistant Director, Fisheries; Mr Malkeet Singh, Diary Inspector; Mr S.S.
Kharaud, Manager, head branch; Mr Tarsem Singh, Chief Agriculture Officer; and Mr D.S. Bedi, Fishery Officer; highlighted training programmes for farmers and facilities provided by their respective departments for them.
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Teacher deprived of retirement benefits
Ludhiana, June 29 She was told to send it to District Education Office . A clerk in the office pointed out an anomaly and Snehlata’s pay was not fixed on that account. Snehlata met the Education Secretary and anomaly was removed 9 months ago. The corrected assured career progression scheme (ACP) report was sent to the Principal of the school, Ms Sushma Chawala, and she was requested to look into the matter. DEO and DPI also asked the Principal to fix her pay so that she could get arrears amounting to Rs 50,000. Ms Sharma says she inquired several times from the Principal but nothing
materialised. The principal, Ms Sushma Chawala, however said she had sent the papers to the Education Department as anomalies still existed. Ms Snehlata Sharma is baffled as the Principal has not apprised her of any anomaly.
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‘Parwasi Bharti Award’ for farmers
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, June 29 The award carries Rs 8,000 in cash along with a plaque and citation. Giving this information, Dr S.S. Gill, Director Extension Education, said the award had been instituted by a former teacher of PAU, Dr Maninderjit Singh, currently residing in Australia. Dr Gill said the forms for the selection of the farmer were available at the offices of all Chief Agriculture Officers of Punjab, Farm Advisory Service Centres and the Directorate of Extension Education, PAU, Ludhiana. The forms filled out by the applicants should reach the office of the Director, Extension Education, PAU, latest by July 20. Crop transplant: As the transplanting time of paddy gets over on June 30, the PAU has advised farmers not to transplant the crop after the period, as it will lead to lower yield since the crop is more prone to insects and diseases.If the circumstances compelled for rice cultivation, the farmers should follow various agronomic practices like the use of older seedlings up to the age of 55 days, increase the plant population from 33 hills/sq m to 44 hills/sq m and transplant early maturing/short duration variety PR 115 but not transplant this variety in salt affected soils. Alternatively, the farmers have been advised to sow moong/mash for main season, which will result in saving water and also help in improving the physical and chemical properties of the soil. Til can be sown during the first fortnight of July. Counselling dates: Counselling for admission to various master’s programmes in the College of Basic Sciences and Humanities will be held at the PAU on June 30.In the entrance tests held previously for admission to masters’ programmes, Madhu Dhingra topped the list in MET (Basic Sciences), Swinky Dhingra topped the list in MET (Physics) and Ritima Bansal topped the list in MET (Chemistry). Dr S.S. Chahal, Controller of Examinations, said for candidates who were competing for seats in BTech Agricultural Engineering programme on sports basis, the trials had been scheduled for July 1 in PAU grounds. Farewell function: Dr G.S. Nanda, Director of Research of Punjab Agricultural University, will retire on June 30, after putting in a service of more than three decades.A farewell function to honour Dr Nanda will be held in PAL Auditorium of the university tomorrow. Dr Nanda has been associated with the development of wheat varieties for the past three decades. He has been instrumental in the development of wheat variety, PBW 343, which has occupied more than 90 per cent of area in Punjab. Dr Nanda has been honoured with the prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award by the Government of India. Visit: Dr Gerhard Gries, Professor and Industrial Research Chair-Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Department of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, visited the Department of Entomology, PAU, Ludhiana, on June 28 and 29 along with Paul W.Schaeffer of the US Department of Agriculture.Dr Gerhard was impressed with the ongoing research programme of the department and the state-of-the-art facilities available. He offered to develop a collaborative programme with the department. He also delivered a lecture to the faculty and students of the department on “Learning the languages of insects.... and how to talk back.” He said in the times to come, scientists would have to manage insect pests with non-chemical methods. For this, scientists must understand the mechanism of communication between insect-plant and insect-plant parasitoids, he said.
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Need to rationalise
fee structure in colleges
Ludhiana, June 29 As per Punnaya Committee report, a panel constituted by the Central Government to find out grants given to university/colleges, the students should not pay more than 25 per cent of the cost of education. But in private-aided and un-aided colleges in Punjab, the undergraduate students were made to pay 38.63 per cent. But at the same time, students in government colleges in urban and rural areas were paying as low as 8.67 per cent and 4.56 per cent, respectively. There was no uniformity in the fee structure. The fee structure in government/semi-government, private-aided and non-aided colleges varied from Rs 5,225 to Rs 14,552 per student per year in the state. Another committee — ‘Vision Higher Education-2020’ in its recently submitted report has said that the state government was reducing budgetary support to higher education due to lack of resources.Various educationists suggest that educational resources could be raised to a certain extent if certain modifications in fee structure were done. As suggested by committee, the tuition fee in government colleges could be increased to Rs 100 per student, which presently was Rs 22 only. Mr Tarsem Bahia, a fellow of Panjab University, said unnecessary burden should not be put on to students studying in private-aided and non-aided colleges. “They are already paying hefty amounts and it would be unjustified if they are asked to pay more,” said Mr Bahia. Though the students were paying about 38 per cent in private colleges but the tuition fee component which went to government treasury was far less than the fund component. The fund percentage was retained by the respective private colleges. “The government should ask for more percentage out of the funds raised by students in private colleges,” said another educationist. “If government wants to streamline the whole process and wants to improve the higher education, it should rationalise the fee structure policies in all colleges. The state had more than 170 aided and non-aided private and 40 government colleges. Higher education could get a boost and adequate revenue could be raised without bothering the students if necessary steps were taken in the direction,” suggested Mr Bahia.
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Theme parties latest
craze among kids
Ludhiana, June 29 Though it is the elite class only, who can afford to organise these on a lavish scale yet middle class people too approach the organisers to organise the same in a limited budget. The organisers feel that theme parties were becoming very popular in the city as the parents had no time to organise everything on their own. A majority of working people were having little time to relax. “They want to be relaxed hosts, welcoming the guests alone in a warm manner. And we are there to organise each and everything from start till end”, says Ms Parul Sharma from ‘The Dazzlers’ who organises such parties in city. Ms Sharma said money was not a problem for parents. They could spend anything but the party has to be a hit in friends’ circle. “Majority of people depend entirely on us. They just tell the theme and we arrange everything for them starting from invitation cards to return gifts. The ambience, food, music and games are all arranged by the organisers. There are people who want the theme ambience only. A particular theme with a good decoration can be arranged between Rs 5000 and Rs 6000. Everything depends on people’s choice and budget”, says Ms Sharma. A parent, Ms Veena Malhotra, who had arranged a theme party for her daughter, said: “I am sure kids would remember such a party for long and I am happy that it brought a smile on my daughter’s face”, said Ms Malhotra. For girls, themes like Cindrella, Mermaid, Fairyland, gardens with flowers and colourful butterflies etc remain alltime favourites. Boys prefer Superman, Spiderman, Pooh, Noddy, Pink Poodle themes.”But recently we have been asked to create a ‘planetarium’ theme where kids would be dressed as robots. It is a new concept and would be real fun”, said Ms Sharma.
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Whiz Kid school holds
fun party
Ludhiana, June 29 Children enjoyed playing video games, indoor games and puzzles at the party. Dance items like De De Gera, Ankhan Wich Sharab and Dhoom etc were performed by the students of Whiz Kid. Principal Dimple Verma gave away prizes, certificates and participation awards to all the students. Winners of the dance competition: Seniors Japjot-1; Ashneet-2; Vasudha-3; Junior category: Shradha-1; Suvaani-2; Arshneet-3. Best students: Harshit, Arshdeep, Josephjoy and Baani.
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Honour for NRI student
Ludhiana, June 29 Gurpal’s paternal family, which lives in Raikot, is ecstatic at the news as it is a matter of joy to be appreciated by the President of the USA. The President’s note further reads: “One of our nation’s top priority is to ensure that all Americans have the knowledge and skills they need to compete and succeed in the 21st century. By working hard in school, you have taken an important step towards building a better future and realising your full potential”.
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On-line interaction on eye surgery
Ludhiana, June 29 During the four-hour session, which was organised simultaneously at a cellular company’s outlets at Mall Road and Sarabha Nagar, the local ophthalmologists updated themselves on latest techniques in cataract surgery in general and phaconit in particular. According to Dr Rajinder Singh, president of the LOS, the faculty for the workshop and on-line CME included leading experts like Dr Amar Aggarwal, pioneer of phaconit technique from Chennai, Dr Mahipal S. Sachdev, eye specialist in phacoemulsification and lasik laser from AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr Kumar J. Doctor from Mumbai, and Dr Dipan Desai from Ahmedabad. The interaction between the experts and participating ophthalmologists and question-answer sessions, which followed, turned out to be a unique forum, made possible by the amalgamation of latest in ophthalmic surgery and telecommunication. The LOS president observed that the on-line CME had opened a new chapter in dissemination of scientific information to medical professionals, who otherwise found it difficult to travel to far-off places to update their knowledge and interact with exponents in their respective fields. He said in the wake of the response from the eye surgeons of the region, the society would strive to organise more such workshops and CME and make efforts to involve ophthalmologists from abroad to enable the local eye surgeons deliver world-class services to people.
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