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Farm machinery displayed at PAU
Ludhiana, October 20 Presiding over the concluding function, Dr S.S. Gill, Director Extension Education, appreciated the efforts of the department. He thanked the participating progressive farmers, farm machinery manufacturers, field engineers, extension workers and others for making the field day a great success. He said the burning of paddy caused environmental pollution and had ill effects on the soil and water. The machinery developed by the department and adopted by the enterprising custom hiring operator would help the farmers promote diversification in agriculture. Proper use of improved machinery would not only reduce pollution of air, soil, and water but also save precious inputs like fertilisers and pesticides and increase the income of the farmers. Dr Gill emphasized that the farmers must increase the cost of agriculture. Dr V.K. Sharma, Registrar, PAU, emphasised that keeping in view the fragmentation of land-holdings and the high cost of machinery, the farmers should form machinery user groups or establish cooperative societies for purchasing these costly agricultural implements. He added that with the introduction of the WTO regime, improvement in product quality, use of organic manure and reduction in production cost, were the mantras to facilitate marketing of foodgrains and other agricultural products around the world. Farm mechanisation if properly practised would save the natural resources from pollution and help improve lot of the farmers by raising their income. Dr S.K. Sondhi, Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering, PAU, mentioned about the serious problem of the depleting watertable at an alarming rate and environmental pollution caused due to burning of paddy straw. Paddy straw management, proper handling and processing of agricultural produce must be given due priority for raising income level of the farmers.
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Govt inaction on use of pesticides flayed
Ludhiana, October 20 Speaking at a seminar on ‘Environmental health impacts of pesticides with reference to cancers and reproductive health’ organised by KVM and Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Hospital here on Sunday evening, executive director of the mission Umendra Dutt criticised the state Health Department as well Punjab Agricultural University for their failure to take remedial steps in this regard. “Notwithstanding the severity of cancer prevalence in various parts of Punjab, the Health Department is conveniently taking cover behind its own shortcomings. The official misinformation regarding the threat of cancer and traces of pesticides found in the blood samples of people is an act of criminal negligence as it undermines the issue of state environmental health,” he said. Dr Ashutosh Haldhar, Assistant Professor, Department of Reproductive Biology at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, observed that the number of females was increasing all over the world except for India and China, which was largely due to the excessive use of pesticides. Studies had shown that certain pesticides might not have any effect on the viability of Y chromosomes while having an adverse impact on X chromosomes which further went on to disturb the male-female population ratio.
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PAU organises animal welfare camp
Ludhiana, October 20 A team under the leadership of Dr R.S. Sahota and experts Dr M.P. Gupta, Dr H.K. Verma, Dr S.K. Kansal and Dr Navdeep Singh diagnosed and treated 170 cases of buffaloes, cows, bullocks and dogs. Majority of the cases were of medicine (108) with the problems of mastitis, diarrhea, fever, tick infestation, worm infestation, general debility and bloat. Gynaecology cases (52) were of anoestrus, repeat breeding, prolapse, metritis, abortion and pregnancy check up. Surgical cases were of stringhalt, otitis, teeth problems, lameness and abscess. The pathological samples of blood, faces and urine were tested by Dr Kansal during the camp. The Director and Joint Director of the Rural Development Centre of PSB, Mr Gurcharan Singh, and Mr Paramjit Singh Arora, respectively, worked for the successful organisation of the camp and sponsored the same.
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Hyola crop to be promoted
Ludhiana, October 20 Mr Anurag Verma, Deputy Commissioner, reviewed the progress under the programme at a meeting of the officers of the departments concerned held here today. The DC asked the officers to launch a special joint campaign, so that maximum number of farmers could change over from wheat to hyola, which was only of 150 days duration and gave a higher profit per acre as compared to wheat. He said the seed for hyola crop was available with the offices of Chief Agriculture Officer, block agriculture development officers, agriculture development officers, secretaries of cooperative societies and seed dealers, Punjab Agro Food Grains Sale Centres for Rs 360 per kg (for one acre). The produce would be purchased by the Punjab Agro Food Grains Corporation at minimum support price of Rs 1,715 per quintal. After the hyola crop, farmers could get another crop of sathi moong during the same season to get extra income from the same field. He said that as per the reports of the experts, the oil extracted from hyola is very good for health. It contains high levels of olecic acid, which helps lower cholesterol, protects blood vessel lining and lowers uric acid and decreases risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. The DC appealed to the farmers to grow hyola which needs less number of irrigations, which was very important as the level of groundwater was depleting.
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IMA national academic show begins today
Ludhiana, October 20 According to Dr Gursharan Singh, organising secretary of the conference, all preparations for the 39th annual academic extravaganza, being hosted by the Punjab branch for the first time, had been completed. While the scientific sessions will be presided over by the former Vice-Chancellor of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Dr L.S. Chawla, it will be formally inaugurated by Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, on the evening of October 21. “The speakers and delegates from all over the country and abroad have started arriving. Some noted medical and surgical professionals, including Dr Mark, Dr Bryan, Ms Carmel Mckenna, Dr Antony and Ms Robyn Bullock are camping in different city hotels. Senior leaders of the IMA — Dr Ketan Desai, Dr Sudipto Roy, Dr Ajay Kumar, Dr Sanjiv Malik and Dr Vinay Aggarwal — have also arrived and are overseeing the preparations,” he said. The IMA is putting up a huge exhibition with more than 50 participants. It will display a vast variety of different instruments, diagnostic equipment, disposables and medical products. The three-day show will also witness scores of cultural activities depicting Punjabi culture for the visiting dignitaries. Punjabi singers of repute Mika and Jassi are slated to perform in the entertaining mix of cultural events. The Medical Council of India has sanctioned Rs 1 lakh for the conference while the Punjab Medical Council had already sanctioned 10 credit hours of continuing medical education (CME) for the participating doctors. The central working committee of the IMA will also deliberate on several key issues during the conference. The scientific secretary of ACADIMA-2005, Dr Gurpreet Singh Wander, said the conference would cover various topics of over 20 super-specialities of medical and surgical field. Nearly 80 speakers from all over the country, apart from some of the doyens of the profession from abroad, would deliver lectures from their respective fields. In addition to a large number of delegates from several states, including hosts Punjab, senior consultants from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and the PGI, Chandigarh, would take part in the deliberations, he added.
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Teachers urged to adopt innovative aids
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, October 20 Mr Chhina said the teachers should use sports culture as a tool for the development of education in the state. He also stressed on providing environmental education, multi-cultural education and human rights education to the government school students. Teachers put up an exhibition on teaching aids related to various topics and subjects on the occasion. Mr Davinder Singh Chhina released a sketch of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha, made by Mr Ashok Kumar from Andloo School. Workshop: Oxford University Press, New Delhi, organised a workshop on teaching of English at the Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, today. The resource person for the workshop was Ms Jayshri Kannan. About 25 teachers attended the workshop.Ms Kannan involved the teachers in the learning process and covered different skills of learning language. Cultural programme: A cultural programme was organised by Guru Gobind Singh Public School on the school premises for tiny tots. The students presented cultural items at the function . The items included bhangra, solo dance, giddha, modeling and chatting. The Chairman of the school, Mr Avtar Singh Makkar, praised the performance of the tiny tots and distributed the prizes to the top performers. The Principal, Ms Manjeet Kaur, passed on her best wishes to the students on their presentation.
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Students urged to fight female foeticide menace
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, October 20 She said youth festivals played an important role in student life. They were a platform to promote the rich Punjabi culture. The students of more than 14 colleges have been participating in the four-day youth festival. Function: A felicitation function was organised to honour the prizewinners in the zone-A youth festival held at the AS College for Girls, Khanna, recently. The students distinguished themselves in various items such as giddha, debate, fine arts, quiz, creative writing, musical items, play, poem recitation etc . In total, students won 20 prizes. Out of these, 10 teams qualified for the forthcoming inter-zonal festival scheduled for November this year.Speaking on the occasion, Mr D.S. Gill, Principal of the college, acknowledged the extraordinary accomplishments of the students in the field of art and culture. He said, “Without aesthetic experiences, life becomes dull and routine-bound”. Prof Bhupinder Parihar, convenor of cultural affairs remarked that the growth of students was the responsibility of the college. Their moral and material support was the first priority of the college. Quiz contest: The Department of Economics of the GGN Khalsa College for Boys organised an intra-college quiz contest for undergraduate and postgraduate classes.The aim of this contest was to ensure allround development of the students and to enhance their confidence level. The event was presided over by the Principal, Mr Tarlochan Singh. Ms Harbans Kaur and Dr Anita Nayyar were the chief guests. In her address, she emphasised the importance of extracurricular activities for the personality development of the students. Prof Parneet Singh was the quiz master and conducted preliminary round of the quiz. The oral rounds were conducted by Prof Harjinder Singh, Prof Gurjeet Kaur, Prof Mandeep Rajpal. Stage was conducted by Amit Mittal, Kulwant Singh was the scorer. Declamation contest: The Punjab Water supply and Sewerage Division No 1 organised an Inter-college declamation contest here recently at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar Chowk. Thirtyfive students from 10 different colleges across Ludhiana spoke on various topics related to the conservation of natural resources. Raashi, a student of BA II and Jasmine Anand of BA III won the second and third prizes respectively.The joint commissioner of Municipal Corporation, Mr Jaswant Singh, presided over the function. The District Education Officer, Mr Yash Pal, gave away the trophies to the winners.
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Blind kids get canes
Ludhiana, October 20 Mr Ajmar Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner, and Mrs Harmeet Kaur, Principal, Ramgarhia Girls College, were the chief guests. Amway
distributers distributed white canes among visually challenged children “This series of functions is a reiteration of the AOFs and indeed Amway’s commitment to the visually challenged children in India,” said Mr William Pinckney, Chairman,
AOF. “While we have an on going project to ensure that all blind school going children in the country have an access to Braille textbooks, the White Cane Day function ensures that a large number of blind children are assured of greater mobility,” he added. An Ability Exhibition was also inaugurated.
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Shri Ram Memorial Lecture held at PAU
Ludhiana, October 20 He emphasised on adopting new technologies. He said India was lacking in networking to help the farmers in the field of marketing, therefore, the industry should come forward to help them in this field. In order to do successful marketing of our agricultural produce, people should understand the significant ideas of the business management. Appreciating farmers of Punjab, Dr Aulakh said they were hard working, innovative and creative but they needed proper guidance and advice. The farmers could increase their income by adopting new techniques of agriculture. Dr Aulakh honoured old students of the department who remained outstanding in different fields. Delivering the lecture on “Innovation Based Entrepreneurship”, Prof Anil Kumar Gupta from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, said, “We should be creative according to the changing scenario”. Dr S.K. Singla, Head of the Department of Business Management, welcomed the chief guest and others present on the occasion. Dr B.S. Dhillon, Director of Research, Dr Darshan Singh, Dean, Postgraduate Studies, Dr V.K. Sharma, Registrar, other officers of the university and industrialists were also present. Dr Aulakh was also honoured on the occasion.
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Youth festival prize
winners honoured
Doraha, October 20 Bibi Bhagwant Kaur, president, College Management Committee, Prof B.S. Pangali, general secretary, Mr Jaswant Singh Gill, director, and Mr J.S. Gurwa, Principal, apart from congratulating the winners, asked them to work hard with further zeal and enthusiasm to participate in the forthcoming inter - zonal festivals in November. Prof Harwinder Kaur, in charge, cultural activities, too appreciated the contribution of the staff and students. The college has bagged a total of 42 positions, including 21 first positions, eight second positions and 13 third positions in the four-day youth and cultural heritage festival organised at the A.S. College for Women, Khanna. The giddha team, group dance team, folk dance team, drama orchestra, naqquals, classical (vocal) and histrionics of songs won the first positions. Kamaljit Kaur of BA III was declared first in pakhi designing, Jaspreet Kaur of BA III in phulkari and Jaspinder Kaur of BA III in bagh-making. The tabla item too secured the first position. Similarly, first positions were individually won by Ramanjit Gill of MA I in giddha, Rajvir Kaur of BA I in group dance, Parmeet Singh of B.Com I and Inderjit Singh of B.A.III in folk dance, Gurmit Singh of BA III in orchestra, Kulwinder Singh BA II in naqquals and Thakur Singh of BA II in classical (vocal). Similarly, the items such as group song, mime and vaar-gayan secured the second positions. Individual second positions went to Vaswinder Kaur of BA III in dasuti, Ramandeep Kaur of BA II in bagh, Ramandeep Kaur of B.A. I in crochet-making, Thakur Singh of BA II in shabad gayan, Pawandeep Kaur of BA II in veer and Baljit Singh of BA III in naqquals. Skit, kavi-shairi, shabad (group), kali (group), dhol, story-writing and mimicking secured the third position. Individual, third positions were won by Upinder Kaur of BA III in pakhi -designing, Rupinder Kaur of BA III in phulkari, Prabhjot of MA II in knitting, Kirandeep Kaur of MA I in crochet, Sunita Rani of MA I in group dance and Sukhwinder Singh of BA I in kali singing.
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Students learn management skills
Mandi Gobindgarh, October 20 Prof S.P. Singh from the University Business School, Panjab University, spoke on “Contemporary environment for young professionals.” He deliberated upon the skills required by the students to survive in the market and emphasised on the qualities required for leadership and overall corporate success. Mr Sandeep Hans, SDM, Amloh, and Mr Prem Kumar, president, PCMA, were among others who were present on the occasion.
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Study lays stress on osteoporosis prevention
Ludhiana, October 20 Dr J.L. Bassi, Professor and Head of the Department of Orthopaedics who led the study team, said here today that the basic objective was to determine the strength of bones in elderly persons with hip fractures so as to know at what level of weakness were the bones in the elderly prone to fractures even with minor falls. The team evaluated 27 cases of hip fractures, out of which 10 were femoral neck fractures and 17 of intertrochanteric fractures. The other members of the study team were Dr Navdeep Singh, Dr M. Yamin and Dr S. Sabharwal. According to Dr Bassi, the technique of DEXA scanning was used to measure the bone mineral density of an uninjured side of a patient with hip fractures. “This technique gives the volumetric bone density, which is a measure of bone strength and is able to pick up weakness of bones much before the traditional X-rays. The results of the scanning help in determining the risk of fracture in a particular person and preventive measures needed to be adopted to avoid from suffering a fracture.” He observed that the technique of DEXA scanning was beneficial, particularly for elderly females who were at risk of sustaining fractures. Early detection of osteoporosis and subsequent prevention helped them avoid the agony of suffering a fracture and its complications. The study concluded that persons with hip fractures had significantly lower bone mass in the proximal femur, femoral neck and intertrochanteric regions. Further, it was observed that the incidence of intertrochanteric fractures was more in persons with lower bone mass, and at a younger age as compared to those with femoral neck fractures. Dr Bassi said for further studies, it was intended to have a reference population data pertaining to healthy age and sex matched ethnic Indian population. “This can be of paramount importance for further epidemiological control of osteoporotic fractures in times to come.”
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Ex-coach cremated
Ludhiana, October 20 Mr Sidhu (69) had been suffering from kidney disease for the past couple of months. He is survived by a son and two daughters. He retired in 1994 from the Punjab Sports Department. Before that he was employed with the IAF.
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