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World AIDS Day
‘Patients need love and care, not boycott’
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Govt to recruit 5,000 teachers, says Bisht Nainital, December 1 State Education Minister Gobind Singh Bisht has claimed that the government is carrying out an elaborate exercise to tone up the education system in Uttarakhand. Planet Earth theme of science congress ‘Swaggering Soldier’ staged
Distortion of language perturbs News Reader
The man who popularised basketball in Doon
UP down Uttarakhand in penalty shootout
Garhwal Sports lift cricket crown
Sachin fashions RNCC victory
Nainital outclass Pauri in U-19 cricket
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Only awareness can help control AIDS spread: CM Tribune News Service Dehradun, December 1
He was speaking at a programme held on World AIDS Day organised by the Uttarakhand State AIDS Control Society and Department of Health and Family Welfare at Parade Ground here today. Students from more than 30 schools and colleges along with their teachers had gathered to participate in the camp. Nishank assured that measures would be taken to keep a check on the explosion of the disease and to make consultancy as well as treatment easily available to the people. He added that the state government has established 47 integrated consultancy and inspection centres and 50 Red Ribbon Clubs for the awareness of the masses. On the issue of discrimination against AIDS patients, he appealed for proper care and treatment of HIV-infected patients so that they could lead normal lives. The Chief Minister said that other therapies like natural therapy, yoga, ayurveda and various other indigenous systems should also be tried to find a cure. Nishank also flagged off five mobile vans to inaugurate the camp ‘Zindagi Zindabad’ organised by the Uttarakhand AIDS Control Society. Prizes were distributed to the winners of the competitions organised on the occasion of World AIDS Day. Arvind Sharma of Saraswati Vidya Inter-College, Dak Patthar, Dehradun, won the first prize. The second place went to Krishan Dev Pande of BFIT, Dehradun, and Seema of Government Polytechnic, Aamwala, bagged the third prize in the slogan competition. DAV PG College, Dehradun, won the award for Nukkad Natak. Balwant Singh Bhauryal, Minister of State for Health, Piyush Singh, Project Director, Madan Kaushik, Minister for Tourism and Urban Development, Ganesh Joshi, local MLA, Keshav Desiraju, Principal Secretary, Health, PC Arya, DG Health, and Sushma Dutta, Deputy General, were also present at the event. Piyush said that the AIDS Control Programme has been linked to the NRHM under which 10,000 ASHA Workers and 17,000 Rural Health Committees are undergoing training. An AIDS awareness rally was organised at Sai Institute here today. Harak Singh Rawat, Congress leader, flagged off the rally from the institute’s main campus on Rajpur Road. More than 300 students and faculty members carrying banners and placards participated in the rally. Harish Arora, Chairperson, Sai Institute, encouraged students to spread awareness about AIDS among the people. He said that Uttarakhand citizens should wake up to the vulnerability of the state since it is a tourist destination and trucks ply in and out all over the plains and hills while Rani Arora shed light on the impact of AIDS on the family of the sufferer. The students of the institute also performed ‘nukkad natak’ “Ek choti si zindagi” at Parade Ground to showcase the causes and preventive measures about the disease. They also presented the bitter experiences of social discrimination experienced by the sufferers. NGO Swayam organised a rally and a street play. Students of different colleges gathered to perform street shows at different locations in the city. Street play “AIDS se Bachav” was performed at PNT College, Tagore Villa and Tilak Road. Students specially went from home to home to gather persons to attend the play.
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‘Patients need love and care, not boycott’ Haridwar, December 1 A massive awareness rally was organised by the District Health Department in association with various non-government agencies, social organisations and various schools. The rally took off from Devpura with hundreds of participants holding placards, banners and posters displaying the causes of the disease and the ways to prevent its spread.
Amid chanting of slogans, the rally covered major roads of the city and culminated at the Mela Hospital where Health Department officials, doctors, experts and people related with the AIDS Prevention Mission spoke on the subject and tried to generate awareness among people on the disease.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Naveen Chandra Pant stressed on the need of coming out of taboo related to this disease. “The time is to make AIDS affected patients be a part of society and they need love and care and not boycott,” said Pant.
The rally also saw participation of Rotary Club members, anganbari workers from Dadoobagh, ASHA health activists and medical students of Rishikul Ayurvedic Medical College.
“We, as medical practitioners, have more onus and feel that more needs to be done in generating awareness among people about the disease as most even now don’t know that this virus spreads from unsterilised injections and even through blood transmission,” said Neetu Upadhyay, an Ayurvedacharya at
Rishikul. Members of the Dharm Gramin Utthan Sansthan, a government-sponsored organisation, who are constantly working in this area distributed informative pamphlets among
people. “We try to inform people of the centres where HIV test can be done, ways by which this virus spreads and avoidance of sexually transmitted diseases and private counselling on this subject,” said Shivangi Sharma, a counsellor of the
sansthan. Students of Girls College, Sati Kund, organised a rural awareness camp at Jagjitpur village. They went from home to home and inform villagers about this dreaded disease and the methods to remain unaffected from this virus. College Principal Geeta Joshi said the need was to go among the masses, specially in rural areas, as they had little knowledge about this dreaded disease, which takes toll in millions every year globally.
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Govt to recruit 5,000 teachers, says Bisht Nainital, December 1 Addressing a gathering at Adhora in remote Okhalkanda block of Nainital district, the minister claimed that the government was in the process of recruiting 5,000 teachers from primary to middle level besides facilitating the recruitment of teachers in schools that are not being directly run by the government.
“The government is also working towards promoting 138 teachers of the matriculation and inter levels to the posts of principal,” he
added. Bisht said his aim was to ensure the presence of teachers in the schools located in remote parts of the
state. Expressing satisfaction over his drive of surprise inspections of educational institutions across the state, he claimed more than 80 per cent of teachers were found present in their respective schools in the wake of the drive. When he was apprised by local residents of the school in Suvakot remaining closed, he asked the officials concerned to ensure that the school started functioning within a week, failing which action would be taken against the erring officials and teachers.
The minister told the gathering that in order to provide education to every child free of cost, the Pahal scheme had been launched and it was being ensured that primary schools and anganwaris functioned side by side at the same
location. “The government is trying its best to provide basic facilities to the residents of remote areas of the state. The Gaura Devi Kanyadhan Yojana has been stared to promote education among girls and one high school and an inter college are being developed as model educational institutes in every block of the state,” Bisht added.
He announced a grant of Rs 50,000 from his development fund for the completion of a road leading to a school in Adhora. He thanked two residents of the same village, Tulsi Mehra and Harish Chandra Mehra, for donating their land for the construction of a health sub-centre in the village and pointed out that they had set an example that needed to be followed by others.
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Planet Earth theme of science congress Pitthoragarh, December 1 “This year a total of 25,600 student scientists in the age group of 10 to 17 participated in this congress from all 13 districts of Uttarakhand. As many as 150 selected models and research papers are being presented in this state-level Congress,” said Dr Ashok Kumar Pant, state co-originator of this children’s science congress and scientific adviser of
PAHAL. The idea of the children’s science congress was suggested by the Education Reform Committee headed by Dr Yashpal, a renowned scientist, and was included in the national curriculum formulation report of 2005, said Dr Pant.
“Right from the inception of the state in the 2000, the state committee of science congress, sponsored by the National Science and Technology Communication Council (NCSTC), New Delhi, came into existence and the sequence of exploring young scientists began,” said Ashok Pant. Whereas in 2001 a total of 2,339 young scientists submitted 5,001 research papers, the number rose to 9,920 participants and 2,980 research papers in 2008.
“Besides the increased numbers, our themes also varied from bio-diversity to alternative source of power,” said Dr
Pant. “Every year at least 10 child scientists take part in a national-level children’s science congress from Uttarakhand whose models have been appreciated”.
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‘Swaggering Soldier’ staged Dehradun, December 1 The high standards and admirable performances given by Gentleman Cadets were appreciated by all. Major Soumyabrata Dhar was the director of the play.
At the end, the Commandant complemented the Head of the Academic Department, officers responsible for the play, Gentleman Cadets and women who participated in such a nice stage performance.
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Distortion of language perturbs News Reader Dehradun, December 1 A firm believer in the old school of news delivery, he is perturbed by the distortion of language that has pervaded the market-dominated FM news channels (private). “We have been borrowing heavily from several languages over the years, but the kind of language that is being used by anchors in these radio programmes is a bit jarring. I do not like the sound of Hinglish. It is no consolation that several youngsters are using it,” he said. Pandey retired in ’97 as News Reader/Editor of News Service Division, Delhi Samachar Sewa
Prabhag. Here in Dehradun to participate in the workshop organised for amateur artistes by the Uttarakhand Culture Department and the North Central Zonal Cultural Centre, Allahabad, Pandey said the working at the All-India Radio is different. “A story part of the news bulleting on the radio can only be transmitted if it is corroborated through sources. Once I had to apologise for wrong information pertaining to the death of former Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram. His doctors had not declared him medically dead then, but a mistake was made and the goof-up had to be corrected,” he said, recollecting the incident that occurred when late Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime
Minister. Lamenting at the absence of discerning viewers in India, he said the Indian audience had not matured to a level that they could pressurise the content makers to give programmes which had high value and appeal. “Once it happens, we will have a revolution of sorts and programmes which encourage superstition and narrow beliefs will never be telecast on television,” Pandey
asserted. Later, amateur artistes attended the workshop on organising interviews and other aspects of preparing content for the radio. Altogether 32 participants will benefit from the workshop that has been organised for the first time in the city.
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The man who popularised basketball in Doon Dehradun, December 1 He has made the game so popular in the city that every local school has adopted the game and recruited coaches for their basketball teams. This was not the case with basketball in Dehradun in the 1990s, when Vachani began his coaching career in
Dehradun. “I got many opportunities to make a career outside Dehradun, but I opted otherwise and stayed in the city. I started working at the grass-roots level with young upcoming basketball players of the city,” said
Vachani. He is at present employed with the Welham Girls’ school as Physical Education Director, where he has nine coaches working under him.
His love for basketball began in 1970, when he started playing basketball under the guidance of Irish Brothers at St Joseph Academy. “I was a Class V student then. After representing school at a tournament, my passion for the game just grew with every passing day and thereafter I played for Garhwal University and then moved to the national championships,” he stressed.
Vachani later went to Patiala to do his course at the NIS in 1988. Immediately after completing the NIS course, he was offered a job by the Sports Authority of India at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. “Yes, I was offered a job at Madhya Pradesh, but I never intended to leave my city. I had got so much from it, that I just wanted do something for this city”.
“The Welham Girls’ School gave me that opportunity and the all liberty I needed to implement my thoughts and philosophy at the grass-roots level,” said Vachani. The school team has been winning all major tournament of Dehradun, and seems to have become as invincible,” he added.
Speaking about his team’s success at Basketball he said: “There is a thin difference between us and other school teams. My players practise the game throughout the year and we hold camps from time to time whereas in other schools it is more of a seasonal game,” asserted
Vachani. That’s is not all, he has been constantly writing articles that are published in reputed international magazines like “Winning Hoops” and “X’s and O’s”. Apart from this, he is a member of the Australian Basketball Coaches Association for the past 14 years. He had also been a coach of the Indian Women Basketball team that won a bronze medal at Malaysia in 2005. He has conducted 17 national camps and attended 17 international coaching workshops. He is a grade ‘A’ NIS and grade ‘A’ referee.
“I am now working on long-term plans. I have started working with Class V students, that will be my 2,016th team. This is something which other schools do not follow.”
He was given an honour by the Welham Boys’ school with the title of “Father of Uttarakhand Basketball”.
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UP down Uttarakhand in penalty shootout Haridwar, December 1 With Uttarakhand having been carved out of Uttar Pradesh nine years ago, there was a sort of rivalry between the two teams and that generated interest as well as the intensity among players of both teams. However, all was in spirit of game with referee not made to show any card during the exhilarating 90 minutes of the game.
Both sides packed their defences and concentrated on centre half with ball possession being equal for both teams. In the last 15 minutes, both teams tried to be aggressive and counter attacks were the norm, but eventually none of the strikers were able to dodge the goalkeepers and after the stipulated time both sides were goalless.
In the penalty shootout, Uttar Pradesh players kept their cool and with strikes from Gyan Prakash and Anupam Singh, it sailed through. Uttarakhand’s Sher Singh was the lone scorer for the losing side. The final score read 2-1 in favour of Uttar
Pradesh. Meanwhile, the match between Meghalaya and Rajasthan drew attention as the championship’s first hat-trick came in this match from Mizoram’s mercurial striker Six Berthmark. His deadly strikes left Rajasthan defence and goalkeeper on the back foot and Rajasthan could not strike back. Mizoram team scored a whopping eight goals, conceding only a single.
At the Sector-1 BHEL ground, Assam Rifles continued its winning spree and trounced Nagaland 3-1 with Ajik Pinalty, Akumoho and M Kani scoring while for Nagaland Saku Tenezing scored the lone
one. At the same ground, SSB trounced Bihar by two goals from Dolen and Bhillsu while Bihar players played a rough football and were shown four yellow cards.
In the main ground of the 40th PAC Battalion, the CRPF outclassed Maharashtra by 3-1 with goals coming from Virendra, Manendra and Samarjeet. The third one came a minute before the stipulated time.
Sikkim, too, won with a solitary goal against Kerala by a neat goal from Sishir in the 17th minute while Panjab cruised through with 1-0 victory over Karnataka. Also the BSF joined the victory wagon with a 2-0 marginal victory over
RPF. Tomorrow’s matches: BHEL Sector-1 ground: BSF vs Punjab (10 am); SSB vs Assam Rifles (12:30 pm); at 40th PAC Battalion ground: Uttar Pradesh vs Sikkim followed by CRPF vs Meghalaya
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Garhwal Sports lift cricket crown Dehradun, December 1 Himaliyan Cricket Academy won the toss and elected to bat first. The team began on a poor note losing its opener Vijay for a duck. Another opener Pankaj, too, could not do much for the team and returned to pavilion after making just six runs.
First down batsman Vipin tried hard to put up some runs on board and added 18 runs, but failed to continue for long and was out for 18 runs. Middle-order batsman Sumit was out for 14 runs. Keshav accelerated the team run rate and scored 31 runs with two fours and two sixes.
Other batsmen could not do much and the whole team was all out after piling 113 runs in their allotted 20 overs. For the Garhwal Sports team Ravi Negi, Sunny, and N Khanduri took two wickets each.
The Garhwal Sports team achieved the 114-run victory target with one wicket in hand. Opener Harsh scored 10
runs whereas second opener Vaibhav scored 16 runs. Middle-order batsman Ravi scored 18 runs while Arvind supported him well on the other end to score 21 runs and helped his team win the match.
For Himalayan Cricket Academy, Varun took two wickets while Vijay, Manish, Vipin and Keshav took one wicket each.
The chief guest was cabinet minister Prakash Pant who also gave away prizes to the winners. Among other dignitaries present were Ganesh Joshi, Rajpur MLA.
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Sachin fashions RNCC victory Dehradun, December 1 Batting first, Petroleum University piled up 129 runs in its 15 overs. The team began on a good note as their openers made 41
runs. Shalabh made 26 runs while Abhishek scored 24 runs. Middle-order batsman Rohan added 32 runs to the team total. For RNCC, Saurabh claimed three wickets and Sachin took two
wickets. Chasing a target of 130 runs, RNCC reached the target with four wickets in hand. Sachin was the star performer for the
team. He made a useful contribution with the bat and made 38 runs off 46 balls. Middle-order batsman Nishant made 25
runs. For Petroleum University, Nilab took two wickets while Tushar, Anand and Rohan took one wicket each.
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Nainital outclass Pauri in U-19 cricket Dehradun, December 1 Batting first, the Pauri team scored 115 runs in 37 overs. Pankaj was the top scorer for the team with 23 runs in 67 balls. Dheeraj Bisht scored 20 runs in 101 balls.
For the Nainital team, Kishor Bhandari was the pick of the bowlers with five wickets in his fours overs whereas Pawan Rana took two wickets.
Chasing the victory target of 116 runs, the Nainital team reached the target with eight wickets in hand.
Devendra Kunwar was the highest scorer for the team with 66 runs while Saurabh Rawat scored 22 runs.
For the Pauri team, Pankaj was the only successful bowlers who took two wickets.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today said that only awareness about the disease could help control the spread of AIDS in the
country.
Dehradun, December 1
Dehradun, December 1
Dehradun, December 1
Dehradun, December 1
