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Go green project ends up with a balding holy city
Punjab gets Centre’s focus COLOUR ME UP: This bus shelter in Amritsar is a prime example of neglect.
Photo: Vishal Kumar
New biz hopes emerge out of trade fair
Asian federation of sports medicine congress concludes
Everything not well at Jan Aushdhi store
LPG/CNG crematoriums sought to contain pollution
Feminine glamour
GND University to play host
NYKS to open vocational training centres
Website on blood donors launched
SGPC manager elevated
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Civil Hospital turns wasteland
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SurgeonSpeak Dr. Lehmbar Singh, Civil Surgeon admitted that the burning of garbage and medical waste was not permissible, he said the government has given the contract of medical waste disposal after proper treatment and sanitation contract to private persons who would be responsible for their lifting and proper disposal. However, he added if there was any dereliction on part of these contractors or any lack of supervision, he would look into the matter and direct the authorities to take proper action. As far as maintenance is concerned, Dr. Singh said he had already taken up the matter at the government level and expressed hope of positive results. He said the matter was under process.
Amritsar, December 8 The multi-crore civil hospital, set up at a cost of Rs 40 crore in the year 2001, bears testimony to this fact. Garbage and medical waste have been dumped on the rear side of the hospital building and the defunct fire-extinguishing system adds to the sorry state of affairs. A visit to the hospital brought out many glaring chinks in the management of the hospital, which called for urgent attention. The Amritsar Plus team, which visited the hospital, found medical waste being burned in the garbage dumper put up at the back side of the hospital building, otherwise one of the architecturally eye-catching structures in the city. The hospital was constructed by the Punjab Health System Corporation during the Akali-BJP regime earlier this decade and was inaugurated with much pomp and show. However, within a decade of its inauguration, it cries for immediate attention in the absence of proper care and maintenance. The fire fighting systems installed are now rusty, broken and are out of order. “In case a major fire breaks out in the hospital, no one would be able to extinguish it as the fire fighting system is totally out of order,” said a senior doctor of the hospital on condition of anonymity. While revealing this, he said the brass nozzles were stolen a few months of the opening of the hospital, after which the authorities removed the remaining nozzles which made these systems redundant. Medical waste could also be scattered on the rear side, posing a serious
health hazard for the people, besides stray dogs are also frequent
visitors to the site. The hospital authorities burned the garbage in the absence of proper lifting and disposal arrangements. Discarded vehicles can also be seen parked on the premises of the hospital while wild grass abounds in the name of green belt. An employee of the hospital, wishing not to be named, pointed out that patients have to face problems in case of emergency, as the lift inside the hospital has not been in a working condition for the last many years. Even to get to the operation theatre on the third floor, patients have to use the ramp, which sometimes gets really difficult for the patients. It is pertinent to mention here that just after a couple of years of its establishment, the government toyed with the idea of handing over the civil hospital to the private sector on an experimental basis with a view to improving the health services. However, the idea was it was later dropped due to protest by staff and CPI as the hospital caters to middle to lower-class families.
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Go green project ends up with a balding holy city
OfficialSpeak Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu: With the passage of time, the pollution-level has increased and we have failed to provide the city more orchards for respiration. But now the state government has announced a grant of Rs 50 million to make the city greener than ever. About 85 per cent of the planted saplings have survived in the last one year since the launch of this plantation drive. NS Randhawa, Divisional Forest Officer: It is true that the situation, at present is glum but efforts are on to make it healthy. Special drives with the school and colleges in the form of organising competitions are being initiated to divert their attention towards planting more trees. The resident welfare societies and other sections of the society are being encouraged to grow trees and shrubs. Besides this, the villagers around the city are being lured towards the plantation drive by providing them with their needs, employment etc. Special discounts are being offered at plants in collaboration with the Red Cross and other NGOs etc.
Amritsar, December 8 Against 33 per cent, the prescribed ideal percentage of the green belt of any city, the official stats present a very sorry figure of just about 7 per cent, depicting the disturbed logical balance between the cutting and planting of new trees. According to a survey by the state pollution control board, the SPM (suspended particulate matter) levels are quite high even in the ambient air in the vicinity of the Golden Temple. Ironically, the Mall Road, as demarcated by the British Colonial times, possesses the same name but has lost its basic motto. According to experts, the main crossroad of any city flanked by a green cover was termed as the Mall road, but thanks to the shortsighted policy matters of the administration, the significance of the Mall Road here has been restricted only to the ‘Shopping Mall’ road. So much so that the demarcated green belt at the Gate Hakki Mamla is being used to put up horse carts and as a feeding spot for animals. Similarly, the green belt opposite the Railway Station has become the dumping ground for refuse, not to mention main roads being bereft of trees. The administration, probably as per the state government’s ‘guidelines’, has axed trees to give way to multinational shopping complexes. The area around the local Dr. Vidya Sagar Mental Institute has been razed to pave way for the construction of multiplexes. The Lawrence Road and Majitha Road are other prominent spots which bear testimony to this fact. Another casualty was the large part of the green belt having many high rise and decorative trees along the boundary wall of the Guru Nanak Dev University on the Ram Tirath road. Even as the world famous GND University, which boasts of the botanical garden and other lush green spaces, has failed to maintain these green belts. Earlier, a large part of the green belt
along the boundary wall of the university on the GT Road was ravaged in a fire allegedly caused by some persons to destroy congress grass and waste. What is stranger is the burning of green belt on the Amritsar cantonment side of the same road. Thus, burnt green belts, on either side on half-a-kilometre stretch, till Mahal village, has disappointed various NGOs and environmentalists who had been working hard to enhance the green spaces in the holy city. Nevertheless, Amritsar, which was earlier known as the city of parks, is now faced with the ignominy of parting with its precious green cover. It is fast turning into a concrete jungle, notwithstanding the climatic shift which is bothering its residents. It is pertinent to mention that the plantation campaign named ‘Go Green’ was started a year ago with the initiative of Member of Parliament from Amritsar, Navjot Singh Sidhu, with a personal donation of Rs 2
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Snatchings, stray dogs bane of Ward 11
CouncillorSpeak Sukhminer Singh Pintoo, BJP Councillor from the area, said the ward had excellent infrastructure and he had still been trying to improve the civic amenities. He hope with the installation of a new tubewell at Tikoni Park the water problem would solve. He claimed that this was the only ward where three tubewells were operational and there was no shortage of water. However, admitting that there was problem of snatchings and theft in the area, he said that he had taken the matter with the SSP who had assured to intensify police patrolling. On garbage dump, he said garbage of the ward is dumped here which is lifted two time daily.
Amritsar, December 8 However, the ward faces law and order problem with considerable number of incidents of snatchings and vehicle-lifting. But majority of snatchings go without any entry into the police records apparently because of people’s reluctance to approach police to avoid any “harassment” mostly due to police highhandedness. Other problems that the area faces is a menace of stray dogs and a garbage dump that has come up in the lane on backside of Sant Singh Sukh Singh Senior Secondary School here. The private house-to-house garbage lifters throw the waste on this road that connects Kashmir Avenue with Batala Road. Former area councillor Ram Lal said he had planted about 200 trees on this road. But those have vanished for want of care and maintenance and even tree guards were uprooted from the sites while the road turned into a garbage dump. He said civic authorities failed to upkeep in spite of numerous complaints by the residents. The main road from Government Dental College to Batala Road junction is poorly maintained and a large number of residents have complained that encroachments have sprung up on the main road leading to traffic disruptions. Another problem is the opening of commercial establishments and shops in some of the residential areas, including Vijay Nagar. The corporation must restrict the opening of shops in this area otherwise it would lead to more chaos, the former councillor said. The water channels for draining out rain water have been closed as the residents have constructed ramps and have occupied additional space on the roads narrowing the passages. The maintenance of parks has also come under scanner as Tikoni Park in Kashmir Avenue has dug out to set up a new tubewell to augment the water supply in the area. However, even after two months the work has not been completed which has been strongly resented by the residents who have been deprived of the only green space in the area, said resident Sukhwinder Singh. |
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Punjab gets Centre’s focus
Amritsar, December 8 The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, has decided to set a direct tie-up between the state and the Centre sponsored National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), New Delhi, for research and development, particularly in food processing industry. While disclosing this here today, Ashok Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, said Punjab could not be viewed as like any other state of the country and has great potential, especially in the agricultural and food processing sector. He was here to interact with the investors and stakeholders in food processing industry in the region. “But the need of the hour is to streamline the system by putting brakes on wastage, study genetical behaviour of the crop and revamping the research and development phase especially in the perishable produce especially in meat, fish and other vegetables. Punjab is the largest producer of rice and food products but due to lack of distribution and marketing strategies, the acceptability of the products is depleting”, opined Sinha. To address this lacunae, the Centre has also chalked out various incentives for the manufacturers and traders in the shape of relaxation in taxation and import duties on the machinery required for the food processing industry. It is notable to mention that most of the food processing industries for perishables were exempted from Income Tax under section 81 A. “At present, we have 1.5 per cent share in the global market but the target would be to achieve the market share of over 3 per cent. For this, the ministry has opened door for people’s participation”, said Sinha. The agriculture sector in India is responsible for a quarter of the nation’s GDP and provides employment opportunity to approximately two-third of its population. “Despite having healthy scenario and India’s potential as a major player in the global agricultural market, lack of planning and people’s participation, it has failed to attain fruition. “The problem of financial crunch is constantly hitting us but it has been observed that the acceptability and production targets can only sustain if the human relationship is built up and important factors like distribution, transportation, marketing etc can be revamped to produce results,” he said. “Meat industry is being considered historically as dirty sector. The perception has to be changed because the animals would rather be kept in more hygienic conditions and can be utilised in a better way”, he said. The other industry the government is looking at is wine industry. For this, plans are being chalked out for producing grapes of relevant varieties to meet standards of grapes produced in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Meanwhile, Krishan Kalra, Secretary General, PHD Chamber, said almost 40 per cent of all vegetable and fruit produce was wasted because of inadequate food processing facilities. More than 10 per cent of food grains we produce is also wasted. “Punjab is the granary of the nation. Given the natural advantage of being abundant in water and fertile soil, initiative is now required to take advantage of this natural abundance and convert it to competitive advantage to emerge as the food hub of the country and the world”, said R S Sachdeva, Chairman, Punjab Committee, PHD Chamber. |
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MC sleeps over private firm’s neglect
Amritsar, December 8 So much so that ramshackle bus shelters and haphazard growth of shrubs attract stray animals, which may become a reason for accidents. In December 2006, the MC inked a deal with a Delhi-based Greenline, in which the company was to get the advertisement rights on poles and kiosks within the MC limit and was asked to maintain greenery at central verges and bus shelters on voluntary basis. The deal was struck for a period of seven years. The agreement also said the private party would entirely be responsible for maintenance of entire existing and the newly planted trees and shrubs on the central verge of the roads. The company was also to paint the tree guards on the central verges once a year. It was also bound to whitewash the entire central verge twice every year while the colour combination would be decided solely by the MC. The MC was to make water available required for plantation and their upkeep. The company was also bound to repair damage of footpath, tiles, curb stones, central verge or any other ancillary structures during installation, construction and maintenance of bus shelters. It was also to display readable bus stop signs with bus routes on the bus shelters apart from paying Rs one lakh to the MC every year, which amount to Rs 7 lakh in all. However, a visit to various parts of the city revealed that several bus shelters were without paint, seats are missing while no signboard installed to guide public to approaching roads. In return, the MC exempted the company from license fee, tax for the advertising of its sponsored clients on the display boards. Central verges and roundabouts from GT Road from Amritsar gate to Bhandari bridge, Bhandari bridge to Attari bypass, Madan Mohan Malviya Road, Lawrence Road, Mall Road, Court Road, Majitha Road, Hukam Singh Road, New Brighe, Queen’s Road, Maqbool Road, Batala Road, Bhaiyan Da Shivala Road, Albert Road, Cooper Road, 100 Feet Road, Chamrang Road are to
be maintained. When contacted, MC Commissioner DPS Kharbanda said the officials from the Horticulture Department were periodically checking the work being carried out by the company and issuing needful instructions as well. He said instead of whitewash the corporation got central verges at Madan Mohan Malviya Road, Mall Road and some other areas painted. About bus shelters, he said majority of them were lying unused since the local bus service was yet to be introduced. Gaurav Arora, company manager (operations) in Amritsar, said our work has been delayed due to ongoing flyover construction or road widening projects in the city. On bus shelters, he said renovation and white wash would be carried out as soon as we get funds, which is due in December or January. |
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New biz hopes emerge out of trade fair
Amritsar, December 8 Once the state allocates land, Sidhu speaking at the International Trade Fair PITEX-09 said he would give an amount of Rs 2 crore from his MPLAD fund for the permanent convention centre at Amritsar. The convention centre would host trade expos all through the year, he said. During his visit to PITEX 09, which concluded on Sunday, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, the PHD Chamber officials claimed, had declared the PITEX to be a state event and announced that this would be a regular joint venture of PHD Chamber and the government. “Such trade centre would give a fillip to the industry of Amritsar. The idea is to enhance the micro and small industry of the region,” said Sidhu. There is a need to encourage smaller industries to save them from exploitation by the larger counterparts. Punjab’s backbone has been agriculture. But with the shrinking land share and
the tendency of the youngsters to go to foreign countries for jobs, there is an urgent need to protect and nurture our small industries, he said. Earlier, urging the MP to make efforts to achieve this government initiative, R S Sachdeva, Co-Chairman, Punjab Committee, PHD Chamber, said with international air connectivity in place and the upcoming expressways, Amritsar has a lot of potential to be the export-import hub. A permanent exhibition site and a convention centre were the need of the hour. Sachdeva informed that trade inquiries worth more than Rs 200 crore were reported at the event. “Such expos provide business communities of the participating countries to set up common markets and work with each other to uplift the trade in future. They also provide a common platform to the businessmen, traders, entrepreneurs and industrialists to showcase their offerings and network with the best,” said Dalip Sharma, Regional Director, PHD Chamber. Jaideep Singh, Convener of the Amritsar zone for PHD Chamber, said, "The state government has to play a pivotal role of facilitator in inviting private sector participation and investments and encouraging the creation of long-term partnerships for filling in the gaps existing in the system". Piare Lal Seth, Chairman, Shawl Club, and H S Makhani, Chirman, Textiles Manufacturing Association also endorsed the chamber’s demand of making
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Asian federation of sports medicine congress concludes
Amritsar, December 8 The conference stressed upon the need to strengthen the networking among national associations of member countries and on the international front, to share knowledge, experiences and skills among delegates from different countries. It emphasised on the provision of comprehensive recommendations for national bodies concerned with sports medicine and healthcare systems to achieve, review and renew their commitments to provide excellent healthcare delivery to an athlete. It advised necessary steps for skill building in the field of sports medicine as professionals. In this connection, the comprehensive programmes for talent identification and skilled training under the supervision of an expert should be provided. The congress demanded that scientific recommendations, which emerged out of deliberations of the congress, should be implemented at the grass-roots level for the benefit of sportspersons. Cohesive working of
different professionals, towards the betterment of the performance of the players is essential and steps advocated in this direction should be implemented. The congress also discussed in detail the steps needed to be taken for further scientific research in the field of sports nutrition, sports psychology, gene doping, blood doping, exercise physiology, anthropometry etc. and suggested that a team of expert professionals to be prepared for the imminent Commonwealth games in 2010. |
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Everything not well at Jan Aushdhi store
OfficialSpeak Dr Lehmbar Singh, Civil Surgeon, claimed today that the matter had been resolved and he had a meeting with the HAL official at the store and directed them to start the local purchasing. He said patients would not be allowed to suffer due to the alleged tussle, as the shop was opened for the benefit of poor patients. He said they would seek quotations from companies like Ranbaxy, Cipla, etc for generic, surgical and other medicines, which were not manufactured by
government undertaking pharmaceutical firms. However, Manu Mahajan, area manager and in charge of the Jan Aushdhi store in the Civil Hospital, said the local purchase could not be resumed until and unless the hospital authorities send a written request to the HAL in this regard. “Frankly speaking, we do not want poor patients to suffer, but the hospital authorities should write to the HAL first, which further will direct for the same,” said
Mahajan. He said the patients and their family members had to shell out more for purchasing the medicines from medical stores outside the hospital. He said it was after the orders of the company and local committee that the purchase of emergency drugs, surgical and anaesthetic drugs was done in January.
Amritsar, December 8 The first Jan Aushdhi store opened at the local Civil Hospital under a Union Ministry of Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals scheme with a new concept of providing a large number of lifesaving drugs and others bought from patent manufacturers to be sold at government-run hospitals at minimum possible price, much below the MRP, to help poor patients to get medicines at reasonable prices. However the tussle between the Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL) authorities and the staff of the hospital led to the stopping of the local purchase of surgical, anaesthesia and critical medicines, which were not manufactured by the government-undertaking pharmaceutical company. The medicine outlet remained closed for more than 15 hours on November 20-21 after the allegations of misappropriation and purchasing of substandard medicines by the staff of the Jan Aushdhi shop. A Jan Aushdhi team, constituted by the Civil Surgeon, had sealed the computer and several records of the outlet during the checking of the store after suspecting bungling. On the other hand, defying all this, Manu Mahajan, in charge of the store and area manager of the HAL, said due to the arrangement made by the Central Government several doctors could not make extra bucks in the shape of commission. |
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LPG/CNG crematoriums sought to contain pollution
The holy city at present has two major crematoriums at Shivpuri, near Durgiana Temple, and another near historic Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh, both situated in densely populated areas. The committee pointed out that the authorities could approach the trusts, which are running these crematoriums, for upgrading these crematoriums by setting up LPG or CNG-based cremation facilities. This would help in reducing pollution that badly affected the structures of these temples. There was a need for good, decent toilets, greenery and landscaping of these places, body freezers and hearse vans, it added. The Durgiana temple already had the facility of an electric crematorium, but it was hardly used owing to various reasons, especially due to faiths and myths attached with cremation services. This electric crematorium has been lying in the state of disrepair since 1992. It also emphasised the need for establishing more crematoriums as the population of the city had swelled to 15 lakh, while the number of crematoriums remained the same. The pollution control committee urged Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, Dr Manohar Singh Gill, member, Rajya Sabha, and Union Minister for Sports, Navjot Singh Sidhu, MP, Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab Chief Minister, Laxmi Kanta Chawla, Punjab Health Minister, and leaders of different political parties belonging to the city to help in this regard. P.S. Bhatti, president of the committee, pointed out that there was a need to set up four world-class crematoriums at different locations so that the people did not have to long distances for cremation of bodies. He said woods were becoming costly, besides its burning resulted in serious environmental degradation effecting health of people. He said there was a need to promote the concept of LPG/CNG crematoriums just on the lines of Delhi, Ahmedabad and Chennai. He sought help of religious leaders to launch an awareness campaign for more such environment-friendly crematoriums across the city. According to estimates, to burn a body a whole grownup tree is lost, whereas the use of electric, LPG or CNG crematoriums will cost peanuts. More than 20-25 bodies are cremated daily in Shiv Puri, Sheedawala/ Chheharta and several other small cremation grounds. P.S. Randhawa, a senior member of the committee, said body freezers were needed as many parents had their children settled abroad. In the event of a death in the family, these children needed to travel from abroad, which took time. Body Freezers could be made available on rent at a reasonable price, so that bodies could be preserved till their kin arrived from abroad. |
Feminine glamour
Amritsar, December 8 The event was part of Magical Nights Tour and was held at local AGA Heritage Club. A product of the London School of Fashion, Mandira said the collection was for woman, who loves herself and her femininity. She named the collection “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. However, this woman was now cosmopolitan linked to modernity, she said and added that delicate emotions of style for the feminine figure were expressed through wrapped and draped features in her designed garments. Mandira has showcased her collections in fashion shows at Maurya Sheraton, Lakme India Fashion Week, Singapore Fashion Festival and Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week. The models showcased Velvet Line Dressing, Evening Gown, Western Dress and Anarkali suits.
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Young World
Amritsar, December 8 The third position was bagged by students of Shri Guru Hargobind Khalsa Senior Secondary School with 19 points. The race was flagged off by Mayor Shawet Malik and Col Harcharan Singh, member of the winning squad of hockey in 1976 Olympics. As many as 3,613 students from over 45 schools participated in the meet. Meanwhile, sparing a thought for rainwater harvesting, the Coca-Cola India in partnership with FORCE, an NGO, initiated a project on Ryan International School premises. The project has the potential to
harvest 36,52,000 lakh litres of rainwater annually at normal rainfall. Dr Augustine Francis Pinto, Honorary Chairman of the Ryan International Group of Institutions, said, “Water crisis is a global challenge that requires immediate attention. It is our responsibility to educate people, especially the youth, about conserving water for the future. We are thankful to the HCCBPL for undertaking such initiative and educating our students about the importance of water conservation. I would like to urge my students and teachers to act as catalysts and encourage the community at large to take up projects like water harvesting. I am sure this initiative will encourage other schools and people in general to harvest rainwater and avoid depletion of water level.” MKJP School celebrated its first annual day function. It started with the presentation of shabad. Punjabi plays on the importance of girls in the society, Gatka (martial art of the Sikhs) and yoga were also presented. Besides, Giddha, and an English play (Cinderella) were also presented and items of art and craft were displayed. Chairman of the school, Bhai Sahib Bhai Guriqbal Singh addressed the students and exhorted them to imbibe and retain moral values while attaining modern qualification. Position
An eighth class student of Ajit Vidyalya Senior Secondary School Maninderjit Kaur got first position in the competition of the Bhasha Vibhag. She ranked first in the Punjabi story-writing competition. Seminar
The Amritsar College
of Engineering and Technology (ACET) held a seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Core Engineering Technology’, said it’s
Managing Director Amit Sharma. The students were educated about developments taking place in
the field at the international level. Selected
Supreet Kaur of Guru Nanak Dev DAV Public School, Bhikiwind, has been selected to take part
in the national painting competition to be held in Delhi. Earlier, Supreet
and Prabjeet Kaur secured second and fifth positions in the state-level competition. |
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GND University to play host
Amritsar, December 8 This was stated by University Vice-Chancellor Prof Ajaib Singh Brar, while presiding over a meeting of the University Syndicate. Registrar Dr Inderjeet Singh presented the agenda. The VC said this technique had brought a revolution in the medical field, which is most commonly known as NMR Spectroscopy that exploits the magnetic properties of certain nuclei. Meanwhile, Dr Brar informed the house that the university had won the overall championship trophy of the North-Zone Inter-University Youth Festival. It also won the music, theatre and fine arts trophies. This festival was organised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) at Kurukshetra recently. The syndicate also gave its nod to create Har Narinder Jot Sarup Endowment Fund in the memory of the parents of Tej Singh Butalia, who had donated Rs 25 lakh to provide financial assistance to needy and brilliant students for their studies from the interest of the fund. Besides, the hostel and mess expenditure would also be met from it. The syndicate also gave approval to the appointment of Lt-Col. Harbans Singh as security officer of the university for a period of three years. Similarly, the house also gave an extension to Dr H.S. Chopra to continue as Head of Bhai Gurdas Library, till the age of 62. The house also gave its approval for the award of PhD degrees under various faculties to Anjana Sharma (Hindi), Ashwani Kumar (Zoology) and Parveen Bala (Physics). |
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NYKS to open vocational training centres
Amritsar, December 8 Vice-Chairman of the NYKS Amardeep Singh Cheema said Union Sports Minister M.S. Gill, also ex-officio Chairman of the NYKS, had endorsed the concept and would release Rs 100 lakh for the VTCs. The courses in the VTCs would be opened as per the expertise of the villages and the regions they were known for. He said three adjoining border districts of Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran had been selected for setting up of the VTCs. Initially, a centre covering a cluster of four villages would be opened and that too in Gurdaspur. Cutting, stitching, embroidery and soft toy making would initially be taught. He informed that carpet weaving and pickle making would also be taught in some regions known for specialisation in these items. Subsequently, he said, NYKS cooperatives for marketing of these articles to the customers would be opened up to provide benefits to the women who prepared them. |
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Website on blood donors launched
Amritsar, December 8 The highlight of the website is an enquiry through which a patient or his relative can know about the availability
and credentials of blood donors in the city. The website also carries a form which prospective donors can fill up so that they can be approached in any emergency. Meanwhile, it also provides information on the importance and the
benefits of blood donation and answer queries of the masses. |
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SGPC manager elevated
Amritsar, December 8 Subsequently, he became superintendent of the Shiromani committee and was later
promoted as manager, Golden Offset Press, which publishes Guru Granth Sahib.
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Amritsar, December 8
