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Fault In The Hotline
High-flying builders get Fire Dept, NGOs worried
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Tally in city rises to 55
NIT team qualifies for design contest
Need for practical education in India: PGSC DG
Young World
ADC assures of measures to prevent disease outbreak
Samples of adulterated juice collected
Incidence of cancer alarming in India: Expert
Jaycee Week from Thursday
Facilities sought for terror-hit Hindus
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Fault In The Hotline
Jalandhar, September 7 With the incidence of dengue in the city and its surrounding areas, long queues of patients, who had come to the hospital for OPD check-up, could be seen in front of the registration counter of the hospitals. When The Tribune team visited the Civil Hospital, the registration hall was jampacked with over 300 patients who waited for more than two hours to get their registration slips. Due to a heavy backlog of patients, some patients could not get their registration slips even by 12 pm. Services in all major units of the hospital came to a halt. The OPD services were worst hit and a few doctors were seen examining the patients in the open compound of the hospital. No operative procedure was performed in the dental unit and the operation theatre during these hours. Even the entire laboratory and X-ray unit was rendered non-functional. The patients, who came for follow-up visits after undergoing surgical procedures, also had to pass through tough time as there was no place for them to get respite. Although all different units of the hospital are connected to 24-hour power hotline facility, the hospital is encountering such power failure for the past few months Medical Superintendent Dr Chander Mohan said the fault was developed in the hotline a day before yesterday. The fault had been rectified. However, there was a minor transmission problem which had also been corrected. “To minimize the chances of such failure in future, we have demanded from the higher authorities to depute an electrical engineer of the Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC) on the hospital premises,” he added.
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High-flying builders get Fire Dept, NGOs worried
Jalandhar, September 7 As per the proposal, builders will be able to go up to any height subject to clearance from the airport traffic control authorities. Officials are likely to soon go in for publication of the proposal to draw objections from the public, before going in for adoption of resolution from the house and getting a formal notification. Builders across the state have, of course, been demanding that they be allowed to construct beyond 70’-6’’. They have been insisting that construction material and techniques had improved much over the years and going higher was completely safe now. But fire officials, on the condition of anonymity, say the decision should not be implemented till they have all the infrastructure and staff to deal with any mishap in taller buildings. “With the present equipment, we are barely reaching 70 feet. We need to have pumps that can throw water on higher floors. We also need to have hydraulic ladders to reach up to that height,” they rued, adding that they were extremely short of staff. “We are just 18 people in the staff as of now against 100 way back in 1965. Though our prime duty is to control fire, we are also being sent for providing drinking water in case of water shortage in some areas or even at the venues of VVIP functions,” they lamented. Assistant Divisional Fire Officer Kashmir Singh, however, said better equipment would soon by procured. Several residents pointed out to earthquake risks as well. President of NGO Pahal Lakhbir Singh said local area parameters on which such buildings were based needed to be raised. “Before giving a free hand to colonisers, we need to look into the fact that Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Chandigarh fall in seismic zone four,” he said. Real estate developer Amardeep Samra said all the buildings were being structurally designed in such a way that these were earthquake-resistant. He said structures these days had to be approved by IIT teams before being allowed for public use.
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Tally in city rises to 55
Jalandhar, September 7 Sources confirmed that three more positive cases had been detected. However, a declaration in this regard was yet to be made by the authorities. With the outcome of these cases, the tally of positive dengue cases in the city and surrounding localities has risen to 55. The magnitude of the threat posed by the disease can well be gauged from the fact that for the past one week, over 400 patients, with platelet levels below normal, have reported to the laboratory of the Civil Hospital alone. Dr Devinder Singh, pathologist, Civil Hospital, said on an average, a complete blood cell count, of around 200 patients per day, had been made in the laboratory for the past one week and all these patients reported with a complaint of fever. He said since September 1, around 80 cases, with blood platelets count less than 50,000 had been detected in the laboratory. He added that the number of such cases was on the rise with each passing day. On the other hand, the health authorities have been alerting the Municipal Corporation by providing a list of freshly reported cases everyday. However, despite fogging exercises being conducted by the health wing of the corporation in affected areas, the incidence of dengue is yet to come down in the city.
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NIT team qualifies for design contest
Jalandhar, September 7 The team is among the 12 teams screened out of a total 40 from various IITs, NITs and other top universities. In the competition, all the teams had been given a common task to send online simulations of their models on design of a hospital building in an earthquake-prone zone. The team from the NIT was led by Dr Rizwan A Khan, assistant professor from the department as faculty advisor. The student members included Anant Mendiratta, Abhinav Srivastva, Sudhir Kumar, Vishal Rajput, Manisha Kumari and Suveera Kakkar, all from B.Tech final year civil engineering department. The team members said that they had just received intimation in this regard and had been invited to participate in the final presentation of their model at IIT Roorkee on September 30. Working of all the 12 models will be tested in the final contest for various specifications including maximum space utilisation for setting up hospital beds, use of earthquake resistant materials and low cost. Winner teams will be declared under three separate categories including ‘Most efficient model’, ‘Best presentation’ and ‘Overall winner’, it was mentioned in the e-mail sent to NIT from Shruti Khanna of British Council.
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Need for practical education in India: PGSC DG
Jalandhar, September 7 PGSC Director General Dr RS Khandpur and senior director Doordarshan Kendra Dr Daljit Singh were the guests of the day. Addressing teachers at the inaugural function, Dr Khandpur said Indians share in the field of innovations and development of new technologies is very small compared to developed countries. Teachers can play a vital role in the improvement of quality. He insisted upon more research and practical education to the new generation. He said the major part of our country is illiterate and the literate people also lack skills to put their education into practice. Dr Khandpur said new age architects should work towards making green, eco friendly buildings. In his address, Dr Daljit Singh said with the age of new communication technology, the world has become a small village and education in each field is now available at the click of a mouse. Teachers should adapt themselves to new technologies and be updated. Kulwinder Gurcharan Singh, chairperson, Bhaddal Institutes, said teachers at the Bhaddal Institutes are given AICTE scales. The celebrations included cultural functions including shabad gayan, debate, songs and speeches. Special prizes by Bhaddal Institutes were awarded to teachers in recognition of their good work in the field of education. Dr JS Kanwar, dean administration IET Bhaddal was awarded a special prize for his hard work for the institute. Rupinder Kaur and Rini Mahajan form computer science, Dr Joga Singh from applied sciences, Adarsh Kumar from mechanical, Amritjot Kaur from electrical, Reena Verma from IT, Ashu Chhabra from MCA, Ramandeep Kaur Mavi from MBA and Joga Singh Karir from architecture were felicitated as best teachers in their respective departments. A book named ‘Effective Communication Skills for Professionals’, written by Gurpreet Kaur, AP communication skills department IET Bhaddal was also released by Dr Khandur, Dr Daljit Singh and other dignitaries.
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Young World
Jalandhar, September 7 Information regarding highlights of Indian culture, Indian monuments, national symbols and Indian festivals and socio-cultural practices was shared by students with their Dutch counterparts. Students also displayed art and craft, which included embroidery work, bags made of cane, Indian jewellery, charkha, hand fans and some paintings made by the students of Eklavya Public School. National seminar
The Indian Commerce Association, in association with Lyallpur Khalsa College, organised a national seminar on “Challenges before commerce and management education in India” in which delegates from various colleges and universities of India participated. Dr Ravinder Vinayak, general secretary, All-India Commerce Association, inaugurated the Punjab Chapter of the association under the name of the Punjab Commerce Association. Balbir Kaur, president, Governing Council, Lyallpur Khalsa College, presided over the function Seminar on communication
A seminar on communication and soft skills was organised at the DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology (DAVIET) on Monday. Priyank Bharti, Deputy Commissioner, was chief guest in the inauguration session. Dr Gurupdesh Singh, Professor, GND University, Amritsar, was the guest of honour. He said, “Language is not just a course subject, it involves overall development of a human being in its all spheres. Adding a new word is not just an addition to your vocabulary, but a whole lot of information associated with a word. Communication is a vast topic and has extremely important relevance in present day scenario in the era of multinationals and global business horizons.” Dr Usha Bande, former fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, delivered the keynote address. Talks were also delivered by Dr Deepti Gupta, Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on “Communication skills curriculum - An exposition” and Dr Sharda Kaushik, Director, RIE, Chandigarh, on “Problems in effective communication with special reference to phonetics.” Dr Jappreet Kaur Bhangu, Associate Professor, SLIET, Longowal, delivered an expert talk on “Soft skills and personality development: The new slogan.” Dr A.S. Arora, Principal, DAVIET, and Dr S.C. Ahuja, HoD, Applied Science Department, also presented their views related to relevance of conduct of the seminar.. Accredited
The St Soldier group of institution’s college of education has been accredited with the highest grade “A” by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Chairman Anil Chopra said the Saint Soldier College of Education had become the number one self-aided institute in Punjab by securing the highest CGPA 3.11 among other institutions for grade A. Cricket championship
A zonal series of inter-zonal cricket matches was conducted in Jalandhar which was won by the boys’ cricket team of CT Public School and the team was declared district champions. The under-16 team defeated the team of Labu Ram Senior Secondary School in the final match by six wickets. Quiz contest
A team of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya won the second prize in the inter-college quiz competition organised by the Department of Social Science, Hindu Kanya College, Kapurthala. The quiz was based on the national freedom struggle. Rashminder Sohi and Komal Sohi of B.Com (II) were the team members. Nutrition week
In order to make its students and other members of the staff adopt healthy eating habits, the School of Hospitality of Lovely Professional University celebrated the first week of September as nutrition week. In this regard, the students and the faculty had chalked out a well-calculated and great message oriented schedule. The school conducted nutritional awareness programmes by students through speech, skit, poem and slide show. In the next stage, competitions like poster making and slogan writing were held. The theme was “Healthy eating for healthy living”. In poster making, Cheenam Bhatia and Kanika Thareja stood first and second, respectively. In slogan writing, Varindar Kaur and Bhawna were adjudged first and second. Geeta was given a consolation prize. All these students are doing MSc (Nutrition and Dietetics). The competitions were followed by a guest lecture on “Nutritional importance of rice bran oil” by Dr Sanjeev Sharma. A nutritional counselling and workshop was also arranged. The last step of the celebration was a low fat recipe contest. National test
It is a matter of pride for the Biotechnology Department of Lyallpur Khalsa College that three students have qualified a national-level test conducted by Jawarhal Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, on behalf of the Department of Science and Jatinder Pal Singh has got third rank, Nikhil Sharma 62th rank and Meenu Hans 86th rank on the all-India basis. Dr Arun Dev Sharma, HoD, Biotechnology Department, said the test would help the qualifying students get admission in higher degree courses, like PhD and MSc in biotechnology, in the top 30 universities in India. He added that the DST had sanctioned Rs 35 lakh for M.Sc (Biotechnology) for research and development in the field of biotechnology for the college.Dr Jaspal Singh
Randhava, Principal of the college, congratulated the students. Teachers’ Day
Teachers’ Day was celebrated on the campus of MGN Public School UE-2. Students of Class XI took the charge of teaching rest of the classes. They were judged for their performance as pupil teachers and the best ones were rewarded later. The students also organised a brief entertainment programme for the teachers. The teachers played different games in teams and immensely enjoyed themselves. Phagwara: Students of the Kamla Nehru College for Women celebrated Teachers’ Day. The function began with guru pooja. Girls tied holy threads to all their teachers. A Teachers’ Day best message contest was organised in which students ventilated their views and feelings for their teachers. Balvir excels
Phagwara: Balvir Kaur, a students of PG diploma in fashion designing of the Kamla Nehru College for Women, bagged the third position in the annual examination of Guru Nanak Dev University by scoring 611 marks out of 650. In all 10 students of the college have passed with distinction. |
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ADC assures of measures to prevent disease outbreak
Phillaur, September 7 Several villagers complained to Sharda that though the SDM of Phillaur visited the village several days back and assured them of required steps, nothing had been initiated by the administration. Some villagers narrated the sorrowful state of the village and expressed their apprehension for the spread of any epidemic disease as dozens of villagers are suffering from these diseases. Sharda also visited the affected areas and saw the dirty water assembled in the streets. The ADC assured villagers that the necessary steps would be taken for the prevention of the disease.
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Samples of adulterated juice collected
Jalandhar, September 7 “We found stock of suspected spurious juices and cold drinks in some of the shops. On being asked about the source of supply of the stock, shopkeepers revealed the factory in Globe Colony,” he said. He said that samples of different varieties of juice had been collected from the unit and sent for chemical analyses.
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Incidence of cancer alarming in India: Expert
Jalandhar, September 7 This was stated by Dr R. Ranga Rao, DM (Medical Oncology), form Gurgaon, who was the key speaker in a seminar organised by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Jalandhar. He said the incidence of gall bladder cancer along with liver and pancreas was high in Punjabis because of excess consumption of alcohol whereas in South Indian population, the incidence of lung and oral cancer was high because of smoking habits. The seminar was held under the presidentship of Dr Sanjiv Sharma, President, IMA. Nearly 200 delegates from the region participated in the discussion. Dr Harpreet Singh, Dr Rupinder Bhargava, Dr Rajesh Khurana, all oncologists, chaired the session.
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Jaycee Week from Thursday
JCI Jalandhar president Sandeep Khosla said a number of programmes would be held for individual development and community during the week. The programmes included a medical check-up camp at DMC Hospital, training programme at BD Arya College, Punjabi folk dance competetion, Chankata-2010, at BD Arya College, food festival, Droynacharya awards to the deserving teachers, donation of food items, fruits, clothes at various schools and slum areas, signature camp for save girl child and say no to drugs. |
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Facilities sought for terror-hit Hindus
Phagwara: The Shiv Sena (Hindustan) has urged the government to provide all facilities to terrorism-hit Hindus as given to Sikh riots victims of 1984. This demand was made by a delegation of the sena led by its president Ajay Mehta which met SDM Amarjit Pal and submitted an 11-point demand charter.
The other demands include setting up a commission to find reasons and those responsible for spreading terrorism in Punjab, declaration of the Hindu minority community in Punjab and grant of all facilities provided to minorities, allow Hindus to wear “Trishul” as their religious symbol and setting up of an academy for preaching Hindi and Sanskrit. The delegation urged to impose a ban on instalment of statues or monuments of those responsible for spreading and encouraging terrorism. It also demanded from the state government to ban on religion conversion and make a strict law on Himachal pattern.
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