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Experts stick to their guns, say role of parents crucial
PCA trial today to tap bowlers from Malwa
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21 lakh infants die every year in India
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Experts stick to their guns, say role of parents crucial
Bathinda, February 17 "And this sponge does not have a sieve to separate the good from the evil. Sadly enough, the Punjabi songs portray men, especially Jatt, in a very bad light. Jatt is eulogized as a synonym for fights, alcohol consumption, lover boy and the one fond of weapons," he says.
speaking out on Amritsar school firing incident Suggesting media censorship and increased parent-child interaction as the only way to churn out confident individuals, lyricist Amardeep Gill adds that it's not children, but society as such, that is to be blamed. He says that not only music videos, but violent video games too are to be blamed for increased tendency for violence among the children. "Children are a reflection of society. As parent, we are forgetting child psychology and as a lyricist I have now sworn to write only meaningful songs," says Gill who in 2009 apologised to his fans for having penned a song for singer Hans Raj Hans that was in bad taste. A government school teacher, however, feels that the failure of the system too sets a bad example for the children to follow. "Children know that our system has miserably failed to nail the biggest of offenders and that provides them the freedom to think that they can get off the hook after doing the worst possible. It is not the severity of punishment but surety of punishment that acts as a deterrent. The system needs to be changed for this," he says. He adds that maximum number of boys in the rural areas, in the age group of 15 to 19 years, drop out from the government schools to support the growing needs of their families. "Most of the youngsters work on their farms as they are not sure of earning a decent livelihood even after completing their Plus two," he said. Psychiatrist Dr Vandana says that children are bound to follow in the footsteps of their parents. Apart from corrupt media images and lack of parental guidance, easy availability of weapons in houses and abusive childhood adds to the lethal potion. "Parents should be their child's friend. If they observe any signs of violent behaviour, they should not refrain from seeking counselling or medical help. In many cases, counselling does wonders," she adds. |
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PCA trial today to tap bowlers from Malwa
Bathinda, February 17 "The PCA is looking for those with potential, who if trained, could bowl with speed, and swing the ball or bowl in line and length to frustrate the batsmen," honorary general secretary of Bathinda District Cricket Association (BDCA) and member, executive committee of the PCA, OD Sharma, said, adding that search would also be for the potential spinners. Sharma said that the four-member selection committee of the PCA would select the budding speedsters and spinners from the four districts of Malwa — namely Bathinda, Faridkot, Mansa and Muktsar — at the Police Public School, Police Lines in Bathinda on February 18. The four-member committee will comprise Deepak Chopra — former captain Punjab Ranji team, Kailash Chander — former Ranji player, Sanjay Mahajan — former Ranji player and Sukhminder Tinku — PCA coach from Mohali. Sharma claimed that the arrangements were in place. "The required infrastructure has been set up for the day-long trial and arrangements for videography have also been made," Sharma said, adding that the cricket bodies of other three districts had also been informed by the PCA. PCA is launching such a hunt for the first time as the trial would also be video- recorded and analysed for the proper assessment of the bowlers. The PCA would provide special intensive training to upcoming fast bowlers and spinners of the state. The selection will be made on the basis of trials and the following criteria would be adopted. The prospective trainees should be in the age-group of 16-18 years as on September 1, 2012. For the fast bowlers, the height of the prospective trainees should be a minimum 5'10" and he should have a reasonable bowling speed. The spinners should possess the quality of spinning the ball. It is an open trial and any player who fulfils the above-mentioned criteria and has the "potential" could participate in the selection trial that will begin at 10 am. |
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Observe traffic rules to check facial injuries, says Adesh doc
Bathinda, February 17 Spread over a period of four years-- from April 2007 to March 2011-- the study analyzed pattern and magnitude of facial injuries in medico-legal cases coming to the hospital. The study revealed that out of 1237 medico-legal cases, 130 suffered facial injuries. Dr Garg said in rural areas, road accidents are still a major cause of facial injuries. This may be due to the lack of enforcement of traffic laws by the police and insufficient compliance by the people in obeying traffic rules. The study is aimed at determining trends of such injuries to create public awareness and help guide development of its preventive measures. He emphasized upon the need to ensure strict compliance with traffic rules, implement improved safety devices in automobiles, use of helmets by motorcyclists and separation of pedestrians from motor vehicles. Educating people to obey traffic rules, especially at the school level and in rural areas, was also suggested to reduce traumatic injuries. "The commonest cause of such injuries was road accident including 83.1 per cent of total cases, while the commonest age-group prone to facial injury was 16-30 years (44 per cent). This is possibly because during this phase of life, there is great personal independence, social excitement, intense mobility, careless driving and involvement in violence," he said. Interestingly, male preponderance was quiet evident due to greater male exposure on roads, active social life and drug use. The percentage of male victims (85.4 per cent) was more than the females (14.6 per cent). Rural victims also outnumbered the urban, which probably is due to less awareness about the traffic rules. Rural victims (57.7 per cent) were more than urban which comprised 42.3 of the total cases. The study also found that soft tissue was the most common type of facial injury. In 83 per cent cases, the cause of facial injuries was road traffic accident and amongst them motorcyclists formed them majority. "This signifies the importance of traffic rules and use of protection measures like wearing helmet while driving," he said. The most common in facial trauma was blunt 118 (90.8 per cent) as face is the most exposed part and prone to injuries, especially in road traffic accidents. |
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21 lakh infants die every year in India
Bathinda, February 17 Dr Jindal was talking to TNS after attending the workshop on 'Mother and Child Healthcare' here today. Dr Jindal further said in Punjab, the number of deaths below one year of age per 1,000 live births per year is 37 while the target of the government is to bring it down to less than 30 in the first phase. He said this target could be achieved by way of initiating several steps for reducing newborn mortality rate, including prevention of hypothermia (low temperature), basic newborn resuscitation at the time of delivery by health provider, prevention of infections, and early initiation of breast feeding. With regard to the causes of deaths of newborn babies (less than 28 days of age), Dr Jindal said the birth of premature babies and low birth weight were among the main causes of deaths of the newborn babies. Other causes included birth asphyxia (newborn who don't cry at the time of birth), new-natal sepsis (infection), and hypothermia, he added. However, the causes of death among the children above the age of one month to one year are pneumonia, diarrhoea and other infectious diseases, he said. Dr Jindal said the Government of India was serious about bringing down the infant mortality rate in the country. This was the reason why it had implemented several health programmes, including 'Navjaat Shishu Suraksha Karyakarm' for basic newborn healthcare and resuscitation. Under the programme, skilled birth attendants were being trained in resuscitation, temperature management and prevention of infection in newborn babies, he added. Dr Jindal said that initiation of breast-feeding within 30 minutes of the birth of a baby is also an important 'mantra' to save a number of newborn babies. He also stressed upon the immunisation programme, as it protected the newborn babies from various diseases. The doctor said administering oral polio drops and administration of injections of the BCG, hepatitis-B, DPT and measles to the babies should be ensured at every cost. Besides, administration of Vitamin-A drops to the babies is also necessary, he added. Fact file
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Women urged to Deliver in hospitals
Bathinda, February 17 Others who were present included deputy medical commissioner (DMC) Dr Vinod Garg, the senior medical officer (SMO) of Women and Children Hospital Dr BS Gill, Dr SK Rajkumar, Dr Avtar Singh Dhillon, district school health medical officer Dr Kundan Kumar Paul, and district immunisation officer (DIO) Dr Manpreet Kaur Rupal. Addressing the workshop, Dr Iqbal Singh said the future of the country depended on the health of the mother and the child, so there was a need to pay special attention to the healthcare for mothers and children. He said the women should deliver babies in health institutions. This would bring down mother and child mortality rate. A gynaecologist at the local Women and Children Hospital, Dr Dheera Gupta said at the time of delivery the count of Hemoglobin (HB) in blood should be 11 in woman so that she could give birth to a healthy baby. She said pregnant women often gave birth to anemic babies due to which sometimes the life of both mother and child remained under threat. Pediatrician Dr Satish Jindal said the newborn baby should be breast fed till the age of six months as it is a balanced diet for the baby. Dr Kundan Kumar Paul told the participants about various welfare schemes, initiated by the Health Department for the pregnant women. He said even the government had provided ‘108’ emergency mobile vans to ferry the pregnant women from their doorsteps to the health institutions. He also told them about the financial benefits, being given by the government to pregnant women, who delivered babies in the government hospitals and health institutions. Dr Manpreet Kaur Rupal said on every Wednesday ‘Mamta Divas’ was being observed in the Anganwari centres for the immunisation of mothers and their babies. She also asked the gathering to disseminate the message that from February 19 to February 21 Pulse Polio campaign would be conducted in the district for administering anti-polio drops to the children in the age group of 0-5 years. |
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Three-day Rahul Kaushal Memory Art Fest inaugurated
Bathinda, February 17 The exhibition has creations of Dr Subhash Parihar, Nirlep Singh, Gurpreet Preet, Suresh Hans, Dr Amrik, Nirvair Singh, Arshroop Singh, Mithun Mandal, Tushar Firan and others on display. Earlier, the Rahul Kaushal Memorial Committee had held a photo walk in the city wherein the city was clicked from various angles. Students of various educational institutes had clicked photos during the walk and these pictures were also displayed at the exhibition. Students of St Joseph School, DAV School and engineering college had participated in this event. The exhibition is open for public at Teachers’ Home from 11 am to 8:30 pm till February 19. On February 18 evening, National Geographic Channel’s documentary ‘Our Home’, about the devastation of natural resources across the globe will be shown. A poetry fest would also be held in the morning wherein Punjab’s renowned poets will participate. An interesting jugalbandi of poetry and paintings would also be presented on the same day. |
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Scholarships, fee concession schemes for students
Bathinda, February 17 Under this policy, merit-based scholarships and fee concessions will be provided in the range of 15 to 100 per cent (tuition fee/academic fee) depending of the marks scored scholarship test/ board/ university exams, whichever is more. Scholarships and fee concessions will also be provided to students achieving positions in sports and cultural activities. He added that for the intelligent but economically poor students, BFGI extends its concessions to hostel and bus charges also. BFGI has extended the policy benefits to wards of ex-servicemen, principals of colleges and schools, press and electronic media, employees of BFGI and alumni of BFGI. A scholarship test on February 19, 2012 in the campus for students appearing for class 10 and 12 exams. He added that depending on the percentage achieved by the students in this test, they will be awarded 100 per cent, 50 per cent, 25 per cent and 15 per cent concession in the tuition fee. Fact file
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Store-keeper, driver booked for theft
Bathinda, February 17 He said the goods stolen were worth `30, 000. Police have registered a case. |
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Dowry demand: Two booked
Bathinda, February 17 In her complaint, Sukhvir alleged that the duo used to torture her demanding more dowry. She also alleged that her gold jewellery was taken away without her knowledge. |
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Bathinda, February 17
