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SJA students score highest marks in class X, XII exams of ICSE, ISC
Expedition to Mount Rudugaira flagged off
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Qureshi wants expenditure cut
UKD holds demonstration
Ukranian experts give tips to students in Nan-Budo
Scuffle over opening of liquor shop
Van drivers meet RTO
Govt to strengthen services under Ayush
Dharna by teachers
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SJA students score highest marks in class X, XII exams of ICSE, ISC
Dehradun, May 19 Jhanvi Shrivastava of St. Joseph's Academy (SJA) secured 98.2 per cent marks in class X ICSE exams, while her school mate Lavanya Teneja secured 97.2 per cent marks. Aditi Singh got 97 per cent marks. A total of 104 class X students of the academy secured more than 90 per cent marks. In class XII ISC examinations, Apporva, Parth Satija and Akanksha Kalia, all three of SJA, secured 97.75 per cent marks. A total of 100 students of SJA secured more than 90 per cent marks in the 12th class ISC examinations. Shivani Verma of St. Jude's School secured 97 per cent marks in class X ICSE board examinations, while Archit Verma secured 94.25 per cent in class XII ISC examinations. A total of 31 students of St. Jude's school of class X secured more than 90 per cent marks, while 18 students secured more than 90 per cent marks in class XII ISC examinations. Harshita Ahuja of Convent of Jesus of Mary secured 98.25 per cent marks in the humanities stream in class XII ISC examinations. In the science stream, Pooja Jain secured 96.25 per cent and Bhumika Puri secured 96.5 per cent marks in commerce stream. In class X ISCE examinations, Arushi Vishwakarma secured 96.2 per cent marks in the school followed by Akriti Gupta with 95.6 per cent marks. Out of total 107 students that appeared in class X examinations, 95 secured distinctions. In class XII out of toal 97 students 86 got distinctions. Shivi Verma of The Heritage School secured 94.50 per cent to top in the school in class XII, while Rohan Mittal got 91.50 per cent in class X examinations. Rishab Bhati and Anshul Nautiyal of Brooklyn School secured 93 per cent marks in the science stream of class XII ISC examinations. Kavita Chaurasia secured 93 per cent in the commerce stream in the school in class XII. Suryadev Singh secured 92 per cent marks to emerge as the topper in the school in class X ICSE examinations. Shriya Sirohiya of Unison World School secured 95.2 per cent to top the school results in class X ICSE examinations, while six students secured more than 91 per cent marks. Shevvy Mitta of class XII secured 93.5 per cent marks to top in the class XII ISC results. Five girl students got more than 90 per cent marks in class XII examinations. The students of Sumnmer Valley Schol also did well in the class X and XII examinations. In class X ICSE, in the science stream, Prajwal Shankhdar topped the school with 97.2 per cent marks, while
second position was taken by Manas Bhatia and Shubham Bhatt with 97 per cent and Bhaskar Bansal stood
third with 96.8 per cent. In the commerce stream, the first position was taken by Simran Pansary, scoring 93.2 per cent, Aishwarya Gupta stood second with a score of 93 per cent and in third place was Diksha Kumar with 91 per cent In class XII ISC examinations, in the science stream, Aditya Bahuguna stood first with a score of 97.5 per cent, Kartikeya Singh stood second with 97 per
cent and Aman Rastogi stood third with 96 per cent. Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie, ISC class XII toppers, are Nitin Goel - 95.75 per cent. He is the overall topper in the school and a student of commerce stream. The second position goes to Palak Gupta, 95.00 per cent. She is overall second in the school and a student of science stream. ICSE class X toppers are Raghav Mutneja, 97.60 per cent and Madhav Bhardwaj, 95 per cent.
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Expedition to Mount Rudugaira flagged off
Dehradun, May 19 To further the spirit of adventure, a mountaineering expedition to Mount Rudugaira at an altitude of 19,500 ft in the region of the Gangotri National Park in Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand, by a team consisting of officers, Junior Commissioned Officers, Non Commissioned Officers and 14 Gentlemen Cadets was flagged off from Indian Military Academy by Lt Gen Manvender Singh, AVSM, VSM, Commandant, Indian Military Academy, here today. The team has been trained under qualified instructors at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, in March 2012 and is being led by Capt Mehmud Karim Laskar along with Capt Sunil Kumar Jhakhar as Deputy Team Leader. The team will reach Gangotri on 24 May, 2012. On 4 June, 2012, they will establish the advance base camps at an altitude of 14000 ft and the summit camp at an altitude of 16,500 ft. They will scale the summit at 19,500 ft on 4/5 June, 2012. Taking a step in the direction towards Army’s social responsibility and care towards nature, the team will be planting saplings of Deodar along the ecologically fragile area in the vicinity of Rudugaira range and also conduct a drive along the route to clear all debris and non-biodegradable waste lying in the area.
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Qureshi wants expenditure cut
Dehradun, May 19 The Governor has decided never to travel in the special railway saloon used by Governors. An indication of this decision of Qureshi was that while coming from Bhopal to Dehradun for joining the office of Governor, he travelled by Shatabdi Express in the executive chair car and his family travelled in the ordinary chair car. The Governor has also given directions that he would not accept an expensive mobile phone like Blackberry proposed to be purchased by the office for him. He has expressed preference for an ordinary mobile set. He has further directed that “not a single paisa” be spent on any item for the Raj
Bhavan.
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face of the week
Dehradun, May 19 Panwar completed his studies from Cambrian Hall, Dehradun, and graduated from DAV Postgraduate College. He had a successful stint of more than 12 years in the field of corporate marketing and advertising and had worked with some of the best business houses in the country, including a UK-based multinational company. But his love for hills brought him back to Garhwal. Prateek travelled extensively to each and every part of Uttarakhand and later in 2008 founded
the Action and Research for Conservation in Himalayas (ARCH), an internationally known non-profit organisation (NGO) pioneering in bird conservation. ARCH has been organising “The Great Himalayan Bird Count” every year in the winter since 2008 in which bird watchers from all corners of India and overseas, besides the local rural youth participate to generate a avian baseline population dynamics data from all river valleys of the Garhwal division in Uttarakhand in partnership with the Forest Department. Prateek through ARCH had today achieved what even the state tourism authorities had failed to do. He had succeeded in bringing bird watching enthusiasts from across the country and abroad to Uttarakhand, making them understand the importance of the rich avian fauna of the state. The Great Himalayan Bird Count today stands as the most popular bird watching event of the country and Uttarakhand is slowly but surely emerging as a new global birding destination. It is also generating a lot of academic
interest in the rich avian wealth here. As part of a commitment towards conservation, Prateek has come up with a concept of ‘House Sparrow Nest Box Adoption Programme’. Formally launched from the Governor’s House in Dehradun on May 3, 2010, the programme entailed providing a safe predator-proof nesting space to a sparrow species in distress. So far the installed nest boxes have added more than 2,000 sparrows to the environment. Besides conservation activities, Prateek makes documentary films invoking a lot of interest among travellers and scholars alike in Uttarakhand. These films can also act as reference material for academicians and historians of tomorrow. Panwar is also the state coordinator of the Bombay Natural History Society in Uttarakhand and also Director of the Bal Bhawan,
Uttarakhand.
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UKD holds demonstration
Nainital, May 19 The leaders of the party once again tried to whip up support on the issue besides raising several other issues at the demonstration held at the Tallital Daanth area. They also demanded that the government must go in for construction of smaller power projects to address the socio-economic concerns of the people of the state. Senior UKD (P) leader Narayan Singh Jantwal said, “If the Chief Minister is serious about making Garsain the permanent capital of the state and the decision to hold a Cabinet there is a step in this direction, it is a welcome move. But if it is a political stunt, the people of the state are definitely going to oppose it.” He said at the time of the agitation for the creation of a separate state, the UKD and its supporters had made it clear to the people that Garsain would be made the permanent capital and would be named as Chandranagar after Vir Chandra Singh Garhwali. Jantwal asserted that the people of the state do not favour the politics of ‘ad hocism’ being promoted by the Congress and the BJP on the issue. On the raging issue related to the construction of power projects in the state, the UKD leader said his party was in favour of smaller power projects that could address the socio-economic concerns of the people. He said the projects must be managed by the local people as they were the best judge of things at the ground-level. He said there was definitely a need to harness the hydro power potential of the state but it had to be done in a manner that the locals benefit from it without damaging the environment. When questioned on his party giving support earlier to the BJP and now to the Congress-led government, Jantwal said since there was a fractured mandate at both the Centre and the state level, coalition governments were a need of the
hour. — TNS
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Ukranian experts give tips to students in Nan-Budo
Mussoorie, May 19 The event is being organised jointly by the Nand Kishore Bhamboo Sports Academy, International Nan-Budo Federation, Asian Nan-Budo Federation and the Indian Nan-Budo Federation. The trainers from Ukraine, namely Mahmuljin Zilhad and Peter Turkovic, international president and secretary of the Nan-Budo Federation, respectively, were welcomed by coach Roop Chand and principal of the school Mukesh Lal. The experts shared their experiences with the students and explained to them in detail the basic techniques of the sport. Peter Turkovic said, “Nan-Budo as a system has its roots in Japanese karate. Though it has many similarities with the Japanese system, it is still considered an independent system. Nan-Budo is a martial art and it teaches the traditional Japanese ways of combat.” He added the sport was considered a holistic method of self-defence. The training combines “Kido-ho and Budo-ho” (techniques for health and techniques of combat). Roop Chand, president of the Nand Kishore Bhamboo Sports Academy, told mediapersons that participants from around 14 states of the country, besides three teams from abroad would compete in the event.
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Workshop on “Traffic etiquette, awareness"
Dehradun, May 19 Traffic Inspector Kishan Singh Rawat and his team members highlighted the importance of traffic rules and regulations. He laid emphasis on obeying them so as to be a safe and responsible citizen of the country. The students were asked to propagate the message of safe driving, not to use mobile phones while driving and walking on the road and to render immediate help to the victim in case of an accident. Head Constable S.C.S Rawat demonstrated various traffic signs & signals in detail. It was followed by an interactive session wherein staff and students participated actively. The highly interactive, informative and thought-provoking workshop
was attended by the Principal, Headmaster, students & all the staff members,
including bus drivers and conductors of the school.
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Scuffle over opening of liquor shop
Dehradun, May 19 It is for the last few days that the residents had been vehemently opposing opening a liquor shop on Kanwali Road. Salim Ali, a resident, said the
women of their families had to pass through this road several times in the day and they could not
tolerate the drunk people standing on the road and misbehaving. The tension heightened and the scuffle intensified, given to which the police had to reach to the spot. The officials of
Excise Department came to intervene and pacified the crowd by assuring the agitated people that the liquor
shop would now be opened elsewhere.
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Van drivers meet RTO
Dehradun, May 19 He said the office must devise a policy on the lines of Delhi and Uttar Pardesh and levy a lenient tax on the school vans while authorising their operations. He said the state which was afflicted with unemployment must support the school van drivers who took to self-employment. Garg assured them he would go through the policy implemented by Delhi and UP and take concrete action accordingly.
— TNS
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Govt to strengthen services under Ayush
Dehradun, May 19 Participating in a function organised today at a local hotel, the minister said along with expanding the health services under the allopathic department, the government was committed to provide alternative treatments under Ayush, namely Unani, Ayurvedic and Homeopathy). The minister also gave his approval for the creation of the posts of additional directors at the Directorate of Ayush, upgrading of existing Ayush hospitals in the state and payment of non- practicing allowance to Ayush doctors.
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Dharna by teachers
Dehradun, May 19 The teachers sought prompt payment of salaries of Sarv Shiksha teachers. They also demanded payment of arrears of the Sixth Pay Commission provided to the primary teachers. The teachers sought removal of other pay linked irregularities. Sudha Madhwal, Chandra Mohan and Chandra Prakash Pant were other prominent participants to the
dharna.
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