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Chandigarh 24th February:- The power supply to Ind Area Phase-9, and nearby areas shall be effected partially, due to urgent maintenance work of 11 KV Ind.-1, Ind-2,Globus Project, Water works Feeder running from 66 KV Phase-9 S/S , from 11-00 hrs. to 05-00 hrs. on dated Friday 26th February.
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Chandigarh 24th February:- MCM DAV College for Women organised Ministry of Science and Technology's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) sponsored Science Fest 2016 with the motto of 'Celebrating Science in Life'. The Chief Guest on the occasion Prof. K. N. Pathak, Former VC, Panjab University inaugurated the fest and congratulated the college for being a progressive institution that nurtures students with the right combination of theoretical and practical knowledge through vibrant platforms like this fest. Dr. J. K. Arora, Director, Department of Biotechnology, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology delivered the keynote address in which she spoke about the importance of science in making our lives better and easier. Dr. J. K. Goswami, Head, Department of Applied Sciences, UIET was also present on the occasion.
Various colleges of the tricity participated in the fest, which included a host of innovative events on the theme of 'Science for Society'. In the event National Young Scientist Conference, participants made presentations and posters while for the Science Exhibition, participants displayed scientific models and things made from waste. Science through your Camera and Science Photo Shoot were novel events in which students captured the importance of science in our daily life through their lens. Sci-Toons competition and Enterprising Food Product Innovation gave the participants an opportunity to exhibit their versatility by moving beyond the laboratories and actively participating in such interdisciplinary competitions. Collage and poster making competition on highly relevant topics like biodiversity, climate change, etc. also witnessed enthusiastic response. Dr. S. S. Marwaha, CEO, Punjab Biotechnology Incubators, Mohali gave away prizes to the winners of the day.
The principal of the college, Dr Nisha Bhargava acknowledged the support of DBT for being instrumental in encouraging the various Science Departments of the college to work towards attainment of their full potential which ultimately leads to excellence- the hallmark of MCM. Stressing upon the significance of such events, Dr. Bhargava said that such platforms help to take learning beyond classrooms.
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Chandigarh 24th February:- With an admirable persona and refined theatrical skills, Chandigarh never ceases to give birth of a plethora of budding artists setting out on a voyage from sea to promising sea. The modern Indian cinema discovers such artists showcasing consummate elegance with cinematic expression and awe, and eventually outreaches their talent with great panache. Harmeroz Singh, grade 9 student at Chitkara International School, surfaced out to be another potential artist from the City Beautiful. He is all set to display a vivid sense of craftsmanship in 'Zubaan', a directorial debut film by Mozez Singh. Harmeroz Singh looks forward to catching the attention of the audience with his first public appearance.
The film 'Zubaan' is an engrossing drama circling around a Punjabi rustic who sets out on a voyage of self-discovery with a lot of hardships and lessons for life. Harmeroz Singh, playing as Dilsher in the movie loses his faith in humanity by experiencing ill-treatments and bitter truths of life but ultimately comes out be a refined man with intrinsic values. Harmeroz Singh seemed quite apt for the film according to the director, Mozez Singh, who persuaded Harmeroz for playing this crucial part as it complemented and blended well with the character, Dilsher.
While interacting with the media, Harmeroz shared that earlier he was reluctant to play this character, demanding zeal and pain but the director acted like a guiding light to him and motivated him to give him best shot. Harmeroz, now, is confident about his part played and desiderates to act such characters in the future as well.
Celebrating Harmeroz success, Dr. Niyati Chitkara, principal of Chitkara International School, looks forward to witnessing Dilsher's performance and is also glad that the film is going to be premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. She said that seeing Harmeroz's acting skills, she feels proud that he has put his best foot forward and contributing a part to the Hindi Film Industry.
With flair in dramatic skills, Harmeroz would certainly push the boundaries and emerge out to be a dedicated and refined artist of the film fraternity.
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Chandigarh 24th February:- Maharishi Dayanand Public School organized quiz in collaboration with Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST), Chandigarh.. This quiz was divided into two categories i.e., junior and senior which was started with ten teams of each category. Six teams A, B, C, D, E and F were selected for middle round .Team A, B & F participated in final round for junior category. It was tough competition. Team: B, Hansraj and Neeraj stood first by getting 65 marks. Team: F, Sania and Neha got 55 marks and received second place. Team: A, Sunny and Kumkum achieved 50 marks and stood third for the junior category.
In senior category participants of A team Syshant and Ankush stood first. Balwinder Singh and Surya participants of team C got second position. Jatin and Chetan of team D received third position.
Principal Vinod Kumar gave away prizes to the winners. He said that the main aim of this competition was to create awareness of conservation of energy in daily life.
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Chandigarh 24th February:- India's fastest growing company Fort Gloster Electricals Limited a unit of S K Bangur group, has launched its complete range of Fans, Appliances, Water heaters, Room Heaters and Room Coolers, under the brand name "GLOSTER" in Chandigarh today. GLOSTER brand products are already available in many states.
S K Bangur group has interest in Paper, Cables, Telecom, Renewable energy, exports and Imports, Plantations has now entered consumer electrical products and appliances in the well known brand of GLOSTER.
C.B.Narayanan, Business Head of Fort Gloster Electricals Limited, was happy to announce appointment of Ms. ElectroWaves of Chandigarh, as their super distributor for Tricity, for entire range of electrical and appliances products, during the meet in Press club today.
C.B. Narayanan further said the company is giving high quality products at competitive rates. The response from markets where the same has been launched is exceedingly good he said. He further mentioned during the coming financial year, company will be launching complete range of LED lighting products. Fort Gloster Electricals Limited is also studying the market for introduction of Air and Water purifiers. He further said that the main aim of the company to grow fast and to provide good services to its customers. He said that in case of any need, to help customers Toll free number is already operational.
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Chandigarh 23rd February:- The Annual Sports Meet was organized at National Institute of Nursing Education, PGI, Chandigarh by Sports Coordinator Aarti Garg and Members Committee of NINE under the Chairmanship of Dr (Mrs) Sandhya Ghai, Principal, NINE. Dr Subhash Varma, Dean-cum-Officiating Director, PGI was the Chief Guest for the event and inaugurated the occasion by Ribbon cutting and Lamp Lightening Ceremony. Dr Subhash Varma enlightened the students with his valuable words and encouraged the students for participation in extracurricular activities and to continue the same in their day to day life. Dr Sandhya Ghai, Principal, NINE also addressed the students and motivated them for staying physically active and fit.
The event was partially sponsored by the SBI General Insurance to create an awareness regarding SBI Insurance policies. Students participated in various events like March Past, 100m race, Sack Race, Table Tennis, Badminton, Volley Ball, Kho Kho with full enthusiasm and vigour.
Sushil Thakur, Financial Advisor-cum-Deputy Director (Admn.), PGI was the Chief Guest for the Valedictory Session of the event. He distributed prizes to the winners and congratulated students for putting their best efforts to make this event a grand success.
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Chandigarh 23rd February:- National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) is organizing a Regional Workshop at Hotel Mountview, Chandigarh on 26th February, 2016. The conference will be attended by delegates from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Jammu & Kashmir and Chandigarh. The main aim of the conference is to discuss the problems that are faced by Minority Educational Institutions especially with regard to deprivation and violation of educational rights of minorities granted under Article 30 of the Constitution.
The conference will be presided over by H.E. Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana, Punjab and Administrator U.T. Chandigarh. Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar will inaugurate and Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal will deliver the keynote address. The Minority Ministers from Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh will also join.
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Chandigarh 22nd February:- Woodlands House School Panchkula, Sec-8, had its Annual Function on Sunday, 21st February 2016 at Tagore Theatre. The theme of the show was 'Musical Odyssey'. The programme was based on how the music changed and evolved by changing years with diverse bands and artists. Children learnt and enjoyed by performing on various dance numbers on classical and modern music and songs. Pre-Nursery children performed on Boney M, Vengaboys, Old is Gold and Zumba –The Fitness Regime. Nurseries did Zorba, Salsa and Robotics dances from scintillating music and Indian dances from different states. K.G.'S put up a play full of musical journey 'Music Resonates' inspired by the movie, Sound of Music.
Audiences were spell bound seeing small children's awesome performances and acts.
The Principal of the Woodlands House school Mrs. Vijay Baksh, said that we put up such shows annually for parents to witness that their wards are not only excelling academically but creatively and are exposed and encouraged to enhance their great talents. They also become confident and self reliant when they perform on the stage in front of such large audience.
The chairman, of the Woodlands House School, Riki Singh of the school addressed parents and told them to encourage children and help them to know their innate talents to boost their self esteem.
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Chandigarh 22nd February:- 17 students of ALLEN CAREER INSTITUTE, Chandigarh excelled in the examination of the NTSE (National Talent Search Exam) 2016 conducted by State council of educational research and training. Purusharth from Chandigarh and Tarush Goyal From Punjab bagged the first ranks form their states respectively. Abhinav Sharma, Aaron Goyal, Pranjali, and Siddharth secured the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th ranks of Punjab state. From Haryana Mehak Arora bagged 2nd rank in the state whereas Neel Aryan got 17th rank. Vikrant Gupta, Sukhmanjit Singh Maan, Maninder Singh, Harit Jaiswal and Anirudh Singh Pal were the other students who cleared the examination from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
The exam was conducted on 8th November 2015 on the various exam centers across the different states. From Chandigarh total 7214 students participated.
Pushkar Rai, Center Head of ALLEN CAREER INSTITUTE, Chandigarh, that this is a flagship programme of NCERT which was launched in 1963 for identification of talented students and awarding them with scholarships. Initially the scheme was known as NSTSE (National Science Talent Search Exam) and later in the year 1976, apart from basic sciences, the scheme was extended to social sciences, engineering and medicine. Every year about 1000 scholarships are awarded after conducting the two-level written exam. The final awards are made on the basis of performance of mental ability test (MAT) and scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). He added that at the first level, every state/UT has a specific quota computed proportionately on the basis of the student enrolment at secondary level. The candidates selected at the first level through MAT and SAT and language test undergo a similar test conducted by the NCERT at national level. The awardees studying in Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages Commerce, vocational studies and fine arts are eligible to receive scholarship up to Ph.D. level whereas the awardees studying professional courses in medicines, engineering, technology, management and law, are eligible to receive the scholarship up to second degree level.
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Chandigarh 22nd February:- Bangalore based Yoga Prana Vidya (YPV) organization will hold a free mass healing workshop at Law Bhawan, Chandigarh tomorrow. During workshop, the session on power of Yoga Prana Vidya system besides how to change life through the understanding of energy surrounding us will be organized.
In workshop, Wg Cdr ( Retd.) N J Reddy, Founder of YPV will throw light on various aspects of Yoga Prana Vidya. N J Reddy is also a trustee of Karnataka Yoga Vidya Pranic Healing Foundation Trust and involved with Yoga Prana Vidya healing system for more than 20 years.
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Chandigarh 22nd February:- Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has been awarded the globally acclaimed Golden Peacock Award for their initiatives under Corporate Social Responsibility. This award recognised TKM's commendable efforts, as a responsible corporate entity, towards creating a socially responsible and sustainable society. Ms. Pankaja Munde, the Honourable Union Minister for Rural Development, Women and Child Welfare and Water Resources handed over the award at a ceremony held in Mumbai. In 2015, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) is the only automobile company winning this prestigious Golden Peacock Award of the many corporate giants who qualified. Early this year TKM won a commendation for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environment Management by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-ITC Sustainability Awards 2015.
Expressing his delight on the award Naveen Soni, Vice President, Toyota Kirloskar Motor said that it is an honour to be receiving this prestigious award. For us at Toyota Kirloskar Motor Environment and social contribution is an everyday affair. Our philosophy and policies on environment are based on Toyota's earth charter and global vision. As a responsible automotive manufacturer, we continue to develop automotive technologies and manufacturing processes to reduce the environment footprint associated with our operations." Globally Toyota has set a target of reducing CO2 by 90% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels by promoting environment friendly vehicles.
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Chandigarh 22nd February:- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd today announced the newest additions to the Galaxy family of products, Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. Created for today's consumer lifestyle, Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge lead the industry with a refined design, more advanced camera, streamlined software functionality and unparalleled connectivity to a galaxy of products, services, and experiences.
DJ Koh, President of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics said that we believe in a world that is brighter, sharper, more convenient, and more fun. We strive to deliver on that vision with the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge by marrying elegant design with functionality and providing a seamless mobile experience.He added that we empower consumers with technology to help them get more out of life and will continue to push the frontier of what's possible. Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge will be available starting mid-March 2016.
