Red Mango Launches Healthy Froyo Parfaits & Smoothies To Beat The Heat

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Chandigarh 02^nd May:--To beat the heat the Frozen Yogurt specialist Red Mango has come up with a unique idea to keep the annoying heat away with a healthy pro-biotic yogurt based menu. Red Mango have introduced inviting Parfait items especially yogurt parfaits. This was announced by Rahul Kumar, CEO, Red Mango (India), who held an informal media interaction at the company's outlet in Elante Mall.

Rahul Kumar, CEO, Red Mango (India), said that we have brought in the international experience of enjoying frozen yogurt in India and customers love us for that&  now we have a new inventions like Yogurt Parfaits keeping in mind the health aspect of the brand & Indian consumers taste & preferences in consideration.  He added that one can now re-think his or her lunch menu, & take a healthier option rather than a traditional meal. Red Mango has parfaits that are around 325-350 calories which is a healthier alternative meal for lunch or dinner and made with natural nonfat yogurt, fresh fruit and patented Probiotics that support immune and digestive health. New variants introduced are Strawberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Mixed Berry, Tropical Mango, Strawberry Banana. Have them; they are blended for a purpose -your health. This summer the smoothies are an ideal fuel for breakfast, an afternoon snack or dessert.

Not just the health benefit, Fro Yo lovers will now be able to also indulge their taste buds by biting into the latest range introduced this season – one can choose his or her Yogurt Parfait from flavours like- Mixed Berry & Tropical Mango. What's more, there are on offer Cereal, Non Fat Froyo Layers of 100% all Natural greatness.

 

 

‘Comedian Sudesh Lahri and Singer Gippy Grewal To Perform In Videocon Connect Super Jodi’ Grand Finale

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Chandigarh 02^nd May:-- After witnessing the wave of success of 'Connect Super Jodi' contest and the stupendous gala evening with Comedy super Jodi- Krishna and Sudesh Lahri last year, Connect Broadband and Videocon Telecom along with Videocon D2H this year brings to the city audience, the madness and the beguiling talent contest of real life couples on May 2 at Tagore Theatre. The highlight of the day was an exclusive candid chat with standup Comedian Sudesh Lahri where he shared his last year's experiences of the 'Super Jodi' contest and his journey in the world of laughter. 

Eminent standup comedian Sudesh Lahri said, that it is always fun to be in Chandigarh for the Super Jodi contest. This is his consecutive second year of performing at the Grand Finale and he is very excited to have fun at the stage and with the participating contestants. At this level this is a unique contest being organized by Connect and Videocon. He congratulate Arvind Bali and the entire team for creating such entertaining and interesting platform for people of Punjab.

 Arvind Bali, Director & CEO, Videocon Telecom Services and Connect Broadband said that the contest has got an overwhelming response this year as well, we have got jodis across Punjab from all age groups who just want to reinvent their chemistry between them and have some fun and few laughs. The contest evaluated couples based on parameters like compatibility through umpteen fun filled quizzes and talent exhibitions which settle on level of intimacy amongst the couple participants.  Multiplying the magnitude of the contest this year, Videocon Telecom, Videocon D2H and Connect Broadband joined hands to launch the Mega contest. Chandigarh and Punjab-wide Mega Contest was launched on February 14th this year. Spanned over two months, the second season of 'Super Jodi' witnessed over 30 audition rounds in Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar ,Bathinda and Patiala at various malls, housing societies and clubs. The 2 month long program was enjoyed by over 50,000 people as audience from all age groups and close to 2000 couples got registered for the Mega contest. After rigorous rounds of auditions 60 couples competed at the City Finales across Punjab out of which 18 couples have been shortlisted for the Grand Finale. 

 

 

MSMEs Need To Shift From Wealth Model To Value Creation Model:Experts

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Chandigarh 01^st May:-- "Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Northern region, especially in Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana need to diversify their focus from wealth creation model to value creation model and hence realize the importance of getting listed on the stock market to be able to raise funds easily and compete globally emphasised Ajay Thakur, Head – SME, Bombay Stock Ltd while addressing a Conference on "MSME Funding: Opportunities & Challenges", organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at its Northern Region Headquarters in chandigarh, here today.

Ajay Thakur added that listing on Stock Exchanges is the only way forward for the small players, if they wish to enhance their Brand image, gain market presence, expand their roots, maximise returns and introduce Corporate Governance which is very critical but lacking in the present market structure, especially in this region. Ajay Thakur further informed that, in last two years, 57 SMEs have registered in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and have experienced profits in many folds. A special policy to list SMEs on BSE will be out soon, which will help the MSMEs to get rid of all the hiccups they face while handling the process of listing. He also shared that the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) have recently launched their respective SME exchange platform. With this, SMEs will hopefully have better access to funds to support their long term growth plans. We are entrepreneur driven economy.

Deliberating upon the CII's initiatives towards upscaling of MSME sector, Capt Alok Sharma, Co-Chairman, CII NR Committee on MSMEs said that CII is actively engaged with the central and state governments on a lot of issues like amendment of the MSME Act, 2006, change in investment thresholds for MSME sector by linking it to Wholesale Price Index to encourage the investment in Plant & Machinery, payment terms, easy financing options etc. CII would soon release a Compendium to showcase all the state and centre government schemes to remove the hurdle of ignorance among SMEs and MSME players.

Darpan Kapoor, Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council said that there has been a consistent cry from MSMEs about not getting adequate funding to carry out their business.  At the same time the lenders raise multiple issues, which act as barriers to lend to this sector. This not only affects the fortunes of the units but also has a direct bearing on the employment, exports and other areas which has a direct impact on the GDP of the country. This conference acted as a great platform to address all the issues and to provide a common platform to both MSMEs and financial institutions to resolve the issues hampering the growth of the industry.

 

 

Mata Sahib Kaur School Celebrates Labour Day

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Mohali 01^st May:-- Mata Sahib Kaur Public School celebrated Labour Day. The school has always acknowledged and appreciated the contribution of its real workforce the ancillary staff. On the occasion, a special assembly was conducted. The morning prayer was followed by speeches and a skit based on the life of labour who truly believed in the Dignity of Labour .  Later, special gifts were given to some workers who had made an outstanding contribution to the welfare of the school and thus acknowledged their work and motivated others. Later, after the School hours special lunch was also organised for ancillary staff by the management.

Principal, Ranjit Kaur in her speech shared information about the origin of Labour Day in India and the world and also said that Labour Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year. All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labour Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation rather it is celebration of common man.

 

PGI Health Worker Selecte For National Florence Nightingale Award-2014

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Chandigarh 01^st May:-- Ms. Sunita Sharma, Female Multipurpose Worker, School of Public Health, PGI Chandigarh, has been selected for National Florence Nightingale Award 2014. The Hon'ble President of India will be giving away the award on 12th May, 2014 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. 

 Ms. Sunita Sharma is working as a health worker in an urban resettlement colony in the Urban Health and Training Centre (UHTC) under Department of Community Medicine, School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh.  She is working here for the past 18 years.  The population of this colony is mainly migrants from various states and most of them belong to lower socio-economic class.  The population of this colony is around 27000. She developed an excellent rapport with this community and people identify her as one of their family member.  People of different age groups and gender, approach her for their health related issues due to the trust developed in her and the immediate medical help given by her.  Though she has been given a separate survey area in this colony, she on her own surveys other areas and provides medical care to needy. Even her superiors wondered many times how she could render help related to health issues of other areas. She is maintaining an excellent coordination with other health workers of UHTC and also with the workers of departments like ICDS, sanitation, NGOs and schools etc.  She also has a liaison with the community leaders like Pradhan, Area Counsellor, President of Bharat Vikas Parishad and Mahila Mandal President.  She assists Composite Targeted Intervention Project in identifying and following high risk behaviour people for targeted intervention.  She helps the area and sector supervisors of the Pulse Polio Immunization to have adequate vaccinators by motivating volunteers from the same community.  She is known for her updated records and timely quality reports.  Some of her achievements are that she regularly motivates beneficiaries for vasectomy, tubectomy etc. and helps the community in registration of the newly born and the dead.  She also motivates people for drug de-addiction, cancer screening and immunization.

 

Members of Panchkula Ladies Club Attend Max Hospital Health Talk

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Panchkula 01^st May:-- About 15 to 20 % of pregnancies in tricity ended in miscarriages, which was defined as a pregnancy loss before 20 completed weeks. The actual number was probably higher because many miscarriages occurred so early in pregnancy even when a woman did not know yet that she was pregnant. This was stated by Dr Seema Wadhwa, Sr Consultant, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Max Super Speciality Hospital Mohali while speaking at a health talk on "Pregnancy after miscarriage" which was attended by around 100 members of the Panchkula Ladies Club at Nirwana Restaurant, here today.

Dr Seema Wadhwa said that female might miscarry four times out of five pregnancies without even knowing that she was pregnant. It could happen so early, even before a lady skip her menstrual cycle. The process of implanting the fertilized egg was not perfect and sometimes it might take the female body a few attempts for the pregnancy to materialize. Discussing as to how long one should wait before trying for next pregnancy, she said that a woman's period usually returned within 4-6 weeks. Dr Wadhwa added that it was possible to become pregnant during the menstrual cycle immediately after a miscarriage, as during this time hormone as well as fertility levels were the highest.

 

 

Teachers Training Program Conclude At MCM

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Chandigarh 01^st May:-- A two day teachers training program was successfully actuated at MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh. The multidisciplinary program witnessed the enthusiastic participation of all the teaching faculty at MCM alike.

On the day 1 of the training, Dr Anu Gupta, DCSA, PU, Chd and Dr. Madan Gulati, Senior Ayurvedic Consultant, Bharat Vikas Parishad, Chd deliberated upon Virtual labs and Medicinal Plants and Women Health respectively. An interactive session with the speakers followed.
Day two began with the address of Dr. Parikshit Bansal, free lance IP Educator and Ex-faculty IPR Cell, NIPER, Mohali. He discussed the concept of Intellectual Property and Patents. His address was followed by an interactive session where contemporary issues and laws governing intellectual property were deliberated upon. The final speaker Dr. Prince Sharma, Deptt. of Microbiology, PU, Chd discussed the Funding agencies and Funding Mechanisms with the audience. The training program was a mutually beneficial platform where the intelligentsia shared and propagated ways to augment the holistic education system.

Applauding the endeavor, the Principal, Dr. Puneet Bedi said that such diligent transactions are imperative to the enhancement of training at MCM.

 

 

Power Supply To Be Effect In Naya Gaun, Kansal,Mullanpur,Desmaesh Nagar on Friday

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Mohali 01^st May:--The power supply to Naya gaun, Kansal,Mullanpur,Desmaesh nager and all village of mullanpur sub divn. and nearby areas shall be effected partially, from 09 am. to 04 pm. on Friday due to urgent maintenance work of  66 KV Mullanpur S/S and all 11kv feeder running from this.

 

 

Kiran Bedi To visit Aryans Campus on 15th May

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Mohali 01^st May:-- Dr Kiran Bedi, First Woman IPS Officer of India would visit Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh on 15th May to inaugurate "Aryans Scholarship Mela". Dr Bedi would also launch a special Scholarship Scheme for girl students on the occasion. Aryans has launched a special Toll free helpline No. 1800-30000-388 for the needy and deserving students who are interested in getting scholarship.

Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges said that on 15th May, Dr Kiran Bedi would visit 3 different places for Aryans. She would address the students in Ambala, in Aryans Campus and in Chandigarh. She would also launch the 8th Batch Admissions of Aryans and would distribute Scholarship cheques to the selected students at Aryans Campus. Dr Kataria further told that "Aryans Scholarship Mela" is for the deserving students who are not financially strong. He added that under this scheme, scholarships are given purely on Merit-cum-Means basis and it will be partially funded by the Bank, partially by the Student and partially by College. He added that students selected under scholarship would study in different courses like B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA, BBA, BCA, BA, B.Com, B.Ed, Nursing, Polytechnic, +1(Non Medical) etc.

Prof A P Jain, Director, Aryans Group said that 4 years back, Dr Bedi selected some needy students at Aryans campus who were not able to pay study expenses. Those students after completing their courses at Aryans got placed in reputed companies. He added that the success stories of those students motivated us to continue with the same Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Project for coming years also.

 

Ashmah School celebrates Labour Day

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Mohali 01^st May:-- Ashmah International School, Mohali celebrated   Labour  Day with the message for the students to Respect and love for all who work, no matter how small the work is.  On this occasion a team of Doctors from Indus Multi specialty Hospital, Mohali visited school and organized a Medical checkup campaign for the class IV employees and gave them special tips to keep themselves healthy. The Camp was organized to create awareness amongst them about their health and hygiene. It was a great experience for them. They also gave them a health certificate.

In special assembly a speech & skit based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi who truly believed in the 'Dignity of Labour'. The school choir with its melodious rendition of ' Sab  Mil ke Saathi hum ' stirred the souls of one and all present. The students with their rhythmic steps magnificently showcased their dancing skills.

Principal, Mrs. Roopinder Ghuman congratulated the workers and thanked them for their selfless services. She advised students to respect the helpers.

Director, J.S. Kesar, I.A.S. (Retd.) focused workers for the smooth functioning of the institution as Labor Day is a dedication to the social and economic achievements of workers.

 

CGC Jhanjeri Holds Joint Placement Drives

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Mohali 01^st May:-- Two joint placement drives for MBA & Engineering students of various disciplines has been organised by the Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC), Jhanjeri. These drives attracted a huge response from the students of all the neighboring colleges. Apart from CGC Campuses at Landran, Gharuan & Jhanjeri, the students of Punjabi University, Patiala, GNDU, Amritsar, LPU  Jalandhar, Chitkara Institute Rajpura, IET Bhaddal, Rayat & Bahra, ACET Amritsar, SUSCET Tangori, BBSBEC Fatehgarh Sahib, DCRUST Murthal, BUEST Baddi, ACE & AR Ambala & Doaba Group of colleges Kharar took part in these drives.

The drives were conducted by leading software companies Cara Info Solutions and Telecom Network Solutions in which a total of  260 students tried their luck. After Groups Discussion and Personal Interview rounds, 13 students were selected. Depending upon their caliber, the selected students will be placed at four different packages of Rs. 2.64 lakh, Rs. 2.4 lakh, Rs. 2.16 lakh & Rs. 1.92 lakh p.a. along with various other incentives.

Commenting on the concept of joint placement drives, Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, President, CGC said that CGC organizes such drives so that on one hand the students of all the colleges are benefitted & on the other hand the companies get the students of their choice.

Dr. G.D. Bansal, Director General CGC said that although majority of CGC students have already been placed, yet we will continue holding such drives till all the students are placed.

 

Masterchef Pankaj Bhadouriya's "Chicken From Kitchen" Book Launch:Barbeque Nation Host The Book Launch Ceremony

 

 

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Chandigarh 01^st May:-- Masterchef Pankaj Bhadouriya's  cookbook 'Chicken from my Kitchen' has been launched today at the Barbeque Nation Chandigarh. The Book signing ceremony was also held amidst fans at Barbeque Nation. The first of its kind book, the Chef has created a mélange of chicken recipes in Indian culinary chapters. The book describes in detail preparation of 54 dishes, with chicken being the main ingredient.For food lovers wanting to savor the delicacies created by Masterchef Pankaj Bhadouriya,can do so at the ongoing 'Masterchef Magic' celebration at Barbeque Nation Chandigarh and Mohali outlets till May 4th.

Speaking on the book signing ceremony and the launch of her 3rd book, Masterchef Pankaj Bhadouriya said, that this is the first book I am launching in this series.  I feel proud to be associated with a brand like Barbeque Nation, and wish to thank them for the warmth extended to me during my presence. It has definitely brought me closer to my readers & fans in Chandigarh and Punjab. She added that the book describes in detail preparation of 54 dishes, with chicken being the main ingredient.

Manish Pandey, Regional Operations head, Barbeque Nation added, that Masterchef Pankaj Bhadouriya has a strong connect with the people in North India. Owing to this, we wanted to give our patrons a special treat and thus launched 'Masterchef Magic' celebrations, which has received tremendous response from the people of the tricity. We feel delighted to be associated with the Masterchef.