AGENCYJAMMU, OCT 28

A mini bus fell into a gorge in Dodadistrict of Jammu and Kashmir onThursday killing 10 and injuring 15others.

Prime Minister Narendra Modiexpressed his condolence and an-nounced ex gratia to the next of kinof the deceased and injured per-sons.

Police said the mini bus was onits way from Thathri to Doda whennear Sui Gowari it fell into thegorge. Eight of the bodies havebeen identified so far.

"Ten people have died and 15injured," the police said, addingthat the rescue operation waslaunched immediately along withthe locals and the district adminis-tration.

The Prime Minister's Officetweeted: "Saddened by the road ac-cident near Thatri, Doda in Jammuand Kashmir. In this hour of grief,I convey my condolences to the be-reaved families.

"I pray that the people whohave been injured recover at theearliest.

An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each

from PMNRF would be given tothe next of kin of those who havelost their lives due to the accidentin Jammu and Kashmir. The in-jured would be given Rs. 50,000."

Earlier, Union Minister Jiten-dra Singh tweeted: "Learnt abouttragic road accident near Thatri,Doda. Just now spoke to D.C.DodaVikas Sharma. Injured being shift-ed to GMC Doda. Whatever furtherassistance required will be provid-ed. Meanwhile, my sincere condo-lence to the bereaved families."

Office of Lieutenant GovernorManoj Sinha also expressed condo-lence: "Deeply anguished to hearabout the tragic road accident inDoda. My thoughts and prayers forthe families who have lost theirloved ones. Have directed the dis-trict administration to provide im-mediate relief to families of the de-ceased and best medical assistanceto the injured." Seven of the criti-cally injured were airlifted to theGovernment Medical College andHospital in Jammu. The deceasedwere identified as Ghulam Hassanand Shabir Ahmed, both residentsof Bharot Mallaha; Ritik Sharma,resident of Jathali, Premnagar; Ja-mal Din etc

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2 sharp shootersshot dead inencounter with UPSTF in LucknowLUCKNOW: Two dread-ed sharp shooters, in-volved in the murder of aBJP leader in Ranchi(Jharkhand) recently,were shot dead in an en-counter with Special TaskForce(STF) of UttarPradesh police in thestate capital.Both the criminals , nativeof Azamgarh , were criti-cally injured in the en-counter which took placeon Wednesday night butduring treatment died ear-ly Thursday morning.

As batter, youalways havedarker thoughtsbefore the game:Jason Roy

Education regulatoryauthorityto be set up: PargatSingh

AGENCYMUMBAI, OCT 28

Aryan Khan, Arbaz Merchant, andMunmun Dhamecha, who weregranted bail in the Mumbai cruisedrugs seizure case, would be re-leased from jail after the BombayHigh Court issues detailed order inthe matter on Friday, said formerAttorney General of India MukulRohatgi.

Former Rohatgi, who repre-sented Aryan Khan, told media,"Bombay HC has granted bail toAryan Khan, Arbaz Merchant,Munmun Dhamecha after hearingthe arguments for three days. Thedetailed order will be given tomor-row. Hopefully, all they will comeout of the jail by tomorrow or Sat-

urday." Bombay High Court grant-ed bail to the three accused afterhearing arguments for three dayswhich began on October 26.

Rohatgi expressed happinessover the order and said, "For me, itis a regular case - to win some, tolose some. I am happy that he(Khan) has got bail."

The former AG said during thehearing that there was "no case ofpossession of drugs" against AryanKhan, he was arrested wrongly and "it was a fit case forbail". At present, Aryan is lodgedat the Arthur Road Jailalong with another accused Ar-

baaz Merchant. Whereas, Mun-mun Dhamecha is at Bycullawomen prison. Aryan Khan wasarrested on October 3.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, OCT 28

Prime Minister Narendra Modi onThursday said that the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic had posed a lotof challenges to member countries ofASEAN and posed a test to India-ASEAN friendship but mutual coop-eration will keep strengthening rela-tions in the future and form base forgoodwill between people.

Addressing the 18th ASEAN-In-dia Summit via video conferencingPM Modi said, "Due to COVID-19,all of us had to face a lot of chal-

lenges, this challenging time was alsoa test of the India-ASEAN friendship.Our mutual cooperation in the

COVID era will keep strengtheningour relations in future and form a basefor goodwill between our people."

He also focussed upon the histor-ical ties between India and ASEAN,its shared values, traditions, lan-guages, texts, architecture, cultureand food and drink.

"History is witness that India andASEAN have had vibrant relationsfor thousands of years. Theirglimpses show our shared values, tra-ditions, languages, texts, architecture,culture, food and drink. And that iswhy the unity and centrality ofASEAN have always been an impor-

tant priority for India," said PMModi. The prime minister was invitedto the summit by the Sultan of Brunei.On the occasion of 30 years of India-ASEAN partnership and the 75th yearof India's independence, PM Modisaid that the important milestone willbe celebrated as 'ASEAN-IndiaFriendship Year'. "The year 2022 willmark the completion of 30 years ofour partnership. India will also com-plete 75 years of its independence. Iam very glad that we will celebratethis important milestone as 'ASEAN-India Friendship Year'," added PMModi at the Summit.

Mutual cooperation in Covid era will keepstrengthening relations in future: Modi

AGENCYNEW DELHI, OCT 28

The Supreme Court Thurs-day dispelled the impressionthat it was against particulargroup or community by ban-ning firecrackers and said itcannot allow violation ofrights of citizens under theguise of enjoyment.

A bench of Justices M RShah and A S Bopanna madeit clear that it wants full im-plementation of its orders.

Under the guise of enjoy-ment you (manufacturers)cannot play with lives of cit-izens. We are not against par-ticular community. We wantto send strong message thatwe are here for the protectionof fundamental rights of citi-zens, the bench said.

The apex court said theearlier ban order on fire-crackers was passed aftergiving elaborate reasons.

All firecrackers were notbanned. It was in larger pub-lic interest. There is a partic-ular impression being creat-ed. It should not be projectedthat it was banned for partic-ular purpose. Last time wesaid that we weren't comingin way of enjoyment but wecannot come in way of fun-damental rights of people,

the bench said.The top court said there

must be some responsibilityentrusted to authorities whohave been given the right toimplement the order on theground.

The bench said even to-day fire crackers are openlyavailable in market.

We want to send a mes-sage that we are here to pro-tect the rights of people. Wehave not put 100 per cent banon firecrackers. Everybodyknows what the people ofDelhi are suffering (due tothe pollution caused by fire-crackers, the bench said.

The matter will be heardnow at 2 pm.

The apex court had or-dered six manufacturers toshow cause why they shouldnot be punished for contemptof its orders.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, OCT 28

Amidst the political turmoil in Punjab,Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi metCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursdayin the national capital. As per sources, inthe crucial meeting at Rahul Gandhi's resi-dence in Delhi, Congress discussed the up-coming strategy for the Punjab election.

The meeting came after former PunjabChief Minister Captain Amarinder Singhannounced that he will form a new politicalparty that will field candidates on all 117seats in the upcoming Assembly electionsin 2022. In the meeting that lasted for about2:30 hours, Congress leaders discussed thestrategy for the upcoming Punjab election.

Apart from Channi and Gandhi, Con-

gress organization general secretary KCVenugopal, Punjab in-charge HarishChaudhary were also present in this meet-ing. Meanwhile, Congress Punjab In-charge Harish Chaudhary met Congress In-terim President Sonia Gandhi yesterday at10 Janpath.

AGENCYLUCKNOW, OCT 28

Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath said onThursday that sedition lawwill be invoked against thosecelebrating Pakistan's victoryagainst India in the recent T-20 World Cup match.

So far, five people havebeen taken into custody inthe state for allegedly usingindecent words against theIndian cricket team, accord-ing to police.

"Those celebrating Pak-istan's victory will face sedi-tion," a tweet posted on theofficial handle ofAdityanath's office said.

A man from Budaun wasarrested in a sedition case onWednesday, Senior Superin-tendent of Police OP Singhsaid. Niaz had posted the pic-

ture of Pakistani flag andwrote objectionable com-ments in support of Pakistanon Facebook after the match,according to a complaintfiled against him by PunitShakya of Hindu JagranManch.

The SSP said Niaz posteda picture of Pakistan's flag onhis Facebook account andcaptioned, "I love you Pak-istan, I miss you Pakistan,Jeet Mubarak Pakistan".

Niaz was booked forsedition and under relevantsections of the InformationTechnology Act on Tuesdayand sent to jail on Wednes-day, the officer said.

Pakistan on Sunday haddrubbed India by 10 wicketsin a Super 12 game for theirfirst win in 13 attempts overtheir arch-rivals India in aWorld Cup match.

Sedition law will be invokedagainst those celebrating Pak

victory in T20 match: Adityanath

SC says firecrackerban not againstany community

Ten killed in Doda mishap,PM announces ex-gratia

CM Channi meets Rahul Gandhi in Delhi

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MHA extends COVID-19 restrictions incountry till Nov 30NEW DELHI: Ahead ofthe festive season, theMinistry of Home Affairson Thursday extended theCOVID-19 restrictionsacross the country till No-vember 30 to prevent anyfurther spread of the pan-demic.Notably, India recorded itshighest COVID-19 recov-ery rate today sinceMarch 2020 at 98.20 percent, informed the Min-istry of Health and FamilyWelfare.According to the ministry,the recovery of 17,095patients in the last 24hours has increased thecumulative tally of recov-ered patients to3,36,14,434.

Sensex cracks 1,159pts; Nifty slumpsbelow 17,900MUMBAI: Equity bench-mark Sensex plunged1,159 points on Thursdayfollowing an across-the-board selloff as monthlyderivatives expired amid aweak trend in global mar-kets.The 30-share indextanked 1,158.63 points or1.89 per cent to close at59,984.70. Similarly, thebroader NSE Nifty plum-meted 353.70 points or1.94 per cent to17,857.25.ITC was the top loser inthe Sensex pack, tum-bling over 5 per cent, fol-lowed by ICICI Bank, Ko-tak Bank, Axis Bank, SBIand HDFC Bank.On the other hand, In-dusInd Bank, L&T, UltraT-ech Cement and AsianPaints were among thegainers. "Domestic equi-ties witnessed heavy sell-off with high volatilitymainly led by sharp cor-rection in heavyweight fi-nancials and IT, whichwiped out around Rs 4.5lakh crore.

Modi to offer prayersat Kedarnath temple on Nov 5NEW DELHI: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi willoffer prayers at the Kedar-nath temple in Uttarak-hand on November 5 andinaugurate the recon-structed samadhi of ShriAdi Shankaracharya andunveil his statue.The Prime Minister's Of-fice noted that the samad-hi has been reconstructedafter it was destroyed inthe 2013 floods. Duringhis visit to the poll-boundstate, Modi will address arally and inaugurate keyinfrastructure projects.

Cruise drugs case:Aryan Khan gets bail

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, OCT 28

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh onThursday said India is a peace-lovingcountry, but is ready to face any chal-lenge, as he spoke about the discus-sions held at the Army Commanders'Conference.

Speaking at Terminal BallisticResearch Laboratory (TBRL) inPanchkula after inaugurating a testingfacility associated with warheads, theDefence Minister said it was dis-cussed how countries around theworld, their relations, trade, politicaland security affairs are changingacross the world.

"India has always been a peace-

loving country. It is against our valuesto start a conflict. But if need be, ourcountry is ready to face any chal-lenge," Singh said.

"Our former President APJ Abdul

Kalam said there is no place for fearin this world. Only a strong power isrespected by another strong power.We want to make India a powerwhich can look eye to eye with any

nation,” he said.He also lauded TBRL and said,

"Other countries spend Rs 7,500 forone hand grenade, but the Indianarmy gets it for Rs 3,500. This is theircommitment towards India".

"Our PM says private industryshould be supported," he said.

Speaking at the conference onWednesday, Singh had commentedon the situation on the northern bor-der and expressed "full confidence"that "while troops are standing firm,the ongoing talks for peaceful resolu-tion of crisis will continue".

Referring to the situation alongthe western borders, he compliment-ed the Indian Army’s response tocross-border terrorism.

India is peace-loving, but ready to take on any challenge: Rajnath

Haryana: Speeding truck mows down 3women at farmers' protest siteJHAJJAR: Three women were mowed down by a speeding truck atthe farmers' protest site on the Tikri-Bahadurgarh border on Thursdaymorning. Three other women were injured in the accident. One ofthem has been referred to the PGI, Rohtak.The deceased have been identified as Chhinder Kaur, Amarjeet Kaurand Gurmel Kaur, all of Mansa (Punjab). They had been participatingin the farmers’ protest for the past few days. The accident occurredwhen the women were sitting on a divider waiting for an auto-rickshawon the Jhajjar road to go to Bahadurgarh railway station to catch thetrain for Mansa, when the speeding truck hit them. Two of the womendied on the spot while another succumbed to her injuries at the CivilHospital in Bahadurgarh.

I, Rimpi w/o Rajkumar Vill I No. 15322299H Rank I Manisha Rani D/o Lal I J C - 2 8 7 0 8 4 W n a m e I, hitherto Known as I, Jagpreet Singh S/o Harigarh Bhorakh, Pehowa, L/Hav Arumugasamy S of Chand R/o H.No.841, St CHALLA Srinivasulu unit N A R I N D E R S I N G H Sukhdev Singh R/o Vpo Kurukshet ra Changed Unit 34 FD Coy 2PL 11 No. 1, Near Railway Line, 80 Med Regt C/o 56 APO DINGRA S/O BALBIR Kokri Vehniwal, Distt. Name Rimpy Devi . Engr Regt, C/o 56 Apo have W No.1, Ramsara, Distt Bathinda Cantt declared that SINGH R/O 1595, AZAD Moga have changed my

84661 changed my son name from Bathinda declare that my My Son name CHALLA ROAD, HUKAM CHAND name to Jagpreet Singh I, Amandeep S/o Salvinder Kavi Subash (Old Name) to wrong name in my Birth Venkata Prashant is wrongly COLONY, CHHEHARTA, Khehra.singh, R/o #130, village A. Kavi Subash (New Certificate written as Nisha entered in my army records AMRITSARhave changed 63372Alampur Mandran, Tehsil Name) Instead of Manisha Rani. but his actual name is my name and shall hereafter I, Suman Joshi W/O Rajan Budhlada, Distt. Mansa 100078 100078 CHALLA Venkata Prasanth be known as NARINDER Joshi R/O Patti Usang (Punjab) declared that in my I No. 15322299H Rank I, Amit Kumar S/o Kewal and D.O.B. is 6/10/2001. Pls SINGH. Purana Moga Declare father’s Army documents L/Hav Arumugasamy S of Kishor Tehri R/o VPO not it. 72737 Before Marriage My Name my name is Amandeep Unit 34 FD Coy 2PL 11 Engr Nigdhu, Tehsil Nilokheri 98765 I, Upkar Kaur W/o Narinder Was Suman Lata That singh Kalyana and D.O.B Regt, C/o 56 Apo have (Karnal) declare that I have I, name Borade Sukhdev Singh Juneja R/o H.No. Suman Lata & Suman Joshi 23-09-1990 is mentioned changed my daughter name changed my son name from Hanmant presently residing 221, Gill Colony Extension Are One And Same Person.wrong. But my right name is from Kaviya Dharshini (Old Raghav to Raghav Tehri. at Vill- Wasumbe Ambe Near Sai Baba Mandir, 63372Amandeep and D.O.B 14- Name) to A. Kaviya Now my son name should be Mala post Wasumbe, Tehsil Jalandhar, have changed my I, Harmail Singh S/o 09-1990. Dharshini (New Name) Raghav Tehri in the passport. Tasgaon, Dis-Sangli, State- name from Upkar Kaur to Chanda Singh R/o Vpo

84661 100078 100070 Maharashtra, pin-416312 Upkar Kaur Juneja after ChuharChak Tehsil & Distt I No. 15561112L Ex-Nk I, Amit Kumar S/o Kewal India declare that I Have marriage Moga have changed my Nirmel Singh R/o Multania Kishor Tehri R/o VPO Changed my son name from 72778 name to Harmail Singh Road, Sahibzada Baba Nigdhu, Tehsil Nilokheri P r a t h a m e s h S u k h d e o I, hitherto known as kaler.F a t e h S i n g h N a g a r , (Karnal) declare that I have Borude to Borade Amritpreet Kaur Alias 63372Bathinda Inform all that I changed my son name Prathamesh Sukhdev vide Neeza W/O Gaganpreet I, Satpal Arora S/o Babu have changed my name from Madhav to Madhav affidavit No.AN 351697 S ingh R/o H.No. 35, Ram R/o H.No. 501 W.No. from Nirmel Singh to Tehri. Now my son's name dated on 23 Oct 2021 Best Backside BCM School, 27 Khuni Masit Ekjot Nagar Nirmal Singh, My Dob is should be Madhav Tehri in before Notary Publ ic Guru Angad Dev Nagar, Moga (Moga) Pb, changed 13.03.1978, Adhar No. the passport. Amritsar Basant Avenue, Distt. my name from Satpal to 279318565082 100070 72737 Ludhiana -141013, Punjab, Satpal Arora.

100078 I, Kirandeep Kaur W/o I, hitherto Known as JAGRAJ India have changed my 63372Kulwant Singh R/o vill. SINGH S/o SAWARAN name and shall hereafter be I, Arpita Arora D/o Satpal Verowal Kirdi Shahi, Teh SINGH R/o. 17/7 Gali Pandta known as Amritpreet Kaur. Arora R/o H.No. 501 W.No. & Distt. TarnTaran declare Prem Nagar Patti Tarn Taran 72778 27 Khuni Masit Ekjot Nagar that before marriage my Punjab. have changed my I, hitherto known as Jit Moga (Moga) Pb, changed name was Ramandeep name and Shall hereafter be Singh S/O Amroo Ram my name from Arpita to Kaur and after marriage known JUGRAJ SINGH R/o VPO Chachrari, Tehsil Arpita Arora.my name is Kirandeep 72737 Phillaur, Distt. Jalandhar - 63372Kaur. Ramandeep Kaur I , hi therto Known as 144409, Punjab, India have I, Perminder Singh S/o and Kirandeep Kaur is one GURMEET KAUR SIDHU changed my name and shall Paramjit Village Bapla and the same person. W/o HARKIRAT SINGH hereafter be known as Ajeet Tehsil Ahmedgarh District.

98728 R/o. H.No.999/D, Sandhu Ram. Malerkotla has changed the I hitherto known as Colony, Near Gurdwara Sadh 72778 name Parminder Singh.H a r c h a r a n K a u r Sangat, Chheharta District I, hitherto known as Rup 63372Mehandiratta W/o Raman Amritsar Punjab. have Lal S/O Baggu Ram R/o I Rupinder Singh S/o Kumar, residing at H.No. changed my name and Shall VPO Kotla Surajmal, Distt. Darbara Singh, Village 219, Guru Teg Bahadur hereafter be known as Jalandhar - 144703, Punjab, Jaura District Tarntaran Nagar, Jalandhar-144003, GURMEET KAUR. India have changed my Punjab change my name P u n j a b , I n d i a h a v e 72737 name and shall hereafter be R u p i n d e r S i n g h a n d changed my name and I , hi therto Known as known as Roop Lal. surname-Pannu.shall hereafter be known as SURINDER W/o PRITHI PAL 72778 63372Harcharan Kaur. SINGH R/o. 16 GT Road Near I h i t he r to known a s I, Labhpreet Singh S/O Ajit

900020 Amritsar Gate Darshan Avenue Samajeet Kaur W/o Resham Singh VPO Sherpur Taiban I , Lakhvinder Singh District Amritsar Punjab. have Singh, R/oVill. Bhano (Moga) Have Changed My Chohan S/o Bant Singh changed my name and Shall Langa, District Kapurthala- Name To Lovepreet Singh.R/o Bahaerpur (Mansa) hereafter be known as 144620, Punjab, India, have 63372have changed name SURINDER KAUR. changed my name and shall I, Manoj Kumar S/O Late Lakhvinder Singh Chohan 72737 hereafter be known as Hari Chand R/O H.No. to Lakhwinder Singh. I, hitherto Known as ANU Simarjit Kaur. 1724, Sec-13, U.E. Distt.

8765 UPPAL W/o CHANDER 72778 Karnal Have Changed My I No. 2699061F L/Hav BHAN UPPAL R/o.Vill Sur I, Amritpal Kaur W/o Name From Manoj To Darbari Lal Unit 21 GDRS Singh Tehsil patti Distt Tarn Kuldeep Singh R/o Vill- Manoj Kumar. Please Note C/O 56 APO Vill Fatwal Taran Punjab. have changed U g r a h a Te h - S a m r a l a For Future.Post Office Bana Chak, my name and Shall hereafter be (Sangrur) changed my name 63372Teh Bishnah, Distt Jammu known ANU BALA UPPAL. to Amritpal Kaur Dhillon. I, Mamta Rani W/O Manoj - 181132, have change my 72737 63372 Kumar R/O H.No. 1724, son name J.B Sadotra to Jai I, Kuldeep Singh S/o Sec-13, U.E. Distt. Karnal Vardhan. All Please Note. Gurpal Singh R/o Vill: Have Changed My Name

781543 Ugraha Teh-Samrala From Mamta To Mamta I , Paramjit Kaur W / o Sh . (Sangrur) changed my Rani. Please Note For Virender Kumar R / o name to Kuldeep Singh Future.Village & Post Office Dhillon. 63372Damla Tehsil Radaur Distt 63372 I, Sukhwinder Kaur W/o . Yamuna Nagar , State I, Kuldeep Singh Aadiwal Gurnam Singh R/o Vpo- Haryana , India That now I S/o Rusa Singh R/o Balahar Malaudh, Tehsil Payal, have changed my name Vinju, Distt. Bathinda have Dis t t . Ludhiana have from Paramjit Kaur to changed my name to c h a n g e d m y n a m e Paramjeet Kuldeep Singh. S u k h w i n d e r K a u r t o

100046 63372 Sukhvir Kaur.I, Lakhvinder Singh 63372Chohan S/o Bant Singh R/o Bahaderpur (Mansa) changed my name to Lakhwinder Singh.

63372I, Charanjeet Kaur W/O P r i t p a l S i n g h R / O Nizampur (Ludhiana) C h a n g e d M y N a n e Charnjit Kaur.

63372I, Balvir Ram Jhally S/o Harbhajan Ram R/o Vill: B a d e s r o n T e h -G a r h s h a n k a r (Hoshiarpur) I declare that Balvir Ram Jhally and Balbir Kumar are the name of one and same person.

63372I, Sarabjit Kaur W/O Jaswinder Singh R/O Langiana Khurd (Moga) Have Changed My Name To Sarabjeet Kaur.

63372I, Sukhwant Singh S/O Suba Singh R/O Lande (Moga) Have Changed My Name To Sukhwant Singh Sidhu.

63372I, Harjinder S/o Gurdial R/o Village Aliwal, PO Turna Tehsil Shahkot Distt Jalandhar Punjab P I N - 1 4 4 6 2 9 H a v e Changed My Name To Harjinder Singh.

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PATNA: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav will campaign and address public rallies in the upcoming by elections being held for the two assembly constituencies in favour of his party candidate, the party said in a statement on Wednesday. Party sources said here on Wednesday that Mr Yadav will be campaigning at both Kusheshwarsthan and Tarapur assembly constituencies during the day. The sources informed that Mr Yadav's tour will be a brief one. Mr Yadav who was behind bars in connection with multi crore rupees fodder scam was unwell and was undergoing treatment in New Delhi. He arrived Patna on Sunday late evening.

Lalu to address public rallies for by election

NEW DELHI: The Vigilance alongwith other personages of the Baroda House. The functions were Awareness Week for the year 2021 was CVC. The inaugural event of attended by Shri Suneet Sharma, launched by Northern Railway at its enactment of Nukkad Natak on the Chairman, Railway Board, Shri R.K. headquarters, Baroda House, New theme of the week was received with J h a , P r i n c i p a l E x e c u t i v e Delhi. The week is observed by all enormous zeal from the onlookers as Director/Vigilance, Shri Ashutosh government bodies and seeks to spread well as the Chief Vigilance Gangal, GM/NR alongwith other awareness about the necessity of Commissioner, who further dignitaries of CVC, Railway Board probity and uprightness. The theme of appreciated the novelty in ideas and Northern Railway. Speaking on the week this year is ‘Independence expressed in the posters displayed this occasion, the Central Vigilance

number of Railway officials. The first India @75: Self-reliance with during the exhibition. Commissioner congratulated the day of the week was graced by the Integrity’. The oath of integrity was This was followed by unveiling of Railways on their unprecedented auspicious presence of Shri Suresh N. administered by Shri Ashutosh Northern Railway Vigilance e- contribution by running Oxygen Patel, Chief Vigilance Commissioner Gangal, General Manager Northern Brochures and concluded by display of Express trains during the COVID’ 19 as Chief Guest on this occasion Railway to senior officers and a large short Audio Visual film on PIDPI at pandemic.

Nawab Malik using his ministerial post to settle personal scores: BJPNEW DELHI : BJP on Malviya said “NCP’s Nawab Wednesday attacked the NCP Malik has been targeting the leader Nawab Malik who has NCB and Sameer Wankhade, been targeting IRS Sameer in particular, because the NCB Wankhade and alleged that had arrested Sameer Khan, “Malik is using his ministerial Malik’s son-in-law, in a drugs position to settle personal case, and released him on bail scores.” after 9 months in September Sameer Wankhede, the this year,” “He is using his N C B ' s M u m b a i z o n a l ministerial privilege to settle director, is investigating the personal scores,” he tweeted. alleged drug case involving On Tuesday, Nawab Malik Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan h a d a c c u s e d S a m e e r Khan. Talking to Twitter BJP Wankhede of illegal phone IT cell in-charge Amit tapping.

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Poll code violation: EC lets off Assam CM with warningNEW DELHI: The Election Commission let off Assam Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Hemanta Biswa Sarma with a warning on Wednesday for violating the model code during electioneering for the October 30 assembly bypolls. The EC, in an order, said it is of the "considered view" that Sarma, star campaigner for the BJP, has "acted in contravention to the spirit of the advisory/instruction issued by the commission" regarding the model code of conduct.

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Run for Unity will startfrom Subhash Stadium at7:00 am on Sunday:DCSONIPAT: Deputy Commissioner LalitSiwach said that on the birthday of IronMan Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a Runfor Unity would be organized in the cityon Sunday, October 31. Hundreds ofdistrict residents of the city will run to-gether in this Run for Unity. Run for Uni-ty will start from Subhash Stadium at7:00 am and will end there after pass-ing through various routes. Siwach saidthat Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel united thevarious princely states of the countryand tied the country in the thread of uni-ty. In such a situation, the governmenthas decided to celebrate his birthday asNational Unity Day. During this, the oathof national unity will also be adminis-tered. He told that the Run for Unity forboys will start from Subhash Stadium,Chhoturam Chowk, in front of SainikRest House through Mahalana Roadand Tiranga Chowk will end at SubhashStadium. DC said that the Run for Unityfor girls will start from Subhash Stadiumand will end at Subhash Stadium viaRishikul School Road, Nandi Chowk,Malviya School, Chhoturam Chowk andin front of Panchayat Bhawan. He saidthat the interested district people partici-pating in the Run for Unity should reportat Subhash Stadium on October 31 at07 AM. During this, Deputy Commis-sioner Lalit Siwach appealed to all thepeople to participate in the Run for Uni-ty in maximum numbers.

Ashok Kumar becomes HaryanaState President of InternationalHindu MahasabhaCHANDIGARH: International HinduMahasabha supremo and nationalpresident Mohit Navani has appointedAshok Kumar, a resident of Karnal, aprotector and campaigner of Hindutvaand a prominent social worker, as

Haryana State Presi-dent of the organiza-tion. Giving heartfeltthanks to all the topoffice bearers of theorganization alongwith the NationalPresident on this ap-pointment, Ashok Ku-

mar said that I will discharge the re-sponsibility entrusted by the organiza-tion with faith and loyalty. He said thatthe International Hindu Mahasabha is anationalist organization working tomaintain the unity and integrity of thecountry. Hindu Mahasabha is doingpublic service along with protectingSanatan Dharma culture all over thecountry. He said that the Mahasabha isalso working towards making the coun-try crime and corruption free. Aware-ness campaign is being run for the se-curity and peace of the nation. AshokKumar said that I will work with full en-ergy to complete this task of the Ma-hasabha in Haryana.

Voter list revisionexercise to kick offon Nov 1 in KarnalJASWINDER SHARMAKARNAL: Electoral Registration Offi-cer, Karnal Assembly Constituency, andSub-Divisional Officer Karnal GauravKumar informed that a meeting of allsupervisors and BLOs was held onThursday at Panchayat Bhawan here.He informed that the work of revision ofvoter lists will be carried out from 1stNovember 2021 to 30th November2021 assuming the qualifying date on1st January 2022 in which all BLOs on13th November 2021 and 14th Novem-ber 2021 and 27th November 2021 and28th November 2021 will be present atthe booths belonging to their con-stituency. They will receive claims andobjections from the general public bybeing present at their booths from 9a.m. to 5 p.m. He informed that duringthis campaign, any person who is 18years of age on January 1, 2022 cancast his vote. To make a new vote, sub-mit your documents to the BLO relatedto your area including 2 photos, 1 ad-dress proof and 1 age certificate and aphotocopy of the voter card of the fami-ly or neighbour. If a person dies, get hisdeath certificate submitted to the BLOand get it deleted. At the same time, ifthere is any error in the voter card of aperson, then he should also submit hisown form to the BLO along with his IDand photo. He informed that the super-visor has been given strict instructionsthat he will be checking all the boothsbelonging to his area and if any BLO isfound absent from the place of duty.

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Jindal Stainless announces results HISAR: The financial results of Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited (JSHL) for Q2FY22 were taken on recordby its Board of Directors today. Accelerated pace of the vaccination drive and consistent decline in thepandemic’s impact have led to a quick economic recovery after the second wave of COVID in Q1FY22.Normalisation of demand from all consumer-facing segments has led to a rebound in sales volume.JSHL’s sales volume grew by 25% to 188,178 tonnes in Q2FY22 over Q1FY22. Primarily driven by high-er volumes in both domestic and export markets along with an increase in the share of Specialty ProductDivision (SPD) volumes, EBITDA grew by 31% in Q2FY22 over the sequential quarter. On a standalonebasis, JSHL’s EBITDA and profit after tax (PAT) stood at INR 501 crore and INR 338 crore respectively.Prices of input materials rose consistently throughout the second quarter. The average LME prices ofNickel increased by 10% and Ferro-chrome by 21 % in Q2FY22 over Q1FY22.

SUMER GARGBATHINDA, OCT. 28

The International VaishFederation (IVF), a presti-gious organisation of theworld, has conferred Excel-lence Award on YashveerGoyal, a hearing impairedyouth of Bathinda for ex-tending his exceptionalservice to the mankind andmaking rare achievementsin different fields at interna-tional and national levelapart from winning two na-tional and two state awardsfor the same in the short pe-riod of three years.

Haryana Chief MinisterMr Manohar Lal Khattarpresented a Shawl, a Sam-man Patra and a Medal toYashveer Goyal at a specialfunction organised by IVFat Delhi in the recent past.The function was organised

by IVF to honour thosemembers of Vaish commu-nity, who have earned aname in different fields atinternational and nationallevel.

The function was alsoattended by Mr Gian ChandGupta, Speaker, HaryanaVidhan Sabha; Mr T. GVenkatesh, Member Parlia-ment (MP); Mr

Ashok Agarwal, Presi-dent, IVF; bureaucrats andpoliticians of India and oth-er countries.

The Samman Patra

reads as “This certificate ofExcellence is awarded byInternational Vaish Federa-tion to Mr Yashveer Goyalin recognition of outstand-ing dedication, support andservice towards mankindwith humanity. IVF alsocommend your dedicatedefforts that have immenselycontributed in generatingexemplary milestone forservices to the nation.”

Yashveer Goyal, a spe-cial youth has carved aniche in the field of generaleducation, information

technology, sports (chessand badminton), photogra-phy, speech contest, postermaking, quiz contest andsocial service.

He has done huge workduring the period Covid-19pandemic for bringingawareness among masses toavoid it and for extendingall kinds of help to theneedy. Various governmen-tal and non-governmentalorganisations of Punjab andneighbouring state Haryanahave already given honourto Yashveer

Goyal, for acquiringmonumental feat by gettingtwo national and two stateawards in a short period ofthree years (from 2018 to2021).He is perhaps onlyyouth of country, who hasmanaged to get four presti-gious awards for his kitty ina period of three years.

DLSA chairman pays surprisevisit to old age home

RANVIR PARASHAR KAITHAL: Chairman of District Legal Services Authority and Districtand Sessions Judge Naresh Katyal paid a surprise visit to VriddhaAshram and Bal Upvan, Sanatan Dharma Mandir, Committee Chowk.He enquired about about the food being served to the inmates andchecked cleanliness in the ashram. He spoke to the elders and childrenpresent and listened to their problems.At the same time, the manager of the children's ashram was instructedto pay special attention to the people living in the ashram and also en-sure that those coming from outside should follow Covid-19 guidelines.All the instructions issued by the government should be followed so thatthe chain of corona transmission can be broken.Danish Gupta, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Secretary, District LegalServices Authority, and Rajni Kaushal, Chief Judicial Magistrate, werealso present during this surprise inspection.Apart from this, Danish Gupta, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Secretary,District Legal Services Authority, Kaithal, also made a surprise inspec-tion of District Jail, Kaithal.

Ellenabad people would give Diwali gift to alliance candidate as victory: SandeepDEEPAK SHARMAISMAILABAD: Sports Minister and MLA from Halka PehowaSandeep Singh said that the people of Ellenabad would givethe gift of Diwali to the alliance candidate as victory. Along withthis, they will stamp of best works done by government in 7years. He was speaking in a meeting with the office bearers ofthe BJP municipal cells.Sandeep Singh said that in the Ellen-abad by-election, the silent voter will vote for alliance candidate.The alliance candidate of BJP-JJP is getting the support of thepeople continuously. The common man now wants to get out ofthe clutches of fear and instigators. Only the present govern-ment can solve the problems of the people. BJP and JJP areworking together in this election. The leaders and workers ofboth the parties are working hard with their lives. He said thatthe present government has been living up to the expectationsof the people even earlier. He said that only after the victory ofthe coalition candidate Gobind Kanda, the government wouldget a certificate of noble deeds. Sandeep Singh informed thatnow co-convenor will be appointed in the civic cell from acrossthe district. They will be given the responsibility of working in allthe five municipalities of the district. One co-convener will betaken from a municipality which will be given the responsibilityof becoming a link between the administration and the public.On this occasion Prahlad Bhagat Sharma, Sarpanch SanjeevArora, Ajay Dhingra, Akshay Nanda, Vikas Rana, Mandal headChiranjeev Garg, Prince Jindal, Sunny Papneja and NehruDhingra were present.

Deep Public School Tatka shines instate level baseball competition

BABAIN, OCTOBER 28 (RAVI KUMAR): The players of Deep SportsAcademy, operated at Deep Public Senior Secondary School, Tatka,brought laurels to their school and their parents by securing second po-sition across the state in the state level baseball competition that washeld in Hisar. The team members included Devansh (Captain) from vil-lage Tatka, Yash, Vansh from Bint, Harsh from Haripur, Lakshyapal fromAntehari, Shriram from Kasithal, Paras from Ramnagar, Naman fromPrahladpur, Gurjinder from Lohara and Naman from Bargat. On reach-ing the school premises, these players were given a grand welcome bythe school's chairman Baisakhi Ram, principal Savita Saini, coachKuldeep Singh, all the teachers and villagers and wished them a brightfuture. On this occasion, the head coach of Deep Sports Academy,Kuldeep Singh, while telling about the importance of sports to the chil-dren, motivated the children to participate enthusiastically in the sportsand also told that the players of the school last 5-6 years.

Dirty water of sewerage at Karnalold bus stand irks passengersKARNAL (SHIV KUMAR SHARMA) : Due to blockage of sewerage atKarnal old bus stand, dirty water has been filled all around and there isa stinky atmosphere in the bus stand premises but there is no one toclean the premises due to the dirtyenvironment all around that breedsmosquito. Passengers are facing alot of trouble. Passengers whocome wearing slippers are finding itdifficult to pass through the water.This water standing in the premiseshas become a problem for women.If it is the condition then what willhappen in other places of Karnalknwn as CM City and from here themessage through traveler is goingwrong all over Haryana becausepeople come here from far away to travel due to which the image of CMCity Karnal is getting tarnished. State President of All Haryana Trans-port Employees Union, Mahendra Singh God said that repeated com-plaints have been made to the Municipal Corporation on behalf of Kar-nal GM but there is no one to listen.Swachhata Abhiyan Haryana Vice Chairman Subhash Chandra hassaid that this kind of filth in the bus stand premises is condemnable, it iswrong to talk to GM Roadways and solve the problem, at present he isin the election of Ellenabad.GM of Haryana Roadways Karnal says that the sewerage has becomevery old, even some time ago, their blockage was opened with a ma-chine, at present some employees of the corporation are on strike, butstill there is an effort to get the machine soon to open it.

Checking education level ofchildren by inspecting the school

RADAUR, OCTOBER 28 (NIRMAL SAINI) :Block Resource Person (BRP) Sanjeev Kumar in-spected the Government Secondary School Kan-janu. During this, he examined the education levelof children studying in class 3, 4 and 8 and madethe children aware of the upcoming NationalAchievement Test. Information about the pattern ofquestions coming in the exam and tips were givento the teachers on how to improve the educationlevel of the children. 100% attendance and acompetent scorecard of the children were also dis-cussed in detail. All the teachers assured that theywill do their work sincerely and will ensure centpercent attendance of all the students in thisexam. Meenakshi, Rajeev Sharma, Roshan Laland Nisha Rani were present on this occasion.

Online activity organizedon Ahoi Ashtami

RADAUR, OCTOBER 28 (NIRMAL SAINI) : On-line Ahoi Ashtami activity was organized on theauspicious occasion of Ahoi Ashtami at MaharajaAgrasen Senior Secondary School, GumthalaRao. In which the mothers of all the children alongwith their children participated in the activity. Moth-ers made a video of them loving their children andsent it to the class incharge of the children. The enthusiasm of the mothers in this activity was spectacular. All the mothers had prepared inadvance for this activity. School Manager DrSudesh Bansal and Principal Aruna Sharma con-gratulated all the mothers on Ahoi Ashtami. In thisactivity, Visha Kamboj, Rashmi, Pooja, Sushma,Vandana, Priyanka Meenakshi Neha etc. gavetheir full support.

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Chief Secretary Vijay Vardhan,reviews Jal Shakti MissionJASWINDER SHARMAKARNAL: Chief Secretary Vijay Vardhan reviewed the Jal Shakti Mis-sion, repair of damaged roads due to rains and crop residue manage-ment and availability of DAP manure with the Deputy Commissionersthrough video conferencing and gave necessary directions to them. TheChief Secretary took the progress report of the above schemes fromthe district wise Deputy Commissioners and asked them to work onthem at a faster pace in their respective districts. He laid special em-phasis on crop residue management and said that the burning of stub-ble should be completely stopped and action should be taken againstthe culprits. There are strict instructions of the Hon'ble Supreme Courtthat the environment should not be polluted by the burning of cropresidues.The Chief Secretary said that on the occasion of Haryana Day on No-vember 1, Chief Minister Manohar Lal would hold virtual dialogues withsenior officers of the state and discuss new schemes for the progressand prosperity of the state. He also inquired about the condition of bro-ken roads due to rain and said that these roads should be repaired im-mediately, if there is a need for funds, then it should be written to theheadquarters.In VC, Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav informed that alongwith water conservation under the Jal Shakti Mission, clean drinkingwater is being provided to the people in sufficient quantity, the set tar-gets will also be met soon. He informed that water committees havebeen constituted, besides this, testing is being done by the children ofsenior secondary school to maintain the quality of water and where con-nections are being provided for the water system. In this regard, data of338 gram panchayats out of 378 villages has been uploaded so far, thedata of remaining 40 gram panchayats will be uploaded soon. He toldthat there has not been much damage to the roads in the district, yet re-pair work is being done. Repair work is also going on in Municipal Cor-poration and Municipality areas. Regarding crop residue management,he said that till now 314 farmers have been challaned in cases of stub-ble burning and fine of Rs 7 lakh 92 thousand 500 has been imposedand FIR has been registered against 28 farmers.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: State BJP working memberDr. Sagar Keharwala said that in the El-lenabad by-election, the people will teacha lesson to Opposition. He also said thatthe Prime Minister of the country, Naren-dra Modi has left a mark ofhimself and of India in thewhole world. On the otherhand, the Chief Minister ofthe state, Manohar Lal hasput an end to corruption byserving the people of thestate with honesty. While in-teracting with Yugmarg, Dr.Sagar Keharwala said thatthe Chief Minister of thestate, Manohar Lal has givenjobs to the youth on the basisof merit. Only BJP has abol-ished the system of expenditure and slip.Today the youth of Haryana has come toknow very well that the BJP governmenthas given jobs to the youth on the basis oftheir ability. He also said that the oppositionis only leveling false allegations against theBJP government but the people of the stateare not going to be misled. He said that BJPended familyism and casteism and raised

the slogan of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas inHaryana. He said that BJP is the biggestparty in the world because nation is para-mount for BJP. After that there is the partyand we ourselves come last. Ever sinceNarendra Modi became the Prime Minister,

he has associated the partywith social service. That'swhy Narendra Modi gave theslogan, Sabka Saath, SabkaVikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sab kaPrayas. The Prime Ministernot only gave the country thethought of thinking ahead oftime and fulfilling its resolvewith the culmination of hardwork, but also showed it byfulfilling it. He said that theBJP government had prom-ised the farmers in 2014 that

the farmer would suffer due to bad weath-er, its payment would be from the govern-ment treasury. As soon as the governmentwas formed, the government first did thework of increasing the amount of damage,better implementation of the crop insurancescheme of the center and giving compensa-tion of Rs 12000 per acre to the farmers isan example and record in itself.

People will not fall under false pretenseof opposition: Dr. Sagar Keharwala

SGT University celebratesDiwali festival

GURUGRAM: Students of SGT University celebrated Deepawali festi-val with great enthusiasm on Thursday performing Bollywood dance,dance drama, classical dance, comedy act, drama, fashion show,Bhangra etc. at University Ground. The programme was organized bythe Office of Dean Students’ Welfare and University Cultural Commit-tee.Chairperson of Dashmesh Educational Charitable Trust Smt. Mad-hupreet kaur Chawla, Pro-Chancellor of SGT University Prof. RC Ko-

had, Pro-Vice-Chancellor(Academics) Dr. VikasDhawan, Pro-Vice-Chancel-lor (Research) Dr. SharifAhmed, Pro Vice-ChancellorDr. Navdeep Singh Tung,Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr. RKMitra, Registrar Dr. JoginderYadav, Prof (Dr.) ShamlalSingla and many other digni-taries graced theoccasion.The programmestarted with lamp lighting by

newly joined Faculty Members. After that a classical dance based onGanesh Vandana was performed. The Diwali fest programme includedvariety of attractive items like Bollywood dance, fusion dance of Punjabiand Gujarati, dance drama, fashion show, Bhangra, prize distributionetc. The students also presented a comedy ‘Barbad Office’ which wasliked by the audience.The students presented a classical dance on thetheme ‘rivers of India’. This dance was related to Azadi ka Amrit Mahot-sav. In an another classical dance, the students performed Shiv Stuti.This dance created a spiritual atmosphere for the audience. A differenttype of Diwali celebration was shown in a drama by the students. Thisfocused on the Diwali celebration at old age home. During the pro-gramme, names of the students who have given better performances inthe Pre-Finals of Talent @SGT programme were announced. These se-lected students can participate in Grand Finale of Talent @SGT whichwill be organized by SGT University in November.

RANVIR PARASHAR KAITHAL, OCT 28

As per the instructions of SPLokendra Singh, in order toinstill a feeling of patriotismin the school children, photosof police martyrs who diedfor the internal and externalsecurity of the country todaytook a pride of place in theschools of their respectivearea.

SP Lokendra Singh in-formed that in the presence ofPolice Station ManagerPoondary Inspector NirmalKumar and other people ofthe area, after reaching theschool in village Habri,placed the photo of the mar-tyr in the school even as thelife story of Gulzar Singhwas narrated. Gulzar Singhwas martyred on October 27,1992 in the area under Guhlapolice station while fightingwith the militants with in-domitable courage and brav-ery while performing his

duty to maintain internal se-curity, unity and integrity ofthe country.

Police Station ManagerChika Inspector JayveerSingh placed the photo ofShaheed Kripal Singh, a resi-dent Harigarh Kingan in theschool of village HarigarhKingan. The Superintendentof Police said that constableKripal Singh, a resident ofHarigarh, was stationed atKingan Gard, Pinjore, inPanchkula district, where on

January 26, 1992, militantsattacked the guard in an at-tempt to snatch the guard'sammunition. He made thesupreme sacrifice whilefighting the terrorists.

Police Station Manager,Dhand, Sub Inspector JayBhagwan placed the photo ofShaheed Ramsingh, a resi-dent of Jajanpur inside theschool of village Jajanpur,during another program to-day. On March 31, 1989,DSP Rao Ranbir Singh's ve-hicle was ambushed by mili-tants in Ambala while fight-ing the militants, Ramsingh,who was driving the vehivledwas martyred in the gunfight.

Similarly, during thecampaign, photos E.H.C. Vi-jay Kumar, a resident ofNanak Puri Colony, KhuranaRoad, Kaithal, and SPO Dal-bir Singh, a resident RajniColony, Kaithal, were alsogiven the pride of place in theschools of their respective ar-eas.

Photos of police martyrs takea pride of place in schoolsKhattar honours National awardee

Yashveer on behalf of IVF

Patwaris urged to get united for pay hike stirShiv Kumar SharmaKarnal: The president of the Patwari and Kanungo Association Haryana, Jai Veer Chahal, met the Patwarisand Kanungos of Karnal district and learnt about their problems.On this occasion, District Pradhan Kashmir Singh welcomed the State president Chahal. Chahal informed thePatwaris that it is necessary for all the comrades to unite to force the government to fulfil the demand relatedto salary increase.Ashok Patwari, Dheeraj Sethi, Rajesh, Neeraj Hooda, Vijayveer, Praveen Kundu, Surendra Bhola and otherpatwaris were present on this occasion.

Only a few seats leftat Nilokheripolytechnic: PrincipalDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: Kanwal Sachdeva,Principal, State Polytechnic Insti-tute, informed that this time manychildren had applied for admis-sion to the institute which is being

done on meritbasis. Manychildrenshowed inter-est in en-rolling hereafter Coron-avirus epi-demic.The tradeswhere still

some seats are yet to be filledare Instrumental and Control andArchitecture. Any student whowants to enroll in these tradescan do so on the website of theinstitute www.gpumri.ac.in till No-vember 30, he said. He informedthat in technical education vari-ous scholarship schemes havealso been run by the governmentand the fee of female studentsand SC students are refunded bythe government. He said thatthrough the central government,girl students are given Rs 50,000,handicapped students Rs 50,000and students .

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021

RTA orders school vehicles to Ply with documentsSANGRUR (SUMER GARG): Under the Safe School Transport Pol-icy, Secretary, Regional Transport Authority(RTA), Karanbir SinghChhina conducted a surprise check of school vehicles at Patiala roadhere and issued challans for four school vehicles. Chhina while in-specting the documents of the school vehicles has directed the schoolowners and drivers to always keep the need based complete documentswith them. RTA instructed the drivers of school buses not to use mo-bile phones while driving and vehicles were equipped with fire extin-guishers, first aid kits, CCTV cameras, speed governor, driver's uni-form name plate, yellow bus color, school bus owner's number writtenon the bus at the time of boarding & de boarding of children.

Razia Sultanalaunches elderhelpline-14567

CS JOLLYCHANDIGARH, OCT 28

In order to resolve the griev-ances pertaining to senior cit-izens across the state, PunjabSocial Security and Women& Child Development Minis-ter Mrs. Razia Sultana, onThursday launched a dedicat-ed helpline named ‘ElderLine-14567’ for senior citi-zens at MGSIPA, Chandi-garh. Every senior citizen ofPunjab can call on 14567 forany grievance.

Addressing the function,the Cabinet Minister said thatthe helpline will act as a uni-fied platform to reach out toevery senior citizen of Punjabby providing necessary infor-mation and interventionthrough highly committedpartners including govern-ment agencies, NGOs, Hel-pAge and volunteers. Besides

providing support and guid-ance, it will also make awareabout government schemesand programmes for theirwelfare and facilitate queries.For this purpose, the govern-ment has appointed field offi-cers in all 23 districts of thestate to help elders at groundlevel, she added.

Referring to the variouswelfare schemes of the stategovernment for elderly peo-ple, Mrs. Sultana said that theChief Minister S. CharanjitSingh Channi led state gov-ernment was taking all neces-sary initiatives to create theright policy framework forthe care of the elderly. Thestate government has doubledthe amount of old age pensionfrom Rs.750 to Rs.1500 permonth. At present, 18.15 lakhpersons are availing benefitsof the Old Age PensionScheme.

Program on legal aidat DAV School

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON: DAV Public school,Jagraon held a program on freelegal aid. In this program, Civiljudge/JMIC Harjinder Singh andSimarjeet Singh civil judge/JMIC,advocate Vivek Bharadwaj, RohitArora, Kiranjeet Kaur acknowledgedthe students to law-related servicesand aids. The school staff andstudents were made aware aboutseveral important aspects of lawincluding people who can avail legalaid, ways to attain free legal aid andmany other things which everycitizen needs to know. Schoolprincipal Brij Mohan Babbar saidthat the program aimed to informthe students that everybody canavail legal help because everybodyneeds to be aware of his/her rightsas well as duties. He thanked theguests and presented them withmementos and bouquets.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, OCT 28

Punjab Deputy Chief MinisterSukhjinder Singh Randhawa onThursday morning, conducted asurprise check at Police Nakas onGT Road to know the ground situ-ation and to assess the traffic situa-tion at congested places on theroad. He also ordered suspensionof four police personnel on chargesof negligence of duty, out of whichthree were from Phillaur (Jaland-har) and one from Gobindgarh(Fatehgarh Sahib).

Randhawa, who also holds thecharge of Home Department, ex-pressed displeasure over the laxityin police arrangements for traffic atGobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahibdistrict. Similarly, during checkingat Naka, after crossing the SutlejBridge, GT Road in Phillaur (Ja-landhar District), he asked Policepersonnel posted at the policecheck post on the road to performtheir duties actively and remainalert .

Following the checking doneby the Deputy Chief Minister, SSPFatehgarh Sahib Sandeep Goyalsuspended ASI Gurmeet Singh,posted as Traffic Incharge at Gob-indgarh and ordered a departmentalinquiry. Notably, there was a traffic

jam at GT road Gobindgarh and thetraffic in-charge was not present onthe spot. Similarly, after the spotchecks carried out by the DeputyChief Minister at the police checkpost at Phillaur, the SSP JalandharRural Satinder Singh suspended

ASI Jaswant Singh, ASI BalwinderSingh and Constable Kuljit Singhfor dereliction in duty and a depart-mental inquiry was ordered.

Deputy Chief Minister Rand-hawa said that dereliction of dutywould not be tolerated and no com-

promise would be made with thesecurity. He said that in view of thefestive season, the police should beon high alert for the safety of thepeople besides ensuring smoothfunctioning of the traffic for theconvenience of commuters.

Dy CM conducts surprise checking ofpolice nakas; 4 personnel suspended

576 sanction cards filled up of1080 beneficiaries provided infacility camp set up at faror

AJAY ARORAKHAMANON: As per theinstructions of the government ofpunjab, a total of 1076 beneficiariescards were filled up by variousdepartments during the facility camporganized at village Farour by theadministration to provide variousfacilities to the people while 576people were provided cards andcertificates of various schemes onthe spot. The facility camp, whichwas set up under the supervision ofSDM Bassi Pathana, filled up formsof various schemes by theemployees of various departmentsbelonging to tehsil Khamanon. Inwhich 47 forms of beneficiaries whogave five marla plots to the peopleby the government of punjab, 90forms of various pension schemesincluding old age, ashrat, widow etc.were given sanction letters.Similarly, certificates weredistributed to 11 people forconstruction of houses and sectionletters were given to 3 people. whilea total of 68 forms were filled up. outof which 54 rural areas belong to 14urban areas. Constituency MLAGurpreet Singh GP specially arrivedduring the camp and also distributedsanction letters to variousbeneficiaries on the occasion. In hisaddress, MLA GP said that thePunjab government is committed toproviding facilities to all sections ofthe people so that such camps canbe organized and made easier tocome close to their homes andprovide more such facilities.

Bibi Jagir Kaur expresses griefover death of three womenfarmers at Tikri BorderCHARNJIT SINGH ARORAAMRITSAR: Shiromani GurdwaraParbandhak Committee (SGPC)President Bibi Jagir Kaur hasexpressed deep sorrow over thedeath of three women farmers, after

being crushedunder aspeeding tipperand injuries toothers in thefarmers' agitationat Delhi Tikriborder. In apress statementissued from the

office of the SGPC, Jagir Kaur saidthat the benefactors of the countryhave been sitting on the borders ofDelhi for a long time for theirlegitimate demands, but the Uniongovernment is not resolving theissues of the farmers due to itsstubbornness. She said that so farhundreds of farmers have lost theirlives in this struggle, which could notbe compensated. Bibi Jagir Kaursaid that today's incident was verytragic in which three women farmerswere killed and some others wereinjured. The SGPC President saidthat the Prime Minister of thecountry should understand why thepeople of the country were sitting onthe streets leaving their jobs and itwas the duty of the UnionGovernment to address their issues.Bibi Jagir Kaur prayed for peace ofthe departed souls and recovery ofthe injured.

Pathankot trade board expresses gratitude to CMfor giving relief to traders

DHAR KALAN (V.KUMAR): A meeting was or-ganized under the chairmanship of President S.S.Bawa on behalf of Pathankot Trade Board. In which,on behalf of the present traders, Punjab Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi welcomed the decisions takenby resolving the main problems of the traders. Duringthis, President S.S. Bawa, Chairman Anil Mahajan,Narayandeep Singh, Ashwani Gupta, R.L. Khosla,General Secretary Maninder Singh Lucky and other

b u s i n e s s m e nsaid that thetraders of Pun-jab have beendemanding thesolution ofmany problems

related to business for a long time. and now ChiefMinister Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi has mademany announcements giving relief to the traders. Inwhich, out of about 48 thousand pending cases of VAT,mainly in 2013-14 and other years of VAT, 40 thousandcases have been completely eliminated, which is a bigrelief for the traders . He said that now 40 thousandtraders will not have to make any payment in thesepending cases and in the remaining 8 thousand casesalso the facility of making payment in installments hasbeen provided to the traders.

VERMAGURDASPUR, OCT 28

On the first day of the 'Suwid-ha Camp' series launched bythe Punjab Government to pro-vide daily services to the peo-ple at their doorsteps, the peo-ple availed the services about20 stalls were set up by variousdepartments to provide relatedservices. Most cases were .The 'Suwidha Camp' at Dis-trict Administrative ComplexGurdaspur was inaugurated bythe Deputy Commissioner Mr.Mohammad Ishfaq. Accompa-nied by Mr. Rahul Additional

Deputy Commissioner (G),Major Dr. Sumit Mudh SDMGurdaspur was also present.He visited all the stalls and in-teracted with the people andreviewed the services beingprovided to the people by theemployees. He asked the offi-cials to make the people moreaware about the public welfareschemes of the Punjab govern-ment so that no eligible appli-cant would be deprived of thebenefits. On the occasion theDeputy Commissioner calledupon the people to avail themaximum benefits of theSuwidha camps.

Suwidha camp succeeds inproviding services to people

KARNPREET DHANDRALBARNALA, OCT 28

Annual General Meeting ofDistrict Cricket Associationwas held at local ArunMemorial Hall under thechairmanship of PresidentVivek Sindhwani in whichabout 60 members participat-ed. The meeting also dis-cussed the points for furtherpromotion of cricket in thedistrict.

He said that in last 9months 9 inter-district tour-naments have been organizedin Barnala and 16 players ofDistrict Cricket Associationhave been selected for train-ing in Punjab camp and 6players have been selected

for Punjab team. Apart fromthis, all the matches of Un-der-19 Inter-District Matchand Senior Women's Teamhave been hosted by the Dis-trict Cricket Association.Apart from this, two StateLevel Women's CricketCamps have also been organ-ized at Barnala. He alsothanked the President andChairman of Trident GroupMr. Rajinder Gupta for con-structing 6 national levelpitches at Barnala at a cost ofRs. Given to the Cricket As-sociation. Disclosing thishere today District CricketAssociation General Secre-tary Rupinder Gupta said thatten new members were madein the meeting.

District Cricket Association holds itsannual general meeting in Barnala

Villager bookedfor rash driving

ASHOK KAURAPHAGWARA, OCT 28The Nakodar sadar policehave booked a villager on thecharges of rash driving andcausing hurt by act endanger-ing life. The investigating of-ficer (IO) Major Singh saidthat the accused has beenidentified as Nimat Kumar aresident of Pandori Rajputanvillage. Surindar Kaur wifeof Sukhwindar Singh a resi-dent of the same village com-plained to the police that theaccused was driving his ve-hicle rashly and negligentlyon October 14 and hit herscooter and injured her andchildren seriously. Investigat-ing officer said that a case un-der sections 279(rash drivingon the public highway), and337,338(causing grievoushurt by act endangering lifeor personal safety of others)of the IPC has been registeredagainst the accused.

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, OCT 28

In a bid to assist peoplewith the benefit of as manyas 19 pro-people govern-ment schemes under oneroof, district administrationJalandhar on Thursday heldsuvidha camps at districtand sub division level,where an influx of visitorsfiled applications for vari-ous welfare schemes of thestate government.

Inaugurating the campat district administrativecomplex, Deputy Commis-sioner Ghanshyam Thorisaid that these campswould prove to be a gamechanger in terms of benefitpeople with welfareschemes at grass route lev-el. He added that on Thurs-

day four camps comprisingDAC Jalandhar, Phillaur,Nakodar and Shahkot wereheld simultaneously addingthat similar camps wouldbe held again on Friday.Thori handed over on-the-spot pension sanction let-ters to 98 beneficiaries in-cluding 80, 14, four andone beneficiaries of old agepension, widow, orphansand specially-abled cate-gories. Describing this ini-tiative as a path-breakingstep of Chief Minister Cha-ranjit Singh Channi, the DC

said that this move wouldgo a long way in benefitingthe people with welfareschemes. Visitors were of-fered the assistance in asmany as 19 welfareschemes including buspass, LPG connection,waiving off electricity bills,electricity complaints,CLU, social securityschemes, Sarbat SehatBima Yojna, water supplyconnections, revenue de-partment, loans, allotmentof five marla plots, Ashir-wad.

DC inaugurates Suvidha Camps, hands over on-the-spot pension sanction letters to 98 beneficiaries

CHARNJIT SINGH ARORAAMRITSAR, OCT 28

During a meeting held at theChief Khalsa Diwan Head-quarters today, office bearersand members strongly con-demned the incident of racialslurs being written on theroad leading to the localDasmesh Cultural CenterGurdwara in Calgary, Cana-da. On the occasion ChiefKhalsa Diwan President Nir-mal Singh, Honorary Secre-tary Swainder Singh Kathu-nangal jointly said that Sikhsin Canada have made a name

for themselves by attaininghigh positions in service, ad-ministration and businesseven in the security of Cana-da. The reins of the partyhave also been handed overto a responsible Gursikh,Harjit Singh Sajjan. It is amatter of pride for the nationand Punjab to win again inthe Canadian Parliamentaryelections. So it is clear thatCanadian governments andlocals have always believedin the honesty and ability ofthe Sikhs. But such an insult-ing act by some mischievouselements is intolerable.

CKD condemns incident of appearingracist graffiti on road leading to

Calgary Gurudwara SahibSUMER GARGSANGRUR, OCT 28

Punjab Public works and admin-istrative Reforms Minister VijayInder Singla, on Thursday, ex-pressed grief over the inci-dent which resulted in thedeath of three women pro-testers while injuring twoothers. Singla said, "Thenews from Tikri Border isheart wrenching as threewomen were killed andtwo were injured by aspeeding truck. My heart goesout to the farmers who havebeen weathering all kinds ofstorms since the past year andhave been struck with anothertragedy yet again." Singla fur-ther said that it was very unfor-tunate that the BJP governmentwas not paying any heed to the

demands of the farmers whowere protesting against the dra-conian black laws imposed bythe BJPleaders to benefit corpo-rate houses. He said that thefarmers have had to put up with

a lot of arbitrary use ofpower by the state andhave resisted them pa-tiently. Singla said hesalutes the indomitablespirit of the farmers andwhole heartedly standswith them to supporttheir cause, no matter

what happens. He said that theCongress led State Governmenthas been standing by the farmersin every situation right from thebeginning of the agitation andapart from ensuring justice,every possible assistance wouldbe extended to the victim's families.

Singla mourns death of womenprotesters at Tikri Border

Fogging in wards of Jagraon JAGRAON (SUKH NAHAR): Municipal councilJagraon carried out fogging in entire wards of Ja-graon constituency looking at the increasing cases ofdengue fever. EO Pardeep Kumar Daudharia, sani-tary inspector Anil Kumar, sanitary inspector ShyamKumar guided the fogging program and said that the

risk of dengue,malaria, vectorborne deceaseshas increased andpeople need to bemore cautiousnow. They spreadawareness aboutthe causes andsymptoms of theviral fevers andasked people tonot let water gath-

er anywhere in their houses. They asked people tocontact a doctor immediately in case they noticesymptoms and not to neglect them. They also men-tioned that MC will continue conducting fogging indifferent wards to deal with dengue and malaria. Atthis occasion, Budh Ram, Deepak, Mandeep and oth-ers were present.

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA, OCT 28

Constituency Jandiala GuruMLA Shri. Speaking to re-porters after inaugurating theSuwidha Camp organized bythe district administration at hisvillage Bandala, Mr.Sukhwinder Singh Dainny saidthat the Punjab Governmentwas providing all possible facil-ities to the people of my con-stituency near their homes. It isbeing seen for the first time inmy consciousness. Appreciat-ing the district administration,he said that it was a great initia-tive to set up such camps inwhich all the work was beingdone on the spot. He said thatthis has been a great relief to thepeople and has saved them timeand money. He said that I was

trying to set up similar camps inother villages of the constituen-cy also so that these facilitiescould be provided to the peopleof all the villages. Danny said

that the Chief Minister S. ThePunjab Government under theleadership of Charanjit SinghChanni has decided to waive thearrears of electricity bills up to 2KW and it has been a great re-lief to the needy.

Thousands benefit fromBandala camp: Dainny

PAWAN KALIAKAPURTHALA, OCT 28

Under the able presidentshipof District & Session Judgecum Chairman District LegalServices Authority (DLSA),Kapurthala Amreneder Singhlegal awareness camps underAzadi ka Amrit MahotsavPan India Awareness and out-reach program is organized inin the premises of new judi-cial court complex on today .This camp was oganised withmotive to aware the sweep-

ress about their legal rightswho well performed their du-ties during Covid-19 period .During this camp District &Session Judge, Kapurthalanot only distributed the Print-ed T-Shirts of Azadi ka AmritMahotsav to appreciate theirservices , but also assured toovercome the problems beingfaced by Safai Karamchari onpriority basis on this occasionCJM cum Secretary MaheshKumar Sharma, DLSA em-ployees including Kapil Dev,HK.

Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Pan IndiaAwareness and outreach program

organized at New Judicial Court Complex

DLSA Pathankot in collabo-ration with labour dept organized free legal aid

SHARANJEET ,PATHANKOT, OCT 28Following the guidelines ofHon'ble Member Secretary,Punjab State Legal ServicesAuthority, Mohali and Dis-trict Legal Services Authorityunder the leadership ofHon'ble District and SessionsJudge cum-Chairman DistrictLegal Services Authority,Pathankot MohammadGulzar , District Pathankot inassociation with Labor De-partment organized free legalaid and Labor Card Registra-tion Camp at Sahpurkandi, inwhich 70 persons were regis-tered by the Labor Depart-ment.

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HIMACHAL/JKKirti plays sting ofher ability in foreigncountries

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI: Grown up in a small villageRaghunathpura in Bilaspur district,studying at Baddi University inHimachal Pradesh, Kirti Singh Chandelis today the head of her privatecompany in Singapore. She is workingon tourism, industry and health servicesin Singapore by working tremendouslyon the technology of ArtificialIntelligence on her own merit. Artificialintelligence is to develop the ability tothink and make decisions in a machine.Artificial intelligence is considered to bethe most advanced form of computerscience and in this a form is made inwhich a computer can think, which isexactly the brain of a computer whichcan think like humans. Kirti SinghChandel says that due to Covid 19, shealso gave many consultations to theUnited Nations organization WorldHealth Organization regarding ArtificialIntelligence, which is present onYouTube. Currently, Kirti and her teamare working with the Government ofSingapore to work with the Governmentof Singapore on Artificial Intelligence inworld tourism and trade, especially inthe heavy industry. Main objective is touse Artificial Intelligence globally intourism and business. Kirti believes thatthere is a huge potential of artificialintelligence in tourism and business onthe world stage, which is yet to beexplored. Kirti is an engineer byprofession but with her skillfulmanagement techniques, she hastoday displayed her intelligence in manyconsultancy conferences in Dubai andAsia Pacific countries. Matriculationfrom Bilaspur Public School (BPS), after10+2 in Science from Bilaspur GirlsSchool, Engineering in Electronics andCommunication Technology from BaddiUniversity then M.Tech "MissileCommunication" from KurukshetraUniversity as well as doing world's"smart" After serving in "Bing" AmericanStartup Company, now serving asCompany Head in Singapore at WooHu L Company as a Consultant to theGovernment of Singapore.

Uppar Kotla KalanBroken Link road canbecome reason for amajor accident

KISHORI LAL BAINSUNA: For the last several months thelink road of Upper Kotla Kalan villagenear Ward Number One and twohas been broken for several months.And it can become the reason for amajor accident. It is also noteworthythat this link road also leads toMahadev Shiv Temple and dailyhundreds of devotees pass throughthis road in their vehicles. Someresidents of village told to thiscorrespondent that this link road isbroken since last four months andthe concerned department has nottaken any step to repair this brokenlink road so far. Residents of KotlaKalan village say that if this link roadis not repaired soon, it can becomecause for a major accident, so thislink road should be repaired as soonas possible.

PNB’s door step banking launchedSHIMLA: On the initiative of PSB (Public Sector Banks) Alliance, our Bank has launched aCampaign for registration of our valued customers on PNB’s Door Step Banking which canbe utilised anytime in future for availing selected services at your doorstep, without visitingthe Branch. The registration is free of cost and it is very easy to register for PNB DoorstepBanking. Following are the Three easy steps to register: Download ‘Doorstep Banking’ appby Integra Micro Systems P Ltd on Play Store/Apple Store. Chose Bank name as PNB. Entermobile number registered with your account(s) in PNB and OTP. After entering OTP, thePNB Server shall automatically fetch accounts mapped with this mobile number. ChoseState/District as HP/Shimla and nearby Branch of PNB for availing Doorstep BankingServices (Only Shimla City Branches in MC limit and nearby to your GPS location will bevisible and customer need to choose one branch among those visible in the list). You will geta confirmation of having registered for PNB Doorstep Banking. In case you face any difficulty,please contact Designated officer in Circle Office, Vikas Rathor Mob 7060484994.

Four medical officers in Himachaltested Covid-19 positive

PANKAJ BHARATIYAHAMIRPUR, OCT 28

Four senior medical officers ofIndira Gandhi Medical College,Shimla, have tested Covid-19,according to health officials onThursday.

According to officials, foursenior medical officers fromENT and Surgery departmentsof Indira Gandhi MedicalCollege (IGMC), Shimla, havetested Covid-19 positive,creating a scare in the state-level hospital.

As per the information,samples of doctors were takenat IGMC on Tuesday, whereinfour doctors were testedpositive on Tuesday night,while the report of one of themis yet to come.

Confirming the report,IGMC Medical Superintendent,Dr Janak Raj said peopleshould abide by the Covid-19guidelines.

Meanwhile, 249 peopleincluding 79 students inHimachal Pradesh were testedCovid-19 positive. In Kangradistrict, as many as 59 schoolstudents were tested positive,while two corona positivepatients died on Tuesday.

Keeping in view thegrowing number of studentstesting Covid-19 positive, thestate government has decided to

close the schools and collegesfrom November 1 tillNovember 7 to break the chainof the virus.

According to the latestreport, the government willtake a final decision to open theschools on November 1 duringa Cabinet meeting.

As per the latest reports,Delta and Delta Plus variants ofcovronavirus have become

active again in the state.Health Secretary Amitabh

Awasthi has discussed with theDeputy Commissioner andChief Medical Officer about thearrangements regarding thepossible third wave and directedthem to remain vigilant.

Notably, there are 1,972corona active cases as ofThursday and the total numberof confirmed cases stood at2,23,406. The number of curedcases was 2,17,693 and thenumber of total fatalities in thestate stood at 3,725.

The worst affected are fromKangra with 840 active cases,followed by Hamirpur with 377cases, Una with 229 cases,Mandi with 185 cases, Bilaspurwith 136 cases, Shimla with106 cases, Solan with 31 cases,Kullu with 37 cases andChamba with 22 cases. Nocases existed in the Sirmaurdistrict, which was declaredcorona free earlier this week.

Pk Dhumal blasts those whocelebrated victory of Pakistan overIndia in the T-20 world cup match

PANKAJ BHARATIYAHAMIRPUR, OCT 28

Senior BJP leader and formerHP Chief Minister, Pk Dhumaltoday blasted those forces whocelebrated the victory ofPakistani cricket team overIndia in the World T-20 cricketmatch recently. In a stronglyworded statement today,Dhumal said that still suchforces existed in India, whoearn in India for them and theirfamilies but work for Pakistan.

He said that it was shockingand painful to point out thateven after seventy-five years ofpartition of India, such forceswere left behind that were stillpro-Pakistan. Instead ofworking for the Unity andIntegrity of India, they werestill working for Pakistan.Without mentioning the nameof any political leader ofJammu and Kashmir, he saidthat such forces wereshamelessly talking about thewelfare of Pakistan rather thanworking for India where theywere living and had amassed

huge money by remaining inpower for years together.Dhumal said that such forcesused to speak in the name ofthe Human rights for pro-pakforces but used to remainmum when either Indian forcesor the Indian people werekilled by the terrorists or thePakistani army. He said thatsuch actions of these pro-Pakistani people were antiIndia and they were to be dealtwith strongly. He said thatthose talking pro- Pakistanshould not be given any libertyto air their views and must betaken to task with stronghands. The BJP leader said thateveryone had the right to speakbut such things should not bedone to disturb the Unity andintegrity of the nation.

Chintpurni Vikas Samiti givestraining on disaster management

JYOTI SYALUNA, OCT 28

Mock drills were conducted and trainingwas given by the members of ChintpurniVikas Samiti for disaster managementand prevention of accidents. It wascoordinated by Sandeep Kumar,chairman of Bharwain disastermanagement team of Chintpurni VikasSamiti. He said that disastermanagement is 'mitigation action toprevent hazards from fully developing into disasters or toreduce the effects of disasters in case they occur. Themitigation phase differs from other phases because itfocuses on measures to reduce or eliminate risk. DineshJaswal put his views on all the dangers, all phases and allthe effects related to emergency management disasters infront of the members present. According to Neeraj Sharma– Emergency managers build broad, integrity relationshipsamong organizations to encourage a team's trust,atmosphere, consensus and communication. He alsohighlighted the importance of 108 ambulance at the timeof any calamity.Manoj Sharmatook effective

measures at the time of disaster such as -act courageously, take measures toemerge from the crisis, be alert and do allpossible help to the victims around you,do not do anything that hinders the reliefand rescue operations. Providedinformation on emergency contactnumbers such as police, hospital,ambulance, fire service, do's and don'tsafter giving first aid. Giving informationabout the first aid kit, PresidentChintapurni Vikas Samiti Shadi Lal said

that it includes first aid materials, dry fruits, sheets, itemsneeded for children and old people, tools including knives,batteries, screwdrivers, tapes, rope torches should beincluded. During the training, Prof K. C. Sood, SandeepKumar, Neha Thakur, Kanchan Raizada, Suman Bakshi,Sunil Kumar, Neeraj Sharma, Dinesh Jaswal, RatnaChand, Dalip Thakur, Manoj Sharma, Shadi Lal, AshwaniBakshi, Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Baljinder Singh, RiteshPaliyal , Mohammad Hanif, Vikram Singh, SanjeevKumar, Prabal, Sumit Sarma, Ramesh Kumar and Dr.Shiv Garg were also present.

ABVP begins businessmembership drive in ITI

and pvt institutions

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, OCT 28

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Una beganbusiness membership drive in ITI and privateinstitutions in Una. ABVP told students studyingin ITI about it and its history.From the verybeginning, he has been working in the interest ofthe country and the students. He tries to solve allthe problems of the students and solve them. Inthis, unit president Tarun Thakur, unit ministerAnkita, tehsil coordinator Chandan Sekhdi, vicepresident Vishal Rana, Khushi and city ministerMukul, Sapna, Pawan workers were present.

Meeting held at Kalruhi Shiva Templeon Sanskar Week of Bajrang Dal

JYOTI SYALUNA, OCT 28

A grand programme was organized by Bajrang Dal Block Ambat Shiv Mandir Kalruhi in the celebration of Sanskar Week beingrun by Vishwa Hindu Parishad Bajrang Dal till October 31.Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's city campaign chief RakeshChadda was present as the chief guest. By joining the BajrangDal, all the youth who wanted selfless cooperation in protectingreligion and nation building participated enthusiastically in theprogramme. Sanjeev Chauhan, province cum cow protectionchief, informed that from today a weekly meeting center hasbeen started at Kalruhi Shiva temple. Every Saturday of theweek, all the locals will gather at the Bajrangi Shiv temple andrecite the Hanuman Chalisa collectively, and then review theactivities going on in the area. In today's program, RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh's vistakar Jagmohan, block action Satveerdistrict cum cow protection chief Amit Gautam retired MajorSurendra Singh, village coordinator Vivek, Amb village co-convenor Sumit, Saurabh, village kathiyadi coordinator DineshPandit, village cow Defense chief Nitish ji and other localworkers were present. Workers present unanimously took apledge that they will make a lively effort in protecting religionand nation building and will cooperate selflessly to furtherstrengthen the Vishwa Hindu Parishad Bajrang Dal organization.

HP-PERC organises vice-chancellor meet-2021DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, OCT 28

Himachal Pradesh private institutions regulatory commissionHP-PERC Himachal pradesh organised vice - chancellor meet -2021 in collaboration with Bahra University waknaghat in aseries of confrence. Himachal Pradesh private institutionsregulatory commission HP-PERC Himachal pradesh organisedvice chancellor's meet -2021 in collaboration with BahraUniversity waknaghat on TOPIC "Best practices in privateuniversities in Himachal pradesh" at Hotel Holiday HomeShimla. Chairman HP-PERC Major General Atul Kaushik(Retd.) Chaired the confrence. All Vice Chancellor from privateuniversities from Himachal were present in the confrence.

Covid vaccine to be givenat 57 centers on Oct 29

JYOTI SYALUNA, OCT 28

Giving information here today, Chief Medical Officer Dr.Raman Kumar Sharma said that on October 29, sessions ofCovid vaccination would be organized at 57 centers in thedistrict. He said that CH Amb, CH Chintpurni, CH Haroli,CH Gagret, CH Bangana, CHC Dhusada, CHC DaulatpurChowk, CHC Dulaihar, CHC Bhadsali, CHC Basdehra,CHC Kungrat, CHC Thanakalan, CHC Santoshgarh, PHCAmlahari, PHC Amlahari, PHC Amlahar, BadhedaRajputan, PHC Dehlan, PHC Chakkasarai, PHCDharamshala Mahantan, PHC Churudu, PHC Akrot, PHCBadheda, PHC Kutharbit, PHC Palkwah, PHC Saloh, PHCPanjawar, PHC Bathri, PHC Shivpur, PHC Lathiani, PHCKhaddapur Maidan, PHC Raipur Maidan HSC Ghanari,HSC Bhadrakali, SC Kuriala, HSC Rampur, SC Basal,HSC Kshetra, HSC Jarola, HSC Baul, HSC Kodra, AWCKaloh, AWC Nakdoh Billu Di Talai, Gram Panchayat Nari,Panchayat Ghar Hilda Bilna, GP Kalruhi and Town HallUna will be vaccinated against 18 plus COVID vaccine.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021

F&CC okays mountable fogging machine for MCCCHANDIGARH (SANJAY MALHOTRA): To curb the vector menace in Chandigarh duringpeak season of vector borne diseases, the Finance and Contract Committee of Municipal Corpora-tion Chandigarh approved an agenda item for purchase of two mountable fogging machines andthree portable pulse jet type fogging machine operated manually at a cost of Rs. 30.20 lacs. In ameeting held here today under the Chairmanship of Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor and attended byMs. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner and other members of committee namely Sh. Rajesh Ku-mar, Sh. Anil Kumar Dubey and concerned officers of MCC, the F&CC discussed and approvedvarious important agenda items including providing LED decorative lights in Shastri Market andinstallation of garden lights and street lights near Dhobi Ghat & public toilet in sector 22 at an es-timated cost of Rs. 15.26 lacs. The committee also accorded approval for the work of dismantlingand providing & laying cement concrete flooring in back service lane in sector 16 & 22 at an esti-mated cost of Rs. 39.07 lacs. Estimate @ Rs. 49.83 lacs for one deep bore tubewell (with reverserig method of latest technology) & other contingency works near Adda, Main road, Kaimbwala,

SHASHI PAL JAINMOHALI, OCT 28

Pargat Singh, Punjab Minister forHigher Education, Sports, Youth Af-fairs and NRI Affairs here todaysaid that Punjab would soon set upan Education Regulatory Authoritysoon. Addressing students at theRayat Bahra University on the ̀ Roleof Higher Education’, he said therewas an urgent need for an academia-industry interface to ensure that stu-dents passing out from universitiesand other institutions could get em-ployment when they pass out.

Speaking at the sidelines of thefunction, he told media persons thateducation also needed to be mademore affordable to check the immi-gration of youth. Referring to the is-sue of education becoming costlierby the day, he also said that therewas need to develop education hubswherein facilities available at edu-cational institutions, both govern-ment-run and private, on knowledgesharing basis. He said that educa-tion also needed to be made moreaffordable to check the immigrationof youth. The Minister said thatthere should be emphasis on domainskill, soft skill, and industry- inter-face as part of curriculum. Thereshould be special focus on entrepre-neurship skill development with in-ternational exposure. The universi-

ties should introduce selectivecourses in relevant fields in partner-ship with industry leaders by havingfuturistic outlook and employabilitydriven curriculum to increase theemployment potential of the passingout students.

Pargat Singh lauded the com-mendable work being done by theRayat Bahra Group of Institutionswhich had over the years becomethe leading educational hub in thispart of the country. The minister wasaccompanied by former MPSandeep Dixit and Srinivas. Gurvin-der Singh Bahra, Chancellor of theRayat Bahra University, speaking

on the occasion said that with state-of-the-art infrastructure, and strongindustry collaborations, the RayatBahra University attracted studentsnot only from across the country butalso abroad.

Bahra said the university offerscourses in Engineering & Technolo-gy, Business, Planning & Architec-ture, Art & Design, Mass Commu-nication, Sales & Marketing, Hospi-tality Management, Pharmacy,Health Sciences, and Education. DrParvinder Singh, Vice-Chancellorof the university, said that the uni-versity had also tied up with otherinternational companies like

Google, Apple, IBM and TDS groupfor introduction of new programmeswhich would give the students pass-ing out in the new courses a cuttingedge in the matter of placements.Sandeep Dikshit, former mp alsoshared his views.

The University has set a bench-mark by developing intrinsic humanabilities in students and providing askilled human resource for the jobmarket which would contribute tothe advancement of knowledge in alarger prospective, he added. TheEducation Minister also had an in-teractive programme with the stu-dents after the lecture.

Education regulatory authorityto be set up: Pargat SinghSpecial Casual Leave

for Haryana VotersSANJAY MALHOTRACHANDIGARH: It has beendecided be the ChandigarhAdministration to grant SpecialCasual Leave on 30.10.2021(Saturday) to all those employeesof Union Territory Administrationwho are registered voters inHaryana ParliamentaryConstituency to enable them toexercise their franchise in theensuing Bye Election to 46Ellenabad Assembly Constituencyof Haryana on 30.10.2021. This willalso be a paid holiday in Industrialshops and Commercialestablishments for daily wagesemployees/casual workers who areregistered voters in HaryanaParliamentary Constituency.

SHASHI PAL JAINKHARAR, OCT 28

Under the supervision ofDHO Dr Subhash kumar ,food safety team consistingof Food Safety OfficerLovepreet singh visited var-ious prominent sweets shopsin Kharar. Prominent Sweetsshops on civil hospital road,Landran road, Badala roadincluding Sodhi sweets, Lab-hu sweets, Chandigarhsweets were inspected and 5samples of various sweet andbakey items including ras-gulla, besan ladoo, Gulab Ja-mun, kalakand were seized.

Team raided one bakeryand challaned it for prepar-ing food items under unhy-gienic and unsanitary condi-tions, also approx 100 pack-ets of stale Rusk were de-stroyed on the spot by theteam.

Instructions were givenby officer to all Food busi-ness operators to maintainhygienic conditions in manu-

facturing process and display'use by date' on varioussweet items.

Officer also informedthat necessary actions are be-ing taken to curb adulterationof sweets during festival sea-son in Mohali district withrandom sampling and sur-prise inspections in Khararsubdivision.

Food safety team inspectsshops in KhararState Level Communication

Awards 2021' organized by PRCI

CHANDIGARH: The entire worldsuffering from Covid 19 is currentlyin dire need of 'Active HealthCommunications' within countriesand agencies so that futuregenerations can be saved fromsuch pandemics. These sentimentswere expressed by eminentCardiologist Dr. HK Bali during the'PRCI State Level CommunicationAwards 2021' organized by PublicRelations Council of India (PRCI)Chandigarh Chapter to mark the'World Communicators Day' at SDCollege, Sector 32. Dr. Bali, whograced the occasion as the chiefguest, expressed regret that thecoronavirus, which originated fromtiny Wuhan city in China inNovember 2019, caused panic allover the world due to lack ofcommunication and put the world ineconomic grief till date which couldhave been averted throughcommunication.

Shree launches itsnewest store in Kharar

LK BANSALKHARAR: Shree, one of India'sleading ethnic wear brands fromSHR Lifestyle Pvt. Ltd has furtherexpanded its reach to its customersand launched its newest store inKharar's Amayra City Center. Thestore was inaugurated by Mr. SahebKapoor, Business Strategist, Shree -The Indian Avatar. The strategiclocation and the amazing designcreate an incredible shoppingexperience. All set to launch its100th store soon, Shree, thevisionary brand built by Mr.Sandeep Kapoor and Mrs. SheetalKapoor continues to expand itsretail presence across India.

Lt. General JB Chaudhari takescommand of Chetak Corps

RAJ SADOSHABOHAR: Lt General JB Chaudharihas taken over the command ofChetak Corps as the 32nd GeneralOfficer Commanding fromLieutenant General Manoj KumarMago. Lt General Chaudhari wascommissioned into the Brigade ofthe Guards and is an alumnus ofthe National Defence Academy,DSSC Wellington, CDMSecunderabad and has beenawarded Masters of StrategicStudies from US Army War College.The General Officer has vast andvaried operational experience ofserving in various challengingenvironments. The General Officerhas commanded a Battalion alongthe Line of Control, an InfantryDivision in North Kashmir and hasbeen the Commandant of the IndianMilitary Training Team (IMTRAT).Besides being an instructor atIndian Military Academy andCollege of Defence Management,he has also served in UnitedNations Peacekeeping assignmentat Angola. He has been awardedSena Medal for gallantry andVishisht Seva Medal fordistinguished service.

SHASHI PAL JAINKHARAR, OCT 28

Kharar's new DSP Gurcha-ran Singh has taken chargeof his office at Kharar today.He had earlier served hasDSP Crime Mohali andMember of State OperationsCell. Talking to this corre-spondent he said that strictaction would be takenagainst the culprits.

He said that people deal-ing in illegal trade of drugswould not be spared at all.He told the people that ifthey come to know about anybad elements, they shouldimmediately inform the po-

lice and immediate actionwould be taken against them.He said that he would alwaysbe there to solve the prob-lems of the people.

New Kharar DSP GurcharanSingh takes charge

Demand letter handed over by Employees'Front Punjab to Sukhbir Badal

PATHANKOT (R. SINGH): Important demands ofPunjab employees and Ranjit Sagar dam area employ-ees in Gurdaspur under the guidance of GurbachanSingh Babehali District President Employees MorchaSalwinder Singh Ladhupur in consultation with Presi-dent Shiromani Akali Dal Badal, Baj Singh Khaira,Punjab President He requested that the demandsshould be recorded in the election manifesto and if thegovernment is formed, the employees should be givenrelief by resolving the demands properly, because theemployees have no hope from the government at thistime. Various office bearers like Ishar Singh Manjhpur,Kartar Singh Babri, Salwinder Singh Ladhupur, Gur-nam Singh Mataur, Bhupinder Singh Kashiwal,Sukhwant Singh Hothi, Harjinder Singh Mahil, AmanSingh Goraya were present, Gurnam Singh Mataur,General Secretary Employees Morcha Punjab said thatthe main demands are restoration of old pension. Em-ployees recruited since 2004, equalization of dearnessallowance to central employees, payment of 6th PayCommission arrears to each cadre 1-1-20, 25 field em-ployees of RSDAM - early implementation of promo-tions stalled for 30 years Pay Commission, Rusdamemployees leasing of vacant quarters, restoration oflesser posts under restructuring on BBMB pattern andgiving bonus every year to Rusdam employees, andseveral other demands have also been filed.

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, OCT 28

Under its 7th School DreamProject, Ceragem India Pvt.Ltd, a Global HealthcareCompany , today inaugurat-ed a "Computer Lab" forstudents at GovernmentModel Senior SecondarySchool, RC 1, Maloya ,Chandigarh.

The event was held inthe presence of Ms. PalikaArora (PCS) Director ofSchool Education, Mr SunilBedi , Deputy Director Edu-cation, Mr Ko Suk Bong,CEO, Ceragem India, alongwith other senior dignitariesfrom the Education Depart-ment . Aiming to bridge thedigital gap. By ensuring

every child gets access to e-learning, Ceragem India do-nated a Computer lab with33 computer UPS set up,smart projector Digitalprinters along with all theinfrastructure and mechani-cal set up.

The initiative will helpin enhancing the quality ofeducation and allow stu-dents to digitally learn inthe fast paced world. More-over, initiatives like thesemake the education experi-ence more delightful andworthwhile. Indeed, theevent marked the beginningof the whole new learningexperience and the delight-ful smile on students, facewas both enriching and pi-quant.

Govt Model Sr. Sec. SchoolMaloya gets its Computer Lab

with help of Ceragem India

KVK Hoshiarpur organizes awareness campaign tocurb practice of paddy residue burning at Govt

Middle School, Bharta Ganeshpur

HOSHIARPUR (DALJEETAJNOHA): Krishi Vi-gyan Kendra, Hoshiarpur conducted an awarenessprogramme for mobilization of school students tocurb the practice of paddy residue burning at Govt.Middle School, Bharta Ganeshpur. At the outsetBaljinder Mann, Principal, Govt. Middle School,Bharta Ganeshpur welcomed the experts from KVK.He highlighted the importance of curbing the practiceof paddy residue burning and lauded the efforts ofKVK for creating awareness regarding the same. Healso assured full support in this noble cause. Dr.Maninder Singh Bons, Deputy Director, KVK,Hoshiarpur gave a brief overview of the activities ofKVK in his address. He informed about the harmfuleffects of burning of crop residue burning and also in-formed about the various nutrients available in thepaddy residue and their importance for the soil health.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, OCT 28

Innovation in Science andTechnology has a bright fu-ture and it will make Indiaself-reliant. Scientific andinnovative aptitude shouldbe inculcated among stu-dents and teachers to boostthe research to solve theproblems of the people at thebottom of the pyramid.Tech-nology (IIT) Ropar duringan interactive session withthe students and faculty onoccasion of orientation andStudent Inductions Program

(SIP) at auditorium of Ma-haraja Ranjit Singh Punjabtechnical University (MR-SPTU), Bathinda onWednesday.While empha-sizing on innovations on amass scale and focus on

quality ensuring reliabilityand adaptability, Prof. Ahujasaid, "Be innovative, Inno-vation comes from insideand it will be your greateststrength. You bring in newinnovations to give the poor-

est people the ease of living.Be it the technology industryor the agricultural sector, in-novations are happening inall sectors today. Our actionstoday will shape our futuretomorrow," . "We must re-member that the potentialfor learning was never ex-hausted. Education is a life-long process," he added.Hecalled upon the faculty andstudents of the MRSPTU towork in a team spirit to focuson developing innovativesolutions to help people ofthe region learn better waysof running their farms.

Scientific and innovative aptitude should beinculcated among students: Dr. Rajeev Ahuja

CHANDIGARH, OCT 28

The NSS units of MehrChand Mahajan DAV Col-lege for Women, Chandigarhorganised a one-day specialcampaign against Single-Use Plastic in the adoptedvillage Badheri, Chandigarh.During the campaign, theNSS volunteers collectedsingle use plastic waste andsensitised the residents aboutthe harmful effects of suchplastic on humans and theenvironment. On this occa-

sion, Mrs. Harinder Kaur,Regional Director, NSS dis-cussed about the objectivesand goals of Clean India pro-gramme and urged the vol-unteers to make their sur-roundings plastic free. Amassive cleanliness drivewas also organised whereinthe volunteers cleaned pub-lic parks, streets and under-took visits to Anganwadicomplex, residential andmarket areas, collectingmore than 60 kgs of singleuse plastic waste.

MCM NSS holds awareness campaignon single use plastic at Badheri

SurindarPal Singhappointed Nakodar DSPNAKODAR : The PunjabGovernment on Wednesdayappointed the state specialoperation cell (SSOC) deputysuperintendent of police (dsp)Surindar Pal Singh as Nakodardeputy superintendent of police inplace of Lakhwindar Singh Mall.

Apeejay Collegestudents shine in BASem-6 exams

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Students of Bachelor ofArts Sem 6 of Apeejay College of FineArts, Jalandhar added another featherin the shining cap of achievements ofACFA by bagging top positions. Mehakscored 2018\2400 and bagged 2 ndposition in university examinations.Parul Khosla scored 1895 and Arushiand Deepak scored 1816 out of 2400and bagged 15 th and 45 th positionPrincipal Dr. Neerja Dhingracongratulated and appreciated the hardwork of students for making theircollege proud. She also appreciatedthe teachers for guiding them towardsthe road of success.

HMV becomes firstcollege to host SpecialOlympics

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: DAVIET in collaborationwith SVEEPP initiative for 36 JalandharNorth organised the Annual Talent HuntADHARVA 2k21 in the campus withgreat zeal and enthusiasm . The themeof the Talent Hunt was “BeResponsible, Be a Voter. Speaking onthe occasion, Dr Manoj Kumar,Principal DAVIET, applauded the effortsbeing done by election commissionrepresentatives to spread electoralawareness. Jasdeep Johal, CulturalOfficer, highlighted that it is not winningthat matters but participating with theright attitude that counts in acompetition.

Computer Teachers Unionwill hold state level rally inMorinda on Oct 31

SHARANJEETPATHANKOT: An uproarious meetingof the Computer Teachers UnionPathankot was held under thechairmanship of district presidentAmandeep Singh, in which a largenumber of computer teachersparticipated and raised slogans againstthe Punjab government. GeneralSecretary Vikas Rai told that a meetingwas held a few days ago with theEducation Minister Punjab PragatSingh and the Chief Secretary to theChief Minister. R.A.C.P.Punjab CivilService Rule and merging in theEducation Department, along with therelated file was assured to be passedwithin a week, but even after so muchtime, no meaningful solution was foundfrom the side of the Government andthe Education Department. whose furycomputer teachers union will hold arally in Morinda on 31st October. Hefurther said, "It has happened for thefirst time in the history that even after10 years of the issuance of thenotification of regular appointment to anemployee after the approval of theGovernor, computer teachers are notbeing given the benefits of regularemployees. About seven thousand ofPunjab's computer teachers. Demandfrom the Punjab government that thegovernment should implement thebenefits of appointment letters issuedto them and merge them with theeducation department without anycondition.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021

Mehat Pur resident booked for assaultingwomanASHOK KAURANAKODAR: The Mehat Pur police have booked a local resident on the charge ofassaulting a woman. The investigating officer (IO) Sarvann Singh said that theaccused has been identified as Jagjit Singh a resident of Mohalla Shahpur MehatPur. Sukhwindar Kaur wife of Nachhatar Singh a resident of the same locality gecomplained to the police that the accused barged into her house and attackedher with weapons and injured her seriously and ransacked her vehicle. IO saidthat a case under sections 323,(voluntarily causing hurt) 452 (house trespassafter preparation for assault) and 427 (mischief) of the IPC has been registeredagainst the accused.

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India has potential to become world leader inknowledge-based economy: Vice President

AGENCYPANAJI, OCT 28

Vice President M VenkaiahNaidu on Thursday said Indiawith its edge in Information andCommunication Technology andan educated young populationhas the potential to become aworld leader in the knowledge-based economy.

Speaking at a functionorganised to inaugurate the NewState of Art Building Complex ofSant Sohirobanath AmbiyeSubsGovernment College at Pernemin North Goa, he said strictsegregation of subjects was athing of past as the world wasincreasingly adopting amultidisciplinary approach inhigher education to producewell-rounded individuals and

better research outcomes.Stating that India was known

as the 'Vishwa-Guru' at one timeand students from across theglobe used to come to India tostudy at the Universities ofNalanda, Takshshila,

Vikramshila, Pushpagiri, theVice President said it was againtime to see that the countrymenexcelled in every field. The VicePresident said it was importantthat children were taught historyand the syllabus should be

changed to include all thenational heroes. He said therewas no harm in learning foreignlanguages but one must focus ontheir mother tongue as well.'Studying in ones mother tonguemakes students learn better,' hesaid. Naidu also stressed onphysical education and advisedstudents to spend some time onthe field. Speaking on theoccasion, Goa Governor P SShreedharan Pilla saidsubstantial change in theeducation system was required.He also stressed on acquiringknowledge in various branchesof education. Union MinisterShripad Naik, Chief MinisterPramod Sawant and DeputyChief Minister ManoharAjgaonkar, among others, werepresent on the occasion.

Action starts as MLAArora highlights dengue

outbreak in LongowalSUMER GARGSUNAM, OCT 28

AAP, MLA from Sunamassembly segment, Aman Arorahas apprised Deputy CM ofPunjab, O.P.Soni that due tooutbreak of dengue in the state,three members of a family havedied a painful death and fourthmember of the same family wasadmitted to the hospital due toillness and there was acontinuously increase in denguecases in Longowal. While takinga serious notice of the spreadingof dengue in Longowal,yesterday Deputy CM, Soni hasordered Dr. Andesh Kang,Director health department tovisit Longowal with his entireteam. Arora while thanking theState's Deputy CM OP Soni forhis speedy action, appealed to thepublic, "If there is any lack of

health facilities in any place orthe diseases are spreading due todirt than they should bring itdirectly to his notice and hewould take an immediate actionon the complaints of the public".Arora further said that theDirector health departmentduring his visit has understoodthe difficulties being faced bythe people and has ordered tostart emergency services at thecivil hospital, Longowal."Thedoctors who used to do their dutytill 3PM earlier, now will doduties till 8PM and two moredoctors will be appointed in thehospital", Arora added.

Shoolini Univ Inks Industry-AcademiaPartnership with Vardhman

DINESH AGARWALSOLAN, OCT 28

In a bid to encourage industry-academiapartnership, Shoolini University has signed anMoU with leading textile company of India, theVardhman Textiles Limited (VTL) with Vardhmancontributing Rs 3 crore for research innanotechnology. By putting nano-materials andtechniques to use in the state-of-the-art lab, ShooliniUniversity aims to work for environmentaldetoxification, clean energy production and wasteutilisation. The MoU was signed by ShooliniUniversity chancellor Prof PK Khosla andVardhman Textiles director and chairman of CSR,Prafull Anubhai Patel, in the presence of Mr. S POswal, Chairman and Managing Director ofVardhman Group. “Industry-academia partnershipis the right step for application of research forsocietal benefits. The support that Vardhman isgiving for establishing this lab in ShooliniUniversity will go a long way in promoting this.The lab is named after SP Oswal’s father - Ratan

Chand Oswal Himalayan Center of Excellence inNanotechnology — will help to sprout the seeds ofthis joint partnership,” said Prof Khosla. PrafulAnubhai Patel from Vardhman said that the Groupis committed to holistic development and considerseducation and quality healthcare facilities asessentials. “With Sustainable Development as ourgoal, we find it a privilege to be able to give back.As a responsible corporate citizen, we willinglycontribute to social causes and participate in thedevelopment of communities that host us.” As perthe MoU, Vardhman shall be providingTransmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)/FieldEmission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) equipment.

HP Guv inaugurates The Great Wall of Shimla

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, OCT 28

Governor Rajendra VishwanathArlekar today inaugurated TheGreat Wall of Shimla, a Waste toWealth Initiative of Orchid Shimlahere, today. On the occasion, hesaid that Orchid has made a newbeginning in the direction ofenvironmental protection andthrough The Great Wall of Shimla,it has given the message ofenvironmental protection by usingwaste material in an artistic way. Hesaid that today the world talkedabout environmental protection,whereas in India's traditionsenvironment has been linked withreligion. Our festivals have alsobeen made keeping in mind the

environment. We also worship treesin our culture said the Governor. Hesaid that today the whole world isadopting our thoughts, traditionsand culture. We have to protect ourculture, he added. He said that sucheco-friendly projects would changethe mindset of the people and addedthat Himachal would be the firstState in the country where peoplewere so aware aboutenvironmental protection. He saidthat environment, tourism anddevelopment were complementaryto each other and we have to docomprehensive efforts. He alsoappreciated the initiative of theOrchid Shimla. Dr. VithalVenkatesh Kamat, Chairman &Managing Director Orchid Shimlawelcomed the Governor on the

occasion and said that our visionhas been to advocate greeninitiatives. He said that the quest toturn waste to wealth has inspiredevery member at team Orchid tothink out of the box and createvisible examples that will motivateour future generation to berespectful of our planet. Smt.Anagha Arlekar, Lady Governorand other prominent people werealso present on the occasion. TheGreat Wall of Shimla, largestenviroscope Mural about 275 feetlong and 15 feet height created byusing approximately 5 lakh wastebottle caps and carbon freerecycled plastic. These muralshave been put together by residentsof Shimla including schoolchildren, senior citizen.

VERMABATALA, OCT 28

On the instructions of PunjabGovernment, DistrictAdministration Gurdaspurtoday organized a specialSuwidha Camp at ShivBatalvi Auditorium, Batala.In this Suwidha camp,special counters have beenset up by variousdepartments to provide 5-5Marla plots to the eligiblebeneficiaries, pensionscheme, PM for unfinishedhouses. Housing Scheme,Electricity Connection,Toilet in Home, GasConnection, ComprehensiveHealth Insurance Scheme,Ashirwad Scheme,Scholarship Scheme, SCBenefit of schemes like Loanfrom BC Corporation /Bankfinco, Bus Pass,Pending Mutation Cases,MGNREGA Job Card,Certificate of Waiver ofoutstanding electricity bills

of consumers up to 2 KWload and pending CLU cases/ maps etc. Given. AdditionalDeputy Commissioner(General) Rahul and SDMBatala Sri Ram Singharrived specially. Most of thepeople came to thePowercom counter to waivetheir outstanding electricitybills and Powercom filled upthe forms of eligiblebeneficiaries for waivingtheir outstanding bills.Similarly, a large number ofpeople filled up the forms toavail the benefits of Pension

Scheme, ComprehensiveHealth Insurance Scheme, 5-5 Marla Plot Schemes.Meanwhile, a special campwas organized by the healthdepartment for vaccinationof covid-19 vaccine.Reviewing the Suwidhacamp, Additional DeputyCommissioner (General)Rahul said that today's camphas been a complete success.A large number of peoplehave benefited from variouswelfare schemes byparticipating in Suwidhacamps.

Illegally stored crores ofrupees worth of firecrackers

sealed by administrationKULDEEP SOODBARNALA, OCT 28

The administrationled by SDM BarnalaVarjit Waliaconducted a lateevening raid nearChandigarh-BathindaNational Highway Tpoint under PoliceStation City-2 andrecovered crores ofrupees worth ofillegally storedfirecrackers from aw a r e h o u s e .Confirming this,Walia said that thewarehouse may havecontained about four to five truckloads of firecrackers,which were stored at a place on the left side of the point onthe Chandigarh National Highway. Those worth crores ofrupees said the warehouse was being sealed. Police areacting on the spot. Police are acting on the spot. It is alsobeing ascertained who owns this store. It is worthwhile tomention here that the police also raided the Sadar BazarSastri market today and recovered firecrackers.

Dengue cases and fakedoctor's rise in city

AMIT KALIAZIRAKPUR, OCT 28

Despite Zirakpur being the most modern city in Mohali district, thenumber of dengue patients in the city is increasing day by day anddengue seems to be rampant in the city. The entire health departmentand the administration seem to have failed to control dengue in thecity. According to the report of Dhakoli Hospital, dengue has beenconfirmed in about 435 patients and the official report has confirmedthe death of 10 people with dengue. The number of dengue patientsand deaths in the city is on the rise. According to the informationreceived, there are many fake doctors in Zirakpur city whosegovernment does not have any record and these doctors try to earnmoney by treating patients without any degree. Many people insmall towns and villages fall prey to dengue fever and fall prey tofake doctors due to lack of facilities in government hospitals. Thisdelays the diagnosis of dengue fever, making the patient's conditionworse and ultimately making it harder for doctors to protect thepatient. Many people are also forced to go to private hospitals wherehuge bills are made in the name of better treatment. Theadministration does not take any action against these fake doctors,due to which these people are increasing day by day and playingwith the precious lives of innocent people.

Diet Dehlan's 2nd quarterlyreview meeting held

JYOTI SYALUNA, OCT 28

The second quarterly review meeting of Diet Dehlanwas held today under the chairmanship of DeputyCommissioner Una Raghav Sharma. In the meeting,the activities done during the last three months and theactivities to be done in the next three months werediscussed in detail. During this, the District ProjectOfficer discussed the shortcomings in the weekly quizand information coming on Google Farm. On this, theDistrict Collector asked for the list of those who didnot send the information after 15 days and the list ofthe schools which could not add the children in thequiz. The Collector immediately directed to increasethe speed in various dimensions and to add newactivities happening in the diet and called for makingthe institute more efficient and strong.

Large numbers of people arrive at campand took advantage of govt schemes

8HUMANITY IS ACQUIRING ALL THE RIGHT TECH-

NOLOGY FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.

R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER

RESEARCH IS CREATING NEW KNOWLEDGE.

NEIL ARMSTRONG

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021

Literature & Health

PM Ayushman Bharat-Health Infrastructure Mission: A giant leaptowards achieving self-reliance in future Pandemic Response

The COVID-19 pandemic presentedus with a set of complex challenges,demanding prompt response to the

evolving situation in a manner that also fa-cilitates rapid scaling up of public healthinfrastructure, with an approach calibratedto varying maturity of health systemsacross the country.

The unfolding public health emer-gency reiterated the need of a concertedand “Whole of Government” and “Wholeof Society” approaches to build up a com-prehensive, robust and prompt responsesystems. While the pandemic highlightedthe importance of public health functionsin response to such outbreaks, it alsogave us an opportunity to understand keystrengths and weaknesses in our currentsystems. We realized that significant in-vestments are needed to strengthen thehealth infrastructure, surveillance and re-

search and build the capacity to respondto outbreaks/disasters ensuring the avail-ability of essential services during suchtimes. Such response will also comple-ment country’s journey towards achievinggoals and targets of the National HealthPolicy 2017 and the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDG).

Addressing the aforementioned con-cerns, the GoI has launched the PMAyushman Bharat-Health InfrastructureMission scheme amounting to Rs. 64,180crores, which is focused in building ca-pacities of health institutions across all lev-els of care, and to provide health infra-structure, surveillance and research tomake country self-dependent and enablestates to respond effectively to the currentand future public health emergencies. Thescheme has been designed to build pub-lic health capacities to make them ready

to deliver full range of services acrosscontinuum of care to all citizens and will bea game changer for the health sector.

The scheme focuses on strengthen-ing the districts, and enhancing self-re-liance through creation of infrastructure,which would ensure that districts have therequired capacities for surveillance andoutbreak management and are able toprovide primary as well as critical carewith equitable access to citizens, espe-cially to women, children and those be-longing to weaker sections.

Underlining the need for provision ofuniversal access to high quality Compre-hensive Primary Health Care, the Healthand Wellness Centres would enable at-tention to community and primary healthcare interventions in both rural and urbanareas. The PM Ayushman Bharat-HealthInfrastructure Mission would provide infra-

structure support to 17,788 HWCs in ruralareas of High Focus states including threeNorth Eastern States.

Based on the learnings from the man-agement of the current pandemic, whichaffected the urban areas disproportionate-ly including the migrants and other vulner-able subgroups, strengthening and ex-pansion of primary health care emergedas a pressing need for urban areas. Ac-cordingly, it has been planned to enablethe decentralized delivery of primaryhealth care services closer to the citizensthrough 11,044 Urban Health and Well-ness Centres (Urban-HWCs) in close col-laboration with Urban Local Bodies(ULBs). These Centres will provide serv-ices to the population of 15,000 to 20,000in slum and vulnerable areas, as identifiedby the ULBs. To increase the access tospecialist services, new Urban Polyclinics

are also being established closer to thecommunity. The provision of free medi-cines, diagnostics and access to telecon-sultation services closer to the communityis expected to expand coverage and qual-ity of care in both rural and urban areas,thus reducing the patient hardship and en-suring Universal and comprehensive pri-mary care.

Currently, our Block Level health carefacilities are mostly focused on clinicalservices, and the COVID-19 outbreakhighlighted that sub optimal health focusat block level led to a constrained publichealth response; and thus, the schemeproposes to establish 3,382 Block PublicHealth Units (BPHUs), to address currentcapacity deficits and enhance the self-re-liance at the sub district levels. The dis-ease burden in the country also demon-strated the need for high quality laborato-

ry services at district and sub district lev-els. Given the limited capacity of publichealth surveillance, the investments arebeing made to establish Integrated PublicHealth Labs (IPHL) in 730 districts to de-velop and strengthen comprehensive di-agnostics and surveillance under oneroof.

This will contribute to building a self-reliant India with comprehensive surveil-lance system with laboratories being es-tablished across districts and sub districtslevels. During current pandemic, we alsorealized the severe impact on essentialservices in absence of a provision of seg-regating a part of hospital buildings andspecifically designating them for infectiousdiseases.

Dr Mansukh MandaviyaUnion Minister, Minister of Health &

Family Welfare

EDITORIAL

Culled lifeWith the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic,

normal life — in India and across the world— has been fundamentally disrupted. More

worrying is the fact that the virus has also adverselyaffected life expectancy. A recent study has revealedthat life expectancy at birth of both men and womenin India decreased by around two years — from 69.5years and 72 years in 2019 to 67.5 years and 69.8years, respectively — in 2020 owing to Covid-19. Theterm refers to the average number of years that a new-born is expected to live if the mortality pattern at thetime of birth remains constant in the future. Given thatthe number of Covid deaths in the country has by nowcrossed 4.5 lakh — this is the official tally — the dropin life expectancy is not surprising. The pandemic haseven undone a decade’s efforts to increase life ex-pectancy in the country — it has now regressed to the2010 figures. But this is no reason to lose heart. Ex-perts argue that such a decline is not uncommon aftera health crisis of a massive scale — life expectancy inAfrica had dropped drastically owing to theHIV/AIDS epidemic, but it recouped in a few years.

The parity in the decline in life expectancy acrossthe gender divide can be misleading: the impact of thepandemic on men and women has been far fromequal. Globally, as in India, more women lost theirjobs during Covid-19 than men. During the lockdown,this difference amounted to 40 percentage points. Theburden of unpaid care work at home, exacerbated bythe pandemic, also fell disproportionately on femaleshoulders. However, government outreach and pallia-tive measures have not been weighted appropriatelyto correct this imbalance — even as India adminis-tered one billion jabs, official data indicate that 6 percent fewer women are getting vaccinated. Other mar-ginalized constituencies are being affected unevenlytoo. The pandemic’s wrath has fallen even moreharshly on the transgender community — many havereportedly been deprived of even the subsistence al-lowance of Rs 1,500 pledged by the Union govern-ment. The inoculation campaign has, thus, beensmeared by existing social cleavages. That the pan-demic would curtail life was expected; but it is theduty of the government to ensure vulnerable con-stituencies are not disenfranchised — socially, eco-nomically and in terms of health. Vigilance and clos-er monitoring of the health and rightful benefits ofwomen and those on the margins are key to equitablehealthcare and quality of life.

Under Ben BulbenSwear by what the Sages spoke Round the Mareotic LakeThat the Witch ofAtlas knew, Spoke and set thecocks a-crow.Swear by thosehorsemen, by thosewomen, Complexion and form prove super-human, That pale, long visaged companyThat airs an immortalityCompleteness of their passionswon; Now they ride the wintry dawnWhere Ben Bulben sets the scene.

Here's the gist of what they mean.

By: William Butler Yeats

William ButlerYeats

POEMS

Air pollution reduces sperm countUniversity of Maryland School of

Medicine (UMSOM) researchershave shown how air pollution re-

duces sperm count by causing inflamma-tion in the brain.

The findings of the study were pub-lished in the journal 'EnvironmentalHealth Perspectives'. Scientists alreadyknow that the brain has a direct line to thereproductive organs affecting fertility andsperm count under stressful conditions.For example, emotional stress can lead toskipped menstrual periods in women.However, this latest study connects thedots on how breathing polluted air canlower fertility.

"Our findings showed that the damagedue to air pollution -- at least to the spermcount -- could be remedied by removing asingle inflammation marker in the brainsof mice, suggesting that we may be able todevelop therapies that could prevent or re-verse the damaging effects of air pollutionon fertility," said lead study authorZhekang Ying, PhD, Assistant Professorof Medicine at UMSOM.

Charles Hong, MD, PhD, the MelvinSharoky, MD Professor in Medicine andDirector of Cardiology Research at UM-SOM said, "These findings have widerimplications than just fertility, as there aremany conditions, such as high blood pres-sure, diabetes, and heart disease that canresult from brain inflammation due to airpollution."

About 92 per cent of the world popu-lation lives in areas where the level of fineparticles in the air smaller than 2.5 mi-crometres in diameter exceed the mini-mum safety standards set by the WorldHealth Organisation. These particles cancome from sources such as car exhaust,factory emissions, wildfires, and wood-burning stoves.

In past studies, some results haveshown that mice exposed to air pollutiondid not always have inflammation of thetestes -- the male sex organs that makesperm -- meaning that some other mecha-nism was potentially responsible for re-duced sperm counts. Knowing the directlink between the brain and the sex organs,the researchers tested whether air pollu-tion increased inflammation in the brain.

For this new study, researchers testedhealthy mice and mice bred to lack amarker of inflammation in the brain,called Inhibitor KappaB Kinase 2, orIKK2 for short, specifically located in thebrain's neurons.

They exposed both healthy and IKK2mutant mice to filtered air or air pollutionand then tested their sperm counts. Themice bred without the IKK2 inflammationmarker in their neurons did not have re-ductions in their sperm counts when ex-posed to the polluted air, unlike thehealthy mice.

Researchers then removed IKK2 fromspecific neurons to determine more pre-cisely how air pollution was leading to

lower sperm counts. They found that onespecific kind of neuron typically associat-ed with the sleep cycle and obesity was re-sponsible for the reduced sperm count dueto air pollution.

These neurons typically are found inthe hypothalamus, a part of the brainwhich controls hunger, thirst, and sexdrive. The hypothalamus also works withthe brain's pituitary gland, which makeshormones that communicate directly withreproductive organs.

"Looking back, it makes perfect sensethat the neurons in the hypothalamus arethe culprits perpetuating this inflamma-tion response that results in low spermcount, as we know that the hypothalamus

is a major pathway link between the brainand the reproductive system," said DrYing.

E Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, Ex-ecutive Vice President for Medical Af-fairs, UM Baltimore, and the John Z andAkiko K Bowers Distinguished Professorand Dean at UMSOM commented, "Envi-ronmental pollution is a problem of equi-ty in that some persons who are poor or ofcolour tend to face more severe health-re-lated conditions due to greater exposure. Itis important to explore the mechanisms bywhich pollution affects the body, so wecan devise ways to prevent or treat theseconditions to eliminate these health dis-parities."

Potatoes not linked to elevated hearthealth risk factors among adolescent girlsAnew study has found that 9-

17-year-old girls who con-sumed up to one

cup of potatoes daily hadno increased risk of be-coming overweight or de-veloping high blood pres-sure, dyslipidemia, or im-paired fasting glucose.

The findings of thestudy were published in'British Journal Of Nutri-tion'. Adolescence is a crit-ical period for the evolu-tion of cardiometabolicrisk factors that are largelyinfluenced by diet and lifestyle. Un-derstanding these risk factors is es-sential to developing effective di-etary guidance for disease preven-tion targeting this critical age period.According to the 2020-2025 DietaryGuidelines for Americans, girls aged9 - 18 are encouraged to consume 11/2 to 3-cup equivalents per day ofvegetables, depending on their calo-rie needs, but most fail to meet theseguidelines. In this study, the highestlevels of potato consumption rangedfrom 1/5 to 1 cup per day and at thatlevel, no adverse effects were ob-

served. "Our results show that nutri-ent-rich potatoes can be part of a

healthy diet in young girls duringthis important period of growth anddevelopment," said Lynn L. Moore,DSc, MPH, Boston University, thestudy's senior author. "There isgrowing evidence that overall dietquality is what really matters in thepreservation of heart health. Pota-toes are an affordable food, with anumber of valuable nutrients, andour research suggests that moderateintakes of potatoes, along with manyother types of vegetables, can be aregular part of a healthy diet pat-tern," added L. Moore.

200 mn children live in countriesunprepared to deploy remote learningAt least 200 million school-

children live in 31 low-and middle-income coun-

tries that remain unprepared to de-ploy remote learning in futureemergency school closures, a newUNICEF report revealed onWednesday.

Among that group of stu-dents, 102 million live in 14 coun-tries that have kept their schoolsfully or partially closed for at leasthalf of the COVID-19 pandemic -locking many schoolchildren outof any kind of education. The Re-mote Learning Readiness Indexmeasures countries' readiness todeliver remote learning in re-sponse to disruptions of in-personeducation, covering almost 90 percent of students in low- and low-er-middle-income countries. Theanalysis focuses on three do-mains: the availability of home-based assets and parents' educa-tion levels; deployment of policiesand training for teachers; and theeducation sector's preparednessfor emergencies, the UN agencysaid.

"Even in the midst of an on-going emergency, we know therewill be another one, but we aren'tmaking enough progress to ensurethe next time students are forcedout of the classroom, they havebetter options," said HenriettaFore, UNICEF Executive Direc-tor. "While disruptive, the past 19months have given us a glimpse ofwhat is possible during and afterthe pandemic. Together with part-ners, we have been hard at work toleverage the power of technologyand to provide learning opportuni-

ties for children and young peopleeverywhere." Benin, Burundi,Cote d'Ivoire, Congo, Ethiopia,Madagascar, Malawi, Niger andTogo are among the countrieswith the most significant need forimprovement within the educationsector. During the COVID-19pandemic, the impact of lack ofremote learning readiness was es-pecially felt by students living incountries where schools were ful-ly or partially closed for at leasthalf of the past 19 months, such asCongo and Madagascar.

The New World Cup Anthem #InItToWinIt BySeagram’s Royal Stag CHANDIGARH: Seagram’s Royal Stag, incollaboration with Tanishk Bagchi, SunidhiChauhan, Jassie Gill and Hungama DigitalMedia, has generated a strong amount of ex-citement amongst fans by unveiling the new,high energy #InItToWinIt anthem for the on-going ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The an-them celebrates the game of cricket & sup-ports team India in their endeavour to bringhome the cup & is an extension of the largerbrand campaign #InItToWinIt, shot across dif-ferent geographies to capture the passion offans across the country. The anthem song iscomposed by Tanishk Bagchi, who recentlybroke records with his song – ‘Raatan Lam-biyan’ and written by the talented Bollywoodsinger and songwriter, Vayu. In the voice ofSunidhi Chauhan & Jassie Gill, the songechoes the spirit behind #InItToWinIt, cele-brating the passion for the game & inspiringteam India to re-create history. The bilingualanthem is upbeat and high on energy & sureto become a household favorite amongstfans across the country.

ICICI Bank renews MoUwith the Indian Army LUDHIANA/JALANDHAR: ICICI Bank re-newed its Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the Indian Army, to offer a rangeof specially curated enhanced benefits andnew features through its ‘Defence Salary Ac-count’, to all serving as well as retired Armypersonnel. The MoU was signed in Delhi byLt. Gen R.P. Kalita, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM,Director General- Manpower Planning andPersonnel Services, Indian Army and Mr.Vishal Batra, Regional Business Head &Head of Defence Ecosystem, ICICI Bank.Speaking about the new offering, Mr.VishalBatra, Regional Business Head & Head ofDefence Ecosystem, ICICI Bank said, “Weare honoured to renew MoU with the IndianArmy and extend a bouquet of banking serv-ices and benefits that are specially curated toprovide comfort and convenience to the Armypersonnel in daily transactions, easy accessto banking through our large network ofbranches, ATMs and digital banking chan-nels. Additionally, to provide increased pro-tection to the personnel and their families, weare offering enhanced insurance covers aswell as financial assistance for the higher ed-ucation of the children of the personnel. Webelieve that this renewed proposition will ben-efit a large section of the serving and retiredArmy personnel.”

Lenovo ExtendsSeason’s Greetings CHANDIGARH: Lenovo, the global technolo-gy leader, today announces new product of-fers marking the onset of the festive celebra-tions in India. Riding on the brand’s ongoingsuccessful business, Lenovo expands its re-tail footprint to 141 stores across the North-ern states of India with 22 new storeslaunched since April 2021. It aims to continuethis momentum for the rest of this financialyear. Vipul Mathur- Consumer Sales Head,North & East, Lenovo India India comments,“The Northern states of India are importantand fast-growing markets for us, and the fes-tive season is an excellent occasion for us toengage in the merriment with our existingand prospective customers in the region. AtLenovo, we keep our customers at the centerof our business, and this approach hashelped us attain double digit business growthin FY2021 with more than 50% growth in pre-mium segment This further motivates us toinnovate more, strategize better, and offermore functional and affordable options duringthis festive season.” In the last few months,Lenovo has launched a wide range of prod-ucts across Legion, Yoga and IdeaPad lap-tops. As India celebrates the festive season,Lenovo has introduced exciting consumer of-fers applicable on a wide range of PCs andsmart devices.

Cairn’s Ravva oil field enters28th year of production CHANDIGARH: Cairn Oil & Gas, India’slargest private oil and gas exploration andproduction company, completes 27 years ofoperations from its Ravva oil field, situated offthe coast of Andhra Pradesh. Discovered in1994, Ravva is India’s first offshore asset.Designated as a limited resource, Ravva wasexpected to produce 100 mmboe – today, ithas produced over 305 mmboe. Discussingthe field’s journey, Prachur Sah, DeputyCEO, Cairn Oil & Gas, said, “Considered tobe in the last league of its production cycle inthe early-2000s, Ravva’s life has exceededexpectations as Cairn continues to deploy thelatest technologies. As the asset enters its28th year of production, its recovery rate hasset an industrial benchmark. Ravva furtherproves that technology and digitalization canhelp the country gain more from its existingresource capacities. The Ravva field is a na-tional asset that also boasts of world-classsafety standards.” The Ravva field hasachieved recognition for its technologicalstandards. It is home to India’s first TCP un-der balance-perforating with multilane com-pletion technique, which has granted accessto multiple reservoirs from the same bore, im-proving recovery and asset reservoir man-agement.

Airtel CEO Gopal Vittalurges customers toremain vigilant againstCyber fraudsCHANDIGARH: Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal, hascautioned his customers upon the rising cas-es of cyber frauds which has become fre-quent due to surge in online transactions inthe post Covid era.In an email outreach to subscribers, GopalVittal has urged users to remain vigilantabout the calls made to the by cyber-fraud-sters posing as an Airtel executive on the pre-text of updating his Know Your Customer(KYC) form and duping them. He has alsoelaborated upon the common instances offraud like Fake UPI handles/website andFake OTPs and listed down the precautions,every customer should take in order to safe-guard themselves from the fraudsters. His let-ter further elaborates upon the modusoperandi for fake UPI handles/website andfake OTPs and listed down the precautions,every customer should take in order to safe-guard themselves. Gopal Vittal said “The cus-tomers can get call or message from thefraudster claiming to be from a bank/financialinstitution and asks for account details or anOTP to unblock/renew the existing bank ac-count. The details are then used to withdrawmoney from the customer’s bank account. Iurge you therefore to pay heed and proceedwith care and do not to share any financial orpersonal information like customer ID, MPIN,OTP etc over the phone.” On the similar lineshe cautioned the users about the fake UPIapps and ecommerce websites which appearauthentic in design through the usage ofNPCI, BHIM words and logos. He said “If acustomer downloads one of these, he will beasked to enter all his bank details as well ashis MPIN thereby granting the fraudster inquestion complete access to your bank de-tails. Please avoid such suspicious websitesand apps and avoid sharing any confidentialinformation via email or through a click onany suspicious link in the email, even if therequest seems to be from authoritie.

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Bajaj Finance Ltd. Launches Diwali Campaign CHANDIGARH : With the festive season transpiring in full swing, Bajaj Finance Ltd., in collabora-tion with Bajaj Finserv Direct Limited, has launched its Diwali campaign ‘EMI HAI NA’ to offer dis-counts and cashback on a wide range of products and brands purchased on EMI through the Ba-jaj Finserv EMI Store of Bajaj Finserv Direct Ltd. (www.emistore.com). Customers can avail of dis-counts on a slew of electronic products, home appliances, smartphones, smartwatches, furniture,fitness equipment, home decor, accessories, kitchen appliances and much more with minimaldown payment. The campaign concludes on the 15th of November 2021. The campaign has acatchy jingle that addresses the common sentiments of most middle-class Indian consumerswhen they are faced with the choice of making high-value lifestyle purchases. With the “EMI Hai Na” campaign, the brand enables every customer living in different cities to ex-perience benefits for their shopping aspirations, anytime, anywhere.

CHANDIGARH: Zee Punjabi cele-brates shimmering Diwali with itsNon- fiction shows, where on Has-seyan Da Halla 2, Jaswinder Bhallahas invited new patrons, making it an-other blast. This show has also beenvery promising like other shows ofZee Punjabi. The guests invited thisweek are none other than the eminentsingers mainly known as ‘The AkhtarBrothers’, namely Shehnaaz Akhtarand Sahil Akhtar. Other guests, TeenaChhetri, a social media star and aYouTuber, is accompanied by She-hzad Deol, an actor, and model fromHindi Film Industry is also introducedon the show.

Musical vibes will be seen in Pun-jabiyan Di Dadagiri as well, playbacksinger Naveen Madhav from the

Malayalam industry creates an am-biance with his beautiful voice. TheKulcha King of Bathinda, SukhjotSingh will tell us how his small busi-ness made him so famous in the wholePunjab. A surprise awaits for Bhajji ashis wife Geeta Basra has somethingplanned for him on the occasion oftheir wedding anniversary. Supercopof Ludhiana, ASI Ashok Chauhan willinspire us with his heart-wrenchingstory. The show is set to celebrate Di-wali this weekend with a shock waveof patrons. The gloomy night will alsobe a chuckle and guffaw with gagspresented by the talented artists of theshows.

Diwali celebrations with Musical nights at‘Hasseyan Da Halla 2’ and ‘Punjabiyan Di Dadagiri’

Pepperfry launches itsstudio in PathankotPATHANKOT : Pepperfry, India’s No. 1 furniture andhome products marketplace, announced the launch of itsfirst Studio in Pathankot. The Studio, which is launched inpartnership with N G Enterprises, is situated in a prime lo-cation at Sector-9, Dhangu Roadin Pathankot, spanning acarpet area of 1700 sq.ft. It offers customers a first-handexperience of a curated range of furniture and décor,

which is carefully se-lected from the differ-entiated portfolio ofmore than 1 lakhproducts available onPepperfry’swebsite.Speaking ofthe launch AmrutaGupta, BusinessHead, Pepperfry said,“We are delighted toexpand our omni-channel footprint by

launching our first Studio in Pathankot and second in Pun-jab in partnership with N G Enterprises. At Pepperfry, ouraim is to be available to our customers through as manytouchpoints as possible, offering great variety at greatprice points. Thus, in the current times where individualshave become more conscious towards their home-envi-ronment and are investing behind creating a space that isfunctional and aesthetic, we believe our Studios will aidconsumers in creating an ideal home. Kunal Gupta, Own-er, N G Enterprises said, “We are extremely happy to part-ner with Pepperfry, India’s leading home and furniture mar-ketplace. Pepperfry has pioneered a truly differentiatedomnichannel business and we are proud to be a part oftheir journey in creating the largest omnichannel homeand furniture business.

Amazon Fashion presents diamond jewelleryCHANDIGARH: The most auspicious day to shop for gold and silver jewellery, coinsand bars, Dhanteras, heralds the beginning of the festival of light and joy. This festiveseason, discover the joy of shopping for traditional and contemporary gold, silver anddiamond jewellery from brands like Mia by Tanishq, Estelle, Candere by Kalyan Jew-ellers and much more, all under one roof from the safety of your home on AmazonFashion. Discover versatile earrings in gold and silver that will uplift your traditional outfits andtransform western wear. The traditional buy every Dhanteras, a 22K gold necklacecomplements all attires and occasions. For a more contemporary and trendy look, optfor necklaces in 14k rose gold. No festive outfit is complete without matching banglesand bracelets to adorn your wrist. These gold cuff bracelets and bangles will addgrandeur to your attire.It is believed that gold and silver coins are a symbol of prosperity. Considering the fes-tive occasion of Dhanteras, gift yourself and your special ones this auspicious gift thatwill bring them good luck and fortune.

Orra introduces exciting offers this festive seasonCHANDIGARH: India's leading and trusted brand of diamond jewellery Orra is delight-ed to announce exciting Diwali offers to brighten up your celebrations and highlight theart of celebration and gifting. These exciting new collections combined with timelessand exquisite diamond jewellery from Orra will add the right sparkles to your festivecelebrations. This festive season, with glimmering diyas, delicious sweets, intricaterangolis and stunning decorations, elevate the festive season with stunning diamondjewellery from Orra .Choosing gifts for loved ones is an intrinsic part of the festive season, as we exchangethoughtfully selected gifts to cherish and strengthen bonds. Jewellery is the ultimatesymbol of love and prosperity, a true celebration of all moments big and small. ORRAhas curated these exquisite and special diamond jewellery pieces that will make for anauspicious gift for those who hold a special place in your heart.Orra is celebrating the festivities with its customers by presenting exclusive newpieces for Dhanteras to ensure you remain sparkling all season long, crafted in brilliant14kt rose gold to add understated glamour. Celebrate with gleaming jewellery to in-dulge in festivities with new pieces and offers from Orra. Expressing his thoughts, Mr.Dipu Mehta, Managing Director, Orra India said that this year has been tougher thanthe previous year for many, and people are looking towards the festive season forrespite. With Diwali around the corner, we wanted to make the retail experience morejoyous and accessible to everyone with our exciting festive offers.

Actors Sandeepa Dhar, SamikshaBhatnagar to star in Chhalava

Popular actors SandeepaDhar,SamikshaBhatnagar,AabhaasMehta,Amit Behl, DhirajTotlani, and will be seen in lead roles in HungamaPlay’s upcoming Hindi original show, Chhalava. The show revolves

around tangled love, betrayal and mys-tery. Chhalava is a collection of 5 spe-cial stories featuring people going be-yond the limits of their morality to getwhat they deserve. SandeepaDharwho is well known for her role inmovies like Heropanti, Dabangg2, andIn This Life has created yet anothermemorable role in Chhalava as Anjaliin one of the stories.Upon being askedof the complexities of the role she hadto manage, she stated“Chhalavaweaves the strings of uncer-tainty, love, deception and death to-gether. The role was an interesting ex-perience as it allowed me to be cre-ative and intuitive with my character.With every project, I aim to venture into

uncharted territories, welcoming new experiences and bring varied charac-ters to life as an actor, for it is them who makes the role memorable andbelievable.”Samiksha Bhatnagar, well known for her role in Bollywood movie PosterBoys opposite actor Bobby Doel said,“I was absolutely thrilled in playingmy role as Zeenat in Chhalava as the show given its intensity, demanded aclear understanding of the role. The crucial part of any role is the aspect ofstorytelling and I believe that I am absolute ecstatic to be part of this showand massive opportunity to experiment with varied characters. I alwaysstrive to find the next best thing and with Chhalava I'm confident that its-gonna strike the chord with audience’’. Famous for his role in IssPyaarKoKya Naam Doonas Shyam Manohar Jha. Aabhaas Mehta stated that, “Significant knowledge and familiarity of the plot is required for any show tobe a success.

Panasonic Life Solutions IndiaIntroduces‘UNO Plus’ Series a PremiumAddition to the Switchgear PortfolioCHANDIGARH :Panasonic Life Solutions India, one of the largest manu-facturers of electrical construction materials (ECM) in the country, revealstheir latest range of premium switchgear, an advanced range of protec-tion devices for quality-conscious Indian consumers. The new UNO Plusrange consists of Miniature Circuit Breaker (MCB), Residual Current Op-erated Circuit Breaker (RCCB), and Distribution Boards (DB). The range

is backed with the high-est ever 7-year warranty,being offered for the firsttime in India on MCBs(0.5A to 63A), and apartfrom this UNO Plusrange has numerousunique features to boastin the 10kA segment. Speaking on the occa-sion, Kazuki Yao, Man-aging Director, Panason-

ic Life Solutions India said, “The launch of UNO Plus is a significant mile-stone in our quest towards building a safe, secure, and quality assuredproduct portfolio. This is in line, with our endeavour from the very begin-ning to magnify our global expertise in the Indian market and enrich ourportfolio. The UNO Plus range has been developed with Japanese Tech-nology by the best of Japanese and Indian Minds. With this launch, wefurther aim to extend our innovative offerings to the metro and tier-2cities, expand our presence across the country, while increasing our mar-ket share in new territories. We are committed to India’s Developmentand this product will be manufactured at our facilities in Haridwar, At-manirbhar Bharat”. Commenting on the launch, Dinesh Aggarwal, JointManaging Director, Panasonic Life Solutions India said, “At Panasonic,we have always believed to be consistent in doing better, this has led usto a commitment to offering the best of comfort, safety, and class apartservices and solutions.

Hungama launches HungamaMusic Quiz Alexa Skill

Hungama, India’s leading digital entertainmentcompany, today launched Hungama Music QuizAlexa skill that allows users of Amazon Echo and

Fire TV devices, Alexa app, Amazon Shopping App(An-droid only) and Alexa-enabled devices to play an en-gaging music-driven trivia game. The skill allows Alexausers to test their knowledge of music across differentcategories like Bollywood Hits, Romantic Songs &Dance Numbers.Users getto play against other playersacross India with their total scores matched againsteach other to decide the winner.To play the game, users simply need to say, “Alexa,open Hungama Music Quiz”. Alexa will welcome theusers and give a recap of the user’s existing score, ifapplicable, and then ask them to choose a category tocompete in. Once the category is selected by the play-er, Alexa will pick an opponentfor the user and willplay 5 song clips of approximately 8 seconds each.The userthen needs to guess the song name andmovie name.If the user gets either the song or themovie name correct, they win 10 points and if theyanswer both, the song and movie name correctly,they score 20 points. The player’s total score is com-pared with the opponent’s score and whoever hasscored higher wins that round of the Music Quiz. Atop score gets the player a place in theweekly/monthly leaderboards as well. Talking aboutHungama Music Quiz, Siddhartha Roy, COO, Hunga-ma Digital Media said, “We have always believed indeveloping innovative ways to engage with our users.We were the amongst the first music streaming serv-ice to be available with voice commands on Alexa -enabled devices and are once again, the first in Indiato develop an Alexa skill that allows us to interact withusers through a Bollywood music-related quiz.

Bonn Group launches special festivegift packs for Diwali Festival CHANDIGARH : Bonn Group has launched an exclusivegift pack range of biscuits and cookies for the Diwali festiveseason. The assorted range of gift packs includes cookiesand biscuits which have a delectable taste and are made ofhealthy ingredients. The new products come in colorful rec-tangular box packing and are ideal for gifting purposes dur-

ing the festivities.The newlylaunched giftpacks will beavailable in theprice range of Rs200 for 750grams, Rs 250for 900 grams,and Rs 300 for1.1 kg. The fes-tive season re-mains activefrom September

to December in India and snack brands are looking forwardto an enriching time this festive season. Popular snackingbrands are ready to make the most of this festive seasonas FMCG brands have sought to engage in 'revengespending'. There has been a pent-up demand from end-consumers that the pandemic had created.Mr. Amrinder Singh Director Bonn Group of Industries saidthat more and more people would come out and visit theirloved ones during this festive season and celebrate the fes-tivals with one another. Snacks make an incredible giftingoption and health-conscious people now are preferringhealthy eating options over sweets. These gift packs arealso good for sharing with colleagues, business partnersand even acquaintances, this Diwali. We have tried ourbest to achieve a balance of both taste and health for ourconsumers and help them celebrate while exchangingthese festive gift packs.

Gold demand down as ETFoutflows outweighstrength in other sectorsCHANDIGARH: In the third quarter of 2021 demand forgold fell 7% year-on-year and 13% quarter-on-quarter to831t, primarily due to outflows from gold-backed exchange-traded funds (gold ETFs), according to the World GoldCouncil's latest Gold Demand Trends report.Net gold ETF sales were relatively small (27t), but whencompared to the pandemic-induced buying surge of a yearearlier, this was enough to place overall gold demand into ayear-on-year decline, despite demand increasing in all othersectors. Consumer purchases of gold jewellery increased 33% y-o-yto 443t. Meanwhile bars and coins - a category of physicalgold products overwhelmingly bought by retail investors -saw a fifth consecutive quarter of year-on-year gains, with262t purchased in Q3. Gold used in technology grew 9% y-o-y, and central banks added 69t to their reserves.The gold price averaged US$1,790/oz throughout the quar-ter - down from Q3 2020's all-time USD high, but above its3yr, 5yr and 10yr averages.Louise Street, Senior Markets Analyst at the World GoldCouncil, said: "The relatively modest outflows from goldETFs have had a disproportionate effect on this year's fig-ures, outweighing positivity almost everywhere else acrossthe board. "The outflows themselves are part of a bigger pic-ture. A year ago, investors were flocking to gold, seeking ahedge against the pandemic. And gold ETFs were particularbeneficiaries of these flows, adding more than 1,000 tonnesover the first three quarters of 2020. So, while there hasbeen selling by gold ETF investors this year, the outflowshave been modest in comparison. "The rest of the gold mar-ket is seeing positive news - not least the strong growth injewellery and technology demand, especially pleasing be-cause they are at least partially consequences of an overallglobal economic recovery.

ICICI Bank renews MoU with the Indian Army tooffer special benefits to the Army personnelGURUGRAM : ICICI Bank renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with the Indian Army, to offer a range of specially curated enhanced benefits andnew features through its ‘Defence Salary Account’, to all serving as well as retiredArmy personnel. The MoU was signed in Delhi by Lt. Gen R.P. Kalita, UYSM,AVSM, SM, VSM, Director General- Manpower Planning and Personnel Services,

Indian Army and Mr. Vishal Batra, RegionalBusiness Head & Head of Defence Ecosys-tem, ICICI Bank.As part of the MoU, the Bank offers a com-prehensive bouquet of benefits like a zerobalance account, preferential allotment oflockers and unlimited free transactions onICICI Bank as well as Non-ICICI Bank ATMsin India, thereby providing exceptional flexibil-ity to the Army personnel. As part of the re-newed benefits, the Bank is offering an array

of insurance benefits to the Army personnel. The account holders get a person-al accident insurance cover of Rs. 50 lakh along with insurance of Rs. 10 lakhin case of death in terrorist action, which is the highest among all banks offer-ing ‘Defence Salary Account’. As part of the insurance cover, in case of acci-dental death, the Bank is offering Rs. 5 lakh for education of children and addi-tional Rs. 5 lakh for the girl child of the deceased Army personnel. These bene-fits are available to the personnel across all ranks. Speaking about the new of-fering, Mr. Vishal Batra, Regional Business Head & Head of Defence Ecosys-tem, ICICI Bank said, “We are honoured to renew MoU with the Indian Armyand extend a bouquet of banking services and benefits that are specially curat-ed to provide comfort and convenience to the Army personnel in daily transac-tions, easy access to banking through our large network of branches, ATMsand digital banking channels. Additionally, to provide increased protection tothe personnel and their families, we are offering enhanced insurance covers aswell as financial assistance for the higher education of the children of the per-sonnel. We believe that this renewed proposition will benefit a large section ofthe serving and retired Army personnel.” As part of the Bank’s commitment tothe Defence Forces, ICICI Bank will automatically extend all benefits of the re-newed MoU to the Army personnel who are existing customers of the ‘DefenceSalary Account’.

Indian Railways and Truecaller JoinHands to Build Trust inCommunication for PassengersCHANDIGARH : The integrated National Railways Helpline139 used by lakhs of Indians daily is now verified by True-caller Business Identity solutions. People will now see agreen verified business badge logo while making calls to the139 Helpline. In addition to this, verified SMS messageheaders will ensure that the customers know that they arereceiving the communication about their bookings and othertravel details from IRCTC only. Thus, the verified tick markicon will lock Indian Railways brand name and profile photoon Truecaller, offering a safer customer experience and re-ducing the chances of frauds.Commenting on the associa-tion with Truecaller, Smt. RajniHasija Chairman & ManagingDirector IRCTC Said: “We are delighted to work with True-caller on this new initiative.Through this engagement, wehave moved a step forward in making IRCTC’s communica-tion channels with the customers more robust, reliable andsafe with technical collaboration with Truecaller therebybuilding trust with our customers.” Among the wide bouquetof products and services, IRCTC also manages the Integrat-ed Railway Helpline 139 which is used by millions of peopledaily for various passenger train related enquiries. IRCTCstarted the 139 Enquiry and Helpline Services in 2007 withBharat BPO Services Limited as its technical partner in theproject. The helpline receives about 2 lakh calls every dayregarding train reservation, arrival and departure along withrequests regarding security, medical and other specialneeds.“Truecaller for Business already has hundreds of en-terprises using our solutions globally to drive authentic con-versations. We are very excited about working with IRCTCon this initiative and this is the first of many solutions. We re-main committed to working with the government to increasetrust in communication and playing a key role in supportingthe digital India journey” said RishitJhunjhunwala, ManagingDirector, Truecaller India.

HISAR:Amway India, one of thecountry’s leading Direct SellingFMCG companies today announcedthe appointment of Bollywoodmegastar Amitabh Bachchan as itsbrand ambassador. It is a time inmoment as two most iconic, credible& trustworthy brands have come to-gether to proliferate message on sig-nificance of holistic health & well-ness, women empowerment, and in-spiring youth towards entrepreneur-ship for a progressive India. As a part of this momentousassociation, the veteran actor will endorse the brandAmway and the Nutrilite range of products across all plat-forms, encourage women and youth empowermentthrough guided entrepreneurship thereby reinforcingAmway’s vision of helping people live healthier and betterlivesCommenting on the association, Mr. Anshu Budhraja,CEO, Amway India said, “With lot of pride and respect I

am elated to welcome the Star ofthe Millennium, AmitabhBachchan, into the Amway family.The ever-green charismatic starenjoys immense positive appealthat cuts across all the age groupsand strata. Despite achievingworldwide fame, his humility andbelief in tradition and values is aclear reflection of the culture atAmway. Over the years, Amwayand Nutrilite’s rich Legacy, Credi-

bility and Trust have become force to be reckoned withinthe Nutrition and holistic wellness space. Onboarding Mr.Bachchan, an iconic brand, living in the hearts of millions ofpeople, was a winning combination to reinforce our visionof helping people live better, healthier lives. As we lead ourjourney towards Amway India’s 25th-anniversary celebra-tions next year, our aim is to instill his key traits like hardwork, focus, determination, and discipline, amongst our in-credible direct sellers/retailers.

Amway India proudly announces Bollywood Veteran AmitabhBachchan as a brand ambassador for Amway India and Nutrilite

GURUGRAM : In the third quarter of 2021 demand forgold* fell 7% year-on-year and 13% quarter-on-quarterto 831t, primarily due to outflows from gold-backed ex-change-traded funds (gold ETFs), according to theWorld Gold Council’s latest Gold Demand Trends re-port.Net gold ETF sales were relatively small (27t), but whencompared to the pandemic-induced buying surge of ayear earlier, this was enough to place overall gold de-mand into a year-on-year decline, despite demand in-creasing in all other sectors.Consumer purchases of gold jewellery** increased 33%y-o-y to 443t. Meanwhile bars and coins – a category ofphysical gold products overwhelmingly bought by retailinvestors*** – saw a fifth consecutive quarter of year-on-year gains, with 262t purchased in Q3. Gold used intechnology grew 9% y-o-y, and central banks added 69tto their reserves.The gold price averaged US$1,790/oz throughout the

quarter – down from Q3 2020’s all-time USD high, butabove its 3yr, 5yr and 10yr averages.Louise Street, Senior Markets Analyst at the World GoldCouncil, said: “The relatively modest outflows from goldETFs have had a disproportionate effect on this year’sfigures, outweighing positivity almost everywhere elseacross the board.“The outflows themselves are part of a bigger picture. Ayear ago, investors were flocking to gold, seeking ahedge against the pandemic. And gold ETFs were par-ticular beneficiaries of these flows, adding more than1,000 tonnes over the first three quarters of 2020. So,while there has been selling by gold ETF investors thisyear, the outflows have been modest in comparison.“The rest of the gold market is seeing positive news –not least the strong growth in jewellery and technologydemand, especially pleasing because they are at leastpartially consequences of an overall global economicrecovery.

Gold demand down as ETF outflows outweigh strength in other sectors

Amazon comes out withThe Festive Gifting StoreCHANDIGARH: The Festive Gifting Store is live onAmazon.in that brings forth the best deals and offerson a range of gifting products helping customers findthe best gifts and save more while shopping for theirloved ones. Customers will have access to a broadselection of books, e-books and audible audiobooks

which will include popu-lar recommendationsfrom best-selling au-thors, popular books of2021, and benefits suchas exciting discountsand cashbacks duringthe Great India Festival. Harry Potter Box Set isthe Complete Collection(Set of 7 Volumes - Pa-perback) - A box full ofHarry Potter books nev-

er fail to bring comfort and escapism to readers of allages. With its message of hope, belonging and theenduring power of truth and love, the story of the BoyWho Lived continues to delight generations of newreaders. Get this set on Amazon.in for INR 2783. The author, Robert Kiyosaki, best known for his bookRich Dad Poor Dad?the #1 personal finance book ofall time?has challenged and changed the way tens ofmillions of people around the world think about mon-ey. Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growingup with two dads - his real father and the father of hisbest friend, his rich dad - and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about moneyand investing. The book explodes the myth that youneed to earn a high income to be rich and explainsthe difference between working for money and havingyour money work for you. Get this on Amazon.in forINR 302.

MPOWER Financing Raises Loan Limit forInternational Students to $100,000 LUDHIANA: MPOWER Financing, a mission-driven fintech firm and the leadingprovider of education loans to high-promise international and DACA students, israising its student loan limit from $50,000 to $100,000 (about ?75 lakh), effectiveimmediately. By raising its loan limit, MPOWER is ensuring that high promisestudents from India have greater access to education. MPOWER loans can beused for any education-related expense, including tuition, housing meals,books, and health insurance. “As a mission-driven company, we consistentlyseek to ensure that we are serving our student population,” said Manu Smadja,CEO of MPOWER Financing. “We received an influx of messages from our stu-dents indicating that more financial support was needed. We listened. Followingour capital infusion this summer, we’re pleased that we can now offer moremonetary resources to make obtaining an education in the U.S. and Canadamore attainable.” MPOWER’s loans are collateral-free and cosigner-free, andstudents benefit from complimentary credit-building, immigration guidance, andjob placement assistance through MPOWER’s Path2Success program.

WhiteHatJr launches a customizedmusic course for the 18+ segmentCHANDIGARH : WhiteHatJr, the leading live one-on-one online learning platform, announced its en-try into the 18+ segment with the launch of a spe-cially curated course to offer immersive learningopportunities for music aspirants across all agegroups. The launch follows WhiteHatJr’s success-ful foray into music, offering Guitar and Piano,leveraging a custom-built platform for online learn-ing to inspire children to learn to play and com-pose. Aimed at Music as an avenue for adding im-mense joy to people across ages, the music course was catalysed by over-whelming interest received for WhiteHatJr music course from learners above andbeyond the young learner segment.WhiteHatJr’s ‘Perform With Music’ will help sa-tiate the core desire of the grown-up segment to express themselves through mu-sic, and connect with fellow music lovers. On one level, the specially-designedcurriculum will help learners practice contemporary music while on another, it willoffer opportunities such as virtual ‘Jam Rooms’ for music aspirants to practice andjam together.

Lenovo Extends Season’s Greetingswith Special Festive OffersSHIMLA: Lenovo, the global technology leader, today announces new productoffers marking the onset of the festive celebrations in India. Riding on thebrand’s ongoing successful business, Lenovo expands its retail footprint to 141stores across the Northern states of India with 22 new stores launched sinceApril 2021. It aims to continue this momentum for the rest of this financial year.In the last few months, Lenovo has launched a wide range of products acrossLegion, Yoga and IdeaPad laptops. As India celebrates the festive season,Lenovo has introduced exciting consumer offers applicable on a wide range ofPCs and smart devices. These offers are valid till 15 November 2021. Lenovoencourages its customers and partners to stay connected with their loved oneswith festive offers that include benefits worth upto Rs. 11089 @ just Rs. 2099, 1year of additional warranty, 3 years of Premium Care, and a Lenovo headset.Vipul Mathur- Consumer Sales Head, North & East, Lenovo India India com-ments, “The Northern states of India are important and fast-growing markets forus, and the festive season is an excellent occasion for us to engage in the mer-riment with our existing and prospective customers in the region.

vivo Festive Offer: Buy a Smartphone at INR 101CHANDIGARH : Adding to the joy of the festive season, vivo, the innovativeglobal smartphone brand has announced attractive Diwali offers on popularsmartphones— vivo X70 series,V21 series, Y73 and Y33s. vivo’sflagship line-up X series have become synonymous with premium imaging technology. Therecently launched vivo X70 series promises to offer professional-grade cameraexperience with inbuilt Ultra-Sensing Gimbal and unmatched performance withvivo’s Professional Imaging Chip V1. Similarly, the V and Y series smartphoneshave always been about disruptive design, excellent engineering, and innova-tion, making these smartphones the ultimate choice for consumers. Now, withthe onset of the festive season, buying these smartphones has become morerewarding with the announcement of attractive pricing and offers. For the oneswho are looking to grab on a great smartphone deal this festive season, it’s theirlast chance to avail special offers on these magnificent smartphones with indus-try leading camera capabilities and other trendy features.These attractive festiveoffers are valid till7th November 2021, across mainlinechannels.During the offerperiod, consumers can avail an array of attractive offers* mentioned below—For X&V series- Upto10% cashback on X70 series with Citi bank, ICICI Bank,Kotak Mahindra Bank, IDFC First Bank & HDB Finance.

Released in 2018, ‘Qismat’ was a block-buster hit, and following the footsteps is itssequel ‘Qismat 2’, which is garnering not

just equal but all the more love and support fromthe cinephiles. After setting the cash countersringing at the box office, Qismat 2 is set to pre-miere on ZEE5 on 29th October. Directed andwritten by Jagdeep Sidhu and starring AmmyVirk and Sargun Mehta, Qismat 2 continues fromwhere Qismat ended i.e where Shiv and Bani re-alize that their tale has been left incomplete, towhich the latter says that they will meet again

perhaps in the next birth. And taking a leap fromthere, we get to see Shiv and Bani in their newavatars in Qismat 2 but what remains intact istheir sizzling chemistry. India’s largest home-grown OTT platform, ZEE5 recently made its for-ay into Punjabi-language content and introduced‘Rajj Ke Vekho’ campaign which promises to pre-miere straight-from-the-theatre titles from ZeeStudios. Post the premiere of Ammy Virk andSonam Bajwa starrer Puaada and Kenny Chab-bra’s Jinne Jamme Saare Nikamme on ZEE5,the OTT platforms’ viewers are in for a treat as

the hugely successful Qismat 2 will now be easi-ly available for all. Qismat 2 takes up the themeof unrequited love from Qismat (2018) and fol-lows the story of Shiv and Bani once again. Thefilm has all the elements of a perfect drama as itis high on music, emotions, romance and acting.It is a complete entertainer which will make youlaugh, sing and cry and can be watched with thefamily. It also has moving performances byAmmy Virk and Sargun Mehta, profound musicby National Award winner, B Praak and unmiss-able romance which will redefine love.

Watch Ammy Virk and Sargun Mehta redefinelove in Qismat 2, streaming now on ZEE5

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Congress candidate PawanBeniwal will win with goodvotes: Nitin Malhotra

DARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: Congress leader anddistrict secretary Nilokheri NitinMalhotra while talking to thecorrespondent today, said that whilecampaigning in favor of the Congresscandidate from Ellenabad, PawanBeniwal said that people's mind is nowfed up with the coalition governmentand now they will give good support tothe candidate of Congress party.Malhotra said that now the voter's mindis clear, and the coming time is of theCongress party. The party's intentionsand actions are the same. And it isgoing to take 36 fraternities along withit. Present on the occasion in Ellenabadwere B.Maidan, Rajesh Kansa, RajivTuli, MD Randhawa, Anil Chaudharyand other workers.

IT Dept carries outsurvey on dry fruitmerchantANKUSH SHARMALUDHIANA: Before diwali festival,income tax department is carrying outcontinue survey on various businesspremises. Such survey is also conductedby investigation wing today at kesar ganjmandi here. Department officials havecarried out survey and also checkeddealing of said firm. Sources said thatsaid whole sale merchant is having highscale business. But the department hadinformation that dry fruit firm wasallegedly showing less income. Onwhich in morning , income tax officedone survey which was continue tillevening. Department is conductingchecking accounts of said merchant.

MP Sanjay Bhatiainaugurates assessmentcamp of differently-abled

ASHOK GUPTAPANIPAT: Karnal Lok Sabha MPSanjay Bhatia, as the Chief Guest whileinaugurating the assessment camp ofthe differently-abled at the sportsground of local Arya College byALIMCO, District Administration andRed Cross Society, Panipat, said thatCentral and State Government ismaking every effort to solve theproblems of the common man. PrimeMinister Narendra Modi has given thename of Divyangjan to people, whohave lost their limbs due to somereason or accidents. The Prime Ministerhas also described such people as anindicator of being proficient in aparticular skill. He openly praisedALIMCO, Red Cross Society andDeputy Commissioner and President ofRed Cross Society Sushil Sarwan forthis camp and said that such campswould bring special benefits to thedifferently-abled. Deputy CommissionerSushil Sarwan welcomed MP SanjayBhatia on behalf of the districtadministration on his arrival at thecamp. DC Sushil Sarwan said that thedistrict administration and Red CrossSociety organize such programs fromtime to time so that the eligible peoplecan get the benefit of these camps.

Sarna and Sirsa come face to faceCHARANJIT SINGH ARORAAMRITSAR: Former President of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee(DSGMC) Paramjit Singh Sarna has asked the Deputy Governor of Delhi to install areceiver to monitor the functioning of the Delhi Committee. He said President ManjinderSingh Sirsa lost his seat badly in the recent elections. Not only this, Sirsa cannot read,write or recite Gurmukhi. In such circumstances, they have no moral authority to overseethe functioning of institutions like the Delhi Committee. He wrote a letter to the DeputyGovernor of Delhi Anil Baijal seeking a ban on the functioning of Sirsa and installation of a receiver for theday-to-day functioning of the Delhi Committee. His Gurmukhi knowledge was also rejected by the GurdwaraDirector on the basis of false credentials. Sirsa has already challenged his disqualification in court. "He ismisusing his powers and gurdwara resources for the personal and political interests of himself and his partymembers loyal to the Badals in Punjab," Sarna alleged.

NEWSPunjab CM announces Rs. 10 crore

for development of Fatehgarh SahibGAURAV GOELSRI FATEHGARH SAHIB, OCT 28

In a major bonanza for SriFatehgarh Sahib, the PunjabChief Minister Charanjit SinghChanni on Thursday announcedRs. 10 crore for the overalldevelopment of the constituencybesides declaring on demandfrom local MLA and WorkingPresident PPCC Kuljit SinghNagra that the road from SriFatehgarh Sahib to Morindawould be widened within onemonth and would be named MataGujri Marg. Addressing agathering here, the CM Channialso said that no mafia whethersand, cable or transport would betolerated in the State andemphasis would be on to providetransparent and hassle freegovernance to the people ofPunjab. He further pointed outthat Fatehgarh Sahib would beaccorded a prioritized place in thetheme park coming up at SriChamkaur Sahib. Earlier, the CMChanni paid obeisance atGurudwara Sri Fatehgarh Sahib.He was also honoured with Siropaat the information office. Later

on, the Chief Minister dedicatedto the public Mehtabi Baghsituated inside the Aam KhasBagh in Sirhind. The MehtabiBagh has been renovated andgiven a new beautified look,which is the part of conservationproject of Aam Khaas Bagh at acost of Rs. 6.50 crore as part ofthe efforts of the StateGovernment to preserve forposterity the Aam Khas Bagh.Similarly, the Chief Minister alsolaid the foundation stone of theSub Divisional complex nearAmbedkar Bhawan at a cost of

Rs. 7 crore. The upcomingbuilding would include the officesof the SDM, Tehsildar as well asPatwar Station. On the occasionof the Birth Anniversary of thelegendary Sikh General BabaBanda Singh Ji Bahadur, theChief Minister planted a saplingnear Baba Banda Singh JiBahadur memorial which wassometime ago dedicated to thepeople with the 12 ft. High statueof the iconic General. The JyotiSaroop Chowk was subsequentlyrenamed as Baba Banda SinghBahadur Chowk.

In order to provide the benefitof the development centricgovernment schemes to thepeople in a transparent and hasslefree manner, the CM Channivisited the Suvidha Camp atVirasat Villa where the peoplewere assisted in filling the formsto avail various schemes and thebenefits were granted on the spot.The services included pensionsfor Old Age, Widow, Differentlyabled and dependent people,Financial assistance for makingpucca house, Pradhan MantriAwaas Yojana, Waiving off theelectricity bill arrears ofconsumers upto 2 Kw load,Financial Assistance forconstruction of toilets in houses,Free domestic gas connections,Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana cards,Financial assistance under theAashirwad scheme at the time ofgirls' marriage, Scholarshipschemes, Benefits of the loanschemes of the SC and BCCorporation and BACKFINCO,Making bus pass, Disposing ofthe pending cases of mutation,MGNREGA job cards andpending cases pertaining to theCLU and passing the maps.

Dhindsa interacts with studentsduring seminar highlighting role of

women in society and empowerment

HARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT, OCT 28

Senior Leader of ShiromaniAkali Dal (Sanyukt), MLA andformer Finance Minister, S.Parminder Singh Dhindsa whileaddressing the students at aseminar organised at PunjabiUniversity, Patiala as the ChiefGuest termed the role ofwomen in society and womenempowerment as a key tool forbringing in the much requiredchange in the society.Duringthis one to one interaction heldwith the students of Universityand various colleges, he saidthat today no field is left wherethe participation of women isleft, not only this in many fieldsthe girls have outshone boys.Gone are the days when women

were considered weak, said S.Dhindsa. He said that theparticipation of women in activepolitics has also increased butstill most of the girls arerefraining from enteringpolitics, hence he also calledupon the girls students toensure their active participationin the field of politics as well soas to ensure their pivotalcontribution in bringing muchneeded social revolution. S.Dhindsa said that ShiromaniAkali Dal (Sanyukt) iscommitted to give maximumresponsibilities to the youth asper its policies and it is theideology of the party that thepolicy making process of thecountry and the state should be forthe youth especially girls, hencetheir participation is a must.

Former Vice Chairman of Market Committee, BJP executivemember inspects Nandi Shala regarding problem of fodder

MAINPAL KASHYAPINDRI, OCT 28

According to the instructions ofIndri MLA RamkumarKashyap regarding theproblem of fodder happeningin Nandi Shala of villageBhadso, former Vice Chairmanof Market Committee SunilKhera and BJP's DistrictExecutive member MahinderPanjokhara and his entire teaminspected Nandi Shala. Theytalked to the laborers lookingafter the cows in Nandi Shalaand said that the cow is ourrevered mother. There shouldnot be any problem in takingcare of them. Sunil Khera andMahinder Panjokhara reachedthe spot and talked to IndriMLA Ramkumar Kashyap onthe phone regarding theproblem of fodder for the cowsgoing on in Nandi Shala andimmediately got the fodderproblem resolved. MLA

Ramkumar Kashyapimmediately instructed IndriSDM Sumit Sihag and BDPOAngrez Singh Maur on phoneto immediately arrange forfodder for the cows inNandishala. BDPO Indriimmediately got thearrangement of fodder done forthe cows. He told the laborersto take special care aboutcleanliness and said that it isvery important to take care ofthe cows. If any problem offodder arises, then inform usimmediately, so that we can getit resolved by asking the higherofficials. BDPO Angrez SinghMaur said that arrangements

for fodder for cows have beenmade in Nandishalacompletely. There will be nodelay of any kind in theproblem of fodder for the cows.On this occasion, he wasaccompanied by former ViceChairman of MarketCommittee Sunil Kheda, BJPDistrict Executive memberMahinder Panjokhara, KisanMorcha Mandal PresidentOmprakash, MunicipalCouncilor Rakesh Gudha,Yogesh Sharma Sarpanch,Sudhir Chaudhary, MandalGeneral Secretary, KisanMorcha Vinod Kamboj,Gurdial Numberdar.

51 donate bloodSUMER GARGDABWALI, OCT 28

On the occasion of thefourth deathanniversary of YogeshMani alias JimmySingla, son ofSurendra Singla,President ofInternational Vaishfederation (IVF), State president of Punjab Unit, a megablood donation camp was organized at Shri AgrawalDharamshala here last evening. Surendra Singla andDevendra Mittal while paying tribute to the deceased havestarted to donate blood, after that 51 more men and womenhave donated blood. In the camp, a team of Purohit bloodbank from Sri Ganganagar has collected 17 units of blood;General hospital, Dabwali 8 units and team from Shri GuruNanak Charitable Blood Bank, Bathinda collected 26 unitsof blood. President of Yuva blood donation Society, HardevGorkhi said, "Dengue patients need platelets and all possibleefforts are being made to arrange platelets from Goyal BloodBank, Gupta Blood Bank, Wadi Blood Bank and Shri GuruNanak Charitable Blood Bank running in Bathinda for theneedy persons". While appealing to the residents of the city,he said that all healthy people must get their blood groupexamined, so that in case of emergency they may be calledto donate blood to help the needy patients.

In Nissing block, fogging driveagainst dengue to start today

RINKU GONDERNISSING, OCT 28

A fogging campaign will be launchedon October 29 in each of the villages inthe block to curb the rising denguecases. This campaign will be carried outunder the supervision of villagesecretaries to save the villagers from thescourge of dengue in each village ofNissing block as per the order of DeputyCommissioner Karnal and BDPO SumitChaudhary. Information was given in ameeting of village secretaries and staffmembers chaired by SPO Chaman Laland village secretary Mukesh Kumar atthe section and panchayat officer'soffice on Thursday.

Chaman Lal informed that foggingcampaign will be run in each villageunder the supervision of all the villagesecretaries in which fogging will bedone in every street of the village and inevery house.

SPO Chaman Lal and SecretaryMukesh Kumar said that the public and

villagers should take proper precautionsto prevent deadly diseases like dengueand malaria that thrive in this weather.For which all the people have to givetheir full support while introducingawareness, only then diseases can becurbed. He said that precaution is thefirst and cheapest treatment for thedeadly diseases called dengue andmalaria caused by mosquitoes. Whicheveryone should understand. However,from time to time on behalf of the healthdepartment, people are also made awareunder the campaign to prevent varioustypes of diseases, so that the diseasescan be prevented from flourishing.

Civil surgeon seeks support of IndianMedical Association to fight dengue

SHASHI PAL JAINMOHALI, OCT 28

Aiming to fight dengue and other vector-bornediseases more effectively in the district, Mohalicivil surgeon Dr Adarshpal Kaur had a meetingwith officials of Indian Medical Association in heroffice today. The Civil Surgeon directed the privatehospitals to report any suspected or confirmeddengue cases to the health department immediatelyso that remedial measures could be taken withoutdelay. “The deadly disease can be controlled withthe help and cooperation of all the stakeholders,especially private hospitals which also provideservices for dengue checkup and treatment,” thecivil surgeon said. She added that private hospitalscannot confirm the dengue fever on their own ifthey do not have Enzyme-linked immunosorbentassay (ELISA) test facility as the simple card basedtesting may lead to false results. All hospitals needto send all the suspected samples to the healthdepartment for confirmation.”

Haryana finishes runner up in thenational hockey competition

RINKU GONDERNISSING, OCT 28

Haryana team wasthe runner-up inthe sub-juniornational hockeycompetition heldfrom October 18to 27 in Bhopal. Inthe competition, Haryana beat Uttar Pradesh 13-0 in theirfirst match, Mumbai 7-0 in the second match and Delhi 5-3 in the third match to make it to the semi-finals.Namdhari defeated Sirsa 5-3 and defeated MadhyaPradesh 3-1 in the final. However, despite this, Haryanahad to be satisfied with the runner-up trophy. Aditya,Sagar, Kamal, Nishant, Sagar, Sonu and Piyushperformed best for Karnal in the hockey team. Teamcoach Gurbaj Singh said that the players of Karnalperformed brilliantly but missed out on winning. In TeamKarnal, Shahbad player Lovepreet scored 16 goals. RajaKarna Hockey Academy President and former ChairmanNissing Baldev Singh, Secretary Sher Singh, GeneralSecretary Kaushal Raj and Founder Dr. Pradeep Batracongratulated the team on their brilliant performance andbecoming runners-up. The team was welcomed by theoffice bearers of Raja Karna Hockey Academy at RailwayStation Karnal on Thursday.

Karam Singh Mahimi beginsa new life with book journeyISHWER GARGTALWANDI SABO, OCT 28

Modern man has become soentangled in the busyness of lifethat he has completely movedaway from the 'words'. This isonly because of words that haveshown us the way and theybecame the guide to living life. To deepen the connection withthese words, Jagdev Mahimi, a resident of Talwandi Sabo, setup a book stall at the wedding of his son Karam Singh Mahimi'sand his companion Raju Kaur, a resident of Bathinda. Thisexhibition was organized by Sukhraj Mandi Kalan, the ownerof Cafe World Publications. This initiative of theirs added a newcolor to the wedding ceremony. Congratulations to them fortaking this initiative. On this occasion, the entire group We AreIndians offered portraits of Bhim Rao Ambedkar and a book onhow the Indian people were humiliated were presented as wellas a welcome to the visiting guests by the family by giving themthe Indian Constitution. This first step was lauded by theBahujan Samaj and the litterateur. Baba Karam Chand Ji DeraGill Patti, Bhim Army Team, Dhashf Zora Singh, Writer PreetKainth, Baljit Merde, Kanwaljit Singh, Dhashf Karan Singh,Thanedar Jagga Singh, Singer Virinder Singh and otherdignitaries were present on the occasion.Thanedar Jagdev SinghMahimi thanked all the relatives and friends present.

MC president supervisespotholed road repair in Nangal

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL, OCT 28

The road leading from busstand to Sri Anandpur Sahibwhich had developed potholeswas renovated today with theobjective of beautification ofcity roads by the Municipal

Council Nangal. Vehiclescoming from Chandigarh toDharamsala-Kangra used topass through the road.

President of NangalMunicipal Council SanjaySahni stood on the spot todayand supervised theconstruction of the road. He

said that there will be nodearth of development inNangal under the leadershipof Rana Kanwarpal Singh,Speaker Punjab VidhanSabha. It is our responsibilityto make the roads smootherand we are fulfilling ourresponsibility well.

R K KASHYAPYAMUNANAGAR, OCT 28

Local Municipal Corporation is trying to bringthe city to the top position in the SwachhSurvekshan 2022. Regarding this, DeputyCorporation Commissioner Vinod Nehra held ameeting with the officials of Swachh BharatMission and various NGOs. In the meeting,Swachh Bharat Mission Urban ConvenorMangalesh Kumar, State President of SarvaJagrook Sangathan NGO Dr. Payal, Presidentof Peace Foundation NGO Priya Arora,President of Sarva Conscious OrganizationAshish Thapa discussed in detail with DeputyCorporation Commissioner Vinod Nehra. Boththe NGOs decided to adopt slum areas of thecity for cleanliness and beautification. On theinstructions of Municipal Commissioner AjaySingh Tomar, the Municipal Corporation istrying to make the city neat and clean. Now theSarva Jagrook Sangathan and Shanti

Foundation are also cooperating in this work ofthe corporation. It was decided to undertakevarious activities by both the NGO and theSwachh Bharat Mission to make the residentsaware about the cleanliness survey. In whichawareness was spread about disposal ofdifferent waste in ward number 8 and wardnumber two, awareness on Swachh Haryanaapp, helpline number and citizen preventionplatform, cleaning of 14420 septic tanks,cleanliness, poster making, drawing and streetplays and short Awareness through film,awareness about waste disposal of religious,social, wedding and any other function.

MC trying to bring city to top positionin Swachh Survekshan 2022

EC to ensure free, fair and transparentassembly elections in Pb: Dr. S Karuna RajuJAGDEEP CHOPRAPATIALA, OCT 28

The Chief ElectoralOfficer (CEO), of Punjab,Dr S Karuna Raju hassaid that the ElectionCommission of India (ECI) would introduce a postal ballotfacility for the senior citizens above 80 years, in forthcomingAssembly Elections of the state. He was interacting with themedia, here late last evening before taking a meeting of districtofficials to review poll preparedness. He held a detailed meetingwith District Electoral Officer Sandeep Hans, SSP HarcharanSingh Bhullar and Returning Officers at District AdministrativeComplex here . Dr S Karuna Raju said that the ElectionCommission was fully prepared to hold the Assemblyelections-2022 in Punjab. He said that in order to ensure faster,smarter, transparent and timely completion of election workwith ease, the Election Commission of India (ECI) hasintroduced Garuda app for digital mapping of all pollingstations by adding latitude and longitude by the Booth LevelOfficers. He said that through this app, BLOs would uploadphotos and location information of the polling stations fromtheir registered mobile numbers.

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Was embarrased afterMan Utd's drubbingagainst Liverpool, admitsRashfordLONDON: Manchester Unitedstriker Marcus Rashford onWednesday admitted that he wasembarrassed after his side faced a0-5 drubbing at the hands of Liver-pool in the Premier League lastweek.Taking to Twitter, Rashford wrote:"I can’t lie you haven’t heard fromme on here because as a Unitedfan I didn’t really know what to sayafter Sunday. I was embarrassed.I am embarrassed. Our fans areeverything and you didn’t deservethat. We’re working hard to try andfix this. We have to redeem our-selves." Mohamed Salah, DiogoJota all got on the scoring chartsas Liverpool thrashed ManchesterUnited in the Premier League onSunday here at Old Trafford. Liver-pool defeated United 5-0 to moveto second place in the standings,just one point away from table-top-pers Chelsea. Before halftime, Liv-erpool registered four goals andthey were scored by Naby Keita,Jota and Salah. The Egyptianstriker Salah scored a brace in thefirst half, giving Liverpool a com-fortable lead. Salah then went onto complete his hat-trick in the50th minute of the game as Liver-pool gained a 5-0 lead. No moregoals were scored in the match,and in the end, Liverpool regis-tered a comprehensive 5-0 win.

Starc beingmonitored afterbeing struck on kneeDUBAI: Australia pacer MitchellStarc is being monitored by teammedical staff after being struck onthe knee during training.Australia will lock horns with SriLanka in the ICC Men’s T20 WorldCup on Thursday evening at theDubai International Stadium.The pacer received a blow justabove the right knee while bowlingduring a net session and he ap-peared to be in obvious discom-fort, cricket.com.au reported.A team spokesperson has con-firmed that Starc is still being mon-itored ahead of the game againstSri Lanka.Australia’s squad: Aaron Finch (c),Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins (vc),Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis,Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell,Kane Richardson, Steve Smith,Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis,Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade,David Warner, Adam Zampa.Travelling reserves: Dan Christian,Nathan Ellis, Daniel Sams.

Ekamveer is going toparticipate in The AsianSikh Games 2021CHANDIGARH: The players ofBudo Kai Do Mixed Martial ArtsFederation of India has con-tributed to the progress of thecountry. The players of Budo KaiDo had performed very well in the

competitionsand createdhistory by win-ning 25 Gold,34 Silver and24 Bronzemedals.Ekamveer isalso selectedfor the AsianSikh Games

2021 which will be held in NewDelhi from 28 December to 31 De-cember 2021. Ekamveer has won10 National Gold Medals in MartialArts, 3 times participated in Inter-national Games, 12 times PunjabState Medalist and also won GoldMedal in National Sikh Games2021 and Best Fighter Award inNew Delhi. Sharanjit Singh, Presi-dent, Budo Kai Do Mixed MartialArts Federation of India, said, �Weare glad that our players had per-formed well.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021

AGENCYABU DHABI, OCT 28

England batter Jason Roy hasrevealed that he had to over-come dark thoughts and put hishard work in training into actionas his 61 helped England beatBangladesh by eight wickets inthe ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

England had restrictedBangladesh to a considerablybelow par total of 124 for ninethanks to two wickets in twoballs for Moeen Ali and TymalMills at either end of a lacklus-tre innings, while Liam Living-stone also chipped in with thewickets of Mushfiqur Rahimand captain Mahmudullah.

In reply, Roy's blistering knockcame off just 38 balls and fittinglycame in his 50th T20 internationalappearance as he answered criticsthat had been questioning his abili-ty to play left-arm spin at the top ofthe order in emphatic fashion, afterworking hard with teammate LiamDawson in the nets.

"I enjoyed that innings a lot. It'san area of my game I've been work-ing extremely hard on, on slowpitches against left-arm spinnersand the angle as such. It was a biggame for me to put all my hardwork I've been doing in the nets intoplay. Credit to the bowlers, we werechasing a total well below par butwe still had to knock it off," Roysaid in an official release issued byICC.

"I think as a batter, as a crick-eter, you always have some darkerthoughts going into your mind be-fore the game, 'What if, this canhappen, this can happen.' Butyou've got to remind yourself thatyour training has been good, I'veworked a hell of a lot against LiamDawson in the nets. He's bowling somuch to me and I've got to keep re-minding myself to do what I do intraining and things will be alright,"he added.

Bangladesh struggled in theirfirst ever T20 clash against Eng-land, but Roy insisted they were noteasy opponents and revealed hisside will continue to focus on them-selves rather than worrying aboutwhat other teams can do.

As batter, you always havedarker thoughts before

the game: Jason Roy AGENCYDUBAI, OCT 28

Ruben Trumpelmann en-dured a lengthy ordeal toqualify for Namibia but hispatience has paid off in dra-matic style.

JJ Smit revealed after hisside's four-wicket win overScotland in the ICC Men'sT20 World Cup that the left-arm seamer, whose father isNamibian, spent eightmonths in the country wait-ing for his passport to be sort-ed due to the impact of theCOVID-19 pandemic.

But with the issue now

sorted, the paceman has goneback to what he does best -taking wickets. There was noway back for Scotland oncethe 23-year-old had wreakedhavoc in a remarkable firstover, which started with dan-

ger man George Munsey at-tempting a cut to a ball tooclose for the shot and chop-ping on to his stumps.

Next into the Trumpel-mann trap fell CalumMacLeod, who dangled his

bat outside off stump and wascaught behind, and the overmoved into scarcely believ-able territory when RichieBerrington was pinned infront. Smit went on to revealthe weight of support behindthe Namibian squad, withmessages flooding in fromback home, and Trumpel-mann is set to be the focus ofplenty of those in the comingdays. "I wouldn't want to beRuben but plenty of Namib-ians would happily swapplaces with the in-form pace-man living the dream on thebiggest stage," said Smit inan official ICC release.

Namibia pacer Ruben Trumpelmann'spatience pays off in T20 WC

Hardik bowling 'stiffness free'a welcome sign ahead of NZ

game, says team sourceAGENCYDUBAI, OCT 28

Hardik Pandya's position in theIndian team has come underintense scrutiny after hestopped bowling due to stiff-ness in the back. But his backholding up at training onWednesday after he bowled ashort spell for around 15 min-utes comes as a huge sign ofrelief for the Indian team man-agement going into the must-win game against NewZealand.

Speaking to ANI, sourcesin the know said the basicproblem Hardik had earlierwas that his back muscles weregetting stiff the moment hebowled. "If you see, even dur-ing the IPL, he did bowl at thenets in the beginning, but hisback started getting stiff andthat is why he had to rest andskip the game against ChennaiSuper Kings on September 19and against Kolkata KnightRiders on September 23.

"But him coming out to batafter his short bowling burst onWednesday and then to play

the pull shots showed that hisback was able to hold up. Thepivot that comes with playingthe pull exerts pressure on theback and if you have musclestiffness, you cannot attemptthat shot. So hopefully, he isalmost there when it comes togiving the captain an option asa bowler," the source said.

Coming into the T20World Cup, skipper ViratKohli had said he is looking atHardik getting ready to bowl atleast two overs in a game atsome stage in the tournament.

"Well, I honestly feel thatHardik Pandya presently withhis physical condition is get-ting better in terms of beingprepared to bowl at least twoovers for us at a certain stage inthis tournament and we strong-ly believe we can make themost of the opportunity wehave at our hand till the timehe starts bowling. We haveconsidered a couple of otheroptions to chip in with overs sowe are not bothered about thatall," said Kohli during a virtu-al pre-match press conferenceahead of the Pakistan game.

WI, Bangladesh take on eachother in their quest for win

AGENCYDUBAI, OCT 28

Their campaigns threw haywireby back-to-back losses, defendingchampions West Indies andBangladesh would be locked in ado-or-die battle when they squareoff in a crucial group 1 Super 12match of the T20 World Cup hereon Friday.

While the West Indies lost toEngland and South Africa,Bangladesh were defeated byEoin Morgan and Co. after goingdown to Sri Lanka.

Both teams need a win tokeep their semi-final hopes alive.

The West Indies desperatelyneed to sort out their battingwoes. In their campaign openeragainst England, they werebowled out for 55 and all theirbatters were guilty of throwingaway their wickets going for bigshots instead of rotating the strikeand building the innings.

In the second game, the two-time champions slightly tweakedtheir no-holds-barred approach,sending Lendl Simons to anchorthe innings. But the opener waspainfully slow, managing 16 off35 balls.

Simmons' innings resulted inthe other batters, including EvinLewis who hit a quick-fire half-century, to take risks and in turnlose their wickets.

West Indies lost eight wicketsfor 64 runs between the 11th and20th over to put up a below-partarget.

Going ahead, Simmons couldbe replaced by Roston Chase,

who anchored the innings wellwhile scoring an unbeaten 54 inthe warm-up match againstAfghanistan.

A useful bowler, the Barbadi-an can also give the team anotherspin-bowling option.

The West Indian bowlers havealso looked ordinary with notenough runs to defend. Only left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein hasbeen impressive.

Additionally, the UAE condi-tions do not suit West Indies’ "big-hitting" style of play.

They are yet to register a winin seven outings, including the twowarm-up games played ahead ofthe tournament.

On the other hand, Bangladeshare familiar with the sluggish sub-continent tracks and yet they havefailed to exploit it.

A lot was expected fromBangladesh, having come into thetournament as the sixth-rankedteam which had beaten the likes ofNew Zealand and Australia. Butthe Mahmudullah-led side hasbeen inconsistent throughout thetournament. They have won onlytwo of their five matches so far.

In Mohammad Naim, LitonDas, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudul-lah and Mushfiqur Rahim,Bangladesh have some talentedbatters but they have failed to firein unison.

Their bowlers have alsolacked discipline and will have toput up a much-improved show, asWest Indies, although struggling atthe moment, have a formidablebatting line-up studded with matchwinners.

Despite the many issues

plaguing the side, Bangladeshmight have a slight edge going intothe game, having already played aday match here on Sunday.

Teams (from):West Indies: Kieron Pollard

(c), Nicholas Pooran, FabianAllen, Dwayne Bravo, RostonChase, Andre Fletcher, ChrisGayle, Shimron Hetmyer, EvinLewis, Jason Holder, Lendl Sim-mons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Rus-sell, Oshane Thomas, HaydenWalsh Jr.

Bangladesh: Mahmudullah(capt), Liton Das, MohammedNaim, Mahedi Hasan, Shakib AlHasan, Soumya Sarkar, MushfiqurRahim, Nurul Hasan, Afif Hos-sain, Nasum Ahmed, TaskinAhmed, Shamim Hossain,Mustafizur Rahman, MohammedSaifuddin and Shoriful Islam.

LONDON: ICC Women'sWorld Cup 2017 winner FranWilson has announced herretirement from internationalcricket.

Wilson, 29, has played64 times for her countryacross an 11-year career. Shehas featured in three WorldCups, including being part ofthe team that lifted the ICCWomen's World Cup trophyat Lord's in 2017.

Renowned for her out-standing work in the field -including a particularlymemorable catch against the

Fran Wilson announces retirementfrom international cricket

West Indies at Essex in 2019 - her highestscore in ODI cricket came in 2019, with a 49-ball 85 against Pakistan. Wilson will continue

to play domestic cricket, in the Rachael Hey-hoe Flint Trophy, Charlotte Edwards Cup andThe Hundred.

Patnaik launches country's first FIFAFootball for Schools ProgrammeBHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik onWednesday launched India’s first-ever FIFA Football forSchools Programme at the Kalinga Institute of Social Science(KISS), Bhubaneswar.Football for Schools (F4S) is an ambitious worldwide pro-gramme run by FIFA, which aims to contribute to the educa-tion, development and empowerment of around 700 millionchildren. It seeks to make football more accessible to bothboys and girls around the world. Inaugurating the programmePatnaik said, "Investment in sports is an investment in youth.And investment in youth is an investment in the future. Suchcollaboration to incorporate football activities into the educa-tion system will make football more accessible to both boysand girls at the grassroots". The launch ceremony was alsovirtually attended by Dr. Nik Gugger, Member of Parliament,Switzerland and Gianni Infantino, President, FIFA. In his vir-tual address, Gugger said, "The State of Odisha, under theleadership of Naveen Patnaik, has been promoting sports ina big way and has created an example for the whole coun-try." Commending Dr. Achyuta Samanta’s contributions tosports he said, "Dr. Samanta has created unparalleled sportsinfrastructure and invested in sports and sportspersons thatis now yielding returns.

Namit Das opens up abouthis role in 'Aafat-E-Ishq'

Actor Namit Das is eagerly waiting for therelease of his film 'Aafat-E-Ishq'. Directed byIndrajit Nattoji, the movie is the Indian

adaptation of the award-winning Hungarian filmLiza, the Fox-Fairy. In the movie, Namit will be seenplaying the role of a character who is a big fan oflegendary singer Kishore Kumar. "I feel this is acompletely different genre in itself and hence thecharacter that I am playing is completely differentfrom what I have played before. This film has a bit ofeverything. I play the character of Atmaram who is aghost and is always around Lallo. He's fun-lovingand the only thing I can say is that he is a big fan of Kishore Kumar," Namit said.'Aafat-E-Ishq', the quirky comedy, features Neha Sharma in the lead role. Thefilm will be out on Zee5 on October 29. Deepak Dobriyal, Amit Sial and Ila Arunare also a part of 'Aafat-E-Ishq'.

The makers of the Salman Khan,Aayush Sharma-starrer film'Antim: The Final Truth'

unveiled the action-packed trailer of thefilm on Monday. The film also marksthe debut of Mahima Makwana. Thetrailer comes loaded with pumpingaction, high-octane background music,and much more. The nearly three-minute-long trailer opens with SalmanKhan, who plays the role of a cop, inhis first-ever Sardar persona. Thetrailer also gives the audience a goodpeek into the transformation ofAayush's character, the nemesis ofSalman in the movie. Aayush plays

the role of an aggressive, dreadedand territorial gangster. BothSalman and Aayush had toundergo significant physicaltransformation to play their

characters in the film, and the trailershows precisely that. Laden withthrilling action, in the trailer, SalmanKhan comes out as a ruthless, no-bars-held cop who will stop at nothing torout out crime.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021

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Kartik Aaryanbegins shooting

for ‘Shehzada’Kartik Aaryan is wasting no time in jumping from one project

to another and is all set to start shooting for his next, titled'Shehzada', with co-star Kriti Sanon. Taking to his

Instagram handle, Kartik posted a classy picture in which he canbe seen holding the clapperboard of the film in a stylish fashion.

For the picture, Kartik stands on the glossy, reflective floorof an elegant, white corridor. Adding a crown emoticon, he

wrote the caption, "#Shehzada Shuru..." Helmed by RohitDhawan, 'Shehzada' will mark the second collaboration

between Kriti and Kartik after their 2019 hit romanticfilm 'Luka Chuppi'. Apart from Kriti and Kartik,

Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Ronit Roy, andSachin Khedekar are also a part of 'Shehzada'.

The upcoming project is an action-packed,musical, family film, which will be shot overvarious schedules in Mumbai and Delhi in thenext several months. The film, produced byBhushan Kumar, Allu Arvind, and Aman Gill,will release on November 4 next year.

Tabu, Jimmy Sheirgill celebrate25 years of 'Maachis'

It's been 25 years since Gulzar-helmed 'Maachis' releasedin theatres, and to date, the film enjoys cult status due itsocio-political undertones, timeless songs and powerful

performances.Jimmy Sheirgill, Tabu,

Chandrachur Singh, Om Puri, andKulbhushan Kharbanda among othersfeatured in 'Maachis', which revolvedaround the Sikh insurgency in Punjabin the 1980s. The film won NationalFilm Award for Best Popular FilmProviding WholesomeEntertainment. The hit film alsohelped Tabu win her first NationalFilm Award.

Not many know that filmmakerHansal Mehta had also contributedto the film. He had worked on thepromo of 'Maachis'. As film clocked

a silver jubilee on October 25, Mehta took to Instagramto celebrate the occasion.

He wrote, "The film that changed so many lives.Including mine, 25 years." Tabu, too, became nostalgic. Sheshared Mehta's post on her Instagram Story. Jimmy alsomarked the occasion by sharing fans' special messages on hisInstagram account.

Rajinikanth launches daughter Soundarya'svoice-based social media app 'Hoote'Megastar Rajinikanth on

Monday launched a voice-based social media app

named 'Hoote', which his daughterSoundarya Rajinikanth has co-foundedwith businessman Sunny Pokala. Theapp, which is the first voice-basedsocial networking platform to belaunched from India, will be madeavailable in 15 native Indian languagesand 10 international languages.

In his first post on Hoote,Rajinikanth, who was in Delhi toreceive his Dadasaheb Phalke Award,wished Soundarya for the success ofthe new venture. He also sharedanother post in which he could beheard dedicating his DadasahebPhalke Award to his mentor KBalachander sir, elder brotherSatyanarayana Gaikwad and his friendand bus driver, Raj Bahadur.

At the launch event, Soundaryasaid that the idea came to her when herfather began delivering criticalcommunications by audio rather thantext, and she saw what a difference itmade to get the exact message hewanted to communicate. Soundaryatold "I work very closely with myfather and we were whatsapping eachother a particular statement and

suddenly Ireceived a

voice note, that was themoment Hoote was born in my mind,as I thought the power of voice shouldbe shared and we wanted to create asocial media platform that focuses onvoice". Her belief is that Hoote can beused as a platform to broadcast andlink the world's most renowned voices,and also the voices of the commonpeople both on important issues aswell as to create powerful humanrelationships. Explaining thedifference between existing voice-based platforms like Clubhouse andSpaces, Soundarya added, "People canexpress their thoughts and feeling inany language at any time fromanywhere. The attention span of

people is really coming down and thiswill be a quick way that they can sharewhatever they want on the platform.""Currently, we are working to includeSanskrit. Also, we are working onaudio teasers on Hoote besidestranslation of the messages," shecontinued. Pokala, who is the co-founder of Hoote, has helped developthe app into a robust platform ofinternational standards.

He believes that Hoote will notonly help address this fatigue bymaking it easier for users to expressthemselves but will also become thepreferred medium for celebrities,eminent professionals and commonpeople, to make their voices heard andexpress their views and opinions dueto its advanced privacy, securityfeatures and its ability to cut across thelanguage barriers. "The entire voicemessage should be conveyed in 60seconds and it is human to humaninteraction. The hooters can beanywhere in the world and couldconnect with private or public groups,"Pokala said and added that the app isAI-enabled. The aim of Hoote is toallow people all around the world touse their voices and interact withothers. The team behind it hopes tobuild a genuine social communitywhere users are encouraged to bethemselves without the fear of beingjudged.

"Hoote - Voice based social mediaplatform, from India for the world,"

Rajinikanth shared on his Twitter handle,along with a link to his profile on Hoote.

Sport shoe comesto Big B's rescueafter toe injury

Despite his fractured toe, megastar AmitabhBachchan is shooting non-stop for 'Kaun BanegaCrorepati'. On Tuesday, Big B took to Instagram to

give an update about his injury and shared that he is notcomfortable wearing the traditional leather black shoe."When the traditional black patent leather shoe getsreplaced or is fractured by the soft toed wear .. because thatis the only entry that a fractured toe can conceive.PARDON the effusive vocabulary.. it's the early after thelate before," he wrote. Alongside the update, he shared apicture of him wearing a white suit teamed up with regularsports shoes. Netizens gave a big thumbs up to Big B forhis look. "They look good and happening," actor NeenaGupta commented. "You look so cool," a fan wrote. On thefilm front, Amitabh will be seen sharing screen space withNeena Gupta in 'Goodbye'. He is also a part of'Brahmastra', co-starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.

Acclaimed Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi, who is all set toonce again showcase his acting prowess as a shrewd policeofficer in 'Bunty Aur Babli 2', on Monday, along with the

film's trailer launch expressed he is "grateful to find projects thatare different". Talking about his role in the upcoming movie, Pankajsaid, "I'm grateful to find projects that are different and Bunty AurBabli 2 is a supremely funny film. I just loved the character that wasoffered to me by my director Varun V. Sharma and YRF and I hopeI have done justice to the role. I have been looking for a role like

this because it gives me thecreative freedom to justentertain audiences throughcomedy." The newly releasedtrailer for the film showed theOG con-couple Bunty-Babli,played by Saif Ali Khan andRani Mukerji, battle it outwith the new con-couple,Siddhant Chaturvedi andBollywood debutant Sharvari.

Speaking about his character'sarc in 'Bunty Aur Babli 2' Pankaj added, "I play a cop named JatayuSingh, who through his shrewdness, manages to pit the two Buntyand Bablis in an epic fight for supremacy. While the two battle itout to prove who is the biggest con artist, I have my eyes on theprize to be the most acclaimed cop. I'm the one who gets theoriginal Bunty Babli out of their hiding to chase the new BuntyBabli. What follows is madness and a laugh riot for audiences to bethoroughly entertained." The rib-tickling comedy is an out-and-outfamily entertainer that will pit the con-stars, from differentgenerations, against each other as they show their mastery overdisguises to outwit each other and pull off outlandish cons.

Newcomer Sharvari, who will be acting in the movie, alongsidethe powerhouse cast, also expressed her gratitude for bagging therole and said, "I have been extremely fortunate to get a dream debut

in Bunty Aur Babli 2.You don't often getprojects in which youplay so many roles. Iwas determined toperform each one ofthem convincinglybecause the audienceneeds to be invested inthe disguise so thatthey enjoy the conthoroughly. I hadthe best timegetting intot h e s elooks/avatarslike a completeshifter and justputting my bestfoot forward."

The film has beendirected by Varun VSharma, who has worked as anAssistant Director in hit filmslike 'Sultan' and 'Tiger Zinda Hai'.

Yash Raj Films' 'Bunty AurBabli 2' will release in theatres onNovember 19.

Meanwhile, Pankaj, whosefuture projects include 'Oh MyGod 2', 'Bachchan Pandey' and'Criminal Justice' season 3, hadrecently received the Diversity inCinema Award at the Indian FilmFestival of Melbourne (IFFM).

'Grateful to find projects thatare different': Pankaj Tripathion ‘Bunty Aur Babli 2’

‘I'm grateful to findprojects that are

different and Bunty AurBabli 2 is a supremely

funny film: Pankaj

'Antim: The Final Truth'trailer: Witness cop Salmanagainst gangster Aayush