IEP Chandigarh, February 6

Delhi Public School, Gurugram got 1^st place in first edition of Inter-School Quiz ‘Kushagra’ at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) Chandigarh campus. The 2^nd place was bagged by Modern School, Barakhambha Road,   Delhi and Sunbeam English School, Varanasi got 3^rd place. The runner up title went to Neerja Modi School, Jaipur.

Rakesh Kumar Popli, PCS Joint Secretary Personnel, Government of Punjab was chief guest during the grand finale.

The preliminary rounds were conducted virtually with over 760 students from 50 schools participating. After an elimination round, the top 50 teams across India were shortlisted for the grand finale at NMIMS. 

IEP Mohali, February 6

As many as 1000 including students and faculty attended a workshop on ‘Management of cardiovascular health and stress among youngsters’ at Chandigarh Group of Colleges on Monday.

Addressing the workshop, Dr. Deepak Puri, director of cardiovascular at  Max Hospital, Mohali said that there has been a 30 percent rise of fatal heart attacks in the age group 25 to 44 years ever since the onset of COVID pandemic.

He emphasized that the patients who needed hospitalization for COVID are having much more severe after effects with 27.3 times increase complications due to clot formation, 21.6 times increase in heart failure, 17.5 times increased risk of stroke ,10 times increased risk of arrhythmias and 118 times increase risk of death. Whereas in non-hospitalized COVID patients’ risk of death has increased more than 10 times according to a recent report from Queen Mary University of London, he informed. 

IEP Chandigarh, February 5

Punjab Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the state government is taking effective steps to make the state’s gaushalas self-reliant. He said that a grant of Rs 30 crore is given every year for fodder of cattle. The Chief Minister was addressing on the occasion of the anniversary celebration of Shri Jagat Guru Brahmanand Gaushala in Panipat’s Kurana village.

Kurana village will be developed under Mahagram Yojana

The Chief Minister approved several demands for Kurana village. He approved the demand for widening four roads of the village to five and a half meters. With the population of the village being more than 10,000, the Chief Minister also announced to give the benefit of Mahagram Yojana to Kurana village, along with an assistance of Rs 21 lakh for Shri Jagat Guru Brahmanand Gaushala, Kurana.

        Apart from this, Member of Parliament, Sh. Sanjay Bhatia and Rajya Sabha member, Sh. Krishan Lal Panwar announced Rs 11 lakh each and MP Arvind Sharma announced Rs. 2.50 lakh for the Gaushala.

        The Chief Minister said that cow is considered a symbol of Indian civilization, culture and traditions. Cow has been given the status of mother in religious texts and is worshipped.

        Emphasizing to make the cow a means of livelihood for the farmers again, he said, “For this, we have to take effective steps for the conservation and promotion of indigenous breeds of cows. Under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, Gokul Gram is being established at Government Livestock Farm, Hisar. The Haryana Gauvansh Research Centre has been opened in Panchkula by the Haryana Gau Seva Aayog. In this, research work is going on more phosphate rich organic manure and vermicompost.”

        The Chief Minister said that any registered Gaushala which needs grant can put its demand on the Saral Portal. Apart from this, solar power plants have been installed in 330 gaushalas in the state under the Mukhyamantri Gaushala Jagmag Yojana. He said that for marketing Panchgavya products made from cow dung, cow urine etc; marketing platforms would be made available in rural industrial parks located near cow shelters.

        In order to encourage cattle rearing in the state, the Chief Minister said that interest subsidy is being provided to the beneficiaries on the bank loans taken for the purchase of cows; after setting up a dairy of 20 indigenous breeds of cows, such as Haryana, Sahiwal, Belahi, Tharparkar, Gir etc. Also, 50 percent subsidy is given to the cattle rearers who open dairies of 3 and 5 cows of indigenous breed. He said that four cattle breeding and research centres have been set up in Kaithal’s Keorak village, Jhajjar’s Lakdiya, Karnal’s Uchani, and Mahendragarh at a cost of Rs 37 crore for the improvement of the breed of indigenous cows.

        He said that the government has implemented the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act 2015, under which a provision has been made for imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh; for the person who kills a cow. A provision has been made for imprisonment of up to 7 years for cow-smuggling and fine up to Rs 70,000 in addition to confiscation of the vehicle used.

        “Apart from this, a state-level special cow protection task force has been constituted to prevent cow slaughter and cow-smuggling. Beef testing labs have been set up in Faridabad and Yamunanagar to punish the culprits of cow slaughter. Two cow shelters have been established at Panipat’s Nain village and Hisar’s Dhandhur village to keep destitute cattle,” said the Chief Minister.

        To make the gaushalas self-reliant, he called upon the Gaushala operators to lay emphasis on the production of natural phenyl, organic manure, cow dung utensils, natural paint, pot, lamp, incense, soap and other products from cow urine and dung.

        On the occasion, MPs Sh. Krishan Lal Panwar, Sh. Sanjay Bhatia, Sh. Arvind Sharma, Gharaunda MLA Sh. Harvinder Kalyan, Panipat Rural MLA, Sh. Mahipal Dhanda, Panipat Urban MLA, Sh. Pramod Vij, Uttarakhand DGP, Sh. Ashok Garg, Shri Jagat Guru Brahmanand Gaushala Samiti president, Sh. Naresh Garg, besides a large number of people were present.

IEP Chandigarh, February 5

Continuing with its spectacular performance in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games in Madhya Pradesh; Haryana stays at the top of the table with 22 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals.        Congratulating the winning players, Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the players have once again proved that Haryana is the super power of sports in the country.        “It is clear from the results of the competitions that Haryana is full of sports talents; that is why we are constantly working to promote sports in every village,” he said, adding that the state government will provide all sports facilities to every player in future also and will make Haryana a nursery of sports.        The Chief Minister said that this is the result of Haryana’s strong sports policy, due to which gold medals are coming in abundance in the Youth Games. He said that last time, the state government had also doubled the prize money given to the winners of the Khelo India Youth Games. The player winning gold medal was given Rs 1 lakh, Rs 60,000 to the silver medalist and Rs 40,000 to the bronze medalist.        Not only this, Rs 5,000 were also given as incentive to the sportspersons of the state for participating in the games. “It is the effect of the sports policy that the players of the state are continuously performing brilliantly,” he asserted.        The 5th Khelo India Youth Games will continue till February 11 in eight cities of Madhya Pradesh. About 6,000 players from the country are participating in 27 sports.        Haryana has won 15 medals including 8 gold in boxing and 4 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze medals in athletics. In shooting the state has won 2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze; while 3 gold and one silver in cycling. Two gold medals in badminton, one gold medal in volleyball and two gold medals in archery have been achieved so far.

IEP Chandigarh, February 4

In order to promote sports culture in the state as per the commitment of Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Information & Public Relations, Housing & Urban Development, New & Renewable Energy Sources and Printing & Stationery Minister Mr. Aman Arora, on Saturday, inaugurated ‘Khedan Halqa Sunam Diyan’ organised in the memory of Late Punjab Minister Babu Bhagwan Dass Arora, the father of Mr. Aman Arora, at Shaheed Bhai Mati Das Senior Secondary School, Longowal.

This would be for the first time in the history of Punjab that as many as 207 teams, comprising 2037 players, from a same constituency are participating in  the rural sports, stated the cabinet minister.

Mr. Aman Arora also felicitated Padma Shri heavyweight International Boxer Kaur Singh, Gold medal winner of Asian Games and Padma Shri Sunita Rani, Gold Medalist Athlete of Asian Games, while calling them sports icons of Punjab.

He interacted with players and urged them to play with spirit of sportsmanship. The Cabinet Minister informed that three categories of sports— Volleyball Shooting, Volleyball Smashing and Tug of War, are being organised to promote sports culture at the ground level as per the commitment of Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann, who is ardent sports lover.

Highlighting the projects being carried out in Sunam constituency, Mr Aman Arora said that a stadium will be constructed with the cost of Rs. 3.97 crore at Longowal to ensure the state-of-the-art sports infrastructure to the youth. Apart from this,  Shaheed Bhai Mati Das Senior Secondary School, Longowal and Govt Senior Secondary School (Boys), Sunam will be converted into School of Eminence, Rs 3.62 crore will be spent on completion of the remaining construction of two storeys of Govt School (Girls), Sunam and Rs 1.31 crore will be spent on the Bus stand and boundary wall of Civil Hospital will be constructed with cost of Rs. 38 lakh.

The Cabinet Minister further said that Babu Bhagwan Dass Arora Memorial Sunam Super League under the banner of ‘Khedan Halqa Sunam Diyan’ is being organised by the Babu Bhagwan Dass Arora Memorial Foundation. Pertinently, Babu Bhagwan Dass Arora Memorial Foundation has been organising medical camps and carrying out other social works for the welfare of public for over a decade.

Recently, Mann Government had also organised the three-month long sports gala “Khedan Watan Punjab Diyan” to identify hidden talent and thereafter hone that talent to produce international level sportspersons from the state and over 3 lakh sportspersons participated in this mega sports event, said the cabinet minister.

Mr. Aman Arora said that winner teams of these three events will be bestowed with cash prizes along with trophies. Sports kits will also be distributed to all the participating teams, he added.