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Chandigarh: Lifestyle disorder time bomb is ticking in north India, as high prevalence of anaemia, increasing incidences of cardiovascular diseases and a high percentage of obesity and diabetes have been reported in the local population by the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) III.

According to the survey, anaemia has emerged as one of the biggest problems. About 82 per cent children between the age group of six months to six years are anaemic in Haryana and the figure is 80 per cent for Punjab, says survey.

“The number of anaemic adolescents and women are also very high. Anaemia or iron deficiency is an important indicator that why a majority of blood donors in Chandigarh are men,” said Dr Neelam Marwaha, Head of Department, Transfusion Medicine at PGI.

Dr Marwaha said, “Women in their reproductive age group should be healthy and eating well. But evidently, they are not eating enough iron rich food.”

As hospitals across the region celebrate National Nutrition Week from September 1 to 7, nutritionists feel that a change in dietary habits is the need of the hour.
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Chandigarh: More than 900 MBA aspirants from various states today attended the counselling session organised by Aryans Business School (ABS) in association with Bank of India, Sector 17, at Lala Lajpat Rai Bhawan, Sector 15.

Students who had appeared for AIMA’s Management Aptitude Test (MAT) were provided information about the MBA programme and placement opportunities available at ABS. Addressing the students, ABS chairman Anshu Kataria said, “MBA is the most demanding course in corporate world today, but it is sad that our education system has failed to meet the growing demand for MBA graduates. The target of this upcoming business school is to meet this demand.”

The senior branch manager Bank of India, Sector 35, Chandigarh, Ashok Kumar Sharma, said that students could avail 100 per cent finance for the course at various retail outlets of the bank in the region. On the spot approval was also given to interested candidates.

Source: Express News Service

Panchkula: Panchkula residents are getting a taste of French after Alliance Française de Chandigarh has opened an extension at Panchkula The classes have recently commenced and are taking place at Toddlers’ School in Sector 10, Panchkula.

“The class timings are from 7 am to 8:55 am and 5:35 pm to 7:30 pm. A team of specialised teachers trained by the institute and the Cultural Department of the French Embassy will ensure to provide training in French in both written and spoken,” said the spokes- person of the school. She further added that teaching would have a balance between written and oral work and between traditional and modern communicative methods.

It was also told that the classrooms were equipped with audio, video,DVD-TV sets.

Source: Express News Service

Chandigarh: A meeting of the DAV Colleges Coordination Committee was held at DAV College, Sector 10 on Sunday. The meeting was held in support of agitating employees of MCM DAV and DAV College who have been demanding the implementation of encashment of earned leave and deduction of provident fund on total salary as per Panjab University rules and regulations.

The meeting was attended by presidents and teacher representatives of DAV Colleges across Punjab. Prof S S Hundal, president of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union (PCCTU) said that the University had issued instructions to all colleges in Punjab and Chandigarh to grant the legitimate dues to the employees immediately, failing which the colleges could face disaffiliation.

Prof N K Gossain, Coordination Committee convener condemned the callous attitude of the Managing Committee. He said that the management has ignored the just demands of the teachers.

The DAV Colleges Managing Committee has decided to observe a two-period strike in all the DAV Colleges in Punjab on September 13. Prof P S Gill, a Panjab University senator said that the units have submitted memorandums to the PU Vice Chancellor and Syndicate members. He urged the Vice Chancellor to take appropriate measures to solve the impasse.

Source: Express News Service

Chandigarh, September 02: Keralities in the city celebrated Onam at Sacred Heart Convent School on Sunday. Union State Finance Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Kerala health minister P K Sreemathi attended the function. Sreemathi said, “Onam is a festival, which is celebrated by all cutting across caste, class and religious barriers.A “Thalappoli” procession was carried out by the ladies in traditional Kerala dresses. A very big and attractive Athapookalam (floral decoration) was also made. A J Philip, Associate Chief Editor of The Tribune was also present in the function.

Source: Express News Service

Chandigarh: Armed Forces remained one of the last bastions of male supremacy in India till about 15 years ago. Since the British rule, women were not accepted into the forces with medical corps and military nursing services being the only exception.

By the 1990s, with changes in society and international trends, employability of women in non-combative roles of the armed forces was considered by the Indian government and the first batch of women officers were inducted in 1992. No woman has so far been inducted to the fighting arms of the Indian Army.

Government policy on the subject laid down that women officers would be initially granted SSC for a period of 5 years, at the end of which Permanent Commission would be offered to willing officers. However, the government failed to deliver on its promise. After the first batch approached the end of the 5-year tenure, the engagement period was increased to 10 years, and later on to 15 years.

Now it appears that the government is unable to implement the policy of granting Permanent Commission to women officers, ostensibly under pressure from a section of the Armed forces itself.

For example, the internal policies of IAF have maintained a divergent direction on the subject. As per their in-house policy, the IAF does not have a requirement to grant Permanent Commission to SSC officers. The policy even created a novel way of denying extension to the pre-existing SSC (W) officers in 2006, by steeply raising the benchmark of ACR grading.
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Chandigarh: Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
CAST: Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Ajay Devgan, Prashant Raj, Sushmita Sen, Nisha Kothari, Sushant Singh
DIRECTOR: Ram Gopal Varma
If you meddle with history, prepare to be shot. Ram Gopal Varma rejigs Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay for 2007, and comes up with a clunker.

Back in 1975, Bollywood was struggling to come up with an idiom which would be right for the times. The one-size-fits-all shoe had dropped, and most movies were dying like flies. And then along came Sholay, which packed everything in its punch - thrilling action, romance, comedy, tragedy. It was a smorgasbord, a veritable feast, the like of which we had never seen before. And judging by what RGV has made of it, we never will.

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You go in, girded for difference. The bitter spat between the Sippys and RGV, and the fallout, has been publicised well enough for us to know that the latter has transplanted Ramgarh to Mumbai, that Jai is Raj (Prashant), Veeru is Heero (Ajay), Thakur Baldev Singh is Narasimha (Mohanlal), Basanti is Ghunghroo (Nisha). And Gabbar Singh — was there ever a more satisfying name for a villa–n-is Babban ( Amitabh Bachchan).
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Chandigarh: The Global Human Rights Council held a seminar on arrest and torture by police at Hotel Gravity today. The issues related to torture by police and inaction on part of the judiciary were also raised.

Former Member of Parliament and lawyer Satya Pal Jain was the chief guest.

The members of the council called for protection of the rights of an accused during and after the arrest. The issue of custodial deaths was also raised.

Speaking on the occasion, GHRC Chairman Arvind Thakur said, “We should realise that what is happening with someone today, can happen with us as well. We need to raise our voice against the ill treatment and torture by the police personnel.”

Source: Express News Service

SAS Nagar: Timely action by fire tenders from Mohali, Chandigarh, and Dera Bassi today averted a major fire accident in Phase VII, Mohali. The fire was reported at a shed behind Factory number E-112, located in a thickly-populated area.

On receiving an emergency call at 6.30 pm, Fire Department, Mohali, rushed three fire tenders to control the fire. However, considering the threat to property of the surrounding areas, two more fire tenders from Chandigarh and Dera Bassi were also pressed into service.

Panic gripped the entire area as huge flames were seen from a long distance. However, after a struggle of almost four hours the firemen brought the fire under control around 10.30 pm.

Source: Express News Service

BLAME GAME :MC, ADMN SPAR OVER FUNDS, POWER

Panchkula: “If the Municipal Council, Panchkula, is to be blamed for misappropriation of funds, use of sub-standard material and misuse of power, then the Panchkula administration, too, is equally responsible for the same,” said MC president Manvir Kaur Gill while addressing a press conference at Hotel Pallavi in Sector 5, today.

She said it was the Panchkula administration that was responsible for spoiling the image of the MC.

“If misappropriation of funds was being done by the MC, why did the administration not stop them before. It is all politically motivated and if the MC is to be blamed in any case, the administration and the monetary committee formed by the administration are equally responsible for the same,” said Gill.

She further added that they had all the documents that would prove that samples of the material used by the MC were checked by competent authority and also supervised by the monetary committee.
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