Chandigarh: Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) in collaboration with State Legal Services Authority (SLSA), Chandigarh organized a “Capacity Building Program for the Principals” of private school of U.T. Chandigarh to sensitize about various legal provisions of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and POCSO Act,2012 and also to talk on safety and security of children in school at Convention Hall, Chandigarh Judicial Academy, sector 43, Chandigarh.

By introducing the theme of the occasion, Ms. Harjinder Kaur, Chairperson, CCPCR highlighted that role of education department is of paramount importance in wellbeing of children. Therefore it becomes more essential that being the heads of the schools must make effective endeavors for the safety and overall development of their students.

Ms. Seema, principal of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Dhanas was facilitated by Ms. Harjinder Kaur for representing Chandigarh on National Platform at new Delhi on teachers day.

Chandigarh: Day after the UT refused to sanction MC House-approved study tour of Goa and Mumbai, UT Administrator and Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit today cleared a visit by councillors to Indore and Nagpur.

The UT Administrator directed the members of the team to table a study report within a month of the visit. Mayor Sarbjit Kaur and Deputy Mayor Anup Gupta today met Purohit regarding permission for the study tour of councillors.

The Governor favoured a visit to Indore, the top-ranking city in Swachh Survekshan, and Nagpur, and replicate good practices there in the UT. He suggested the team to visit bio-methanation plant in Indore, recently unveiled by the Prime Minister, and NEERI in Nagpur, a pioneer in field of waste management.

Chandigarh: Punjab Engineering College (Deemed-to-be University) Chandigarh, celebrated the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on 7th September 2022 in the Administrative Block, PEC at 11 am.

Prof.(Dr) Baldev Setia, Director, PEC addressed the audience regarding the significance of the day and how it is aimed to raise public awareness at all levels of society including individuals, community, corporate and government about the importance of clean air for health, economy and the environment. The day was celebrated by taking the pledge as directed by the Chandigarh Administration.

All the faculty members and staff members pledged, administered by Prof.(Dr) Baldev Setia, Director, to work for keeping the environment clean and reducing their carbon footprints by making changes in their daily activities and being mindful of their actions to make the city clear and clean.

Chandigarh: Keeping up with the tradition of honouring the educators from School Education on the occasion of Teacher’s Day, the Education Department hosted a felicitation ceremony of the recipients of State Awards and Commendation Certificates 2021-22 to the Principals, Heads and teachers from schools.

The Chief Guest, Shri Banwarilal Purojhit, Hon’ble Governor Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh felicitated the awardee teachers at Tagore Theatre in the presence of Guest of Honor, Smt. Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament, UT Chandigarh and in the august presence of Smt Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor UT Chandigarh, Shri Dharam Pal, Adviser to Administrator and other officials of UT Chandigarh Administration.

This year, a total of 10 State Awards and 11 Commendation Certificates were being conferred. This includes Principal, Head, Lecturers, TGT/DPE, JBT/NTT, teachers on deputation and from private/recognized schools.

The State Awardees were facilitated with a medal, a Certificate and Rs 21000/- while the Commendation Certificate Awardees were given Rs 5100/- each along with a Certificate.

Chandigarh: With an aim to provide the highest quality of health services, four new Urban Health and Wellness Centres would be established in Panchkula under the 15th Finance Commission Health Grant. Initially these centres would be set up for a period of five years.

This was informed in the first meeting of the District Level Committee regarding the setting up of Urban Health and Wellness Centres held under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner, Sh Mahavir Kaushik at the Mini Secretariat.

These Urban Health and Wellness Centres would be established at Red Cross, Sector-15, Community Centre Sector-28, Saketri and Bhudanpur. A grant of Rs 70 lakh per year per Centre would be provided for the construction or renovation of building and for medicine, equipment, lab facilities and salary of the staff. It was also informed that the Health Department has already signed a MoU with Red Cross Society ,Sector-15 for the setting up of Health and Wellness Centres and it would start functioning soon. The site at the Community Centre in Sector-28 has been finalized and an MoU would be signed within the next few days. The site for Health and Wellness Centres at Saketri and Bhudanpur is yet to be finalized.

Chandigarh: Tim Hortons, signature coffee and baked goods brand from Canada, is opening its outlet in Chandigarh soon. The date is yet to be confirmed. Tim Hortons made its India debut on August 11 with their first two locations in the national capital region at Gurgaon and Saket. Tim Hortons has created special menu options for the Indian market. Besides their popular beverages like the French Vanilla, the Iced Capp, a blended frozen coffee beverage, and bite-sized morsels of traditional donuts called Timbits, there is a section dedicated to made-to-order food and baked goods in the menu, where breads, spice and toppings can be customized.

The information about Chandigarh outlet was shared by Patrick Hebert, Consul General of Canada in Chandigarh through a tweet, “Big news for the #CityBeautiful! Looking forward to have @TimHortonsIndia in #Chandigarh and expand the 🇨🇦 🇮🇳 connections in the region.”

Chandigarh: Sargun Mehta, Punjabi actress, model and producer is all set to make her major Bollywood debut with Akshay Kumar as a female cop ‘S.H.O Parmar’ in the suspense thriller “Cutputli.” The trailer of the same came out recently, in which Sargun’s role was kept as a suspense.

Sargon is known for owning her movie characters in cinema and doing justice to all her roles. The actress said, “I am very excited to start a new innings and do something in Hindi after a long hiatus of seven years. There’s a huge audience for thrillers which is why I wanted to do a different and strong character. I am hopeful about the outcome and now waiting for the audience’s reaction.”

Reacting to the same, Sargun’s ‘Chandigarh Amritsar Chandigarh’ co-star Gippy Grewal said, “To be honest, I didn’t know she was doing the project, and in the trailer, we couldn’t figure out much about her role. However, the kind of performer Sargun Mehta is, I believe since she was taken in the movie, they should have shown her more in the trailer.”

Chandigarh: The first ever case of robotically assisted bioresorbable stent implantation in the world was done by the Department of Cardiology, Advanced Cardiac Centre, PGIMER as an interventional procedure.

The case was performed by Prof Yash Paul Sharma, Head of the Department of Cardiology and team. The patient was a 47years old with coronary artery disease and 90% stenosis of a major coronary artery. The patient underwent successful implantation of a bioresorbable stent through the CorindusRobotic Arm of CardiacCath Lab.

Advanced Cardiac Centre, Department of Cardiology at PGIMER is the first centre in India where Robotic assisted PCIs have been done. The earlier trial and training phase of robotic PCI has been done and Inauguration is expected soon. Robotic PCI has the advantage of a high degree of precision and cuts down radiation exposure.

Newer bioresorbable stents with thinner struts (100 microns) developed in India have been introduced, now these stents dissolve in the body over 2-3 years leaving the natural artery intact. Older generation BRS had strut thickness of 150 microns. The clinical registry of patients with newer generation BRS and also Robotic PCI is being carried out in PGI.

As a landmark, the centre has achieved the least mortality (6.8%) in patients with acute coronary syndrome including cardiogenic shock and comorbidities of all age groups. This has been achieved with strategic an innovative, therapeutics and intervention.