Wednesday 5 October 2016

Vodafone & Microsoft Empower Indian Enterprises with Office 365

Chandigarh 05th October:- Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, has tied up with Microsoft as a Cloud Service Partner. As part of this tie-up, VBS to offer Office 365 to Indian businesses to give them enterprise-grade productivity and collaboration services.
 Under the tie-up, Vodafone Business Services will enable Indian businesses of all sizes to access Microsoft Office 365 comprising the familiar Office applications suite from the cloud, along with business-class collaboration tools and services to help them work easier and collaborate better from anywhere. The Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite offered on a pay-per-use Software as a Service (SaaS) model works across multiple devices, provides built-in, enterprise-grade security features, tools for teamwork and increased productivity as well as extensive privacy and compliance controls.
With the service delivery and support entirely managed by Vodafone, Office 365 is easy to deploy and manage, delivering ease of doing business and enhanced productivity to enterprises of all sizes.
Vodafone Business Services is a leading Total Communications Partner to large Indian and multinational companies, public sector enterprises, SMEs and start-ups all over India with solutions across mobility, fixed line, IoT and Cloud.
Announcing the tie-up with Microsoft, Nick Gliddon, Director, Vodafone Business Services, said that we are pleased to partner with Microsoft to bring the Office 365 suite to our enterprise customers. We are confident that the pay-per-use Software as a Service (SaaS) model will make our customers’ business future-ready by giving them predictable IT costs and taking care of the technology upgrades and scalability worries. Vodafone is acknowledged as an enterprise mobility leader. With our cloud platform and tie-up with Microsoft, we are now well positioned as a total communications partner to our enterprise customers.
Announcing the tie-up, Meetul Patel, General Manager, Marketing & Operations, Microsoft, said that we are excited to have Vodafone Business Services as a Cloud Partner. Our tie-up will give Indian enterprises of all sizes affordable access to Microsoft’s suite of collaboration and productivity services – across devices, anywhere, anytime, and worry-free.




City Singer Comes up with Inspirational Song for Youth

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 05th October:- Chandigarh based singer Meenu Palta has released her solo Hindi track Aate Jate Yun Hi which is an inspirational song for the young people, which focuses on happiness, love and positivity.
A solo Hindi track sung by Meenu Palta, 36, was released by Crescendo Music (Viral Entertainment), Mumbai. The Music Director is Mr. Sargam Jassu who has to his credit T.V. serials ‘Veera’ and ‘Humko tumse ho gaya hai pyar’.
The Director is Uvie who is a playback singer for Bollywood songs like ‘Jawani le doobi’ from ‘Kya Kool hai hum’, ‘Fevicol’ from ‘Dabangg’, songs for T.V. serial ‘Veera’ and an upcoming Bollywood number ‘Happening’ from ‘Main aur Mr. Khanna’. He was among the panel of judges for Sa Re Ga Ma 2016. The Director of photography is Prashant Dandekar from Mumbai.
Meenu while interacting with media said that since the age of 9, she has been participating in various singing and dance competitions. Meenu said she would like to connect to all kinds of audiences who are interested in youthful, soulful songs that give a message of life and love. Palta through her talent wants to take the cause forward by composing and singing more such numbers which inspire the youth.  
Her next initiative would be to connect to the Punjabi audiences by trying her hand on a Punjabi number, Meenu informed the media, adding her desire is to continue contributing in the field of music by coming up with her own songs and also imparting education in the field. The track is available for purchase on iTunes.
Meenu, who has a number of awards to her credit, including a number of them as best vocalist in school and college, has being a judge at several musical events. She has besides bagging several state level and national awards, also participated in Sa Re Ga MaPunjabi and Chalti ka naam Antakshari.
Another solo track, Saat Rang Ke Sapne was released by the artist last year. Meenu had in 1999 come out with Ram Amritvani, an audio cassette recorded in her and her sisters’ voice, which was released by Tips Cassette Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai. A Set of three cassettes titled ‘Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil’, ‘Abhi Na Jao Chodh Kar’ and ‘Tera mera Pyaar Amar’ was released by Late Jaspal Bhatti. Meenu also has to her credit a Hindi film songs CD named ‘Evergreen Melodies’ and a devotional CD named ‘ Sai Baba Bhazans’.
An M.A. (Music Vocal), M.Ed, she worked as a Music (Vocal) Lecturer as Guest Faculty at MCMDAV College for Women, Sector 36, Chandigarh. Presently she is working for Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, Chandigarh as a Music and Dance teacher. At present Meenu is taking formal training in singing from Harvinder Singh, at GCG, Sector 11, here.


Trindade Goncalves ‘Gaur of the Match’

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 05th October:- Trindade Goncalves is rated highly by his parent club CR Flamengo and the youngster certainly showed off his wide range of skills in FC Goa's loss to Northeast United FC. Trindade was a livewire in midfield and covered various positions on the pitch and made a nuisance of him for the opposition defenders. His set piece taking ability is also a bonus to the club as the youngster was put on corner duty.
Trindade found himself in attacking positions very often during the match and nearly found himself on the score sheet after unleashing a superb long drive that seemed destined for the top corner till Subrata Pal palmed it away. The youngster linked up well with attacking midfielder Joffre to fashion chances for his teammates as well as create chances for himself. He seems to be an important cog in the wheel and will be instrumental in Goa's chances for the upcoming season.



DishTV Launches New Comedy Active Service

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 05th October:- With a vision to extend fun and entertainment to viewers, DishTV, Asia's largest DTH brand is all set to expand their bouquet of value added services (VAS). DishTV has partnered with Comedywalas, a division of Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd., one of India’s leading filmed entertainment content house to launch a new service called “Comedy Active”. Comedy Active Service, that aims to take the comedy quotient a notch higher, will connect the subscribers to all genres of comedy ranging from comic shows and gags, on the DishTV platform.
Comedy Active offers original content, created especially for this service along with the best of classic comedy television shows like ‘Nukkad’, ‘Ye Jo Hai Zindagi’, and ‘Zabaan Sambhalke’. Segmented in two parts, Comedy Active will air content in the form of ‘Classic comedy shows’ and introduced ‘short format comedy shows’.
Comedy Active Service will be packaged as a 24X7, ad free service which will showcase comedy programs throughout the day. Subscribers will get an opportunity to view some of the most classic comedy shows, Bollywood repurposed shows, Spoofs, Gags, Hidden camera pranks and Stand-up comedy, and be delighted by pure light hearted entertainment.
Announcing the new launch Arun Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, DishTV said that we have always taken the lead in enhancing the value proposition and provide the best in entertainment to our subscribers. Laughter is infectious as it binds people together and brings happiness. While there are a lot of channels for a variety of entertainment, there are hardly any that offers uninterrupted content for Comedy. He said that Comedy Active service will provide a single destination for comedy catering to all age groups of viewers at a time convenient to them.  We are happy to announce our partnership with Shemaroo to launch Comedy Active Service on our platform. This move reiterates our commitment to augment the TV viewing experience for our viewers and strengthen our bond with our patrons.
Hiren Gada, Director, Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd said that we are very excited to launch comedy active service with DishTV. There is lack of good comedy content on television platform. Hence Consumers depend on other platforms for such content. This service will fill that gap. With Comedywalas, we plan to establish a one stop destination for every kind of comedy content that has a universal appeal.



Former PGI Dean Awarded with International Contribution Award of IACAPAP

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 05th October:- Dr Savita Malhotra, former Dean and Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry at PGI, has been awarded International Contribution Award of the IACAPAP(International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions) for 2016 at its meeting held in Calgary, Canada. The award is "in recognition of exemplary leadership on behalf of children and youth throughout South East Asia through teaching, advocacy, scholarly research and contributions to literature". IACAPAP is a confederation of national and regional associations and societies of child and adolescent psychiatry throughout the world.
​This is​ an ultimate recognition​ for the work in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry by Dr Savita Malhotra in PGI and in India and Asia​ for more than 35 years. She has worked to establish excellent child psychiatry services and training in PGI; to develop professional identity and recognition of the discipline of child psychiatry in India; initiating the start of DM training in Child and Adolescent psychiatry in India; starting the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health; running School Mental Health Programme in Chandigarh; working for Indian Council for Child Welfare UT Chandigarh. ​
​She was honored by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry last year for her global leadership in the field.
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27th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation on 7th to 9TH October

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 05th October:- The department of Nephrology in association with Department of Transplant Surgery, Hepatology, Pulmonary Medicine, Cardiology Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Pathology, Microbiology and Plastic Surgery is going to organize the 27th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT-2016). The conference will be held in the Hotel Hyatt Regency from 7-9 October 2016. About 25 experts from USA, UK, France and SAARC countries will attend this conference and share their expertise. About 800-1000 delegates from India and abroad are expected to attend this conference.
Live demonstration of Robotic Renal transplant will be shown on 6th October 2016, followed by preconference CME in PGI in which various session and workshops will deal with newer techniques of organ retrieval and transplantation, minimal or no scar surgery, pediatric transplantation and post transplant complications. From 7th-9th October the main conference will be held in the Hotel Hyatt Regency. Every day in the morning and evening there will be plenary sessions, which will be followed by multiple parallel sessions. The parallel sessions will deliver talks on other solid organ transplantations like liver transplantation, heart transplantation, lung transplantation, small bowel and pancreas transplantation. There will also be a plenary session on hand transplantation. In addition, there will also be parallel session on transplant infections and transplant pathology. The conference will also have talk on measures to increase deceased donor pool, and donation after cardiac death. There will also be talks on how to perform renal transplantation in highly sensitised patients as well as across the blood group barrier. The experts will also delve on newer strategies and latest technology to diagnose graft rejections, early detection of infections. They will also provide updated recommendations on management of various transplant associated issues.
There will also be dedicated sessions on the role of National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organization (NOTTO), which is a National level organization set up under Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in organ transplantation. Transplant coordinators play an important role in the cadaver donation program and there will also be a two day program and meeting of the Transplant coordinators. There will also be a special session of the Transplant status in SAARC countries, where various speakers from SAARC countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka and Nepal will share their experience of establishing the solid organ transplant and various challenges in SAARC countries.



Acer Announces Exciting Festive Offers for Consumers

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 05th October:- Acer India, one of the largest PC vendors in the country brings in another compelling reason to celebrate this festive season with increased fervor. For this festive season, Acer has announced the special offers on the purchase of its range of Aspire Laptops, 2 in 1, convertibles and All-in-One PCs. 
The offer from Acer will be valid for purchases made from October 1st and will continue through the festive period. Further adding festivities, Acer’s new brand ambassador Anushka Sharma will be part of this forthcoming festive campaign. Acknowledging the need for customers to be able to stay connected with their loved ones, Acer’s festive offers are an effort to encourage customers to purchase Acer’s Aspire devices, enabling them to celebrate with loved ones.
Chandrahas Panigrahi, Sr. Director and Consumer Business Head, Acer India, said that we are pleased to offer great deals to our existing and prospective customers across the country. We welcome our customers to avail these special offers across our range of products, which include Bluetooth headphones, free antivirus and data recovery software, additional warranty and easy-payment schemes. He further said that in addition to this, we were excited to unveil the new range of Acer products including the world’s thinnest laptop- Acer Swift 7 and the 21-inch curved screen gaming laptop – Predator 21X. We hope that these great offers and the forthcoming products will usher in a joyous occasion for all our consumers.



हरियाणा के पापूलर व सफेदा उत्पादक किसानों ने मुख्य वन संरक्षक के कार्यालय के सम्मुख होलीका दहन किया

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 05th October:- हरियाणा के पापूलर सफेदा उत्पादक किसानों ने किसान संर्घष समिति के नेतृत्व में हरियाणा के मुख्य वन संरक्षक के कार्यालय के सम्मुख पापूलर सफेदा की होली का दहन किया। हरियाणा के पापूलर सफेदा उत्पादक किसान आज सैक्टर 5 में कार्यालय से कुछ दूरी पर इक्कठे हुए। वहां पर 2 घंटे से अध्कि किसानों ने बैठक कि और बैठक मंच का संचालन संर्घष समिति के सदस्य सतपाल कौसिक ने किया और वहां पर संघर्ष समिति के सदस्य चन्द्रभान, अर्जून सिंह गुर्जर, ज्ञान चन्द शर्मा रादौर, ओम प्रकास गुर्जर देवीनगर, जरनैल सिंह पंजेटा, भूपेन्द्र राणा, खीला राम नरवाल, रामपाल नवाब सिंह, जय भगवान शर्मा आदि नेताओं ने अपने विचार रखे। और उसके उपरांत वहां पर पापुलर सफेदा उत्पादक किसानों को रही सम्सयाओं बारे सर्वसम्मति से कईं प्रस्ताव पास किये गए। किसानों ने होली दहन के बाद प्रस्ताव की कापियां वन विभाग के मुख्य वन संरक्षक को दी उससे पहले सरकार के ओर कईं उच्च अध्किारी आये लेकिन किसानों ने उन को ज्ञापन देने से मना कर दिया और आये हुए अध्किारीयों के खिलाफ जमकर नारेबाजी की। उसके उपरांत मुख्य वन संरक्षक आई तब किसानों ने बैठक में पास किये गए प्रस्तावों को उनको दिया। दिये गए प्रस्ताव में किसानों की मांग थी पापुलर सफेदा किसान की फसल है  इस पर आधरित पलाईबोर्ड बनाने, लकडी को पिल करने वाली पिलींग, आरा चिपर आदि को लाईसेंस से मुक्त किया जाना चाहिए। किसानों ने यह ज्ञापन में यह भी मांग की पापुलर सफेदा एक फसल है मार्किट कमेटि इस पर मार्किट फिस वसुल कर रही है और इसलिए अन्य फसलों की भांति इसका भी सर्मथन मूल्य घोषित किया जाए। किसानों ने दिये गए प्रस्ताव में यह भी कहा कि 5 अक्तुबर 2015 के बाद जब से माननीय सुप्रिम कोर्ट का आदेश आया है तब से राज्य सरकारों को लकडी से संबध्ति उधेगों को लाईसेंस देने का अध्किार राज्य स्तरीय कमेटी को है और कमेटी के मुखिया मुख्य वन संरक्षक हैं किसानों ने पापुलर सफेदा के गिरते भावों पर भारी चिंता व्यकत करते हुए कहा कि 1200 प्रति किवंटल बिकने वाला पापुलर आज 200 रु से भी कम में बिक रहा है। उन्होने प्रस्ताव में सरकार से मांग की कि शिध्र अति शिध्र प्रदेश में नये पापुलर सफेदा पर आधरित उधेगों को लगवाने के लिए नये लाईसेंस जारी करने चाहिए। ताकि लकडी की मांग बढे और मांग बढने से भाव बढे।
मुख्य वन संरक्षक हरियाणा ने ज्ञापन लेने के उपरांत किसान संर्घष समिति को आश्वाश्न दिया कि आप की मांगे जायज है और शिध्र अति शिध्र नये लाईसेंस जारी किये जाऐंगे ताकि किसान को लाभकारी मुल्य मिल सके। किसान संघर्ष समिति के सदस्यों ने आश्वाश्न के उपरांत मुख्य वन संरक्षक से कहा कि यदि पापुलर की रुपाई से पहले नये प्लाईबोर्ड उधेगों को लगाने की अनुमति नही दी तो संघर्ष समिति प्रदेश में गांवो गांवो जाकर पापुलर सफेदा की होली जलाएगी इस बात का अभियान चलाएगी कि हरियाणा में पापुलर सफेदा की खेती अपने खेतों में करें। 





Omni.Care to Provide Accessible,Affordable, and Accountable Healthcare to All:Sanjeev Mahajan

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 05th October:- Omni Care, India’s fast growing healthcare community, has made their start from the City Beautiful in order to do their bit to improve healthcare services delivery for all citizens.  Omni.Care is enabling “end-to-end healthcare services” from prevention, consultation, hospitalization and follow-ups. In fact, Omni.Care efforts are in line with our honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India vision around e-health initiative to provide accessible, affordable, and accountable (quality) healthcare for all.
Despite improvements in healthcare over the last decade, Consumers face significant hardships during illness of their family members.  In addition, lifestyle diseases like asthma, diabetes, and cardio vascular are on the rise affecting 120-150 million people in India.  Omni.Care is innovating the way Consumers seek and receive healthcare services. 
According to Sanjeev Mahajan,CEO & MD of Omni.Care, that we are one of the foremost companies focused on both wellness & sickness.  Omni.Care is looking to enable hassle-free convenient healthcare access for all. He further said that we have turned around healthcare delivery and put the common person in the driver’s seat by creating a “consumer-centric” healthcare delivery services from leading doctors and hospitals such as, Alchemist, Apollo Clinic, Fortis, Grecian, Inscol, Mukat, IVY and many others.
Thousands of Chandigarh tri-city families are already making Omni.Care their trusted health partner. Omni.Care has conducted numerous camps to promote health awareness & wellness. During the last week itself, over 1,500 families received free health checkups in Sector 22 over a three days period.  Residents can register themselves free of cost on Omni.Care easily (www.omni.care/signup) to take control of the health & wellness of their families.
Neeraj Juneja, Omni.Care VP, and Dr. Mopsy Dhiman, Head of Omni.Care North India, added that we would like the Chandigarh tri-city residents to be healthy throughout these upcoming Diwali festivities and are offering free consultation until Diwali with leading Doctors of tri-city and across North India.