Saturday 4 January 2020

Chitkara University Host North Zone (Men & Women) & All India Inter University Table Tennis Championship 2019 (Women)


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 04th Jan, 2020:- Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh organized three grand sports events under the aegis of AIU (Association of Indian Universities) namely, North Zone Table Tennis Tournament (Men & Women) and All India Inter University Table Tennis Championship (Women) 2019 under the mentorship of Lt. Anil Rana, Assistant Director, University Sports Board.
North Zone Table Tennis Tournament (Mens) witnessed a participation of 58 teams. The nail-biting final match saw Chitkara University, Punjab lifting the winning trophy with Punjabi University as First Runner-up and Delhi University as the Second Runner-up.
In the North Zone TT Womens championship, 48 Women Team’s spun and twiddled with tactics & the team from Delhi University lifted the winning trophy while Panjab University standing out as the Runner-up followed by Punjabi University as the Second Runner-up.
The grand success of North Zone Inter University Table Tennis Tournament (M&W) was followed up with hosting of All India Table Tennis Championship (Women) at Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh.
The three day fiesta saw a spectrum of strategy, anticipation and plenty of back and forth on the court where 16 teams from all the four zones of India competed & University of Mumbai bagged the winning position in All India Table Tennis Championship (Women) 2019, Delhi University came out as the First Runner-up and SRM University, Chennai holds the title of Second Runner-up.
Dr Madhu Chitkara, Pro-Chancellor along with Dr. Varinder S Kanwar, Vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh awarded the athletic players and applauded the organizing team for the fantastic organization of three mega events.
All the teams on the campus enjoyed the unbeatable hospitality of Chitkara University. Ample number of activities were organized by the university in the evening, where participants made memories, they would cherish lifelong.
Dr. Varinder S Kanwar, Vice-Chancellor said that Chitkara University is delighted and honored to host an event of such grandeur and is grateful to AIU for trusting and giving us the National level opportunity.

3rd Workshop on Advanced Epidemiology and Biostatistics” Concludes


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 04th Jan, 2020:- The third national level workshop on Advanced Epidemiology & Biostatistics was organized by Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh from 23rd December, 2019 to 04th January, 2020. The objective of the workshop was to enable the participants draw appropriate inferences from epidemiologic data and evaluate the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic reports. The participants were given a thorough grounding both in classical methods of analysis and in the more advanced regression techniques. Moreover, participants gained practical experience of data analysis using the computer package Stata. Twenty-One participants of various medical colleges and national level health programs from 12 states of India attended the workshop and participated actively throughout its course.
The resource persons from Department of community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh were Dr. Rajesh Kumar (Ex-Professor & Head); Dr. P.V.M.Lakshmi (Professor); Dr Shankar Prinja (Additional Professor); Dr. Ravindra Khaiwal (Additional Professor); Dr. Tarundeep Singh (Associate Professor) and Dr. Kapil Goel (Assisitant Professor).
After going through the scientifically designed study material and practice exercises the participants felt confident about the skills they had gained and looked forward to disseminate the lessons hence learnt. On 04th January, 2020 with concluding remarks from Dr. PVM Lakshmi and presentation of certificates to the participants the two-week-workshop successfully came to an end.

Musafir by Imly Opens at Elate Mall-Chandigarh


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 04th Jan, 2020:- Musafir by Imly enters Chandigarh with its twenty-third outlet at the Elante Mall. Coming from the makers of Imly, Too Indian and Duty Free this thoughtful brand presenting fusion food is scheduled to open 6 more branches including in Lucknow and Mumbai.
The grand launch of the outlet was witnessed by the whole team of ‘Start8p Hospitality’ and an amazing footfall at the mall. Adding the charm of the outlet is its colour theme that makes it an attractive sight to behold in the entire mall.
A culinary experience for all food enthusiasts, the brand is dedicated to serve a wholesome gastronomical affair. Some of the interesting offerings are Schezwan Vada Pav, Desi Chowmein, Pav Bhaji Fondue,  Baked Gulab Jamun.
Going by the name “Musafir”, is the thought of a chef who has put years of his traveling tails and stories in the menu and is serving  them through interesting dishes which he have  picked from famous streets of India.
Varun Puri, the owner of Musafir plans to open 50 Musafir outlets across India by 2020 as he feels people are ready to experiment and experience new cuisines/dishes now even in food court setups.

Diet Clinic Opens Diet Clinic-Mohali


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 04th Jan, 2020:- To get rid of unwanted obesity, now there is no need to exercise hard or give up food.  Rather, with a proper diet one can reduce weight from 03 to 05 kg in a single month.  This was shared by the noted and world renowned Dietician Sheela Sehrawat.
Sheela Sehrawat, Founder Diet Clinic Healthcare, while speaking interacting with media on the occasion of the launch of her new clinic "Diet Clinic-Mohali" in phase 3B 1,Mohali, said that this is their 32nd clinic across India and 3rd in Tricity and 5th in Punjab. She said that at the present time due to busy lifestyle people are not able to pay attention to proper food, with this they become obese.  Sheela Sehrawat further said that due to lack of time, they would not be able to exercise.  Therefore, with proper diet they can help themselves to control obesity.  Following the dietician's advice, one can reduce 03 to 05 kg of weight in a month. Diet clinic provides customized diet plans which are easy to prepare at home and it is a completely natural process to lose weight.
Sheela Sehrawat informed that the growing trend of junk food in catering and the habit of sticking to the TV-mobiles of people causes obesity, and this obesity later causes many other fatal diseases.
Children also spend most of their time playing online games instead of going out in the field, which is very wrong.  Revealing about the working of Diet Clinic, she said that she neither asks for fasting or dieting, nor for medicines or surgeries etc. or for more exercise.  Their emphasis is on improving the eating habits and adopting some disciplined lifestyle, which leads to curing uncontrollable obesity.
She said that for this, she prepares a diet chart out of whatever has food and drink available in your kitchen. She prepares a diet chart out of it and determines the time of waking, sleeping and eating so that the sufferer of obesity gets relief. She asks to use seasonal foods more and more, taking care of nutrition control.  She advises in every condition leave the bed early in the morning, and do some exercise or yoga and walk.
She informed that by following this procedure, 03 to 05 kg of weight can be reduced in a month. She said that there are also few cases in which 16–17 year olds were found to weigh around 100 kg.  Regarding the non-vegetarian, she said that she does not refuse to eat it but insists on taking other items instead of the more oily chicken such as tandoori chicken instead of butter chicken.