Friday 26 October 2018

Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. Wins ‘Company of the Year’ Award at India Chem 2018


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Chandigarh 26th October:- Dhanuka Agritech Limited, India’s leading agrochemicals company, has won the “Company of the Year” award at the 10th FIICI India Chem 2018 held in Mumbai. The award has been conferred for Dhanuka’s efforts to promote agriculture sustainability and educate farmers in India on latest/modern techniques. P Raghavendra Rao, Secretary, Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India gave the award to Dhanuka Agritech. ‘India Chem’, the largest annual event of the chemicals and petrochemicals industry in India, is jointly organized by Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, GOI and FICCI.
Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. is working towards achieving Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Over the past several years, it has conducted numerous seminars, “Krishak goshtis” and “Krishi Sammelans”, to create awareness amongst the farmers about right usage of agrochemicals and modern farming methods. The seminars were organized in various parts of India, including Bikaner, Raipur, Shahjahanpur, Champaran and Hoshiarpur, among other places.
Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. also showcased several advanced products from its portfolio for the benefit of visitors at the India Chem exhibition and conference.
On the winning the prestigious award,  R.G. Agarwal, Chairman, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd., said: “We are extremely happy and honoured to receive this award by FICCI. It is a testimony to the work we have done over the years to better the lot of farmers. Our company has taken multiple initiatives and has always worked upon providing best products with proper guidance of its usage to the farmers. This award will inspire us to continue serving the cause of India’s farmers.
Dhanuka Agritech Limited has adopted the Dhanuka Kheti Ki Nai Takneek (DKKNT) approach, which is focused on providing end-to-end farming solutions through training and educating farmers. With this, the company aims to minimize crop losses and improve yield with a focus on implementation processes such as soil testing, crop insurance, use of hybrid seeds, judicious use of agrochemicals and saving water etc.

CII Chandigarh Fair Attracts Huge Crowds on Day 1: New Fervor and Flavors Added to Chandigarh Fair


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Chandigarh 26th October:- The 23rd edition of CII Chandigarh Fair 2018, being organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), started off at Parade Ground, today with huge fanfare. The fair will be open till 29 October.
V P Singh Badnore, Hon’ble Governor and Administrator UT Chandigarh inaugurated the Fair today. The chief guest also inaugurated the stalls of Indian Oil and Tata Motors in the  four-day expo.
Hon’ble Governor also extended his best wishes to the visitors for the blissful festive season and said that this is the second time, he is inaugurating CII Chandigarh Fair. With every edition, CII Chandigarh Fair is becoming grander than before, offering greater options to the visitors from not only the region but the entire country. The Fair offers the visitors an experience and convenience of seeing beautiful handicrafts, consumer durables, Diwali gifts, home décor items, special antique collection, processed food, kitchen appliances and swanky cars under one umbrella.
CII Chandigarh Fair has become an inevitable business & promotion platform for wholesalers, retailers, importers and exporters, manufacturers, and representatives from various trade and non-governmental organisations, and has proven to be a great marketing activity for the participating brands.
Living up to its legacy of bringing in the best deals in consumer goods, the CII Fair presents home décors, automobiles, handicrafts, electronics, fashion apparels, healthcare, finance, in 13 concurrent shows, all under one umbrella at the most perfect time of the year.
Man Mohan Singh Kohli, Chairman, CII Chandigarh Fair 2018 and CEO, Aroma Group, said that CII’s endeavour has always been to cater to the demands of the people from the region. For past 22 years CII has been bringing the very best in consumer products etc. for the discerning Diwali shoppers from the region and this year we have introduced very attractive discounts & gifts, fun activities for children besides the Adventure Ride from Jeep, to live up to the expectations of the people. We have all possible shopping options ranging from Kids Entertainment, Home Appliances to Health Care, Frozen Food to Furniture, Apparels to Automobiles and Financial Solutions to Home Décor, all under one roof to make the shopping experience for the people a memorable one.
The Fair represented by over 200 exhibitors attracted huge crowds from the region on Day one, reinforcing the expo's position as a proven and trusted shopping hub.
Some of the major Industry participants have come forward as Sponsors in various categories and welcomed the visitors with their festive offers.
The event is supported by National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC); Indian Oil as event sponsor; BSNL as Principal Sponsor and SBI as associate co-sponsor.

SAR Group Re-establishes Its Core Business of Inverter and Inverter Batteries Under Livguard Energy Technologies


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Chandigarh 26th October:- Livguard Energy Technologies (A SAR Group company) now enters the inverters and inverter batteries and household solar segments. Inverter battery & solar segments represents 55% of the 25000 crore battery market in India. Livguard has already emerged as a strong player in the automotive battery segment in a short span of 4 years since its inception. Leveraging the strong legacy of SAR Group, with extensive trade relationships and path breaking design & innovation, Livguard is making a strong and determined push to emerge as a leader in these segments of the inverters and inverter battery market.
The company is targeting revenue of INR 2000 crores, in 2018-19 financial year, through a network of over 1000 distributors and 25000 dealer PAN India.
The company intends to focus in Punjab with a strong network of 25 distributors and 2000 dealers.
Speaking about the brand’s competitive strategy, Rakesh Malhotra, Founder, commented that Livguard is bringing a complete portfolio to target each customer segment in the Inverter battery & household solar market with differentiated product portfolio backed by path breaking design technology & innovation, performance, quality product warranties and differentiated service. We will establish our brands strongly and aim for leadership position in the markets across the country.
Navneet Kapoor, Chairman and Co-Founder, SAR group mentioned that the company has invested over 250 crores in establishing a new 21-acre manufacturing facility in Himachal Pradesh. With this greenfield investment, Livguard now has an annual production capacity of 1.8 million Tubular Inverter Batteries, 1.2 million Inverters, 2.8 million Automotive & E-rickshaw Batteries and 2.0 million Motorcycle Batteries.
Also present on the occasion,  Gurpreet Singh Bhatia, CEO, Livguard stated that Livguard understands that a consumer looks for design, higher life, higher backup, higher performance and maintenance-free operation in a quality product. Livguard seeks to cater to modern consumers looking to upgrade from their current inverters to new smart inverter portfolio.
Livguard has a dedicated customer service branded as LivServ wherein a team of 500 service engineers will deliver doorstep service using service automation to customers nationwide.



सरकार के चार साल पूरे होने पर खट्टर ने कहा था कि शिक्षा-स्वास्थ्य पर करेंगे फोकस: आम आदमी पार्टी


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Chandigarh 26th October:- दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल के हरियाणा दौरे से बैकफुट पर आई खट्टर सरकार अब शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य जैसे मुद्दों की बात करने लगी है। शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य के क्षेत्र में दिल्ली में ऐतिहासिक काम करने वाले अरविंद केजरीवाल ने अपनी रणनीति से हरियाणा सरकार को इन मुद्दों पर बात करने के लिए मजबूर कर दिया है। आम आदमी पार्टी की तरफ से जारी किये गये एक बयान में कहा गया है कि हरियाणा सरकार के 4 साल पूरे होने के मौके पर पंचकुला में मुख्यमंत्री मनोहर लाल खट्टर ने कहा कि उनकी सरकार शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य पर फोकस करेगीये जनता को गुमराह करने के अलावा और कुछ भी नहीं है। सवाल ये है कि अरविंद केजरीवाल के हरियाणा दौरे के बाद ही उन्हें ये बात समझ में क्यों आई कि शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य जैसी मूलभूत सुविधाओं पर फोकस करना उनकी जिम्मेदारी है।
आम आदमी पार्टी की तरफ से जारी किये गये बयान के मुताबिक  चार साल बीत जाने के बाद अब हरियाणा के मुख्यमंत्री मनोहर लाल खट्टर जनता को गुमराह कर रहे हैं। दिल्ली के सरकारी स्कूलों और अस्पतालों की हालत हरियाणा के स्कूलों-अस्पतालों से भी बदतर थी लेकिन अरविंद केजरीवाल ने महज तीन साल में उनकी कायापलट करके दिखा दिया कि अगर नीयत साफ हो और ईमानदारी से सरकार चलाई जाए तो असंभव से दिखने वाले कामों को भी किया जा सकता है। लेकिन हरियाणा सरकार चार साल बीत जाने के बाद भी ऐसा कुछ नहीं कर पाई। अब चुनाव सिर पर देखकर और अरविंद केजरीवाल के हरियाणा दौरे से घबराई खट्टर सरकार ये दावे कर रही है कि अगले एक साल उसका फोकस शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य पर होगाइस पर कैसे भरोसा किया जा सकता है।
आम आदमी पार्टी की तरफ से जारी किये गये बयान में ये भी कहा गया है कि दिल्ली पूर्ण राज्य नहीं है। केंद्र सरकार और वहां के उप-राज्यपाल की तरफ से तमाम अड़चनों के बाद केजरीवाल ने दिल्ली में अनेक काम करके दिखा दियेजबकि दूसरी तरफ से खट्टर के पास पूरी पावर हैकेंद्र में भी उनकी सरकार हैराज्यपाल भी उनकी पार्टी के हैंइसके बाद भी वो पूरी तरह फेल साबित हुए हैं।
आम आदमी पार्टी ने आरोप लगाया है कि खट्टर सरकार ने पिछले चार साल के दौरान सिर्फ जाटों को गैर-जाटों से लड़ाने की राजनीति की है। सरकार के पास विकास कार्यों को लेकर कोई विजन नहीं है। ऐसे में अब शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य पर फोकस करने की बात हास्यास्पद लगती है।
बयान में ये भी कहा गया है कि अरविंद केजरीवाल की रणनीति से खट्टर सरकार किस कदर डरी हुई हैइसका अंदाजा इस बात से लगाया जा सकता है कि हरियाणा के खस्ताहाल स्कूलों-अस्पतालों के दौरे की घोषणा होते ही दिन-रात मजदूर लगाकर उन स्कूलों को दुरुस्त करने की कोशिश की गई जिन्हें देखने अरविंद केजरीवाल आने वाले थे। हालांकि इतनी मेहनत के बाद भी उन स्कूलों के हालात में कोई खास बदलाव नहीं हो पाए।
उल्लेखनीय है कि दिल्ली के सरकारी स्कूलों और अस्पतालों के देखने के बाद हरियाणा के कुछ लोगों ने दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल से मुलाकात करके उनसे अनुरोध किया था कि वे आकर हरियाणा के स्कूल औऱ अस्पताल भी देख लें। इसके बाद अरविंद केजरीवाल ने उप-मुख्यमंत्री व शिक्षा मंत्री मनीष सिसोदियास्वास्थ्य मंत्री सत्येंद्र जैन औऱ हरियाणा के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष नवीन जयहिंद के साथ बेरी और तोशाम विधानसभा के कुछ स्कूलों का दौरा किया।


विश्वास फाऊंडेशन, एच.डी.एफ.सी बैंक व डिस्ट्रीक्ट बार एसोसिऐशन ने लगाया रक्तदान शिविर


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Chandigarh 26th October:- विश्वास फाउंडेशन व एच.डी.एफ.सी बैंक ने परम पूज्य गुरुदेव श्री स्वामी विश्वास जी के आशीर्वाद से चण्डीगढ़ सेक्टर 43 की डिस्ट्रीक्ट कोर्ट में रक्तदान कैंप लगाया। यह कैंप एच.डी.एफ.सी बैंक व डिस्ट्रीक्ट बार एसोसिऐशन के सहयोग से लगाया गया। कैंप का संचालन ब्लड बैंक पी.जी.आई चण्डीगढ़ की टीम ने किया। कैंप में 192 रक्तदानियों ने भाग लिया, जिसमें से 156 रक्तदानियों ने रक्तदान किया।
इस कैंप का उदघाटन बलबीर सिंह डिस्ट्रीक्ट व सैशन जज विश्वास फाउंडेशन की जनरल सेक्रेटरी साध्वी नीलिमा विश्वास एच.डी.एफ.सी बैंक से नीतिन कुमार व नीरज भाटिया डिस्ट्रीक्ट बार एसोसिऐशन के प्रधान अशोक चौहान, सैक्रेटरी सुनील नारंग व अन्य पदाधिकारियों ने रिबन काटकर व दीप जलाकर कैंप की शुरूआत की।
सुबह शुरू हुआ यह कैंप दोपहर बजे तक चला। सभी ब्लड डोनर्स के लिए डाक्टरों द्वारा रिकमेंड रिफ्रेशमेंट का इंतजाम किया गया। सभी रक्तदानियों को उपहार के रूप में सर्टिफिकेट व बैज देकर सम्मानित किया गया।



CONNECT Broadband Launches AR and VR Content Services in Association with Kompanions


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Chandigarh 26th October:- Connect Broadband, market leaders in wireline & broadband segment in Punjab, and the official Wi-Fi partner at the ongoing CII Chandigarh Fair 2018, has announced the launch of AR/VR content services in partnership with Kompanions (specialists in AR & VR content development) to bring Augmented and Virtual reality products for all Connect and non-Connect Customers. Connect Broadband Customers and regular visitors at the Fair will be witness to the latest technology services offered and of the unlimited possibilities of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Extended Reality in various industries, thus expanding the limits of human perceptions and spreading human expertise via the very latest in upcoming technologies.
Connect Broadband is known for pioneering innovations and bringing the best and the latest through national and international collaborations. With this launch Connect Broadband has moved further up in terms of building portfolio of IOT applications.
Arvind Jalota, Chief Business Officer, Connect Broadband said that the thought that these technologies hold the future to advance the human race ahead, is the driving force being this partnership. VR, AR, Augmented Reality, Extended Reality, Mixed Reality being the next big wave in technology, we believe the tie up will add a lot of value for our valuable customers and enterprise business partners.
He shared further that Real Estate, Education, Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Healthcare and Travel & Tourism are the multiple industries, where the upcoming technologies will be put to use.
Yuvraj Singh, Kompanions said that other than the above mentioned industries applicability of AR VR is also getting rapid adoption in industries like Automobile, Retail, Logistics etc. with a wide range of problem solving applications.



मांगों की अनदेखी के खिलाफ बिजली कर्मियों की रोष रैली 2 नवम्बर 2018 को


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Chandigarh 26th October:- प्रशासन द्वारा बिजली कर्मियों की मांगों की लगातार की जा रही अनदेखी के विरोध में यूनियन द्वारा 2 नवम्बर 2018 को विशाल रोष रैली व प्रदर्शन किया जायेगा। रोष रैली व प्रदर्शन की तैयारी के संबंध में आज यूनियन के सभी पदाधिकारियों, कार्यकारी सदस्यों व विशेष आमंत्रित सदस्यों की महत्वपूर्ण बैठक की गई तथा 2 नवम्बर को रोष रैली व धरना देने के बाद लडीवार सारी डिवीजनों में भी धरनों का सिलसिला जारी रखा जाएगा जो पूरे नवम्बर के महीने चलेगा तथा दिसम्बर में हड़ताल का नोटिस दिया जाएगा। आज की मीटिंग में सभी दफतरों के प्रतिनिधियों ने बड़ी संख्या में भाग लिया।
मीटिंग के बाद  यूनियन के महासचिव गोपाल दत्त जोशी ने बताया कि 2 नवम्बर का धरना  मांगों पर नाकारात्मक रवैया अपनाने के लिए प्रशासन खासकर इन्जीनियरिंग विभाग के अधिकारियों के अडीयल रवैये के विरोध में किया जा रहा है। यूनियन के प्रतिनिधियों ने प्रशासन के अधिकारियों की कड़ी आलोचना की तथा आरोप लगाया कि अधिकारी विभाग में संशोधित 780 पोस्टों में से खाली पड़ी 5 पोस्टें एसडीओ, 30 से अधिक जूनियर इंजीनियर, 94 लाईनमैन, 350 सहायक लाइनमैन, 57 एलडीसी, 34 यूडीसी, 37 एस एस ए, 18 मीटर रीडर, 27 चपड़ासी, 20 चैकीदार, 15 ट्रेडमेट आदि कैटेगरीज के अलावा कुल 730  से अधिक खाली पोस्टों को भरने में असफल रहे हैं जिस कारण् वर्तमान कर्मचारियों पर काम का बोझ बढ़ रहा है तथा उपभोक्ताओं की शिकायतों का समाधन समय पर नहीं हो रहा है तथा रिपेयर व मरम्मत का काम ठप्प पड़ा है।
यहां तक कि नये कनैक्शन तथा सोलर के कनैक्शनों  को देने के लिए कोई भी कर्मचारी नहीं है। प्रशासन  के अधिकारी जानबूझ कर अन्जान बन रहे हैं तथा तमाशबीन बने हुए है। इसके इलावा 5 प्रतिशत सीलिंग खत्म कर मृतक कर्मचारियों के आश्रितों को नौकरी देने , कर्मचारियेां के लिए बनाये गये भर्ती व पदोन्नती के नियमेां में संशोध्न करने, वेतन विसंगति दूर करने, हर शिकायत केन्द्र पर गाड़ियों का इन्तजाम करने, औजार सुरक्षा उपकरण, बैठने व पीने के पानी का इन्तजाम करने, कम्पयूटरों का प्रबन्ध करने, तेल, साबुन का भुगतान करने व कर्मचारियों से गैर जरूरी काम लेने की बजाये उनसे निर्धारित डयूटी ही कराने, डयूटी के दौरान मृतक कर्मियों के आश्रितों को पैन्शन , मुआवजे का भुगतान करने, मकानों की मरम्मत के काम में तेजी लाने तथा सफेदी, पैन्ट व सिमोसम कराने  तथा आऊट सोर्स पर रखे गये कर्मचारियों को 7 तारीख से पहले वेतन दिलाने व ए एल एम को पिछली तारीख से डी सी रेट का ऐरियर दिलाने आदि मांगों पर भी सम्बन्धित अधिकारी चुप्पी साध्कर बैठ है। इसके अतिरिक्त  डिविजन स्तर की  कई समस्याऐं ज्यों की त्यों पैडिंग पड़ी है।
मीटिंग में विभाग के सभी कर्मचारियों से 2 नवंबर 2018 को बिजली दफतर, सैक्टर 17 के सामने दिये जा रहे धरने में भारी संख्या में शामिल होने की अपील की है, जिसमें  संघर्ष के अगले पड़ाव का ऐलान किया जाएगा।



Beautiful Trends in Karwachauth Makeovers Launched By Siverine Spa & Salon


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Chandigarh 26th October:- Silverine spa and salon unveiled exquisite makeover trends for Karwachauth, while celebrating the festivity vivid looks with stunning makeovers, fusion hair styles, fresh designs in Mehandi and nail art were showcased by beautiful models,these looks were dedicated to festive season and karwachauth. 
Ace makeover expert Purnima Goyal while curating these looks informed that fashion keeps changing and keeps evolving with time and taste preferences of women for a particular look changes accordingly. Keeping in mind the change in fashion we have curated looks for modern age women who want to try a makeover that is traditional yet contemporary, hence we have experimented with looks while keeping the essence of tradition and occasion intact. She added that for shade palette lot of red, maroon and magenta will be in trend and is being preferred by women and mineral makeup remains hot favorite for them because of its durability and finesse. Unlike last year gold shade is not being preferred and focus is more on pastel shades for eye makeup. We have done lot many contemporary hair buns that have become global fashion and added hint of Indian ness with accessorizing hair styles with flower power. 
We have played with flowers Mogra and Gulab for hair designs and  in place of bling y makeup we have gone subtle and given karwachauth transformation to women this time. Celebration also included skin care counselling session along with diet and lifestyle modification counselling. 


Priya Jain Kicked off Awareness Campaign: Meting out Benefits of Ayushman Bharat and Other Health Schemes


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Chandigarh 26th October:- Philanthropist and social Entrepreneur Priya Jain, known for kick starting several Socio health initiatives recently joined hands with another cause dedicated to health for all. Priya jain kicked off an awareness campaign that is meting out benefits of Ayushman Bharat and various other health schemes to needy and poor people from across the country.  Campaign aims at creating awareness about different health welfare schemes  and disseminating information pertaining with benefits for poor people. On asking about her inspiration behind this Priya stated that while leaving for Jaipur one day a saw an extremely poor women with her infant, she was selling books on red light, her pale and feeble condition clearly reflected state of malnutrition, her infant also looked very weak,  on asking about her family she told her that her other child passed away because they did not have money to buy medicines for him, their feeble state made her feel very shocked and depressed, although these kind of scenes are not new in the city but anyone not able to receive medical attention and treatment is sorry state of affairs for us. She also have facts that many poor people in need don't have right knowledge and information about various schemes and benefits that offer them medical help without any cost, awareness is the predicament for them. So she tried to plugin the loophole in a way of spreading word about various benefits of medical schemes.
This initiative by Priya is being kicked off in urban and remote areas, tier 2 cities through various activities, speaking further on the issue Priya stated that in prevailing such unfortunate situations Prime Minister Narendar Modi  has come as a savior. His recently launched Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission that has been launched from the land of Jharkhand  covers more than 10 crore Poor and Vulnerable families. It is an insurance scheme which covers costing upto Rs 5 lakh per family per year for medical treatment. Certainly  there would be many challenges while implementing this scheme. She concluded by saying that this is the time and call of the hour that every citizen, organisation especially Private Hospitals will have to be co-operative and helping poor and needy as per the true essence of the scheme.

PGI organizes 2nd National Workshop cum Hands on Training on “Pharmacogenomics Using Next Generation Sequencing"


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Chandigarh 26th October:- The Experimental Pharmacology laboratory (EPL), in Department of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh organized the 2nd National Workshop cum Hands on training on “Pharmacogenomics using next generation sequencing “ in alliance with Medical Pharmacology Society (MPS-research Council) from 25th-27th Oct, 2018 at PGIMER, Chandigarh. The Organizing Chairman of this unique workshop was Prof. Bikash Medhi and Dr. Phulen Sarma was the Organizing Secretary. The workshop continued for 2nd day with the aim of empowering the hands-on-skill to the participants.
The officials from Thermo Fischer Scientific illustrated the basics of NGS with an opening lecture on “Introduction to Primary Analysis-Ion TorrentTM S5. The lecture emphasized entirely on  the use of Ion-Torrent NGS in multiple applications including inherited diseases, oncology, infectious diseases, reproductive genomics, human identification, and agrigenomics. The lecture was accompanied by a practical demonstration to exemplify the basic functioning of this technology. An official visit of the Central Sophisticated Instruments Cell (CSIC), PGIMER was also organized for the participants. The solemn aim of the workshop was to provide training to scientists, faculty and students working in the field of pharmacogenomics and to generate valuable trained human resource on personalized medicine, so that the attendees can spread the knowledge obtained in their respective institutes.