Saturday 28 December 2019

बाला दत्त पुजारी और रुपिंदर कौर ज्योतिष स्टार अवार्ड से सम्मानित


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Chandigarh 28th Dec:- अखिल भारतीय सरस्वती ज्योतिष मंच द्वारा 64वां विशाल ज्योतिष सम्मेलन जालंधर के एक होटल में पंडित राजीव शर्मा की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित  हुआ।इस सम्मेलन में भारत के प्रसिद्ध ज्योतिषाचार्य  एच एस रावत द्वारा दीप प्रज्जवलित कर कार्यक्रम की शुरुआत की गई।इस मौके पर जी डी वशिष्ठ, अक्षय शर्मा, जी आर भारद्वाज इत्यादि भी उपस्थित थे।इस सम्मेलन में 600 से अधिक ज्योतिषाचार्य ने भाग लिया कार्यक्रम के दौरान सम्मेलन में शामिल हुए तमाम हुए ज्योतिषाचार्य ने अपने ज्योतिष अनुभव को सांझा किया और ज्योतिष के विस्तार और प्रचार प्रसार पर गहनता से चर्चा की गई। इस दौरान ज्योतिष के क्षेत्र में अमूल्य योगदान और सहयोग के लिए चंडीगढ़ के ज्योतिषाचार्य बाला दत्त पुजारी और रुपिंदर कौर को ज्योतिष स्टार अवार्ड से सम्मानित किया गया।
बाला दत्त पुजारी पिछले कई वर्षों से ज्योतिष क्षेत्र में अपनी ज्योतिष कला विद्या के जरिये समाज के लोगों की समस्याओं का समाधान करते रहे है।

Indian American Ophthalmologist Comes Calling to Offer Expertise to Prevent Avoidable Childhood Blindness


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Chandigarh 28th Dec:- Dr. VK Raju, an eminent ophthalmologist based in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA held a meeting with Chandigarh Ophthalmological Society here on December 28  to discuss ways and means to prevent avoidable blindness among Children in the States of Punjab and Haryana,
The President of Chandigarh Ophthalmological Society Dr. Suresh Kumar Gupta in his welcome address to Dr. VK Raju described him as a crusader for prevention of childhood blindness who has for forty years relentlessly worked across the world, particularly in India and saved thousands from going blind.
Dr. Gupta briefly described the enormous work Dr. VK Raju has done. Dr. VK Raju began the work of the Eye Foundation of America (EFA) in 1977 by offering eye camps. The West Virginia Ophthalmology Foundation was subsequently created in 1982 and became the EFA in 1992. The realization of vision Dr. Raju, the EFA, has a reach that currently extends to 30 plus developing countries and the USA. The EFA has served approximately 3 million patients and performed 300,000 plus vision-saving surgeries, with 30,000 plus surgeries performed on children alone.
Dr. VK Raju received standing ovation from around 60 members of Society present. Dr. Gupta offered the Society’s cooperation and partnership in any project that Dr. VK Raju had in mind.
Dr. VK Raju gave a presentation on childhood blindness and dwelt on the work the Eye Foundation of America had done in the last forty years. He spoke feelingly about the tragedy of childhood blindness. Combating childhood is my passion. It is a small world and it is getting smaller and smaller. Our Foundation- the Eye Foundation of America works in over 25 countries to combat childhood blindness.
Dr. VK Raju said that since its inception, the EFA has facilitated 600 plus physician exchanges and trained 200 plus ophthalmologists, equipping these medical practitioners with the tools to join the global fight against blindness. The EFA not only trains medical practitioners to join the global fight against blindness through exchange programs, but also provides workshops and training opportunities for medical students and physicians. His charisma and vision inspire the EFA trainees return to their native countries to prevent and/or alleviate blindness in the field. For example, India and Ghana are actively engaged in avoidable blindness elimination projects with cooperation from their governments. In 2016 in India, 4,889 vision and 374 retinopathy of prematurity screenings were conducted, 779 eyeglasses were distributed, and 162 pediatric surgeries were performed. In Ghana in 2016, the Avoidable Blindness Elimination Project and the World Sight Day Kids Funfair screened 9,763 people, including 7,453 children, and detected ophthalmologic diseases in more than 1,000 individuals who consequently received treatment, which included 157 surgeries. More than 20,000 children received vision screenings in Ghana schools, eyeglasses and follow-up care were provided when necessary.
The EFA mission is to eliminate avoidable blindness under the guiding principles of service, teaching, and research. This is accomplished through eye camps and masonry hospitals in developing countries, training of medical personnel to serve the needy, and educating the population at large on preventative eye care and healthy lifestyle choices. Dr. VK Raju quotes his mentor in London as saying there are 3 solutions for any problem. The first is education, the second is education, and the third is education. With this education, patients are empowered to take charge of their lives and their own health and prevent further deleterious consequences of their poor lifestyle choices, while sharing this knowledge with their friends and families.
When education and preventative measures are insufficient, medical and surgical interventions are performed. With the aim of permanently providing world-class state-of-the art services to populations with poor access to health care, the EFA helped to build 2 hospitals in rural India, namely the Srikiran Eye Institute and the Goutami Eye Institute. The Goutami Institute has a wing dedicated to exclusively to children, and the EFA has future plans to build a service and research eye hospital in India where no child will be denied treatment and children from around the world can come to receive services. Dr. Raju and the EFA are also committed to finding new cures for age-old eye disease in children.
For long we at the Eye Foundation of America studied childhood blindness in Punjab and Haryana. We found the two states and the neighboring Himachal have a high incidence of childhood blindness. Th already alarming figures are expected to double by 2015. Obviously, these States need attention with regard to providing facilities and services to prevent blindness among children.
Dr. VK Raju appealed to the members of Chandigarh Ophthalmological Society to extend a hand of cooperation to the Eye Foundation of America to combat the serious situation of childhood blindness in the region.
Thanking Dr. Gupta and the Chandigarh Ophthalmological Society. Dr. VK Raju said that he was overwhelmed by the concern the medical fraternity felt on the issue and appreciated the members for their offer of cooperation in his projects.
Dr, VK Raju also thanked the veteran journalist Prabhjot Singh, Vineet Joshi and Devinder Sharma for making his meeting possible with the Chandīgarh Ophthalmological Society and the media.
He said that he will be happy to meet with Punjab, Haryana and Himachal State government officials to work with them on the project.

World Space Council in Association with Enovate Skill Chandigarh organises the Youth Space Conference


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Chandigarh 28th Dec:- The World Space Council in association with Enovate Skill, Chandigarh organised the Youth Space Conference 2019 at NITTTR, Chandigarh on Saturday. This was a first ever conference for young students of 13–18 years age group. The conference was based on space and science related topics, projects, activities and research. High School students from all over India participated in the event.
Navdeep Singh, President, World Space Council said that World Space Council has taken this initiative of organising various Space Competitions, Challenges and Games at national and International level. This is the best way to motivate and unite space enthusiasts from all over the world. Every year Youth Space Conference will be conducted in different countries, where participants from all over the world will be taking part.
Ralf Heckel, Director, International Space Education Institute, Germany was the key note speaker. He delivered a speech on international opportunities for students in the field of Space Education. He has a great experience of guiding students from 18 countries for the past 12 years. Cosma heckel, youth speaker from Germany also shared her experience of participating at the Space Camp, NASA and NASA Rover Challenge, USA.  
Students presented Articles, Posters, Poster/ Oral Presentations, some of which will be published online and offline in the upcoming journals of World Space Council. Each category had 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions and additional prizes were  given to best participation. Certificates were provided to all participants.
World Space Council was constituted on 29 August, 2018, under the Indian Trust Registration Act 1882 and also registered under NITI Aayog portal; Government of India where Logo and vision document was officially launched on 27 February, 2019 at the Constitution club of India. World Space Council will cover wide areas in the field of Science, Technology, Space Education and Exploration.
Vision is to bring all nations together in the next decade towards solving global problems through space technology. Such alliance will involve all partners working in the same sector, which will ensure qualitative sustainable growth worldwide.
Navdeep Singh said that our mission is to enhance the standards and opportunities in the field of Space Exploration and Research, providing a common platform for exchange of ideas leading to collaborative research and expand learnings to the roots of society.

द लास्ट बेंचर्स ने लगाया कैंसर अवेयरनेस एंड डिटेक्शन कैम्प


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Chandigarh 28th Dec:- एन जी लास्ट बेंचर्स-हेल्पिंग हेल्पलेस द्वारा प्रेसीडेंट मिसिज सुमिता कोहली की देख रेख में आज मॉडर्न हाउसिंग कॉम्प्लेक्स, के कम्युनिटी सेन्टर, मनीमाजरा में महिलाओं के लिए मैमोग्राफी और कैंसर डिटेक्शन कैम्प का आयोजन किया गया।  इस अवसर पर  हरियाणा विधानसभा स्पीकर ज्ञान चंद गुप्ता की धर्मपत्नी बिमला गुप्ता मुख्य अतिथि थी। जबकि स्थानीय पार्षद जगतार सिंह ढिल्लो गेस्ट ऑफ ऑनर थे। इस शिविर में लगभग 30 से अधिक महिलाओं के मैमोग्राफी और 50 अन्य के डेकसा टेस्ट किये गए।इस मौके संस्था की महिला सदस्य नीलम गुप्ता,शशि बाला, दिव्या सिंगला, विनीता, वीना चौहान, अनिता जिंदल और निकिता भी मौजूद थी।
लास्ट बेंचर्स की प्रेसिडेंट स्मिता कोहली ने बताया कि संस्था की ओर से ट्राईसिटी की महिलाओं के स्वास्थ्य लिए कैंसर डिटेक्शन कैम्प आयोजित किये जा रहे है। मैमोग्राफी और डेकसा जांच कैम्प का आयोजन किया गया। इस जांच शिविर में  सेक्टर 32 गवर्नमेंट हॉस्पिटल की डॉक्टर टीम ने संचालन किया। स्मिता कोहली ने आगे बताया कि शिविर का उद्देश्य महिलाओं को स्वास्थ्य के प्रति जागरूक करना है।स्मिता कोहली ने बताया कि जांच शिविर के दौरान लगभग 30 महिलाओं के मैमोग्राफी और 50 से अधिक डेकसा टेस्ट किये गए। उन्होंने बताया कि लगभग 04 साल पहले उनकी संस्था द्वारा शुरू किया गया ये प्रयास आज काफी फल फूल रहा है, आज उसी का नतीजा है कि अब कैम्प में डेंटल और अन्य मेडिकल केअर से संबंधित चिकित्सक भी उनके साथ जुड़ रहे है।