माता अमृतानंदमयी सेवा समिति 11 सितम्बर को होटल पार्क व्यू चंड़ीगढ़ में करेगी ध्यान और योग साधना शिविर का आयोजन

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 09^th September:- माता अमृतानंदमायी सेवा समिति चंड़ीगढ़ द्वारा 11 सितम्बर रविवार को सेक्टर 24 के होटल पार्क व्यू में ध्यान और योग के शिविर का आयोजन किया जा रहा है | पिछले पंद्रह महीनों में यह इस प्रकार का चौथा शिविर है | अभी तक के शिविरों में लगभग 200 लोगों ने भाग लिया | इस शिविर का उद्देश्य लोगों को एक ऐसी तकनीक प्रदान करना है जिसके द्वारा वे न केवल बागदोड भरी ज़िन्दगी से उत्पन्न तनाव से मुक्ति पा सकें, बल्कि अपने अस्तित्व को समझकर अपने वास्तविक स्वरुप में स्थित हो परम आनंद को पा सकें | 

माता अमृतानंदमायी मठ, केरल की तरफ से आये ब्रह्मचारी अमित ने बताया कि आध्यात्मिक गुरु और समाज सेविका माता अमृतानंदमयी देवी, जिन्हें अधिकतर लोग अम्मा के नाम से जानते हैं और जिन्होंने साडे तीन करोड़ से भी अधिक लोगों को  अपने गले से लगाया है, ने आज के समाज की कठिनाइयों और आज की पीड़ी की आवश्यकता अनुसार इस तकनीक का स्वयं निर्माण किया है | इस तकनीक का नाम है इंटीग्रेटेड अमृता मैडिटेशन टेकनीक (अथवा एकीकृत अमृता ध्यान) | इतना ही नहीं, पिछले बारह से भी अधिक सालों से यह तकनीक विश्व भर में निशुल्क सिखाई जा रही है| ब्रह्मचारी अमित ने यह भी बताया कि हालही में योग और ध्यान बहुत लोकप्रिय तो हुआ है, परन्तु अधिकतर लोग अभी भी ध्यान और योग के उद्देश्य को केवल शरीर को स्वस्थ और मन को तनाव रहित बनाने तक ही सीमित मानते हैं | वास्तव में ध्यान और योग का उद्देश्य जीवन के परम सत्य को जानना है जिसे जानकर मनुष्य परम आनंद को पाता है -शरीर का स्वस्थ होना और मन का तनाव से छुटकारा पाना तो उसका केवल उपरी भाग है, परन्तु उसकी गहराई में जाना भी आवश्यक है | इंटीग्रेटेड अमृता मैडिटेशन टेकनीक के द्वारा हम अपनी गहराई में जा सकते हैं जिससे हमारे जीवन में भी एक गहरा रूपांतरण आ जाता है जो केवल शरीर और मन की ऊपरी सतह तक ही सीमित नहीं होता |

मठ से जुड़े राजीव सूद ने बताया कि अम्मा द्वारा संचालित परोपकारी कार्यक्रमों में विश्व भर में आपदा राहत और अन्य कई सहायता प्रकल्प शामिल हैं, जैसे 2015 में नेपाल भूकंप के बाद १ लाख टिटनेस वैक्सीन और २ टन दवा, 2014 में फिलीपींस तूफ़ान पर 20 लाख अमेरिकन डॉलर की राशि, 2013 की उत्तराखंड बाड के चलते 50 करोड़ रुपयों की सहायता के रूप में स्वास्थय सेवाओं के लिए मेडिकल सेंटर, 400 घरों और स्कूल का निर्माण , 2009 में कर्णाटक और आँध्रप्रदेश बाड़ों के दौरान 1000 घरों का निर्माण सहित 50 करोड़ रुपयों की सहायता राशि, 2005 में अमेरिका में आये कटरीना चक्रवात के पश्चात 10 लाख अमेरिकन डॉलर की सहायता, इत्यादि | 2004 में आये भयंकर सुनामी के समय 200 करोड़ रुपये से अधिक की सहायता प्रदान की गयी जिसमे बेघरों के लिए हजारों घर भी बना के दिए | मठ ने केरल, तमिलनाडु इत्यादि राज्यों में बेघरों के लिए कुल मिलाकर 45000 से भी अधिक घर बना के दिए हैं | 2015 के चेन्नई जल प्रकोप के पीड़ितों के लिए मठ ने 5 करोड़ रुपये की धन राशि डी और सैकड़ों स्वयंसेवक भेज कर अन्न, पानी, वस्त्र, दवा इत्यादि प्रदान किया | स्वच्छ भारत एवं नमामि गंगे परियोजनाओं के अंतर्गत मठ ने सरकार को 100 करोड़ रूपये की राशि प्रदान की | इसके अतिरिक्त, छात्रवृत्तियाँ अर्थात स्कालरशिप, पेंशन स्कीम, व्यवसायिक प्रशिक्षण, विकलांगों के लिए विशेष स्कूल, गरीबों की वस्त्रदान जैसे क्रियाकलाप भी नियमित रूप से चलाये जाते हैं |

माता अमृतानंदमायी सेवा समिति चंड़ीगढ़ से जुड़े डॉक्टर चिराग ने बताया की चंडीगढ़ में भी समिति के द्वारा पिछले कई महीनों से निशुल्क मेडिकल कैंप, डेंटल कैंप इत्यादि का आयोजन किया जा रहा है और आगे भी नियमित रूप से ऐसे कैंप चंडीगढ़ और आसपास के इलाकों में समिति द्वारा सुचारू रूप से चलाये जायेंगे | इस आयोजित संवाददाता सम्मलेन में समिति की और से श्रीमती मनीषा, और राकेश भी उपस्थित थे

CONNECT Cricket League 2016 to be Played on Sunday 11th September

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 09^th September:- The final match of UT Cricket Association’s CONNECT Cricket league 2016 is all set to take place on Sunday at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16 Chandigarh. Eight teams comprising of players from different organizations participated in the tournament which had started on August 15. Following the complaint from one of the team over the violation of the rules of the tournament, the matter had reached to the Punjab and Haryana High court. However the issue has been resolved amicably and team of Goyal Bhatheja and Co has withdrawn from the tournament in the interest of the game in Chandigarh. Now the teams- High Court Employees Association and Chandigarh Police will face-off each other in the final match.

Talking about the final event, the President of UTCA, Sanjay Tandon said that the initiative of this Cricket Cup is aimed at promoting Cricket in Chandigarh and fitness among the employees of various organizations. Besides, sports play a significant role in creating better citizens and inculcate team spirit. It will be exciting to a watch day and night match under floodlights at the Cricket Stadium, sector 16 on Sunday. The chief guest on the occasion will be Ms Kirron Kher member Parliament Chandigarh and guest of honour will be Parimal Rai IAS Advisor to the Administrator UT. The winning teams will take away the cash prizes and trophies.

Early Detection of Mental Dysfunction Can Help Child Overcome Personality Disorders in Adulthood:Experts

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 09^th September:- Early identification of symptoms of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) in infants and young children can help parents and teachers rehabilitate and mainstream them effectively.

This was discussed by SPD experts at a workshop on Sensory Integration Strategies held at the Ritu Chaudhary’s Hearing & Speech Clinic here today.

Vandana Mahey, Senior Occupational Therapist, with more than ten years of experience working with special needs children in Delhi, conducted this special workshop for parents and teachers working with small children in the age group of 3 to 5 years.  

Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a neurological condition that exists when sensory signals don't get organised into appropriate responses and children with SPD find it difficult to process sensory information (e.g. sound, touch and movement) from the world around them, she said.

In US, 1 out of every 68 child suffers from autism spectrum disorder, and the issue is widely prevalent in India too though no such region-specific data is available, said Vandana.

Ritu Chaudhary,  audiologist  and speech therapist said that parents normally come to know of the child’s disabilities at a very late stage which complicates the problem for the child to learn and interact normally in different environments and perform daily activities.

The problem is not only confined to rural or children from poor economical conditions but is prevalent throughout the society, as the parents tend to ignore it out of ignorance, she added.

Parents can really benefit by learning different sensory integration strategies which can be effectively applied in their child’s daily routine and bring about positive results in the day to day learning. It is important for parents to learn and be empowered as far as their child’s issues are concerned.

The parents and teachers participating in the workshop learnt the nuances of sensory integration techniques from Vandana Mahey and Ritu Chaudhary, as also the techniques to identify and address symptoms in both the young and elder children.

Beetel Teletech to Offer iPhone 7 Beginning October 7

Chandigarh 09^th September:- ‘ Beetel Teletech Limited, a Brightstar company, announced it will offer iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the best, most advanced iPhone ever, featuring new advanced camera systems, the best battery life ever in an iPhone and water and dust resistance, beginning on Friday, October 7th at 7pm in 2000 retail locations across North and East regions in India. 

Launch events will be organized across Delhi/NCR, at select locations, on the launch day.

For more information on iPhone, please visit: www.apple.com/iphone

Connect Net Champs’ Sees Impressive Participation from Students for Grand Finale

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 09^th September:- ‘Connect Net Champs’- an initiative of Connect Broadband, and an ideal platform to educate children on internet etiquettes and provide technical know-how to children on internet training, conducted it’s Grand Finale in Mohali at St. Soldiers International School. Present at the event were Chandigarh’s leading educational institutions, Heads, Parents, Students and Officials from Connect Broadband who were kept enthralled by the quizmaster, Pallab Bose.

Given outstanding pan Punjab participation for whole season and the honour of the prestigious award at an International operator’s conference titled, Species 2016 held at Lisbon, Portugal as the best strategic campaign, ‘Connect Net Champs Program’ became a huge success.

Connect Broadband powered by Hindustan Times and F – Secure kick started Connect Net Champs in September last year. Net Champs is open to school students from classes 6 to 9, includes an extensive one year outreach (September 2015 – August 2016) across six zones  (Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala and Bathinda). The Program entered the school classrooms to impart training on internet etiquette, making it an ideal platform to provide technical know-how to children, parents and teachers. Connect Net Champs conducted a series of seminars in more than hundred Schools in Punjab followed by a thrilling Quiz contest for students. Four candidates from each School were shortlisted for the next round. More than fifty thousand students attended the seminars.

Following an intense outreach programme via seminar followed by quiz competition at a school level, Net Champs covered over 50000 students from more than 100 educational institutions across Tricity and Punjab. At the Grand Finale, over 24 students from 12 schools selected for finals competed for the prestigious ‘Net Champs’ title at St. Soldiers International School, Phase -7, Mohali which was packed with an excited audience of over 500 students, teachers and parents.

The winning students of Grand Finale will be awarded with exciting prizes like Laptops and Kindle E-readers.

Arvind Bali, CEO, Connect Broadband & Videocon Telecommunications Limited, said that we started Net Champs program to make children well aware about the use of Technology and Internet. We not only wanted to educate children on internet etiquettes but also make learning more fun. He added that our motive was to make sure that today’s generation, especially the youth which is obsessed with the latest technological devices and are always on the lookout for the newest gadgets in the market to be well aware about the pro’s and con’s and use internet smartly. The unique quiz format of Connect Net Champs, aims to serve India’s schools by introducing a fresh vibrant approach to learning.

Wellness Expert Namita Jain rAnnounces New Range of Cookware Kishco Innochef

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 08^th September:- The iconic cutlery brand Kishco, a household name in India since 1950, today announced the launch of a new range of cookware under the brand name Kishco Innochef. The Kishco Innochef brand offers a range of high quality cookware products aimed at repositioning the Kishco brand as exquisite and contemporary.

The new range of products include the sauté pan, milk pan, sauce pan, fry pan, sauce pan, kadai and the cook & serve pan. Kishco innochef is made of 100-percent food grade metal, consisting of high quality 18/10 stainless steel. The unique feature of this range is that it is tri-ply, which means that each cookware product is made of 3 layers of superior quality metals bonded together for greater efficiency and sturdiness.

Elaborating the product’s special features, Namita Jain, Managing Director, Kishco Limited, said that Kishco Innochef range is a unique, tri-ply cookware made of superior technology, designed to be super-efficient, sturdy and long lasting. In developing this high quality, premium range we have retained the classic elegance associated with our brand.

Namita Jain further said that Kishco has partnered with all top e-com players to make the products readily available to customers across India. The brand will soon be available in Europe, Middle East and other global markets. Giving features of Kishco Innochef she said that it is multi-usage; suitable for stove tops, electric plates, ovens and induction cookers, It is easy to handle; the unique technology keeps handles cool and food–hot, It has a total thickness of 2.5 mm; therefore food doesn't get burnt and is cooked evenly, It is safe and hygienic; made from food grade metal which is rust-free,  It is made from sturdy, finest quality, three layers of superior metal alloys bonded together and due to the combination of alloys, food continues to cook even after the stove is off, thereby making it healthy and fuel efficient.

AirAsia Gifts Free Flights to Asean Olympic Medallists at Gala Event

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 08^th September:- AirAsia today gave away free flights to all Asean Olympic medallists at a gala event held in the JW Marriot Hotel in Bangkok. Also in attendance were AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, AirAsia country CEOs, Thailand’s Vice Minister for Tourism and Sports, Associate Professor ChavaneeTongroach as well as government and sports officials from each Asean country with a podium finisher.

Gold medal winners received a lifetime of free flights, while silver and bronze medal winners received five and three years' worth of free flights respectively. Medallists were given a special AirAsia BIG card in gold, silver and bronze that allows them to fly to any of the more than 120 destinations within AirAsia and AirAsia X's extensive network in Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes said that we are very honored to be able to present free flights to the men and women who have inspired the region with their sporting excellence. He added that too often, sports is overlooked in Asean but their achievements show we can be the world's best when we set our mind to it, together with the right support and infrastructure.

 He further said that athletes will be able to make use of the free flights whenever they want, as many times as they want. No ifs, no buts, no funny conditions. We sincerely hope they will enjoy flying with us.

AirAsia is Asia's largest low-cost carrier by passengers carried and jet fleet, with unmatched frequencies. It is also the only airline to fly direct to all 10 Asean countries, including some 60 unique routes in the region. A pioneer in travel and technology, AirAsia offers a wide range of innovative products such as mobile app, extensive self-service options, inflight wifi, interactive travel guides, premium coffee, online duty-free shopping, Premium Flex and FlyThru.

MC Conduct “Importance of Sanitation & Cleanliness in Schools” Drive

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 08^th September:- The sanitation wing of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh organized a Special Thematic drive under the theme “Importance of Sanitation & Cleanliness in Schools” under “Swachh Bharat Mission” at Govt. High School Sec.-11, GMHS Sec-7C, Govt. Sr. Sec School Sec 45-A, Govt Middle School Village Burail and Govt. Model Middle School Sec- 23-D, Chandigarh.

During the drive the students were sensitized regarding the adverse effects of insanitary conditions around them. Lecture on importance of sanitation and cleanliness and importance of every student contributing their efforts towards Swachhata was delivered to the students by the inspectorate staff of MC Chandigarh.

The Staff and Student of the Schools participated in the cleanliness of their school premises enthusiastically.

Police Lathicharge & Use Water Cannons Against Youth Congress Workers

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 08^th September:- Police resorted to lathicharge and used water cannons on members of Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) today when they were protesting against the misutilization of funds meant for scholarship of scheduled and backward students by the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) government in Punjab. Many of them including the president of PYC Amarpreet Singh Lally were detained by the Police while they were marching towards Assembly from Congress Youth Bhawan, Sector 15 in Chandigarh.

Amarpreet Singh Lally said that wrong policies were being pursued by the ruling SAD-BJP combine government.  He said that the central government stopped the release Rs 500 crore under the SC Scholarship scheme in 2015-16 to Punjab because state government failed to produce the utilization certificate. Sukhbir Badal had ordered a vigilance inquiry into the scam which is yet to start which clearly shows callous attitude of state government towards Dalit students. He added that it appears that funds are being used on Sangat Darshan and other government related activities. The due benefit is not reaching to the real beneficiaries. The state government has also failed provide us satisfactory answers on this issue under the Right to Information Act (RTI).

While condemning the undemocratic act of Police, Amarpreet Singh Lally said that many of our workers have broken bones and Police can keep arresting us but we will continue our fight for the rights of these students. We want justice for scheduled caste and backward students of Punjab who have been deprived of their rights.