With Diwali around the corner, preparations and celebrations are in full swing. From choosing the right gift to preparing mouth-watering delicacies, the festive cheer brings in a lot of things. It also brings in a lot of waste, especially plastic waste. The plastic wrapping sheets used for packing gifts and sweets is hazardous for us […]
Since four years, Chandigarh’s Sandeep Kumar is helping students who can’t afford to buy books due to the financial conditions of their families. Kumar, who runs an NGO named as “Open Eye Foundation”, has been running a unique initiative called ‘Raddi se Shiksha’ where he goes door-to-door to collect books and stationery, later distributing them […]
Boosting the Swadeshi movement, Gauri Shankar Sewa Dal Gaushala, Sector 45-D, is preparing eco-friendly diyas and idols made out of cow dung for Diwali. Vinod Kumar, vice-president of the Gaushala, said, “We have been making these diyas for three years and the response keeps getting better each year. This time we will prepare around 25,000 […]
Gurpreet Singh Wadhwa, 19, an alumnus of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, had secured All India Rank (AIR) 23 in the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced). He scored a brilliant 310 out of 398 marks in the examination that was held on September 27. With eyes set on becoming a computer engineer, he now wants to pursue Computer […]
On the occasion of World Animal Day, a new non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Chandigarh announced ‘Operation Mowgli Aid’. The NGO, which will be formally inaugurated on October 24, 2020, provides an ambulance for immediate care of wounded animals and also aims to assist animal shelters, foster homes, medical facilities, local NGOs as well as the […]
Chandigarh’s Anhad Kaur Mehta secured the all India rank 1 in the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET Topper), the result of which was declared on Monday evening, and seventh rank in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). A student of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh, she aspires to go to the National Law School of India […]
Haryana government appointed Vijai Vardhan as the new Chief Secretary of Haryana on Wednesday, read an order that issued transfers and posting orders of six IAS officers with immediate effect. Vardhan is a post-graduate in history from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University. In 1985 he joined the Indian Administrative Service and was allocated the Haryana […]
World Heart Day is annually observed on September 29 and is intended to increase public awareness of heart diseases, including their prevention and their global impact. In 1999, the World Heart Federation (WHF), in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), announced the establishment of World Heart Day. During these unprecedented times, people with heart […]
Environment ministers of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh will meet on October 1 to review the progress on air pollution management plans which were decided in 2016, said Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday. They would meet MoEFCC and officials of CPCB to discuss the air pollution arising due to paddy stubble […]
Extending his government’s full support to the farmers in these ‘dark and difficult times’, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday assured of all possible legal and other steps to fight the farm bills, including a special session of the Vidhan Sabha to discuss and decide the way forward. Chairing a meeting with […]