Chandigarh, December 22:- This is for the information of the general public that due to ongoing work of installation of aerators/mixers for tertiary treated water at UGR Sector 29B, Chandigarh, there will be no Tertiary Treated water supply in Sector 14 to Sector 29, Chandigarh from 23.12.2020 to 01.01.2020. Residents are to bear with Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
Chandigarh, December 22:- Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today launched the door to door waste collections through MCC vehicles from Punjab Raj Bhawan, Sector 6, Chandigarh in the presence of Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh and Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Chandigarh.
During the launch, the Governor said that in order to implementation successful door to door collection of waste separately i.e. wet and dry waste, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has deployed their own vehicles throughout the city, which will reduce the problem of mixed garbage collected at garbage plant. He said that the door to door collection will now be done through the use of partitioned vehicles including three separate collection bins for wet, dry and domestic hazardous waste in each vehicle. He said that now Chandigarh can achieve top position in the Swachh Survekshan-2021 with ensuring 100% waste segregation in the city.
The Governor congratulated the Mayor for implementing the system in city with a detailed route plan to cover all the wards and villages alongwith colonies of city. He asked the concerned officers to prepare a detailed vehicle and staff deployment plan based on the route plan in order to meet the waste collection demand of each ward.
He appealed all the citizens of Chandigarh to give segregated waste in these MCC vehicles for easy and early processing of the garbage at the plant. He asked all the councilors to create awareness among the city residents at their ward levels so that the system be implemented successfully.
While sharing information about the door to door waste collection system through MCC vehicles, Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC said that these vehicles will carry the waste from households to the transfer stations, from where the waste is transported to the garbage plant in loaders. All vehicles used in the collection and transportation system are monitored by a GPS enabled tracking system. The GPS system is constantly monitored by the monitoring cell. Any route deviations by particular drivers are penalized and multiple deviations is also grounds for termination, added the Commissioner.
He said that the segregated waste i.e. wet, dry and hazardous waste from the domestic generators will be collected through newly deployed 97 vehicles on daily basis, which will run on the streets of sectors 1 to 30, Chandigarh from today. He said that earlier, the MCC had deployed 99 door to door waste collection vehicles, which are also running in the city to collect segregated waste from villages and some commercial areas of city. In addition to that 293 more vehicles will be deployed in phased manner on delivery bases throughout the city to collect segregated waste from households.
He said that Chandigarh has been divided into 4 zones and 26 wards. Each ward has on an average 9600 households and commercial establishments of the areas. In Chandigarh, waste is generated from various sources including households, commercial areas and other institutions like RWAs, hospitals, hotels among others. The households or residential complexes are covered by the door to door collection system while the semi bulk and bulk generators are covered by the bulk collection system. With this facility, Chandigarh ensures the 100% coverage of wards through its door to door segregated collection system with deploying all the 390 additional vehicles, added the Commissioner.
Among others, Sh. Sanjay Beniwal, IPS, DGP, Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary Home, Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, Sh. Mandeep Singh Brar, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor, Sh. Jagtar Singh, Deputy Mayor, Sh. Rajesh Kalia, Chairman, Sanitation Committee, MCC, Sh. Mahesh Inder Singh Siddhu, area councilor, Sh. Sorabh Arora, Joint Commissioner, Sh. N.P. Sharma, Chief General Manager, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd., Dr. Amrit Warring, Medical Officer of Health and other concerned officers of Administration and MCC were present during the launch programme.
· Have safe IVF treatment during Covid, follow guidelines
· No sufficient evidence to prove that Covid positive pregnant mother can pass on infection to child
· Fortis Bloom IVF centre, Fortis Hospital, Mohali share tips to have safe pregnancy through IVF during Covid times
Shimla, December 21, 2020: The current pandemic should not be a deterrent in making couples seeking parenthood opt for IVF treatment. In times when almost 1 in every 6 couples in-country is looking for an infertility solution, corona spread comes as a testing time. Fertility problems and IVF are already stressful. Now, throw a pandemic like COVID-19 in this scenario, and the mind may go into an all-out tailspin.
Dr. Pooja Mehta, Senior Consultant, Gynaecologist & IVF Specialist at Fortis Bloom IVF Centre, Fortis Hospital, Mohali Chandigarh said that couples now need not curtail their happiness out of scare of Covid infection.
She explained it is understandable for couples to wonder if this is the best time for embryo retrieval or transfer. She advised against delaying the IVF treatment as the majority of patients of reproductive age are generally not in the high-risk group (vis-à-vis high-risk groups of Covid). So, it is not necessary to delay the treatment cycle or IVF consultation at this time.
Explaining the impact of Corona on fertility she said that currently, there was limited evidence regarding the association between fertility and coronavirus. But, we do know that infections may cause high fever, which could affect fertility treatment, she added.
A study has suggested that high fever during the IVF cycle or egg freezing may require a higher need for medications, a lower number of retrieved eggs, and a longer cycle. However, there’s no evidence suggesting that COVID-19 fever has an impact on fertility.
Similarly, she dispelled the fears that Covid may hamper pregnancy. She explained it was seen that the risk of COVID infection in the pregnant female is the same as compared to a non-pregnant female. Besides, there is no sufficient evidence that suggests that pregnant women can pass COVID infection to their babies. Also, coronavirus is not present in breast milk or amniotic fluid. Looking at these facts, it is highly unlikely that COVID-19 can affect pregnancy.
To mitigate the spread of the virus at Fortis IVF Bloom Center complete care is being taken to lessen the number of the physical visit of patients to the hospital. Hospital offers telemedicine appointments for the initial or follow-up consultations to curate a treatment plan for you. Further, to avoid transmission risk, it follows all guidelines suggested by the authorities.
Dr. Pooja explained that the central laboratory also has a HEPA filtration system, a positive pressure air handling system, and maintains quality assurance and rigorous cleaning at all times. This lowers the risk of COVID transmission to embryos, eggs, or sperm.
Changes have been made at Fortis IVF centers in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai (Girgaum & Bandra), Navi Mumbai, South Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad & Mohali for patient safety. Video Consultation in form of digital consultation and counseling has been introduced to minimize patients’ visits and clinic footfall.
To reduce exposure, the center provides home blood collection. In males with suspected semen problems, semen collection can also be done at home & then transported to the laboratory for analysis. For repeated ultrasounds, we have started referring patients to their nearby ultrasonologist rather than calling them to the IVF clinic. Options for home delivery of medications along with a prescription are also available.
Also, the centers’ staff is on the daily triage questionnaire for COVID-19, which are questions that determine infection risk. They are also tested with an RT PCR test if they are suspected of COVID infection. At centers, the staff greets with hands folded and no handshakes. Visitors are requested to sanitize their hands and temperature is checked.
Face masks and PPE are worn during the procedures as per guidelines along with mandatory for patients to adorn masks all the time. Ultraviolet lights (which are used during non-working hours) have been installed and sterilization to sanitize the surfaces and air is done regularly.
Most importantly, COVID Screening of all couples is done using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) before starting the treatment and repeat them before all treatment stages, such as embryo transfer or ovum pick up. If either spouse is detected positive for Covid, the cycle is canceled. In those patients wherein a cycle is canceled, discounts are given in the next IVF attempt, to compensate for the financial loss of cycle cancellation.
Take these precautions while undergoing IVF to stay steer clear of coronavirus
ü Wear a mask all the time when in public.
ü Frequently wash your hands with water and soap for at least 20/30 seconds.
ü If soap is not available, use an alcohol-based sanitizer with at least 70% alcohol.
ü Disinfect and clean frequently touched surfaces using cleaning wipes or sprays.
ü Cover your nose and hands with elbow or tissue and not your hands
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies(ICSVS), Panjab university is
organising a 14 day online workshop on Yoga for Self Management from 12 -26
December,2020.
On day four and fifth of the workshop, a special session was conducted by Mr.Prashant
Verma , Research fellow at ICSVS. He highlighted the role of yoga in curing
constipation. He gave live demonstrations of various asanas such as Surya namaskar,
Katichakra asana, Bhujangasana, Chakkiasana ,Trikonasana, Pawanmukta and Setu Bandha
asana .
On day sixth and seventh, a special session was organised on Diabetes management.
Mr.Parviinder Singh , from Punjabi University Patiala gave a live demonstration of
various yoga asanas which are very beneficial in controlling diabetes , a lifestyle
disease. He stressed that a balanced diet plays a major role in saving us from the
onset of this disease. He also warned that the asanas should be performed correctly and
under the supervision of a yoga expert. Live demonstration of various asanas was
performed by Ms Komal and Ms Sapna of Punjabi University Patiala.
On day eighth and ninth,Dr.Arpita Negi, Department of Yoga Studies, Himachal Pradesh
University spoke on the importance of managing thyroid problems. Women are more prone
to thyroid imbalance which is responsible for many ailments.We need to be careful about
our food habits and daily routine. Ms Nisha Singh research scholar from Himachal
Pradesh University gave a live demonstration of various asanas.
Large number of participants attended the session and interacted with the speaker.
Prof. Renu Thakur Coordinator ICSVS proposed the vote of thanks.
The Chandigarh Science Congress,Chascon 2020 organised by Panjab University in association with CRIKC from December 17 -19, 2020 through online mode, concluded on Saturday.
Prof Raj Kumar,Vice Chancellor Panjab University encouraged participants to gear up for innovations and involve various disciplines for trans-disciplinary research.
The session on nano sciences and engineering included talk by prof navakanta bhat from Iisc Bangalore who informed the audience about applications of nano science and the user friendly multi-diagnostic sensor developed by his group which could be used in rural settings.
Prof UC Banerjee from Niper presented his work in downstream processing of important biomolecules. Prof Arun K Singh and prof Sarabjit Singh from PEC Chandigarh presented their work on advances in rectifier technology and machining.
Prof. VR Sinha Dean Research PU gave insights into new drug delivery platforms and Prof. S K Mehta gave an overview of CRIKC activities.
There was a panel discussion on the role of new education policy coordinated by prof Latika Sharma from PU and Prof Sarit Fas Director IIT Ropar stressed on out of box thinking
The valedictory address was given by Dr Bakulesh Khamar, Director Cadila Pharmaceuticals and he gave examples of successful translation of scientific innovations at Cadila.
The conference ended by Prof Desh Deepak Singh presenting the vote of thanks along with Prof Sandeep Sahijpal, the co coordinator of event
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Chandigarh, December 20:- Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Chandigarh inaugurated newly built community centre at Indra Colony, Manimajra here today in the presence of Sh. Vinod Aggarwal, area councilor, Sh. Sanjay Arora, Superintending Engineer (B&R) and other concerned officers of MCC and prominent persons of the area.
During the inauguration, the Mayor said that this community centre has been built up in total 8400 sqft having plot area of 18787 sqft including parking area of 3200 sqft. She said that in the ground floor bridal room, office, hall, kitchen, pantry, care taker room, gents and ladies toilets while gymnasium, bride room, library, three rooms, gents & ladies toilets have been provided in the first floor at total expenditure of Rs. 1.67 crore.
The Mayor also ingurated 100 feet road at Manimajra having liner length of 1690 feet, 100 feet right of way and 22 feet carriageway width provided at a cost of Rs. 1.40 crores.
In addition to that the Mayor inaugurated road provided with paver blocks at Darshani Bagh, Manimajra having 1120 feet liner length and 16 feet width at a cost of Rs. 10 lacs. She also inaugurated water supply pipe line provided at Darshani Bagh at a cost of Rs. 30 lacs.
Panchkula December 12, It is hereby brought to the notice of all contesting Candidates for the seat of Mayor and Members of Municipal Corporation, Panchkula, the inspection of Election Expenditure maintained by all candidates from the day of nomination upto the date of declaration of result is to be done by the Election Monitoring Cell constituted by the Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula.
Nodal Officer Expenditure Monitoring Dalbir Malik Cell, M.C. Election says that Accordingly, as per the State Election Commission, Haryana guidelines on account of Election Expenses as per Haryana Municipal Act, 1994, the maintenance of the day to day account of Election Expenditure incurred has to be maintained by each Candidate and to get them inspected by the Election Expenditure Monitoring Cell district Panchkula headed by Sh. Dalbir Malik, Nodal Officer (Mo. No.-9417194239). The Election Expenditure Observer for M.C. Election, Panchkula Sh. Sanjiv Rathee (Mo. No.-9417555265) shall oversee the same.
The ceiling limit for the seat of Mayor and Member of Municipal Corporation is Rs.22 Lakhs and Rs.5.5 Lakhs respectively. The Candidate/Authorize Electoral Agent should get their day to day account inspected of the election expenditure. The Inspection of account shall be done at Room No.309, Second Floor, Mini Secretariat, Sector-1, Panchkula on 21.12.2020, 23.12.2020, 25.12.2020, 28.12.2020 (day after poll day), 31.12.2020 (day after declaration of result) from 10:30 A.M to 04:30 P.M.
The ongoing Science Congress at Panjab University organised various sessions in different Science departments . The scientific programme of chascon was a golden opportunity for participants where they competed and were awarded for their skills and hard work.
For Chemical Sciences, there was one keynote address by Dr. Narinder Singh from IIT Ropar, Roopnagar, Punjab, two invited lectures delivered by Dr. Vipan Kumar from GNDU, Amritsar and Dr. Ashok Kumar Malik from Punjabi University, Patiala, apart from several oral presentations and poster presentation sessions.
Moreover, for engg and management sciences two invited lectures, first by Dr. Talsimarif Saiyed, CEO and Director of C-CAMp Bangaluru and by Dr. Praveen Vamula from instem Bangalore presented the lecture on the topic “Start up and innovation in India: Opportunities and Challenges” and discussed the role of C-CAMP in empowering entrepreneurs in science innovation through research, development, training and incubation.
The talk of Dr. Amit Kulshrestha, Associate, IISER Professor Mohali on ‘Image of power maps in linear groups’ was attended by about 50 participants. The talk was very well received. There were a lot of interactions between speakers and the participants in the Mathematical Sciences Section. The Physical Sciences session commenced with the talk of Dr. Davinder Siwal, BFUHS, Faridkot on Nuclear Radiation Detectors for Imaging Science followed by Dr. Basant K Nayak, BARC, Mumbai and Dr Arun S. Oinam, PGIMER,Chandigarh on topics Why Nuclear Physics is Interesting – A Portrait of Basic Science to Applications and Basic Image Acquisition & Reconstruction Concepts of Imaging Machines used in Radiotherapy respectively. Prof. R.K. Kohli, FNA FNA. FASc., FNASc., FNAAS, FNESA, FBS, Vice-Chancellor, Amity University, Mohali delivered an expert talk entitled “Alien Invasive Plants: Status, Impact and Challenges”. He inspired the students of life sciences to be scientific in approach while dealing with any environmental issue. This also included Prof. (Dr.) Shalini Gainder, Additional Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, PGIMER, Chandigarh who presented on the topic“Stepping Up Women’s Health: Being Young.
In the morning session of pharmaceutical sciences, two expert lectures were organized by Prof. Vivek Ranjan Sinha who was the chief guest on this occasion. The first webinar was delivered by a globally recognized scientist, Prof. Sanjay Garg, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences, University of South Australia. He delivered an expert talk on ‘Development of a novel contraceptive, from concept to US FDA approval and market’. This was followed by another interesting and informative talk by Dr. Girish Tillu, Vaidya-Scientist Fellow of Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, on the topic ‘Integrative medicine for newer health challenges: a make in India perspective’.
Dr. Jih Pai Lin from National University of Taiwan who joined the Earth and Environment Sciences section from Taipei, gave the expert talk on sand dollars (Echinoidea) from Taiwan with special reference to Indian Echinoids. The Sectional Programme for Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital as part of the ongoing 14th Chandigarh Science Congress, 2020 was conducted today. Dr. Sudhir Bhandari, Additional Professor and Incharge, Prosthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGIMER, was the guest speaker. He discussed the role of Oral Health providers in head and neck cancer patients scheduled for radiotherapy. Additionally, for Basic Medical Sciences, an expert talk as Dr. Deepak Saini, Associate Professor, IISc Bangalore. Dr. Saini presented the title “Aging- the misery, mastery and the mystery” and enlightened all the participants about the various factors influencing aging and how aging and inflammation are correlated.
These lectures were followed by competitions. Various students participated in oral and e poster ppt and bagged prizes.
The Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh invites applications for admission to M.Phil/Ph.D Programme for the session 2020-21 as per the following schedule:
Last Date for the submission of Application : 31.12.2020 (Thursday)
Date of Interview (Online Mode) : 11.01.2021 (Monday) 2:00 PM onwards
Display of Final Merit List : 12.01.2021
The candidates can submit their applications through email at [email protected] on plain paper along with following scanned documents:
1. Qualifying Examination- UGC- NET/JRF/PU M.Phil/Ph.D Entrance Test (held in the past with three-year validity)
2. Latest Photograph
3. DMC of 10th Class
4. DMC of 10+2 Class
5. All Graduation DMCs
6. All Post-Graduation DMCs
7. Caste Certificate, if any
8. Aadhar Card
9. Research Proposal*
* The Research Proposal should cover tentative title/research area, its rationale, theoretical frame work, objectives, research questions, and proposed research methodology. This will have to be presented before the Interview Committee of the Department at the time of interview. All the applicants must prepare 8 to 10 minutes PPT as per their research proposal. The research aptitude of the applicant will be assessed on the basis of interview/presentation. However, the topic of research will be finalized in consultation with the supervisor after admission. The Research proposal for the presentation for the admission should include reference to 3 or 4 reference books and 4 or 5 journal articles.
The candidates who have cleared any of the following national tests can apply for M.Phil/Ph.D Admission for the session 2020-21:
· UGC-CSIR NET including JRF, SLET, GATE or any other prestigious test for national level scholarship/fellowship conducted at all India level on behalf of national institutions for example GPAT and JEST.
· Direct awardees of fellowship for pursuing Ph.D.
· Working permanent teachers of Panjab University and affiliated colleges
· Ph.D Entrance Test of Panjab University for admission to Ph.D/M.Phil shall be walid for 3 years.
The GATE qualifying score be considered as the basic. GATE/GPAT of any other national level test meant for admission to Ph.D/M.Phil shall be valied forever.
Chandigarh, December 18:- A meeting of House Tax Assessment Committee, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was held here today under the chairmanship of Sh. Charanjiv Singh and attended by other member councilors namely Smt. Sunita Dhawan, Sh. Ajay Dutta, Sh. Sachin Lohatiya, Sh. Anil Garg, Additional Commissioner and other concerned officers of MCC.
During the meeting the members discussed various issues related to Property Tax and decided that Municipal Corporation will issue 90000 No due certificates/clearance certificates to city residents as well as commercial tax payers till 31st January, 2021.
The agenda item regarding reviewing of self assessment scheme under residential, commercial, industrial and institutional lands and buildings was discussed during the meeting and the members of committee decided not to increase rateable value or tax rate keeping in view the COVID-19 pandemic and also because it has been increased last year.
Regarding waiving off the interest for the period from 22.11.2004 to 31.03.2006 in respect of temporary shed area in industrial area Phase-I & II, who have deposited tax under self assessment scheme by mentioning area of their proprieties less than the survey conducted by MCC, the committee members passed the agenda to waive off interest and penalty part only with condition to deposit the principal amount in the MCC and recommended it for consideration in the General House meeting.
The committee members discussed the agenda item regarding exemption of property tax in respect of charitable institutes and decided that charitable institutes will be considered for exemption which are registered under Charitable Endowment Act and are not doing any commercial activity and the institutional building has benefit of deduction under section 80 G of IT Act 1961.
