NEW DELHI:On the occasion of World Health Day, World Health Organization on Thursday called for united effort to reduce mortality from cardiovascular diseases, a leading cause of death in the South-East Asia Region with 3.6 million lives lost every year.

SAN FRANCISCO: Cloud major Oracle, which just completed its $28.4 billion acquisition of electronic health records company Cerner, is developing a national health records database.

CHANDIGARH: Recognising its efforts in advancing tobacco control, the WHO has awarded the Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (e-RCTC) of the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh with the Regional Director Special Recognition Award.

NEW DELHI: As tobacco-induced cancer is emerging as a major public health threat in the country, top medical experts have suggested a three-pronged tobacco control strategy -- public awareness, strengthening legislation and hiking taxes to make tobacco inaccessible to common man especially kids -- to keep the deadly disease at bay.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will participate in the national-level World Wetlands Day being celebrated on February 2 at the Sultanpur National Park in Gurugram district thatattracts nearly 50,000 migratory birds mainly from Eurasia in the winter annually.

NEW DELHI: India's first virtual science lab for children -- under the 'CSIR Jigyasa' programme -- that will connect students with scientists across the country was launched on Monday.

GURDASPUR  AUGUST : Madam Navdeep Kaur Gill Civil Judge (Senior Division) -cum-CJM-cum-Secretary District Legal Services Authority Gurdaspur conducted webinars on the occasion of Quit India Movement in schools in Gurdaspur district.

CHANDIGARH: The second term for a period of three years as Vice Chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh for Prof. Raj Kumar commenced today, the extension of which was communicated in the month of June, 2021 by the office of Chancellor, PU.

NEW DELHI:When Sarah Todd, fashion model-turned-restaurateur, made 'aloo-gobhi' on the sets of MasterChef Australia in 2014, it made headlines because Indian food was then still a novelty Down Under.

NEW DELHI: In line with the government's commemoration of 75 years of Indian Independence - Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav, Petroleum Secretary Tarun Kapoor inaugurated an initiative by Oil PSUs to support various Art and Crafts in the country and launched Bamboo Craft project of Madhya Pradesh supported by ONGC, in a webinar organized by National Oil Company Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Friday.

NEW DELHI: Hem Kumar Pande, Former Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution today said that given the economic condition of our country, consumer awareness has become a propeller of the anti-counterfeiting strategy.

MOHALI: Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri and College de Paris International, France signed a memorandum of understanding recently and agreed upon to congregate efforts to provide international exposure to students and make their learning experience more enriching. Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, President, CGC and Guillaume FINCK, vice president, College de Paris International were present during the virtual MoU signing meet.

HYDERABAD: A pair of wild cats were rescued from a poultry farm in Telangana by a team of veterinarians from the Nehru Zoological Park.

CHANDIGARH: On the suggestion of Mr. Avinash Rai Khanna, Vice Chairperson Indian Red Cross, Punjab State Red Cross has started a “Tele helpline” in Collaboration with Strategic Institute for Public Health Education and Research (SIPHER) to provide counseling and guidance to the COVID 19 patients in home isolation.

NEW DELHI: Stressing that India needs smart and sensible crypto regulation, leading cryptocurrency players in the country on Friday urged the government against the ban and sought engagement to build consensus on crypto regulation.

MOHALI: To aware students & faculty members about Good dental & oral hygiene during pandemic a webinar on “Oral Dental Care during Covid-19” was organized at Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh. Dr. Swati Jhamb, Senior Faculty, Dr. HSJ Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Punjab University, Chandigarh interacted with faculty members and Aryans students of Engineering, Law, Management, Nursing, Pharmacy, B.Ed and Agriculture. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the webinar.

NEW DELHI:The Centre has been taking all necessary measures to spread awareness on the significance of intellectual property rights in protecting and monetizing their creative inventions, a senior official said on Wednesday.

CHANDIGARH: The Society for Promotion of Science and Technology in India (SPSTI) in association with Chandigarh Chapter of National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) jointly conducted a webinar on "Water in the Classroom and the World". The webinar was organized to popularize the theme "Restore the Planet Earth" of the World Earth Day 2021 and was supported by Haryana State Council for Science, Innovation & Technology, Govt. of Haryana.

MOHALI: Department of Agriculture, Aryans Degree College Rajpura, Near Chandigarh organized a webinar on “Seed Production of Horticultural crops”. Dr. Allah Rang, HOD (Retd.) Dept of Plant Breeding and Genetics Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana & presently Managing Director, Biocarve Seeds where he exporting large quantity of flower seeds to American and European countries since 2008.

PHAGWARA:The Department of Government and Public Administration at LPU organised an important webinar on ‘Cyber Crime in India and its Socio-economic Consequences’. Renowned academician and columnist from Logistics Division, Ministry of Commerce & Industry (Government of India) Dr Sameer Shekhar was the resource person. 

NEW DELHI: While 2020 was all about mindful spending and investment, 2021 would see the return of jewellery as an adornment, as people would embrace back socialising with fervent, say experts.

PHAGWARA:GNA University organised a Webinar on “Building Brands in the Automobile Segment” for the students of GNA Business School. The resource person for the webinar was  Vishwas Kapoor, Lead – Sales Planning at Renault India Pvt. Ltd. The webinar started with the Welcome Address of Dr. Jagdeep Singh, Deputy Dean GNA Business School.

MOHALI:To celebrate Human Rights Day, Aryans College of Law, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh organized a webinar on Recover better:- Stand Up for Human Rights. Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, Former Chief Justice Patna High Court, Chairperson, Punjab State Human Rights Commission was the keynote speaker. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the Webinar.

BATHINDA: To pay homage to Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr. .B.R. Ambedkar on his 64th Mahaparinivaran Diwas, the IQAC Cell of the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) organized a Webinar on “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s role in making Constitution of India” on Tuesday under the patronage of Vice Chancellor Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari. The keynote speaker of this programme is known social thinker Shri Ramesh Patange.

NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF), along with the International Professional Scouting Organisation (IPSO), is set to organise an online scouting workshop from Monday to Friday.

BHATINDA:Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) organized National Webinar on ‘Hind Di Chadar Sahib Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji’ on 9th November. The programme was conducted under the patronage of Vice Chancellor Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari as a part of Webinar Series to celebrate the 400th Prakash Purab of ninth Sikh Guru Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji. The keynote speaker of this Webinar was Prof. Jagbir Singh, Former Professor, Delhi University. Faculty & students from different institutions attended this webinar.

MOHALI: The Rayat Bahra University Department of Physics has been accorded approval for conducting online outreach programmes of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the top space organisation of the country.

NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan revealed on Sunday that Maharashtra, Chandigarh and Delhi have failed to fully utilise the Covid-19 grant given in the first phase by the central government.

NEW DELHI: A webinar on Early Childhood Care and Educationwas organized by Ministry of Education under ShikshakParv initiative to highlight the salient features of the New Education Policy (NEP 2020) today. Ministry of Education organised ShikshakParv from 8th September- 25th September, 2020 to felicitate the Teachers and to take New Education Policy 2020 forward.

NEW DELHI: A National Webinar on ‘Internationalisation of Higher Education’ was conducted today by Department of Higher Education and University Grants Commission. Government of India has recently launched National Education Policy-2020 making way for large scale, transformational reforms in both school and higher education sectors. Ministry of Education is organising series of Webinars as part of ‘Shikshak Parv’ starting from 8th September 2020.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Education is celebrating “Shikshak Parv” during 08 to 25 September, 2020 by conducting various National Webinars on the newly announced National Education Policy 2020. As part of this initiative, a National Webinar on ‘Regulatory Reforms in Higher Education’ was organized on 21st September, 2020 wherein Prof. R.P. Tiwari, Member UGC & Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Punjab, Prof. K.K. Aggarwal, Chairperson, National Board of Accreditation, Prof. Nitin R. Karmalkar, Vice-Chancellor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Prof. V.K. Jain, Vice-Chancellor, Tezpur University were invited as Speakers and Pankaj Mittal, Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities was invited as Speaker and Moderator in the Webinar.

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: On completion of one year of Chairmanship of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), Election Commission of India today hosted an International Webinar on the Theme ‘‘Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting Elections during COVID-19 : Sharing Country Experiences’. It was an occasion for democracies world over to come together to share experiences of conducting elections during Covid19.

NEW DELHI: Ministry of Education organised a National Webinar on Creating Awareness about National Education Policy, 2020 through NSS, NCC, NYKS and Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) Volunteers under Shikshak Parv Initiative. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh was the chief guest of the webinar. 

MUMBAI:Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday said that it is planning to "link with international schools, academies and clubs" in India soon after the Covid-19 pandemic subsides. The club had recently announced an association with Boss Entertainment India and is looking to further penetrate the country's market.