Northern India Herald

Chandigarh :  A major stride has been made in the field of ophthalmology - the medical specialty dealing with diseases of the eyes. Dr Varun Baweja, an ophthalmic surgeon from Punjab has introduced a revolutionary iStent technique to cure Glaucoma in the eyes, similar to cardiovascular stents. Dr Varun Baweja, a pioneer in the eye stent technique, is the first eye surgeon of India to get a certification from England for carrying out the iStent inject surgery. This eye surgery is used to treat Glaucoma disease, commonly known as ‘Kala Motia’. "The best thing about this path breaking surgery is that the patients get the same medical intervention sitting in India which normally is available abroad at a heavy  cost," said Dr Baweja, a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Baweja Multispeciality Hospital in Punjab's Roopnagar, near Chandigarh. It is pertinent to state that Dr Varun got his poster published in the American Academy of Ophthalmology Journal in 2009 and has perfo...

Chandigarh :  The Alumni Cricket Bash (ACB), played among the alumni of the four most reputed, historic and best known legacy Boarding Schools of India, including The Doon School, Mayo College , Daly College and Scindia School , will be played on 27th and 28th November, at a neutral venue at IVCA. The tournament is being hosted by the Scindia School Old Boys Association (SOBA). This was announced at a press meet held at Chandigarh Press Club here today. Mitul Dikshit (left), President North, Scindia School Old Boys' Association at the press meet Mitul Dikshit, North President, SOBA, said, “The Alumni Cricket Bash has become the most prestigious annual cricket tournament. The main objective is to bury the old hatchets and create new friendships and bonds.” Banjul Badil, President, SOBA, said, “The tournament is hosted by each alumni at their respective 'alma mater' by rotation. Due to the global pandemic, this year, the Scindia School Alumni is hosting the tournament a...

  Zirakpur:  A unique radio cab app 'Book Fast' was unveiled here on Monday by three dynamic entrepreneurs of Chandigarh tricity. The app is all set to make rides for commuters in Chandigarh capital region to start with not only smooth and hassle-free, but also pocket friendly. The app was unveiled by N K Sharma, MLA of Dera Bassi.   It is noteworthy that the entrepreneurs already are in the travel trade with their own car fleets. This gives them a major advantage over other players. “Booking a cab by using Book Fast is pocket friendly for users,” said Anand Pal, Director, CEO and Founder of Book Fast App. Added Pal, “Our model is also financially more beneficial for drivers, whom we consider our partners.” Rajesh Chopra, Director, Book Fast ,  said, “The outstation cab services will be available at one-way rates to anywhere, as our tagline suggests- 'Kahin Se Kahin Bhi'. We offer the outstation services at one-way rates itself. The other applications ...

"Democracy has been reduced to a mere sham by CM of UP, Yogi Adityanath. He has proved that he is the biggest dictator of all times. Instead of arresting those behind the dastardly mowing down of Sikh farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri, he and his police administration are  busy detaining Congress leaders from all over India particularly Punjab, who tried to reach Lakhimpur Kheri to wipe the tears of the nears and dears of those massacred in the violence. The SUV which mowed down the farmers belonged to none other than the son of BJP leader Ajay Mishra, who is also MoS Home in the central government. So the UP government is busy protecting his son," said Damanvir Phillaur in a strongly worded statement given at Chandigarh .  Damanvir Phillaur, Congress "The FIR registered against Mishra's son Ashish Mishra also seems to be an eyewash as the mastermind of the massacre is still roaming free. Ironically in Yogi's UP instead of culprits, t...

Bollywood’s hit machine singer Mika Singh is known for a swanky and grand lifestyle. Whether it is about expanding horizons for Punjabi music industry to Bollywood or wearing sunglasses day and night, Mika has never been shy of striving for something new in every aspect. However, this lifestyle of living king size does not affect the true nature of this superstar. He is known as a true friend among his close circle. Recently during his short visit to Mussoorie, he invited a few of his close friends for a mini-break from the hectic everyday life. The singer was seen enjoying leisure time on his ‘workcation’ while playing snooker at Welcomhotel The Savoy, with Vindu Dara Singh, Akanksha Puri, Mansi Bagla, Varun Bagla and more. Whilst this time during the trip, he was also seen with Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister, Uttarakhand. Mika said, “I had an exceptional time in Mussoorie. We had a show and while at it, I thought of calling some close friends there. It was a good decision as...

    New Delhi : The Home Textile Exporters' Welfare Association (HEWA) whole heartily thanked the Modi Government for giving patient hearing to various woes of Indian Textile exporters that were brought to the cognizance of various ministries and govt departments by HEWA. The Union Minister for Textile & Commerce, Piyush Goel and Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur declared during a press briefing recently that Government of India has approved disbursal of a hefty amount of Rs 56,000 crore arrear to the exporters under various schemes such as MEIS, RoSL, RoSCTL and RoDTEP. The declaration is a very big relief for the entire Export Industry, which includes MEIS worth Rs 33,000 crore, RoSCTL and RoSL worth Rs 5,500 crore and few other schemes aggregating Rs 5,000 crore. An amount of Rs 12,500 crore for RoDTEP and Rs 7,000 crore for RoSCTL has been sanctioned this year, which is over and above that of Rs 56,000 crore. As liquidity will be ...

Chandigarh : Hotel Novotel Chandigarh Tribune Chowk has appointed Ashish Battoo as its General Manager. Ashish comes with over 19 years of experience in working with several international and Indian brands including The Hyatt and The Oberoi Group of hotels and resorts. In his most recent assignment, Ashish as General Manager was associated with The Golkonda Hotel, Hyderabad before deciding to pursue his own venture in 2019. He holds a Degree in Hotel Management from Garden City College, Bangalore. Novotel Chandigarh Tribune Chowk, scheduled to open on 1st October 2021, is strategically located in the heart of Chandigarh, offering  proximity to government offices, shopping areas and high-end residences.  The hotel will feature 120 rooms, two food and beverage outlets, banquet halls, event rooms, and recreational facilities including a swimming pool and a fitness centre. Novotel Hotels, Suites & Resorts offer destination hotels designed as comforting and energizing...

  Pune-based Togethring Media Labs Private Limited has announced the launch of Togethring, a revolutionary Super App, a social entertainment and social commerce platform, where you can do everything online together. It’s an instantaneous, synchronous, real-time and collaborative socio-business platform, which requires no screen/ device sharing. It’s the first ever launch of an Indian communication Super App, that is far and beyond the offerings by the existing world majors. Right from watching media (video/ pictures), watching games, listening to music, shopping, socialising and ordering food to book tickets, study and read together – users can do all at the same time, while chatting or video chatting, but still maintaining privacy. The App is available for Android OS and web browsers.   Togethring is the world's first and industry-first unique idea embedded into one application. It's a purely Indian platform, built by Indians for Indians and the world. The Togethring...

  New Delhi : Corporate Monitor the event conceivers has teamed up with JNARDDC, AL Association of India and Material Recycling Association of India to organise the 25th International Conference on Non-ferrous Metals in New Delhi on September 3rd and 4th. Sanjay Lohia, IAS, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Govt of India, will be inaugurating   the conference   in the gracious presence   of the chief's of public and private sector organisation dealing with non-ferrous minerals and metals. The event will provide an excellent platform to bring together   the Indian non-ferrous industry with the international metal industry and also provide an opportunity to share the viewpoints and discussion on the best practices, benchmarks technological advancements, innovations and opportunities of collective empowerment working to promote the non-ferrous industry, all of which would ultimately promote the concept of Atma Nirbhar Bharat.

  Chandigarh : Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, Chief Justice, Punjab & Haryana High Court accompanied by Justice Arun Palli, in the presence of Minderjeet Yadav, Chairman, Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana disbursed the financial assistance to the dependents of the deceased advocates at a function organised by Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana at Law Bhawan, Sector 37. The event was attended by functionaries of Bar Council of India (BCI) including Partap Singh, Raj Kumar Chauhaan, Baljinder Saini and others. While addressing the fraternity, Minderjeet Yadav said, “Apart from statutory, enrollment and disciplinary functions, the Bar Council has always worked for the welfare and betterment of the legal fraternity. Before the enactment and implementation of the “Advocates Welfare Fund Act” the Bar Council has so far from its own resources provided financial assistance to the families of approximately 700 deceased advocates. With the increasing inflation every year, the implement...

New Delhi: Euler Motors, an automotive technology OEM focused on electric commercial vehicles (EVs) announced that BigBasket, Flipkart, Udaan, along with other ECommerce, Hyperlocal and B2B delivery players, have placed an order for 2,500 EVs for intra-city deliveries. The companies will deploy Euler Motors’ EV across Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai to transform and strengthen their first, mid and last mile operations. Deliveries of these vehicles are scheduled to take place in the next 6-8 months. Saurav Kumar, CEO & Founder - Euler Motors  The Delhi-based OEM, is set to launch its first three-wheeler L5 cargo vehicle around festive season. Currently, the company is already plying 300+ vehicles as part of a pre-launch pilot with ecommerce, FMCG companies for intra-city delivery in Delhi-NCR. The company is confident that its vehicle will set a new benchmark in on-road performance and customer profitability. Hari Menon, Co-Founder, BigBasket said, “With the exp...

  Chandigarh : Scores of class 12th and 10th topper students in Chandigarh tricity and thousands others in the country are reeling under despair as their names did not get any mention in the media reports. Though CBSE did not make a merit list for the 12th and 10th boards this year, a list was 'declared' by the newspapers on the basis of a compilation done by the reporters on the basis of results made available to them by different schools. The parents of such left out students have demanded the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to release a "Merit List of Class XII and X results" to remove the confusion amongst the media and public in general. It is alleged that the media collected data from various schools barring a few who followed the directions of CBSE, of 'no merit list'. As a result of this the state toppers in tricity ( Chandigarh , Panchkula and Mohali) were either missed or wrongly reported. Father of a student of Carmel Convent School...

  Raiganj:  Biplab Kumar Mondal of Karnajora, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal , has received appreciation from the India Book of Records (IBR) for spreading Covid awareness messages among the people. Mondal spread this awareness in the villages, markets, localities by distributing kites to the kids with awareness messages written on them, by providing masks and offering sanitizers. He also delivered medicines from door-to-door and organized awareness by displaying posters and banners on the motorcycle. Mondal, born on September 1, 1978, said, “I started my activities from the very beginning of the spread of Covid-19 in our country. I went out on my motorcycle, hanging few banners and posters on it to make people aware. I taught the passers-by how to make a mask with tissue paper and a rubber band. I also distributed handmade masks and sanitizers to the common people, frontline warriors, health workers and drivers.” The man with a big heart supplied essential medicin...

Mint Life Sciences (P) Ltd, a research oriented pharma company, which is into manufacturing, marketing and export of pharmaceutical products, launched BV-Clean (Bacteria and Virus Clean)  brand of 7 Days Anti-Viral Coat and Surface Cleaner, approved by IIT Ropar (A Govt. of India Enterprise). The products are being available at highly competitive prices as compared to daily cleaners. BV Clean-Shield is another unique product which is long lasting, self disinfecting, anti-viral and anti-microbial surface coating for 100 Days. Sidharth Goel, Managing Director, Mint Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, said, “We have over 300 products under our own brand name, which include tablets, capsules, liquid syrups, ointments, dry powder and lotion etc. We also have a highly specialized range of disinfectants and surface coatings for safe and hygienic living in workplaces, public places and homes. We have an R&D tie up with IIT Ropar (A Govt of India Enterprise) for development of various innovative p...

New Delhi : In a bid to support the Start-Ups operating in identified Focus Areas, GAIL ( India ) Limited announced its plans to invest in such companies through its Start-Up initiative ‘Pankh’.     GAIL has now opened a fresh Round for Solicitation of Investment Proposals from the Start-Ups operating in the Focus Areas, which mainly includes natural gas, petrochemicals, energy, project management, bio-manure marketing, nano materials, IoT, data mining, environment, health and social. The further details of Focus Areas are available on GAIL website under GAIL PANKH Section. The Start-Ups that are interested in equity investment from GAIL can apply through link ‘GAIL PANKH’ on GAIL’s website link https://bit.ly/3w9clX1 The Solicitation Round is open from March 30, 2021 to May 30, 2021.

  Ludhiana, Punjab: With spring wedding season around the corner, Punjab grown fashion label Jaamawar Minx (JM) founded by a famous fashion designer Rupam K. Grewal, unveiled a spacious and opulent store in Jalandhar's Model Town . The opening of the brand new store also saw the unveiling of a mesmerizing collection ‘Riyasat’. The beautiful collection has 'dupattas' which have been made painstakingly with real gold, pearls, and real Swarovski. The USP of the 'dupattas' is that these have been so richly crafted, that they are heirloom material, to be passed on from one generation to another. Rupam K Grewal who is mainly known for intricate bridal ensembles has experimented this wedding season to blend the vibrancy of the traditional 'phulkaris' with ‘zardozi dabka work’ to give a royal look to her ensembles.   Ace designer, Rupam Grewal who has worked with various types of embroidery for over 15 years said, “We had a lot of demand coming from Jalandhar ...