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Chandigarh 05^th June:-Braving the sweltering weather for the 7^th year in a row were the "Pink Brigade" members of the Tricity based NGO Tammana, organized an Chabeel, at the Bus stand, Sector-43, Chandigarh on Sunday to quench the thirst of the commuters as well as the local public. Exhibiting a remarkable gesture of goodwill, the zealous volunteers of the NGO made genuine efforts to make the event successful right from the time of collection of stock such as sugar, rose bottles etc. at various stock centers throughout Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Zirakpur and Doraha etc to the time of execution of the event. The Founder Member of the NGO, Ms Isha Kakaria was pleased with the efforts of her dedicated team and stated special hygiene measures were taken care off so as to serve the society properly.  After the event, the members made sure that the premises were clean and there was no littering of garbage in the area. An epitome of community bonding, NGO Tammana has been consistent in their efforts of service to the society and aims to do better with each passing year.

Ms.Meenakshi Mahajan, Office Coordinator shared that they were able to collect a big amount of stock for the distribution of the sweetened water, merely through teamwork and also that social media played a enormous role in the success of the same. The members truly lived up to their motto of service with a smile, reached out to as many people possible to serve the soothing sweet water  and won the hearts of the thirsty commuters with their pleasant faces and interminable  energy. 

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-Freshee', an FMCG brand within the consumables space, today announced that it has raised growth capital from Edelweiss Private Equity. Edelweiss Private Equity is the Venture Capital and Private Equity arm of Edelweiss Financial Services, one of India's leading diversified financial services conglomerates.

Freshee markets products in consumer food packaging, and is already one of the fastest growing brands in the aluminium foil and container business in India. It has been accepted by large multi-national food chains, as a preferred provider of food-grade packing materials. In the near future, Freshee also plans to introduce a range of personal hygiene products like tissue and kitchen products like baking paper, which will impact and improve consumers' hygiene and well-being.

Freshee was launched by Vimal Somani with a vision to create a leading brand in its category. Vimal. Somani is an industry veteran with over two and a half decades of experience, owing to his association with companies like Hindalco, Vedanta and Mittal Group, where he served in leadership capacities in India and overseas.

Vimal Somani, Founder of RIPL, said that Freshee is run by a team of senior professionals and its growth is attributed to the team's hard work and commitment. It is duly supported by all stockists, distributors, consumers, institutional business partners, associates, bankers and various independent professionals. Freshee hopes to steadily grow, to become the most preferred brand in the consumables segment. He added that we are excited to have Edelweiss Private Equity team as part of our journey, and with their support and assistance, we are determined to take market leadership position for Freshee over the next few years in this growing category.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-As a prelude to the International Yoga Day on June 21, Hyatt Regency Chandigarh is all geared up to welcome yog enthusiasts by offering a special Yog Package with various add-ons for people who are travelling to attend this event. The package is valid from June 9 till June 21, 2016.

As part of the run up to the preparations for International Yoga Day, Hyatt Regency Chandigarh is participating in various activities organized by UT Administration starting June 7. The hotel team will be present at various events helping the administration organize these events. The hotel will also host a day long Hi-Tea event where scholars will meet and address the dignitaries and administration officials.

In a special message, Puneet Baijal, General Manager, Hyatt Regency Chandigarh said that we are delighted to join hands with UT Administration as the hospitality partner in celebrating the spirit of yog by hosting enthusiasts from across the globe for the second edition of the International Day of Yoga. We have introduced a special package for people travelling to the city to attend the event. With a delightful culinary experience, combined with yoga, rest and relaxation, Guests can look forward to a warm and welcoming stay at our hotel.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-With two weeks away for the holiday season to end, a brand new year awaits kids at school. HyperCITY, India's finest hypermarket is back with their exclusive Back to School Collection for every parent to kick start their child's new academic year. With an amazing range of stationery and accessories at unbelievable discounts, HyperCITY offers overwhelming choices to both, kids and parents, to be 'back to school'.

HyperCITY houses an exciting new range across stationeries, lunch boxes, water bottles, bags, designer stationery kits and much more, all available at great discounts, in all their stores. Parents & kids can avail discounts and special offer-prices on all school products that are available in the 'Back to School' collection. The variety of stationery sets available start at an attractive price range of INR 99 onwards, while the bags are available in varied sizes from INR299 onwards. 

From popular anime characters' stationery such as Minions, Angry Birds, Ben Ten, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Chota Bheem, Barbie and Tom & Jerry to popular superheroes andteen stars like Avengers, X-men, Spider Man, Power Rangers, etc., HyperCITY stores it all!

With a wide range of school products, everything ne needs at the start of the school year, from the essentials to stationery. HyperCITY wishes the students all the best for their new academic year.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh honoured 10 successfully running Start ups of the Tricity on its 10^th  Foundation Day in a Programme held today at ICSSR, Panjab University, Chd.  Vivek Atray, was the Chief Guest on the occasion while Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the function.The function commenced with the lamp lighting ceremony by Prof Roshan Lal Kataria and Mrs Rajni Kataria, Founder, Aryans Group.

On the occasion various start ups including Chandigarh Bus Routes, Little Legends, Punjabi Current, SAAK Foundation, Trideal, Matrified.com, The Rumour Mill, Soul Bowl, 10.    Espranza Innovations, Asphire.in were also honoured by Aryans Group.

Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group while speaking on the occasion said that we see a perfect connection between India development needs and our youth strengths. He invite anyone and everyone to become the partner in India's Start Up India, Stand Up India and technical  growth & our first step of honouring Tricity start ups towards our mission of world class Digital and technical India.

Vivek Atray appreciated the initiative taken by Aryans under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Mission "Start-UP India, Stand-Up India and Digital India Campaign to recognize, highlight and honour the efforts of young and budding tricity Youth and Entrepreneurs who ingeniously developed Applications used by a large number of Societies.

Prof. B.S Sidhu, Registrar, Aryans Group while congratulating students, Staff and management on the occasion said that in last 9 years Aryans students has emerged successfully not only in Academics but also in innovations, cultural, sports, placements etc. In academics Aryans students have secured top positions in PTU Merit list and have done wonders in innovations too.

It is to be mentioned that Aryans celebrates Birthday of its founder Mrs Rajni Kataria as its Foundation day every year. On the occasion 10 team members of Aryans were also honoured namely Manpreet Mann, Manu Kataria, Prof B.S Sidhu, Kusum Sood, Navdeep Girdhar, Ashima Dhiman, Pooja Girdhar, Sanjeev Kumar,  Mamta and Anil Kuman.

Under the leadership of its founders, Aryans was also started as the start up with one MBA campus in the year 2007 and presently the Group has 21 acre lush green campus and running 7 different colleges i.e Aryans College of Engineering, Aryans Business Colleges,  Aryans Institute of Management & Technology, Aryans Degree College,  Aryans  College of Education, Aryans Institute of Nursing and Aryans Junior Science School. 

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-Dr. Dhandapani SS, Associate professor of Neurosurgery in PGI, Chandigarh, has been honored with "NextGen Young Neurosurgeon Award" selected by a jury of eminent neurosurgeons in the "6th International Neurosurgery Update of Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons" in Mumbai. This is for his work on "Minimally invasive keyhole approach for clipping aneurysms in Subarachnoid hemorrhage". This method may be highly cost effective compared to other modes of minimally invasive treatments available for these aneurysms. He had previously completed Minimally Invasive & Endoscopic Neurosurgery Fellowship in Weill Cornell, New York, USA. 

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-It was a not less than a miracle of sort for Rajasthan couple,  whose baby after the 20-yr of marriage, survived and ready to discharg as healthy like other babies despite having born as premature and weighing only 600-gram at the time of birth.

Now 3-month & 5-day old and having weight of 2.3-kg, the baby boy is all set to be discharged from IVY Hospital, Mohali tomorrow with normal growth and neurological development as per his age. 

Interestingly there have been very few such instances of such low birth weight babies having been saved in the country.

He was just equal to my palm size when he was born as caesarian on February 28 night, recalled Dr. Rashmi Pandove, chief pediatrician and new born care specialist at IVY Hospital while addressing a press conference at Chandigarh Press Club today.

Dr. Rashmi Pandove further informed that since the boy was born prematurely we have to create conditions similar to the mother's womb to help the infant develop naturally. In the initial one week the baby's weight was decreased to 450-gram. Due to prematurity the baby was immediately shifted to NICU and was given intratracheal surfactant for lung maturity and was put on ventilator.

Baby was initially given total parenteral nutrition due immaturity of intestines. He also had patent ductus arteriosus which is type of congenital heart disease and for this baby was medically managed. The eyes of these babies are also not fully formed and are prone to develop Retinopathy of prematurity which happened in this micro primie as well for which laser was done. The baby also had other temporary problems such as apnea of prematurity, neonatal insulin resistance, infection, jaundice and anemia.

Meticulous care was taken using all aseptic precautions. Every potential complication was pre-empted and corrected then and there. Each day was a fresh challenge. The child was in fact become the darling of the whole hospital with everyone enquiring about his well-being as if it were their own . The efforts borne fruits as baby started to gain daily weight increase of 20-30 grams, pointed out Dr. Kanwaldeep, Medical Director, Ivy Group of Hospitals
The mother Manjit Kaur ( 45) has given proper training to handle the baby as in the past few days we have tried to keep him with his mother, asserted Dr. Kanwaldeep.  

Meanwhile Dr Rashmi has set up a level 3 Neonatology unit at IVY hospital where she uses her expertise to provide the highest quality of medical care to the new born babies.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-एशियाकीसबसेबड़ीसेकेंडहैंडकारमार्केटपिछले 35 सालसेहरसंडेकोचंडीगढ़केसेक्टर-7 मार्केटमेंलगरहीहै।यहांपंजाब, हरियाणा, उत्तरप्रदेश, जम्मू-कश्मीर, राजस्थान, हिमाचलप्रदेशऔरकईअन्यराज्योंसेलोगकारेंखरीदनेआतेहैं।लोगोंकाअबइसकारमार्केटपरविश्वासबनचुकाहै, लेकिनइसकारमार्केटकोइसमुकामतकपहुंचानेवालेयहांकेपुरानेकरीब 50 कारडीलर्सआजअपनेहीकुछसाथीकारडीलरोंकीधोखाधड़ीकाशिकारहोकरबेरोजगारहोकररहगएहैं।उनकेघरोंकीहालतइतनीखराबहोचुकीहैकिइनमेंमंेकईतोसुसाइडतककरनेकीबातसोचनेलगेहैं।इसकाकारणजहांवेअपनेहीकुछसाथीकारडीलर्सकोबतारहेहैं, वहींनगरनिगमऔरचंडीगढ़प्रशासनकोभीवेउतनाहीजिम्मेदारठहरातेहैं।इनकारडीलर्सकीमांगहैकिअगरचंडीगढ़प्रशासन 2009 मेंफाइनेंससेक्रेटरीसंजयतिवारीकीओरसेघोषितपाॅलिसीकेअनुसारहल्लोमाजरामेंउनकेलिएपांचएकड़मेंसभीसुविधाओंकेसाथपरमानेंटकारमार्केटबनाकरदेदेतोउनकीहालतसुधरसकतीहै।उनकाआरोपहैकियहपाॅलिसीलागूकरनेमेंउनकेहीकुछसाथीकारडीलर्सरोड़ाअटकारहेहैं, क्योंकिवेअपनीपाॅवरकेदमपरसेक्टर-7 मेंहीआॅक्शनपाॅलिसीलागूकरवाचुकेहैं, जिसकेतहतयहांकारमार्केटलगानेवालेकारडीलर्सकेलिएशर्तेंइतनीकड़ीकरदीगईहैंकिकमजोरकारडीलरतोयहांकारमाकेटलगाहीनहींसकता।इसकेलिएसालकाखर्चभीइतनाज्यादाकरदियागयाहैकिकोईकमजोरकारडीलरदेहीनसकेऔरयहांसेभागजाए।इतनाखर्चनदेपानेसेपिछले 35 सालसेइसकारमार्केटमेंबैठेकारडीलर्सकोयहांसेजानेकेलिएमजबूरहोनापड़रहाहै।

सेक्टर-7 मेंहीप्राइमकार्सकेमालिकसंजीवकालियाऔरअन्यपुरानेकारडीलर्सनेसोमवारकोचंडीगढ़प्रेसक्लबमेंप्रेसकाॅन्फ्रेंसकरबतायाकिपहलेवेसेक्टर-7 मेंफुटपाथपरहीपुरानीकारेंबेचनेकाकामकरतेथे।तकनगरनिगमकीकोईपर्चीनहींकटतीथी।उसकेबादहरकारडीलरकी 200 रुपएप्रतिसंडेपर्चीकटनेलगी।धीरे-धीरेयहपर्चीबढ़कर 550 रुपएतकपहुंचगई।इसदौरानउनकेहीकुछसाथीकारडीलर्सकेमनमेंबेईमानीआगई।चूंकिवेनगरनिगममेंहीकाउंसलर्सकेतौरपरबड़ीओहदोंपरभीबैठेथेतोउन्होंनेअपनेरसूखकेदमपरयहपर्ची 2800 रुपएप्रतिसंडेतयकरवादी।सेक्टर-7 कीमार्केटमेंउनकेचारबेशाॅपभीहैं।इसपरभीउन्हेंतसल्लीनहींहुईतोउन्होंनेएमसीसेइसकारबाजारसेकेलिएऐसीपाॅलिसीतयकरवादी, जिससेसिर्फवहीऔरउनकेकुछसाथीहीयहांकामकरसकेंऔरसाराप्राॅफिटवहीकमासकेंऔरबाकीपुरानेकारडीलर्सयहांसेकामछोड़करभागजाएं।इसपाॅलिसीकेतहतसेक्टर-7 मेंदुकानोंकेसामनेकीखुलीजगहकीआॅक्शनकरदीगई।अपनेकुछलोगोंकोभेजकरउन्होंनेरेटभीडेढ़लाखसेबढ़ाकरसाढ़ेसातलाखरुपएतकप्रतिवर्षकरवादिया, ताकिछोटेऔरकमजोरकारडीलर्सयहांकामकरहीनपाएंऔरभागजाएं।यहां 43 साइट्सकीआॅक्शनहुई, जिनमेंसे 17 तोबिकहीनहींसकीं। 10 लोगपैसेनहींभरपाए।फिरभीपुरानेकारडीलर्सकोमिलाकरकुल 35 लोगोंनेकिसीतरहमिलजुलकरजगहलेली, लेकिनउनपरकंडीशनलगादीगईकि 5 परसेंटइंक्रीजकरपैसेभरेजाएं।यानीखर्चकरीब 10 लाखकरदियागया, जोकईलोगभरनहींसके।ऐसेमें 15 लोगऔरबाहरहोगएऔर 20 लोगबचगए।संजीवकालियानेबतायाकिइन 20 लोगोंमेंसे 10 तोउनकेवहीएमसीकाउंसलर्सकेसाथीहैं।बाकी 10 डीलर्सनएआगएहैं, जोउनसेधोखाधड़ीकरनेवालेउनकेसाथीकारडीलर्सकेहीचहेतेहैं।कालियानेआरोपलगायाकिउनसेधोखाधड़ीकरनेवालेउनकेसाथीकारडीलर्समल्टीनेशनलकारकंपनियोंकेसंपर्कमेंहैंऔरउनकेकहनेपरसेेकेंडहैंडकारोंकीइसमार्केटकोबर्बादकरनेपरतुलेहैं।होसकताहैइसकेलिएउन्होंनेउनसेकोईसौदाभीकियाहो, क्योंकिजिनलोगोंनेअबआॅक्शनकेतहतमाकेर्टमेंमहंगीजगहलीहै, उनमेंमल्टीनेशनकंपनीजकेलोगभीहैं।
संजीवकालियानेबतायाकिचंडीगढ़केपूर्वडिप्टीमेयरराजेशगुप्ताभीइसीमार्केटमेंकारडीलिंगकाकामकरतेहैं।उन्होंनेजानबूझकर 2009 कीपाॅलिसीलागूनहींहोनेदी।उन्होंनेऔरउनकेसाथियोंनेउसपाॅलिसीकेकागजातभीदबादिए।हालांकिउनकेकेसकरनेपरकोर्टनेचंडीगढ़एडमिनिस्टरकोकारडीलर्सकोहल्लोमाजरामेंजगहदेनेकेआदेशदिएथे, लेकिनउसकेबादउन्हेंजोजगहदीगई, वहसिर्फपार्किंकेलिएदीगई।नमार्केटबनाकरदीगई, नबिजली-पानीकीसुविधाहै, नआॅफिसबनाकरदिएगए।यानीवेलोगवहांभीकामनहींकरसकते।यहसबउनकेसाथीकारडीलर्सनेजानबूझकरकरवायाहै।उन्होंनेमांगकीकिहैकिचंडीगढ़प्रशासन 2009 कीपाॅलिसीलागूकरवाकरउन्हेंहल्लोमाजरामेंपरमानेंटकारमार्केटबनवाकरदे, ताकिउन्हेंराहतमिलसके।कालियानेकहाकिदिवाली, दशहरेआदित्योहारोंपरएमसीसभीमार्केट्समेंलोगोंकोस्टाॅल्सलगानेकेलिएपर्चीकाटतीहै।इसकेअलावाकिताबमार्केटकीतरहअन्यट्रेडर्सकेलिएशहरमेंअलगसेमार्केट्सबनाकरदीगईहैं।इसीतरहकारडीलर्सकेलिएभीअलगसेमार्केटबनाकरदेनेमेंक्यादिक्कतहै, क्योंकिवेलोगकईसालोंसेयहीकामकररहेहैंऔरकोईअन्यकामनहींकरसकते।ऐसेमेंचंडीगढ़प्रशासनउनकीमददकरे।

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-As a preparatory activity for control of Malaria and Dengue in the coming season the Malaria wing of Health Department, UT-Chandigarh today organized Health Awareness camp and  advocacy workshop at Village Burail.         

The awareness camp was attended by Dr. Inderpal Singh-Epidemiologist, Dr. Navneet Kanwar (Medical Officer I/c CH-45), and staff from the Malaria wing, opinion leaders and general public from the area.

Dr. Inderpal Singh stressed on active community participation at all levels to prevent occurrence of mosquitogenic situation in the area. He outlined the preventive steps for this purpose and assured continuance of anti larval and anti adult measures for mosquitoes with full zeal in the season. He also urged all to maintain vigil over the water borne diseases in the area.

Various teams were constituted by the NVBDCP Staff for carrying following field activities. 50 slides were examined during the camp. An Entomological Exhibition was organized for public awareness. Display of sign and symptoms of Malaria as well as hand bills distribution amongst the general public was also done.

A rally was also flagged off by the Officers and local leaders of Village Burail for creating awareness for prevention and control of vector borne diseases.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-With an aim to spread awareness among the masses with regard to make "Chandigarh-Child Labour Free", Labour Department, UT, Chandigarh under the able guidance of Ajit Balaji Joshi, Deputy Commissioner-cum-Labour Commissioner, organized an orientation workshop on 7^th June, 2016 at Labour Welafre Centre Building, sector-30B, Chandigarh. The representatives of various associations were made aware regarding the prevailing laws of establishment of Child Labour. Assistant Labour Commissioner, laid emphasis that all the associations should join hands with the Department to curb this menace by spreading awareness in the society and informed that the Department will be undertaking a special drive to fight the problem of Child Labour by conducting raids. Sh. Neil Robert, Chairperson, Child Welfare Committee along with Child Protection Officer also apprised the participants regarding the facilities being provided to the children who are rescued from various quarters.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-TI Cycles of India, one of the leading bicycle manufacturers in India and a part of the Murugappa Group, announced the inauguration of its state-of-the-art-bicycle manufacturing factory in Rajpura, Punjab on 9^th, June 2016. This facility - a Greenfield project, is set up with the support of the Government of Punjab. This factory has been set up to cater to the growing demand in the North and East Indian markets.

The plant has been built with a capital expenditure of Rs.105 Crores and has the capacity to manufacture 2.50 lakhs cycles per month, with the ability to expand when required. It is a state-of-the-art plant with the most modern bake-on-bake painting technology. The plant will have three modern painting lines with German applicators. This new plant at Rajpura will further enhance the company's ability to bring in innovative new products to cater to changing consumer needs. It will also help the company to continually improve the quality of its products on par with best in the world.

This plant is an environment-friendly factory with zero-discharge and100% recycling of water. It will soon have a 350kW rooftop mounted solar panel installation to take care of part of the energy needs of the factory.

Located in Sandharsi village, Rajpura Tehsil of Patiala District Punjab, this plant has been set up with the support of the Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion. Apart from contributing to the development of the ancillary industry in Punjab, this will also offer employment opportunities (both direct and indirect) to around 3000 people.

Speaking on the occasion, TII Chairman and Murugappa Group Vice Chairman MM Murugappan said that we are very happy to be a part of the industrial activity in Punjab. We already have a factory manufacturing Tubes in Mohali which is running successfully.  We are encouraged by the positive industrial climate in Punjab and the support extended by the Government. This plant will cater to the demand of bicycles in the North and Eastern parts of India.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-UTI Balanced Fund declares tax-free dividend of 5% (Rs. 0.50  per unit on face value of Rs.10/) under dividend option-existing plan and dividend option direct plan. Pursuant to the payment of dividend, the NAV of the dividend option-existing plan and dividend option-direct plan of the scheme would fall to the extent of payout.

The record date for the dividend is June 13, 2016. 

All unit holders registered under the dividend option-existing plan and dividend option- direct plan of UTI Balanced Fund as on the record date will be eligible for this dividend. Also investors who join the dividend option -existing plan and dividend option-direct plan of the scheme on or before the cut off time of the record date will be eligible for the dividend.

The NAV of UTI Balanced Fund on June 7, 2016 under dividend option-existing plan was Rs.28.2721 and under dividend option-direct plan was Rs. 28.6505. 

UTI Balanced Fund is an open-ended balanced fund which aims to invest in a portfolio of equity/equity related securities and fixed income securities (debt and money market securities) with a view to generating regular income together with capital appreciation.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY) and Paytm, India's largest mobile payments and commerce platform, today announced that the Finacle Core Banking solution has been selected to power Paytm's new payments bank business. Paytm will leverage Finacle's proven platform for its deposit products and payments platform, enabling it to rapidly roll out innovative offerings.

The highlights of the product is that it is modern APIs driven solution will enable Paytm to integrate its payments bank services rapidly across its existing wallet business. The solution's readymade integration adaptors, along with its compliance to industry standards, will reduce integration costs as well as simplify Paytm's banking transformation journey. The solution's product factory capability will enable Paytm to easily create and offer a comprehensive bouquet of CaSa (Current Account and Savings) based products and services in addition to its existing Wallet offering and the solution also offer integration adaptors with many third party applications like Anti-Money Laundering, which will enable the Paytm payments bank to become operational rapidly

Shinjini Kumar, CEO, Paytm Payments Bank said that after considering multiple core banking solutions, Paytm is happy to announce that we have chosen Infosys Finacle as the core banking solution for our payments bank. With its large deployment base in India including some of the largest banks, Finacle has proven to be a scalable solution and we are confident that it will be able to support our aspiration to be a large and robust platform for small value, high volume transactions for millions of Indians.

Andy Dey, ‎President - Customer & Operations, EdgeVerve said that payments banks are set to revolutionize the Indian banking space, helping take basic banking services to a huge unbanked and under banked population in the country. Paytm has played a pioneering role in the growth of mobile payments and e-commerce in India. Backed by our proven solutions and global best practices, we are confident of powering Paytm to deliver banking services in an easily scalable and cost-efficient manner.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-Continuing its drive to promote awareness about Organ Donation, Regional Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (ROTTO) PGI in collaboration with Shri Shiv Kanwar Mahasangh Charitable Trust organised its fourth awareness session alongside blood donation camp at the Bhunga Sahib Gurudwara, village Majri, Panchkula.

The camp was organised to mark the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev and in all 32 people  donated blood and 48 pledged organ donation at the camp.

Ms Simmi B Sumbria and Ms Nilakshi, Transplant Coordinators from Regional Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (ROTTO) PGI counseled the sangat at the Gurudwara about the cause of Organ Donation. 

Urging them to come forward to contribute to this noble cause, Ms Sumbria said that Guru Arjan Dev sacrificed his life to uphold the values of humanism and universal brotherhood. In the same vein, blood or organ donation is a way of following Guru's  teachings in true sense.

Ms Nilakshi addressed the myths and misconceptions of people pertaining to organ donation and reiterated it as 'true gift of life.'  

Detailing about the vision of the Trust, Subhash Gupta, Chairman, Shri Shiv Kanwar Mahasangh Charitable Trust, said that in line with the teachings of Guru Arjan Dev, community service has been the key mandate of the Trust and there cannot be better service than giving someone a fresh lease of life through blood or organ donation.

This blood & organ donation awareness drive will continue with the next camp being organised at Aggarwal Sabha, Manimajra on Friday, 10^th June, 2016.  

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-The starcast of the upcoming Hindi movie Do Lafzon ki Kahani reached Chandigarh to promote the film. The starcast includes Randeep Hooda Hero of the film and Kajal Aggarwal Heroine of the movie.

The story centered on Sooraj (Randeep Hooda) an ex MMA Aggarwal), a sculptor & teacher, who lost her sight in an acci(Mixed Martial Arts)artist, who has broken away from the murky world of debt collection and now lives a quiet life working as a parking attendant. While at work, one night he meets Jenny (Kajal dent. Sensing something warm, sweet and sincere in him she frequently visits him sharing his booth to watch television dramas.

Due to his shady past Sooraj has rendered himself non-communicative but few more nights of such viewing draw the reclusive man out of his shell.

Sooraj slowly starts to open his mind and Jenny also lets him enter her lonely world. During conversation when Jenny asks about Sooraj's past, he relentlessly berates Jenny and their relationship becomes awkward.

Several days later when Jenny's boss follows her home and tries to sexually assault her, Sooraj busts through the door. He beats her boss half dead and asks her to stop working there because from now on he is going to take her responsibility.

Soon they move together and start to live as a couple. Sooraj also buys her a golden retriever puppy to accompany her when he is not around and to lead better life with the new love, he starts MMA fights.

But always the good time ends soon. Sooraj finds out that Jenny might lose her eyesight forever if not operated within a month. He falls into despair. Burdened with the complex feeling mixed with guilt towards her and affection, he leaves her without a trace or any note.

Jenny knows nothing about his sacrifices.  After recovering Jenny tries to find him but she can't get him.

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Chandigarh 08^th June:-गत वर्षों की भांति इस वर्ष भी सदगुरू कबीर जी का 618वां प्रकटोत्सव लॉ भवन सैक्टर 37, चण्डीगढ में बहुत श्रद्धा एवं हर्षोल्लास के साथ मनाया जा रहा है।

सद्गुरु कबीर (रजि.) के महासचिव मदन सिंह गतौली ने इस आशय की जानकारी देते हुए बताया कि इस मंगल बेला पर कबीर जी की वाणी का गुण गान होगा ।  कबीर साहेब की 618वींजयंती को सामाजिक एकता एवं समरसताके तौर.पर मनाया जायेगा, कार्यक्रम सुबह 10  बजे आरंभ हो जाएगा।उन्होंने बताया कि इस अवसर पर पंजाब व हरियाणा के राज्यपाल एवं चंडीगढ़ प्रशासक प्रो.कप्तान सिंह सोलंकी होंगे मुख्य अतिथि होंगे । चंडीगढ़ की सांसद किरण खैर, चंडीगढ़ केमहापौर श्री अरुण सूद, चंडीगढ़ भारतीय जनतापार्टी के प्रर्देशाध्क्ष संजय टंडन, पूर्व सांसद श्री सतपाल जैन आदि बतौर विशिष्ट अतिथि उपस्थित होंगे ।उन्होंनेबताया कि कार्यक्रम की अध्यक्षता हुक्म चंद खुंडिया अध्यक्ष, सदगुरू कबीर महासभा करेंगे।  इस दौरान चंडीगढ़ स्थित समाज के होनहार बच्चों को जिन्होंने शिक्षा,खेलकूद,सांस्कृतिक व समाज सेवा आदि  क्षेत्र में अहम् भूमिका निभाई है, को सम्मानित किया जाएगा। इसके अलावा गरीब महिलाओं को सिलाई मशीनें वितरित की जाएँगी

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Chandigarh 09^th June:-Parveen Parkash, Joint Secretary and Mission Director, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India arrived in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar as part of tour of Mission Director, SBM (Urban) to Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. He arrived at the border of Chandigarh and Mohali Municipal Corporations, where he was welcomed by Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. Thereafter, he visited area falling under Municipal Corporation, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. During his visit, he mainly visited that area where Municipal Corporation, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar has provided Toilet facilities in the form of Community Toilets and Mobile Toilets. He visited under construction Community Toilet being constructed in Village Madanpura, Community Toilet constructed  near Swaraj Tractor Factory in Industrial Area, Phase-5 and Mobile Toilet Block provided in Valmiki Colony, Industrial Area, Phase-6, S.A.S Nagar by Swaraj Tractors, Mahindra and Mahindra Limited. During this visit, he requested Deputy Commissioner, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar to extend his co-operation to Municipal Corporation for making the city Open Defecation Free.

After visiting the above areas of the city, he came to office of Municipal Corporation where he visited the control room of Lions Services Limited and met Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. During his meeting with the Mayor he requested him and Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar to make best efforts to make Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar city Open Defecation Free before 2^nd October 2016. He appreciated the steps taken by Municipal Corporation to make the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar city free of Open Defecation.   

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Chandigarh 09^th June:-Pained by the defamation of Punjab on drugs issue, Harp Farmer, the well-known artist of Punjab started a drive against this negative agenda. He posted his video encouraging Punjabis to come forward to support the mission. The video garnered more than 1.5 million organic views on Facebook within one week. Prominent celebrities Daler Mehendi and Ankur Singh Patar supported his mission on social media with their selfie videos. Ankur Patar is one of the three illustrators in the world, Adobe is making documentary on. Over 1000 videos have already been posted by youth of Punjab on various social media platforms with the hasthtag #StopDefamingPunjab.

Finding Harp's idea in sync with their campaign "From Shame to Pride", Lipi Foundation joined hands with Harp.

Dr. Mahek Singh, Prinicipal Consultant, Lipi Foundation said that while she was working with CAPART, MoRD and Centre of Excellence, Punjab University as a research associate, she found that most of the issues in the social sector come from stereotyping. In case of Punjab, the negative stereotyping is leading to unrest. As a result the region is defamed and looked down upon. Through our campaign "From Shame to Pride" we at Lipi foundation intend to bring the unbiased and positive side of the region to the forefront.

The startling news of drug abuse in Punjab have been making rounds in the country bringing a bad name to the state, which has prompted Harp Farmer to start an online campaign, which is gaining popularity. He launched this campaign through his page "Stop Defaming Punjab" (https://www.facebook.com/StopDefamingPunjab/).

Addressing media persons here, Harp stated that he feel the pain when he travel abroad and people paint all the Punjabis in negative colors of being drug addicts. But these are not the true colors of Punjab. My mission is aimed at presenting the true colours of Punjab and clear myths regarding the drug abuse. He further added that it's a shame that some people are presenting a gory picture of Punjab for their selfish gains. Unfortunately they fail to understand that they are hampering the progress of the youth of Punjab. Drugs is a national problem and being a border state Punjab has been used as the doorway for drug trafficking but that doesn't mean all Punjabis are the consumers of drugs.

Lipi Foundation and Harp Farmer plan to do awareness campaign in different colleges and villages across Punjab, to educate the youth against the social evil of drug abuse. 

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Chandigarh 09^th June:- Cyient, a global leader in engineering, design-led manufacturing, and after market solutions,  today inaugurated a new global design center in Bengaluru, for SMEC, an Australian  professional services company recognized around the world for providing high-level consultancy services on major infrastructure projects. The facility, a dedicated center of excellence built and operated by Cyient, is SMEC's first offshore design center, and will support SMEC's global design work primarily around civil and structural, including Building Information Modeling (BIM).  

Located at Cyient's Electronic City campus in Bengaluru, the fully functional and scalable center is a result of the engagement between Cyient and SMEC. The center which will commence its operations from July 2016 is expected to scale upto 100 full-time engineers within a year, and grow significantly each year thereafter, generating new employment.

Speaking at the event, Krishna Bodanapu, Managing Director and CEO, Cyient said that we are delighted to partner with SMEC and establish a state-of-the-art global design center in Bengaluru. The relationship represents the strong synergies in civil and structural engineering that both SMEC and Cyient recognize in each other. The design center sets the foundation for a long-term collaboration with SMEC.

Andy Goodwin, CEO, SMEC, said that SMEC is very pleased to be partnering with Cyient to support our global design offering. Cyient has a long-standing reputation for providing superior service to Tier-1 clients across a broad range of industries. He is excited about this partnership and the opportunities it will present for SMEC's clients, who can look forward to greater value with the same high quality service.

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Chandigarh 09^th June:-India's manufacturing sector is likely to witness a dramatic change this year. This was stated by Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt. Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp Ltd & Chairman of Hero Corporate Service Ltd while addressing the graduating students of the Founding class of the Management Programme in Manufacturing and Operations (MPMO), held at the Mohali campus of the Indian school of Business (ISB).

However, the manufacturing industry cannot work in isolation and needs to go where people are, he added stressing that the pace of change itself is changing and unless it adapted to it, that sector will not be successful. "As an industry we have to produce new products which can happen only if the manufacturing sector grows exponentially. And this will be possible only if more people with the know-how to identify market opportunities and pursue them to build the right products and manufacturing capabilities are available," he said adding the MPMO was the right step by ISB in this direction.

Earlier, Pradeep Singh, Deputy Dean and CEO Mohali campus, ISB, welcomed the dignitaries and students. Congratulating the graduating students he said that it is a proud moment for us today at ISB. MPMO is our contribution to the Indian government's 'Make in India' movement and is designed to drive the growth of one of the most important sectors of the Indian economy. Through the year, these professionals have worked on various projects such as opportunities in the Aerospace and the Defence sector, enhancing the capacity of MSMEs, studying the agro supply chain for Punjab and Haryana and many more, which will allow them to apply their learning from the course and implement best practices in their respective organizations and the industry.

Some of the students also shared their experiences, learning's and how the course has helped transforming them into new age managers and groomed them for future leadership opportunities. The first batch of MPMO has a pan India participation from professionals across Auto, Energy, Cement, Infrastructure, FMCG, IT Services, Textiles, Engineering, Oil etc. representing companies including Ashok Leyland, ACC Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Company Ltd, Cairn India Ltd, Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd, Essar Oilfields Services Ltd, Forbes Marshall, Hero MotoCorp, Philips India, Punj Lloyd, Reliance Energy, Tata Motors Ltd and the Vardhaman Group. The Class had an average work experience of around 13 years with participants handling roles such as GM-Operations, Senior Vice President, Senior Manager, Senior Consultant – IT, Production Superintendent, Director – Purchase, Supply Chain Manager, Structural Design Engineer among others.

MPMO is designed and delivered jointly by the Munjal Institute for Global Manufacturing and the Centre for Executive Education at the ISB. The program has been created to meet the increasing need for techno-business managers for the manufacturing sector. This will help organizations to create future leaders in this sector which will make India the next manufacturing super power. MPMO consists of general management concepts along with in-depth understanding of core subjects in manufacturing, operations excellence and supply chain management. It is offered in a blended format of classroom and online learning, allowing professionals to take the course even as they continue with their jobs.