Manufacturers deliberate on excellence through smart manufacturing

CHANDIGARH, JULY 31

Punjab Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Industries and Commerce Vini Mahajan emphasized on ensuring quality standards in order to make a global recognition while delivering an address during the inaugural session at the Regional Quality Conclave on 'Excellence through smart manufacturing' organized by PHDCCI in association with Quality Council India (QCI) under the aegis of Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Govt of India today at Hotel Taj, Chandigarh. Over 200 manufacturer delegates from five states of North deliberate on the issues and challenges concerning quality control.

 Emphasizing on state's industrial growth Vini Said after the success of 'Make in India', State government is also striving for the 'Make in Punjab' keeping the quality control and its standards. Many Taiwanese and Japanese companies are foraying into Punjab market who expects the best of quality from local manufacturers. Vini urged from the industry, representatives to exhibit quality standards so that state govt's upcoming industrial park near Rajpura bring massive success in the manufacturing arena.

 Earlier, CK Biswas, CEO, National Board of Quality Promotion, QCI in his deliberations said that Quality Control is emerging as a global challenge. The industry is primarily focusing on production and ignoring quality standards. This is one of the reasons, due to the lack of quality, the industry is losing orders. Punjab, as a region has a high sense of technology, labour, investment power but need to maintain a balance between pricing and quality.

 While addressing the gathering RS Sachdeva, Chairman, Punjab State Chapter said that the present Govt has set an ambitious target of making India a five trillion economy by 2024 which can be possible through Smart Manufacturing aligned with quality control. Whereas Country has improved its ranking by five places to jump to 52 positions in 2019 from 57th position last year according to the Global Innovation Index. The need of the hour is to maintain a cord between smart technology and quality control to maintain this consistency.

 Dr Ashok Khanna, Former President, PHDCCI said that Indian industry can have global competitiveness if it has Quality parameters in place. He deliberated on the evolution of quality tools in the industry.

 Dr Jatinder Singh, Director, PHDCCI said the objective of nationwide series of Conclave is to sensitize SMEs to adopt the facets of quality in manufacturing hailing from automobiles, pharma, textiles, electronics, logistics & supply chain and others. "Currently, the manufacturing industry contributes 16 percent in total GDP which can be enhanced, if the industry abides by quality controls," said Dr Singh.

 The distinguished speaker dwelled on pertinent themes on Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0; Quality Culture to enhance performance; Predictive and Preventive Maintenance; Improving Customer Engagement through Effective Technologies and Risk of Unauthentic Certification in Manufacturing. Present on the occasion, Prof Harpreet Singh, Prof & Dean ICSR, IIT, Ropar, Dr Ranjit Mehta, Principal Director, Pranav Gupta, Chairman, Haryana, State Chapter, Dr Ashok Khanna, Past President, PHDCCI, Upinder Singh Dhingra, Manager, Ernst Young LLP, Col Rajiv Bhargav (Retd), Associate Director, ISB, Mohali and many other experts from QCI also spoke on the occasion.

Mr Pranav Gupta, Chairman Haryana State Chapter, PHDCCI proposed the formal Vote of Thanks and also shared regarding initiatives in Smart Manufacturing in state of Haryana  

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Satyadeo Narain Arya to unfurl National Flag on ID in Faridabad

CHANDIGARH, JULY 31 

 Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya will unfurl the National Flag in the Independence Day function at Faridabad on August 15, 2019 whereas the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal will hoist the National Flag at Sonipat. The ‘At Home’ function would be organized on the same day at Hotel Rajhans in Surajkund, Faridabad.

        While giving this information here today, an official spokesperson said that the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Mr Kanwar Pal will unfurl the National Flag on Independence Day at Kurukshetra and Deputy Speaker, Mrs. Santosh Yadav at Bhiwani.

        The Education Minister, Mr Ram Bilas Sharma will unfurl the National Flag on Independence Day at Ambala, Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu will unfurl the National Flag at Gurugram, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Mr. O.P. Dhankar at Rohtak, Health Minister, Mr Anil Vij at Panipat, Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister, Rao Narbir Singh at Rewari, Urban Local Bodies Minister, Mrs Kavita Jain at Panchkula, Transport Minister, Mr. Krishan Lal Panwar at Jind and Industries Minister, Mr. Vipul Goel at Palwal.

          Similarly, Minister of State for Cooperation, Mr Manish Kumar Grover will unfurl the National Flag at Karnal, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Krishan Kumar Bedi at Kaithal, Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Mr Karan Dev Kamboj at Sirsa and Minister of State for Public Health Engineering, Dr. Banwari Lal at Hisar.

        He said that Chief Whip, Mr. Gian Chand Gupta will unfurl the National Flag at Yamunanagar, Chairman, Haryana Board of Public Enterprises, Dr. Kamal Gupta at Jhajjar, Divisional Commissioner, Gurugram will unfurl the National Flag at Mahendragarh (Narnaul), Divisional Commissioner, Hisar at Fatehabad, Divisional Commissioner, Rohtak at Charkhi Dadri and Divisional Commissioner, Nuh at Nuh.

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Haryana Govt issues transfer orders of seven IAS officers

CHANDIGARH, JULY 31 

The Haryana Government has issued transfer and posting orders of seven IAS officers with immediate effect.

          Navraj Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Department and Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Fisheries Departments has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Department. She will also be Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Jails, Criminal Investigation and Administration of Justice Department.

          Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department has been given the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, relieving Navraj Sandhu of the said charge.

          Siddhi Nath Roy, Additional Chief Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has been given the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Cooperation Department.

          Pankaj Agarwal, Director General, Supplies and Disposals and Managing Director, Haryana State Cooperative Federation of Sugar Mills Limited has been posted as Director General and Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, relieving Shekhar Vidyarthi of the said charge. Mr Agarwal will also be Director General, Supplies and Disposals. He will also hold the charge of Managing Director, Haryana State Cooperative Federation of Sugar Mills Limited.

          Sanjay Joon, Deputy Commissioner, Jhajjar and Director General and Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology Department has been posted as Director General and Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology Department. He will also be Deputy Commissioner, Jhajjar.

          Shekhar Vidyarthi, Director and Special Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Chief Executive, Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board, Member Secretary, Haryana Backward Classes Commission and Managing Director, HAFED has been posted as Director and Special Secretary, Environment and Climate Change Department, vice Naresh Kumar. Mr Vidyarthi will also be Chief Executive, Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board. He will also be Member Secretary, Haryana Backward Classes Commission. He will also hold the charge of Managing Director, HAFED.

          Naresh Kumar, Director and Additional Secretary, Environment and Climate Change Department has been posted as Managing Director, Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Haryana Global City Project Limited, relieving Nikhil Gajraj of the said charge. Mr Kumar will also be Managing Director, Integrated Multimodal Logistic Hub (IMLH) Project Limited. He will also hold the charge of Additional Director, Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) Project Limited.

THREE PAs PROMOTED: Haryana Government has promoted three Personal Assistants of Haryana Civil Secretariat as Private Secretary.

        Those promoted included Poonam Gaur, Gopal Dass and Anita Kumari.

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CM approves compulsory retirement of Vinod Kumar, IPS

CHANDIGARH, JULY 31 

 Continuing to come down heavily upon officers with doubtful integrity, Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal to the compulsory retirement of Vinod Kumar, IPS, after giving him three months notice. The proposal was made by a Review Committee of Haryana Government which also found 14 IPS officers fit for retention in Government service. These officers have completed 15 and 25 years of service and attained the age of 50 years, and completed 5 years service after induction into IPS.

          While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that on assessing the confidential records and available material of 15 IPS officers, it was found that 14 officers are fit for retention except Vinod Kumar. The 14 IPS officers  considered fit for retention in Government service included Vikash Dhankar, Kuldeep Singh, Krishan Murari, Shiv Charan, Balwan Singh, Rakesh Arya, Satender Kumar Gupta, B. Satheesh Balan, Alok Mittal, Shrikant Jadhav, Ms. Kala Ramchandran, Navdeep Singh Virk, Dr. C.S. Rao and Dr. M. Ravi Kiran.

          It is learnt that a doubtful integrity was noted in the PAR of Vinod Kumar for the period April 1, 2015 to July 31, 2015. He also used to influence postings and transfers of police officials to lucrative stations to traffic department for undue consideration. He was also placed under suspension by the government and departmental proceedings against him are in progress.

          The spokesman said that on reporting of PAR, the message is sent to the officer once the PAR is finalized. Vinod Kumar had not represented against the adverse remarks.

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Haryana Steelers suffer their second loss in Pro Kabaddi League Season 7

MUMBAI, JULY 31

Haryana Steelers went down fighting against Jaipur Pink Panthers in Mumbai on Wednesday. The members of the Haryana team played their hearts out but lost the match 37-21. Sunil and Vinay, who scored six points each, tried their best to help Haryana stay in the contest.

Haryana Steelers' Sunil set the ball rolling for the team with a tackle point in the first minute of the match. Raiders Selvamani K and Vinay supported the defense unit well and kept ticking the scoreboard for the Haryana Steelers. However, the Jaipur Pink Panthers attained a two-point lead early on in the match and they managed to build on it throughout the first half of the game.

Sunil pulled off a fantastic tackle in the eleventh minute and ensured that Jaipur don't runway with the match. Thereafter, Vikas Kale and Selvamani K backed up Sunil with spectacular tackles in the next few minutes which kept Haryana in the contest. The Steelers fought valiantly, but Jaipur managed to end the first half with a five-point lead.

Haryana Steelers' Vinay pulled off some smart raid points at the start of the second half, however, the Panthers kept widening the gap. Sunil picked up a tackle point and Selvamani scored a raid point in the 23rd minute, but the Jaipur team kept edging forward.

The Haryana team's star performer of the tournament Naveen carried out some brilliant raids in the last ten minutes of the match. However, the Jaipur Pink Panthers held onto their lead and clinched their third win of the tournament.

Haryana Steelers will look to bounce back when they take on Tamil Thalaivas in Patna on  August 4.

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Prime Minister praises Haryana CM for dedicated service

CHANDIGARH, JULY 28  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again appreciated the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program for his dedicated and selfless service, and for implementing new schemes. Earlier, the Prime Minister had appreciated Haryana in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program for successfully implementing the nationwide campaign of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao. 

          The Chief Minister was speaking after inaugurating the newly established Media Centre at Haryana Bhawan in New Delhi.

          While expressing gratitude to the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal said that through ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program, the Prime Minister has praised ‘Jal Hee Jeevan’ scheme launched in nine paddy dominated districts of the state where other crops have been grown instead of paddy, which require less water. This step of Haryana has given the message of water conservation to people of the country. 

        The Chief Minister said that the appreciation by the Prime Minister will encourage the Haryana Government to work harder for water conservation.

MEDIA PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE:  Haryana Chief Minister  Manohar Lal said that media has a very important role as the fourth pillar of democracy. The role of media has become even more important today.

        The Chief Minister was interacting with the media persons after inaugurating the newly established Media Centre at Haryana Bhawan in New Delhi today. He said that media centres have been set up at all the district headquarters in Haryana. In this series, a media centre equipped with various facilities has been set up at Haryana Bhawan at a cost of Rs 41.75 lakh.

          The Chief Minister said that Haryana Government has started many schemes for the welfare of the media persons. Under the pension scheme in Haryana, monthly pension facility of Rs. 10,000 is being given to the media persons and 125 media persons are so far getting this pension. Under the scheme, which was started from December, 2017, an amount of more than Rs. two crore has so far been disbursed as pension.

          He said that financial assistance is provided through Journalist Welfare Fund for the emergent medical treatment of media persons and their dependents or on their demise. The Haryana Government has also provided facility of group insurance to the media persons from Rs. five lakh to Rs. 20 lakh.

        Others present on this occasion included Media Advisor to Chief Minister, Mr. Amit Arya, Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Mr. Sameer Pal Srow, and Additional Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, Mr. Chander Shekhar Khare,

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Naveen, Vinay's performances a silver lining as Haryana Steelers face first loss

MUMBAI, JULY 28

 The Haryana Steelers faced their first loss of the season when they went down 41-21 after a valiant fight against Dabang Delhi K.C in Mumbai on Sunday. Naveen and Vinay were the silver linings for the Haryana team with nine and five points respectively in the match.

The Dabang Delhi K.C got off to a good start through raids from Chandran Ranjit and Naveen Kumar. They helped their team take a four-point lead at 6-2 in the third minute of the game. Captain Dharmaraj Cheralathan carried out a tackle in the fifth minute and Vinay pulled off a raid in the sixth minute in a bid to get us back on to the scoresheet.

The Haryana defense unit pulled off a couple of tackle points in the first half which helped the team stay in the contest. However, Naveen Kumar scored a few precious raid points which helped Delhi end the first half at 15-10.

Haryana's Arun Kumar HN pulled off a successful raid early on in the second half, but the Dabang Delhi team continued to build on their lead.

The Steelers tried to put up a good fight to their raiding threats but with few close calls going the opposing team’s way, their lead kept on getting wider and wider. 

Naveen scored a few raid points for Haryana Steelers in the second half, but they couldn't find a way to get closer to Delhi's score. Chandran Ranjit recorded a Super 10 in the dying minutes of the match as Dabang Delhi K.C clinched their third win of this season.

The Haryana Steelers may have lost the match, but they fought until the end. They will certainly look to bounce back in their next match when they face off against Jaipur Pink Panthers in Mumbai on  July 31.

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Krishan Hooda, Uddayvir, Shashikant and Bhupender enter quarterfinals

 CHANDIGARH, JULY 23

 Playing a consistent game CLTA trainee Krishan Hooda ioutclassed his opponent Yogee Panwar in one sided match 6-0, 6-0 in the boys under-18 singles pre-quarterfinals of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

. Another CLTA trainee Uddayvir Singh did not give any chances to his opponent. He dominated from the first game till the last game as he blanked Sonu Khan 6-0, 6-0. Shashikant Rajput, CLTA Trainee moved into quarters by defeating his opponent Rishi Jalota in straight sets 6-3, 6-0.    

Ajay Singh, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje and Sarthak Gandhi moved into quarterfinals of boys under-16 singles. In the Boys under-16 singles pre-quarterfinals, In the first set Ajay have a tough time against Samar Bir Singh Sidhu holding serve till 5-5. In the 11 games Ajay got a chance to break his opponent serve and hold his game and win the set 7-5. In the 2^nd set Ajay dominant from the 1^st game break the opponent serve when on to win seond set 6-1. Another CLTA trainee Sarthak Gandhi losing the first set 2-6 came back strongly and win the 2nd set 6-4. In the final set Sarthak cut down his error, make his opponent to do the errors and win the set and match 6-2.   

Kaavya Sawhney, Harleen Kaur and Aditi Singh moved into Quarterfinals of Girls under-18 singles. In the Girls under-18 singles pre-quarterfinals CLTA trainee Kaavya Sawhney is too good for her opponent. Kaavya Sawhney dominate from the 1^st game win 6-1. 

In the second set Kaavya Palani was forced to do errors by Kaavya Sawhney  and win the set 6-0. Harleen Kaur beat Ridhima Mehra in a one sided match. Ridhima cannot match Harleen, she is too good Harleen won the match in straight sets 6-0, 6-1.    

Results  (pre-quarter-finals):

Boys under-16:   Arjun A Kundu (GJ) [1] bt. Akash Deb (AS) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3,   Ajay Kundu (HR) bt. Yogee Panwar (HR) [8] 6-4, 6-0,  Sarthak Gandhi (CH) bt. Ansh Kundu (HR) [4] 2-6, 6-4, 6-2,  Rishi Jalota (CH) [6] bt. Sarabjot Singh (PB) (Q) 6-1, 6-3,  Ajay Singh (HR) [5] bt. Samar Bir Singh Sidhu (PB) 7-5, 6-1,   Dhanya K Shah (GJ) [3] bt. Jitin Kumar Chetry (PB) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0,  Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (PB) bt. Gurustat Singh Makkar (PB) (Q) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2,  Kartik Saxena (DL) [2] bt. Gaurav Kumar (CH) (Q) 6-1, 6-0.

Boys under-18 singles:  Krishan Hooda (HR) [1] bt. Yogee Panwar (HR) (Q) 6-0, 6-0,  Karan Parashar (HR) [5] bt. Ajay Kundu (HR) 6-3, 7-5,   Shashikant Rajput (HR) [3] bt. Rishi Jalota (CH) 6-3, 6-0,   Dhanya K Shah (GJ) (Q) bt. Ajay Singh (HR) (Q) 6-4, 6-1, Divanshu Hooda (HR) bt. Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (PB) (Q) 6-2, 6-2,     Bhupender Dahiya (HR) bt. Atul Chhilliar (DL) 6-3, 6-1, Torus Rawat (UK) bt. Manveer Singh (PB) 6-3, 6-2,    Uddayvir Singh (CH) [2] bt. Sonu Khan (HR) 6-0, 6-0

Girls under-16 singles: Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (MH) [1] bt. Aditi Singh (HR) 6-1, 6-0,  Kaavya Palani (TN) bt. Vishita Jhorar (CH) (Q) 6-0, 6-2, Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar (TN) [3] bt. Mahika Amit Gupta (MH) 6-2, 6-3,    Paavanii Paathak (MH) [5] bt. Catherine Bhangu (CH) 6-0, 6-0,  Suhani Sabharwal (MH) (Q) bt. Kristi Boro (AS) [6] 6-3, 6-3, Tanushri Pandey (UP) [4] bt. Kuhoo Atrey (UK) (Q) 6-2, 6-1, Nandini Dixit (HR) [8] bt. Snigdha Sran (CH) (Q) 7-5, 6-0,  Sanvi Ahluwalia (DL) [2] bt. Maitreyi Phogat (CH) 6-1, 6-0.

Girls under-18 singles:  Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar (TN) (Q) bt. Kristi Boro (AS) 6-1, 6-1,  Harleen Kaur (PB) [6] bt. Ridhima Mehra (PB) 6-0, 6-1, Sandeepti Singh Rao (RH) [4] bt. Shreya Chakraborty (WB) (Q) 6-4, 6-2,    Tanushri Pandey (UP) bt. Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (MH) 6-4, 6-3,  Paavanii Pathak (MH) [8] bt. Ameek Kiran Batth (OD) 7-5, 6-4,  Kaavya Sawheny (UP) [3] bt. Kaavya Palani (TN) 6-1, 6-0, Aditi Singh (HR) bt. Catherine Bhangu (CH) 6-1, 6-1, Vanshika Choudhary (UP) [2] bt. Kaashvi Thapliyal (DL) 6-1, 6-0 

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Decks cleared for admissions to Sports University at Patiala

CHANDIGARH, JULY 23

Punjab Sports and Youth Affairs Minister  Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi has thanked Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for ensuring the dream project of a state-of-the Art Sports University at Patiala coming to fruition.

In a press communiqué issued here today, Rana Sodhi said that this would be the first sports university in Punjab and would prove to be a milestone in ensuring the promotion of sports education throughout the state besides guiding the budding players right from the word go about going for training in accordance with the international norms so as to bag medals for the country at the global events such as Olympics.

It is also noteworthy that the necessary notification was issued yesterday which came in the wake of the promulgation of ‘The Punjab Sports University Ordinance-2019’ by Governor V P Singh Badnore, under clause (I) of article 213 of the Constitution of India, on July 19, 2019.

With this, decks have been cleared for starting admissions from September 2019, as was decided at a high-level meeting of the Steering Committee for the establishment of the university, held last month under Captain Amarinder’s chairmanship.

The university is being set up to promote education in the areas of sports sciences, sports technology, sports management and sports coaching. It will focus on education, training and research in areas related to sports based on high standard infrastructure, besides offering professional and academic leadership to other institutions in the field of physical education and sports sciences.

The university will serve as a Centre of excellence for the elite and other talented sportspersons of all sports and innovations to carry out, endorse and propagate research. It would also generate capabilities for the development of knowledge skills and competencies at various levels in the field of sports technology and high-performance training for all sports and games.

Notably, the Chief Minister had announced the decision to set up this university in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in his speech on June 19, 2017. Subsequently, a steering committee had been set up under the chairmanship of Olympian and Member International Olympic Committee Randhir Singh to finalise the modalities to establish this sports educational institute of international eminence. The Punjab Cabinet on June 6, 2019 approved the Punjab Sports University Ordinance-2019 paving the way for the establishment of the university.

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Naveen stars in Haryana Steelers' 34-24 win over Puneri Paltan

HYDERABAD, JULY 22

Haryana Steelers got their campaign off to a great start with a 34-24 victory over Puneri Paltan at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here today. Naveen was the star of the match for Haryana with 14 total points in the match.

The match began with a tough competition between the sides. Manjeet effected a raid point and Amit Kumar pulled off a tackle point to help Puneri Paltan take the lead before Naveen pulled things back for Haryana with two successful raids. The Haryana Steelers took a big lead at 11-7 after Naveen carried out an all out by removing Paltan's Jadhav Shahaji and Surjeet Singh during a single raid. Selvamani K widened the gap between Haryana and Puneri by pulling off a fantastic super raid. 

 Haryana Steelers dominated the scoreline when Puneri Paltan were all out once again in the first half. Paltan's Amit Kumar missed out on a do-or-die raid as the Haryana Steelers led 22-10 at the end of the first half.

Naveen continued his form and got Haryana off to a great start in the second half with two successful raids. Pawan Kadian carried out a few raids for Puneri Paltan, but the Haryana Steelers kept extending their lead with some smart moves. The Haryana defense performed exceedingly well throughout the match to keep the Puneri Paltan players from scoring raid points. Naveen effected another raid in the 43rd minute and picked up a Super 10 in the match.

Kadian scored a few raid points in the dying minutes of the match and recorded a Super 10, but the Haryana Steelers managed to maintain their lead. Manjeet pulled off a super tackle in the final minute as the Haryana Steelers clinched their first victory of the season. 

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ICSE TT: Double delight for Tender Heart School

CHANDIGARH, JULY 22
Tender Heart School won the junior and senior team titles in the ICSE Inter School Table Tennis Tournament by defeating Carmel Convent School Nahan in both the finals

Results:

Senior team (classes 8th, 9th, 19th)

Semi-finals:  Tender Heart School bt Saupins School 3-1 (Vaibhav bt Karan 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, Shaurya lost to Akash 10-12, 6-11, 8-11, Taqdeer bt Saksham 11-3, 11-9, 11-5, Vaibhav bt Akash 11-9, 11-3, 11-6).

Carmel Convent School Nahan bt Strawberry Fields High School 3-1(Anant bt Dhruv (11-3, 11-9, 11-9, Vansh Bansal lost to Paavna 7-11, 8-11, 9-11, Maurish bt Maurya 11-7, 11-7, 11-5, Vansh Bansal bt Dhruv 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5).
Final: Tender Heart School bt Carmel Convent School Nahan  3-0(Vaibhav bt Maurish (11-9, 11-8, 11-7, Shaurya beat Anant 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, Taqdeer bt Vansh Bansal 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7.
Junior Team (final): Tender Heart School bt Carmel Convent School Nahan 3-2 (Vishal bt Anant Dev 11-7, 11-8, 11-6, Teetiksha lost to Naman  6-11, 6-11, 7-11,  Arshia beat Arnav  5-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, Vishal lost to Naman  7-11, 7-11, 8-11, Teetiksha bt Anant Dev  11-3, 11-9, 11-7).
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Speedo Inter-Media Swimming on July 28

CHANDIGARH, JULY 22

The Chandigarh Press Club in association with Speedo is organizing ‘Speedo Inter-Media Swimming Competition’ on July 28  (9 am onwards), according to Press Club secretary general Saurabh Duggal. The competition is open for candidate and regular members and their families.

Apart from events in the seniors’ categories (Open, 35-45 years, +45 years – men and women categories) there will be events in the age-group categories up to 18 years (up to 7 years; 7-10 years, 11-14 years, 15-18 years --- boys and girls).

The members can submit the entries latest by July 24 (by 5 pm). There is no entry fee.

To encourage participation, there are special prizes for everyone competing in the meet.

Events:

Seniors --- 25m freestyle (In each category for both men and women).  

 Seniors – 25m breaststroke (There will be an open category in both men and women).

Relay Race: 3 X 25m (In both men and women).   

In the age-group categories (for up to 18years boys and girls) there will be only one race/fun activities.

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Haryana ITIs can now sign MoU in DST

CHANDIGARH, JULY 22 

The Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in Haryana will now be able to sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Dual System of Training (DST) through which maximum number of youth trainees could get ample employment and self-employment opportunities by getting practical skill training in the industrial establishments.

           While stating this here today, a spokesman of Skill Development and Industrial Training Department said that apart from this, under the Craftsmen Training Scheme of the Central Government, the students of ITIs could be provided experimental training in the concerned industries in 72 different trades being run by the Department through signing MOU.

          He said that with a view to make the skill training employable and to enhance the participation of industrial establishments, the Central Government has given relaxation in several stringent conditions for signing maximum number of MOUs in the Dual System of Training. These included the condition of Rs 100 crore turnovers of industries and requirement of minimum 200 employees, availability of DST in few courses and non eligibility of ITIs for this system having grading of less than two. As a result of the relaxation given by the Central Government, about 27 Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) have signed MOUs in DST with 42 industrial establishments for 70 trade units. This, he said, has resulted in increased employment opportunities. Also, some industries have made a provision to give scholarship to the trainees during the training period, he added.

          The spokesman said that under the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Director General, Training had in the year 2016, started DST for few popular trades with some stringent conditions. He said that the aim of this system is to make the students of ITIs more skilled through the participation of industries as well as industrial training institutes. During the course under this system, while a few portion of experimental training of students would be completed in institutions, the remaining portion would be got completed in the industrial establishments.  For this, Memorandum of Agreement is signed between Government Industrial Training Institutes and Industries. In the DST, the students could be given 3-6 months experimental training in ITI course of one year and 6-12 months training in two years ITI course in the concerned industrial institution.

          He said that under the Haryana Craftsmen Training Scheme, the youth are being given skilled based training in engineering and non-engineering courses of one and two year’s duration through 167 Government Industrial Training Institutes and 242 Private Industrial Training Institutes. He said that youth who are above 18 years of age and willing to get admission in the ITIs of the State could participate in the admission process by filling the online form against the trades/seats released in  the DST, he further added.

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Haryana Steelers face off against Puneri Paltan at Hyderabad

Haryana Steelers face off against Puneri Paltan at Hyderabad

HYDERABAD, JULY 21

Haryana Steelers take on Puneri Paltan in their first match of the seventh season of the Pro Kabaddi League in Hyderabad on July 22. Haryana finished sixth with 42 points while Puneri finished at the fourth place with 52 points in Zone A of the last season.

Haryana Steelers will be hoping for an improved performance in this season with veteran Dharmaraj Cheralathan as the leader of their side. Cheralathan, who is one of India’s most experienced kabaddi players, captained the Patna Pirates to a title victory in the fourth season of PKL. He was also part of the World Cup winning Indian team in 2016.

Haryana will be banking on the insights and experience from India’s kabaddi legend Rakesh Kumar as coach. The two-time World Cup winning player said that his players are very excited to start this season.

"Our players are very excited for this season and they are working hard as well as they know that the league is starting now and we have to play well and make our team champions. So our players are quite excited," said Kumar.

The Puneri Paltan got the better of Haryana Steelers in each of their three matches in the last edition with scores of 34-22, 45-27 and 35-33.

However, the Steelers have brought back Prashanth Kumar Rai for PKL 7. Rai and Vikash Kandola played together in season five and their partnership helped the Steelers reach the playoffs in their debut edition of PKL. 

Both the raiders had an excellent sixth season. Kandola was the eighth best raider with 172 points for the Haryana team, while Rai finished as the 14th best raider with 144 points for UP Yoddha. The Haryana Steelers will be hoping that both the raiders can continue their form in the seventh season.

The Steelers will have to be wary of the experienced Nitin Tomar in the Puneri team. Tomar has recorded the 13th most raid points (377) in 53 matches in the Pro Kabaddi League. Paltan’s young raider Manjeet, who scored 87 points for Patna Pirates in the last season, could pose a threat as well.

Rakesh Kumar expressed that the Haryana team does not feel that any team is stronger or weaker than themselves.

"All players are good in Puneri Paltan. They have experienced and young players. They have Nitin Tomar and they have Girish Maruti Ernak and Surjeet Singh in their defense. But, we have good players in our team and we don't think anyone is stronger or weaker than us," said Kumar.

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Ajay Singh, Jeffery and Gaurav Kumar qualify for main draw

CHANDIGARH, JULY 21

CLTA  trainees fourth seed Sarabjot Singh and Gaurav Kumar  advanced into the main draw in the boys under-16 singles of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

. Sarabjot Singh defeated 11th seed Aryan Arora 6-1, 6-3 in straight sets. Gaurav Kumar won from Shivdev Singh Walia 6-3, 6-3. Other CLTA trainees who moved into the main draw are Shraey Vir, Aditya Chauhan, Yashsvi Hooda.

In the boys under-18 singles final qualifying round Ajay Singh of CHART Trainee upset top seed Yuvraj Chodha 6-0, 6-0. Jeffery Sam Prakash and Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje upset sixth seed Lokesh Pun and 4^th seed Karan Shandilya 6-3, 7-5 and 6-0, 6-2 respectively in straight sets. Another CLTA trainee Jitin Kumar Chetry also upset third seed Aryan Thakur 6-4, 7-5 in boys under-18 singles final qualifying

Results (qualifying finals):

Boys under-16:  Hardik Choudhary (UP) [10] bt. Rishi Dahiya (PB) [1] 6-1, 6-3,  Shraey Vir (HR) bt. Shashank Singh (HR) [16] 6-4, 6-3, Yugraj Singh [3] bt. Rijul Bhatia (HR) [12] 6-4, 6-0, Sarabjot Singh (PB) [4] bt. Aryan Arora (PB) [11] 6-1, 6-3,  Aditya Chauhan (CH) [5] bt. Chahalpreet Singh (PB) [13] 6-0, 6-2, Gaurav Kumar (CH) [6] bt. Shivdev Singh Walia (HR) 6-3, 6-3,  Yashsvi Hooda (HR) [7] bt. Rakshit Dhankar (CH) 7-6(5), 0-6, 6-4,  Gurustat Singh Makkar (PB) [8] bt. Anirudh Sangra (CH) 6-0, 6-2. 

Boys under-18:  Ajay Singh (HR) bt. Yuvraj Chodha (PB) [1] 6-0, 6-0,  Gaurav Gulia (HR) [2] bt. Yashraj S Dalvi (MH) [12] 6-2, 6-4,  Jitin Kumar Chetry (PB) [10] bt. Aryan Thakur (CH) [3] 6-4, 7-5,  Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (PB) [9] bt. Karan Shandilya (HR) [4] 6-0, 6-2, Samar Bir Singh Sidhu (PB) bt. Abhay Dogra (HP) 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(11),  D Jeffery Sam Prakash (TN) [15] bt. Lokesh Pun (HR) [6] 6-3, 7-5, Dhanya K Shah (GJ) bt. Akash Deb(AS) [7] 6-2, 6-1, Yogee Panwar (HR) [8] bt. Abhay Mohan (CH) 6-2, 6-3.

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