The North Daily

  New Delhi : The festival of Raksha Bandhan holds a special place in the hearts of all Indians. Commemorating the occasion in a remarkable way, BIG FM once again joined hands with Gulf Superfleet Turbo Plus Truck Engine Oil for the third edition of their campaign ‘Suraksha Bandhan’. The initiative aimed to recognize the relentless efforts of the truck drivers and showcase gratitude for their work also emphasized on their health and safety, which is the need of the hour. While Season 1 of the campaign witnessed the truckers being united with their sisters in a heartfelt manner and Season 2 saw the festival being marked with innovative Suraksha Rakhis (carrying soap strips) amidst the pandemic, Suraksha Bandhan season 3 takes a step forward this year by getting the drivers vaccinated at a place of their convenience. The trying times that we have been facing over the last one year now, staying protected and healthy has been the utmost priority of every citizen. As the entire coun...

  Meet, 45-year old Raman Kapur a well-established corporate executive who lives with his family in Delhi and recently decided to move out of the capital and relocate both his business and home in the Chandigarh capital region. He has bought an industrial plot in Chandigarh and a villa home in Mohali. "The second wave of COVID hit Delhi hard and me and my family were unhappy with the way things were getting out of hand. We felt unsafe and uncomfortable.  So I decided to move my parents and my grandmother immediately to Mohali. This volatile situation ignited me to look for options of living outside Delhi . I was also quite perturbed with the choking of Delhi due to multiple reasons like population growth, traffic and noise hazards  and declining quality of life. We, therefore, decided to relocate to the Chandigarh capital region," said Kapur.  There are many more like Kapur who have decided to move lock, stock and barrel to Mohali amidst the aftermath ...

  Chandigarh  (By Khushboo Yadav): The Covid-19 pandemic has created a huge distress in the whole world. Day after day we read about the number of deaths happening in the country. But the depth of this situation can only be understood by one when they face a similar situation. I never really understood the pain that this deadly virus was causing to people. But the past 50 days showed me the devastation of families going through this pandemic. I went through similar tension, pain and panic when my father got hospitalized for getting infected by this virus in the second wave. This Father's Day (20 June 2021) is the most special one for me. My father has always taught me to be a strong, brave and independent girl. The past 50 days have been like a nightmare for our family. My Dad (Narvijay Yadav) was hospitalized due to Covid infection. Little did we know the severity of danger that he was in. His lungs were 90% infected. After spending 16 days in three different ICU’s ...

L-R: Karishma Bhagat (ED), Smridhi Bhasin (Director), Niraj Bhasin (MD), Vipul Sharma (VP) Health Desk : A common belief about Ayurvdic formulations has been that these medicines are bitter in taste. One company which has changed this thinking, is Betasys Healthcare Private Limited (BHPL). The Mohali (Punjab) based company has been offering a vast range of medicines and products, which are not only highly effective but good in taste also. The company has been supporting the Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Vocal for Local mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by promoting Ayurveda. It is keen to popularize the age-old herbs-based desi pathy, which is gaining greater acceptance after the COVID pandemic. Betasys has launched AyuStri, a special tonic useful in the menstrual problems of women. It also improves immunity.  Niraj Bhasin, MD, BHPL says, “Allopathic medicines give immediate relief, but do not remove the disease. Whereas Ayurveda has the ability to eliminate any disease from its ro...

Chandigarh: Shuddhi Ayurveda, a Zirakpur based wellness company, has launched a ‘Right to Health Campaign’ which would continue for next six months. It’s founder, Acharya Manish has been propagating Ayurveda since 1997. The campaign's tagline has been innovatively coined as 'Ayurveda ko hai ab ghar ghar pahunchana. Ayurveda consultant Dr Geetika Chaudhary and Dr Suyash Pratap Singh were also present at the launch function, held at Chandigarh Press Club. The campaign also want to bring into focus Article 21 of the Constitution, which guarantees protection of life and personal liberty to every citizen. The Supreme Court has also held that the rights enshrined in Article 21 are derived from the directive principles of state policy and therefore includes the 'protection of health'. Also,  World  Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity’. Acharya Manish believ...

Braj Mohan Singh, Regional Editor, ETV Bharat Emerging Digital Media and New World Order was the theme of the 34 th twitter chat of Bloggers Alliance, hosted via @BlogIndiaBlog handle on 8 th November. The guest of the week was Braj Mohan Singh , Regional Editor, ETV Bharat ( Ramoji Film City , Hyderabad ). The conversation – known as the India ’s First Chat (born amid Covid) -- was moderated by Narvijay Yadav , a senior media personality. Reproducing here the highlights of the chat.   Covid has brought in a sense of instability in the media industry. This is one sector where thousands of people have lost jobs. What does future hold? Future is challenging for media sector as advertising is dipping since the lockdown. As we all know newspapers were not in circulation for almost four to five months, it started rolling only around August. Size of newspaper has gone thinner and advertising is dipping, resulting in massive scale down across the industry. Digital media has c...

Chandigarh : Corona Killer Machine, an indigenously developed machine approved by ICMR and National Institute of Virology (NIV), was launched. The machine is being manufactured in a Pune based facility by Indotech Industries. Corona Killer is a savior for all Indians. Ionization process is used to deactivate all kinds of bacteria and Virus (Includingcorona virus). ICMR and NIV have tested the efficiency of this machine. Even Pune based Naidu Hospital has tested the same in its COVID ward and has certified that this machine deactivates the virus hereby reduces virus count by using ionization process. Amit Duggal, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Saisir Global Technologies Pvt Ltd (Zirakpur), said, "The company has been appointed as the sole distributor for 'Corona Killer' machine for entire north India . We are happy to launch this machine which will help save many people.” Corona Killer operates on electricity and no sanitization or soap is required. Theref...