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New Delhi:  Award winning Ayurveda expert and motivational speaker - Acharya Manish, has initiated a social campaign to counter the spread of COVID-19. Acharya Manish uses age-old therapies of Ayurveda to promote the 5000 years old vedic science. It is noteworthy that Acharya Manish has founded ‘Shuddhi Ayurveda’ an Ayurvedic Clinic and Research Centre at Zirakpur. ‘Shuddhi Ayurveda’ already has presence across India through 105 clinics which are helping patients adopt Ayurveda to counter all type of diseases. 'Shuddhi Ayurveda’ has a presence in Delhi NCR with 5 clinics in Delhi , 3 in Gurugram and 1 each in Faridabad and Noida. To fight against COVID-19 an intense research conducted by Ayurvedic doctors under the guidance of Acharya Manish was done and an immunity boosting pack – ‘Shuddhi Herbal Immunity Package’ was made. Using this pack and specialised anti COVID-19 medications Acharya Manish started an initiative to help needy people, who were not able to afford expensiv...

A Gurugram salon operating with all standard  operating protocol measures (file photo) Chandigarh : The Tricity Salon and Spa Association, which has as its members 500 salons and spas spread across tricity, is up in arms against mobile app based home salon service providers starting operations, after some lock-down restrictions were lifted. The association has also opened a front against individual hair stylists who are advertising their ‘at home services’ in social media groups. The association is also worried about major financial losses of salon, spa and beauty industry which employs about 10000 professionals. Guneet Swani, Founder of Stylush Salon and Academy and a member of the association’s core committee says, “We have information that freelancers associated with ‘beauty services at home apps’ have started operations. Moreover, there are many individual industry professionals who are posting their ‘home hair cut and other salon services’ regularly on social m...

Clear, simple and frequent communication is required during a crisis like COVID19, which has turned the world upside down. The twitter chat on ‘Crisis Communication during Covid19’ emphasized the need for honest, precise, timely and relevant information with empathy during any crisis. The chat was hosted by Bloggers Alliance in association with NASSCOM Community.   Dr Reema Aswani, AI and Analytics Research Lead at NASSCOM Research said, “In order to effectively communicate, during COVID19, when almost everyone is working from home, organisations are increasingly resorting to two-way communication and collaboration tools like @zoom_us @MicrosoftTeams @Webex @SlackHQ @trello and others. Amidst COVID19, webinars, webcasts and virtual events are also great ways to engage and interact with a large audience. There are several tools like @gotowebinar @Webex events and others that can be leveraged for conducting events.” Dr Amit Nagpal, Personal Branding Coach and Author ‘He...

Ms Ramniet giving the masks to SSP Jagdale Chandigarh :  Ms Ramniet S Mukherjee (42), a dynamic human rights activist from Chandigarh , who is an United Nations Awardee and founder of Helping India Trust initiated a drive to distribute masks, sanitizers, juice and snacks. She and her youth wing representative Karan Khurana, a Hockey athlete from Punjab University , met  SSP Nilambari Vijay Jagdale at Chandigarh Police,Headquarters at Sector 9. The drive is to help Chandigarh Police in the fight against COVID19 crisis. Helping India has been quite active in past few years whenever some natural calamity occured and has done examplary work in the state of Uttrakhand during the year 2013 Kedarnath tragedy.  Ramniet S Mukherjee said, “It is our duty to show love and care through simple gestures to our front line warriors, that includes police personnels like Kuldeep Sharma, working round the clock and serving people while risking their lives.” ...

New Delhi :  With each passing day, the fight against COVID-19 pandemic is becoming more and more arduous. The gravity of the situation requires serious measures to be taken by all the stakeholders of the society. In these testing times, many NGOs have come forward to extend their helping hands to ease the situation. One such NGO is CSR-RF (CSR Research Foundation), whose distinct support is worth the acclamation. The NGO is registered pan-India under Section 8 of The Companies Act, 2013, established for knowledge dissemination and facilitating corporate sector in fulfilling their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR). The NGO is lately involved in the activities of women empowerment and healthcare. During these challenging times also the NGO came forward to help underprivileged sections by organising a sanitary napkin distribution camp at Narendra Nath Memorial Trust, Gujjar Chaupal, Raghubir Nagar, West Delhi-110027. During the camp, all volunteers strict...

New Delhi: The Shanti Niketan Resident Association (SNRA) under its initiative "From Shanti Niketan With Love" has contributed ration and hygiene equipment including masks, soaps and hand sanitizers for over 200 families staying in their neighbouring Shastri Market, which was sealed off as a COVID-19 containment hot zone here on Sunday. This ongoing campaign, which will feed each family for at least a month, aims at alleviating the difficulty of people, many of whom were daily wage earners and are not able to earn a livelihood due to the current lockdown amidst the pandemic, which has infected millions around the world and thousands in India. A resident, Amit Luthra (Asiad Gold Medallist & Arjun Awardee) thanked Jagdeep Rikhey, President, SNRA, without whose involvement this crusade would not have seen the light of the day. “When we decided to assist our fellow citizens in Shastri Market in their hour of need, our residents really stepped up. They dug de...

New Delhi :  In this critical pandemic situation of Corona virus, where whole world is battling with tough time. Iqbal Singh Anand, Chairman, ALP Group, along with his team members distributed 1200 food packets in Delhi and Gurgaon. Everyday ALP Group's 15 staff workers cook fresh food in the kitchen, taking full safety and hygiene precautions. Due to the COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, daily-wage workers are suffering the most. So food packets, groceries, sanitizers, face masks and soaps are being distributed by Iqbal Singh's team in various areas, including the slum areas of Delhi-NCR. ALP Group has already been providing food to poor people for past three years. Iqbal Anand's only aim in this critical time is to help as many unprivileged people as he can.  Iqbal Singh said, "We are very lucky and privileged enough to not suffer during this pandemic, but my heart worries the most about the poor people, who are suffering the mos...

Dr Jagvinder Singh Virk, Chairman, India Australia Strategic Alliance Melbourne : Rescue flight carrying 444 Australian passengers landed in Melbourne . Passengers erupted in loud cheers and applause as the charter flight carrying the first batch of Australians who were stuck in India ’s Corona Virus lockdown touched down in Melbourne . A group of 444 Australians, including 33 infants, who had been stuck in India arrived in Melbourne aboard a Lion Air chartered flight from New Delhi at 8 PM on Sunday. The rescue operation was spearheaded by Sydney based Dr Jagvinder Singh Virk, Chairman of India Australia Strategic Alliance. He along with Simon Quinn, an Australian expat living in New Delhi were streamlining the rescue process. Together they reached out to charter companies to organise an aircraft and to set up an online ticketing system for the passengers. "I am literally overwhelmed. The thanks messages from passengers are just unstoppable. It feels li...