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Mohali : In view of the rising Omicron cases – a panel discussion of eminent doctors was organized by SimpliHealth, a health portal, to demystify myths around the highly transmissible Omicron variant at Radisson Red, here. It is noteworthy that SimpliHealth is a free online knowledge hub of health-related information that is managed and supported by top-rated doctors, medical professionals, and experts. From Left: Dr. H K Bali, Dr Nimisha Batra, Dr. Raman Abrol, Dr. Ashish Bhalla, Dr. A K Mandal and Dr Ravul Jindal at the panel discussion held in Mohali "What makes SimpliHealth stand out is that our specialists answer all health-related questions through videos that can be watched easily anytime, anywhere.  In our endeavour to provide  authentic information to bust the myths doing rounds on digital media in relation to Omicron and its impact, we organised a panel discussion with medical experts." Said Sumeet Soni, Founder , SimpliHealth. The panel discussion mode...

  Bhikkhu Sanghasena with PM Narendra Modi Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, Founder President, Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC) Ladakh has requested the United Nations to declare the current year as the Year of Compassion. The statement of the great Buddhist Monk is being reproduced below for further awareness. In the recent times we witnessed very closely, the tension at the Indo-China borders almost leading to war-like situation. The gamut of such natural and man-made disasters juxtaposed by the COVID-19 pandemic made the year 2020 a horrifying year for the entire humanity. In the recent times, it is admirable to see the number of countries developing the COVID-19 Vaccine, which is giving us a lot of hope. However, the sorrow, dissatisfaction and sufferings of humanity do not end with the vaccine, the problems we face in today’s time are much more severe and deep rooted in our greed, hatred and ignorance. Its high time we now turn inward and work on the root cause...

Jalandhar: There is some good news on the COVID front. India 's recovery rate of COVID 19 has gone up-to nearly 91 per cent, and the case fatality rate has further declined to just about 1.5 per cent. One of the reasons for this is the Modi government's lockdown & strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs') put in place to slow down the spread of COVID 19. A famous Ayurvedic Acharya - Acharya Manish, who has founded the Ayurveda label 'Shuddhi Ayurveda' and has his corporate office at Zirakpur near Chandigarh, believes that apart from the well thought out Modi government restrictions, there is another major reason for India being in a much better position than other countries as far as COVID 19 is concerned. Achaya Manish said, "The low death rate, high recovery rate, low intensity of cases, and no symptoms in a majority of cases has been made possible by the immunity-boosting done through the use of Ayurvedic formulations. Now that the second wave i...

New Delhi , 2 nd  October, 2020 : A special event was held here today on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. It was the first program in the country to be held in an auditorium after lockdown. On this occasion, ‘COVID-19/ ILI : From Conspiracy to Solution’ a book by renowned author and scholar, Dr Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury was released. Four months ago, Dr Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury launched a Network of Influenza Care Experts (NICE) with more than 500 experts from across the country, who were trained in curing COVID-19 patients. They were also trained in managing emergency situations. With the help of NICE experts, more than 50,000 COVID-19 patients have been cured, that too without any expenses, medication or casualty. While curing thousands of patients, several shocking facts came to light. Dr Biswaroop revealed that here is no evidence yet to prove that SARS-KoV-2 is a new virus. In terms of mortality and spread rate, the case of COVID-19 is similar to normal flu and is not fatal ...

Chandigarh: COVID 19 cases are peaking in Tricity and even across India; in this backdrop, a renowned Tricity based Ayurveda practitioner, Acharya Manish, revealed the importance of Ayurveda in the COVID era. Acharya Manish was accompanied by Ayurvedic doctors Dr. Bhavna and Dr. Avira Gautam. Acharya Manish is the founder of 'Shuddhi Ayurveda,' an Ayurvedic Clinic and Research Centre at Zirakpur near Chandigarh , which has nearly 150 clinics across the country. Acharya Manish said, "Ayurveda - India 's ancient herb-based medicine system offers the best medical treatment protocol and a holistic solution to keep COVID 19 at bay and even manage the infectious disease if someone is reported coronavirus positive." Acharya Manish added, "Ayurveda has a good combination of immunity booster medicines made using traditional herbs, and these have zero side effects. Giloy, Ashwagandha, Tulsi have proven medical properties that help boost immunity and keep the virus...

Parth Aggarwal Chandigarh : DEPICT, an initiative of Amarsons Commercial Pvt Ltd, is an e-service platform, which shall bridge the clients’ need of Mental Healthcare Services or Facilities for themselves or significant others, both online and offline in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Parth Aggarwal, the brain behind the DEPICT project, said, “While working in association with an experienced and skilled panel, consisting of Counselors, Psychologists and Psychiatrists, our prime motive is to spread awareness about Mental Health and to provide best consultation services for the same.” Challenging the taboo surrounding Mental Health is what made Parth to bring about this innovative portal, through which anyone and everyone can understand the true meaning of Mental Health and find a solution, if required. It’s tagline is - “Why distort, when you can DEPICT”.  Parth Aggarwal, CEO, a writer by chance and a philanthropist by choice, has been enthusiastically learning about huma...

Karan Gilhotra Chandigarh :  To coincide with the 74 th  Independence Day celebrations Administrator, Chandigarh (UT) and Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore has honored a young entrepreneur, Karan Gilhotra who is also Chairman (Punjab Region) of the prestigious industry chamber - PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PHDCCI), for his services during the Covid 19 pandemic. Through the citation the Governor has recognised the leadership provided and holistic social service meted out by Karan during the  Corona  crisis. Karan Gilhotra said,"I am grateful to the UT Administrator and Governor,  Punjab  for having given me this honour. It gives me immense satisfaction to have rallied around industrialists through PHDCCI to collect a whopping sum of Rs 528 crores which was donated by the chamber to the PM Cares Fund. We also helped in providing ventilators, water bottles, rations and PPE kits for the front line warriors through. In order to overcome the los...

5 Star Recipe Kit by Bella Vista Panchkula: The simple pleasure of having your favourite cuisine at a restaurant you love has now become a thing of the past. In an endeavor to remove all fear from the minds of food aficionados, a food delivery innovation - ‘5 Star Recipe Kits’, has been unveiled by WelcomHotel Bella Vista, Sector 5, Panchkula. As far as the ‘5 Star Recipe Kits’ are concerned the concept aims at providing safe and nutritious ‘hotel style meals’ right to the customer’s platter. Manohar Reny Duddi, Executive Chef explains, “’5 Star Recipe Kits’ have been launched in a vegetarian avatar. These contain fresh ingredients- vegetables and cheese (paneer) cubes according to the recipe; exotic spice blends for tempering, and our delectable signature gravies, in a neatly packed box. The vegetables are both in raw or blanched form as the recipe demands, and all the vegetables are properly sanitized and UV treated. The tempering too is UV treated. As far as t...

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...

Chandigarh : With India now entering a crucial phase of ‘Unlocking’, its most important part of economy - Industries too is in the throes and gradually lifting the shutters with a lot of care & safety. To infuse positivity among industrialists and people at large, a dynamic entrepreneur from Chandigarh - Karan Gilhotra who is also Chairman (Punjab State) of PHDCCI has produced a unique offering a 4-minute-long musical video- ‘Be Strong’, which is dedicated to the theme ‘Let’s Unlock India Together’. A Mohali based multi-national Bigrox Media is supporting the endeavor under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).  Karan said, “The USP of the song certainly is the stellar performance of actor turned COVID philanthropist Sonu Sood. Sonu has done great work in sending migrants’ from Mumbai home, during the outbreak. Apart from his star status this is a big factor because of which we drew him in. His presence in the song is enthusing people. The famous actor Manoj Bajp...

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...

GAILians are working tirelessly in these difficult times. The employees of GAIL (India) Ltd working from home have made a humble effort of producing a music video titled “Ruk Jana Nahin” to motivate fellow employees and the frontline warriors of COVID-19.  This song is posted on GAIL's social media handle.  Link :  https://www.facebook.com/ 132495066874513/posts/ 1644847095639295/ "While practicing Social Distancing and Sanitization, we can Energize Possibilities of defeating COVID19. Even in these times of crisis, we would not let the Natural Gas, PNG and bulk LPG supplies break through the dedicated efforts of our entire work force," said a press note issue by the GAIL management. Novel Coronavirus has fast become a global pandemic and it is essential for whole of our nation to come together and fight it. To contribute to the nationwide fight against COVID-19, GAIL and its employees have taken many more online initiatives to m...

New Delhi : The leading diagnostic services provider in Delhi NCR “Star Imaging & Path Lab” has started conducting coronavirus tests. Talking to news paper, the management, confirmed the news. As many as 12 private diagnostic chains across six states have got approval from the government to test coronavirus samples. Star Imaging pathology lab is conducting tests for the deadly COVID-19 suspected patients with doctor's prescription and govt. ID proof. Right now, home collection & drive-thru facility is available. The charge for the coronovirus test is Rs 4,500 and the report will be available in 2 days. Star Imaging & Path Lab’s Director Mr. Sameer Bhati told, "Our main lab in Tilak Nagar, Delhi has been approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for COVID-19 testing. Currently, we are ready to start the testing as per the guidelines of government of India . "We feel honoured that ICMR has chosen Star Imaging & Path Lab, b...

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...