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Amit Sheth, Comrades International  Brand Ambassador for the Indian Subcontinent ran the NMIMS Chandigarh Marathon. Chandigarh:  With an aim to create awareness about fitness among people and celebrate the upcoming ‘International Women’s Day’ - Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Chandigarh organised a Half Marathon-'Narsee Monjee Half Marathon International Women's Day Run', which was flagged off at the NMIMS campus. The event was held in support of GOI’s ‘Fit India Movement’ which aims to encourage people to remain healthy and fit by including sports in their daily lives.  Dr. Dharam Pal (IAS), Adviser to Administrator, Chandigarh (UT) was the chief guest and he also gave away prizes to the winners.   UT Adviser, Dr. Dharam Pal along with Amit Sheth, Honorary Secretary and Mentor, NMIMS graced the event and also participated in the run. Amit is also a well-known marathoner and was the first Indian national to run the Comrades Marathon in...

Mohali:  An impressive month-long summer camp organized for Tricity kids has concluded at The Wyndham, Mohali under the supervision of Yadvinder Singh, chief coach, and Director Consultant Starbiz India. Nearly 50 children of different age groups participated in the camp.  “There was great enthusiasm among kids in the month-long summer camp, the grand finale of which saw children aged between 3.5 years and 14 years giving scintillating Bhangra and Bollywood dance performances,” said Yadvinder Singh. The grand finale was graced by celebrities like Tripat Singh, a fitness icon of  India , Kiran Kaur, singer and actress, and Poonam Sood, actress. Swimming was the main attraction of the camp. Apart from swimming, there were other activities such as Bollywood dance, Zumba, Bhangra, Gyming, Yoga, Aerobics, and general fitness. Aqua Zumba was also taught to kids and their mothers which became a hit. Yadvinder Singh added that the summer camp was aimed at giving the ...

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...

Chandigarh : Alcis Sports, a cutting-edge Indian performance wear brand, organised Tri-City’s first full-fledged family run – Alcis Family Run here recently. The aim of the marathon was to create awareness about ‘Fitness as a Family Goal’ and ‘Save the Environment.’ Spearheaded by Coach Ravinder, a catalyst behind creating the most revolutionary running environments in India , the run was designed specifically for families and had three types of running and Walkathon. The main aim behind the run was to get families to come out and explore the joy of running together. Keeping a runner’s ‘never say die’ spirit, a solo 10K category was also included for those who wanted to run hard. Roshan Baid, MD, Alcis Sports, said, “We have seen that most of the families have only one or sometimes two family members at the max who are conscious about fitness. Through this Family Run we waned to create a culture where the whole family comes out together, practices together and run togeth...