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Annual science fair
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 29
The annual science fair of Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, was held today on the school campus. Mr Suresh Arora, DIG, Ludhiana Range, inaugurated the fair.

Various schools of the city, Ramgarhia Senior Secondary School, Central Model High School, Rajindra Model Senior Secondary School, Atam Public Senior Secondary School, Lal Bahadur Shastri High School and D.N. Public School, Jaspalon, participated in this fair.

The students displayed fascinating models on various science topics. Ms Asha Sharma, Principal of the school, welcomed the chief guest and Mr Rajinder Sharma, president of the Association of the PSEB affiliated schools of Punjab, highlighted the various activities and the efforts made to cultivate scientific outlook among the students.

The district science supervisor examined the projects and selected the first, second and third positions. The model of CD was adjudged first, rain alarm and the drug addiction were adjudged second and the model of the World Trade Center was given the third prize.

Awards were also given in the general category, the first hygienic water purifier, second to electricity from lemon and third to the model of respiratory system. Mr Parminder Singh, Mr Manjit Singh, Dr S.S. Takkar, Mr S.K. Sharma, Mr Sardul Singh Grewal, Mr Roshan Lal, Mr Albudin Saifi and Mr Shakti Sharma also expressed their views on the occasion.

Mr Suresh Arora, DIG, Ludhiana Range, accompanied by Mr Rajinder Sharma, Director of Everest Public Senior Secondary School, goes through the science fair on the school premises in Ludhiana on Monday.

When girls enter men’s territory
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 29
For one day in October every year, girls of Christian Medical College are allowed

The Faculty of Christian Medical college, Ludhiana, enjoy a cultural programme on the campus at the farewell function for final-year students.

entry into Ross Men’s Hostel of the college. It is a ritual that every batch has followed since 1961. The hostel was named after Sir Ronald Ross, who discovered the malarial parasite and visited the CMC in the same year.

On this occasion, everything is arranged by students. The portals of the hostel are opened to allow in girl students on the “send-off day” when fourth-year medical students bid adieu to final-year students. At 7 pm, girls go back and return decked up for the evening cultural programme that includes songs and shadow play, in which, students imitate their teachers. However, everything is taken in a good spirit. About 820 persons were present for the dinner this time, as it included the administration, all teachers and medical students of the CMC.

The fourth-year students had given each student of the final year a name. Everyone gracefully accepts the title given to him or her. After this ceremony, a medical student made an emotional speech. The final-year students will stay here another year, but as resident doctors.

The dance that followed was enjoyed by the students. Then, under the watchful eyes of the warden, Dr Sanjay Chand, the girls were escorted back to their hostel by the medicos.