Ludhiana, April 19
Nutrition has an important bearing on the health of a individual. Unfortunately, most of the times it is the lack of knowledge rather than lack of resources which result in nutritional deficiencies. Experience the world over has shown that following nutritional practices can have a significant effect on the health status of the population, more so for infants and young children.

Keeping this in view, the Breast Feeding Promotion Foundation, in association with the Unicef Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation, USA, and Breast Promotion Network of India, Delhi (BPNI), is organising a three-day workshop at Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) here today.

The objective of this workshop would be to strengthen pre-service training of medical undergraduates so that when they go out in the community, they should be adequately equipped to deal with nutritional problems. Dr Tejinder Singh, professor and head of the Paediatrics Department at CMCH, informed that more than 40 medical teachers from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh were taking part in it.

Ludhiana, April 19
Hosts Ludhiana gave another dismal performance as they tasted defeat at the hands of Ropar. Ludhiana lost by first innings lead in the rain-hit match of the Punjab State Inter-district Cricket Tournament (u-15) which concluded at the S D Government College ground, here, today.

The first day’s play was washed out yesterday.

On the second day, Ropar won the toss, and put Ludhiana to bat. Ludhiana was bundled out for a small total of 71 runs in 69.4 overs.

Only two batsmen — Sunny and Abhishek — could manage to reach the double figure, scoring 18 and 17 runs, respectively.

For Ropar, Manpreet was the pick of bowlers as he grabbed five wickets for 19 runs, while Arjun and Karan claimed three and two wickets, respectively.

In reply, Ropar were 107 for 3 after 31 overs.

The main scorers were Manpreet (53), Pranay (29) and Arjun (18). Abhishek and Paras chipped in with one wicket.

Now, Ludhiana will face Chandigarh on April 21 and 22.

Ludhiana, April 19
Shallu Bedi and Purva contributed four and two points, respectively, and helped their team- Eklavya House to register an emphatic 14-2 win over Dhruv House on the first day of the inter-house basketball championship of Saraswati Modern School, Partap Singh Wala, Hambran Road, here today. In another match, Parlahd House got the better of Abhimanyu House 6-1.

Earlier, Teja Singh Dhaliwal, honorary secretary of the Punjab Basketball Association, inaugurated the three-day championship. Jagdeep Singh and Sammuel, members of the Indian basketball squad, who were accompanying Dhaliwal, gave tips to the young cagers.

Speaking on the occasion Headmistress of the school Priyanka explained the value of games and asked the players to play with a spirit of sportsmanship.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 19
Ritu Kondal and Aseem Gautam were declared Miss and Mr Ehsas, respectively, at an inter-college sports and cultural competition that concluded at Gopalpur village, near here, on Wednesday.

Dr Samsher Singh Beri, Registrar, Punjab University, Chandigarh, was the chief guest of the event organised by Guru Nanak Educational (Charitable) Society.

More than 100 students from Guru Nanak Ayurvedic Medical College and Research Institute, Guru Nanak College of Education and G.N Law College participated in three-day event 'Ehsas'. The event was presided over by Dr Balwinder Singh Walia, chairman of the trust.

While exhorting the students to fulfill the expectations of their parents and teachers Dr Beri said culture and sports had become an inseparable part of curriculum at all levels. "Though bookish knowledge can enable a student to get a degree, elements of sports and culture prepare him for practical aspects of life," claimed Dr Beri.

Dr Iqbal Singh Walia, general secretary, assured the authorities that the management committee would try to provide facilities needed for the promotion of extra-curricular activities.

The organisers felicitated winners in various events. Jasmine Sharma, Satinder and party of GNMAC won the first prize in giddha and kirtani jatha led by Sukhdeep Kaur of the same college bagged first prize in shabad kirtan contest. Skit 'Aawajen' presented by Prabhjot Singh and party of GNMAC was adjudged the best and bhangra team from Education College bagged the first prize in folk dance competition.

In badminton, volleyball and table tennis boys and girls of GNMAC won trophies in their respective categories.

In tug of war teams of Education College defeated those of GNMAC to bag first prizes.

Other results are as follows: 100 m (women): Tanuja Dhiman 1, Palvi 2, Neha 3. 100 m (men): Amit 1, Sumit Kumar 2, Jaimeet Singh 3. 400 m (women): Deepika Sharma 1, Meenakshi Thakur 2, Gurpreet Kaur 3. 400 m (men): Amit 1, Sarabjit 2, Karmjit Singh 3. 200 m (women): Minakashi Thakur 1, Pooja Sharma 2, Kamal 3. 200 m (men): Jaimeet Singh 1, Amit Kumar 2, Karamjit Singh 3. Sack race (women): Rich 1, Neha Thakur 2, Amandeep Kaur 3. Sack race: Jaimeet Singh 1, Sarabjit Singh 2, Varun Vector 3. Shot put (women): Arvinder Kaur 1, Ritu Kondal 2, Deepika Sharma and Poonam 3. Shot put (men): Harpreet Grewal 1, Rahul Thaman 2, Asim Gautam 3. High jump (women): Manpreet Kaur 1, Richa Acharya 2, Pooja 3. High jump (men): Sachin 1, Sandeep Sheron 2, Amit Kumar 3.

Long jump (women): Richa Acharya 1, Kavita Bhardwaj 2, Pooja Sanyal 3. Long jump (men): Varinder Singh 1, Haripal 2, Amit Kumar 3.

Three-legged race (men): Amit - Haripal 1, Jaimeet Karamjit 2, Sarabjit - Nav Kishan 3. Three-legged race(women): Shaminder, Depika Pooja 1, Madhurima -Meenakshi 2.

Chaati race (women): Amrit Kaur 1, Kamaljit 2, Gurinder Kaur 3.

4x100 m: (women):Anupam, Meenakashi, Shilpa and Richa winner

40x100 m (men) Sumit, Amit, Haripal and Bhupinder winner

Discuss Throw ( women): Veerjot 1, Alisha Dub 2, Harvinder Kaur 3.

Discus throw (men): Varinder Singh 1, Haripal 2, Amit Kumar 3.