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today is world aids day
AIDS: biggest challenge to humanity
Ludhiana, November 30
AIDS knows no favourites and it kills males, females, rich or old and children of all races and communities. It kills without conscience and without remorse. December 1 is the World’s AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) Day. According to a UN report: “Asia faces the threat of ‘major, generalised epidemic’ of AIDS, driven by unsafe sex, intravenous drugs and tainted blood.”
Sikh museum opened
Ludhiana, November 30
On the occasion of Gurpurab, a Sikh museum on the subject of ‘ardaas’ was opened today at gurdwara
Shri Guru Singh Sabha at Kartar Singh Sarabha Nagar here.
A view of the Sikh museum which was inaugurated at Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Ludhiana on Friday.
— Photo D.B. Chopra
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Study reveals preference
for male child
Ludhiana, November 30
Preferring male child and the simultaneous rejection of the girl child is reflected in the adoption of methods to beget a male child and subsequent resort to female foeticide. In a survey conducted in 2001, 33 per cent of households (with couples in their reproductive age) acknowledged having undergone sex determination tests.
VRTC refutes allegations
Ludhiana, November 30
The Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre (VRTC), Kitchlu Nagar, here has refuted the allegations levelled by Mr Rajesh Mohan, representative of the Handicapped Institution Employees Federation
(HIEF), that the VRTC was exploiting the handicapped employees by giving them meagre salaries and taking immense work from them.
Polybag factory creating health hazards, allege residents
Ludhiana, November 30
A polybag factory in Gaspura locality along the GT Road is proving a great health hazard for the residents. The residents said that the factory owner was making recycled polybags and flouting all pollution control norms. Although they had brought the problem into the notice of the Pollution Control Board (PCB)
officials, no action was taken.
DC proposes, minister disposes
Ludhiana, November 30
It is a typical case of minister proposing and official disposing. That is what happened to an inquiry ordered by Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner, S. K. Sandhu into the allegations of embezzlement in the sale of girders of a school in Shakur village.
Police harassment alleged
Ludhiana, November 30
Harbhajan Singh, a resident of Khanna, alleged that the police had declared him a
history-sheeter although he had not been involved in any criminal activity for the last seven years. Besides, he said, he had been acquitted in all the cases before that.
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