Buddh Purnima celebrated

Ambala: A special assembly was organised by DAV Public School through online mode by students of Class 5 to celebrate Buddh Purnima. To absorb the spirit of this occasion, students prayed, spoke about the teachings of Lord Buddha and even gave a captivating dance performance. The students were taught to follow the path of kindness and honesty.

Webinar on Covid concerns

Rohtak: The Society for Promotion Of Education In Endocrinology and Diabetes (SPEED) organised a webinar on ‘combating Covid concerns’ recently. The public awareness event meant to fight the misinformation campaign regarding Covid-19 was attended by more than 500 participants. Dr Dhruva Chaudhry, senior professor and head of the department of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Health Sciences (UHS), Rohtak, opined that patients were being prescribed multiple antibiotics like doxycycline and azithromycin although these medicines did not have any proven benefit in Covid-19. Dr Sameer Aggarwal, a consultant endocrinologist, observed that judicious use of steroids and management of high blood sugars with insulin could prevent instances of mucormycosis (black fungus). Dr Viny Kantroo, a senior consultant at the department of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, cautioned that early use of steroids could increase viral replication.

Book on community medicine

Rohtak:Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences (UHS), Vice-Chancellor Prof OP Kalra, registrar Dr HK Aggarwal and Rohtak PGIMS Director Dr Rohtash K Yadav released a competency-based medical education (CBME)-based book on practicals and viva in community medicine. The book, which also comprises a section on Covid-19 vaccines, has been written by Dr RB Jain, the head of the department of community medicine at PGIMS, and Dr Shiba Sethi, a senior resident doctor at the department. Dr Shiba said the book was based on the CBME approach and new guidelines for medical students issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC) and would be beneficial for the students of MBBS and MD (community medicine) courses.

Meeting on farm research, education

Hisar: Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, and Massey University, New Zealand, will explore ways to work jointly in the field of agricultural research and education. For this, an online meeting of officials of both universities was held on Tuesday. The online meeting was organised under the chairmanship of the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor BR Kamboj. He emphasised that the faculty of the two universities will jointly cooperate with each other in the research and will also explore joint degree and diploma courses so that students can get international exposure.

150 participants attend workshop

Faridabad: The Department of Computer Engineering of JC Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, organised a workshop on ‘Strategies for academic research and publications’. The core objective of the workshop was to equip participants with the knowledge of understanding different phases of research and to come up with better research outcomes. The workshop was attended by over 150 participants. The workshop was presided over by the Vice-Chancellor of the university.