Govardhan puja at NDRI

Karnal: Govardhan puja also known as Annakut was celebrated on Friday at the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI). On this occasion, cows were worshipped and offered sweets at the Livestock Research Centre of the Institute. Govardhan pooja is celebrated to mark the victory of Lord Krishna who lifted up the Govardhan Parvat on one finger, giving shelter to villagers and cattle from the wrath of nature and Lord Indra. Dr Manmohan Singh Chauhan, Director, NDRI, said, in India, there are about 50 well-defined breeds of cattle and many indigenous breeds like Sahiwal, Gir and Tharparkar are kept on the NDRI farm. These breeds are well adaptable to harsh climatic conditions, are resistant to many diseases and can also survive on poor quality feed and fodder and are resistance to diseases. They also give good amount of milk having a high fat percentage. National Dairy Research Institute since last two years is working on management, nutrition and health of Sahiwal, Gir and Tharparkar cows. “To conserve our indigenous breeds and make them more productive, research work at NDRI is going on to improve the genetic potential of these breeds for more milk production,” he added. He maintained that technologies like cloning and Ovum pickup hold a great promise for improvement of productivity of these breeds in future.

Students’ induction programme

Hisar: A three-week student induction programme (SIP) for newly admitted B Tech first year students of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar (GJUST), was inaugurated online by Prof BR Kamboj, Vice-Chancellor of GJUST, Hisar, and Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. Registrar Prof Avnesh Verma, dean faculty of engineering Prof Saroj and coordinator of this programme Prof Vishal Gulati, Dr. Mohit Verma and Dr. Sandeep Jindal addressed the new entrants on the occasion. The purpose of this training is to help new students to feel comfortable in new environment.

Science quiz competition

Karnal: Students of the science department of RKSD College, Kaithal, have secured second position in the district-level science quiz held at BR Ambedkar College, Kaithal. This competition is sponsored by the Science and Technology Council, Panchkula, Government of Haryana. In this event, 10 teams of Kaithal district participated and this quiz lasted for five rounds. In this quiz based on questions related to physics, chemistry, biology and environment, the team of Manvi and Simran of BSc medical final year and Abhishek of BSc non-medical final year secured second position. Now this team will also participate in state level competition.

Webinar organised

Yamunanagar: Guru Nanak Khalsa group of Educational Institutions, Yamunanagar, organised a webinar on “Determination for success” by the training and employment cell of Guru Nanak Khalsa College. The principal of the college, Dr (Major) Harinder Singh Kang said such career counselling sessions helped in the overall development of students. Dr Rajinder Singh Vohra, head of training and employment cell presented the theme of the webinar.

Change in farming must: VC

Karnal: Dr Samar Singh, VC, Maharana Pratap Horticulture University (MHU), on Friday emphasised on the need of change in agriculture and said Horticulture University would provide good quality nursery of vegetables and flowers to farmers. The research centre of the university in Murthal has already provided nursery of around 4-lakh plants to the farmers, so that the farmers will get better income with high-yielding varieties of vegetables and flowers. The VC was addressing a programme in the administrative block of the university in Uchani. He said the university gave degree of horticulture to the students of B Sc, M Sc and P hD, so that they could make career in horticulture.

Diwali celebrated in school

Karnal: Anand Public School, Nigdhu,celebrated Diwali festival. On this occasion, a competition was organised between various groups in the classes. Students made colourful rangolis. President of the Anand Educational Society, Subhash Doda encouraged the students to take part in the competition.