Competing for cleanliness

Karnal: Keeping an eye on Swachh Survekshan 2021, the municipal corporation held a cleanliness competition among various organisations and institutes in November, in which 60 competitors took part in eight categories. In the college category, Guru Nanak Khalsa College was first. In the hospital category, Park Hospital bagged first position. In the hotel category, Noor Mahal stood first. In the dhaba category, Neelkanth Star Dhaba was placed first. In the private school category, Delhi Public School bagged first position. In the government school category, Mangalpur Senior Secondary School bagged first position. In the government aided school category, SD Boys Senior Secondary School was ranked first. In the market association category, Kunjpura Road Market Association was ranked first.

Award for varsity researcher

Hisar: Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences has conferred the best researcher award for 2017-18 to Dr Naresh Kumar Kakker for contribution to research. He has conducted research pertaining to development of molecular diagnostic tools for diagnosis of viral and bacterial pathogens of livestock and poultry.

80-yr-old back sans brain tumour

Gurugram: A team led by Dr Aditya Gupta, chief of neurosurgery and CNS radiosurgery at a leading hospital, removed a tumour measuring 7 cm in diameter from the brain of an 80-year-old woman. Kamla Aggarwal had suffered a seizure, after which her son, a surgeon, decided on an MRI test, which led to the diagnosis.Keeping all worries aside, the family decided to go ahead with further treatment.

Honour for railway workshop

Yamunanagar: The Carriage and Wagon Workshop of Northern Railway in Jagadhri has been given the second prize for 2018-19 for adopting energy saving technologies and reducing specific energy consumption by 12 per cent in the last three years. The award has been given in the industries category having connected load of more than 1 MW.

Checking quake preparedness

Karnal: A mock drill was conducted at the Mini-Secretariat recently. It was aimed at checking the preparedness of various departments to tackle the situation in case of an earthquake. Around 11 am, an alert was sounded, following which people were rushed to the ground floor. A team of the NDRF went to the second floor and evacuated 12 persons. The authorities were satisfied with the response. Additional Deputy Commissioner Veena Hooda and NDRF Deputy Commandant Aditya briefed the gathering.