Chandigarh-Kamaljit Singh Panchhi, President Chandigarh Traders Association Sector-17 Chandigarh Honoured with a Certificate of Appreciation (Social Activists) for Outstanding Contribution & Humanity Work towards Corona Warriors Fighting Against Covid-19 from Working Journalists of India Delhi.
Mr. Panchhi thanks the President and Gen.Secy of Working Journalists of India for this honor.

Chandigarh ,  Four employees of CITCO have been suspended for violating the directives of COVID -19 issued by the Disaster Management Authority headed by the Governor of Punjab cum Administrator, UT, Chandigarh , under the Disaster Management Act 2005 .

Chandigarh-amaljit Singh Panchhi, President Chandigarh Traders Association Sector-17 Chandigarh Honoured with a Letter of Appreciation ( Social Activists ) for his Contribution Towards Corona Warriors Fighting Against Covid -19 from SSP Chandigarh at Police Headquarters today.

 Chandigarh - successfully organised 12th webinar today (i.e., May 27,2020) in the series on the theme ‘Information generation, dissemination and use during covid-19 lockdown’ through cisco webex app. Prof. Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh presided over the webinar. Prof. Preeti Mahajan, chairperson of the department started the webinar with a welcome speech and introduced the theme of the webinar series. Prof. Karamjeet highlighted the importance 

Chandigarh,  In a goodwill gesture, Chandigarh Police on Saturday distributed notebooks and other stationery items to schoolchildren residing in a containment zone.

The act followed after children of Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26 -- the worst affected by coronavirus infections in the city -- put up requests outside their houses that they needed notebooks, textbooks and stationery items.

Chandigarh,  In order to ensure minimum contact of healthcare workers with coronavirus patients and no contamination in surroundings, the PGIMER here has developed a state-of-the-art low-cost robotic trolley for Covid patients that is customized for local needs.

The device was formally launched by Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Director Jagat Ram on Saturday.

Chandigarh,  Twenty-four more people were discharged from PGIMER's Covid Hospital, comprising a nursing officer, doctors said, here on Thursday. They included 21 asymptomatic people who completed over two weeks of quarantine at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).

Chandigarh- Out of the total 82.1% respondents having no previous experience of online teaching, 90.2% teachers said that they are taking online classes for the first time, while 9.8% teachers mentioned that they were not taking online classes during lockdown amid COVID-19.

This was revealed during an online survey comprising a total sample size of 3550 teachers from different Government, Recognized Private and Government Aided Private Schools of U.T Chandigarh and Punjab. The sample survey consisted of 38.6% were Primary Teachers (PTs), 33.9% Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs) and 27.5% Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs).

Chandigarh,  Eleven more corona cases were reported from the city epicentre Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26 on Thursday, taking the city count to 216.

Of the new cases, nine belong to two families who were staying in a building at different floors. With them, the total number of active cases in the city rose to 77.

The authorities have extended the parole and interim bail granted to inmates of Burial Jail for their safety from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The parole and interim bail of nearly 251 convicts and undertrials have been extended. They have been asked to return on conclusion of their parole and interim bail from July 2 onwards.

An action-taken report pertaining to the release of convicts and undertrials was submitted via video-conferencing before the high-powered committee comprising State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) Executive Chairman, Justice Jaswant Singh, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, and Principal Secretary (Home) Arun Kumar Gupta and IG (Prisons) Ombir Singh.