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Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor Dr BS Dhillon released a coffee table book, “Spiritual Journey of Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib”, authored by Punjab-based lawyer Harpreet Sandhu. The book has been compiled in collaboration with the Punjab Pollution Control Board and is dedicated to the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur. Dr BS Dhillon said the book depicted the journey of Guru Teg Bahadur from his birth till martyrdom through pictorial visuals of historical gurdwaras.
Session on direct-seeded rice technology
The Skill Development Centre of the university organised an online training course on direct-seeded rice technology for farmers. A total of 60 farmers and farm women attended the training course. Dr Kiranjot Sidhu, associate director (Skill Development), said the university was encouraging farmers to enhance rice cultivation area under the DSR technology, which was a water-saving as well as labour-saving technology. PAU expert Dr Amit Kaul e
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JALANDHAR: A gurdwara in Seechewal village has decided to use the gold meant for the pinnacle of the dome of the building to buy an ambulance and other equipment required to save lives of Covid patients.
Environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal said people had donated gold, including ornaments in the last few years for the project. Though the gurdwara was built some years ago, and a dome was also built, the pinnacle is yet to be made. Devotees wanted to gold plate the pinnacle.
“Now, we have decided to purchase an ambulance and if we still have money left we will buy other equipment required,” added Baba Seechewal. According to him, the village panchayat has already established a Covid care facility in the village where people without access to space to isolate themselves can stay.
In order to tackle the COVID crisis by way of providing timely treatment and further ramping up the bed capacity in the state, the government of Punjab through the Department of Health has initiated the process of granting approval for setting .
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