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3179 A health worker gets the first dose of the Covishield vaccine at the Civil Hospital, Amritsar, on Saturday. Photo: Sunil Kumar Manmeet Singh Gill Amritsar, January 16 The Health Department on Saturday launched the Covid vaccination programme in the district with Rajesh Sharma, a lab technician of the Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs Memorial Civil Hospital, becoming the first person to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Apart from the Civil Hospital, the vaccination drive was simultaneously conducted at Government Medical College and the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Verka. The district health authorities reported that a total of 78 employees were vaccinated. Health workers ‘hesitant’ ....
ROZANA SPOKESMAN Updated Jan 2, 2021, 3:39 pm IST Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is committed to welfare of freedom fighters of Punjab and their legal heirs. Om Parkash Soni Chandigarh: Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is committed to the welfare of freedom fighters of Punjab and their legal heirs. Disclosing this here today Punjab Cabinet Minister Om Parkash Soni said that the Punjab Government has decided to increase the freedom fighter pension from Rs 7500/per month to Rs 9400/per month from April 01, 2021 onwards. OP SoniSoni said the freedom fighters and their Legal Heirs (Sons, daughters/grandsons/grand-daughters) have been provided free bus travel facility in Roadways/PRTC buses from December 7, 2020 onwards. ....
Punjab govt increases pension for freedom fighters ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 20:10 IST Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 2 (ANI): Punjab Government has decided to increase the freedom fighter pension from Rs 7,500 per month to Rs 9,400 per month from April 1, 2021. Asserting that the Punjab government is committed to the welfare of the freedom fighters of Punjab and their legal heirs, Punjab Cabinet Minister, Om Parkash Soni said: The state government has decided to increase the freedom fighter pension from Rs 7,500 per month to Rs 9,400 per month w.e.f 01-04-2021. Soni said that the freedom fighters and their legal heirs (sons/ daughters/ grandsons /grand-daughters) have been provided free bus travel facility in roadways/ Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) buses w.e.f 07-12-2020. ....
3440 Amritsar: With the district health authorities reporting 22 new cases on Sunday, the total count of infections has increased to 14,405. The new cases include 10 Influenza-like illness cases and 12 contacts of positive patients. The district has not reported any death on Sunday. Meanwhile, with the recovery of 31 patients, the total recovery count has also increased to 13,382. The district has reported a total of 549 deaths till date. At present, the district has a total of 549 active cases. TNS Office-bearers of Citizen Council Tarn Taran: Sukhwant Singh Dhami was elected president and Harinder Singh Plasauar as the general secretary of the local Citizen Council, an NGO, at the annual election of the organisation held here on Sunday. Other office-bearers elected are Harwinder Singh (vice-president), Vipin Dhingra (treasurer), Dr Nirmaljit Singh Varpal (organising secretary), Jaideep Bhargav (joint secretary), Charanjit Ashu (press secretary), Gurdial Singh (audit ....
789 Amritsar, December 18 As part of the second phase of Smart Connect scheme to distribute smartphones to students in government schools, a total of 7,600 students from 43 different schools in the district were given smartphones on Friday. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh launched the smartphone distribution ceremony through virtual participation as Om Parkash Soni, Medical Education and Research Minister, presided over the district-level function organised at Government Senior Secondary School Nawan Kot. Soni said the state was committed to provide quality education to the students studying in government schools through latest technology and now that the schools were closed due to the pandemic, smartphones will help the students in their online studies. He said under the first phase 50,000 smartphones were provided and in the second phase 80,000 more students of Class XII would be benefitted. ....