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FibroScan Has Made Fatty Liver Detection Easy

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Sanjeev Kochhar
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Nearly 50% of the Indian population scanned for it will be detected with non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), that’s how prevalent it is. Considered a silent killer, with no major symptoms, the disease, if left undetected, can over the years lead to severe fibrosis or cirrhosis and even liver cancer.

Luckily, with the advent of a simple ‘FibroScan’, which should be got done every 2-3 years, it is now possible to measure liver stiffness and fatty changes in the liver for taking early remedial action.

Dr Yogesh K Chawla giving his presentation at CMC Hospital Chandigarh

Photos By: Life In Chandigarh

These views were shared in a public awareness meeting by Dr Yogesh K. Chawla, well known hepatologist and former Director of PGIMER Chandigarh, during a lecture to mark International NASH (Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis or Fatty Liver) Day at CMC Hospital Chandigarh on Thursday. The meeting was organised by The Indian National Association for Study of the Liver.

Emphasising the importance of the liver and its complex functions, Dr Chawla said it keeps the body healthy by handling and regulating sugars, protein and fats and detoxifying drugs and toxins. Non alcoholic fatty liver disease if left unattended, over a period of time severely affects a person’s quality of life. It can lead to fatigue and tiredness and can increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease and even cancer. Depression also has a close association with this disease, he said.

Once detected, the management of the disease involves modifications in a patient’s lifestyle, including adding micronutrient-rich diet and coffee and avoiding fructose-containing sodas and juices. No alcohol, no smoking. Exercising regularly is a must.

Participants in the public awareness meeting

Recommended diet for patients of non alcoholic fatty liver disease includes apples and grapes, green leafy vegetables, beetroot and carrot, green tea and garlic, citrus fruits, cabbage and turmeric.

Studies have shown that yoga asanas like kapal bhati, pranayama, matsyasana (fish pose), gomukhasana (cow face pose) and paripurna navasana (boat pose) are of great help, Dr Chawla added.

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Rehabilitation Is Key To Spinal Cord Injury Outcomes

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Sanjeev Kochhar
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Responding to the insufficient facilities for integrated treatment and rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries patients in the region, well known multi-speciality hospital Trinity Hospital & Medical Research Institute, tucked away in the bylanes of Zirakpur town, near Chandigarh, has announced the launch of its fully equipped Spine & Neuro Rehabilitation Centre.

Making the announcement in a news conference in Chandigarh on Tuesday, a three-member team of doctors and therapist from the hospital, led by its chairman and noted orthopaedic surgeon of the region Dr Mohinder Kaushal, claimed that this level of centre for spine and neuro rehabilitation is the first in the region North of Delhi NCR in the private sector.

Dr Mohinder Kaushal (centre), Dr Mukul Kaushal and Amrita Ghosh addressing the media persons in Chandigarh on Tuesday

Photos By : Life In Chandigarh & Trinity Hospital

Of course, there is a Punjab government run Regional Spinal Injuries Centre in Mohali, which is basically a social service activity under the state Department of Social Security Women & Child Development. It provides specialised treatment and rehabilitation at subsidised rates to patients with spinal cord injuries from the region and beyond.

Dr Kaushal shared that apart from highly skilled doctors and nurses, the centre has world class infrastructure and well trained physiotherapy team specialised in spinal cord and neuro rehabilitation, a dedicated ICU level ward and 24X7 emergency services.

This writer later also visited the hospital to check out the facilities as claimed in the press conference and returned impressed.

Dr Kaushal, who specialises in arthroscopic knee and endoscopic spine surgery, told your own news website LifeInChandigarh.com that “Spinal cord injuries are known for their profound impact, which can lead up to significantly impaired social, economic, psychological and physical consequences if proper resuscitation, surgical stabilisation and spine and neuro rehabilitation of a patient over a period of time is not done as part of an integrated treatment and rehabilitation protocol.”

He explains that surgery for treatment of spinal cord injuries is just about 30% of the work. The eventual outcomes of the surgery are dependent on a comprehensive rehabilitation programme customised for each individual patient, which can take anything between 9 to 12 months, or even longer.

Dr Kaushal, who is regularly invited to national and international scientific meetings as faculty/guest speaker and conducts CMEs (continuing medical education programmes) and training courses in arthroscopic and endoscopic spine surgical techniques for surgeons in India and abroad, informs that road accidents, falls, sports injuries and assaults have been identified as some of the common causes of spinal cord injuries.

Recognising the gravity of such injuries the World Health Organisation (WHO) has acknowledged it as a major musculoskeletal concern burdening individuals and society as a whole, he adds.

Quoting World Health Organisation (WHO) data, Dr Kaushal says that worldwide every year between 2,50,000 and 5,00,000 suffer a spinal cord injury. While in the advanced countries a vast majority of the cases are a result of road accidents, in India, because of the socio-economic conditions, most of such injuries are caused by fall from heights, especially among construction workers.

He laments that facilities for treatment and rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries in the country are grossly insufficient and need to be urgently bolstered.

Dr Mukul Kaushal, Senior Consultant, Dept of Orthopaedics at Trinity Hospital and Medical Research Institute, adds: “Through our comprehensive rehabilitation programs, we address the specific needs and severity of each patient’s condition.”

Our rehabilitation services include tailored exercise regimens to enhance movement and prevent weakness, social and behavioural skills retraining, cognitive improvement activities, pain and stress management, assistance with activities of daily living, mobility enhancement, muscle control and balance improvement, vocational and nutritional training, and much more.”

Senior Spine Rehab Physiotherapist at the hospital Amrita Ghosh explains that “The goal of neurological rehab is to help you return to the highest level of function and independence possible with the help of a structured conditioning programme. There is also a mental and emotional component of it which improves overall quality of life – physically, emotionally and socially.”

The hospital also houses a busy Ortho & Sports Rehabilitation Centre.

 

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Indias™ Swing State™ Positioning Strong Deterrent Against China

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Sanjeev Kochhar
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By steadfastly not aligning with any military bloc and treading a middle path in geopolitics, India has been successfully positioning itself as global ‘swing state’, which will prove a strong deterrent against any potential serious India-centric military adventurism by China.

These views were expressed by noted defence and security analyst Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd.) in an interview with your own news website LifeInChandigarh.com on the sidelines a national seminar on ‘Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh: Developmental Dynamics And Future Trajectories’ organised at Panjab University Chandigarh on Thursday.

Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.)

Photo By: Life In Chandigarh

Interacting with this writer on wide-ranging issues particularly emerging out of the current massive military standoff with China in Easte Ladakh, and also other friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LoAC), Gen Hasnain said he did not believe that China’s intent in amassing a massive force on the border in Easte Ladakh was to wage a war.

“With a force of 50,000, China could not have hoped to capture even an inch of Indian territory by going to war. A war effort would entail committing a much larger military, and firepower, to the war theatre,” observed the Gen., who has had an illustrious military career having commanded a brigade, a division and a corps in Kashmir, besides a strike corps, and later serving as Military Secretary to the Indian Army.

Attributing the Communist neighbour’s aggressive posture to its attempt at achieving a set of strategic goals, Gen. Hasnain said the foremost among them is to try and embarrass India, and dent its growing strategic confidence. “China perceives us an emerging strong competitor to its global ambitions, given our growing influence in the Global North and our role in championing the cause of the Global South,” he added.

It is also an attempt to so engage and confine India’s military resources to its land frontiers that its focus on further strengthening its maritime power gets diverted. China finds itself weak and vulnerable in the maritime domain since most of its critical trade especially energy supplies pass through the Indo-Pacific. Expansion of India’s maritime power is this region is seen to be detrimental to China’s strategic interests, Gen. Hasnain noted.

The defence analyst is of the view that in his over ambition to achieve well before the deadline the Chinese Communist Party’s avowed goal, spelt out at its 19th Congress, of making China the most powerful nation in the world by 2049, the one hundredth year of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping is aggressively attempting to settle China’s territorial disputes.

The Chinese leader sees the forced integration of Taiwan into mainland China and arm twisting a favourable settlement of the complex border dispute with a strong India as stepping stones to his glory, hence the military posture at the LoAC is also being used to pressurise India into a settlement, he said.

Gen. Hasnain opined that India on the other hand, known for its neutrality and autonomy of decision making on international issues, has played its cards well to generate international opinion and support in its favour in the current border standoff with China.

By steadfastly staying clear of military blocs and following the principles of multilateralism (as member of several global groupings like G20, SCO, Brics, Quad, I2U2, and more, none of which are purely military oriented), India has been able to cement its ties with the West without denting its traditional trusted cultural, trade and military ties with Russia.

“In doing so we are successfully positioning ourselves as a ‘swing state’ on the world stage, charting our own course on an issue-by-issue basis and exerting a strong influence on the future of the global balance of power, which bodes well for the country’s future,” Gen. Hasnain concluded.      

 

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Time To Win Hearts, Hold Elections, Develop Mode New Capital

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Sanjeev Kochhar
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A national seminar focussed on developmental dynamics and future trajectories of the two sensitive northe most union territories, and a vast majority of speakers from military background, ‘baat kuchh jami nahin janab’!

But that’s how it was at a National Seminar on “J&K And Ladakh: Developmental Dynamics and Future Trajectories” held in hybrid mode (mix of offline and online) at the ICSSR Complex in Panjab University Chandigarh on Thursday.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.) (centre) in conversation with some participants

Photos By : Life In Chandigarh

Just two of the key speakers, out of a dozen odd, were from non-military backgrounds – senior corporate executive and writer Ashish Kaul, and academician, author and former Indian diplomat Phunchok Stobdan – both of whom joined via the online mode, with its inherent signal distortions and disruptions. No Politician, no administrator, no one from industry and none from grassroots level developmental organisations!

That apart, the seminar brought out some interesting thoughts and ideas for the policy makers and planners to ponder while charting out a new course for the two union territories, created by bifurcating the erstwhile state of Jammu And Kashmir after the abrogation in 2019 of Articles 370 and 35(A) of the Constitution which provided it a special status.

While there was unanimity among the speakers that Jammu and Kashmir was slowly but surely drifting towards a semblance of normalcy after the special status to the erstwhile state was dropped, there was also a word of caution for the government and the administration that true normalcy in every sense of the term could only be achieved by winning the hearts and minds of an aggrieved local population.

Observing that there are no two opinions regarding restoration of power to the peoples’ elected representatives, most speakers in the seminar felt that the process of elections should be held in a manner as not to repeat the mistakes of the past and allow the region to slip back into anarchy.

Delivering his keynote address, noted defence and security analyst and former corps commander and military secretary of Indian Army, Lt. Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.) highlighted the need for a comprehensive people-centric approach, addressing the political, social, economic and especially psychological concerns of the local populations in both Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

He particularly called for the country to adopt and implement a professional digital strategy by taking on board communications experts to effectively counter the anti-India fake/false cross border propaganda and narratives.

(Left To Right) Lt Gen KJ Singh (Retd.), Maj Gen Raj Mehta (Retd.) and Navy Capt Alok Bansal (Retd.)

In a technical session, chaired by former Weste Army commander Lt. Gen KJ Singh (Retd.), Navy Captain Alok Bansal (Retd.), Director of India Foundation, espoused a radical approach, calling for a mode new capital for Jammu and Kashmir by doing away with the legacy of separate summer and winter capitals.

He also emphasised the need for deconcentration of economic activities and development from traditional centres like Srinagar, Jammu and Leh and to disperse such activities to lesser known but viable centres across the regions by developing them as counter magnets.

These could be Kishtwar and Bhaderwah in Jammu Division, Poonch and Rajouri along the Mughal Road and some areas along the upcoming railway lines, Likewise, in Ladakh some centres other than Leh need to be developed so that the fruits of development and progress get distributed evenly, he added.

Stressing on the importance of retaining ‘occupied territories’ like Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan and Aksai-Chin in China in our mental space, he said the general populace needs to be educated about these territories to sharpen the country’s focus on efforts aimed at integrating them back with India. He also suggested that these occupied territories be included in the delimitation exercise in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh so that the populations of these territories are represented in the legislature on our side.

Expressing the need to now focus on the larger picture of restoring the famed age old Kashmiri culture of peace, harmony, brotherhood and scholarly pursuits, Maj. Gen. Raj Mehta (Retd.) said “we have to carry along the local population which still feels aggrieved. We have to win their hearts and minds through our sensitive approach and actions.”

Lt. Gen. DS Hooda (Retd.) (Centre)

In his plenary address, former Northe Army commander Lt. Gen. DS Hooda (Retd.) stressed that lasting solutions cannot be found without addressing the fundamental issues because of which this spectre of violence has been continuing in Jammu & Kashmir for more than three long decades.

Observing that if there is an external dimension to the problem, which has and is being tackled effective, Lt. Gen. Hooda pointed out that we cannot forget that there is an internal dimension too – of the festering angst among the local population.

Claiming that 70% of the local population is below 35 years of age, he emphasised that this section has lived its entire life in an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. This population has to be won over with sensitivity. “We have to now move beyond conflict management to conflict resolution,” he added.

In another plenary address, noted academician, diplomat, author and foreign policy expert Phunchok Stobdan made a strong pitch for the central government and the local administration of the Union territory of Ladakh to first understand the history and ancient culture of this so far largely neglected territory to be able to focus on its holistic and sustainable development.

He informed that out of the 59,000-plus sq kms area of the present day Ladakh, only about 19,000 sq kms is inhabited and 60% of it (about 25,000 sq kms) is not even being governed and “being left to the Gods” with none of the 37 odd departments of the government having any sort of presence there.

The former Indian ambassador to the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan said though whatever area of Ladakh is now part of India is barren land (large swaths of its wool and mineral rich lands being in the illegal occupation of Pakistan and China), it holds huge potential for harnessing its river water resources which are currently freely flowing into Pakistan. Its vast potential for generating solar and wind power is also largely going untapped.

Processing of horticulture produce, especially Seabuckthorn, a wonder berry growing in the wild in parts of Ladakh with vast usage in the beverages, medicines and cosmetics industries and more, can also help transform the economy of the union territory, he said.

In a pointed remark on the long border standoff with China with deployment of large armies from both sides in Easte Ladakh, he said China is smartly reaping economic gains from its deployment by furthering its developmental agenda, including the controversial Belt and Road (or One Belt One Road) Initiative being opposed by us. India, on the other hand, in the absence of a coherent politico-military strategy, has been left bleeding its taxpayers’ money with a matching defensive posture.

The national seminar was jointly organised by the Department of Defence and National Security Studies and Institute of Social Science Education & Research, Panjab University Chandigarh in collaboration with ‘Gyan Setu’ Think Tank and Jammu Kashmir Study Centre.

Indian Council of Social Sciences Research (North West Regional Centre) Chandigarh sponsored the event, which was attended by faculty, research scholars and students of the University. Serving and retired military officials were also in attendance.

 

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Bonanza For Riders; Level Playing Field For Drivers

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Finding the current cab aggregators’ working model as skewed and heavily weighed against taxi drivers and riders, a former auto/cab driver and operator has come out with a new chain networking business model which promises a win-win situation and attractive lifelong incentive income for drivers and riders alike.

So, here comes cab hailing service ‘Peru Cabs’, launched in the tricity on Thursday by co-founder couple MK Perumal and Rupali with 1,000 taxis already aggregated.

It comes with a host of attractive offers, including guaranteed cash back on every ride on pay per km basis starting @Rs 10/km with no unethical ‘surge pricing’, monthly gift of free rides, loyalty bonus, and opportunity for lifelong incentive income through chain networking.

Peru Cabs Co-founders: MK Perumal & Rupali

Photo Courtesy: Peru Cabs

Perumal, who experienced the pain and agony of his highly successful cab rental service in Nagpur crumbling in 2016 following the country allowing the entry of MNC cab aggregators in 2014, and Rupali say “We have been striving all these years to create a level playing field for cab drivers – to start something which fellow cab drivers can trust as their own.”

Peru Cabs Team In Chandigarh

The unique selling proposition (USP) of Peru Cabs app, explains Perumal (from whose name ‘Peru’ has emerged) is that “it treats both cab owners and customers (riders) as ‘consultants’ just as consultants in any other business. On becoming a consultant, there are 12 different streams from which a lifelong income can be earned. The greater the chain formed through a system of referrals, the greater the lifelong incentive income a consultant gets.”

(For more details https://consultant.perucabs.com)

What is in it for riders: Apart from no surge pricing, for frequent or daily riders there is assured cash back at the end of every month, plus a gift in terms of free rides, and in addition option of becoming Peru Cabs consultant to reap lifelong incentive income.

For drivers: Instant cash business, refer & earn, build your team, 12 streams of lifelong incentive income (including ride profit of up to 70%, performance bonus, taxi EMI bonus, maintenance fund & more), transferrable business, weekly business training, skill development facility for families.

Why Chandigarh first? Says Perumal: Our family moved to Chandigarh in 2022 to closely monitor the development of the Peru Cabs app, done by a Chandigarh based IT company, and since then we have made the city our home.

He claims that 1,000 taxis have already been aggregated on the Peru Cabs app in the Chandigarh tricity. “This number is sought to be quickly raised to 5000 as our driver and customer centric business model is being lapped up fast."

Autos will also be soon added on the app, which is estimated to connect approximately 45,000 drivers and 4.5 million customers in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana.

Perumal shares that there is a potential for approximately one million trips per week in the region and as per a rough estimate a payment of Rs 8.4 crores is there to be collected in this cab booking app, considering average single trip to be Rs. 100.

He expresses confidence that Peru Cabs will be able to go pan India in 6 months to one year timeline, and then go global, why not!

 

 

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Come, Lets™ Enjoy The Colours Of Summer™

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Sanjeev Kochhar
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It’s been a year this cafe and bar, with its signature whites and blues and Mediterranean/European style menus, has been giving you a look and feel of being there by the blue sea. Now Olive Cafe & Bar in Sector 26 has come out with a cool-cool new Summer menu to help you chill in the heat.

The beautifully laid out salads, dishes and drinks from the new Summer menu at a special media preview on Tuesday had the lensmen all excited, so much so that even after taking dozens of pictures they still wanted more. Despite his busy schedule, and eagerness to head back to the kitchen, Head Chef Anubhav Moza obliged each and every request for different angles and poses from them.

Photos Courtesy: Olive

Finally over with the photo shoots, Chef Moza sat down with us to share the details of the new Summer menu and the thought which went into each of the items on it.

He explained, “The dishes in the new food menu use fresh seasonal produce, thereby making the concept of farm-to-plate a reality. The cool new summer menu has ingredients that are best suited for the season, like tomatoes, mangoes, mulberry, millets and more.”

Orange Mint Lemonade

Beetroot & Plum Teq-Tonics

One of the highlights of the new menu is the Spanish cold soup, ‘Gazpacho’, made using yellow and red cherry tomatoes.

In fresh salads, the ‘Mango & Mulberry’ salad with other ingredients like cream cheese, granola and arugula leaves, he said is a must have. It has the extract of Roselle (an edible flower) used as a dressing to provide the salad an exquisite flavour.

Mediterranean Bowl

Beetroot, Guava & Citrus

The other signature salad is ‘Beetroot, Guava and Citrus’. Guava carpaccio, golden beetroot, candy cane beetroot and goat cheese are the summer ingredients used to make this salad. Golden beetroots are being introduced for the first time in the city to enhance the culinary experience of guests.

To commemorate the International Year of The Millets, Olive Cafe & Bar has also introduced some millet-based dishes in the new Summer menu. So, ‘Avocado and Millet’ is made with Foxtail Millets and Avocados. The millets, with a half avocado placed on top, was smooth as silk and tasted great, debunking the general impression that millets are coarse grains, and thus not too good to taste.

Other millets used in various dishes in the new Summer menu include quinoa and pearl barley.

Asian Bowl

Avocadeo & Millet

For lunch, diners can choose from an exciting new burger menu. A major attraction here is the ‘Shroom burger’ that has truffle mayo, button mushroom, shitake patty, arugula leaves and cheese in brioche burger buns; served with house-made sweet potatoes. The ‘Go green burger’ has Avocado slices, spinach, broccoli and peas patty, cheese and charred onions.

The menu includes gourmet sandwiches and an array of bowls like the Mediterranean Bowl, Burrito Bowl and Asian Bowl.

Olive Café and Bar has also introduced hand-made pastas, ‘Pumpkin and Walnut Pasta’ being one from the range.

In the cocktails, the in-house concoctions have been made with natural fruits, and exclusive infusions of Asian herbs, coconut water, thyme, mustard, basil and more.

Burrata

The Café and Bar also offers in-house churned ice creams and sorbets, which are featured in the menu this time. The cassata and choco bar are quite unique. The cassata features flavours like rum n’ resin and salted caramel served with mulberry compote. The choco bar is perfectly flavoured with whiskey, banana and vanilla coated with chocolate and hazelnut.

Come, let’s enjoy the summer!

 

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Promise Of International Variety & Quality, Reasonable Price

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After the phenomenal success of the by now 600-cafe strong La Pino’z Pizza chain, its promoters have now launched Lord Petrick Premium Coffee & Burger brand. The first Lord Petrick cafe got off to a rollicking start in Sector 8 Madhya Marg earlier this week with an ambitious target to expand to 150 cafes pan India within the current financial year.

Interacting with your own news website LifeInChandigarh.com, at the formal launch on May 15, promoter of both the brands Sanam Kapoor said the USP of Lord Petrick is that you will find an exhaustive variety of quality Italian roast premium burgers, the popular ones from around the world, at most reasonable prices.

Photos By: Life In Chandigarh & Lord Petrick

“We have made sure that the customer gets the best quality of burgers with the dough freshly prepared in-house. The mayonnaise and sauces used in the burgers are also made in-house. Signature dips to accompany the burgers include Thousand Island, Magic Mayo and Smoke Chilli specials,” he added.

Coming to coffees, he shared, “The hot and cold coffees we offer also taste great with the coffee beans sourced from Naples (Italy), known as the ‘City of Coffee’. The coffee beans are freshly ground and well-trained baristas prepare flavourful and tasty coffee brews in world class machines.”

Lord Petrick cafe serves 75 odd varieties of Veg and Non-Veg burgers and sides, cold brews, shakes, cold coffees, hot coffees and other regular beverages.

Looking at pricing, the wide range of nearly two dozen premium burgers, including Thai Sriracha, Veggie Bomber, Tandoori Chicken, New Yorker Chicken, Herby Chicken, starts from Rs 69 with the max-priced burger costing Rs 229.

In veg sides, you have fries, premium fries and jalapeno poppers, ranging from Rs 94 to Rs 175 and in non-veg sides, boneless chicken, chicken wings and chicken strips range from Rs 164-Rs 186.

The cafe also serves a wide range of cold brews, shakes, premium shakes and cold coffees for between Rs 76 and Rs 253.

The prices of nine varieties of hot coffees range from Rs 48 (for an espresso) to Rs 198.

Apart from the good quality premium Italian roast coffee and burgers being available at reasonable prices, the cafe boasts of a pleasing ambience and a prompt service, ticking all the three hallmarks of a good cafe-restaurant.

Sanam Kapoor informed that just like the fast pace of expansion of the La Pino’z Pizza chain on hybrid model, the roll out of the Lord Petrick Coffee & Burger chain will also be at jet speed on the same hybrid model.

Lord Petrick cafes will be expanded to 15 across the Chandigarh tricity in the next 6 months, all of them being self owned. The rollout of cafes in the other parts of the country will be on franchise model and the target is to touch 150 cafes by the end of the current financial year.

Likewise, all the 32 La Pino’z Pizza cafes in the tricity, out of the 600 cafes pan India, are self owned.

Lord Petrick Premium Coffee & Burger is offering free home delivery on orders above Rs 200.

Delivers are promised in 30 minutes.

https://lordpetrickindia.com/order/lord-petrick-sector-8-chandigarh

 

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She Rules Hearts Of Young & Aspiring India

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More than her achievements as a social worker, author, educator, philanthropist and Padma Bhushan award winner, Dr Sudha Murty is today a celebrity and a role model for a young and aspiring India, akin to the late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

Her simplicity, ever smiling demeanour, sense of calmness she exudes, positivity she carries around her and her straight-from-the-heart style of honest talking, interspersed with hilarious comments has won millions of hearts and minds.

Photos By: Life In Chandigarh & PU Chandigarh

So, when it was announced that the founder of Infosys Foundation would be in conversation with the faculty and research scholars of Panjab University on Friday, a day prior to her being awarded with Honoris Causa Degree by Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar on the occasion of the 70th Annual Convocation of the university, a full house was the least which could have been expected.

Indeed, the not so large auditorium of Dr S.S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, which usually remains half empty even during the best of lectures by eminent personalities, seminars or conferences, was jam-packed, with many in the audience having to squeeze themselves in.

Listening intensely to every thought expressed by the free-flowing Sudha Murty, the audience intermittently burst into laughter and spontaneous clapping, which has become synonymous with the 72-year-old’s by now famed wit.

To Sudha Murty’s credit, she has a way with the audiences. Despite most of what she says being already common knowledge, and she being a prolific talker (by her own admission, be sure when Sudha is around she will do the bulk of the talking), her listeners enjoy and soak in every word of what she says.

What people appear to particularly like about her thoughts is that there is no pretence and she talks real sense, drawing from her vast experience of interacting with a multitude of people from diverse fields.

On Friday, while stressing on the need for people to walk the talk, she said children are closely looking at your actions and they will emulate what they see. “I for one do not talk about something I do not believe in, or indulge in anything which does not engage my mind,” she shared.

Known to be a strong votary of simplicity and value based behaviour, she said money is not everything in life. Without compassion for others, life tends to become meaningless, she added.

Asserting that she is not a Buddha, Mahavira or Guru Nanak, to preach the true meaning of life, she nevertheless expressed the opinion that there is nothing perfect in real life. “Living with the realities of life, the imperfection it brings and striking equilibrium in life is not easy, it takes time. Eventually, everyone has to find his own path to achieve inner happiness. As far as I am concerned, helping the helpless, and bringing some joy in their lives, is a source of tremendous happiness.”

Advising the young to follow their own calling, she said there is no fixed formula for success because life is so much unpredictable. “Just put in that extra effort and believe in yourself. Repeated success makes a man arrogant, so failures should be taken as life lessons because these make a man strong, and help sustain humility,” she averred.

The interactive session was presided over by university Vice Chancellor Prof Renu Vig. Prof Rumina Sethi, Dean of University Instruction, hosted the conversation. The other organizers Prof Anju Suri, Dean of Faculty of Arts, and Prof Anupama Sharma, Dean of Alumni Relations also graced the dais.

A lady from the audience presented a self painted caricature of Sudha Murty to her.

In their enthusiasm to get close to the celebrity, several faculty members and research scholars literally mobbed her on the dais after the event.

 

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A Refreshing & Modern Day-Boarding School Comes To Town

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Sanjeev Kochhar
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From up there at 9,000 feet above sea level in the Baghi valley, near Kotkhai in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh, the reputed 20 years old Roots Country School has climbed down more than 7,000 feet to set up a mode day-boarding school branch in the pristine DLF The Valley project in Sector 3 of Pinjore-Kalka Urban Complex, Panchkula.

Within weeks of opening its doors to admissions from pre-primary to Class VII, the CBSE-affiliated and LEAD-powered school, with an international standard curriculum combined with innovative school ed-tech solutions, is already bustling with 200 students, 38 of whom are day-boarders, apparently coming as a boon especially for working couples and single parents.

Kirti Rotha (left) and Susan Bhagra interacting with the media

Photos By: Life In Chandigarh & Roots Country School

Besides its deep focus on experiential learning with LEAD system of pedagogy, the school has all the mode facilities parents would want for their children. Right from an impressive five-storey centrally air conditioned building, to classrooms equipped with latest tools of learning to assist teachers and students, science labs, including one dedicated to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics, and well stocked library and e-library, the school has it all.

An indoor all-weather swimming pool, dedicated dance and music rooms, facilities for indoor games like chess, table tennis, badminton, snooker and karate, outdoor play facilities for the very young and well laid out synthetic basketball court and tennis ground are a few of the other noteworthy infrastructure.

A 700-capacity multi-purpose indoor hall-cum-auditorium is getting ready to house various activities like school assemblies, events etc indoors in all-weather conditions.

Rejuvenated after a swim

An infirmary manned by a fulltime qualified doctor with laid out beds, separate bunk bed dormitories for boys and girls, kitchen and in-house pastry shop, and dining rooms complete the school infrastructure. For safety purposes, dozens of CCTV cameras are installed all over the school and are constantly monitored by guards in a control room.

The school maintains a fleet of air-conditioned school buses. 

Invited for an interaction on Thursday, the media was guided around the premises by co-founder of the school Kirti Rotha, who is also principal of the school in the Baghi Valley, and Susan Bhagra, principal of the school branch in DLF The Valley and former Vice Principal of the iconic more than a century old Loreto Convent Tara Hall School in Shimla. The other co-founder of the school Sunil Rotha had to excuse himself because of pressing school engagements back in Shimla.

Incidentally, though a generation apart, both Susan Bhagra and Kirti Rotha are alumni of Loreto Convent Tara Hall School, Shimla and Susan happened to be Kirti’s geography teacher. “The caring nature of Susan Ma’am towards her students, and her passion for learning and teaching, which I experienced firsthand, is the reason why we were keen to have her as principal in the Panchkula branch of our school,” Kirti shared.

She claimed that one of the pillars of strength of Roots Country School, Baghi, which they would like to replicate here, has been the excellent working relationship of the school management with the parent community, based on mutual understanding and trust. Parents are kept in the loop on just about every activity in the school through a digital platform.

Another area where the school management has been laying stress at the Baghi, Kotkhai school is sensitising the students and parents about the fast changing demands of the future workplaces and the need to explore newer fields of study after Class X. The role of responsible use of technology for better learning outcomes is another area of focus at Roots, she added.

Susan Bhagra shared that principals in both schools are active participants in day to day classroom learning. “You will hardly find us in the principal’s room. We circulate in the classrooms like ‘invisible’ observers, not to judge the students and the teachers, but to handhold where necessary.”

With the media interaction and a round of the school over, the parting lunch, freshly prepared in the school kitchen for the students, tasted great, just like home.

Overall, must say, came back with a good impression – infrastructure, ambience, learning environment, and above all honest intent!

Wishing the school all the best!

Contact: 62309-55515 or 01733-298489

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Have A Hacker Brain! Bug Bounty Hunting™ Is Choice No. 1!

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What started as a casual successful attempt at hacking the Wi-Fi network of his coaching institute while pursing non-medical stream in Class XI, has today blossomed into a full blown passionate pursuit of the highly rewarding field of ethical hacking (or bug bounty hunting) for Chandigarh boy Harinder Singh, placing him among the top ten geeks of this field in the country.

Having ethically hacked 200+ companies, institutions, organisations and governments, including Google, Flipkart, Blackberry, BMW, Bosch, Redhat, United Nations, EA, TeamViewer, Mcafee, and many more, exposing simple or critical vulnerabilities in their IT systems, the 23-year-old has won millions in ‘bug hunting bounty’, besides being awarded swags, badges, letters of appreciation and listed by various beneficiaries in their ‘Hall of Fame’.

Photos courtesy: Harinder Singh

Earlier this month Harinder Singh, who schooled at St Joseph’s Chandigarh and graduated in Bachelor’s in Computer Application (BCA) from Chitkara University Rajpura, was honoured with reputation points and a special non-monetary token called ‘C01N’ by the Govt of Singapore (GovTech Singapore) in recognition for his valuable services in identifying a security vulnerability in one of their websites though Hackone, world’s largest community of trusted ethical hackers.

Singapore’s own version of Arduino, C01N is a powerful device equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities which can be customised to suit different needs and used for a variety of computer applications.

In an exclusive interaction with your own news website LifeInChandigarh.com, the cybersecurity analyst, working full-time with FIS Global, world’s No. 1 fintech company, as End Point Security Engineer since 2021, revealed that there is a lot more money to be made through ethical hacking (as ‘white hats’) than in cybercrime, wherein cybercriminals exploit the vulnerabilities in the IT systems to gain access and play havoc.

Harinder Singh informed that despite best efforts by governments, companies, institutions, organisations, and others worldwide to shore up their cybersecurity, weaknesses and vulnerabilities in the IT systems still get left out. It is here that ethical hackers or ‘white hats’ step in to identify and report cybersecurity risks in these IT systems and pre-empt the evil designs of cybercriminals, he added.

Not so much prevalent in India, ‘bug bounty hunting’ is big business in the advanced countries where governments, companies, institutions and organisations, which take their cybersecurity really seriously, have laid out policies and programmes, and specified terms and conditions for their engagement with the ethical hackers. Handsome ‘bounties’ or payouts are made to the ‘white hats’ depending on criticality of the bugs/vulnerabilities detected and reported by them.

Recounting his own bug bounty journey, Harinder Singh said, having joined the Hackerone community in October 2020, his first real break came in 2021 when he was able to identify vulnerability in the website of a Netherlands company and with it was able to access its employee details. Acknowledging his find, the company rewarded him with a handsome ‘bounty’ in foreign currency.

The cybersecurity consultant has in two years been able to identify and report vulnerabilities/bugs in the IT systems of 200+ organisations, 137 of these through Hackerone, for which he has been ranked among top 10 ethical hackers in India on the worldwide platform.

However, Harinder Singh sees his achievements thus far as only a tip of the iceberg. The opportunities are immense and his aim is to become the No. 1 hacker in the country and be part of the international hall of fame in the field.

Nevertheless, he is very humble about his achievements and credits his mentors and friends for their constant guidance, feedback and motivation.

For those who are also pursuing, or are wanting to pursue ‘bug bounty hunting’ or cybersecurity, his message is to “keep pushing yourself, never stop learning, and not hesitate to seek guidance from experts in the field. Remember, success is a journey, not a destination, and it requires hard work, perseverance, and the right support system.”

Harinder Singh’s recommendations for free training:

To learnt basics: https://tryhackme.com/ (hands-on cybersecurity training through real-world scenarios)

To practice ethical hacking: https://portswigger.net/web-security

 

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