City Briefs

Aagaz organises Teej festival

Ludhiana: Aagaz Charitable Foundation,an NGO working for the cause of downtrodden and weaker sections of society,celebrated Teej,a monsoon festival at Aitiyana village,adopted by Aagaz,on Friday. Preeti Kansal,spokesperson of the NGO said,“We at Aagaz have been celebrating teej here since 2005. The theme of the festival was the fight against female foeticide.” The NGO held talks,poetry recitation on the topic,a competition was held for singing the traditional ‘Bolian’ on the importance of a daughter.

GADVASU students win laurels at international symposium

Ludhiana: Post graduate students of Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology,GADVASU participated and presented clinical papers in the recently concluded International Symposium on “Clinical Skill Development for the next generation Veterinary Practice” jointly organised by TANUVAS and Michigan State University,USA. The symposium was held at Madras Veterinary College,Chennai. The paper entitled “Successful management of generalized peritonitis in a dog” presented by Dr Ketki Raje,MVSc and co-authored by Dr J Mohindroo and T. Singh was adjudged the best paper in the Companion Animal Surgery Section. Another clinical paper entitled “Successful management of Bilateral tibia fracture in a dog using interlocking nailing and POP cast” presented by Dr Varun Prabhakar,MVSc and co-authored by Dr A K Bishnoi and M Raghunath was ranked third in the Companion Animal Surgery Section. Dr N S Saini,Head,Department of Surgery and Radiology,congratulated the winners and said that such awards will encourage the students and faculty members to work harder for the welfare of the animals.