Students take out cycle rally

Rohtak: Students of Gandhi School, a makeshift institution being run by a social activist Naresh Kumar for the past 15 years to educate children of migrant labourers, took out a cycle rally in the city to motivate people for not bursting crackers on this Diwali. The rally was flagged off by social activist Kashmiri Lal Arora from Sector 5 which culminated at Sector 1 after passing through various residential localities. “Preserving the environment is the responsibility of every citizen. Since air quality index is hitting very poor level nowadays, there is a dire need of saying no to crackers this Diwali,” said Naresh.

MDU Prof among top scientists

Rohtak: Dr CS Pundir, Professor Emeritus in Faculty of Life Sciences of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) has been included in the list of top scientists of the world curated by experts of Stanford University, USA, and published in reputed global journal PLOS Biology. Prof Pundir has been placed at the 245th rank with C-score of 3.5856. He has published 249 research papers. Notably, he has been working in the area of bio-sensors, bio-sensing technology and enzyme technology. The list has been prepared on the basis of standardised citation indications, including information of the number of citations, H-index, co-authorship and a composite indicator. It has 1,59,683 scientists from around the world, with 1,492 Indians on the list. Prof Pundir has been included in the list owing to his sterling research contribution in the field of bio-technology. MDU Vice-Chancellor Prof Rajbir Singh congratulated Prof Pundir for the achievement.

Sainik School invites applications

Karnal: Applications have been invited for All-India Sainik School Entrance Examination (AISSEE) for admission to Sainik Schools across the nation for the 2021-22 academic session. Boys and girls willing to take admission in the two Sainik Schools in Haryana namely Sainik School, Kunjpura (Karnal), and Sainik School, Rewari, can apply online. It is for the first time that girls are being given an opportunity to study in Sainik School from Class VI. The entrance examination for admissions will be held on January 10, 2021, at the scheduled examination centres. Giving information in this regard, an official spokesperson said admissions for Class VI and Class IX were being carried out through entrance examination. He said students born between April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2011 were eligible for admission in Class VI. Similarly, students born between April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2008 were eligible for admission in Class IX.