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THE SOFT launch of Project SAATHI, a six-month programme to improve the mental wellbeing of students, took place at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on Monday.

Project SAATHI, a school-based mental health and wellness initiative launched here, has begun showing early positive responses from students within a week of the rollout of its second phase across five govt schools.

As Chandigarh marks 75 years of its founding, the Indorama Ventures Center for Clean Energy at Plaksha University, in col-laboration with Chandigarh Citizens’ Foun-dation, will host a conference titled “Reimagining Buildings in the Tricity” on April 11.

 With Chandigarh marking its 75th founda- tion year, Plaksha University, in collaboration with the Chandigarh Citizens Foundation orga- nised a programme to deliberate over the future trajectory of the city and how it can retain its legacy as India’s most planned urban centre in the coming five decades.

Chandigarh: Experts from policy, academia and indust- ry came together here Satur- day to deliberate on a road- map for Chandigarh’s next 50 years, with discussions cent- red on sustainability, techno- logy and future-ready urban planning as the city marks 75 years since its founding.

As Chandigarh completes 75 years of its founding, urban planners, policymakers, archi- tects, engineers and academi- cians converged in Mohali on Saturday to chart, a sustain- ability and technology-driven roadmap for the Tricity’s next five decades.

Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand on Thursday said those defending status quo in the field of agriculture do not have the courage to introduce changes which is leading to a creative destruction. During a discussion on diversification for higher income and sustainable agriculture in Punjab and Haryana, organised at the Centre for Research in Rural...

The Governor of Punjab and Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh, Gulab Chand Kataria attended as Chief Guest the programme titled “75 Years of Chandigarh: Honouring Indian Modernists of Chandigarh” held at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh. The event was organised by the Chandigarh Administration and Chandigarh Citizens Foundation to mark 75 years of the city’s...

Chandigarh: Gyan Setu Think Tank, under the aegis of the Chandigarh Citizens Foundation, organised a Know Your Fauji outreach programme on Martyrs’ Day, with 75 NSS volunteers from Post Graduate Government College, Sector 1, Panchkula, participating in the event.The programme was organised in coordination with the Western Command, following approval from Army Commander Lt Gen...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to impact public services, and India is well on track to use it for larger public good, be it in agriculture, health or education, says Nobel laureate in Economics Michael Kremer.