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New Ghaziabad, Friday, November 20, 2009
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CITY BUZZ
Amity wins Limca Book of Records quiz in Noida A
mity International School won the Noida city finals of the Limca Book of Records Quiz 2009 held at the school premises. The young geniuses from the winning school in Noida would now compete with winners from 74 other schools in the semifinals. L o t u s Va l l e y S c h o o l emerged the runners-up in the city final. Around 178 students from 32 schools participated from Noida out of which six schools competed in the city final; Amity International School,
CANCER
awareness rally in city
Lotus Valley School, DPS Noida, Ryan International School, Army Public School and Khaitan Public School. Following the huge success of the Limca Book of Records, 2008, this year the quiz is being organised on a larger scale. Pratik Dubey, HR manager UP, Coca-Cola India, presented the awards to the winners of the Noida city finals. He said, "Limca Book of Records, now celebrating its 20th illustrious year, truly represents India at her best providing us with the opportunity to learn about the achievements of Indians."
United fight against 'water crisis' I
n order to deal with the water crisis in India, Rotary Club of Delhi Midtown, in association with UNESCO and WWF, announced an awareness programme on 'Water Crisis' in India on November 12. G S Singhvi, president, Rotary Club, said, “We are making an effort to create awareness in young school children as I firmly believe that today's kids are mature, logical and intel-
ligent hence kids have been pitched in.� A rally titled 'Walk For Water' will be taken out from Rajpath/Rafi Marg crossing near India Gate on November 15. CM Sheila Dikshit will flag off the rally and Kalyan Banerjee will be the guest of honour. Other special guests include UNESCO chief for south Asia Parasuramen and GS Pillai, Home Secretary, Government of India. About 5000 school chil-
T dren will participate in the rally. The rally will be led by a group of differentlyabled children. A school
A captivating event at PSK B
aba Alludin Khan Music Foundation organised a Musical Baithak at Poorva
Sanskritik Kendra Laxmi Nagar on November 12. Many connoisseurs of classical music were present in
rock band will also perform their own composition dedicated to the cause of conserving water.
Our main motive is to provide a platform to new and budding talent through our foundation," said organisthe programme. er Arup Ratan. "Every month, we hold a Sonal Chaana, a child musical baithak in PSK to artist, first sang classical promote classical music. vocals followed by Kedar Raaga and bhajans. Another budding artist from Kolkata Rithom Sarkar played Raaga Bhagyeshwari in traditional alaap on Hawain Guitar and after that played taal porton. He also played Bilambit in teen taal on tabla, Matya taal of nine beats, ek taal of twelve beats and Drut Jhala in three taal of sixteen beats.
o create awareness about cancer, the Cancer Winners Association of India organised a mass rally on Saturday in Noida. District magistrate Deepak Aggrawal flagged off the rally at Noida Stadium Sector 21. More than 400 people participated in the rally which crossed sectors 21, 20 and Sector 26.
It was a half-an-hour programme. Both the artists were accompanied by Dr Nageshwar Karen on tabla. Seema Deepak trustee of Baba Alludin Khan Music Foundation also graced the event with her presence. The Musical Baithak will be next staged in the month of December.
The association organised a cancer screening test at Sector 20 community centre. Members of the association gave tips on cancer prevention to the people gathered there. Speaking on the occasion Dr Pawan Gupta says, "If identified in the initial stages, cancer is curable. It is necessary to educate people on the symptoms of cancer."