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Friday, Jun 24, 2005

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Concern over state of girl child

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said education and health of women were two issues which need to be addressed urgently and expressed grave concern at the state of the girl child who even in urban areas face acute malnutrition.

Speaking during the fifth and final session of women's empowerment training programme organised by the All India Mahila Congress at Nehru Yuvak Kendra here, Ms Dikshit said given a chance women not only accomplish the best but also excel in their areas.

Noting that the dream of Rajiv Gandhi to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in local governance had proved to be a grand success, she said within a short span of time women had proved their mettle and achieved the targets much more successfully than men. The Chief Minister also expressed concern at incidents of female foeticide and rape and urged the Mahila Congress cadres to initiate a nationwide campaign against these appalling crimes.

Bank launches customer services

NEW DELHI: The State Bank of Patiala rolled out two major Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) initiatives in the form of Grahak Mitra and Drop Box at its Hauz Khas, Nehru Place and Shastri Bhavan branches on Thursday.

While the Managing Director, Yogesh Agarwal, launched these customer services, the initiatives would be rolled out at 10 more branches on Friday. While Grahak Mitra stationed in the branches will provide the customers with first level information about the products of the bank and educate them about alternate channels, the Drop Box would provide hassle-free cheque tendering service.

The bank said other initiatives rolled out in Delhi include the Retail Assets Central Processing Centre for reducing the turnaround time of house loans, education loans and car loans.

Ruhani Mission initiative

NEW DELHI: The head of Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission, Sant Rajinder Singh, visited San Juan, Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo Dominican Republic recently to bring the International Human Unity Conference (IHUC) to the Caribbean, a release by the Mission said on Wednesday.

The theme of the 22nd IHUC was "Peace and Unity through Spirituality'', the release said, adding that this offered people of both countries a chance to experience how peace can be realised through spirituality. The purpose of the conference was to gather religious, civil and social leaders together in order to explore the efficacy of prayer and meditation as a way of attaining both personal and global peace.

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