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April 22, 2012

Earth Day 2012

Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22 after it was first held on April 22, 1970. US Senator Gaylord Nelson is credited for the genesis of Earth Day as he conceived it as a tool to raise ecological awareness after witnessing a huge oil spill in Santa Barbara, California in 1969.

Punjab to set up 24X7 call centre for NRIs

Chandigarh, April 22
The Punjab Government has decided to set up a 24X7 call centre to enable NRIs from Punjab to register their complaints through telephone or Internet. This was decided in a meeting presided over by Minister for NRI Affairs Bikram Singh Majithia, in which NRI Commission chairman Justice (retd) Arvind Kumar, Chief Secretary Rakesh Singh and other senior officials of the state participated.
Asking NRI Commissioner Vikas Partap Singh to prepare a case to set up a round-the-clock call centre to address grievances of NRIs, Majithia said besides the call centre, the department would also come up with an interactive website.
Over cases of harassment and cheating reported by NRIs, Majithia said ADC (General) and SP (Headquarters) would be ex-officio designated as nodal officers for NRI affairs and would deliver justice to NRIs in a time-bound manner.