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Time of India
3 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
District jail raises anti-tobacco awareness
Kanpur: District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) on Saturday organised an awareness programme at Kanpur District Jail on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day. World No Tobacco Day is observed every year on May 31. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Theme for 2025 is 'Bright Products. Dark Intentions'. Additional session judge and Secretary DLSA, Kamlesh Kumar Maurya apprised the jail inmates about the ill effects of tobacco and advised them to keep a distance from tobacco. He also apprised that World No Tobacco Day was observed on 31st May by the World Health Organisation to promote awareness about the risks associated with the use of tobacco and its products and its ill effects on family, society, and the environment. Everyone should avoid consumption of tobacco and its products. Jail Superintendent District Jail, Kanpur Nagar, BD Pandey appealed to the prisoners to not consume tobacco and also inform their friends to not consume tobacco and other intoxicants. Dr. Prabhakar Tripathi informed the prisoners in detail about the diseases caused by tobacco consumption. Arogya Dham Kanpur also observed World No Tobacco Day. Participants took pledge to keep a distance from tobacco and staged a street play to create awareness among the people.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
Students welcomed back to schools with fanfare
As the schools reopened after the summer holidays, students of various government schools were welcomed for the new academic year with much fanfare by the teachers and government officials at their respective schools in Dharwad district on Friday. The school premises were spruced up for the start of the new academic year and the entrances were decorated with colourful balloons and flowers. The teachers including the headmasters and headmistresses were at the entrance to welcome the students with flowers. The students were also given free textbooks and uniforms on the opening day of the academic year. Distributing the textbooks and uniforms at Governemnt Higher Primary School in Dharwad on Friday, Additional Deputy Commissioner C.D. Geeta said that under 'Mission Vidya Kashi' several initiatives were being taken to provide quality education and training to the students and the teachers were taking every possible step to improve the performances of the students. Ms. Geeta said that the teachers had a greater role to play in improving the confidence of the students, which in turn, would help the students in facing the challenges that they come across in their lives. She also emphasised the need for taking personal care of the students to ensure that they did not skip classes and take all steps to improve the concentration of the students and boost their creativity. Senior Civil Judge and Member Secretary of District Legal Service Authority Parashuram Doddamani said that primary education was crucial as it laid the foundation. Teachers should ensure that the students were not deprived of education by treating them with love and affection and motivating them to learn without discriminating any child, he said. Deputy Director of Public Instruction S.S. Keladimath said that the total demand of uniforms for the primary schools in the district was 1,02,988 sets and it was 28,164 sets for higher education. While the 1,02,865 sets of uniforms had been supplied for primary schools, the high schools had received 28,004 sets. Similarly against the demand of 27,22,400 textboos for the district, 21,69,370 textbooks (79.69% ) had already been supplied, he said. Other officials and teachers were present. In Hubballi, MLA Mahesh Tenginakai distributed the textbooks and sweets tot he students to welcome them back to the school on the inaugural day. He visited government schools at Nagashettikoppa and Gopnakoppa in Hubballi and greeted students with sweets and distributed textbooks. Channappagouda Patil, Umesh Bommakkanavar, Block Education Officers and others were present. Meanwhile, at various places, the teachers along with students took out processions heralding the reopening of the government schools. At Broadway in Hubballi, teachers and students with music band covered the localities in the vicinity of the school highlighting the benefits of studying in government schools.
