Over one lakh students take pledge against tobacco
Around one lakh students and teachers from different schools took a pledge not to consume tobacco in their life on the World No Tobacco Day on Friday.
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Sangrur
UPDATED ON MAY 31, 2013 11:14 PM IST
Around one lakh students and teachers from different schools took a pledge not to consume tobacco in their life on the World No Tobacco Day on Friday.
In order to spread awareness against tobacco products, the Punjab health and family welfare department and education department had initiated the move jointly.
In the oath-taking ceremony held at senior secondary school at Uppli village, additional deputy commissioner Pritam Singh Johal said the initiative would help students maintain a distance from tobacco and other drugs for a better and healthy future.
Johal said it would also help control increasing cases of mouth cancer, often caused due to tobacco chewing, and other tobacco-related diseases.
Sangrur civil surgeon Dr Subodh Gupta, district health officer Dr Surinder Singla and district education officer Nirmal Singh Sohi also took the pledge on the occasion.
PMC seals 3 city labs over incomplete Covid-19 reports
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UPDATED ON MAR 08, 2021 08:59 PM IST
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₹70 lakh “Shivkalin park” to be built at Sinhagad fort
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Rakesh Tikait in MP today; farmers warn of stir if he is arrested in 2012 case
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 09:40 AM IST
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By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar
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By Ram Parmar, Palghar
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A 41-year-old biker was killed after the branch of a huge tree fell on him at Chandulal Wadi, in Bhayander (West) on Saturday afternoon
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Lodhi Club polls: Thumping victory for Mahajan group
By HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 12:25 AM IST
Nitin Mahajan outdid Dr Gaurav Sachdeva by 512 votes to become the general secretary of the club yet again
Speeding truck runs over scooterist in Ludhiana hit-and-run
By HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 12:22 AM IST
A scooterist, on his way to pick up his three children from school, was run over by a truck in a hit-and-run accident in Sherpur on Saturday
Under the shadow of uncertainty, students of foreign universities hope to pursue their dreams
By Manasi Deshpande
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By Vinod Rajput
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 11:29 PM IST
GREATER NOIDA:
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PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 11:28 PM IST
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