Jamaat-e-Islami Hind launches awareness campaign against drug abuse

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind launches awareness campaign against drug abuse

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind members releasing posters of their campaign against drug abuse, in Vijayawada on Saturday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has planned to run a State-level campaign against drug abuse and other vices. Representative of the organisation Abdul Sattar, on Saturday, said that about 98 lakh people, including minors, were addicted … Read more

Andhra Pradesh lauded for efforts to raise awareness on ill-effects of tobacco use

Andhra Pradesh lauded for efforts to raise awareness on ill-effects of tobacco use

Andhra Pradesh has secured first position in the country for organising a series of awareness campaigns during ‘World No Tobacco Day-2023’ drive from May 31 to August 15 this year. Health and medical officials from Andhra Pradesh were lauded for creating a benchmark and becoming an inspiration for other States in their efforts towards bringing … Read more

Walkathon to raise awareness on maintaining a healthy heart and brain organised

Walkathon to raise awareness on maintaining a healthy heart and brain organised

A walkathon was organised on Sunday to raise awareness on the need to maintain a healthy heart and brain. Gleneagles Healthcity’s 4km-walkathon was flagged off by actor Prasanna. The walk wound its way from the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) and ended at the Pallikaranai police station. Students from Asan Memorial College, Sathak College, Hindustan College, … Read more

CMC observes International Snakebite Awareness Day in Vellore

CMC observes International Snakebite Awareness Day in Vellore

The sixth International Snakebite Awareness Day being observed at CMC in Vellore on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Poison Control Center of Christian Medical College (CMC) Hospital observed the sixth International Snakebite Awareness Day on its campus in Vellore on Tuesday. According to a press release, the day marked the culmination of year-long activities … Read more

World Blood Donor Day | Delhi man Kiran Verma on mission to cover 21,000 km across India to create awareness of blood donation

World Blood Donor Day | Delhi man Kiran Verma on mission to cover 21,000 km across India to create awareness of blood donation

This is the second World Blood Donor Day on the road for activist Kiran Verma. This year, with a placard on his hand that urges people to donate blood, Mr. Verma is on his way to Siliguri, West Bengal’s picturesque gem nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, from Malda. His aim is to walk … Read more

Establishment of Dharwad and Kalaburagi Benches created awareness on legal rights of North Karnataka residents: HC

Establishment of Dharwad and Kalaburagi Benches created awareness on legal rights of North Karnataka residents: HC

The establishment of two Benches of the High Court of Karnataka at Dharwad and Kalaburagi has created awareness of legal rights amongst the people of North Karnataka and led to an increase in number of both civil and criminal cases instituted every year since establishment of the two Benches in 2008, the court said. “The … Read more