Team Smile, a club of Central University of South Bihar students, celebrated National Girl Child Day in Gaya on Thursday to promote position of girls in society and making their lives better.

Public relations officer of the university, Mohammad Mudassir Alam, said Team Smile members shared strategies with students of OBC Girls School in Gaya ahead of their Class X and XII examinations.

The team also shared with the girls importance and scope in various fields open to them, and higher-education scholarships available to them.

Poets in making

A recitation competition was held at St Xavier's College of Education, Patna, for first-year students BEd students on Thursday, as 16 trainees from different houses read out poems they had composed in English and Hindi. Father Thomas Perumalil SJ, the college principal, introduced the judges - faculty Father Ignatius Topno, Mukesh and Eric Clement.

The contestants were adjudged on interpretation of their topic, emphasis, presentation, accuracy of pronunciation and subject. Pragya Deo bagged the first place, followed by Darakshan in second position and Nidhi Mishra in third in the English group. The Hindi group honours went to Arti Kumari, Rakhi Kumari and Nishtha Ronald.

Health visit

A majority of Patna University employees are diabetic, with high blood sugar, and were unaware of it till Thursday when a health check-up camp was set up at Patna Science College for them.

Vice-chancellor Rash Bihari Prasad Singh inaugurated the camp. A team of doctors from Patna University's central dispensary, led by chief medical officer B.N. Mishra, examined at least 200 employees, students and teachers at the camp. Most of the employees had high of blood sugar - some more than 400 - and neither of them were taking any medication or following a restricted diet.

Dance show

National Institute of Technology's technical-cultural fest that started last Monday had a cultural show slotted on Thursday. Students from NIT-Tripura performed songs and dance from the state as part of the theme, Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat.

The Mizoram team performed Cheraw, a dance with four people holding two crossed bamboo staves, while the students from Tripura performed folk dances.

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