Annual function

Bradford International School celebrated its first annual function at Premchand Rangshala on Wednesday.

Education minister Ashok Choudhary along with school chairman Dharmendra Kumar and director Basant inaugurated the programme.

Students from classes IV to VII performed a dance drama on a student who committed suicide because of poor results. Students also put up posters on women empowerment and child labour.

"The state government is working constantly to improve the condition of government schools," said Choudhary.

Terrorism talk

Ishan International Public School organised a seminar on the threat of terrorism on Wednesday.

School director Arvind Kumar inaugurated the programme and talked about terrorism and its effects.

"Countries should join their hands to check this evil," he said.

A group performed a song dedicated to the victims of the terrorist attack on Army School in Peshawar. More than 200 students attended the seminar.

Fight addiction

Finance minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui on Wednesday inaugurated a de-addiction centre at Mahavir Cancer Santhan.

State Board of Religious Trusts chairman Acharya Kishore Kunal, and Mahavir Cancer Sansthan's associate director Manisha Singh were present.

"The state government should ban all forms of tobacco. Cigarette can be very harmful for people," Manisha said.

Cancer speak

A panel discussion on cancer was organised by Grameen Sneh Foundation, a non-government organisation, at Adhiveshan Bhavan on Wednesday.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, director G.K. Singh said: "Cases of oral cancer is highest in the country because of the consumption of tobacco."

The state's health specialist in Unicef (Patna), Ghanshyam Shetty, said mother's milk helps in reducing the chances of blood cancer by 20 per cent.