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Second hand smoke more lethal: Experts
Gangster shot dead in Chandni Chowk
BJP to launch Janata Adalats tomorrow
Upset over Class XII result, girl, mother commit suicide
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CBSE Class X result out; pass percentage goes up
New Delhi, May 30 Witnessing improvement in the pass percentage, the result of the Delhi region has seen an increase of 0.48 per cent. It has gone up from 97.92 per cent in 2012 to 98.4 per cent in 2013. The number of schools achieving cent per cent result has also increased. The number was 400 last year which has gone up to 597 this year. Similarly, the number of schools achieving 90 per cent and above result has increased by 400 schools with the figure of such schools increasing from 505 last year to 924 this year. "There is not just one topper, in the new system, but many. Students, who could not score earlier because they were comparatively not as good in studies as they were in other activities like sports and arts, are among the toppers. "I used to come second or third. This is first time that I am among toppers," said exuberant Umesh Saraswat from Nand
Nagri. Students know they have to prove themselves in every aspect, including handwriting, mannerism, etc.," said Mamta
Bhatnagar, Principal of Manav Sthali School, which has got cent per cent pass percentage with 47 students attaining A1 in all subjects. The result of the government schools has also witnessed an increase of 0.22 per cent. It has gone up from 99.23 per cent in 2012 to 99.45 per cent in 2013. Minister for Education Kiran Walia said that the result of the government schools is better than the public and aided schools in Delhi. It is 99.45 per cent in respect of the government schools, 99.17 per cent in public schools and 97.26 per cent in aided schools. The result of Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalayas of Delhi is 100 per cent which is more than that of Delhi KVS (99.80 per cent) and public schools (99.17 per cent). Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit stated that this reflects the commitment, devotion and hardwork put in by the teachers and the officials of the Directorate of Education. It is also a testimony to the standard of schools becoming better in Delhi. |
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Second hand smoke more lethal: Experts
New Delhi, May 29 As was with a 65-year-old woman to whom her diagnosis with lung cancer in a private hospital in Delhi came as a shocker particularly since she was a non smoker and had been pursuing a fairly healthy lifestyle. Dr. Ullas
Batra, consultant medical oncology at Rajeev Gandhi Cancer Institute, where she is undergoing treatment, said, "She was diagnosed with lung cancer and when probed further, it was discovered that she had been exposed to second-hand smoking since 40 years because of her husband." Currently, for no fault of her own, the woman is undergoing painful chemotherapies and radiation therapies, but at the end-stage of the disease they do not seem to be much effective either. Her husband has given up smoking, but the realisation has come a tad too late. If timed better, the act could have saved his wife from the dreaded disease. This is not a single example, we encounter such cases that result from possible second hand smoke quite often," added Dr
Batra. Public health experts from AIIMs point out that nearly 29 per cent of non smokers too are found to be susceptible to second hand smoke in public places too in the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2009-2010. All thanks to the laxity on the part of the authorities that people even in public places and sensitive areas, such as hospitals and college campuses, markets too continue to violate the anti-smoking and tobacco laws right under the nose of the vigilant system. Second hand smoke is lethal because it has at least twice the amount of nicotine and tar as the smoke inhaled by the smoker, has five times the amount of carbon monoxide, contains higher levels of ammonia and cadmium, contains hydrogen cyanide, a toxic poisonous gas, contains nitrogen dioxide which is very harmful. A regular exposure to second hand smoke increases the risk of lung disease by 25 per cent and heart disease by 10 per cent. It is found that 66 per cent of the smoke from a cigarette is not inhaled by the smoker, but enters the air around having a damaging effect on others around, said experts. |
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Gangster shot dead in Chandni Chowk
New Delhi, May 30 He had sustained six bullet injuries in the attack. He later succumbed to his wounds at a private hospital. While narrating the sequence of events that led to Khalil's death, a police official said the deceased has an office at Khari Baoli in Chandni Chowk. He was shutting his office and was getting ready to head to his home. Meanwhile, two masked men reached the end of a dark alley, where his office is located and opened fire at him. Khalil was with his five friends at the time of the attack. He was shot at six times, while one of his friends sustained a bullet wound in his leg. The police were informed about the incident. A police control room reached the site of the incident and rushed the injured to St Stephen's Hospital at Tis Hazari, where Khalil was declared dead. His friend is out of danger. The police suspect the motive of the attack was personal or professional enmity. "We have recorded the statements of the victims, but they can't help us enough, because the attackers were masked," said the official. The police are questioning Khalil's family and friends to learn about his rivals. A murder case has been registered and the police have begun a search for the assailants.
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BJP to launch Janata Adalats tomorrow
New Delhi, May 30 'Adalats' will be held by the BJP councillors in their respective areas of three municipal corporations, said president of the Delhi party unit Vijay
Goel, in order to listen to public grievances on sanitation, house taxes, pensions and other civic amenities provided by the civic authority. The party will also provide 'Admission Information Booklet for Delhi University' during the hearings. "This will help people directly approach their civic representatives and express their grievances. Also, our councillors will be held accountable to the people who voted for them," Goel added. The hearing will be held on every Tuesday and Saturday from now on, where the
councillor, along with the civic body representatives, will hear public grievances and take steps to solve them. "The Congress government in Delhi is stalling the developmental works in unauthorised colonies by not allowing councillors to spend their money in these colonies. It is also discriminating against 583 unauthorised colonies on government land," said Goel alleging that the Delhi government is taking a 'step- motherly' attitude towards the civic bodies. |
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Upset over Class XII result, girl, mother commit suicide
New Delhi, May 30 The incident took place at Nihal Vihar in west Delhi two days ago. The police today said that Shivani allegedly consumed poison after she learnt that she had failed in her exams. A neigbour saw them lying on the floor and informed Kamlesh's husband. They were rushed to Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital in
Narela, where Shivani and Kamlesh were declared dead. |
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