The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

HEALTH

2.57 lakh infants administered pulse polio drops
Our Correspondent

Meerut, May 25
The pulse polio drive on May 23 received poor response despite the improvement in weather conditions. Health and administrative officials pointed out that the summer vacation and the hot weather condition were responsible for the poor turnout.

However, when the correspondent of the NCR Tribune visited the area, Health official and volunteers at several booths were either not available or found fast asleep.

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr A K Tyagi, told mediapersons that six lakh infants were targetted for the pulse polio drive. However, Dr Sukhbir Singh, incharge of the pulse polio drive, told the NCR Tribune that 2.57 lakh children were administered anti-polio drops on the first day, including 1.30 lakh in urban areas and 1.26 lakh in rural areas. A total of 1,008 teams were deployed at 1,751 booths in the district.

Every drag of cigarette contains 40 carcinogens

New Delhi, May 25
Smoking kills, and how. Each puff coats the lungs not only with tar, usually used to make roads, but also with a pesticide and a toilet cleaner.

In a run-up to mark the ‘’Anti Tobacco Day’’ on May 31, the Cancer Patients Aid Association has launched a ‘yellow ribbon day’ to increase awareness about the carcinogenic content in all tobacco products.

Talking to the media, Ms Niharika Raina of CPAA said, “Tobacco has been linked to cancer in several research studies and yet, people don’t realise the risk they are taking by smoking. Even passive smoking has proved to significantly increase the occurrence of cancer.”

“A cigarette contains 4,000 chemicals, of which 40 are carcinogenic substances like tar, DDT, a pesticide, ammonia, which is a toilet or floor cleaner and even naphthalene used as mothballs,” she said. — TNS

SPORTS

Siddarth Verma powers SG Sports to quarter-final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 25
A brilliant all-round performance by Siddarth Verma (45, 2x4, 4x6, 24b; 3 for 31) powered SG Sports to a 76-run victory against Madras Club and into the quarter-final of the Lala Raghubir Singh Memorial Hot Weather Cricket Tournament on the Modern School ground on Tuesday.

Madras Club won the toss and put S.G Sports into bat, which turned out to a poor gamble as the latter knocked in 234 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 40 overs. In reply, Madras Club were shot out for 158 in 35.3 overs, with Siddarth, Ashwani and Rajiv Uniyal bowling with deadly effect.

Siddarth Verma was named the man of the match.

Scores: S.G.Sports: 234 for 7 in 40 overs (Siddarth Verma 45, Rawat Elahi 64, 2x4, 3x6, 28b; Rajiv Uniyal 45, 4x4, 60b; Tarun Aastha 27, 3x4; Naresh Jain 1 for 34; Ashish Kapoor 1 for 31). Madras Club: 158 all out in 35.3 overs (Punit Bisht 41, 6x4, 39b; Kamal Chopra 29, 3x4, 1x6, 26b; Aditya Jain 28, 1x4, 1x6, 41b; Siddarth Verma 3 for 31, Ashwani Bhardwaj 2 for 27, Rajiv Uniyal 2 for 30).

Wednesday’s fixture: FCI vs Air Sahara—7.30 am.

Subhania Club record thrilling victory
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 25
Subhania Club scored a thrilling one-run victory against Ravindra School in a league match of the Cambridge Foundation Under-19 Summer League Cricket Tournament on the Cambridge School ground, Rajouri Garden.

In another match, Meera Model School defeated U K Cricket World by 18 runs.

Scores: Subhania Club: 172 all out in 29.3 overs (Sumit Singh 90, 8x4, 6x6; Arun Kumar 32, Vipul Gupta 4 for 18, Ashish Yadav 3 for 15). Ravindra School: 171 all out in 28.3 overs (Vipul Gupta 36, Neeraj Dheer 30, Surya Azad 32, Amit Yadav 3 for 20, Inderjeet Singh 3 for 29).

U K Cricket World: 251 for 7 in 30 overs (Nitin Thareja 107, 12x4, 5x6; Udai Gulati 45, Shivam Sharma 33, Anubhav Sahani 3 for 32, Avneet Sethi 3 for 29). Meera Model: 233 all out in 28.3 overs (Anil Khataria 63, Avneet Sethi 68, Ankit Singh 3 for 34).

Sumit Rana hits century

Sumit Rana blasted a thrilling unbeaten century (112, 10x6, 5x4) and Saumik Chatterjee cracked 78 to help Lal Bahadur Shastri Club defeat Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) by five wickets and entered the quarter-final of the third I D Paul Memorial Cricket Tournament on the Apex Public School ground. Sumit received the man of the match award.

Scores: BSNL: 294 for 4 in 25 overs (Sanjeev Rana 104, N S Negi 59, Pradeep Chawla 53, Shrey Choudhary 2 for 62, Abhishek Sakuja 2 for 50). Shastri Club: 297 for 5 in 24 overs (Sumit Rana 112 n.o, Saumik Chatterjee 78, Rohit Saini 54 n o, Y P Saini 3 for 41).

FCI score facile victory

Food Corporation of India (FCI) defeated R P Cricket Academy by five wickets and entered the quarter-final of the Goswami Ganesh Dutt Cricket Tournament on the Khalsa College ground.

Scores: R P Academy: 176 all out in 40 overs (Robin Bisht 14, Surinder Dayma 32, Jaideep Chaudhary 16, Abdul Sattar 23, Rakesh Kumar 33, Abhishek Nag 24, Akash Malhotra 3 for 35). FCI: 181 for 5 in 37.5 overs (Pankaj Thakur 77, Akash Malhotra 19, Sonu Vaidhya 22, Manu Kumar 30 n o, Rohit Roy 2 for 24, Sharad Kumar 2 for 34).

There will be no match on Wednesday.

ITC beat E-Fund to annex cricket title
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 25
A quickfire knock of 49. laced with four boundaries, by Samrat Khanna and deadly bowling by Neeraj Gaur (3 for 12) helped ITC beat E-Fund by one wicket and annexed the Reebok Cup Cricket Tournament on the Palam ground.

Ajay Bhandari got the man of the match award, Ashish Khurana the best batsman award and Bhupender Singh the best bowler award. Gokul Kaushik, Yogesh Mehra and Vikas Parshad walked away with the best wicket-keeper, best fielder and best all-rounder awards, respectively. Hudco got the best disciplined team award.

Scores: E-Fund: 144 for 9 in 25 overs (Ajay Bhandari 57, Mahinder Negi 26, Neeraj Gaur 3 for 12). ITC: 145 for 9 in 24.4 overs (Samrat Khanna 39, Gokul Kaushik 27, Ajay Bhandari 2 for 24, Hardeep Singh 2 for 18).

Sumit Sharma deadly

Deadly bowling by Sumit Sharma (5 for 4) and half century by Rajeev Rana (50, 8x4, 1x6) helped Sar Pariwar beat Samrat Club by eight wickets in the On Dot Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh Stadium. Sumit Sharma was named the man of the match.

Scores: Samrat: 97 (Sukvinder Singh 51, Sumit Sharma 5 for 4, Jetender Choudhary 2 for 14, Ranjit Singh 2 for 23). Sar Pariwar: 98 for 2 (Rajeev Rana 50, Ram Ratta 2 for 11).

Geet, Tarang star for Madan Lal Academy

An all-round display by Geet Arora (61 and 5 for 19) and half century by Tarang Gupta helped Madan Lal Academy beat Satpal Rawat XI by 112 runs in a league match of the Chetan Sharma Academy Under-14 Cricket Tournament on the S S Khalsa School ground, Lajpat Nagar.

Scores: Madan Lal: 227 for 6 in 30 overs (Geet Arora 61, Tarang Gupta 50, Arush Khanna 31, Shrey Kumar 3 for 23, Rahul Kumar 3 for 25). SR XI: 105 all out in 18.1 overs (Sagar Dutt 30, Priyank 32, Geet Arora 5 for 19, Gaurav Kumar 3 for 22).