Green Valley National School and PU College Celebrates World Environment Day
Shiroor, June 05: World Environment Day was celebrated in a unique manner at Green Valley National School and PU College with a series of activities.
The day commenced with a PowerPoint Presentation by Vindhya S Badal of Grade XB and Ridhi Shetty of XB. The students highlighted the importance of preserving the environment and presented the theme for 2018 "BEAT PLASTIC POLLUTION". Darshan B of XB and Nidhi Nayak from XB made speeches on protecting the environment and highlighted the theme "each one plant one".
Principal John Mathew highlighted on the objective of celebrating Environment Day to make the younger generation more sensitive towards environmental awareness and protection. He also exhorted the students "To tackle the problem of pollution and global warming, and to plant more trees every year and every day.”
A mime on saving water and marine life was enacted by grade 8, 9 and 10 students. A strong message was given on the present scenario that seeks changes in our lifestyle. As many as 150 students of the Eco Club of the school went around the school and planted a variety of trees to mark the day. Principal John Mathew appreciated the efforts made by the teachers and students. He said, It is the moral duty of every resident of planet Earth to make it clean and protect it."
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
