School children to get honey along with mid-day meals?
Bengaluru, September 25: Following the direction from the Ministry of Human Resources, the Primary and Secondary Education department has decided to provide honey along with the Mid-day meals to the school children, sources said.
In a circular issued to all state governments, the Ministry of Human Resources said that the honey has Immunity power, Carbohydrate, Amino acids, Nutrients, Minerals and Rich protein which will increase the hunger among children besides providing energy and help digest the food very easily. It would also help convert the calcium. If the children consume honey regularly, they would develop immunity power and keep themselves away from normal health disorders like Bacterial infections, Cold, Allergy and Asthma. It would also help control the blood level, it is said.
But the officials were in confusion on how to supply honey along with the mid-day meals. The honey could be given by mixing it with hot milk. It would be difficult to give it separately. But the decision to this effect was not yet taken, the officials said.
Following the advice from the National Honey Bees Corporation coming under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the Ministry of Human Resources has issued the order. According to a study by the Switzerland-based Honey Bees Research Centre, the honey has more than 600 useful factors. Based on the nutrient values, the honey is considered the best digestive, it is said.
Meeting was held with the Prime Minister and tested various kinds of honey and found that the honey has good nutrients. The societies, units and Companies producing honey were asked to supply quality honey to the children, it is said.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Bank manager shot dead in fit of rage by security manager upset by salary, denied leave
Lucknow (PTI): A security guard of a Ghaziabad bank upset over leave and salary related issues walked into the manager's cabin and shot him dead, police said on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old manager of the Loni branch of the Punjab and Sind Bank was rushed to a hospital on Monday where he was declared dead, they said.
The security guard, Ravindra Hooda (50) and his accomplice, Shishupal (57), have been arrested, police said.
"The security guard along with his accomplice entered the cabin of the bank manager and fired at him. The injured bank manager was taken to GTB Hospital in Delhi for treatment, where doctors declared him as dead," police said in a statement.
SHO Loni Border Manish Bist on Tuesday said the bank manager, Abhishek Kumar, was from Patna. He has been posted in Ghaziabad since August 2025, and was living in a rented house with his wife.
Police said that during interrogation, Hooda said he had been working in the branch for the past two and a half months.
"He said his salary was reduced, and when he would ask for leave, it was refused. Following this, there was an argument with him (Abhishek Kumar)," the police statement said.
He said he fired at the bank manager in anger and that Shishupal was present with him during the incident, it added. Hooda and Shishupal were from the same village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.
Police said a case under section 103 (1) (punishment for murder) of the BNS has been registered against him. Police have recovered a double-barrel gun and ammunition and the Arms Act has also been slapped on the accused, the statement said.
