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Modi greets nation on Teachers’ Day

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Xiamen (China), Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended his greetings on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.

“On Teachers’ Day, I salute the teaching community that is devoted to nurturing minds and spreading the joys of education in society,” he tweeted from Xiamen, China, where he is attending the 9th annual BRICS Summit.

The day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the country’s second President who was also an academician and philosopher.

“My tributes to Dr S. Radhakrishnan, an outstanding teacher and statesman on his birth anniversary,” he said.

Modi said the “teachers have a central role in realising our dream of a new India that is driven by cutting edge research and innovation”.

“Let us make the next five years about ‘teach to transform, educate to empower and learn to lead’,” the Prime Minister added.

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As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon

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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.

Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.

CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS

The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.

COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION

He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.

The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.

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