Declare dry day and holiday in educational institutions on 22 January: Yogi
Terming this special occasion as a 'national festival', the Chief Minister said that liquor shops should be kept closed in the state on January 22.
The Haryana health minister, Anil Vij on Thursday said that the Steering Committees would be constituted at district level to ensure the complete ban on the sale of tobacco and smoking the periphery of medical and educational institutions in the state.
The minister disclosed this while releasing the Fact Sheet of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey -2 (GATS-2) on Thursday.
He said that the tobacco-free villages will be honoured by the State Government. A special campaign will be launched in the State to encourage and sensitize the people about the ill effects of tobacco and its products. He also urged to actively involve the religious institutions, NGOs and social organizations in this campaign.
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Meanwhile, Haryana government has directed all the newly appointed Assistant Professors to join their allotted place of posting immediately.
While stating this on Thursday, a spokesman of the Higher Education Department said that a number of Assistant Professors in different subjects were issued appointment orders on July 12, 2018 by allowing them to join at Head Office, that is, office of Director General, Higher Education, Siksha Sadan, Panchkula. Thereafter, their posting orders were issued on July 18.
He said that it had been noticed that some Assistant Professors had not joined at their allotted colleges till date. Also, some of the Principals have not allowed some Assistant Professors to join for one reason or the other.
He said that the gap period from July 18, 2018 to the date of joining in the college will be treated as ‘Absence’ and will be viewed adversely even for completion of probation period. The requests regarding change of posting or station will only be considered later on.
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