First centre for special kids opens in Allahabad

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Allahabad:

Cantonment board opened Udaan, a school for special children, on Monday.

The school was inaugurated by General officer in Command (GOC), HQ Purva UP & MP Sub Area, Major General SK Singh.

Maj Gen Singh, who is also the president of the board, inaugurated the facility in the presence of chief executive officer of the board, Shalini Pandey, along with president of the AWWA (army women welfare association), Bala Singh and vice-president of the board, Arun Kumar Sonkar. A large number of parents of special children and their wards were also present at the event.

Shalini Pandey said that Udaan is the first centre for special children in Allahabad.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Allahabad / TNN / July 19th, 2016

World heritage tag for city scientist

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Lucknow:

Geologist from Lucknow S B Mishra’s research on fossils in an ecological park ‘Mistaken Point’ in Newfoundland, Canada has made it world heritage, the UNESCO declared in Istanbul on Sunday.

In a message to Mishra, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav stated that Mishra’s work has brought laurels to the state.

Mishra had gone to Canada as a geologist in 1967 and spotted some fossils in the Newfoundland in Canada.

He submitted a research paper highlighting the evolution of life on planet earth. On the basis of his studies, Canadian government had declared the region where fossils had been recovered an ecological park.

Speaking to TOI, Mishra said when he had started studying the single cell organism in the Newfoundland, it was totally inaccessible as the terrain on the seashore was nearly impossible to access.

But Mishra stayed there for months and completed his studies which got international acclaim.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Lucknow / TNN / July 25th, 2016