World Earth Day celebrated

Kurukshetra: On World Earth Day, the Institute of Environmental Studies, Kurukshetra University, organised two-day online inter-departmental activities such as poster-making and declamation competition on the theme of “restore our earth”. A guest lecture was delivered by Prof AS Raghubanshi, director, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, BHU, Varanasi. Total 50 students from different teaching departments participated in the events. Presentations of students from Agra and Nagpur were also received. Prof Smita Chaudhry, dean, life science, enlightened the students with the importance of World Earth Day.

Webinar on environment

Yamunanagar: Guru Nanak Khalsa College celebrated International Earth Day through a webinar. College principal Maj Harinder Singh Kang said the webinar was dedicated to Swaran Singh, vice-president of the college, a great philanthropist and environmentalist who passed away on Wednesday. He said trees were also planted on the campus in his memory to mark this day. He said the webinar was hosted by the DIAS SDG lab of the college to commemorate the 51st Earth Day in which eminent people working in this field expressed their views.