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RONO HILLS, 30 Jul:<\/strong> Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), in association with the Arunachal Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS), organised a ‘Red Run’ marathon on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The event was aimed at creating awareness amongthe university’s students, research scholars, and teaching and non-teaching staffs about HIV\/AIDS and drug abuse.<\/p>\n Over 100 participants from RGU, including students, research scholars, and teaching and non-teaching staff, besides NSS volunteers, participated in the marathon.<\/p>\n RGU Vice-Chancellor Prof Saket Kushwaha, who flagged off the race, emphasised the importance of protecting oneself from HIV and drug abuse. He motivated the participants to prioritise good health and a good life.<\/p>\n APSACS project director Dr Marbom Basar expressed concern over the high HIV infection rate in Papum Pare district, and encouraged the participants to engage in fitness and wellness activities.<\/p>\n RGU Registrar Dr NT Rikam emphasised the role of the Red Ribbon Club and the NSS in promoting awareness on prevention of HIV\/AIDS, while Students’ Welfare Dean Prof Hui Tag spoke about the importance of health and fitness.<\/p>\n The event was held in four categories – youth male, youth female, veteran male, and veteran female.<\/p>\n The event was organized under the aegis of Red Ribbon Club and the NSS Cell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RONO HILLS, 30 Jul: Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), in association with the Arunachal Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS), organised a ‘Red Run’ marathon on Tuesday. The event was aimed at creating awareness amongthe university’s students, research scholars, and teaching and non-teaching staffs about HIV\/AIDS and drug abuse. Over 100 participants from RGU, including students, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-245430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}