{"id":72804,"date":"2019-07-19T01:01:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=72804"},"modified":"2019-07-19T01:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:31:43","slug":"book-review-competition-held-to-mark-national-reading-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/07\/19\/book-review-competition-held-to-mark-national-reading-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Book review competition held to mark National Reading Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>ITANAGAR, Jul 18:<\/strong> As part of the celebration of the National Reading Month (19 June to 18 July), the public libraries department conducted a book review competition among school children at the state central library here on Wednesday.<br \/>\nThe month-long nationwide programme, initiated by the NITI Aayog in collaboration with the institutions concerned at the state level, aimed to inculcate in the citizens the habit of reading.<br \/>\nForty-six students from five schools of the capital complex took part in the competition held here.<br \/>\nEarlier, a demonstration on how to properly look for a book in the correct section of the library, and the proper way to review it, was presented.<br \/>\nAttending the event, Rajiv Gandhi University&#8217;s Botany Professor, Dr Sumpam Tangjang, said &#8220;the youths of the state are in a vulnerable position without the knowledge imparted by active and lasting reading. The recent CBSE results are proof to that.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe stressed on the importance of reading in &#8220;building a strong foundation of a child and fostering an innate cultural development within.&#8221; He also commended the state central library for the initiative to promote the reading culture in the state.<br \/>\nPublic Libraries Undersecretary Mabi Taipodia Jini, who spoke about the &#8220;intrusive nature of social media,&#8221; urged the students to spend some time every day to read a book for pleasure.<br \/>\nLater, Public Libraries Director Jotom Borang and other officers presented the awards to the winners of the competition.<br \/>\nRaj Nalo and Phurbi Dolma Nago of the government middle school, Niti Vihar, won the first and second prize, respectively, followed by Mariya Singkom of government middle school, C-Sector (third), Tania Tayo of government secondary school, P-Sector (fourth), and Jumon Borah of government middle school, C-Sector (fifth).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Jul 18: As part of the celebration of the National Reading Month (19 June to 18 July), the public libraries department conducted a book review competition among school children at the state central library here on Wednesday. The month-long nationwide programme, initiated by the NITI Aayog in collaboration with the institutions concerned at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72804","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=72804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}