LUCKNOW, July 26 -- Twenty-five professors and principals from various colleges were on Sunday given health cards under the 'Chief Minister's Teachers' Cashless Medical Scheme'-an initiative to strengthen the health and social security of teachers of higher education institutions-at a ceremony organised at the National PG College in the Uttar Pradesh capital.

The event commenced with a live broadcast of the CM's address. Through this broadcast, the scheme was simultaneously launched and health cards were distributed across all government and government-aided colleges and universities in the state.

Addressing a gathering on the occasion, deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak, who was the chief guest, said the scheme is not merely a govern...