UGC now says first year classes will start in November, there will be no winter, summer breaks
UGC revises academic calendar again. To compensate for loss of academic time, it has asked colleges to teach six days a week, without any summer or winter break, until 2022.
Attendance thin as schools partially reopen after 6 months in J&K, Haryana, Northeast
Schools partially reopened in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram Monday for students from classes 9 to 12.
This is how Kendriya Vidyalayas are planning partial reopening of schools across India
The KV Sangathan has issued guidelines for the reopening of its schools. However, the KVs, like other schools, will only call back students once the respective state/UT allows them.
Child rights panel summons 45 Delhi private schools for ‘denying’ books to EWS students
Students in Delhi enrolled under the Economically Weaker Section/Disadvantaged Group categories in private schools have access to free textbooks, writing material and uniforms.
Irresponsible behaviour of people to blame for Covid surge, Harsh Vardhan tells Lok Sabha
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urges all MPs to spread awareness about masks as well as social distancing norms in their respective constituencies across India.
Crowded rooms, shared phones but a will to learn — how Delhi’s street kids study in a pandemic
350 children from shelter homes and slums are managing to continue their education online, with a little help from a non-profit NGO.
Only Assam, J&K, Karnataka, Haryana decide to partially reopen schools from Monday
Although Unlock 4 guidelines allow schools to partially reopen from 21 September, most states and UTs, including Delhi, have decided against it for now given India's Covid tally.
Delhi schools to stay closed till 5 October, can call staff if required
An official order said all govt and private schools in Delhi will remain shut. Under Unlock 4, schools were allowed to call students from Class 9 -12 on a voluntary basis.
‘Haven’t misappropriated funds, Sisodia is forcing us to’ — DU colleges hit back at Delhi govt
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has alleged that four DU colleges funded by the govt have illegally stashed money in fixed deposits while claiming fund shortage.
RSS-backed IAS institute has been quietly grooming ‘nationalist’ civil servants since 1986
In 2020 civil services exam, Samkalp Foundation has claimed a success rate of 61%. The institute with close ties to RSS claimed similar success in the last few years too.
Why we’ll need masks even with a coronavirus vaccine
One study has shown that if everyone wears masks that are only 75% effective, the number of people infected by each coronavirus carrier will shrink fourfold.
Investors continue to flock Mukesh Ambani, now KKR to invest $754 million in Reliance Retail
US private equity group KKR will hold a 1.28% stake in Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail, valuing India’s biggest retailer at Rs 4.2 lakh crore or $57 billion.
Defence
Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh will be first woman fighter pilot to fly Rafale
Flt Lt Singh, who was commissioned into the IAF in 2017 as part of the second batch of women fighter pilots, is currently flying a MiG-21 Bison.
Suspect all, fix all? Is that the motto of our new ‘National Suspicion State’?
It’s not just Modi government or BJP, but even state governments, judiciary are getting caught in a ‘we suspect all’ mindset. Is India becoming a National Suspicion State?