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Topic: Delhi schools

‘Fear of the unknown’: In Delhi, panic persists with recurrent hoax bomb threats to schools

With frequent bomb threat emails to several schools this year, parents rue mismanagement by schools & lack of efforts by Delhi govt. Schools admit dealing with the emergency is difficult.

Over 40 Delhi schools receive bomb threats via email, demand of USD 30,000

Delhi Public School, GD Goenka Public School were among those which received bomb threats. CM Atishi attacks central government for failing to provide security.

2 schools in Delhi receive bomb threats via email

The school administrations have sent the students back home, while the police and fire department have also been informed this morning.

Delhi air quality improves slightly to ‘very poor’; schools ordered to shift to hybrid classes

At 7 am, air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 382, according to Central Pollution Control Board. Meanwhile, trains' movement continues amid smog near New Delhi Railway Station.

Amid rising pollution, Delhi primary schools to stay shut, classes to shift online

Following implementation of GRAP-III measures to mitigate the effects of air pollution and worsening AQI, Delhi Metro will add 20 extra trips Friday onwards.

‘No approval required’ — HC on principal, staff appointments by minority education institutions

HC judgment comes on Delhi Tamil Education Association petition, complaining about the education department not responding to its requests to approve appointments to fill vacancies.

Several schools across Delhi-NCR receive bomb threats via email, students evacuated

Bomb detection teams, bomb disposal squads and officials of Delhi Fire Service have been rushed to schools and search operations are underway. Delhi Police have also begun probing.

Delhi schools directed to have minimum 220 working days in an academic year

Directorate of Education circular said that prior to the commencement of academic year & before observance of the holidays, the heads of govt schools must ensure that 220 working days are completed.

‘No respite in sight’, Delhi govt prepones school winter vacations to November as air quality plummets

Winter vacation dates changed to 9-18 November. Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on national capital’s neighbouring states, ordering an immediate stop to crop burning.

‘EWS is still EWS’— a tale of 2 siblings in Delhi’s elite private schools, only one thrived

Mohd. Hanzala, 18, enjoyed studying at a posh Delhi school and hopes to start a salon business, but his sister Khulela feels burdened by EWS tag and ‘pressure’ that comes with it.

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Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.