PM Johnson hasn’t elaborated on what the additional measures will be and rejected criticism that his govt has been too slow to act on the new strain spreading rapidly across UK.
While PM Boris Johnson has made keeping schools open a priority to kickstart the economy, unions, politicians and scientists have been building pressure to delay students' return.
In a study published in The Lancet, re-opening of schools in the UK was associated with low risk of Covid cases where 113 single cases, 55 outbreaks and 9 co-primary cases were recorded.
The pandemic is testing us all with volatile, uncertain and complex times. Our children are going through it, too. And keeping them out of school makes it much worse.
Central govt allowed opening of schools in October, but most states chose to not reopen. School principals say students must continue with virtual learning.
Schools in other cities of Maharashtra, however, are set to reopen as per schedule taking into account local conditions and the prevailing pandemic situation.
Schools in the two states reopened Monday after seven months. In Andhra, students from Classes 9 to 12 were allowed while in Assam, students from Class 6 onwards were allowed.
State education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says all health and safety protocols will be followed, and joining schools will be a 'voluntary exercise'.
Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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