The HRD Ministry on Tuesday announced guidelines for online classes by schools and recommended a cap on duration and the number of sessions in a day for students. The guidelines have been framed by the ministry, following concerns raised by parents about schools conducting online classes like regular schools, which has increased children”s screen time after the COVID-19 pandemic mandated a shift from classroom teaching to online learning as schools continue to remain shut for over four months. In the guideline called “Pragyata”, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has recommended that the duration for online classes for pre-primary…
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India has recorded nearly 29,428 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total number of Covid-19 cases to 941,630. With over 550 deaths on Tuesday, the country’s death toll has now reached 24,371. In the wake of increasing number of coronavirus cases, a total lockdown is to be imposed in Bihar from 16 to 31 July. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported another record single-day increase of over 230,000 in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases. As many as 13,504,004 people around the world have been diagnosed with Covid-19 so far. While more than 7,892,059 have recovered,…
A Hindu youth was brutally killed in Sindh province of Pakistan. 90 percent of Pakistan’s Hindus live in Sindh province of Pakistan. Atrocities on Pakistan’s Hindu population continues unabated. In gruesome incident, a Hindu youth’s body was dumped in a river in Hala, Mitiari, Sindh-Pakistan after his throat was slit with a sharp weapon. https://twitter.com/johnaustin47/status/1283220438366089216?s=20 Pakistani activist Rahat Austin took to Twitter to share the news. He wrote that the dead body of a Hindu youth named, Mohan Bagari, was recovered from the river in Hala city, which is a Taluka in Mitiari district of Sindh, Pakistan. The youth’s throat…
Maharahtra Congress has suspended estranged Congress leader Sanjay Jha with immediate effect. Jha was recently suspended as Congress Spokesperson. Maharashtra wing of Congress posted the announcement on Twitter, saying, “Sanjay Jha has been suspended from the Congress Party with immediate effect for anti-party activities and breach of discipline”. Jha has updated his Twitter bio as well, saying, “Congressi by DNA. Sacked as National Spokesperson for writing:” India needs a reawakened and revitalized Congress, ready to win the second freedom struggle”. He had also tweeted his resentment after Congress sacked Sachin Pilot from the post of Rajasthan party chief and Deputy…
Sachin Pilot is the Congress’s “best and brightest” and it is sad to see him leave, party MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted on Tuesday after the former Union minister was sacked from the Rajasthan government, following a political crisis triggered by the long-drawn power tussle with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. “I am sad to see Sachin Pilot leave Congress. I consider him one of our best and brightest, and wish it had not come to this. Instead of parting, he should have joined the effort to make the party a better and more effective instrument for his, and our, dreams,” he…
Realme C11 Realme C11 has been launched in India as the latest entry in its C series of budget friendly smartphones. It comes with octa-core processor and a large battery. The phone sports a waterdrop-style notch and relatively slim bezels on the side, with a thicker chin at the bottom. There are two colour options available for the Realme C11 but only a single RAM and storage configuration. The Realme C11 has made its way to the Indian market following its Malaysian launch at the end of June. Realme C11 price in India The Realme C11 is priced at Rs.…
Alphabet’s Google is in advanced talks to invest $4 billion (roughly Rs. 30,140 crores) for a stake in the digital arm of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. An announcement could come as soon as the next few weeks, according to the report. Google declined to comment, while Reliance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The report comes a day after Google said it would spend around $10 billion (roughly Rs. 75,000 crores) in India over the next five to seven years through equity investments and tie-ups, in its…
A BJP delegation met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday and urged him to institute a CBI inquiry to probe the death of a CPI(M)-turned-BJP leader in West Bengal who was found hanging at a market near his residence. BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya alleged that BJP workers were being attacked in West Bengal and said the delegation urged Shah for a CBI probe into MLA Debendra Nath Roy’s death. Roy’s body was found hanging from the ceiling of a verandah outside a shuttered shop near his home in Bindal village in North Dinajpur district on Monday. His family…
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid the Rajasthan crisis, saying that he and his family were to be blamed for the situation the opposition party was in. “Till Rahul Gandhi and his family are in the Congress, it will sink to the nether world,” the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister remarked, claiming that the talented young leaders were not getting recognition in the Congress. Asked about Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s demand to reappoint Rahul Gandhi as the Congress President, she said the former would be in a better position…
Several bureaucrats and ministers in Kerala are having sleepless nights as the sensational gold smuggling case is connected with the terror network. During interrogation of prime accused Swapna Suresh, a former high profile consultant with the Kerala government, her connections with key ministers and bureaucrats have come to fore. Call Detail Records (CDR) of Swapna’s mobile phone number reveal that the kingpin of the gold scandal was in constant touch with the state’s Higher Education and Minority Welfare Minister, K.T. Jaleel. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has alleged that Swapna and her aide Sandeep Nair had smuggled over 150 kg…