In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has started efforts for a drastic change in the education system within a short time of assuming power for the second time. Under this, changes will also be made in the high school board examination system by the Uttar Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (UPMSP). Under the new changes, smart classrooms etc. will be prepared. There will be a time-bound rating and review of schools. What changed in the board exam pattern? According to the announcement of the government, the high school i.e. class, 10th board examination of 2022-23 will now be based on the new pattern. A multiple-choice question paper will be given in the exam. Candidates will have to answer it on the OMR sheet. From 2025, the same pattern has been said to be implement
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INDIA’s Covid Death Numbers Are Altered: Rahul Gandhi Slams Modi Government
Rahul Gandhi, via his tweet, raises questions about the truthfulness of the death numbers provided by the Modi government. He said that the official numbers are too misleading as the aim of the Modi government is to hide the reality from the public. He also adds that as per New York Times, around 4 million people dies in India in the pandemic. Whereas, as per the government data now the total number of Covid death is about 5.3 lakh. Rahul Gandhi wrote on his Twitter timeline "Modi Ji neither speaks the truth nor lets others speak. He still lies that no one died due to oxygen shortage !". He adds that due to the Central government's negligence, not 5 lakh but 40 lakh people die in India. Along with that, he adds that the "Modi government should give compensation of Rs. 4 lakh ...
Read MorePariksha Pe Charcha 2022: Now ‘Modi’s Master Class’ Will Be On Namo App, Will Answer To The Questions On The Exam
Now Exam Warriors (School Children) will be able to get the suggestions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's annual 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' on NaMo App. For this, a separate section named 'Modi Master Class' has been given on the app. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself on Saturday shared excerpts from his interaction with students and parents during the fifth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha on "Curated Section on Namo app". PM tweeted and said... PM Modi also took to Twitter and said, "I enjoy interacting with our dynamic Exam Warriors (#ExamWarriors). Pariksha Pe Charcha is a live platform for many issues related to exams and life. NaMo App All of these interactions can be found in this innovatively curated section. Information will be available in two languages The app provides a sec...
Read MoreUGC Allows Pursuing Two Academic Programmes Simultaneously; Check Out Its Significance
University Grants Commission’s decision to permit undergraduate, post-graduate and diploma course students to pursue two academic programmes concurrently is to keep with the New Education Policy’s welcome thrust on eliminating silos in education. An eligible student studying for a degree in a science subject should even have the chance to be told the intricacies of a discipline within the humanities, social sciences or commerce, and vice-versa. Currently, the upper education regulator’s rules don't allow simultaneous enrollment in two programmes. This inflexibility is commonly cited as a serious cause for the shortage of meaningful conversations across streams of data. The deficit is especially glaring because a spread of latest challenges — from addressing temperature change to ...
Read MoreUS’s Human Rights Report Raises Concern On Indian Government’s Lack Of Accountability For Official Misconduct
The Annual Human Rights Report On India by the US State Department 2021, which was released recently, raises serious concerns about the government's accountability. Recently, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during a joint press conference with Union defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, said, "Monitoring some recent concerning developments in India including a rise in human rights abuses by some government, police and prison officials." Concerns Highlighted In Human Rights Report The annual report on human rights in India speaks mainly about the undemocratic arrests, detentions, extra-judicial killings and differential treatment of various religious minorities. The report also highlights the unjustified prosecution of journalists,...
Read MoreTime To Limit Global Warming Is Running Out: IPCC Report
The latest IPCC report says "The negative effects of climate change are worsening much faster than scientists predicted less than a decade ago and the time to limit global warming is running out". The report is titled 'Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change'. This is the third instalment of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report. What Is IPCC And Its Aim IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is a United Nations-governed body that assesses climate change in a scientific manner. It was created by the MWO (World Meteorological Organisation) and UNEP ( United Nations Environment Programme) in the year 1988. The main aim of the IPCC is to provide governments with scientific information, at different levels, that helps in making the climate policies of th...
Read MoreDelhi’s 14 Point Summer Plan To Combat Climate Issue And Promote Green Delhi
Delhi gets into the mode of a new 14 point summer plan to promote green Delhi and clean Delhi. The main motive is to tackle the issue of climate control. At present, it has two ready in to apply plans and 12 long term plans, which will roll out soon according to the action plan. The environment minister of Delhi, Gopal Rai releases the plan on Monday after discussion with officers from irrigation, environment, flood, civic bodies, DDA, Delhi Fire services and many other concerned departments officers. Details Of The 14 Point Plan The two ready to start plan includes "Anti-open burning and Anti-road dust campaigns from 12th April And 15th April", respectively. For the Anti-open burning program, 500 teams will be working from ten different departments. The main aim is to monitor...
Read MoreHow Scaling Up The ORGANIC FARMING Led To The Financial Disaster In SRI LANKA??
organic farming may sound like a solid idea regarding an environment-friendly solution in the food and health industry. But this same thing led to a huge disaster in the economy of Sri Lanka says the experts. Organic farming is so much in vogue these days as the environmentalists are backing the idea of food free of chemicals and fertilizers. But the reality is that it's now impossible to switch to Organic farming in a go. As we clearly see the most recent example of Sri Lanka which followed this policy. Today, Sri Lanka is facing its worst crisis ever in terms of economic, social, and political matters. Lessons To Be Learned From Lanka's Failure : According to Ted Nordhans, organic farming is a practical approach when we talk about agriculture activities with respect to climate a...
Read MoreConstitution Has No Meaning Without Institutions: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi, at a recent book launch event, The Dalit Truth, talked about the weakening of Constitutional Institutions. Rahul said, "Constitution has no meaning without the institutions." He said that the biggest weapon of a democratic nation is the Constitution. "As it gives us the power to stand for equality. Also, it gives us the power to execute our right to choose not only the government but to speak against it, when it fails to deliver," he said. The Book "The Dalit Truth" is written by K.Raju. This book talks about the social discrimination of the people belonging to the Dalit caste and also their use as a vote bank. Rahul Talks On Misuse Of Institutions This is not the first time that the Congress leader has spoken against the BJP and its founding organisation RSS on a...
Read MoreVaccination Drive To Delay Or Not?: Booster Dose Open At Private Centers Only
Booster Dose is now open to all adults from 10th April 2022 onwards as the centre approves it. As per the guidelines, the gap between the second dose and the third dose needs to be a minimum of nine months. But talking of the free vaccination programme, vaccinating the adult population of India with two doses will remain unaltered. Along with this, the booster dose for senior citizens, frontline workers, and healthcare workers will continue at a much higher pace. The Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted the centre's decision of elaborating the vaccination programme "Adding an extra layer of safety! precaution dose to be available to 18+ age group from 10th April 2022 at private centres. All 18+ those who have completed nine months after the administration of the second do...
Read MoreMeat Ban In South Delhi To Hijab Ban In Karnataka: BJP’s Nature Of Controlling Under Religious Umbrella
The latest controversy is the Meat Ban in South Delhi during the Navratri. This news comes in from the mayor of South Delhi, Mukesh Suryan. Along with this, he says that fines will be imposed on the violators, as South Delhi MCD decides to close meat shops and sales of non-veg food in restaurants. Well this is not the first time that such orders are issued keeping the religious agenda above anything else. Like the Hijab controversy, Azaan loudspeaker Ban controversy, etc all such issues are mainly based on a Hindu Vs Muslim backdrop. Why Ban On Constitutional Rights Is Dangerous? Ban on any of the basic constitutional rights is a serious violation of fundamental rights. Moreover, when any ban is justified with religious teachings it becomes a part of our social and ethical discussions...
Read MoreCentre Passes Criminal Identification Bill 2022 Despite Opposition’s Resistance
The Criminal Procedure Identification Bill passes the Lok Sabha, despite the opposition resistance, in the House. Although, the bill is ready to go to the Standing Committee. Amit Shah, in the House, said that the "government will do everything to ensure there is no misuse of the law". As the opposition parties are raising many doubts regarding the misuse of the data. Along with that, it's a breach into personal life. Not only that, the voice voting procedure is used to make the bill a law. How Criminal ID Bill Is Useful? The Bill is going to replace the Identification of Prisoners Act 1920. While addressing the House, Shah says that the Bill is designed to keep the investigators ahead of the criminals. So, that justice can be done in a more precise manner with the use of technolo...
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