-TheFederal.com 'It has become a fashion to blame the farmers. Have you seen how crackers are being burnt in Delhi for the last seven days? What was the Delhi Police doing?' The Supreme Court on Saturday called the toxic air pollution in Delhi-NCR an “emergency” situation and asked the Centre and the Delhi government to take urgent steps to improve the air quality. The court went on to suggest steps such as stopping...
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COVID-19 spike: Mamata urges people to wear Masks
-PTI/ The Hindu The West Bengal CM urged everyone to follow the COVID-19 safety protocols during the upcoming Kali Puja, Diwali, Chhat Puja and Jagaddhatri Puja festivities With a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the State since the beginning of the festive season, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged people on Sunday to follow the safety protocols rigourously to curb the spread of the viral disease. She urged everyone...
More »Bengal Cases Double, Officials Blame Covid Rule Break During Durga Puja -Monideepa Banerjie
-NDTV.com Kolkata, which appears to be paying the price of puja shopping and pandal hopping, reported 242 new Covid infections this Friday. Last Friday, it was 127. Of these, 150 were fully vaccinated while 15 had the first dose. Kolkata: The COVID-19 numbers are on the rise in Kolkata since the end of Durga Puja festivities and now the graph is rising so sharply, safe houses and quarantine centres in the city...
More »Why is it difficult for children from underprivileged sections of the society to get their lessons online? Read this new report to know.
Remote teaching and learning promoted by Edtech companies as an alternative to physical classrooms, especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, may have a sizeable consumer base in our country. However, at the bottom of the pyramid, there are only a few takers of online education. In reality, class and caste-divide, which is more prominent in rural areas, affects access to digital learning. The majority of the school going...
More »CIC slams Centre’s denial of information on medical oxygen committee
-The Hindu Apart from PPE kits, RT-PCR tests, Masks and gloves, Empowered Group later managed supply of medical oxygen The Central Information Commission (CIC) has slammed the Centre’s blanket denial of information related to a committee overseeing medical oxygen supplies during the pandemic, saying its rationale was “far fetched” and “unjustified”. In its order on Saturday, Information Commissioner Vanaja Sarna directed the Centre to respond to the Right to Information (RTI) request...
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