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The state government has not taken up repair and maintenance of schools that are in a dilapidated condition across the state due to lack of funds. At the same time, financial allocations have been made to build schools and anganwadis, but not maintenance, sources in the government pointed out.
In flood-hit areas, the Public Works, Education and Women and Child Welfare Departments have started the construction of 3,243 schools at a cost of Rs 756 crore and 842 Anganwadis at Rs 138 crore. These structures are at different stages of completion. PWD said that it has completed 2,722 schools and 551 Anganwadi buildings and other projects are nearing completion.
Source: The New Indian Express
The Boris Johnson-led government is planning to scrap the law asking people to self-isolate after catching the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Telegraph reported. This is a part of the preparations of having to live with coronavirus in the future.
Source: Hindustan Times
As many as 84 children in at least eight schools of Jharkhand's Dumka district have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two days, an official said on Friday.
Forty-five school children, including 23 students of RSK High School at Nonihat, tested positive for the infection during the day.
Source: The New Indian Express
Navjot Sawhney innovated a low-cost, unique washing machine after seeing the plight of his friend Divya. Today, the machine is a ray of hope for women of Iraq’s Mamrashan Refugee Camp and rural India.
Source: The Better India
The ongoing wave of SARS-CoV-2 should peak by the end of this month, and the numbers will start going down in February, said Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science, IIT Kanpur, Manindra Agrawal. He told TNIE that the prediction is based on his mathematical model called SUTRA.
Source: The New Indian Express
Raghvendra Kumar, who also goes by the sobriquet ‘Helmet Man of India’, sold his house and three bighas of land, distributing 50,000 helmets free of cost across 22 states.
Source: The Better India
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Telangana has shifted rapidly towards the Omicron variant, virtually replacing Delta altogether.
This was revealed in the latest GISAID data where nearly 87 per cent of all samples sequenced between January 1 to 5 were of Omicron variant.
Source: The New Indian Express
In a first for the state, the Nettukaltheri open prison has launched a culinary programme to help inmates make a career in the food industry. The project — aided by the Family Planning Association of India, an NGO — is meant to provide cooking lessons to interested prisoners so they can earn a living as chefs during parole period or after being released from prison. The programme was inaugurated recently with celebrity chef Suresh Pillai giving lessons to over 50 inmates.
Superintendent B Remeshkumar said the inmates will be given hands-on training in preparing staple Kerala recipes, like porotta and appam, as well as Chinese dishes. The training programme will run for a week and those who perform well will be provided certificates issued by industry leaders.
Source: The New Indian Express
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As schools are closed due to the lockdown, children in rural Jharkhand are unable to attend online classes due to lack of access to mobile phones.
An assistant teacher at Government Middle School at Tetri in Namkom near Ranchi has turned his car into a class room by fixing a board on it.
Source: The New Indian Express
With the state seemingly witnessing the start of the third Covid wave, the sharp increase in the number of cases reported daily could indicate the presence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the population though the health authorities are yet to confirm community transmission.
Experts say a combination of the Delta variant, which was the reason for the second wave, and Omicron could fuel the surge.
Source: The New Indian Express
A principal of an Urdu primary school has been helping scores of children from poor families with classes at an Eidgaah ground after noticing that online education was beyond the reach of their parents.
Naseem Ahmed of State Urdu Primary School, Khijur Toli near Ranchi has been conducting classes for more than 60 students every day in different batches. Ahmed said that he was moved by the plight of these children as they did not had access to mobile phone or laptops at their homes.
Source: The New Indian Express
New Covid-19 Variant in France: Known as 'IHU', the B.1.640.2 variant has been reported by researchers at institute IHU Mediterranee Infection in at least 12 cases, and has been linked to travel to African country Cameroon.
However, the researchers noted that it is too early to speculate on how this variant behaves as far as infection and protection from vaccines is concerned.
Source: NDTV
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India may see a spurt in Covid-19 growth rate within days and head into an intense but short-lived virus wave as the crowded nation of almost 1.4 billion.
Source: The Times of India
Children between the ages of 15 and 18 will be able to register on the CoWIN platform from January 1, the government said on Monday.
For registering, children have been permitted to use their student ID cards in case they do not have Aadhaar or any other identity cards, CoWIN platform Chief Dr RS Sharma told ANI.
Source: The Times of India
UPSC CSE aspirants want additional attempts, age relaxation on the compassionate ground The Covid-19 has a lasting impact on students who have been preparing for various competitive and recruitment examinations.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said the Delta variant of coronavirus continues to be the dominant circulating strain in India and Omicron has not replaced it yet, meaning current preventive measures and vaccines would remain effective.
Dr Samiran Panda, additional director-general of the ICMR says that while Omicron numbers may increase, it may not necessarily cause a heavy burden on the healthcare system. However, he requested the states to be on the guard.
Source: The Times of India
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Yelloestine national park opened its roads to oversnow vehicles for the winter season on Wednesday. The park has suspended a wildlife monitoring program that found snowmobiles and other such machines were having minimal effects on animals.
Source: India Today
Chandigarh-born Harnaaz Sandhu was officially named Miss universe 2021 on December 12 at the Universe dome in Eilat, Israel. The 21-year old beat out 79 other contestants from various countries to win the 70th edition of Miss Universe pageant. The last indian to win miss universe was Lara Dutta, back in 2000.
Harnaaz, a Punjabi model, is currently pursuing her master's degree in public administration. Harnaaz began competing in pageantry as a teenager, winning titles such as Miss Chandigarh 2017 and Miss Max Emerging Star India 2018. After winning the title of Femina Miss India Punjab 2019, Sandhu competed in Femina Miss India. She had previously won 'Miss Diva Universe 2021' title that paved her way to the Miss Universe 2021 pageant.
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Japan's tech supremacy just won't let up! Scientists from Japan have now invented masks that glow when exposed to Covid-19 traces.
The game-changing tech was developed by researchers at the Kyoto Prefectural University in Japan. Every team the mask comes in contact with traces of Covid-19, it becomes fluorescent.
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Source: India Times
The main event will be the inauguration of the phase one of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham constructed at a cost of around Rs 339 crore.
PM Modi will dedicate to people the ambitious Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in the heart of Varanasi after offering prayers at the ancient temple that draws massive number of visitors from India and abroad.
Even till late evening on Sunday, construction workers were busy polishing stones, labourers were occupied decking up the temple premises with flowers, especially marigold, and staff rushing things up at Lalita Ghat to make it ready for the function.
There is a palpable excitement among a majority of the residents of the temple town and domestic tourists flocking the holy shrine of the Hindus in the run-up to the high-profile event, in view of which the police security in Varanasi has been stepped up.
Excitement of the inauguration event, branded as Divya Kashi, Bhavya Kashi’, is such that a Shiv Barat procession was taken out in the streets near Godowlia Chowk, while owners of many hotels in the area have lit up their properties, with one saying, “It is a historic moment for Kashi and we are fortunate to be part of it”.
Source: News18
Image source: PTI
Markets across the world have been decorated to mark the beginning of Christmas season.
Source of pics: Reuters/India Today
The farmers protesting against the several related issues, have decided to call off their demonstrations, soon after the Centre agreed to their demands. The farmers protested at the various borders of the national capital since November last year.
The farmers' unions have said the protesters will head back home after vacating Singhu border, the epicentre of the 14-month-long protests, near Delhi on Saturday (December 11) before offering prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 13.
Source: Hindustan Times
The farmers' unions have said the protesters will head back home after vacating the Singhu border, the epicentre of the 14-month-long protests, near Delhi on Saturday (December 11) before offering prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 13.
CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife, defence assistant, security commandos and an IAF pilot were on board the Mi-series chopper when it crashed between Coimbatore and Sulur in Tamil Nadu. CDS Bipin Rawat was on his way to Defence Staff College in Wellington from the Indian Air Force base in Sulur near Coimbatore, as per sources.
Star at the heart of the solar system, Sun is an almost perfect sphere of hot plasma, radiating energy and has 1.39 million of diameter and 330,000 times the mass of the Earth. Three-quarters of the star is made up of hydrogen, followed by helium, oxygen, carbon, neon, and iron. It's the giant furnace in the sky that powers all life systems here on our planet.
Although it's not advisable to stare at the sun through the naked eye for too long, an astrophotographer has discovered what he claims to be the clearest picture of the sun ever captured. Here are the pictures:
Source: India Times
Image source: Instagram
Divers dressed as Santa Claus place a Christmas tree in the fish tank at Budapest in Hungary. This tradition started a few years ago. The divers fed the four sharks and various fish to spread christmas cheer.
Source: India Times
Image source: India Times
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