Author: Anushka Sharma

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India is committed to serving the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable people by developing next-generation infrastructure to help them achieve their goals. PM Modi remarked in a video message at the opening session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure that the Sustainable Development Goals’ solemn vow is to leave no one behind. According to the Prime Minister, infrastructure is about people and providing them with high-quality, dependable, and long-term services in an equitable way. “Any infrastructure growth story must put people at the centre.”…

PM Modi stated that India is perfectly positioned to lead the next technological revolution and that investments are being made, among other things, in developing 5G capabilities. On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India is on track to have a strong economy, with semi-conductor consumption estimated to reach USD 110 billion by 2030 and the world’s fastest-growing start-up ecosystem. According to him, India is poised to lead the next technological revolution, with investments being made, among other things, in building 5G capabilities. “We’re laying the groundwork for India to lead the next technological revolution. We’re on our way…

Revisiting Shoojit Sircar’s October in the literal month of fall will not sound bland to those who regularly stop in their way when they glance upon a Jasmine flower. For them, October is a symbol of hope and new beginnings. It’s the first day of October. I open my windows and see fallen leaves on roads, people walking by and going about their days. Fall has begun, I tell myself. On days, it feels tiring to believe that a new beginning exists even while simultaneously taking place. For most people, significant moments do not give them a monthly reminder like…

The Maharashtra State Council for Education Research and Training (SCERT) had organised this discussion to facilitate a talk ahead of the reopening of schools. Various educators participated in the conversation and expressed their viewpoints. Taking “Responsibility for the Students” and “Ensuring Effective Learning” Ahead of the reopening of schools from October 4, Maharashtra State Council for Education Research and Training (SCERT) organised an online discussion between educators and state school education minister Varsha Gaikwad on Friday where the minister called “taking responsibility for the students” and “ensuring effective learning” in the school as top priorities. The announcement for the reopening…

ICMR chief Balram Bhargava authorized the paper with Samiran Panda and Tanu Anand, highlighting multi-layered mitigation strategies to create optimal learning in schools. Experts at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) called for the reopening of schools in a phased manner in their new paper. They prioritized primary sections with proper implementation of multi-layered COVID-19 mitigation measures. The paper ‘Reopening of schools during COVID-19 pandemic: A persistent dilemma’ was an opinion piece published in The Indian Journal of Medical Research. Experts cited a UNESCO report that stated that school closures in India for more than 500 days had affected…

On Thursday, The Directorate of Education, Delhi, wrote to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) requesting to waive off the board examination fees of all the students of Classes 10 and 12 studying in the government schools for the academic session of 2021-22. DoE director Udit Prakash Rai said, “Keeping in view the COVID situation in the country, they have been receiving many requests from parents expressing their inability to pay examination fees due to loss of income due to the ongoing pandemic.” In the letter written on September 23, Rai requested to “waive-off the examination fee of all…

Through the eyes of Jo March, a look at the universal phenomenon of Loneliness among growing adults. “Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for. But I’m so lonely.” Jo March utters these words in front of her mother in a fit of discontentment in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. This monologue from the 2019 movie may sound very redundant at first, but it is already so popular…

On Wednesday, The Ministry of Home Affairs informed the Supreme Court that states would provide the payment of ₹50,000 each as ex gratia assistance to the families of those who died of COVID-19. Recommended by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), this scheme will allow compensation for deaths that have already occurred and the future ones. Those who succumbed to the virus while involved in relief operations and preparedness activities will also receive assistance, the Centre said in its affidavit. State governments provide the money from their respective Disaster Response Funds (SDRF), distributed by the District Disaster Management Authority or…

The NBC show premiered first in September 2016 does the job of intermixing a light subject of comedy and heavy matter of existence and serves it on a platter filled with humane and soul-filling moments. Taking its philosophical basis from Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1944 existentialist play – No Exit (Huis Clos), Michael Schur centres the ideology of the show’s first season around the last line of Sartre’s play – “Hell is other people”. The protagonist is Eleanor Shellstrop, who has lived an unethical life and only in her selfish interests. When she dies and ends in ‘Good Place’ in her afterlife,…

This time changing contours of Congress leadership has brought a Dalit chief minister in the Jat-dominated political scene who is vocal about the social issues and close to Gandhi Family. Charanjit Singh Channi, a Dalit Sikh leader and close aide of the PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, took oath as the 16th chief Chief Minister of Punjab, a day after Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from this post. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Raj Bhavan, where Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, AICC in¬charge of Harish Rawat, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and other party leaders were also present. Two…