IIndia has registered 89,129 new COVID-19 -19 cases, 714 deaths and 44,202 recoveries in the last 24 hours, with an active caseload of 6,58,909, as per a statement by the Health Ministry on April 3.Also read: Coronavirus updates — April 3, 2021It added that eight States — Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh — have shown a steep rise in the daily new cases and reported 81.42% of the new cases.“Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 47,913, followed by Karnataka with 4,991 and Chhattisgarh with 4,174,” noted the Ministry.State Helpline numbers…
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided not to reduce the syllabus for the students of classes 9 to 12 for academic year 2021-22, according to the new curriculum.The CBSE had last year rationalised the syllabus by up to 30% for classes 9 to 12 for academic year 2020-21 to reduce the course load of students amid the COVID-19 crisis.The students who studied the reduced syllabus will appear in exams in May-June.According to the new syllabus released by the CBSE, the chapters and topics that were slashed in the last academic year have been restored in the official…
Congress leader says there has been a ‘wholesale capture of institutions’ in India Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday questioned the silence of the United States establishment for what is happening in India.Mr. Gandhi made these remarks in an interactive virtual conversation with former U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns of the Harvard Kennedy School.In the hour-long interaction that had questions from students, the Congress leader spoke on a range of issues such as economy, foreign policy as well as domestic politics, including farmers’ protests and the ongoing elections.Talking about the role of being an Opposition leader, he said there had…
The demand for reverting education to the State list from the Concurrent list has echoed strongly in the manifestos of many parties this Assembly election.This comes against the backdrop of Tamil Nadu’s vociferous demand to exempt the State from NEET for medical admissions and its opposition to the BJP-led Central government’s National Education Policy (NEP 2020). Parties have argued that the NEP will further deprive the State of its rights on education.“The NEP has brought to the fore the demand for bringing education to the State list. It was the Tamil Nadu government that established the Anna University, created infrastructure,…
The U.S. Capitol complex was placed on lockdown after the incident A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the January 6 insurrection.Video shows the driver of the crashed car emerging with a knife in his hand and starting to run at the pair of officers, Capitol Police Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters. Authorities shot the suspect, who died at a hospital.Two…
The Kolkata side has recruited multidimensional players, added experience and improved its options in all departments in a bid to return to its glory days After narrowly missing out on a playoff berth in two successive seasons, Kolkata Knight Riders has strengthened itself in two key areas ahead of the Indian Premier League’s 14th edition. The two-time champion has added experience and also enhanced its options in every department.The side has fortified itself with multidimensional players, hiring four all-rounders — Shakib Al Hasan, its ‘lucky charm’ in two title wins, Australian Ben Cutting, old hand Pawan Negi and newcomer Venkatesh…
Anantapur Sports Academy wins the ‘Sports for Good’ award their work in rural Andhra Pradesh G.R. Visvanath was conferred the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ while Sachin Tendulkar, M.S. Dhoni and Mithali Raj were also honoured in the 2021 Sportstar Aces Awards on Friday.“To receive a recognition of this nature at this stage of my life is an unexpected and very pleasant surprise,” Visvanath said.Tendulkar shared his ambitions for the sport in the country in the years to come. “I hope India moves from being a sport-loving nation to a sport-playing one. We will have a younger, healthier and fitter India,” said…
A day ago, U.S. vowed to stand by Kiev in the event of Russian ‘aggression’ as its troops amass on border Russia warned the West on Friday against sending troops to Ukraine to buttress its ally, after Kiev accused Moscow of building up a military presence on its border.The United States had pledged on Thursday to stand by Ukraine in the event of Russian “aggression,” after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of massing troops on the border.Weeks of renewed frontline clashes have shredded a ceasefire and raised fears of an escalation of the simmering conflict in eastern Ukraine, where…
Diplomatic Affairs Editor Suhasini Haidar takes a look at the recent developments between India and Pakistan’s trade freeze In this episode of Worldview, our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Suhasini Haidar takes a look at Pakistan’s move to open trade with India, and then reverse the move which has further deepened the mystery on the India-Pakistan dialogue process. What is expected next?Also read: Pakistan allows import of cotton, sugar from India Source
Responding to the searches by the Income Tax Department at the residence of V. Sabareesan, son-in-law of DMK president M.K. Stalin, the DMK youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday challenged the sleuths to search his residence at Chennai.He was campaigning at Madathukulam in Tiruppur district for the DMK front’s candidates for Madathukulam and Udumalpet Assembly constituencies namely R. Jayaramakrishnan (DMK) and K. Thennarasu (Congress) respectively.“Here is my address: No. 25/9, Cenotaph Road, Chittaranjan Salai, Chennai. If you (I-T Department) have the courage, visit my house. Whatever is there, I will show you,” he said. “Not just me, even the…