Day: June 21, 2020

From Blackboards to Zoom Whiteboards: Experts explore changing paradigms of school education

Many students with disabilities struggling with e-education, NGOs call for more accessible approach

4:49 pm June 21, 2020

New Delhi: Neha sharma (name changed), who suffers from cerebral palsy, has been unable to interact with her teachers online for sometime now. She says there are days that she doesn’t understand much of what go on in her e-classroom and has to mostly rely on her classmates’ notes for studying. I personally am able […]

Asanas on ice blocks, silambam asanas mark IYD amidst lockdown

1:55 pm June 21, 2020

Chennai: A rapid sequence of yogasanas for an hour on huge ice blocks and asanas with silambam, a traditional Tamil martial arts, marked the sixth International Day of Yoga celebrations in Tamil Nadu on Sunday. The Coronavirus pandemic did not appear to dampen the spirit of scores of yoga enthusiasts who observed the day while […]

Police protests upend Democratic Senate contest in Kentucky

1:49 pm June 21, 2020

Louisville: For months, Charles Booker languished in the shadows, talking about racial and economic justice in a long shot bid to take on Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate. Then came a national eruption over the deaths of Black Americans in encounters with police. Now, Booker’s bid for the Democratic Senate nomination from the left wing of Kentucky politics is on the rise, […]

Trump campaign abruptly cancels outdoor rally

1:42 pm June 21, 2020

Tulsa: President Donald Trump’s campaign has abruptly canceled an outdoor campaign rally that had been scheduled in downtown Tulsa The campaign said Trump and Vice President Mike Pence would only appear at the scheduled indoor event at the BOK Center. No reason was given for the cancellation of the outdoor rally right outside the venue. […]

Concerned over how quickly COVID-19 cases are rising in India: Indian-origin expert

1:35 pm June 21, 2020

New York: Harvard Global Health Institute Director Dr. Ashish Jha has expressed concern over how quickly new the coronavirus cases are rising in India and said when populous states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh get hit hard, the country could see a “large increase” in virus infections and deaths. India on Sunday saw a record single-day spike of 15,413 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s […]