COVID-19 pandemic

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COVID-19: Rules relaxed for weddings in Indore and Bhopal

8:02 pm June 24, 2020

Bhopal/Indore: Authorities have eased norms for weddings in Bhopal and Indore, the two worst-hit districts of Madhya Pradesh amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said on Wednesday. Now, citizens won’t have to take prior permission from the authorities to organise weddings in both the districts, the official said. Bhopal and Indore, which are in the red zone, together account for more […]

Visit patients under home isolation, ensure they follow isolation norms: Delhi govt to officials

Govt relaxes manufacturing norms for PPE makers

2:30 pm June 24, 2020

New Delhi: The government has relaxed norms of having in-house testing for three kinds of Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to promote the supply of quality gears during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to an official order. The norms have been relaxed for filter half masks, surgical face masks and eye protectors by the Bureau of […]

Odisha CM watches Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra on TV

8:37 pm June 23, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik watched the live telecast of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra, which was held in Puri on Tuesday, at his office in the Lok Seva Bhawan here. The historic rath yatra started without the usual sea of devotees and amid tight security in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, a day after […]

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 […]

IIT-Kharagpur researchers turn Odisha steel plant dumpsites into greenbelt

IIT Kharagpur to start virtual lecture series on innovation, entrepreneurship in post-COVID world

7:59 pm June 20, 2020

Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur’s Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship is set to start a virtual lecture series dealing with crucial aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The series titled ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a Post-COVID World’ will be divided into 16 parts and conducted on the National Programme on Technology Enhanced […]