Read more about MP: Board exams of Classes 10 & 12 postponed on Business Standard. The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education has postponed the examinations of Classes 10 and 12 in view of a spike in Covid-19 cases, an official said on Wednesday
Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta on Tuesday said that there is no shortage of Remdesivir injection in the state. Gupta, while on his visit to the COVID-19 ward at Sadar Hospital in Ranchi, told the media personnel, There is no shortage of Remdesivir injection in the state. We have received 1,500 injections on Tuesday. The state Health Minister further said, We have written to the Central government for more ventilators. We are increasing the number of ventilators. Some patients have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic who has been admitted in the hospital. They are being sent to home isolation, he added.
Read more about Madhya Pradesh announces summer vacation for Classes 1 to 8 from April 15 on Business Standard. The Madhya Pradesh government has declared summer holidays for two months for students of Classes 1 to 8 in the state in view of the Covid-19 pandemic
India reported a recordsingle-day rise of1,84,372new coronavirus infectionspushing the total tally of cases to1,38,73,825, while the active cases surpassed the 13-lakh mark,according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll increased to1,72,085with 1,027 daily new fatalities,the highest sinceOctober18,2020, the data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase for the 35th day in a row, the active cases increased to13,65,704,comprising 9.84per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 88.92 per cent. The active caseload was at its lowest at1, 35,926 on February 12 and it was at its highest at 10,17,754 on September 18, 2020.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Association of Indian Universities 95th annual meet and National Seminar of Vice-Chancellors on Wednesday at 11 am through video conferencing. The Prime Minister will also release four books Dr Ambedkar Jivan Darshan, Dr Ambedkar Vyakti Darshan, Dr Ambedkar Rashtra Darshan, and Dr Ambedkar Aayam Darshan based on Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar s life, written by Kishor Makwana. The event is being hosted by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad.Governor and Chief Minister of Gujarat and Union Education Minister will also be present on the occasion. A National Seminar of Vice-Chancellors on the theme Implementing National Educational Policy-2020 to Transform Higher Education in India is also being organised during the meet. It aims to work out implementation strategies for the recently launched National Education Policy- 2020 with a clear-cut action plan on effectively implementing the policy in the interest of its primar