CBSE Class 12 board exams cancelled: Check out students reactions, memes
PM Modi said that due to the COVID situation in the country, several states have still opted for a lockdown. He also urged that students should not be forced to appear for exams
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The government on Tuesday decided to cancel the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) Class 12 board exams this year. PM Modi, via his official Twitter handle, announced that after extensive consultations, the Centre has taken a student-friendly decision. Government of India has decided to cancel the Class XII CBSE Board Exams. After extensive consultations, we have taken a decision that is student-friendly, one that safeguards the health as well as future of our youth. https://t.co/vzl6ahY1O2- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 1, 2021
Confident to vaccinate whole population by December 2021: ICMR DG Bhargava
Confident to vaccinate whole population by December 2021: ICMR DG Bhargava
ANI / Updated: Jun 1, 2021, 19:25 IST
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New Delhi: Underlining that there is no shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in the country, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Dr Balram
Bhargava on Tuesday expressed confidence that India s entire population will be vaccinated by December 2021.
Briefing the press on
Covid and vaccination-related updates in the country, Bhargava stressed that the Covid positivity rate should be below 5 per cent for a week and over 70 per cent vulnerable population should be vaccinated in order to lift restrictions in districts.
ICMR DG, Dr Balram Bhargava (Photo/ANI).
No shortage of vaccine in country, confident to inoculate whole population by Dec 2021: ICMR DG Bhargava ANI | Updated: Jun 01, 2021 18:32 IST
By Sahil Pandey
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Underlining that there is no shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in the country, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava on Tuesday expressed confidence that India s entire population will be vaccinated by December 2021.
Briefing the press on Covid and vaccination-related updates in the country, Bhargava stressed that the Covid positivity rate should be below 5 per cent for a week and over 70 per cent vulnerable population should be vaccinated in order to lift restrictions in districts.
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Synopsis I urge all the media-electronic, print and digital-to bring all these precautionary measures before the people again and again, and create such an atmosphere in society that all those above 18 years are vaccinated by December, he added.
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Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Monday urged the media to continuously inform and educate people about the importance of COVID vaccines and COVID-appropriate behaviour so that all those above 18 years can be inoculated by December this year. In a video message on Twitter, the minister said the COVID pandemic is a major crisis and vaccination is the right treatment for it.