Govt defers Darbar Move; cancels Class 10th exams, postpones Class 12th papers
Govt defers Darbar Move; cancels Class 10th exams, postpones Class 12th papers
All incoming travelers to be tested at Lakhanpur, others at Vijaypur
4 casualties, 1141 cases in J&K; one dies, 208 test +ve in Leh
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU/SRINAGAR/ LEH, Apr 15: In a series of COVID control measures, the Jammu and Kashmir Government today deferred biannual Darbar Move to Srinagar, cancelled remaining Class 10th exams and postponed Class 12th papers, extended closure of all schools up to and including Class 12th till April 30 and ordered testing of all incoming travelers at Lakhanpur, inter-State movers at Thandi Khui in Samba and closure of coaching centres as the Union Territory recorded four more Corona casualties and 1141 cases.
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85 pc positive cases outsiders in Leh: DM
Leh, Apr 15: The authorities in the Union Territory of Ladakh Thursday said that with the resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the country amid high intensity of the second wave, there is a steep rise in cases in Ladakh as well while 85 per cent of the 985 active cases in the region are non-UT residents.
District Magistrate Leh Shrikant Balasaheb Suse while addressing a conference said that the main factor for rise in positive cases are the outsiders including the laborers and tourists. “Of the total active positive cases, 85 per cent are the outsiders while the 15 per cent are locals tested on arrival at the airport”, he said.
Ladakh records over 800 coronavirus cases in 10 days, infection tally crosses 11,000
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LEH: The Union Territory of Ladakh recorded more than 800 coronavirus cases in the past 10 days, pushing the infection tally to 11,070, officials said on Wednesday.
One person died of COVID-19 in Leh district during the period, taking the death toll in the union territory to 131.
The highest single-day spike of 165 cases was reported on Tuesday.
The number of active cases in the Union Territory as on date stands at 851 785 in Leh and 66 in Kargil district the officials said.
Quoting data released by the Directorate of Health Services, the officials said 626 of the new cases were detected in Leh district from April 8 to April 13 and 32 cases in Kargil.
New Delhi, April 14
Maintaining that access to professional education is not a governmental largesse, the Supreme Court has said the state had an affirmative obligation to facilitate access to education at all levels.
“While the right to pursue higher (professional) education has not been spelt out as a fundamental right in Part III of the Constitution, it bears emphasis that access to professional education is not a governmental largesse. Instead, the state has an affirmative obligation to facilitate access to education, at all levels,” a Bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud said.
The court was dealing with a case of admission of Farzana Batool and another candidate of Ladakh in a medical college in Delhi against the central pool. In November last year, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW) had allotted one seat each at Lady Hardinge Medical College and Maulana Azad Medical College to the Union Territory of Ladakh from the central pool.