Meghalaya: Colleges to Begin Classes From February 1
Following a guideline issued by the state government Colleges, and higher educational institutions of Meghalaya will begin classes from February 1, 2021
| 28 Jan 2021 11:15 AM GMT
Shillong: The colleges and the higher educational institutions of Meghalaya to reopen classes from February 1, 2021, following strict guideline issued by the state government on Wednesday (January 27).
According to the notification, classes in the colleges will be held in blended mode (online/offline). This would include lesson transactions, online interaction, assignments, counselling, etc.
For all classes academic calendar will be as per the academic calendar to be prepared and circulated by North- Eastern Hill University (NEHU).
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Shillong, Jan 28 (UNI) An expert committee of North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) has found that radioactive radiation in Uranium-rich deposits in and around Nongbah Jynrin, Wahkaji, South West Khasi Hills District is “well within the safety levels.”
The six-member expert committee headed by Prof B Myrboh, Department of Chemistry, NEHU was requested by the state government to investigate and submit its report after anti-uranium mining lobby had claimed that there was leakage of “radiation” from a concrete tank allegedly containing radioactive remnants of an exploratory uranium mining at Nongbah Jynrin village in the State’s South West Khasi Hills district bordering Bangladesh.
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File image of the Delhi Chalo farmers protest at border points of New Delhi. (Image: AP)
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