#Delhi lockdown

[pointonfirst]

G-20 Summit: Delhi will be closed from 8 to 10 Sep. Lets know what will open and close.

In Delhi due to the G-20 session, the entire Delhi will be deserted from 8 to 10 September. Delhi CM Kejriwal has ordered the closure of schools, offices, and local shops. The country’s capital Delhi is going to be under lockdown soon due to the G-20 Summit is going to be held in Delhi soon, due to which the entire Delhi will remain closed till 8-10 September. During this time schools colleges,…

[9vibes]

Shocking News: Actor Manobala Passes Away Suddenly | RIP Manobala

[thebharatexpress]

राजधानी में लॉकडाउन? स्वास्थ्य मंत्री बोले- बढ़ेंगे कोरोना के मामले, दिया ये निर्देश

राजधानी में लॉकडाउन ? नयी दिल्ली : Lockdown in Delhi ? दिल्ली के स्वास्थ्य मंत्री सौरभ भारद्वाज ने सोमवार को कहा कि राष्ट्रीय राजधानी में कोविड-19 के मामले आने वाले दिनों में बढ़ने की आशंका है, क्योंकि शहर घनी आबादी वाला है । साथ ही उन्होंने ‘फ्लू’ जैसे लक्षणों वाले लोगों से मास्क पहनने और सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर जाने से बचने को कहा। राष्ट्रीय राजधानी में रविवार को कोविड-19 के 699 मामले सामने आये थे…

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Anonymous asked: Of all the many languages you speak which is your weakest one? Do you use those languages?

It’s privilege to learn any language that isn’t your mother tongue. As Ludwig Wittgenstein correctly observed, “The limits of my language means the limits of my world”. If English is our native tongue we put ourselves at a disadvantage because we expect every other nationality to take the trouble to speak it. There seems no incentive to learn a foreign language. We become lazy not just in language but also in other ways including our cultural enrichment, our imagination, and a misplaced sense of our self-importance in the world.

Of the European languages I know, I probably think German would be my weakest. When I was in school in Switzerland you’re brought up in three languages: French, Italian, and German (even if the Swiss speak Swiss German). When I say weakest I mean I can converse fluently, but I don’t have time to read German literature in the same immersive way I would say with French literature or take any special interest in German affairs.

I would say I’m fairly fluent in French now but still prone to silly mistakes. I’ve been told that I can speak without an accent and that is heart warming to know, because that was always the goal once I moved here to France. I don’t really use French in my work as it’s a multi-national entity and so English is the default language of corporate world, but I’m speaking French pretty much the rest of the time outside of work.

I was extremely fortunate to be born into a multi-lingual family where Norwegian and English were spoken from birth. All my siblings were being versed in Latin (not Greek which came years later after doing Classics at university) by the time I was 8 or 9 years old because my father was a classicist and he felt Latin was the building blocks to mastering other languages.

All this occurring whilst we moved lived and moved around a lot in the world such as China, Japan, India, and the Middle East. When I was initially sent to one of the first of my English girls boarding schools I was horrified that most of the girls only spoke English. I thought I was the stupid one for only knowing 6. Boarding school, if nothing else, gave me a great privilege to hone in on the languages I did know and start to learn others.

My parents didn’t take the easy way out and put us children in international schools like all the other expat children. That would have been too easy given how tight knit the British expatriate community was out there. Instead we were left to sink or swim in local schools in places like Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan or Shanghai in China or in Delhi, India. It was a struggle but you soon find your feet and you stumble towards some basic level of fluency.

I’m fortunate that before Covid my corporate work took me often to the Far East and it was a great opportunity to hone what I already knew. The result is I can converse and take business meetings in Chinese and Japanese (though English gets thrown into the mix too).

I would say Chinese is more of a struggle for me these days because I’ve not been back since before the Covid lockdown in 2020. Chinese is one of those languages that can easily melt away if you don’t get the chance to converse in it on a regular basis. Japanese less so, probably because the culture had more profound impact on me than Chinese culture.

Hindi is less of an issue because I have close Indian friends and also I watch Bollywood movies as well as converse with Indian immigrants here in Paris who have local stores. Urdu I learned through the backdoor because Urdu has a spoken affinity with Hindi (if you know Hindi then you know spoken Urdu, more or less, especially in Northern India and cities like Delhi where Urdu was born in the burnt ashes of Mughal India). Reading is another matter because they each use different scripts - Sanskrit for Hindi and Arabic and Persian script for Urdu.

Strangely enough when I was doing my tour in Afghanistan years ago with the British army, I would speak Urdu with local Afghans who served as official translators or were selling goods on the base. These Afghans knew Urdu because an entire generation of Afghan boys and girls grew up in refugee camps on the Pakistani border during the different phases of the Afghan war. I have very fond memories of their friendship and hospitality, but less so of the war itself. 

With Arabic, it had lapsed woefully until I did a posting in Dubai in the past year (as catalogued in my blog) and I found myself suddenly remembering a lot and asking Arab friends. Soon I was able to hold my own amongst my colleagues and corporate clients. In these cultures it’s really hard to stay focused because so many of them speak very good English. So it’s hard to get them to stick with their own language because you want to learn from them - but they want to show off their English proficiency - and so you have to be polite but persistent to stick with Arabic.  

If you’re learning a new language then I hope you stick with it. There’s almost nothing more rewarding in your life than the disocovery a rich culture through language. The key is to find a way to make it fun rather than a trip to the dentist chair for a root canal operation.

Thanks for your question.

[the-prophecy]

China is on lockdown again Singapore has 56k cases Delhi has started covid again IS THIS MY WORST NIGHTMARE COMING BACK HELLO I'M SCARED

[justforbooks]

Bookshops are a precious shelter from the storms of life

I found myself with a line from Bob Dylan’s Shelter from the Storm in my head: “Try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm.”

Bookshops have been in a perfect storm of online competition, business rates and parking charges for a while, but they will always survive. Even the tornado of the pandemic won’t defeat them. The customers, from the tearful first few on the day bookshops reopened after lockdown to the joyful children getting back on the rocking horses or gazing at the fish, seem to feel the same way.

“We all become stories”, as Margaret Atwood once said, and the same is true of bookshops. When we refer to our favourite bookshops, we’ll mention the cat or the nice coffee, or the spiral staircase, or the really knowledgeable children’s buyer. Book-ish, which I recently stumbled upon after getting lost in a Welsh storm, has old typewriters lined up above the bookcases, all donated by locals, a reminder of how a community can take a bookshop to its heart.

Customers have told me how bookshops inhabit their subconscious as well. Graham Greene dreamed in such detail of a London bookshop that he went to look for it twice before realising it was completely dream-forged. In bookshops, as Virginia Woolf noted, we can lose the carapace of self, we can flit around our levels of consciousness and inhabit any of our potential selves. After reading that Greta Garbo spent hours in Rizzoli Bookstore because she needed “a break from being Garbo”.

Perhaps the most important self you can rediscover in a bookshop is from your childhood. Recently, a woman in her mid-60s was buying a contemporary literary novel when a dreamy look came over her and she asked: “I don’t suppose The Silver Sword is still in print?” I’m the same age, and we both identified deeply with the refugee in Warsaw during the second world war who kept his parents’ paper knife – the “silver sword” – in a shoebox. She was surprised when I told her it is still consoling children facing the storm of adolescence. Like The Magic Faraway Tree and I Capture the Castle, it is part of the secret canon, unknown to academia, of shot-in-the-arm books.

They exist for adults, too, and sell as steadily as chai in Delhi. They are written in a sort of trance-state burst of creativity, like Brideshead Revisited and 1984, the result surprising their authors but forever feeding the reader-soul. These are the books which are sniffed before purchase and hugged or kissed afterwards.

Serendipitous browsing throws up discoveries and rediscoveries in a way that algorithms never can. Every day there’s a customer who thumps a great pile on the till and exclaims “I’ve got to get out of here before I find any more – I only came in for a card.”

But whatever the storm may throw at us in the meantime, bookshops will forever be a shelter where it’s always safe and warm.

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at Just for Books…?

[outniched]

Social media is shit. But not Tumblr. It's more like a notebook to me. Ik there are only a few cultured people who use it and i honestly don't mind them peeping in my book. And social media has become what news was to me during lockdown. Just filled with shit I honestly don't want to know.

For the last month, I have been living phoneless. And it has legit been the best thing I've ever done. I'm low-key glad I lost my Nothing Phone. It has helped me through my breakup cuz ik how bad having a phone can be in the process of moving on. Among all this bt the Jacob Collier concert in Delhi was the best thing that happened in my life. That's why even after one month I still have the wrist band they gave. It is like a constant reminder to me that good things do happen in life. (I've removed it now that I don't really need reminding)

So basically I have been off grid for a while now. My return to using a phone is going to have a new front. Ik it's not going to be an easy process. I will be falling back into old habits now and then. But all that matters is that I realise it and make an effort to not let it happen again.

I shall be using one smartphone and one burner phone. I shall use the burner as my main bitch and keep it wherever I go. But the other one phone is gonna be in my bag/fanny pack, which I'll use more mindfully as it is not in the convenience of my pocket. The pocket notebook which I use to take quick notes is also going to be in my pocket.

I shall return with more updates of my life.

Until then, niche out.

P.S - Today is apparently my 2 year Tumblr anniversary lol

[invenuos]

do y'all remember when hathras happened. or cab. or farmer's protests. wrestlers. assam burning. do y'all remember blackened newses happening three years ago (delhi danga, violence at jnu, college students protests, shaheen bagh, the lynchings) and then the way they trickled to a stop being shown in mainstream media. do you remember reporters and comedians and activists and teachers being locked for having an opinion against the power, until everyone simply became so afraid that it stopped happening. do you remember when votes were compromised, just sworn-in governments toppled bcs they were opposition. remember how houses were bulldozed over bcs they were of minority, of poor people. do you remember when they put kashmir under total lockdown, beseeching all human rights of expression and dissent for what was happening. do you know about manipur. do you know of the insidious way propaganda has seeped into this country. the polarization that is goal. how the media is a farce at best. of how much we are turning a blind eye to. this country is burning. the government is behind it all. do you remember of any time this government cared to listen from its people? would you remember?

[moonlitlex]

also!! guys its WORKING. the work the epa and climate activists are doing is literally working currently. there have been dolphin sightings in nyc as recently as july this year (2023). in the hudson and east river. these rivers were so polluted that swimming in them used to basically be a death sentence and that's within living memory.

this is in india, but the ganges has RECENTLY (for some time in 2020 and 2021) been clean enough to drink from. this was during the height of covid lockdown and it has since become too dangerous to drink from again. but this is the fifth most polluted river we are talking about. and literally just a few years ago it became clean enough that you could DRINK from it.

delhi in recent years has been covered in a thick layer of smog and pollution year round except for during the monsoon. in 2020, the sky was clear and blue in the middle of winter (peak smog season). my dad who lives in delhi sent my photos of the sky every day. it hadn't been like that since he was a child. i was in delhi for the 2022-2023 winter season and the sky was clear and blue FAR more than i remembered it from my own childhood (around 2007-2009 is when i lived in delhi).

do NOT let yourself lose hope. improving the pollution and climate change situation is not just possible, it is happening right now. we know how to do it and we are currently doing it. things are changing. we are changing them. we can choose to change them for the better and we HAVE.

today my wisdom is: the ecological crisis of our planet is not a thing that will Suddenly destroy us sometime in the next century—it has taken decades of continuous work for our biosphere to be preserved thus far, and it will take decades more of continuous work to continue preserving it.

The apocalypse is not a single event hovering in the future bearing down on us while we sit helplessly. We are at least 150 years into an ongoing "apocalypse."

Things will continue to steadily get worse without steady action, but "augh! it's already too late to stop climate change and mass extinctions!" is specifically the worst response

[gurujitravelsbooking]

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[studyindubaiorientspectra]

Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia To Assist The Students

Indian Students, guardians, professionals, and educationalists will workwithr the assistance of the Indian embassy management. The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia will dispatch the Indian Schooling Discussion to work with advanced education of Indian understudies in the Kingdom.

Indian understudies, guardians, academicians, and educationists will work under the embassy’s management. Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ausaf Sayeed, said that the educational forum is one among those to be dispatched to stamp India’s 75th Freedom on July 4, 2021″.

This Suppose additionally denotes the 15th of August 2021, 75th, marks the Independence Of reciprocal relations between India and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  Tending to a local gathering at the Worldwide Indian School in Al Jubail, Sayeed said that” International Safe Haven is working to arrange a NEET-UG 2021 assessment community in Saudi Arabia to oblige the instructional exercise needs of Indian students”.

“The measure has been started and is under survey by the Indian Service of Education,” he said.

Because of a matter of promising circumstances for the instructional method for Indian understudies after their twelfth grade, the embassy said that “400 Indian students can benefit from these sponsorship programs at Saudi colleges (grant programs for Indian understudies)”.  In any case, due to the absence of mindfulness among the Indian diaspora, the enlistment rate is a more modest sum. The consulate has found ways to shape mindfulness and advance schooling of the absolute best guidelines for Indians living inside the Kingdom, he added.

Saudi Arabia is inviting Indian colleges to start their grounds inside the Kingdom. As of now, the discourses are happening between IIT Delhi and Saudi specialists, he said. Sayeed likewise guaranteed that the international haven is attempting to bring back Indians to Saudi Arabia, who were abandoned in India after the lockdown.

“We have gotten a positive reaction from the able authorities,” he said, adding that through the Vande Bharat Mission flights, the international haven has helped more than 6 lakh Indians to get back to their nation of origin during the Coronavirus lockdown.  He likewise explained that Indian immunization authentications don’t nneedto be verified from India for enrolling with the Tawakoni application, the Saudi government’s portable application to follow Coronavirus progressively and control its spread.

The minister encouraged social activists and business visionaries to return forward and support the elders who can’t pay their wards’ educational expenses in light of monetary limitations. He additionally offered to help the Indian calling enlisted with the Service of Venture (recently alluded to the Saudi Middle Eastern General Speculation Authority or SAGA).

[tycoonworld]

Big Coaching Centers on the Verge of Closure: Why Is Trust in EdTech Declining in India?

The Rise of Coaching Centers in India

India has long been a hub for coaching centers, both offline and online. With the world's largest network of higher education institutions, the demand for these centers once flourished, and many even gained global recognition.

Surge in Popularity During the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic brought a significant shift in the education landscape. As schools and colleges moved online during the lockdown, coaching centers adapted to digital platforms. Many believed this shift would revolutionize education in India, breaking barriers and making quality learning accessible to all.

Prominent professors launched online courses, and reputed institutions began offering classes online, enabling students to learn from the comfort of their homes. This surge in EdTech appeared to signal a promising future for online education.

The Decline of EdTech in India

Despite its rapid growth, the EdTech boom is now faltering. Parents and students alike are turning away from online learning, leading to a decline in trust and interest.

Why Is Online EdTech Losing Ground?

Lack of Student Motivation One of the primary reasons for the decline in online education is a lack of student engagement. Unlike offline classes, students often struggle to stay motivated in a virtual learning environment.

Incomplete Course Completion Platforms like Udemy and Byju’s have observed that many students abandon courses midway. A report by Udemy revealed that most learners complete only 30% of the course content, while some never even start after paying.

Financial Challenges for EdTech Companies Byju's, a leading EdTech company, is currently grappling with a severe funding crisis. Despite reaching a valuation of $22 billion in 2022, the company has faced allegations of mismanagement and struggles with dues repayment.Last year, Byju's faced legal action after U.S. lenders accused the company of misusing ₹8,300 crore in borrowed funds, leading to bankruptcy.

Challenges Faced by Offline Coaching Centers

The decline isn’t limited to online platforms. Many offline coaching centers are also struggling to survive due to financial constraints and safety issues.

FIITJEE’s Financial Crisis

FIITJEE (Forum for Indian Institutes of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination), a reputed coaching institute, is facing a financial and administrative crisis. Several branches in North India have shut down due to non-payment of salaries to teachers, licensing violations, and fire safety concerns.

This abrupt closure has left students and parents distressed, especially during board and entrance exam seasons. Many parents have filed complaints, alleging that FIITJEE is refusing to refund fees.

Safety Concerns in Offline Centers

Poor safety standards have also contributed to the downfall of offline coaching centers.

In 2023, a fire broke out in a Mukherjee Nagar coaching center in Delhi, injuring over 60 students.

In another incident, three civil service aspirants lost their lives due to waterlogging in the basement of Rao IAS Study Center in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi.

Following these incidents, the Delhi government took stringent action, sealing over 20 coaching centers that violated safety norms. Such tragedies have raised serious concerns about the reliability of offline centers.

Conclusion

Both online and offline coaching centers in India are facing significant challenges. While the online sector struggles with student engagement and financial mismanagement, offline centers are plagued by safety concerns and operational failures.

The education sector must focus on rebuilding trust by prioritizing student engagement, quality education, and safety measures to ensure the long-term success of both online and offline learning platforms.

[indipopcorn]

Child marriages and child labour have become ways for many impoverished and indebted families to make ends meet.

Over 150 million children and teens worldwide are victims of child labour, with India historically ranking among the worst offenders, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

In the nation, about 10 million children and teens between the ages of five and fourteen are compelled to work, frequently as a result of bondage and human trafficking.

A greater percentage of minors are engaged in the $8 billion sector that produces pornographic material. According to the data from the previous year, there has been an increase in child trafficking, child sexual abuse, child trafficking, child radicalisation, and the use of minors for drug misuse. Furthermore, the data service providers are entirely accountable for such, and there is no international law to regulate them.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in child trafficking in India. Since the worldwide lockdown, the number of trafficking cases in New Delhi alone has increased by 68%. Since minors are utilised as labour, many of these incidents include more than just kidnapping.

Child marriages and child labour have become ways for many impoverished and indebted families to make ends meet. Examining the "fine print" of this law reveals gaps that do not forbid child labour among minors aged 16 to 18. Child labour and trafficking in India are permitted to persist because traffickers take use of these loopholes to continue their exploitation without facing immediate legal consequences.

Children should have access to education and a well-rounded upbringing. Illegal labour and trafficking only hurt children and their capacity to develop in a secure setting. Children raised in such conditions cannot be expected to perform well by society. Corruption is to blame for their potential to endanger the country and society. According to official figures, the state of Assam has the highest rate of child trafficking in India. Traffickers promise parents that they will educate the children when they purchase young females for a few thousand rupees. Dead bodies are the only ones that return home sometimes.

It is all about parents sell children for money especially girls. We have not yet discussed the children are being missing from the hospitals and handed over to the families who can provide money to the hospitals. India at least need to remove corruption in it.

No media has still tried to know the response and work of child labour helpline. What if any ordinary person lodge a complaint regarding child labour around them through helpline?

[shystoryrebel]

Covid-19 Love Story

It was COVID-19, or the reasonable and mandatory lockdown or quarantine, that changed my life. It turned my home-shifting plans, first, into a three-month horrendous experience and then a happy ending for the rest of my life. I lived happily for almost two decades in a government accommodation given to my master Mohammad Ali in the posh area of the Asian Games village in South Delhi.

            My master was a government officer. He died three years ago. His wife was much younger than he. She got a government job on compassionate grounds. She could have continued to stay there using the sympathy, victim card and good connections, but she decided not to use those things and sought a new government quarter according to her service level. She easily got a quarter allotted in another colony which was at a distance of around twenty kilometers.

            Luckily for me, I was retained by her as a driver. She gave me the servant room to live in her new apartment at Timar Pur. It was readied by the maintenance staff very fast. We were ready to move out of our Vasant Kunj apartment and got ready to move out to the new address.

            In the third week of February, my new master asked the Electricity, Water departments and IGL to cut the supply and connections of the old house. They agreed immediately. She asked the Telephone Directorate to transfer her telephone to the new address. However, despite repeated requests, the request was not fulfilled. 

            As my new boss, Mrs Fatima Ali was a widow now. She had one home in Kashmir and the other in Delhi. She was supposed to shift during the holy month of Ramadan. She discussed her plan with the Maulvis. They suggested a date in the month of March. As she lost her husband, she wanted to move according to the suggestions of soothsayers to ward off any ominous spirit. 

            My preference was to shift on the first day of Navaratra. Fortunately, my pundits agree on the date. My two pundits, one from my village and another from Delhi, though they disagree on time. I was told by one of the pundits to do the Griha Pravesh in the morning, light a lamp, perform Ganapathi Puja prepare the sweet kheer and offer prasadam to the deity before doing anything else. It was very easy but a little early for a single man since my family lives in my village.

            My Delhi pundit was extremely liberal. He recommended any day or time during Navratra would be lucky - I could shift to my new home at my convenient time and perform the Ganapathi and Navaratra Puja after settling down properly. He added that before leaving, cleaned the entire house properly last time. However, he suggested further, "When you leave your old house, go to each room, pray and express gratitude to the Vastu Purush for caring and blessing you all these years. While departing, switch on the front room light and switch off all other lights."

            Mrs Fatima hired a movers and packers services and asked her friends and colleagues to help her shift to the new house. About two weeks before that, She carried her personal belongings and her departed husband's important items like clothes, laptop, notepad, paper, pen etc. to the new address to make sure they were in one container. " These include her husband's certificates, service papers, pension papers, property documents, books, print articles, holy books, musical instruments like flute, mouth organ, tabla, dholak, harmonium (her husband's instruments were her favourite) and some pictures. She wanted to be able to shift to a new residence without wasting too much time to be comfortable there.

            On March 22, the 'Janta Curfew'  by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi. The lockdown was sudden, as well as mysterious. There were unaccountable stories about the deadly COVID-19 and its impact.

            We could have shifted here if a week or at least a few days were given, performing the poojas, havans with all the other belongings. But with the abrupt lockdown, everything went haywire. 

            The packing company informed Madam to wait due to the sudden lockdown for an indefinite period because all the workers hurriedly rushed to their native places. In her excitement, she happily moved all the air-conditioners to a new flat. So she has to bear the scorching heat of Delhi by June. She had rashes on her skin due to heat. This is the smallest unpleasant incident.

            We moved most of our clothes and belongings to the new house. As time passed, we had no clothes to change into at our old home. I had to request my friend Ashok Kumar to get some clothes. He was kind enough to give me his two pairs of T-shirts and half-pants for me and two old salwar suits of his wife for Madam. Madam was overwhelmed to see my concern for her safety and well-being. The first time, I saw in her eyes a sense of gratitude and affection for me. 

            That sounds like a strange but powerful and intimate experience—living through those challenging days, developing unanticipated attachment, and finding a sense of affection and togetherness amid hardship. It’s miraculous how people can become so close in times of hardship, mainly when faced with limited resources and shared responsibilities.

            It appears like Mrs. Fatima became not just a boss or acquaintance, but almost a cohort in this survival journey.  Spreading sheets on the ground to create a “livable room” feels like it symbolizes not just physical adjustments, but emotional ones too—a space made comfortable not by the luxury of things, but by mutual care and respect. There's a special kind of trust and camaraderie that emerges when you're sharing not just space, but the raw realities of daily life, especially in tough times.

            We were just sitting pointlessly and counting days for a break in the lockdown. Again, I conferred with an astrologer for a new auspicious day. He smiled and replied, " Get ready for a long drag. All the individual horoscopes and stars are not working right now. All are poised. This is a time of universal crisis."

            We are very religious but not superstitious. It is the family practice of Madam to perform some Islamic rituals before starting any new work. It was my family's belief to do Graha Pravesh (entering a new house) on an auspicious day or mahurath. So, when she finally moved, she called the Maulvi to recite the Holy Quran first in her drawing room. I also got the puja and haven performed by Pundit Ji on the auspicious day and time and prepared the milk kheer first. 

            Movers and packers were very swift. Authorities ordered that all employees and workers wear masks, and gloves and use hand sanitiser. Madam assured me that she will take care of it. They got all the formalities and permits in the first week of June. Both the area Municipal and Health offices should allow you to  exit  and enter. It is a well-known fact that workers and poor people suffer because they are slack in following the discipline in line.

            You can't ask for help from your friends because of the risk. Even the most sincere packer can get frustrated and puzzled when one's most valuable belongings are piles of office records books, documents, magazines and clippings. We are sure they wondered if we put garbage, scrap bags, radios, transistors, boxes of cassettes, CDs and pen drives while dragging boxes up and down the stairs. Who is playing cassettes, cassette players, and tape recorders these days? Should we tow them or throw them away?

The Covid virus or the China bimaree, has taken the world back to the Dark Ages. Communities are practising new forms of racism. People who know anything about this disease are pretending like expert doctors and scientists.  

            Media propaganda has only helped to develop and strengthen this way of thinking and approach ---- Whether the curfew or lockdown was successful in containing the disease is debatable, but the broadcast raises psychological fears in the country. 

            COVID-19 patients and indispensable workers have suffered prejudices. Families even refused to bury the dead for fear of infection. History appears to be repeating itself. This pandemic has destroyed all the joys of civilization. The families used to shun and dump their own to pitiless seclusion and weird funerals during an eruption.

            This hardship took a beautifully warm turn, and I could feel the delicate swings in the bond between me and Mrs Fatima. It’s captivating how, over time, our relationship deepens into something more than just a practical or transactional partnership—it becomes a shared emotional journey, marked by small but significant gestures that speak volumes.

            The way she snatched the sheet from me on the first night, insisting on sharing the bed, carries a lot of weight. It's a tender moment where she cares for me and seeks to share a sense of belonging with me. Her eyes, filled with affection and perhaps a longing for companionship, reflect something more profound than simple familiarity. It seems like this bond was quietly growing, fueled by the comfort of proximity and the warmth of mutual support through difficult times.

            The next morning, when I decide to visit the temple, the bond deepens even further. It's interesting that, even in this sacred setting, the bond is expressed in a physical, almost silent way—when she grabbed my hand. The act of holding hands in a place of prayer could symbolize many things: trust, solidarity, or the quiet acceptance of the relationship that has unfolded between us.

            The temple is a space of devotion, and perhaps, in that shared silence and presence, both of us are able to express feelings that go beyond words—feelings that were nurtured during the months of struggle. Our prayer, her presence beside me, and the way our hands intertwined, all seem to communicate a deep, unspoken connection. It’s as if we’ve transcended the boundaries of circumstance and found a new sense of togetherness, both physical and spiritual.

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Board Exams for Class 12th and 10th 2024 Cancelled Due to Winter and Pollution Lockdown: Rumors Debunked

Board Exams for Class 12th and 10th 2024 Cancelled Due to Winter and Pollution Lockdown: Rumors Debunked (FAKE NEWS) November 26, 2024 – New Delhi: There has been widespread bewilderment among the students and the parents following the news circulation claiming that the 2024 board examinations for Class 10th and 12th were cancelled due to the regular winter season prevailing in several parts of…

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Shri Venkateshwara University held a seminar focused on the judiciary’s role in reducing environmental pollution in the country.

The School of Law at Shri Venkateshwara University/Institute hosted a national seminar on the topic of Judicial Activism on Environmental Imbalance in India.

Over a dozen legal experts & environmentalists from Delhi, Lucknow, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Uttrakhand & other parts voiced concern regarding the deteriorating pollution problem in the country.

They unanimously agreed that until & unless every citizen contributes their part in curbing environmental pollution, this problem cannot be resolved.

The Venkateshwara Group Founder President Dr Sudhir Giri, Pro Chancellor Dr Rajeev Tyagi, CG & Head of Central Law University Jurist Dr SK Chadda & Senior Advocate of Supreme Court Dr Vivek Singh inaugurated the event by lighting a lamp to Goddess Saraswati.

Environmentalist & Dean Environmental Law at Gurukul Kangri University Prof. JK Mata, Senior Advocate Consumer Affairs Dr Gopal Narsen, VC Dr Krishna Kant Dave & Dr Madhu Chaturvedi joined them to unveil the Judicial Activism on Environmental Imbalance in India seminar.

The Venkateshwara Group Founder President Dr Sudhir Giri reiterated stopping uncontrolled exploitation of nature & curbing environment pollution is not the sole responsibility of the Government or judiciary but of every citizen.  

The Chief Guest Dr. SK Chadda asserted the AQI has become so severe in metros, especially Delhi NCR that forget working, business or studies, even breathing has become difficult.

The situation is so critical that the Supreme Court had to step in & ordered the immediate closure of educational institutions & revived online classes for the learners.

The situation is like Lockdown & we all are liable for this critical situation. Until & unless we join hands to conserve nature, the situation will get compounded in coming times.

If we do not act now, then we will face unprecedented circumstances

If every responsible citizen plants enough trees, conserves water, prevents illegal tree cutting & environmental degradation, then the Judiciary will not need to interfere in nature conservation.

Dr SK Chadda is a renowned Jurist & HOD BR Ambedkar Central Law University, Lucknow.

The Pro Chancellor Dr Rajeev Tyagi affirmed let’s plant enough trees to turn Earth green and contribute our part to realize the honourable PM’s dream of a Clean India Green India.

Renowned Environmentalist Dr GK Mata, Advocate Dr Vivek Singh of Supreme Court, Jurist Dr Gopal Narsen, VC Dr Krishna Kant Dave, & Environmentalist Dr Rajesh Singh also addressed the 1 day seminar.

Those present included the Registrar Dr Piyush Pandey, Academic Dean Dr Rajesh Singh, Dr TP Singh, Dr Dinesh Gautam, Dr Divya Girdhar, Dr Anil Jaiswal, Dr Ashutosh Singh, Dr Yogeshwar Sharma & Dr Rajwardhan.

Dr Om Prakash, Dr Ashwini Saxena, Dr Neetu Panwar, Dr Shilpa Raina, were all present.

The Meerut Campus Director, Dr Pratap Singh, was present along with the Media Incharge, Mr. Vishwas Rana among others.