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Delhi violence: CBSE to reschedule exams for students not able to appear

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Delhi violence: CBSE to reschedule exams for students not able to appear The Delhi High Court had on Friday said that shifting the examination centres at this time was not a viable option and asked the Delhi Police to ensure proper security at the exam centres Current Affairs :The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday said school principals had been mentioned to give a rundown of understudies who might not have the option to show up in the board tests to be directed till March 7 in the brutality influenced regions. For these understudies, tests would be held sometime in the future. “Considering the troublesome circumstance that proceeds with a portion of the up-and-comers, the CBSE is set up to hold assessments sometime in the not too distant future for such applicants who might not have the option to show up for the assessments up to seventh March,” said CBSE in an announcement. The Delhi High Court had on Friday said moving the assessment communities ri...

Delhi govt's free pilgrimage scheme suspended over lack of trains

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Delhi govt's free pilgrimage scheme suspended over lack of trains The government will explore possibility of covering shorter distance destinations under the scheme through buses Current Affairs :The Delhi government’s free journey conspire has been incidentally suspended due to non-accessibility of trains, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday saying he will converse with the Center for its resumption. Vice president Minister Manish Sisodia said the ‘Mukhyamantri Teertha Yatra’ plot has been suspended for the present as the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for “reasons most popular to it” passed on to the Delhi government that rakes were not accessible for the plan. The Northern Railways said the inaccessibility of rakes was because of the impact of mist on train tasks and development of paramilitary staff on political decision obligation to and from Karnataka and Jharkhand, and those posted at outskirt regions. “The plan will be sus...

Free bus, Metro rides scheme: What Delhi govt’s proposal means to women

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Free bus, Metro rides scheme: What Delhi govt’s proposal means to women Contrary to the expectation that women in urban areas get more employment opportunities, the data show that India’s female labour force participation rate in cities is lower than in rural areas Current Affairs :-On a winter’s day in mid 2018, 23-year-old information section official Sheela* needed to settle on a brief moment choice when the driver of her common small van disregarded her solicitations to back off and drop her off: she could either remain on the vehicle- – the solitary traveler – and hazard conceivable strike, or bounce off the moving vehicle and hazard damage. She jumped off, harming her correct arm and lower leg to guarantee her security from the driver of the gramin seva (country administration) van, a favored method of transport in the low-pay rural areas of India’s capital. Voyaging in excess of 7 km from an office in Okhla Phase I in southern Delhi to her home in Dakshinpuri, the c...