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Sep 30, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
#MHA issues new guidelines on reopening :

For re-opening of #schools and coaching institutions, State/ UT Governments have been given the flexibility to take a decision after October 15, in a graded manner

@NewIndianXpress @XpressBengaluru @santwana99 Online/ distance learning shall continue to be the preferred mode of teaching and shall be encouraged.

HOWEVER Students may attend schools/ institutions only with the written consent of parents (Attendance must not be enforced)
Sep 4, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
So @readersdigest knew in 1966

' #flu not to be taken lightly' Image The influenze virus... Undergoes continual change not only from flu season to flu season but as it travels from one are to another, writes Don Everitt
Aug 29, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
#unlock4 #Schools #Colleges

Here's what's in store for schools and colleges -

1) Schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions will remain closed for students up to Sep 30. Online/distance learning is encouraged.

@XpressBengaluru @NewIndianXpress @santwana99 2) Upto 50% of teaching and non-teaching staff can be called to schools at a time for online teaching/ tele- counselling & related work
Jul 28, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
My Lords, there is nothing personal in the criticism of the judiciary or those who helm it. (1/n)
@gsvasu_TNIE
bit.ly/2BABRwO "Like Seervai and the four former judges, some feel it is their duty to speak out, maybe even to indulge in personal criticism, for a larger cause." (2/n)
Jun 9, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
Hi, need to ask you for a little help today. My cook in Bangalore, Jayant had to go to Orissa just before the lockdown started to take care of his new born daughter who was extremely sick. He came back in the middle of the lockdown and had lost all his previous jobs. 1/n For the past 2 months, he has been struggling to make ends meet and is unable to send money back home to feed his child. He's in desperate need for work. He's an amazing cook, the best I have had and more importantly he's an amazing human being. 2/n
Feb 1, 2020 7 tweets 5 min read
To attract talented teachers, innovate and build better labs, steps will be taken to enable sourcing, external commercial borrowings and FDI to deliver higher quality education

#BudgetSession2020 #Education
@XpressBengaluru
@NewIndianXpress
@nsitharaman

1/n Image For improving employment opportunities of students in general streams, 150 higher education institutions will start apprenticeship embedded degree diploma courses by March 2021
#BudgetSession2020 #education
2/n
Feb 1, 2020 19 tweets 11 min read
Budget woven around three aspects - aspirational india, Economic development, caring society : @nsitharaman
#Budget2020 Image Krishi Udaan will be launched by Ministry of civil aviation on international and national routes for value realisation of produce
@MoCA_GoI