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Krishna Janmashtami marks the birth of Hindu God Krishna. The day has been marked as a holiday with several state governments announcing public holidays for schools, offices, and other government organisations. Not just government schools but private schools also follow the schedule. On Janmashtami, people usually offer prayers to Lord Krishna to celebrate the day. Among the states which have declared August 19 as a holiday this year for Janmashtami include Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. Meanwhile, states such as Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh have not declared Janmahtami as a public holiday. Maharashtra which observes Dahi Handi, also keeps schools closed on this day. Also read| ‘West Bengal Govt Takes Cut From Money Allocated to Education Fund,’ Suvendu Complains to Pradhan Lord Krishna is believed to be the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Born in the Mathura-Vrindavan … [Read more...] about From Maharashtra to Uttar Pradesh, List of States Where Schools Are Closed Due to Janmasthami

The fourth phase of the Common Universities Entrance Test (CUET) 2022 began on Wednesday. On the second day of phase four of the exam, August 18, students found the papers to be easy except for mathematics, which has been considered as little moderate in difficulty level. The economics paper had questions based on concepts taught in class 12 while accountancy and English papers were on the easier, claimed students. In economics, “there was one case study with five questions and surprisingly the graph based questions were more like data interpretation. Topics covered included macro-economic policy indicator, goal of five-year plan, great leap forward campaign, among others,” said Amitendra Kumar, Product Head – CUET & Under Graduate Programmes, Career Launcher. Also read| CUET 2022: A Saga of Tech Glitches, Everything That Went Wrong in First-ever Common Entrance Test In accountancy, questions were covered from accounting-not for profit, partnership, shares and … [Read more...] about CUET 2022 Phase 4 Exam Analysis: Math Continue to be Difficult, Accountancy, English Easy

A woman has switched retirement for medical school in order to train to practice as a doctor at the age of 50 - proving that it's never too late to chase your dreams. 51-year-old Jen Reinmuth-Birch was encouraged to return to school by her new husband, to reinvent her career. She was inspired after witnessing the incredible work of medical professionals who work with children with special needs, which chimed with her own experience of parenting a boy with autism. It took the mum-of-two four years to build work experience and get her science qualifications before she was accepted into her dream medical school, Pacific North West University of Health Sciences in January 2021. She is now in her second year, and is inspiring others to do exactly what they want. The mum-of-two had been inspired to become a doctor after seeing the amazing work medical professionals do with children with special needs - which resonated with her as a mum of a boy with autism ( Image: … [Read more...] about Woman swaps retirement for medical school proving it’s never too late to chase your dreams

Born on May 9, 1989, Vijay Deverakonda debuted in the Nuvilla movie in 2011. He is an Indian actor and film producer who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He was born in Achampet, Nagarkurnool district. His father is a television serial director while his mother is an entrepreneur in Hyderabad. She was also a soft skill and personality developer trainer. He has a younger brother, Anand, who is also an actor. Deverakonda was always a good student. He spent most of his childhood away from his family. He studied in Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, a boarding school, till Class 10th in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh. He likes his school very much and feels it was the one of the causes for what he is now. He says that the school environment was so peaceful that it helped improve his acting skills. Also read | Celebrity Education Qualification: Kareena Kapoor Khan a College Dropout But Also Studied at Harvard After completing his Class 10th, he went to Hyderabad and studied … [Read more...] about Celebrity Education Qualification: Vijay Deverakonda is a Commerce Graduate, Pressured by Family to Pursue MBA

A religious school in Florida says it will only refer to students by their sex assigned at birth, while pupils who are gay, transgender or gender nonconforming "will be asked to leave the school immediately." NBC News obtained an email from the Grace Christian School in Valrico, about 20 miles east of Tampa, sent before the beginning of the school year by Administrator Barry McKeen. The subject line of the email reads: "Important School Policy Point of Emphasis. ... Please Read." The June 6 correspondence to parents cited scripture and said that students will be referred to by the "gender on their birth certificates" during the school year beginning this month. While the email refers to "biological gender," the National Institute of Health defines "gender" as a social construct, as opposed to "sex," which is the biological difference between females and males. "We believe that God created mankind in His image: male (man) and female (woman), sexually different but with … [Read more...] about Florida Christian school says it will only refer to students by ‘biological gender,’ asks gay and transgender students to leave

In a dramatic U-turn, the Calcutta High Court recalled its order directing arrested TMC leader Anubrata Mondal’s daughter Sukanya Mondal and five others to appear before it in connection with allegations that they got jobs as primary teachers without having to qualify the Teachers’ Eligibility Test. The high court said there was no need to present eligibility documents before it as directed earlier. On Wednesday, Sukanya and the five others, who are also said to be close to the TMC leader, were asked by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to personally appear before his court. The six of them were present in person in a packed courtroom number 17 of the Calcutta HC, in compliance with the orders. In a rarest of rare courtroom development, Justice Gangopadhyay allowed journalists to record the court proceedings provided they did not livestream them. A smiling Justice Gangopadhyay noted at the very outset of the day’s hearing that despite a keen interest and curiosity in the case, his order … [Read more...] about Calcutta HC Recalls Order Asking Anubrata Mondal’s Daughter, 5 Others to Produce TET Certificate for School Jobs

A Southern California school district agreed to an $18 million settlement with parents of a special needs child who died after falling out of his chair on campus five years ago, lawyers for the boy's family said Wednesday. Moises Murillo, then 8, had a severe form of Down syndrome and was using his highly specialized chair on May 31, 2017 during summer classes at Sunset Elementary in La Puente. Moises, who was unable to walk, was taken out of the adaptive stroller and strapped into a normal school chair so he could participate in a classroom activity, according to a lawsuit filed by his family against the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. The unattended child fell backward, hitting his head on the floor, severely injuring his spinal cord and leading to his death days later, Moises’ loved ones said. "My brother did mean everything to us," sister Lizbeth Murillo told reporters on Wednesday. "And to this day, my mom might look like she's okay and that she's fine, but … [Read more...] about California school district agrees to $18 million settlement over 8-year-old special needs student’s deadly fall

A high school student is being supported for reporting to police a wannabe YouTube prankster who burned his 15,000-card Pokémon collection, and is planning to file a civil suit against him. In three posts to Reddit 's popular u/TIFU forum, standing for "Today I F**ked Up," u/Ok-Watch8193 earned over 13,900 posts for the first post in the trilogy, "TIFU By letting my friend who likes to prank people in my house. Which resulted in him burning 8000$ of Pokémon cards." The original poster (OP), says that his Pokémon collection started when he was in third grade, and his grandfather died. Two weeks later, he found a Pokémon card that reminded him of his grandfather, so he took it—and started collecting. It's now eight years later, and u/Ok-Watch8193 says he had nearly 15,000 cards, including a complete run of the original set. The OP met "Cole" in seventh grade and Cole knew how important the cards were to u/Ok-Watch8193. A couple years after they met, Cole launched his own … [Read more...] about Teen backed for suing wannabe YouTube prankster for burning Pokemon cards

As Mackensie Alexander absorbed the South Florida heat and humidity for a third training camp practice with the Miami Dolphins this week, he was reminded on Thursday of the hard work he had to endure both working with his parents in his youth and as a high school football standout in Immokalee in similar conditions. Alexander and his twin brother, Mackenro, gathered everything from oranges to tomatoes on the fields of the rural Florida town just southeast of Fort Myers for his working-class parents, who were Haitian immigrants. It was commonplace for Alexander to have to wake up at 4 or 5 a.m. to spend the morning on the fields before getting ready for school. It motivated him to see football as a way out of that lifestyle, and he made the most of his opportunities at Immokalee High, becoming a five-star recruit that played for Clemson and eventually became a second-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings in the 2016 NFL draft. Spending five of his six seasons with the Vikings and … [Read more...] about Back in Florida, CB Mackensie Alexander feels at home with Dolphins

A private school, which had introduced tablets as a replacement for textbooks, withdrew the move on Thursday after a protest by parents. The Sri Chaitanya Techno School at Bannerghatta Road, which follows the CBSE syllabus, had introduced the tablets for students between Classes 3 and 6. Parents felt that the move would end with children getting addicted to such devices. There’s also the cost factor: parents allege that they would have to pay an average of Rs. 15,000 for the device and the content or pre-loaded syllabus. Satish H.P., a parent said that while he is not against tablets and other such learning devices, he is wary of introducing it to his child at such an early age. “Replacing textbooks with tablets can be detrimental to the child’s learning. The school initially said it was mandatory. Later, they made it optional. But we do not want students in one class to have different learning experiences,” he said. ‘Addicted to the screen’ Gauri Kamath, another parent, … [Read more...] about Parents protest replacement of textbooks with tabs