I connected Kathak with my concern for the environment: Arushi Nishank
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Environmentalist, Kathak dancer and social activist Arushi Nishank, who is also the daughter of India's current Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, spoke about the Sparsh Ganga campaign, her interest in protecting environment and how rural women made Khadi masks in Covid-19 times in an Ek Mulakat session organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement. India Blooms correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings excerpts of the conversation
Kashmir school teacher creates Android app, website to help students amid COVID-19 lockdown
Aug 23, 2020, at 05:54 pm
Baramulla: A government school teacher in Jammu and Kashmir is trying to help students hit by COVID-19 lockdown by creating a school website as well as an Android application.
Environmentalist Arushi Nishank talks about how rural women making khadi masks to combat Covid-19
Aug 22, 2020, at 12:24 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Social activist, environmentalist and dancer Arushi Nishank has recently opened up about how thousands of rural women in India picked up sui dhaga (needle and thread) to make reusable khadi and sutee masks taking a step to combat Covid-19.
COVID-19: African countries urged to promote a safe return to school
Aug 21, 2020, at 05:56 pm
New York: School closures implemented to protect students from COVID-19, are hurting them in other ways, while the long-term impact of this disruption to education could create a “lost generation” in Africa, two UN agencies said on Thursday.
G20 countries urged to stop ‘COVID generation’ from being locked out of the classroom
Aug 20, 2020, at 06:22 pm
New York: A group of 275 former world leaders, economists and business leaders on Wednesday, urged the G20 group of leading industrialized nations to help stop the pandemic from leaving tens of millions of children from becoming known as the "COVID generation", denied a proper education.
Aug 20, 2020, at 02:13 am
New Delhi CRY America is organizing a series of exciting online auctions titled Auction4CRY to raise much needed funds for children during this COVID time.
COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70 per cent of youth: ILO
Aug 19, 2020, at 11:07 pm
Geneva: The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young people.
Love towards theatre makes Kashmiri artists start rehearsals despite COVID-19 fear
Aug 19, 2020, at 05:19 am
Srinagar: A group of theatre artists in Kashmir have gained courage and fought against the fear of COVID-19 pandemic to assemble and start their theatre rehearsal.
Most believe studying remotely is here to stay: global study on world education
Aug 13, 2020, at 12:31 am
Three out of every four learners across the globe think that COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the long accepted process of education, revealed a recent study conducted by Pearson, a learning company operating in 70 countries.
No network in this Nagaland’s village, students travel 3-4 km hills area to appear online exam
Aug 12, 2020, at 10:56 pm
Kohima/IBNS: Every morning, 14-year-old Libo M Zhimo – a student of Class 8 in Nagaland’s Zunheboto districts has to take a 30-40 minutes ride to reach a camp located inside a dense forest nearby her village to attend online classes.
Urdu poet Rahat Indori, who had tested Covid-19 positive, passes away
Aug 12, 2020, at 12:10 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Urdu poet Rahat Indori, who had tested positive for Covid-19, passed away on Tuesday.
Amid rising of COVID-19 cases Gauhati University prepares to start regular classes from September 1
Aug 08, 2020, at 10:29 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid rising COVID-19 positive cases in Assam, Gauhati University is preparing to start regular classes from September 1.
40 million children miss out on early education in critical pre-school year due to COVID-19: UNICEF
Jul 25, 2020, at 12:46 am
Dhaka: At least 40 million children worldwide have missed out on early childhood education in their critical pre-school year as COVID-19 shuttered childcare and early education facilities, according to a new research brief published today by UNICEF.
Year of COVID-19: CBSE revises classes IX-XII syllabus
Jul 07, 2020, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Due to loss of classroom teaching arising out of closure of schools, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday revised the syllabus for classes IX-XII for academic session 2020-21.
All monuments, including Taj Mahal and Red Fort, to open from July 6
Jul 02, 2020, at 10:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has decided to throw open the gates of all monuments across the country, including the world-famous Taj Mahal, from July 6, as the country gradually steps out of lockdown even as many states continue to clamp restrictions due to rising coronavirus cases.
Learning in the time of a pandemic: The divide that divides
Jun 30, 2020, at 05:45 pm
It is three months since the first lockdown was announced due to Covid-19. Like all fields, the pandemic has affected the area of education too which has had to take recourse to online learning even from the primary school stage. But lack of universal availability of the electronic tools for learning, has also created a divide between the haves and have-nots. Anju Munshi probes
Jun 22, 2020, at 10:10 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: Madhya Pradesh based leaders from various faiths came together recently to spread awareness against the stigma and discrimination prevalent in society owing to an irrational fear of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 19, 2020, at 12:03 pm
Covid 19 has already changed the way we have lived so far when we took many things for granted. But as a sign of human resilience, people are also slowly adapting to the change. That includes dressing up fashionably still but keeping in mind the safety concerns. Anju Munshi takes a look at the current scene
Visitors flock to Acropolis Mall in Kolkata in the post pandemic revival phase
Jun 08, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Malls in Kolkata are safe to visit, assured Sushil Mohta, President, Credai West Bengal, on Monday, with all Covid-19 related hygiene protocols in place.
Kolkata: Food experts share health tips with students of JDBI
May 30, 2020, at 06:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The concept - ‘Eat Healthy to Stay Healthy’ - has changed perceptions towards healthy living in urban India.
May 27, 2020, at 02:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Responding to an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Kolkata-based cultural and social activist Sundeep Bhutoria, Prahlad Singh Patel, Indian Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (IC), has assured that the government will take suitable measures to support the poor folk artistes and artisans who faced immense hardship in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.
Chowman hosts blood donation drive in fight against Covid-19
May 19, 2020, at 03:15 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Chowman Chain of Restaurants came forward to host a blood donation drive among its employees in fighting against the pandemic Covid-19.
May 11, 2020, at 08:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Sumit Ghose, 55, is one of those people who have decided not to let the fear of the pandemic stop them from helping those working on the frontline.
COVID-19: UGC sets up task force to monitor concerns of students
May 11, 2020, at 03:55 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The University Grants Commission has constituted a task force to monitor concerns of students, teachers, and institutions related to examinations and other academic activities arising due to this pandemic and redress them accordingly.
GNIT to organise COVID-19 Hackathon Grand Finale tomorrow
May 09, 2020, at 07:18 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Grand Finale of COVID-19 Hackathon will be organized by Guru Nanak Institute of Technology(GNIT), a flagship college of JIS Group on Sunday.
We are all in this together: How a pandemic transforms student lives in USA and India
May 07, 2020, at 11:34 am
Every spring, students from the University of Missouri in USA join with peers in India to work on story projects together, exploring subjects that link the world’s two largest democracies. They reach across oceans and time zones to share and learn and gain a new appreciation of all that unites people. IBNS with University of Missouri brings you the voices of today's youth in Covid-19 times
How can schools open up again safely? The UN has some new guidelines
May 01, 2020, at 03:05 pm
New York/IBNS: As countries grapple with severe disruptions to education caused by COVID-19, several UN agencies – as part of the Global Education Coalition – issued new guidelines on Thursday to help Governments make decisions on safely reopening schools for the world’s 1.3 billion students affected by ongoing closures.
Greece: COVID-19 pandemic a further risk to refugee child education
Apr 28, 2020, at 01:04 pm
New York/IBNS: UN agencies in Greece have expressed concern at the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the education of refugee children in the country, as a charity partner warns that funding for educational programmes is on the verge of running out.
Three Kolkata citizens provide food packets to ease the woes of daily wage earners
Apr 23, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Covid-19 virus has wrought havoc across the world but has also unlocked the samaritan spirit among people who have been coming forward in various ways to help others.
ShareChat users take a huge liking to the Bhag Corona game
Apr 23, 2020, at 09:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two students of XLRI Jamshedpur, Akram Tariq Khan and Anushree Warade, have developed a game called 'Bhag Corona' which has garnered more than four million unique page views already on the regional social social networking platform ShareChat.