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Education

CBSE Will Take Class 12 Exams In July

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced dates for pending board exams for Class 12 that were postponed to an indefinite period due to nationwide lockdown in March 25. The board said that those were the 29 main subjects crucial for admissions to further courses.

CBSE declared exam dates

The board will conduct exams in two parts – all India and northeast Delhi. The national capital witnessed rioting in the northeast part in February leading to closure of schools for an indefinite time. After the riots, the central government imposed a nationwide lockdown to break the chain of COVID-19. The board also released dates for Class 10 exams for students of North East Delhi online.

Rules for the exams

Each exam will be three hours long and the students are asked to bring their sanitizers in transparent bottles to maintain hygiene. Also, they must wear masks. Parents are also advised to take precautions while allowing their children to go for exams. Students should follow social distancing while commuting and in the examination halls.

Challenges in the board exams

Exam dates are announced but the schools look a little worried about the challenges ahead. If the present situation prevails then they have to be extra-cautious to prevent further spread of COVID-19. The schools are hopeful of more guidelines in the coming days.

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CISCE exams

Following the footsteps of CBSE, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations could also announce dates for ISC (Class 12) and ICSE (Class 10) exams in the coming days.

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Business

Fresh Funds For Ambani Led Jio

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Jio Platforms Ltd. received another financial stimulus of $873 million from General Atlantic that invested in Airbnb Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. It has taken a 1.3% stake in the digital services business of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries Ltd.

More dollars for billionaire Ambani

The latest stimulus from the US based private equity fund General Atlantic increased the enterprise value of Reliance Industries Ltd. The company now values Rs. 5.16 trillion ($68 billion). And the total transaction raised by Jio is increased to almost $9 billion. It includes stakes bought by Facebook Inc., Silver Lake and Vista Equity Partners.

Jio plans to broaden its e-commerce drive using its 400 million mobile phone subscribers that is a vast customer market from retail to education and payments. Akash Ambani, director of Reliance Jio, and Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s son said that he was delighted that a renowned global investor like General Atlantic was partnering with Jio in their journey to digitally empower India and Indians.

Ambani will make payments

Mukesh Ambani will pay more than $20 billion of net debt at Reliance with this fund. He has to pay the debt by March 2021 deadline but he has vowed to repay the debt before the deadline.

Ambani is also looking for options to raise about $7 billion by selling shares to existing holders. This move is aimed at building confidence of investors in his oil and telecommunication business. He also wants to put his Jio brand in the direct competition of Amazon and Walmart.

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Technology

Attractive Features Of $400 Samsung Galaxy A51 Android Phone

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The battle for capturing sub-$500 phone market between Samsung and Apple has just begun. Samsung has just launched the all new Samsung Galaxy A51 at a cost of $400 and this phone looks irresistible.

Display

The Samsung Galaxy A51 isn’t like other budget phones as it sports a massive 6.5” bright and clear screen. Also, the screen has a built-in fingerprint sensor in the display.

Camera

The phone carries a quad-camera setup on the rear. The main camera is a 48-megapixel shooter; there is a ultra-wide-angle camera; a micro camera and a depth sensing camera. Also, it has excellent photo stabilization. The main sensor is capable of digitalize stabilizing pictures and videos.

Processor

The Samsung Galaxy A51 is powered by a quad-core Samsung processor. Here some people could argue that the processor isn’t one from the powerful Snapdragon processors but they should know that it is a budget phone. But the Samsung processor isn’t a cheap piece.

Sacrifices

The phone lacks wireless charging that is available on many phones of this segment. But the excellent thing is that it supports charging via USB-C port. The phone gives a great feeling when touched by its plastic back somehow degrades its look and feel.

Overall review

With Galaxy A51, Samsung has stepped up the price war with Apple that is its biggest competitor. The new Samsung Galaxy A 51 is a great phone but with a slower processor. But you will certainly appreciate its camera department and photo features like image stabilization.

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News & Politics

How to make most of news?

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If you read newspaper, you won’t need looking at anywhere for help, advice and guidance in anything from buying automobile, choosing colleges, building career and finding investment opportunities. And you can get your news even on your mobile.

Trending news

Know what English news headlines others are reading about. It could be related to entertainment, technology or finance. It could be anything but a piece of news starts trending only when it is searched by a large number of readers. Or you can choose to dive into a digital newspaper to get full dose of latest information.

Make most of the news

News is power to you and when you have the power, you can make right decisions regarding choosing a movie to watch, supporting the right candidate in elections and come to know about incidents that can affect your life. When you have the news, you have an edge over others. You know what products are launched and what their costs are; which movies are released and their preview and weather conditions.

For example, if you are going out for vacations, you should know about the weather of the place you are visiting. It will help in vacation planning. And it is only weather news that can give you details of temperature changes and weather forecast.

Look at your mobile for news

There is little need to worry about finding time to read news when you have the option to get news and views on your mobile. Whenever you have time, you can give a quick look to latest trending news on your mobile.

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News & Politics

Understanding the role of newspapers in our daily lives

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News is the only literature that changes every day. And in addition to literary benefits, it boosts memory and increases intelligence by keeping its readers abreast with the latest happenings.

People start their day with today top trending news that they read in newspaper. And here it is necessary to mention that most readers get their digital papers on their mobiles and tabs. Reading newspaper is a good habit and e-learning has made it more interesting.

Reading news while sipping morning coffee is a daily dose of every responsible citizen. Whether you are a student, jobseeker, executive, housewife or retired person, you won’t want to miss the important news about appointments, assignments, incidents, accidents and anniversaries and birthdays.

A newspaper is like a book with different contents from political to social and from economical to sports. It has serious news pieces and satire. Also, it contains news about movies and stars and celebrities. You can choose your news or believe on the editor’s pick.

The editor of a newspaper is a sensible person. He is a literary giant with an informed head. He receives news from varied sources but cherry picks the news that makes sense. He will serve the best according to his knowledge and experience.

The emergence of web-based technology has increased the workload of editors. Now they have to be vigilante all the time because their readers expect latest trending news all the day. And the editors are determined to publish important as soon they receive the news pieces.

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Today's Special

Celebrating International Nurses Day 2020 In Lockdown

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Today is International Nurses Day. Every year, on this day, the world community commemorate the contributions of these paramedics in saving lives of others and these unsung heroes even risk their family and personal life to help others. Someone has rightly compared the nurses as angles in white coats and caps.

International Nurses Day

These are unsung heroes but their contribution is no less remarkable than others. They ensure health and wellness of community and they serve people without any personal benefit or interest. They are with the needy and those that are suffering due to diseases all the time. Also, they were always at the forefront of the fight against pandemics.

Theme for International Nurses Day

“Nursing The World To Health” is the theme for the International Nurses Day 2020. According tothe International Council of Nurses (ICN), the focus of the theme is to highlight the true value of nurses to the world. The people are invited to come forward and give a big salute to these unsung heroes that are playing a crucial role in battling the deadly virus.

Celebration of International Nurses Day

The world is under lockdown for a long time and the lockdown is expected to continue for a long time. And the nurses are among the frontline warriors in the fight against COVID-19. It is time that the world recognizes their contribution in tiding the increase of coronavirus. Today people are sending messages, quotes, WhatsApp messages and social media posts to boost the confidence of the nurses.

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News & Politics Travel

Railway Resumes Passenger Train Service But With Limitations

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Indian Railways is going to resume its passenger train service from May 12 but with certain restrictions. These trains will run on selected routes and tickets for the trains could be booked from 4 pm today. It is to be noted that passenger train service was suspended on March 25 when a nationwide lockdown was imposed on the country.

Resumption of passenger train service

In the beginning, 15 trains from New Delhi to various destinations will be run. The destinations covered in 30 journeys will include Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Tripura.

All trains will have AC coaches and there will be limited stops in the journey. According a statement issued by Indian Railways, these would be special trains connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad, and Jammu Tawi.

Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal confirmed running of special trains with his tweet. He tweeted that the Railways would start operation of passenger service with 15 special trains.

Ticket booking and other conditions

Ticket for the special trains can be booked online. Only the IRCTC website and mobile app are allowed to sell tickets. And the passengers are warned not to buy tickets from agents. Only passengers with confirmed tickets will be allowed to board the trains and they will have to come with due protection. Also, the passengers will have to go through virus screening at the platforms.

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Today's Special

Mother’s Day 2020: Create Your Mother’s Day Card On Interactive Google Doodle

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On Mother’s Day, Google wants its users to create heartwarming cards for their mothers with the help of an interactive Doodle. May 10 is Mother’s Day and this year Google wants to make it very special for mothers.

Interactive Doodle for Mother’s Day 2020

Illustrated by lead artist Alyssa Winans, the new Doodle works like a design tool with which anyone can design creative custom card for his/her mother. Clicking on the Doodle takes the users on the design page where users are provided amazing and exciting options to create customized cards. There are hearts, stars and much more to decorate cards. Once the card is designed, it can be sent on social media. The users only need copying the link from the Doodle and sharing the link on social media.

Objective of the card

The interactive Google Doodle is quite interesting and Google has a convincing reason to introduce this tool. It took notice of the need of its users. It found that more and more people are looking for options for homemade cards for Mother’s Day and virtual gifts that they can gift to their mothers. Soon Google came up with the idea to provide a user-friendly tool to allow its users to design and send cards to their mothers.

Mother’s Day in lockdown

With major parts of the world under lockdown, this effort by Google could help people in celebrating the Mother’s Day without any lockdown fear. They can deign cards for their mothers and share those cards on their social media profiles.

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Top Celebrities Media & Entertainment

Meet Vijay Deverakonda The Real Kabir Singh

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South film industry superstar Vijay Deverakondais celebrating his 31st birthday today with his family and fans. Born on May 9, 1989, Vijay has given many hits that include Nuvvila and today, he reins in the hearts of many fans.

Strong acting skills

Arjun Reddy is the movie that made Vijay a household name in the South India. This movie was a hit overnight and he started receiving offers for more movies including from the Bollywood. And today is a special occasion for this South superstar. Here’s everything you will want to know about Vijay and his movie career.

• Born into a Telugu speaking family, his father was a TV star in South India. His family calls him “Rowdy” because he was very blunt since childhood.

• Nuvvila was the debut film of Vijay. It was released in 2011.

• He faced hardships during the early years of his acting career. There were moments when he didn’t have enough money to even pay his rent.

• After Nuvvila, Vijay gave many hits like “Dear Comrade” and “Arjun Reddy.”

• Arjun Reddy was so hit that Bollywood made its remake in which Shahid Kapoor essayed the role of Vijay.

• Vijay is also doing a movie with Karan Johar. It is Ananya Pandey.

• Vijay Deverakonda has also made a film making company named “Hill Entertainment.”

• Also, Vijay has a clothing brand “Rowdy Wear” and this brand is as popular as the superstar is.

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National News & Politics

IMD Includes Gilgit-Baltistan And Muzaffarabad In Its Weather Forecast List

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Cities under Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) are now included in the forecast list of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD will mention Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad that are part of PoK in its forecasts.

IMD eyes PoK

PoK cities are now part of area covered by the northwest division consisting of nine sub-divisions – Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi-Chandigarh-Haryana, Punjab, east Uttar Pradesh, west Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan and west Rajasthan.But IMD Director General M Mohapatra said that the IMD had been mentioning the PoK cities in its daily forecast since the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir since last August.

But the head of Regional Meteorological Department Kuldeep Srivastava said that the change was introduced on May 5 when after Pakistan’s Supreme Court allowed elections in PoK. The move was taken to strengthen India’s claim over PoK.

IMD takes PoK to international stage

According to internal sources, IMD wants the PoK cities to be in the list of forecasts for the RMC. Since IMD has included PoK in its daily national bulletin and local bulletin, it has the point to get these cities listed in the list of RMC.

IMD is World Meteorological Department nominated Regional Meteorological Center that releases forecasts for severe weather conditions to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan detailing forecasts for the next five days.

Pakistan is preparing to hold elections in PoK according to the directive of its Supreme Court. But India has raised objections to this move to strengthen its claim on PoK.

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