Holistic learning at Indraprastha Schools
held an orientation programme. Dr Aruna Broota, renowned clinical psychologist, was the chief guest of the event. Indraprastha Schools chairpersons Mr and Mrs AS Rana, director Dr Rajesh Hassija, managing committee members JC Beniwal and Arun Singh, Indraprastha World School manager OP Sharma, and Indraprastha International School manager Dr BD Bhushan were present. The welcome address by vice principal Urmimala Sudhakar was followed by an invocation dance. Dr Rajesh Hassija guided the parents with his insights into child psychology. He rendered valuable tips on the parent-child relationship. Chief guest Dr Aruna Broota endeared parents with her experiences and fruitful interaction. It was a warm, cordial evening brimming with a sense of belonging to the Indraprastha family.
organised the annual prize distribution for classes 6-9. In her welcome address, principal Dr Priyanka Mehta welcomed and lauded the achievers for their consistent efforts and congratulated their parents. She urged students to mobilise their efforts to be winners and follow the path shown by Amity group chairperson Dr Amita Chauhan. Students mesmerised the audience through a fusion of instrumental music based on Raag Bhairavi. Students received trophies and certificates for academic excellence and co-scholastic achievements. The event concluded with school song and the national anthem.
recently hosted the annual day. Meera Bansal, retired head of department of Social Science at Lancer’s Convent, presided over the show. In her welcome address, principal Latesh Chaudhary emphasised nurturing children with love and affection, and weaving moral values into their lives. She also advocated the integrated approach of learning. The highlight of the show was the play ‘World of Colours — A Realisation’ depicting the journey of a girl who lives in a rosetinted world, but soon realises the importance of other colours. The chief guest congratulated the school for imparting holistic education and nurturing their inherent qualities.
organised the ‘IndiaBangladesh Wheel Chair Cricket’ in collaboration with ‘Association for Disabled People’ and ‘Association of Special Educators and Allied Professionals’. This unique match aimed at mainstreaming the differently abled, and providing a platform to showcase the talent and physical abilities of wheelchair players. Chief guest Anurag Bakshi (IRS Rtd), who is currently a member of State Finance Commission, Government of Haryana, inaugurated the series along with ITL Public School principal Sudha Acharya, DPS Rohtak principal Hector Ravinder Dutt and Asian Para Olympic Association vice president Rajesh Tomar. Team Bangladesh won with 60 runs, and Shafique emerged the Man of the Match. Pradeep Raj, General Secretary, Para Sports Foundation & Association for Disabled People, reiterated that such collaborations nurture mutual respect among nations.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley raised the matter of the review in his meetings with US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross and US treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin during his visit this week to the US for the annual spring meetings of the World Bank group.
The United States grants 85,000 H-1B temporary visas to high-skilled foreigners every
“Elephant herds panic when people chase them with earpiercing sounds, firecrackers and blinding light. Confused elephants trample crops and destroy houses.”
Man-elephant conflict has become a jumbo-sized headache in a state where forests are shrinking to make way for homes, farms and mines. The large animals, which need roughly 140kg of food every day, rampage through villages and standing crops — killing men, women and children that come in their way.
The fragile ecosystem has been disturbed as human settlements, highways, train tracks, and mines have sprung up along corridors that elephants had been using for centuries to move from one forest to another. The usually gentle animals consider these as obstacles and threats, wildlife experts said.
Their search for food is bringing them closer to towns as well.
Jharkhand’s principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife), LR Singh, said a committee comprising five neighbouring states has been set up to find ways to bring down man-elephant conflicts.
Srivastava suggested an action plan with more forest staff and detailed study of elephant routes to reduce the conflict — a lasting battle that can never end unless forests get real protection from man’s activities.
Kejriwal had earlier demanded that the election be postponed till arrangements for VVPAT-equipped EVMs were made. VVPAT (voter-verifiable paper audit trail) machines dispense a slip with the symbol of the party a person has voted for. The slip drops in a box and the voter cannot take it home. Voters can see their slips for seven seconds.
In an interview with HT days ahead of the polls, Kejriwal had said he would continue his fight against EVMs even if his party won the municipal polls.
Saying the complaints against EVMs were not a cause of worry, Srivastava said, “The total number of complaints against EVMs add up to 0.14% of the total machines used in the polls. It is a normal thing. Even in Rajouri Garden assembly by-election EVMs were changed. They can’t be hacked and are certified by the election commission.”
Former Delhi minister and BJP leader Arvinder Singh Lovely also faced EVM problems at his polling booth in East Azad Nagar. “I reached the polling station at 8am. However, I could not vote as the EVM was not working, so I had to leave due to some urgent work. I will go later to cast my vote,” he said.
From a candidate’s perspective, it was more natural to work at a stretch on a subject rather than switching between them, the panel noted.
“The infrastructure available presently requires the conduct of the online exam in multiple sessions. Establishing equivalence of the papers used in the different sessions is an unsolved problem,” said a source.
The IIT council will meet on Friday when the proposal might come up for discussion. New Delhi has been recording above-40 temperatures this April.
Going by the turnouts in previous civic polls since 1997, Sunday’s turnout was the highest to date. In 2012, the turnout was 53.23%, officials said.
Experts said it was difficult to describe the turnout as high or low.
“Over the past years, all other states have witnessed an increasing trend in voter turnout in every election. In that context, the turnout in the MCD polls could be seen as a dip when compared to the Delhi assembly and general elections,” said Sanjay Kumar of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS).
The city recorded 67.14 % polling in the 2015 assembly elections, and 65.09% in 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
JHARKHAND’S PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST SAID A PANEL HAS BEEN SET UP TO FIND WAYS TO BRING DOWN THE CONFLICT