NEW APP FOR MOCK ASSAM SEES ITS JEE, NEET TESTS HIGHEST SPIKE: 39

NEW DELHI: The HRD ministry on Tuesday launched a new mobile app called the ‘National Test Abhyas’. The app has been developed by National Tesgting Agency (NTA) to enable candidates to take mock tests for upcoming exams such as JEE Main and NEET. The app has been launched to facilitate candidates’ access to high quality mock tests in the safety and comfort of their homes since there was a demand for making up the loss to students due to closure of educational institutions and NTA’S Test-practice Centers due to the continuing lockdown. With this facility for the students, India has taken the lead in restoring a semblance of normalcy in one more crucial area –test preparations, an official statement said.

GUWAHATI : Assam witnessed the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases with 39 people, including a two-month-old baby, testing positive for the disease on Tuesday, taking the tally to 154, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Of them, at least 34 were in different quarantine centres across the state, he said. “Alert-13 new #COVID + cases detected from Sarusajai Quarantine Centre. Now the total patient count goes to 154,” Sarma tweeted. The minister, in another tweet, said, “Alert- 6 new #COVID + cases confirmed. Out of the 3 from Guwahati, 2 are related to a cancer patient who lost his life at GMCH (wife and daughter). 2 patients are from Karimganj and one from Sarusajai quarantine centre (sic).”