4 Mobility levels not dependent on caseload

The Delhi education system made history as a record breaking 98% students of Delhi government schools passed 12th board examinations

Another interesting aspect of the mobility levels across states is that they do not appear to depend on how the state is faring in managing Covid-19 infections. Active cases per million population in Delhi were 63 on February 9, the sixth highest among 18 major states. But non-essential movement in Delhi in February (until February 9) is the lowest (78.9% of pre-pandemic levels). On the other hand, Kerala had the highest number of active cases per million population on February 9 (1,927), but only the eighth lowest mobility level (90.3% of baseline) among major states in February.

It took just three months for the rumor that Covid-19 was engineered as a bioweapon to spread from the fringes of the Chinese internet and take root in millions of people’s minds.

By March 2020, belief that the virus had been human-made and possibly weaponised was widespread, multiple surveys indicated.

Powerful forces, from Beijing and Washington to Moscow and Tehran, have battled to control the narrative about where the virus came from. Leading officials and allied media in all four countries functioned as superspreaders of disinformation, using their stature to amplify conspiracies already in circulation, a nine-month Associated Press investigation conducted in collaboration with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab found. The analysis was based on a review of millions of postings and articles on Twitter, Facebook, Weibo, Youtube, and other platforms.

It was China — not Russia — that took the lead in spreading foreign disinformation about Covid-19’s origins. Beijing reacted to weeks of fiery rhetoric from then-president Donald Trump, who sought to rebrand Covid as “the China virus”.

The day after the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, shot off a series of tweets that may be the party’s first truly global digital experiment with overt disinformation. “When did patient zero begin in US?” Zhao tweeted on March 12. “It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan.”

On Twitter alone, Zhao’s aggressive spray of 11 tweets was cited over 99,000 times over the next six weeks, in at least 54 languages, according to analysis by DFRLAB. China’s Global Times and at least 30 Chinese diplomatic accounts, from France to Panama, rushed in to support Zhao. Venezuela’s foreign minister and RT’S correspondent in Caracas, as well as Saudi accounts close to the kingdom’s royal family also significantly extended Zhao’s reach.

In January, Russian state media were first to legitimise the theory that the US engineered the virus as a weapon. Iran also jumped in. The same day Zhao tweeted, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced Covid-19 could be the result of a biological attack. In April, Russia and Iran largely dropped the bioweapon conspiracy in their overt messaging.

China, however, has carried on.

FA Delhi government school has been ranked No. 1 among all government-run day schools in the country, while two others have made it to the top 10

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Feeling very proud to announce that the CBSE Class 12 result of Delhi government schools this year is 98 percent - highest ever so far. It’s historic. Congratulations to my Team Education, all students, teachers, parents and education officers. Proud of you all.

or the fifth year in a row, class 12th students of Delhi Government schools outperformed private school students beating their own record. The pass percentage of Delhi government schools improved from 94.2 per cent last year to 98 per cent this year. The overall percentage, including both government and private schools, in CBSE’S Class 12 exams improved by 5.38 percentage points. Government school results were 5.9

Delhi government school students set a benchmark with 53 students having qualified in JEE Advance and 569 students having qualified for NEET percentage points higher than private schools’ in Delhi. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal congratulated the students. "Feeling very proud to announce that the CBSE Class 12 result of Delhi government schools this year is 98 percent - highest ever so far. It’s historic. Congratulations to my Team Education, all students, teachers, parents and education officers. Proud of you all," Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in his tweet. The Delhi government schools had crossed the 90 per cent pass percentage mark for the first time in 2018. This increased to 94.29 per cent last year, and zoomed up to 97.68 per cent for Delhi East and 97.91 per cent for the newly formed administrative unit of Delhi

West this year. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also lauded the results. "Over the past 5 years, we at #Delhigovtschools have been competing with ourselves to break our own record each time. This year is no exception... Congrats to students, parents & Team Education," Deputy Chief Minister had tweeted. The surge in the Delhi government schools pass percentages is largely responsible for the increase in Delhi's overall pass percentage. Private schools have registered a slight increase from 90.68 per cent in 2019 to 91.69 per cent this year for Delhi East, and 92.12 per cent for Delhi West. The number of students who appeared for the examination from Delhi government schools was also higher - with 1,13,013 between Delhi East and West as compared to 1,01,614 from private schools. A Delhi government school has been ranked No. 1 among all government-run day schools in the country, while two others have made it to the top 10. Delhi government school students set a benchmark with 53 students having qualified in JEE Advance and 569 students having qualified for NEET. The principal of a government school in Khajuri Khas said that his school registered a pass percentage of 98 percent. That is the school's highest pass percentage yet, having registered 94.47 per cent last year. In line with the pattern of earlier years, a higher percentage of girls passed the exams than boys in Delhi by a gap of almost 4 percentage points - 96.43 per cent of the girls who wrote the exam clearing it as compared to

92.48 per cent of the boys. Like across the country, multiple students scored above 99 per cent in Delhi-ncr.

—Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in his tweet