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All Delhi State university examinations stand cancelled Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister of Delhi  Manish Sisodia, announced Delhi Govt’s decision to cancel all upcoming examinations (including semester and final year exams) at Delhi State Universities. Addressing a digital press conference here on Saturday, Sisodia said: “Online classes are being streamed. But the absence of regular physical classes, lab classes, practicals, and field research has hampered with the learning of the students. It would be unfair and difficult to hold examinations for the semester for which teaching-learning was hampered.” He said the Delhi Government is of the view that in…

Personality Test: RCA, Jamia conducts virtual mock interviews for UPSC aspirants The Residential Coaching Academy (RCA) of Jamia Millia Islamia is conducting Virtual Mock Interviews for its registered students whose UPSC’s interview have been rescheduled due to COVID-19. A total of 60 students of RCA qualified UPSC Mains Exams-2019 and 48 of them already appeared in personality test/ interview conducted by the commission. Remaining 12 candidates could not appear for interview as it was rescheduled due to COVID-19 and will now be held between 20th-29th July,2020. Prominent civil servants and academicians are participating as panel members to grill students on…

Okhla resident Shadab appeals for plasma donation for his corona +ve relative A relative of Ghaffar Manzil resident Shadab Alam is corona positive and is hospitalised in Escort hospital. “One of my relatives is corona positive. He has been admitted at Escort hospital and we require a plasma donor who has recovered from corona of any blood group. Please come forward to help the family. Donors can call us at 9891982682,” said Alam.

Sisodia invites retail, ecommerce players to invest in Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Delhi highlighted the plethora of opportunities offered by the state capital for retail and e-commerce firms to invest in its economy. Manish Sisodia was addressing the ‘Invest India Exclusive Investment Forum’ via a webinar on Thursday, attended by leading retail and e-commerce players. The aim of the forum organised by Invest India, the National Investment Promotion & Facilitation Agency of the Government of India, was to bring the state government and potential investors on a common platform to share ideas and to showcase favorable…

Mayor Anamika and BJP State President Adesh Gupta today inaugurated SDMC’s first Covid Isolation centre at SDMC Primary School, Andrews Ganj, said the civic agency. Mayor Anamika said SDMC is working relentlessly to provide all possible help to the citizens in fighting this pandemic. This Andrewsganj primary school is converted into a 30 bed isolation centre for the treatment of COVID patients. She said the facility will function as an isolation centre for mild and asymptomatic COVID positive patients. The centre has all the required facilities which includes oxygen cylinder, Oximeter, Infra-red thermometer, glucometer, BP checking machine, wheelchairs, water kettles…

JTA holds EC meet, discusses important issue Jamia Teachers’ Association (JTA) held an Executive Committee (EC) meeting on July 9, 2020, and discussed UGC/MHRD’s recent communication for final year students of all courses. The EC appreciated the role of Vice Chancellor, Office of the Controller of Examinations, entire teaching community and students of Jamia Millia Islamia for successfully completing the process of examinations/presentations/viva voice through online mode despite present pandemic conditions. Students come from diverse eco-socio backgrounds and at present confined to rooms/homes. Still they have shown a great instinct to defeat the depressing scenario under the shadow of COVID-19,…

Asian Literary Society’s Navras 2020 festival:  9-day festival of art, culture, and literature As per ancient scriptures of South Asia, Navras symbolizes nine human emotions – love, laughter, compassion, anger, courage, fear, disgust, surprise, and peace.  In the Navras Festival 2020, the Asian Literary Society celebrated art, culture, and literature interwoven with the vibrant hues of these emotions. The coronavirus pandemic did not deter artists and literary luminaries from enthusiastically participating in the Asian Literary Society’s Navras 2020 festival – a nine days online festival of art, culture, and literature that was held from 1st to 9th July 2020. Manoj…

Netizens mourn Shamim’s death, say senior alumnus dies of heart attack One of our beloved Jamiate, Shamim, has expired in Riyadh and he had a fever and for the last 2-3 days he was having a breathing problem, wrote Nishat Khan on Jamia alumni group, sharing a post of one Izhar Hussain. Another netizen wrote that Shamim died of heart attack. OT was unable to reach any relatives of the Shamim to authenticate the development. Till the filing of the report, the cause of death could also not be ascertained. However, the news of his death has been shared by…

Educational institutions resort to virtual classrooms INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES ups its game during pandemic with Live Online Classes and Home Based Online Admission Test for students INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES (IAS) from its inception has been dedicated towards giving quality education to students and churning out par excellence professionals. The year 2020 is a year that will go down in history. It’s a year that has seen one of the most terrifying and life-threatening diseases – Corona Virus, also known as COVID-19. With the number of COVID-19 cases rising each day globally, the need to have a break-through antidote…

Batla House resident, Jamia alumnus Feroz Khan elected chairperson of governing body  of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College. Today, I am elected as Chairperson of Governing Body of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, said Khan, Jamia alumnus batch 2005 Economics. Feroz resides in Batla House with his family member and is a down-to-earth person.