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Mayor starts special plantation drive Mayor Anamika, along with Opposition Leader (Delhi Legislative Assembly) Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, started a special plantation drive in Om Vihar ward of Central Zone. Around 500 tree saplings planted in different parks of Om Vihar area, said the agency in a statement. On the occasion, she said in Vivekanand park, which is the largest park of the ward, around 60 tonnes of garbage and malba has been removed and 300 saplings have been planted for the beautification of the park. The Mayor said she herself has taken the responsibility of this park and changed its…

Prof Najma to chair Jamia-Oxford University webinar on Gandhian thought and philosophy Jamia Millia Islamia is organising a webinar on “Gandhian Thought and Philosophy” in association with the University of Oxford, UK on August 11, 2020 to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY The two hours long webinar will start at 5:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) and 11:30 AM UK time. Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will be the Chief Guest of the webinar. Prof Faisal Devji from Dept of History, University of Oxford, UK will be…

Discovery of Jamia’s dental surgeon Imran, his team grabs headlines The complexity of a human body has been unraveled yet again, this time from an Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon from Faculty of Dentistry (FOD), Jamia Millia Islamia. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY Dr Imran Khan, who is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, FOD, Jamia, has recently published this interesting case report in a US-based Scientific Journal “Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Cases” September-2020 edition. His discovery is about a Novel Anatomical opening in the human lower jaw which generally are…

Kejriwal inaugurates 200-bedded hospital in Ambedkar Nagar: When will one come in Okhla? In a bid to ramp up Delhi’s hospital bed infrastructure, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 200-bedded COVID hospital in the Ambedkar Nagar area on Sunday. The newly-set up Ambedkar Nagar hospital will have a total of 600 beds, out of which 200 beds have been installed, with oxygen supply available with them, and the capacity of beds and ICUs will be enhanced in the coming days. Kejriwal said the new Ambedkar hospital will serve the people of the area and will prove to be a huge…

Delhi’s new policy for startups discussed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday convened a meeting with a panel of industry leaders and young entrepreneurs to kickstart the consultation process for Delhi’s new policy for startups and discuss ideas to develop Delhi as a leading choice for startups. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY The objective of the draft policy is to support entrepreneurs and build a robust economic and policy infrastructure that will create new jobs and bring new competitive dynamics into the current economic system. The startup policy consultation will be conducted in two stages. Firstly, in…

Education Policy should promote inclusiveness and constitutional values: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Appreciating a large portion of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Senior leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and Chairman of Jamaat’s Central Education Board Nusrat Ali has expressed concern on usage of the term “Indian ethos” and the exclusion of some basic values enshrined in the constitution viz – secularism, fraternity, and rights of the citizens. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY Addressing a virtual Press Conference from the JIH headquarters in New Delhi, Nusrat Ali said: “The NEP 2020 expects the citizens to learn the duties of citizens…

5 awesome photos of Jamia grabbed by Mohsin during lockdown Here are five awesome photos of Jamia grabbed by Mohsin Javed during lockdown. Though Javed grabbed several photos here we showcase his fiver. JOURNALISM CONSUMES MONEY, TIME. SUPPORT US: JUST CLICK TO PAY I’m a photographer and recently I documented Jamia Millia Islamia during the lockdown, writes Jamia alumnus Javed. As you all know all the university is closed and I tried to capture the emptiness through my lens, he tells the OT. “On March 22, the government declared complete lockdown in India. Since then each and every schools and colleges are…

Jamia’s Team ‘Monks’ wins Software Edition of Smart India Hackathon2020, Rs 1 L cash prize Team ‘Monks’ comprising of 6 students of the Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia won Smart India Hackathon 2020 (SIH2020) Software Edition in problem statement NS275. The team won a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh also. Team Monks of the JMI built a software system to help the agriculture sector by finding land usage in 6 different classes and predicting crop production for the next year, which will eventually help the government to plan their policies by anticipating problems of low rainfall…

Fix foul smelling compost plant in 10 days or shut down: Kejriwal to NDMC officials Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited his constituency of New Delhi today, and directed the NDMC officials to immediately address the problems of the residents of the area. Kejriwal also paid a visit to the NDMC compost plant set up in Sector-4 of the Gol market area, where the residents complained of foul smell from the compost plant and that they were disturbed by mosquitoes and flies. Kejriwal assured local people of speedy disposal of the problem. The Chief Minister has given a deadline of 10…

Speed up online admission process, schools under central zone told Chairperson of the Central Zone Poonam Bhati directed the principals to speed up the process of online admission in all the schools. She said the online admission process has been started in all schools under the Central zone. Banners and posters are placed at the main gates of all schools to give more information about online admission to parents. A virtual meeting was held under the chairmanship of Smt. Poonam Bhati in which Deputy Commissioner, Director Education, School Inspector,144 Principals and other high officials discussed about the online education system.…