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Punjab waives income limit
on pension of Olympians
Chandigarh : Acceding to a
long-pending demand of former
Olympians, Punjab Sports
and Youth Affairs Minister
Pargat Singh on Monday
announced to waive the condition
of income limit on pension
of medal winner international
players.
An announcement to this
regard was made by the minister
during an interaction with
former players held here
regarding formulation of new
sports policy.
He said instead of big stadiums,
major thrust will be laid
on establishing coaching centres.
Pargat Singh said, in order
to streamline sports in the state
a 20-member committee comprising
of players of various
games is being constituted so
that benefit can be taken from
their vast experience and
expertise in field of sports.
The minister said the government
is in process of formulating
a policy wherein the
services of the players recruited
under sports quota will be taken
by the department. He exhorted
such government officers to
voluntarily opt for this scheme
to uplift the level of sports in
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the state. He advocated that at
level of coming into service
these players must give preference
to department only.
The minister also called
upon the players to render services
to the Education
Department so that foundation
of sports can be laid at early
age. He said that the department
has set a target of associating
five lakh youth of the
state under sports. For creating
an atmosphere of sports in the
Decision to hold PU board exams
amid Covid triggers row in K'taka
state corporate firms, private
companies and NRIs will be
roped in. Meanwhile, former
Olympians lauded the Sports
Minister for involving them to
prepare the sports policy. They
also gave their suggestions to
inculcate sporting spirit
amongst the youth from tender
age. They said that it is for the
first time that any Sports
Minister has done a meeting
with them on this important
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Gurugram : After a gap of two
months, Gurugram district recorded a
Covid death on Monday, taking the
total death toll in the district to 924.
The district witnessed the last
Covid related death on September 3.
"This is the first Covid related
death after the first week of
September. The person who died was
aged 70. He was fully vaccinated and
had co-morbidity," Dr Virender Yadav,
chief medical officer (CMO),
Gurugram, said adding that, there has
been a marginal increase in Covid
cases in the last few days due to gatherings
during the festive
season".
According to the daily
Covid bulletin during the
last 15 days of this month,
Gurugram reported 132
Covid infected patients,
whereas in October, 206
patients were found to be
infected.
As of now, the Health
Department has carried
out Covid tests of
21,08,299 persons in
Gurugram. At present, 78 patients are being treated in the district and 70
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Bengaluru : The decision of the
Department of Pre-University Education
in Karnataka to conduct mid-term board
exams amid fears of a possible third
wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered
a row in the state.
The All India Democratic Students'
Organisation (AIDSO) has called for a
bundh on Tuesday against conducting
the board exams instead of regular
midterm exams.
The department has prepared question
papers on lines of annual examination
and will hold the exams for 6.5 lakh
students at a time between November 29
and December 10. Sources in the education
department said that the decision has
been taken in the backdrop of fears of a
possible third Covid wave.
Earlier, mid-term exams were not conducted
simultaneously. The Pre-University
College Principal's Association prepared
question papers in every district and evaluated
the answer sheets at the college level.
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patients are being
treated in home isolation.
On Monday, 12
new patients were
found infected with
the coronavirus and 10
patients were discharged
from hospitals.
On Monday, the
Health Department's
team administered
anti-coronavirus vaccines
to 11,634 people
at 151 centres. In this, 2,899 people
The results were not sent to the
department. But this time the
education department is conducting
mid-term exams on
the lines of CBSE and ICSE.
The results for the 2020-21
academic year were
announced after considering
the mid-term results and SSLC
scores. Many colleges weren't
able to conduct the mid-term
exams. It has become a challenge
for the education department
to announce PU results.
The AIDSO has urged the
state government not to pressurise
the students and lecturers amid
severe academic crisis, terming the decision
to hold mid-term exams as undemocratic
and unscientific.
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Gurugram records first Covid death after 2 months
were vaccinated with the first dose and
8,735 got the second dose. M.P. Singh,
the nodal officer and deputy civil surgeon
of the vaccination campaign,
says that so far 36,96,049 vaccines
have been administered in Gurugram.
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Ridgewood Estate in DLF phase 4 and
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racket busted
in J&K
Srinagar : Jammu and
Kashmir Police said on Monday
that it has busted a fake SIM
card racket in Baramulla district.
"The accused person
would issue fake SIM cards
after managing forged documents.
"Three persons, Owais
Farooq Waza, Suhail Aziz and
Javid Ahmad Kanjwal, all residents
of Baramulla, have been
arrested in this case.
"Incriminating material including
mobile phones along with
SIM cards, electronic gadgets
and documents have been
recovered from their possession.
"Case under sections of
UA (P) Act and IPC has been
registered against the accused
and further investigation is
going on", police said.