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Delhi: All above 45 years to be vaccinated at polling CBSE Class 12 practical exams to be held online only; marks
booths, says CM Arvind Kejriwal by June 28

The Delhi government has launched a
vaccination campaign -- 'Jahan Vote, The Central Board of Secondary
Wahan Vaccination', to inoculate people Education (CBSE) on Monday
of the national capital against Covid-19. announced that schools that have not
Addressing the media, Chief Minister completed the practicals or internal
Arvind Kejriwal informed that jabs will be assessment components for Class 12
provided to people above 45 years at the exams should conduct the remaining
same place where they had exercised their assessment in an online mode only and
franchise during the election.He said that upload marks by June 28.
"people above 45 years of age will now be On Monday, the board issued a circular
given anti-Covid vaccines at polling stating that “schools with pending
booths", adding that booth-level officers practical’s/internal assessments are
will visit homes and give vaccination slots permitted to conduct the same now in
to those above 45 years. only online mode.”
For those practicals and subjects that need external evaluation, the external
"We are starting a 'Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination' campaign from today. evaluators will decide on an exam date in consultation with the internal
Under this campaign, we will tell people to visit their designated polling examiners and conduct viva voce through an online meeting. For others, the
stations to get vaccinated," he said. concerned school teacher will conduct the internal assessment through an online
mode.
The Chief Minister added that door-to-door vaccination will be done soon,
adding that in the four weeks, "all above 45 years of age to be vaccinated". “Both the examiners should keep in mind that the marks allotted should not
bunch towards the maximum marks which is highly unlikely in view of diverse
There are 57 lakh people in Delhi in the 45 plus age group and of them, 27 lakh levels of students,” the board stated in a letter to the heads of all CBSE-affiliated
have been given the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine while 30 lakh are yet schools.
to get the jab, he said.
Many schools have not completed their practicals, which were to be conducted
"We have noticed that people in the 45 plus age group are not coming to physically in schools, as most states, including Delhi, ordered a return to
vaccination centres set up by the Delhi government and vaccines are not being complete closure of schools when Covid-19 cases surged again in April.
utilised," he said.

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SC gives Centre more time to apprise about scheme for MHA team in Bengal to review cyclone
children orphaned by COVID damage

The Centre told the Supreme Court on
Monday that it needed some more time
to apprise the court of the modalities on
the recently launched 'PM-CARES for
Children' scheme for kids orphaned by
COVID-19.

The National Commission of
Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
said West Bengal and Delhi have not
been cooperating and have not
provided latest data on the number of
children who have lost their parents due to coronavirus.
A bench of Justices L N Rao and Aniruddha Bose was informed by Additional The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday sent a team of three officials to
Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, that they are in West Bengal to take stock of the impact of Cyclone Yaas in the affected
consultation with states and ministries to work out the modalities of the 'PM- districts. The team is led by a Joint Secretary from the MHA and will stay
CARES for Children' scheme.
in the state for three days.
“We need some more time to apprise the court about the modalities of the
scheme as the consultation is still going on. We have made district magistrates “The team has already left for Kolkata. Over the next two days it will meet
directly responsible for the children who have been abandoned or have been key officials in the state and visit affected districts where it will meet the
orphaned,” Bhati said. local people,” a ministry official said.

The bench said that it is inclined to give some more time to the Centre to While skipping a cyclone review meeting chaired by Prime Minister
formulate the modalities of the scheme and how they will implement it. Narendra Modi at Kalaikunda, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met him
for 15 minutes and handed in an assessment report in which she sought a
Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj, appearing for NCPCR, told the bench relief package of Rs20,000 crore for people in areas severely affected by the
it was facing difficulties with West Bengal and Delhi, who are not uploading the calamity.
data of such children on ‘Bal Swaraj'.

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