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ODISHA The suspension order was sApp group messages,” ents. “Our students aspire
Achyuta Samanta issued after the first-year wrote Singh in his letter. to become bureaucrats,
felicitated student sent a video clip of ASSAM technocrats, doctors and
the incident to UGC’s anti-
engineers. Therefore the
Bhubaneswar, december ragging helpline cell, said Dibrugarh ragging AAP (Aam Aadmi Party)
1. President Draupadi a college spokesperson. arrests government is committed
Murmu conferred the After viewing the video to giving wings to their
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan clip, the UGC cell directed Dibrugarh, december 1. dreams, and will leave no
Puruskar 2022 award the college administration On the recommendation stone unturned to en-
of the Union ministry of to initiate action against of the university’s Anti- able them to realise their
youth affairs and sports the accused. Dr. Raj Ga- Ragging Committee, four aspirations,” said the chief
on Dr. Achyuta Samanta, jbhiye, dean of GMC&H, students of Dibrugarh minister while inaugurat-
founder-promoter of Ka- immediately issued orders University have been ing MPTM.
linga Institute of Indus- suspending internship expelled for three years for
trial Technology (KIIT). of the students and also ragging a junior. HIMACHAL PRADESH
“This award recognises asked them to vacate the Addressing a press Curriculum
KIIT’s sustained focus on college hostel. conference, education enrichment advice
sports education for the minister Ranoj Pegu said
past 18 years. Together HARYANA a first year commerce Shimla, december 29. With
with upgrading academic Exam prep bugle Masters student suffered cases of cybercrime rising
education, we have con- fractures in his spine after statewide, the Himachal
tinuously strengthened Chandigarh, december 25. he fell from the second Pradesh police has written
our sports and sports- In an initiative to im- floor of the varsity’s hostel to the education ministry
related infrastructure. prove pass percentages in an attempt to escape his to integrate digital civics
The encouragement and of class X-XII students of tormentors.“Five students and cyber security into
support of chief minister government schools, the involved in the ragging the curriculum of 15,380
Naveen Patnaik towards education ministry issued incident have so far been government schools.
sports has also inspired a circular urging temple, arrested. Another person “Inclusion of lessons
KIIT to transform Odisha mosque and gurdwara has been picked up for on cyber safety and digital
into an athletics and field authorities to sound wake sheltering the accused,” civics in school curricu-
sports hub of India,” said up calls through amplifiers Bitul Chetia, additional lums will spread aware-
Dr. Samanta, speaking on to ensure students rise superintendent of police ness on cybercrimes and
the occasion early to prepare for their informed media person- ensure the safety of youth
Over the past almost board exams scheduled for nel. in the new digital world,”
two decades KIIT has March this year. said Rohit Malpani,
sponsored the education In a letter to govern- PUNJAB superintendent of police
and training of several na- ment school principals, Mega Parent-Teacher (cybercrime) in a letter
tional sports stars. Among and district education Meeting addressed to the principal
them: Olympian Arjuna officers, Anshaj Singh, secretary (education).
awardees Dutee Chand director of secondary edu- Patiala, december 24. Un- “Nowadays, school-going
(athletics), C.A. Bhavani cation, also urged parents der an education ministry children start using com-
Devi (rapier fencing), and teachers to suggest initiative, over 1 million puters and mobile phones
Shivpal Singh (javelin) and ways and means for stu- parents participated in from early age and it has
Amit Rohidas (hockey). dents to get extra hours for a Mega Parent-Teacher become essential to sen-
self-study. “Mornings are Meeting (MPTM) si- sitise them about cyber-
MAHARASHTRA most suitable as children’s multaneously organised crimes,” added the letter.
Anti-ragging minds are fresh and there in 19,259 government According to Malpani,
suspension is no noise of traffic. For schools across Punjab. the number of cybercrime
this, every class teacher During the MPTM, complaints in Himachal
Nagpur, december 1. Six should request parents to chief minister Bhagwant Pradesh has risen from
interns at the Govern- wake their children at 4:30 Mann and Delhi’s deputy 923 in 2017 to 6,207 in
ment Medical College & in the morning so they can chief minister Manish 2021.
Hospital (GMC&H), Nag- start study by 5:15 a.m. Sisodia visited government
pur, were suspended for Teachers should advise schools in Patiala to inter- Paromita Sengupta with
ragging a junior student. parents through What- act with students and par- bureau inputs

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