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MADHYA PRADESH the new National Curricu- per anganwadi). Kalapahar, for which the
Happiness textbooks lum Framework. Speaking on the occa- Mahendra Mohan Choud-
ready ODISHA sion, chief minister Ashok hury Hospital, Panbazar
Gehlot said: “The devel-
and the Kalapahar TB
Bhopal, feBruary 4. The Testing violation opment of Nand Ghar Hospital will be upgraded,
Madhya Pradesh govern- anganwadis will ensure said the chief minister
ment is set to introduce charge youngest children learn in speaking on the occasion.
'happiness' as a compul- BhuBaneswar, feBruary 9. an environment with the “We are striving to
sory subject in its second- The state government is- best infrastructure and are make Guwahati a hub of
ary and higher secondary sued a show-cause notice provided quality education medical tourism of South-
school syllabuses in the to the highly ranked DAV and nutrition.” east Asia and infrastruc-
academic year 2022-23. School, Chandrasekhar- ture development is vital
MP was the country’s first pur for allegedly violating WEST BENGAL to achieve that,” he said.
state to establish a happi- government guidelines English teacher
ness department in 2016. relating to reopening edu- GUJARAT
Addressing the media, cation institutions during training Elocution competition
Akhilesh Argal, CEO of the the pandemic lockdown. KolKata, feBruary 11. The
Rajya Anand Sansthaan According to a govern- United States consulate suspension
(state happiness depart- ment spokesperson, the signed an agreement with ahmedaBad, feBruary 16.
ment), said draft textbooks school had issued a notice the education ministry of The state government
on the subject for classes to students regarding West Bengal to provide suspended a probationary
IX-XII are almost ready. conduct of periodic tests English language train- youth development officer
“After giving final touches in the offline mode. The ing to government school from Valsad district for
to these books, they will be school's directive came teachers. organising an elocution
sent to the State Council of despite a state govern- A total of 25 English competition for private
Educational Research and ment order that students teachers employed in gov- school students on a
Training for clearance," should have the option to ernment and aided schools controversial topic. Local
he said. write tests in the offline or in eight districts of the newspapers reported a
online modes. state have participated in a girl student winning the
DELHI Conducting on-campus TESOL (Teaching English competition for speak-
New NCERT director offline tests would be to the Speakers of Other ing on the subject ‘My
stressful for some stu- Language) Core Certifi- role model — Nathuram
new delhi, feBruary 4. dents and the school's cate Programme (TCCP) Godse’. Nathuram Godse
Dinesh Prasad Saklani has action violates govern- offered by the consulate. assassinated Mahatma
been appointed director ment guidelines, said the The US government is Gandhi in 1948.
of the National Council of directorate of secondary providing this programme The management of
Educational Research and education in a letter to the through TESOL Interna- the private school clarified
Training (NCERT). principal. tional which trains English that it merely hosted the
A history professor teachers worldwide. event, not organised it.
with the department of RAJASTHAN “Not just the subject, even
ancient Indian history, Vedanta Nand Ghar ASSAM judges for the competi-
culture and archaeology New medical college tion were selected by the
at HNB Garhwal Univer- largesse Valsad district office," said
sity, Uttarakhand, Saklani Jaipur, feBruary 8. The guwahati, feBruary 14. Archana Desai, admin-
previously taught in the Rajasthan government Chief minister Himanta istrator of Kusum Vid-
tourism department and recently signed an agree- Biswa Sarma laid the hyalaya, which staged the
IAS Coaching Centre of ment with the Anil Agar- foundation of the 20-acre elocution competition.
HNB Garhwal University wal Foundation of the Ve- Pragjyotishpur Medical Meanwhile an inquiry
as guest faculty. danta Group to establish College and Hospital to be has been ordered, said
The appointment of 25,000 of its proprietorial constructed with a project Harsh Sanghavi, minister
Saklani, a life member of Nand Ghar anganwadis outlay of Rs.998 crore in of state for sports, youth
the Indian History Con- statewide. The founda- the state capital. and cultural activities.
gress, comes at a crucial tion will construct these The proposed medical
time when NCERT is in pre-primaries at a cost of college will have attached Paromita Sengupta with bureau
the process of developing Rs.750 crore (Rs. 3 lakh hospitals at Panbazar and inputs

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