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Baruah won under the journalism category for “her incisive and sensitive reporting of the cause of children” and as an individual making a difference to children’s lives.
Educators push to continue nursery admissions
“Are these teachers to remain idle for a year? If there are no students in nursery and KG for a year, how do we pay teachers of those classes? This might also lead to a stressful and panic situation for parents” said Jyoti Bose. Updated: December 24, 2020 10:24:46 am
Educators also expressed concern about where this proposal leaves nursery and kindergarten teachers. (Representational Image)
Concerned about foundational learning and the role of teachers, several educators across Delhi expressed strong reservations after
The Indian Express reported that the Delhi government is considering scrapping nursery admissions for the 2021-22 academic year.
At Tikri border, almost every group of farmers is equipped with a broom and a plastic bag. While a few langar organisers have set up dustbins, these are not enough. Sanjeev Kumar (42), a petrol pump sanitation worker, is now tasked with cleaning the area in front of the pump, where many langars have been set up: “Earlier, I would sweep around 5-6 kg of waste to one corner of the petrol pump, till the Nagar Parishad truck came in. Since the protests started, I sweep aside 80-90 kg of waste. Once I have done this, sanitation workers come and do the needful.”
Gurdwaras to volunteer groups to NGOs: Who’s feeding protesters at the borders
From farmers of a particular village cooking by their tractor-trolleys to feed themselves and share with the public, to large-scale langars sewa through feeding runs throughout the protests. Updated: December 20, 2020 8:00:06 am
Langars at Singhu; farmers can be seen cooking by their tractor-trolleys to feed themselves and share with the public while several large-scale langars have
also come up.(Abhinav Saha)
Along the several-kilometres-long stretches of tractors and protesters at Singhu and Tikri, the site of food being prepared and served is ubiquitous. From farmers of a particular village cooking by their tractor-trolleys to feed themselves and share with the public, to large-scale langars sewa through feeding runs throughout the protests. And some of the largest langars give an idea of the organisations involved.