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RANCHI: With a sudden rise in maximum and minimum temperatures across Jharkhand in the last few days, several persons have been visiting doctors and physicians with complaints of seasonal diseases.
On Monday, Jamshedpur remained warm with a minimum temperature of 18° Celsius and a maximum of 31° C while the mercury at Ranchi was at 16.3° C at night and 27.5° C during daytime. On Sunday, Ranchi had recorded 17.6° C minimum temperature, the highest for the month in 50 years.
While weathermen attribute this sudden change to a western disturbance and its impact, many are clueless about the exact reason for the unusual weather pattern.
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RANCHI: The state education department on Tuesday said it would reconsider the examination dates announced by the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) for the Class X and intermediate classes, which are scheduled to be held from March 9 to 26.
Senior officials of the department said various factors were being taken into account for the decision and would soon give a direction to JAC in this regard.
They department would consider whether the period of around two months given to the students is sufficient to cover the syllabus prescribed for the academic year. It may be stated that the syllabus of Class X and intermediate courses have already been reduced by 40%.
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GUMLA: Two women took officials of an Aadhaar registration centre here by surpise when they came to get the unique identification number (UID) for their child , as no same-sex marriage has been registered legally in the district so far. Same-sex marriage is not legal in India.
According to the officials, a 26-year-old visually impaired woman another 22-year-old woman said they are husband and wife and are parents of the minor girl.
The officials accepted their application for the Aadhaar card for their child and referred them to their superiors at the Gumla nagar parishad.