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April 8, 2021
As India braces for the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, some Indians have come up with a
jugaad the colloquial term for a hack that might prove to be a menace for the country.
On April 1, the government in the western state of Gujarat shut down a couple of labs after it found that they were selling fake Covid-19 negative test results. This is not an isolated event. There have been several incidents where Indians have fudged reports sometimes on their own to dodge quarantine rules or travel freely without taking an RT-PCR test that several states have made mandatory.
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Sunit Dhawan
Rohtak, April 5
Several students pursuing professional and postgraduate degrees at state universities, and affiliated colleges have reportedly submitted forged Covid-positive certificates to avoid taking offline examinations.
This came to light after Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) here received more than 2,500 applications from students of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), requesting the authorities for online examinations. These students had attached medical certificates, including Covid-positive reports, as a reason for not taking the offline exams.
State universities have allowed students having genuine reasons to take online examinations in view of the pandemic. Most universities, however, do not have a foolproof mechanism to curb the use of unfair means during online exams.
Mumbai Indians eye unprecedented IPL title hat-trick
By IANS |
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Bumrah, Suryakumar script Mumbai s thumping win (Lead). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 4 : Mumbai Indians (MI) put some distance between themselves and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as the most successful team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) by winning their fifth title last season. They are now looking to become the first team to win a hat-trick of IPL titles.
On paper, MI seem to have a squad capable of making a run to the trophy. They have retained their batting core comprising captain Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, and the Pandya brothers, Hardik and Krunal.