Women piloting fighter jets, conquering Mount Everest, winning a medal in Olympics or flying into space or topping the civil services examination, often grab headlines and are cited as glowing examples of women breaking the glass ceiling.
Over 327 teaching and non-teaching staff employed with the Central government lost their lives to Covid-19 in the past year, the government has told the Parliament recently. The data comes in the face of an ongoing debate on the reopening of schools, as the number of the Omicron variant continues to rise steadily.
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