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He said among other initiatives, star-ratings were introduced for schools and teachers and parents were being engaged in the larger scheme of bringing in accountability over student performance

The survey is earmarked for the collection of data for the compilation of several Social Household Consumption on Health and Comprehensive Modular Survey (CMS)-Telecom besides this Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) and Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE)

The Commission will receive memoranda/representations from the individuals or institutions familiar with the subject matter. Submissions can be made by representatives from both the respective erstwhile districts and from newly established districts

No minors should be permitted in pubs or bars or in programmes organised for couples. The order also said that no one should be allowed to use drugs, and organisers should be vary of parking areas and other spots where drugs could be clandestinely sold

In a statement on Friday, the association president K. Harikrishna and general secretary M. Srinivasa Rao said the new initiative of introducing star-rating for schools based on their performance was ‘pompous’ given the fact that more than 13,000 schools in the State were reduced to single-teacher schools

In its first-ever global status report on drowning prevention, WHO report says countries should raise awareness and devise strategies to address the issue

A group of 101 farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, would make another attempt to march on foot on December 14; Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s fast-unto-death entered the eighteenth day

As attacks on minorities continue in Bangladesh, the movement of people and goods into West Bengal has been impacted. Strained bilateral ties and protests by religious organisations, monks, and Hindutva groups are affecting the tourism and medical tourism industries and cultural sector in the State. Shrabana Chatterjee and Shiv Sahay Singh report on how the ripples of the crisis are spreading to bordering West Bengal

Discussions to revolve around entrepreneurship, employment and skilling at fourth national conclave