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Indore’s classical dance teacher Smriti Aditya taught 500 Russian and Uzbek students under Indian Cultural Council Association (ICCA) in Uzbeskistan. The month-long training concluded on Sunday, where Smriti talked about her love for country and mentioned Indore as the city of dreams. Smriti gives credit to the opportunity to Indore, as she discovered the art in the city after moving from Orai, UP. “My parents (Aruna and Suresh Aditya) had decided to move to Indore to get more exposure and better future after I had completed schooling,” Smriti said. She had seen a room full of dancers practising in Govt Maharani Laxmi Bai Girls PG College. “From years of training in Indore, I finally got this opportunity this year to represent the city that inspired me and our great country,” Smriti said. Sharing her experience with international students, she talked about language barrier. “Neither Russian nor Uzbek students can communicate properly in English nor Hindi, so I was afraid of tea...

On a trip to stay healthy and keep the environment healthy, Indian Army officials with 40 cyclists from Indore embarked on an early morning trip to Janapav Kuti on Sunday. Army officials brought over a thousand seed balls to throw in the remote areas on the way. The cycle ride started at 4:45 am from Vijay Nagar. Many cyclists joined the ride on the way. Covering Mhow on their way to the group reached Janapav at 7:30 am. Retired Colonel Anurag Shukla, who came up with the technique of forest farming, had prepared the seed-balls. “Janapav Kuti is known for ayurvedic herbs that grow easily on the blessed hillock,” he said. Considering the ecology at the mountain, he chose to prepare seed balls with Night jasmine (Harsingar) and Terminalia bellirica (known as bahera or beleric or bastard myrobalan). “Night Jasmine is like a magic tree, every part of the tree from its flowers, leaves, root and stem has various medicinal benefits for us,” Shukla said. He shared that along with being...

Madhya Pradesh State Information Commission (MPSIC) issued show-cause notice was issued to former district education officer (DEO) Indore Anurag Jaiswal asking why the requested information was not provided to the RTI activist following the instruction of Right to Information Act 2005. Activist Sanjay Mishra seek information related to the establishment of Model School Indore from then DEO. He had sought information about the case in seven points in September 2016. “The officer had refused to share any information and noted that all the required information is available on the portal of education department, but it was not,” Mishra said. Dissatisfied by the reply on first appeal, he filed second appeal in state office at Bhopal. “Appeal decision was passed and even after three notices, Jaiswal did not provide the requested information,” Mishra said. Still seeking information, Mishra approached MPSIC. The commission heard the case and issued a show-cause notice citing violation of ...

Addressing the gathering of students from various institutes including hearing impaired and mute students, Pranay Kumar (brother of Anand Kumar) and actor Nandish Singh Sandhu shared their journey of making the movie ‘Super 30’ at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya on Saturday. While Kumar did not choose to share much, his life, personality and experience was shared by his brother and actor Nandish Singh Sandhu, who is playing his role in the movie alongside lead actor Hrithik Roshan. “It takes a lot to come into a character in a biopic as compared to playing fictional story roles, for example, I had to actually stop working out, lie in sun everyday to tan myself in Rajasthan and get a different haircut,” Sandhu said. He explained that getting into character was much tougher, because it required in-depth study of Kumar. “It is not about learning to act like them, it is about living and being them every-time,” Sandhu said. Learning from Roshan, he was also living like younger Kumar at h...

‘With more IITs opening up, lack of professors and facilities is reducing the craze of studying in the institute. Considering our current progress and need of institutes, we are planning to open a school that would take up children from class sixth onwards and help them pursue a career in various fields.’ This was announced by 46-year-old teacher Anand Kumar, who is the inspiration for upcoming movie Super 30. He was in town for pre-release event of the movie at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya on Saturday. “The number of IITs is growing, but the interest among students is reducing towards the institutes because there are not enough professors and facilities at newly opened institutes,” Kumar said. Following are excerpts from his interview: Ques: Do you feel that language becomes an issue for students fluent in regional languages? Do you feel it is disadvantageous for students of even technical field that books are not available in regional languages? Kumar: There is nothing feel ba...

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has set up its regional office at Bhopal for the academic session 2019-20. The decision is likely to turn into permanent office, as per Indore Sahodaya group of CBSE schools’ communication with the board.  The move is helpful for thousands of schools in the state, who had to communicate and manage all the transactions with Ajmer regional office till the last academic session. CBSE released a public notice for schools affiliated to the board. “All the schools affiliated with the Board in the State of Madhya Pradesh are directed to make correspondence or contact to Regional Office, Bhopal on all official matters for the academic session 2019-20 on the above address and contact details,” Jaiprakash Chaturvedi, CBSE's deputy secretary (affiliation) signed the notice. Currently, CBSE has 10 regional offices in India and 23 offices outside India. Until now, Ajmer regional office had been the correspondence contact for affiliated schools in ...

About 70 women from different walks of life gathered at a hotel on AB road for discussing ‘Feminism in India’ on Friday. There were women from educational institutes, social workers and non-government organizations. Chief guest Padma Shri Janak McGilligan Palta addressed the gathering talking about the root problem of #metoo. “We cannot keep doing #metoo, we need to move to #wetoo and include men in such gatherings and issues as well,” she said. She explained that girls are taught about good touch and bad touch, but it is not enough. “Until we teach boys what happens if they bad touch a girl, it is not possible to solve the problem of women harassment and attacks,” Janak said. She discussed character building, social and spiritual development and equality. “Women and men are two wings of a bird both are equally necessary and have to participate equally for flying to a better future,” Janak said. When questioned about her opinions on feminism, Janak said, “I do not talk about femin...

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSSA) has released the round 1 seat allotment result online on Friday. Candidates who have qualified JEE Main and JEE Advanced and who have applied for the counselling process can visit the official website to check the Round 1 allotment result. To check the JoSSA round 1 seat allotment list candidates are required to enter the JEE Main application number, password and security pin in the seat allotment list link given.  Candidates who find their names in the JoSAA Round 1 seat allotment results will have to confirm their admissions to the IIT’s, NIT’s, IIEST, IIIT’s and other GFTI’s which have been allotted to them. As per the schedule released for the counseling procedure, the candidates who qualify the JoSAA round 1 seat allotment need to appear for the document verification and acceptance of seat process by reporting to the centres from June 28 to July 2, 2019, between 10 AM to 5 PM.  On July 3, 2019, the list of filled seats and ...

About 250 sub-inspectors on training at Rustom G Armed Force Police Training College learned the lesson of fun-fitness along with regular training session of officials. The three-day fitness training workshop concluded on Friday. Looking at the range of unfit police officials that are targeted through social memes and other posts, police department has been working on various plans for fitness including development of gymnasiumfor officers. Since none of the plans have been very successful, the department came up with a plan to introduce fitness along with police training course. A previous record of a camp held for cops was also cited during the training. The record showed diagnosis of cops between the age of 35 and 40 with either heart disease or blood pressure. Training sub-inspectors learned fun forms of fitness including stretching and aerobics. Enthusiasts from aerobics club also joined the event to motivate sub--inspectors. Representative of the group Mahesh Rasal addressed...

Arangetram of two young dancers of Indore has been organised on July 6 at Labh Mandapam from 6:30 pm onwards. Arangetram is the debut on-stage performance of a former student of Indian classical dance and music. This first performance follows years of training. The two young dancers are Purva Pande and Ashika Jain. “Arangetram is an important aspect of training in classical dance style of Bhratnatayam,” their guru Ashish Pillai said. He added that the event is an official debut of a student of Bhratnatayam with the permission and confidence of guru. “As per the protocol, in a bharatnym arangetram, the dancers will present an array of performances known as ‘margam’,” Pillai said. Margam means path to salvation and is featured by ‘nritta’(abstract dance movements), ‘nritya’ (Interpretive dance), ‘Natya’ (dramatic aspect of a stage performance), ‘abhinaya’ (facial expression) and ‘sangeet’ (music) aspect of Bharatnatyam. In their arangetram they are going to perform Pushanjali, J...

Students admitted under Right to Education (RTE) Act are struggling as the new session as already begun and the school, where they were admitted suddenly shutdown. RTE allotment for the session 2019-20 concluded last week. A group of parents approached district collector Lokesh Jatav with their problem on Thursday and submitted a memorandum. The memorandum stated the problem faced by parents after Diamond Higher Secondary School, Rajmohalla suddenly closed without any prior notice to them. The memorandum said, “Students admitted under the Right to Education Act are facing a crisis as the admitted school suddenly closed.” Citing the rule, the parents stated that children’s education should not be affected by closure of school and they should get admission under the act. Parents seek admission under the act in another private school, so that children do not miss out a year. A group of 15 parents signed the memorandum that noted the problem faced by parents. “It is already so diff...

Are you paying fees of full month even when your ward has gone to school for not more than a week? Are you paying bus fees, mess charges and school fee for vacation months as well? Meet the coordinators of Parent Association, Madhya Pradesh, share the issue and seek an amendment. Many private schools in the city are charging full-month bus fee, mess charges and school fee for June, where the schools re-opened from June 24 and will have five to six working days only. Parents of children studying in various private schools have already come together under the banner of association to discuss the issue. During discussions, it was noted that maximum private schools are charging bus fee for the entire month of June. Some schools are also charging school fee and tuition fee for the vacation month (May). However, barely any school pays teachers for the month. Majorly, the issue of school buses was raised by all the parents in their complaints sent to the association. Raising the complai...

‘I am just a housewife.’ We have surely heard that from every lady who is truly a home-maker, but underestimates her job. Being able to take care of every little task in the house is not an easy job. It does not pay in materialistic gains especially not money. I guess that’s probably because we can never quantify it. Some tasks are just precious and priceless. There are some specific issues about homemakers that I want to address in this post. These are just my observations, not necessarily blaming or claiming a scenario. Just a Housewife The primary issue that has bothered me and probably every woman is that taking care of the house and meeting a zillion needs of family members is seen as ‘just’ a job. Start with an instance, anyone who has grown up with the mother or father (rare in India) as a stay-at-home parent, knows the value of coming home. A home is never a home without loving people waiting for us. From little tasks like providing us our clothes for the day to prepari...

It was a different way of celebrating monsoon for Jain Social Group Exotic at Skyline resort. With the team of World of Fitness, the group organised a throw-back to childhood way of being fit. Teaching childhood inspired fun dance steps; fitness instructor Aarti Maheshwari guided the group in an active cardio session. Discussing importance of being fit in a fun way, she said, “We need to understand that fitness comes not only for body, but for mind and emotions as well.” Aarti explained that engaging in natural environment in active sessions is the best way to be fit. “We can find our own rhythm, balance and fitness routine if we just spend time as children and dance in the rain,” she said. Aarti added that fitness should not aim at losing weight, rather living healthy. “There is no point of exercise and being skinny if we are facing digestive issues and illness every day, so let’s be kids and dance to be fit the fun way,” she said. Group's president Ashish Luniya and Secre...

It is not always luck that saves us the trauma and accident. A little conscious mind and quick action is what saved the lives of two youngsters, whose car was rammed in the accident on Sunday. Talking about the accident, 24-year-old interior designing student Vaishali Satrawal said, “My friend (Sambhav Jain, 24) and I were returning from super corridor and standing at red light on Lav Khush square.” She was driving Volkswagon Polo and stood at a safe distance from the tanker ahead. “Later, we discovered that the tanker was carrying acid,” Vaishali said. The duo was suppose to take a u-turn from the square and hence stood in the extreme right lane. “I am normally very conscious while driving, because I fear accidents a lot,” Vaishali said. She avoided talking much and played soft music on the radio. “I heard a skidding noise and noticed a truck approaching us in the mirror,” Vaishali said. To be on the safe side, she unlocked the doors and prepared herself for any mishap. “As the ...

While on paper ‘Pravesh Utsav’ was celebrated to welcome and attract children to government schools, when visited many govt schools were locked and did not open on Monday, as per the order of education department. Government Middle School and Government Girls School, Vijay Nagar found locked at 1 pm  When enquired, district education officer (DEO) Rajendra Makwani had no idea about the schools being closed.  The schools wore a deserted look with no trace of teachers or students. One could assume that maybe students were out with teachers for the Utsav, if at least the doors of school were unlocked for children. Among such schools, Government Middle School and Government Girls School, Vijay Nagar was found locked with no trace of school administration in sight at 1 pm. Many students turned up seeking admission for session 2019-20 and were overjoyed singing ‘School Chalein Hum’. However, they had to return back disheartened, because there was no one available to attend...

Games, rides, fun and friends were the highlights of celebrations held in private schools on Monday. Back to school after 50 days of vacation, children were happy to meet their friends and share stories of adventures. Adding to the celebrations, schools had planned especial welcome events for children. In some schools, children rode trains, bicycles and had a merry time with the popular Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. As the schools re-opened after summer vacations, it was a joyful day for children returning to meet their friends and share memories of their travels. While some students engaged in board games and outdoor sports, many chose to pick a corner and enjoy talking to their bestie. Welcomed with flowers and songs Some schools chose to welcome the children with flowers and special motivational songs. “My teachers sang my favourite poem ‘twinkle twinkle’ and even gave me a star,” 6-year-old student Vanya Khandelwal said. Ensuring that students learn something on the first day...

What does it take to change the world? Start with an act of kindness changing one life at a time. This is the story of how a lady started the chain of kindness by helping one child to attend school and increased it to many. The chain developed secretly from her savings would have ended with her passing away, but kindness expands and never ends. Bam family On discovering her secret kindness route, not only did her family kept it going, they expanded it starting from helping 63 students in a year to 5,000 students amounting up to Rs 1 crore scholarship in financial year 2018-2019. Unravelling this family which is a perfect read for Monday motivation, we present to you Bam family. “It is life-changing when we start contributing to someone’s life without any selfish gains, which was a lesson and gift to us,” Akshay Bam, 41-year-old owner of educational institutes, said. His mother (Nirmala Bam) passed away in 2015. “My mother was a religious lady, who passed away peacefully at t...

Indian army collaborating with some local cyclists intends to throw seed balls in various unexplored areas around the city in the coming weeks. This was decided on a joint ride organised by Major General at Indian Army Om Prakash Gulia and cycling group coordinator professor Manoj Mishra. About 50 cyclists started the ride from Vijay Nagar at 5 am. Covering Regional Park, Rau and Defence Services Officers Institute (DSOI Square, Mhow, the cyclists reached Choral Resort/Jam Gate at 7 am. Coordinating from DSOI, Gulia had also arranged for refreshments for cyclists. Admiring the beauty of Choral and nearby forests, the cyclists discussed various environment issues. “It is sad to see the beautiful Choral river suffering the consequences of deforestation by humans,” Dr RB Singh said. He talked about previous visit, when the river was surrounded by variety of trees. “We are already suffering by leaving no sight of trees in major urban areas, and we end up with no areas in such natur...

The great feast of ‘The Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ’ (Corpus Christi) was celebrated with fervour and message of togetherness by Christian community. The grand fest of the community was organised at St Joseph's Church, Nandanagar.  A glimpse of the procession  Christian community members and followers of faith gathered at the church 7:30 am in front of the social welfare centre for a majestic and sacred procession. The community members worshipped the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist. Rev father (Fr) Thomas Rajamanikam and Rev Fr Selvin Drazon carried the Blessed Sacrament and the people spread red and blue carpets, and the flower girls and boys put flowers to honour and adore Jesus Christ. They bowed and worshipped when the Holy Sacrament was carried in the middle between the two lines. All the people said prayers and sang ‘Bhajans’ (devotional songs) and glorified the saviour. Following that, the community members celebrated a solemn Holy Mass in th...

With the schools re-opening from Monday and warning issued by RTO, CBSE schools organised workshops in their schools to train bus attendees, drivers and conductors on Saturday. Discussing various issues and guiding on better monitoring of school buses, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP traffic) SK Kanhoa and Additional Deputy Superintendent of Police (ADSP) Mahendra Jain visited various schools in the city. The officers discussed underlying causes of such accidents. “The problem lies in our lifestyle, where some drivers feel that it is okay to drink while on duty,” Kanhoa said. He motivated staff members to respect their workplace and understand their responsibilities. “You are taking care of so many children, a little negligence from you can affect so many lives that are entrusted to you,” Kanhoa said.  “We are not saying it is always the driver of school bus at fault, it is possible that other commuters are not following the rules,” Jain said. However, not being at fau...

About 100 research centres to come up in the country for promoting technical education, as quoted by Member of Parliament (MP) Shankar Lalwani during his chief guest address to Institution of Engineers (IEI) at Brilliant Convention Centre on Saturday. The institution is celebrating centenary year. The topic of discussion was ‘Imperatives if Engineering Education: Enhancing Skills and Employability’.  “Central government is committed to up-gradation of technical education, soon about 100 new research centres will be developed in the country, ranging from IIT to IIM,” Lalwani said. He talked about changes coming up in the national education policy. “Though the draft is almost ready, we need suggestions from industry and educators to help counter the challenge of producing employable engineers,” Lalwani said. Being an engineering graduate, he talked about various short-coming of institutes and lack of practical training. “Industry seeks engineers, but cannot find employable eng...

More than 22,000 government school teachers working in government schools located in tribal areas have not been paid since April. About 50 percent of teachers working in government schools in Urban in the state have not been salary after April. Teachers express their grief and quote that they have begged and pleaded with local and state-level officers, but they are just asked to bear with the ‘budget crunch’. There are about 1,624 government schools in Indore area, where the struggle of teachers continues. “I have incurred debts amounting to Rs 10,000 to meet my daily expenses,” a government school teacher requesting anonymity said. She, like half others in the school, is struggling to make the ends meet, because the department is not paying salary. The teacher like many others feared that if she speaks openly against the government, she will not get paid.   “We have informed the district administrations, we have written so many letters to the state government, tribal ...

From losing excessive weight to treating pain issues in the body, Yoga is popularly known for its benefits for the body. However, that is still considered just the surface of benefits of Yoga. Yoga is known to cure a person, revive them physically, emotionally, and mentally and gives a boost to the spiritual process. Due to its various benefits, Yoga is not just limited to yogis or seniors; it is the way of life for many youngsters as well. International Day of Yoga, or commonly and unofficially referred to as Yoga Day, is celebrated annually on 21 June since its inception in 2015. An international day for yoga was declared unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The theme of the 2019 Yoga day is ‘Yoga for Heart’ and it is going to be a great day of harmonizing development to our body. Following are some Yogis of Indore, who decoded their experience with me. Yoga heals, empowers and eradicates diseases Yoga is a way of life that has its roots in Indian culture...

Having a bad day or just overjoyed during festive season? Either way, it is impossible for our day pass by without music. From morning Raag Bhairavi to late night DJ rocks, music plays various roles in healing us from stress. Celebrating the power of beats and rhythm that music brings to our life, The Fête de la Musique, also known as Music Day, Make Music Day or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration that takes place on 21 June. Over 120 countries including India celebrate the festival by organising music concerts, informal gatherings, special events and music training workshops. Indore is known for its 24 hour grand music festival to celebrate the day. To start the grand celebrations and healing music therapy sessions, we bring you some great stories of musicians in the city, who have made their mark on international stage as well. A life dedicated to music Music is life in simple words. In some words; it is the healing source that empowers a person to look beyond d...

In the case of Government Model School, where Joint Director, Department of School Education Manish Verma passed an order to conduct inspection of the school, District Education Officer Rajendra Makhwani has stepped back and does not want to inspect the school. The reason given by DEO is personal relations with the school. Model Schools has been reported to charging fees despite getting grants, but the case is pending again due to DEO’s personal relations. The complainant Sanjay Mishra said, “If government officers will have personal inclinations and refuse to conduct inspection based on that, are they really doing their job properly?” Further instructions and actions are pending in the case.

Recording statements in the court seeking justice, 31-year-old professional Veebha opened up about domestic violence, dowry and re-marrying of her husband without taking a divorce and returning her belongings. The case came up into picture after five years of marriage, when Veebha floated social media posts about husband and her story. She penned down her story and misery of being married to an abusive husband in ‘Stand for truth’ blog that reached some of his current friends. Further, when her husband’s social media friends demanded evidence and she shared her marriage certificate, a hidden secret of his second wife without getting a divorce came up. She claimed to have married 35-year-old professional Prateek Gupta on april 21, 2014 in Saharangpur, UP in presence of guests and both their parents. She supplements it with marriage certificate and photos. However, her father-in-law claims to have gotten a one-sided divorce in USA as she did not stay with him and left. Veebha adm...

Remember the fire caught ibus standing on Niranjanpur station? We might have only hazy memories of it, but commuters travelling from the station still face the threat of falling out and even fear the memories of another fire at the unrepaired station. Ibus Niranjanpur Station still shares the story of fire The original Fire On the last bus stop of the BRTS Corridor, Niranjanpur intersection, there was a fire at I-bus at 11:00 pm on October 29, 2018. Luckily, there were no passengers in the bus during the fire. The fire was so strong that even a part of the bus stop got hit by it. Just a few moments were burnt down. On receiving the information, Atal Indore City Transport Services Ltd (AiCTSL) chief executive officer (CEO) Sandeep Soni had confirmed that there were no casualties. Though it was rumoured that there were last few passengers in the bus, no one was injured. After the incident, questions were raised about the maintenance of buses, since other such incidents had been...

Setting an example to avert cases of corruption, Joint Director of Directorate of Public Education Indore division announced removal an employee caught taking bribe. After passing the order, Joint Director Manish Verma noted the importance of floating the order other than official requirements to ensure that such cases are not repeated. “We are all working in education department, where we are the first ones setting an example for our future generation,” Verma said. He added that setting an example with removal, not just suspension in case of corruption is must. The order of ‘removal from service’ was taken out against 50-year-old Devendra Upadhyay, son of Satishchandra Upadhyay. Caught taking bribe on complaint of assistant teacher  Upadhyay was an accountant posted at Mundi higher secondary school in Khandwa. He was caught while accepting bribe of Rs 10,000 in Oct 2016. He had demanded money to release complainant’s pending dues. Upadhyay was arrested on the complaint of as...

53rd religious leader of Dawoodi Bohra community Syedna Ali Qadar Musafar Maula will be in the city on Wednesday. His flight from Mumbai to Indore is set to arrive at 5:30 pm. Though his stay will be brief in Indore, his followers are excited all set to follow him to his trip to Dewas. For residents of Indore, the community has also organised a brief address. Sharing the details, community spokesperson Burahuddin Shakurwala said, “Since Syedna already has a plan to leave for Dewas, we cannot hold him for a long time, but witnessing his presence is a privilege for all of us.” Mullah of Ajuman-e-Saifee Jammat Yusuf Mandsaurwala said, “Syedna is coming for inaugurating a mosque in Dewas, which has given the chance to meet him again.” He added the all the Jaamats (local communities) of the city will be there to welcome Syedna in Indore. “Syedna will inaugurate the mosque and hold an address for all of us on Thursday,” another Jamaat representative Mufaddal Johar said. He added that Sy...

Plea seeking "rules" on new books, HC reserves order Are you bothered by the new books published every year and chopping down of thousands of trees for them? So was the petitioner, whose plea on fixing school books for 10 years or until there are new major additions was heard by the Indore bench of High Court on Monday. RTE activist Rajendra K Gupta filed a petition with HC seeking ban on new books published every year or in short time period as it not only makes them expensive, they are an increasing cost to environment and education system. Raising the concern for cost to environment, Gupta said, “India is a country known to be economic and connected with care for environment as we have generations of people, where father and son have studied from the same books.” He noted that there are not many additions or any major researches added to books every year. “We don’t change the history syllabus as much every year, but we change the books just because it favours bu...

If you have your child admitted to a CBSE school, you would now be asked to sign an undertaking, confirming the particulars provided for the school records. This declaration, which will be on the backside of the mark sheet cum certificate, is an effort to avoid a large number of requests from students about correcting these details in the mark sheet – even years after completion of class X and XII board exams. The CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) will soon supply the new mark sheets carrying the declaration to schools for distribution to parents and students. The parents will be called to the school and made to sign the undertaking. Principals will also have to attest the declaration, as communicated from CBSE Controller of Examination Sanyam Bhardwaj. Likewise, parents will have to sign an undertaking in the board exam admit card too. With these two steps, CBSE will be able to ensure accuracy in all the documents, Sanyam had written. Though the personal details are...

Easing connectivity between Indore and Shipra, 6 new buses as ‘Sutra Seva’ were launched on Sunday morning by health minister Tulsi Silawat. The buses have been launched under AMRUT yojana, which is dependent on public private partnership (PPP) model. New bus flagged off by health minister Tulsi Silawat The buses will be operated by Atal Indore City Transport Service Limited (AiCTSL). Sharing information about the plying of buses, public relation officer of AiCTSL Mala Thakur said, “Two buses will be starting from Indore to Shipra and four buses will be starting from Shipra to Indore, hence, in all four Sutra Seva buses will connect the two stops.”  Each trip would cost Rs 35 to the commuter. The rate was set on the bus e-ticketing machine by the minister during the flag off. Route of Indore-Shipra Sutra Seva Bus 1. Starting from Indore Railway Station 2. Talavali Chanda 3. Panchavati Chowraha (square) 4. Manglia 5. Dabali 6. Vijjukheedi 7. Gari Pipliya 8. R...

A young girl from Indore, Tuhina Bhunia attended young scientist program (YUVIKA), a special program for school children, launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). In March this year, ISRO announced YUVIKA, a ‘catch them young’ programme entirely sponsored by it to create awareness among students about the emerging areas of space activities. Students had to register online to seek the opportunity. Based on Class VIII academic performances and scientific aptitude, three students were selected from each of the 36 states and Union territories attached to different ISRO centres for this workshop for schoolchildren under state boards, ICSE and CBSE, with special focus on rural students. Returning from the program with learning experience, Tuhina, a student of Delhi Public School, shared her experience with Free Press. Following is an excerpt.  “I was exposed to so many interesting things, interacted with eminent scientists and learned about rocket science directly from the...