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A handful of kindness by Keran Bahadur Recommended by  Manoj Bajpai, former chairperson Indore Sahodaya Complex of CBSE Schools Just a handful is enough if given with kindness and intention to start a chain of goodness. Inspiring such a chain of goodness, educationist Keran Bahadur started a unique drive ‘A handful of Kindness’ in her school Colonel’s Academy, Mhow about a decade back. In the last decade, she has not only transformed the lives of abandoned seniors, but inspired a long chain of goodness by involving students. “I began this drive by sensitising students about how much a handful can mean, when we went to nearby villages to identify people who needed help,” Keran said. Keran with her students found 15 senior families, who were abandoned by children and left with no means to survival. “Next, we urged students to bring a handful of any grain they wished on every Thursday,” she said. Initially, it was difficult to put the idea across. “On Friday, we packed the ...

A complaint against BRC (block resource coordinator) Rajendra Singh Tanver was raised by activist Sanjay Mishra showing his involvement in approval of affiliation of Joint Mission Higher Secondary School, Nanda Nagar on Monday. The complaint received by collectorate to be forwarded to Joint Director, School Education Department, Indore, quoted the lack of ramps and allotment of ground floor to shops by the school. Furthermore, it alleged that the Tanver had given approval noting the availability of playground on rent, which is nowhere to be seen around the school. Joint director has not received the complaint, but will act upon it as and when forwarded.

Found resting with limited movement near a pond in Dewas, Indian leopard took his last breath on the way to Indore. To find out the reason for mysterious death of the endangered species, post mortem was conducted in Dewas on Monday. The leopard was spotted by villagers on Sunday, sitting by the pond. “The leopard seemed rather still as they are naturally alert and swift in movement,” Dewas forest ranger Jaiveer Singh said. The leopard was about 3-year-old and probably came to drink water. “He was sitting in the back forest of Dhanigathi village about 6 kilometres from Hatpipliya,” Singh said. It was not unusual to find the leopard in the area, as there are reportedly 5 to 7 leopards residing in the forest. “This one was quite young and had scratches over head, legs and paws,” Singh said. Worried about his lack of alertness, the forest official called upon a veterinarian from Ujjain to check the leopard. “He was not that injured just unusually still,” Singh said. Being a yo...

Director of CTET (Central Teacher’s Eligibility Test) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) issued a clarification and warned teachers not be mislead by some news reports stating that the question paper of CTET exam December 2019 was leaked from Kanpur city. “It has also been claimed in these news that the alleged question paper was leaked one and a half hour before the commencement of exam and went viral on WhatsApp,” the notice explained. It added that these reports also claim that the leaked question paper is exactly like the actual question paper and that STF (special task force) has collected evidence and arrested some persons. In this regard, the representative of CBSE met superintendent of police (STF) and it has been confirmed that there is no report regarding question paper leak. “Thus, claims made by some individuals / groups regarding leak of question paper are misleading, baseless and undesirable. Therefore, it is brought to the notice of general pub...

Over 10,000 members of Muslim community took to streets in the city on Monday to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). Carrying placards and raising slogans, protesters that included religious heads of different Muslim communities, demanded that the union government scrap CAA and NRC. Most people who staged protest were either students or professionals from different fields. A few people associated with different organisations had also come to register protest against the citizenship law. Protesters came together in Bombay Bazaar, Chandan Nagar, Sadar Bazaar, Khajrana and Azad Nagar, which are city’s Muslim predominant areas. Half- day bandh was observed in Khajrana as Muslims pressed for their demands. Idris Mansuri, president of Muslims’ association, headed the protest along with Zaid Pathan, Ayaz Baig, Haji Shakeel Mansuri, Naushad Ahmed, Riaz Niyazi, Shakil Ata and Rashid Ali. A memorandum addressed to President...

Commencing the grand celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, Sikh community members took out a procession in the city on Sunday. The procession began from Tower square, where community members had gathered in traditional attire in white and blue combinations at 11 am. Sikh Sangat from Rau, Pithampur, Betma Sahib's Kirtani and Shabdi Jathas, along with two Sindhi Sangat's Jatha, and 33 Gurdwara Sahibs of Indore, gathered for the grand procession. All the vehicles operating in Nagar Kirtan had blue marks on them. The entire route of the kirtan was decorated with blue markings. The procession was headed by a decorated carriage, which indicated the arrival of the ‘nagar kirtan’. Following the carriage Jasbir Singh Chhabra carried ‘Paath Nishan Sahib’. Children from schools of all Sikh societies also joined the kirtan and were walking in a queue. The procession swept and washed the roads of the city. Gurmat Prachar Jatha and Gurprasad Jathe managed and organised the ...

School education department plans to transform 1054 government schools as ‘School of Excellence’ in Indore by next academic session. This was announced in the divisional review meeting. In the meeting called by school education department joint director (Indore division) Manish Verma, district education officers (DEOs), district project coordinators (DPCs), principals of District Institute for Education and Training (DIET), BRCs (block resource coordinators), and BACs (block academic coordinators) were present. In order to transform schools, all the officers have to ensure bringing up the performance of students in schools. “Within next two months, i.e. by February, we have given a target to the heads to ensure that 90 percent students come in ‘A’ grade performance,” Verma said. The target seems possible to the department if all the officers ensure quality education. Currently, as per the scorecard of Indore, which was also released in the meeting, following is the performance...

Joint Mission Higher Secondary School, Nanda Nagar has been issued a notice of disaffiliation by School Education Department due to school’s negligence towards child safety. Further, the school has been questioned on use of terrace for annual function and lack of required grounds on the campus. The school was issued the notice following the complaint of a class XI student falling from the school terrace at local police station. In the notice issued by school education department joint director (Indore division) Manish Verma, the school is required to explain their case within seven days as per protocol. “The school has renewed its affiliation in 2015 when the MP Recognition of Secondary and Higher Secondary School Rules, 2015 was applicable,” Verma said. The rules for affiliation have been modified since then and now 2017 rules are applicable.   Incident brought school’s negligence to light Not just walking competition, it was reverse walking on the terrace with cable ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board exams are coming up. But don’t let the stress become overwhelming. Many children view examination like a monster and especially if it is Physics. Fear not, Physics is actually one of the most basic subjects and manageable with organised approach. Physics requires conceptual understanding and logical solving abilities. “Physics needs knowledge’s and formulas and don’t worry we all can masters this subjects by first knowing the basics thoroughly and in – depth understanding,” said Physics teacher Vikas Prajapat and guides students attempting upcoming examination. Studying and understanding Physics • Go through the NCERT book for Physics. All topics in syllabus for the exams are covered in the NCERT books • Make a complete list of derivation , formula and experiments in your syllabus and keep that list it will be useful during the exam • Revise all the concepts regularly. • Solve each and every numerical from NCERT book. •...

As we gear up for 2020, it is time to take a pledge for a better life and Fit India Ambassador Aarti Maheshwari urges people to take the fitness pledge. In a fitness camp organised by Residency Garden Aerobics Club, Aarti representing World of Fitness headed the fun zumba and physical training activities. Motivating the participants, she also addressed the gathering explaining various benefits of fitness and tricks to have a disciplined workout. “In this fast running world, we do not have much time, in fact, it feels the day flies away in glimpse, but about 30 minutes in a day for yourself can actually do more for you than you realise,” Aarti said. She elaborated that one can not only be physically fit with exercise, but also help us in staying peaceful. “All your anger and negative energy can be burned off in a good workout, so we must take the Fitness Pledge to make our life healthier and happier,” Aarti said. She shared the fitness pledge which was taken by the participants. Pl...

On the 41st day of 60-day Mandala Puja at Lord Ayyappa temple, Mahalaxmi Nagar, ‘Nalpothunu Puja’ with 16 types of prayers was performed to celebrate the special day. Devotees from Malayali community joined the celebrations in large numbers and participated in the day-long prayers.  The Ayyappa idol was decorated with flowers and ornaments as per the customs. Malayali Samaj of Kerala performed the at Lord Ganesha and Shri Ayyappa temple. “The 41st day of Mandala Puja in Scorpio month is of prime importance in the 60-day-long puja as it comes one phase,” Tankappam Panicker, one of the devotees, said. President of temple society Sajan Panicker shared that the day-long celebrations and prayers started from 6 am. “There were 16 types of prayers performed by devotees and priest starting from ‘Udayasthamana Puja’,” he said. Out of the 16, 12 were morning prayers and 4 were performed in evening. In evening, a procession of Lord Ayyappa's Talapoli was taken out by devotees. Everyone d...

The icy winds take over as Indore recorded the coldest night of the season on Friday. The minimum temperature recorded in Indore was just about 1 degree below normal. The temperature fell by 3.6 degree in 24 hours making the dip feel cooler to residents. People were forced to wrap themselves under woollens and also lit bonfires to ward off chilly condition. As per met department officials, the temperature is likely to dip further and Indore is likely to experience a colder night on Dec 31, as we dive into 2020. The minimum temperature took a dip in the entire state with coldest night recorded in Gwalior in state. Minimum temperature recorded in Gwalior was 3.3 degree Celsius. Indore had by far the warmest night when compared with other cities in the state as it recorded the highest minimum temperature in state of 9.4 degree Celsius. On the other hand, the day in Indore remained cooler than most other cities.  The maximum temperature recorded in Indore was 20.4 degree Celsius....

Yashwant Sagar, declared as one of the 19 important bird areas of MP, has seen a steep downfall in population of Saras Crane. This was disclosed by scientist Dr KS Gopi Sundar in his lecture on ‘SarusScape: conserving water birds in agriculture areas’ organised by The Nature Volunteers at Pritam Lal Dua auditorium on Thursday. “The last time I came to Indore for a bird survey in 1998, there were 170 cranes at Yashwant Sagar and now, it is has been recorded as 50 only,” Sundar said. He estimated the reason to be excessive use of pesticides in the area and use of lake bed for agriculture. “The biggest threat for birds is not hunting, it is urbanisation,” Sundar said. He shared that many storks were estimated to be close to extinction with drop in population. In the video documentary shared by him, it showed that Woolly Necked Storks were estimated to be about 35,000 only. The survey was done in wetlands all over the country. “The problem was that nobody looks for the storks in...

This year onwards, CBSE (central board of secondary education) has decided to conduct Class X Mathematics paper at two different levels – Basic and Standard. Students who wish to opt for Math after 10th will have to appear compulsorily for Standard paper while other subject selectors can go for the basic one. Attempting and scoring well in either level requires students to have basics clear and proper strategy for examination. Mathematics teacher Abeda Raotiwala shares her insight and guides students attempting the exam. Paper pattern Not only the levels are bifurcated the paper pattern has also changed with 20 questions (1 mark each )in the form of MCQ’s and remaining 20 questions of 2, 3 and 4 marks. In order to make test taker more comfortable the number of choices within the section is also given a big leverage with more alternatives available in each category. All said and done the basics of writing exams remains of the utmost important. Whether one is going for Basic level o...

The last Solar Eclipse of the year fancied photographers, astronomy enthusiasts, sky gazers and future scientist in Indore. While temples remained closed and many people fasted through the eclipse, many young minds gazed into the sky through x-rays, digital cameras and telescopes observing the astronomical phenomena On Thursday, the last solar eclipse of the year began at 8.08 am and the eclipse salvation (closing) occurred at 10.59 am. The eclipse of 2 hours and 50 minutes was seen in Indore especially by students. Scientist Dr RP Gupta said, “The annual solar eclipse was seen completely in Kannur, Kozhikoth, Madurai, Mangalore and Trichur in India. There the sun was covered up to 96.9 percent in a state of perfection.” In Indore, one could see the shadow of moon covering a major part of moon. “I have always fancied astronomical events and solar eclipse is one of the most fascinating events, where one can identify the amusing creation and movement of celestial bodies,” engineer an...

The celebrations of birth of Jesus Christ began from midnight, when the entire Christian community gathered for special prayer services and sang joyful songs of Christmas day. Before Holy Mass, the carols were sung by the choir and the main celebrant Bishop Chacko SVD, Bishop of Indore Diocese along with co- celebrants Fr Biju Mathew, Fr Mahesh Sulya and Fr Anthony headed the procession in the alter with baby Jesus Christ in their arms. The whole assembly stood respectfully and offered the prayers. The first special prayer much like ‘aarti’ began the celebrations. Thereafter flowers were offered to welcome Christ. After the Holy Mass, a piece of Christmas cake was shared with every participant of the mass.    Bishop’s Christmas eve address at Red Church  “God is benevolent to human being; He wants us to live in peace, happiness and prosperity. He wants us that we are saved from all the evils that exist on earth. Therefore, God has blessed us with His only begotten S...

Not just students and teachers, it is essential to train school principals and vice-principals due to their challenging leadership roles, explained Central Board of Secondary Education, as it announced training of CBSE Principals and Vice Principals through Short Term Courses from IIMs (Indian Institute of Management). The announcement from the office of senior PRO of CBSE stated, “The school principals, being the administrative and academic head of schools, have a challenging leadership role and need continuous training and platform for exchange of ideas and practices. The Board thus organises Leadership Training Programmes for principals.” It added that this is among several measures taken by the board to address issues concerning the quality of education in its affiliated schools. The Board organizes trainings of teachers through its regional training centres in various subjects and other core skills related to school education. The Board is collaborating with institutes such as...

Today is the last the day to challenge answer keys of Central Teacher’s Eligibility Test (CTET) 2019. Teachers, who attempted CTET 2019 on December 8, 2019, can check the answer keys. Candidates can download the response sheet and answer key from the official website. . To access the answer key, candidates will be required to login into the website using their login id and password. “The scanned images of the OMR sheets of candidates appeared in CTET December 2019 have been uploaded on the website for viewing of candidates up to December 25, 2019,” reads the official notice. Candidates have till December 25, 2019 to challenge the answer key. To do so, they will have to pay a refundable fee of Rs 1,000 per question through credit/debit card. The fee will be refunded if the board finds the objection valid. According to the official notification, "The answer keys of the CTET December 2019 have been uploaded on the website for viewing and challenged by the candidates. The challen...

To educate consumers about the Consumer Protection Act 2019, an educative program where consumers can clear their doubts and get proper guidance was organised on National Consumer Day, i.e. December 24. The program will be organised at Krishi Mandi Complex in Depalpur, as directed by state government. Chief guest and main speaker was District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Indore 2 president Om Prakash Sharma and special guest was MLA Vishal Patel. Special guest speaker was District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Indore -1 Satyendra Joshi Indore. Quoting why we need consumer protection, Sharma said, “There are a number of products in the market which are injurious to the health of the consumer, adulteration, false weights, monopoly and unfair trade practice are some of the issues that need to be tackled and are to be addressed to protect the consumer against it.” He added that first step of consumer protection is consumer education. “Further, consumer grievances should b...

Computer Science (CS) and Informatics Practices (IP) is a very demanding and scoring subject. It requires rigorous programming practice and clarity of program. This year many students will write paper in Python language in CS and IP subjects. In order to score well, students should understand the paper pattern properly and prepare accordingly. Savita Saluja, computer science and informatics practices teacher, explains the pattern and guides students on preparing for the subject to score well in upcoming board examinations. MCQs can be more scoring Students should prepare their mind according to the new pattern balancing time and energy to attempt both theoretical and programming questions. To score marks in MCQs (multiple choice questions), students should read the chapter thoroughly and understand the programming concept based on that chapter. Scoring becomes easy in MCQs, Fill in the blanks, True or False Section. True or False Section should always be supported with the reason...

Following the ‘Green and Clean Christmas’ theme for celebrations this year, baby Jesus Christ on a banana leaf was featured in the Christmas card released by Bishop Chacko SVD, the bishop of Indore Catholic diocese on Monday. Addressing a press conference at Bishop’s House, Red Church Indore, Bishop said, “Jesus came to this world with a message of peace to all mankind, also calls us to share this peace with one another when there is lot of violence and hatred was spread all around us.” He added that Christmas is a festival of joy, peace and hope as it is the birth of Jesus Christ. “God takes the form of human person in Jesus Christ and takes birth in a manger, showing us a sign of utter poverty,” Bishop said. He explained God gives us hope that no matter how miserable the life is. “There is a God near us who lives by us. If we follow him, he brings peace and happiness in our life,” Bishop said. President of Indore Christian Media Forum Fr John Paul SVD said, “It is our resp...

Conceptualised as ‘Yuletide’, students of class X section ‘A’ organised the annual Christmas celebrations at St Raphael’s School quoting the importance of sharing and giving as a part of festivities. Students celebrated the day concluding their week-long celebrations of ‘Joy of Giving’. School staff and students donated various articles including woollens, stationary items, grocery, biscuits, etc. to the old age homes and orphanages during the week. On the concluding day, students captured the essence of Christmas with bright coloured decorations. The entire campus was festooned with colourful streams, stars and brightly coloured papers. The significance of the festival was explained through the Tableau prepared by students. The boundless joy of celebrating the festival was visible on the faces of all the children. School principal Sister Jancy Joseph in her address urged the students to learn the gift of giving, the gift of forgiveness and the gift of love and prayers. “Let’s ma...

On the theme of Christmas, an interactive seminar and sapling gifting ceremony was organised at Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development on Monday. During the seminar, 50 college students learned about utilising solar power and gained motivation from the life of Padma Shri Dr Janak Palta McGilligan. Students were excited to see the 19 street lights powered generated with a Hybrid Solar and Wind Power being supplied by her to 50 landless tribal families of Village Sanwadiya for the last 9 years free of charge. Centre’s managers Nanda and Rajendra demonstrated making of energy efficient bio fuel   with used newspapers and farm- biomass    that   brings down   deforestation reduce indoor air pollution,   generation of waste, and improve the health of those cooking on smoke . Motivating students from her life experiences, Janak shared: ·          How she survived an open –heart surgery at the age of ...

Most students are quite happy with the date-sheet Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations released by the board recently, but a minor fault in the date-sheet is confusing for many schools and students. The date-sheet released by the board for Class X mentions examination for English Communicative (EC) (subject code 101) scheduled on February 26. The board had decided to discontinue the EC course for Class 9 and 10 across the country as announced in March 2018.   The examination according to the date-sheet is scheduled on the same day as English Literature and Language (ELL). With the decision of removing EC, the second option of ELL had become the mandatory subject by default. Discussing the date-sheet, a school principal requesting anonymity said, “CBSE has put in a lot of efforts to prepare a date-sheet considering student’s perspective.” She was confused when some students came to her office, asking her why the school did not allow them to study EC. “...

Central Board of Secondary Education advised schools to introduce few cooking classes as part of “culinary art” for classes 6 to 8. Following the same, many schools have adopted the practice and taken a step towards transforming the system. Taking another step ahead of the advice, a concept of teaching fathers to cook was introduced in "Papa banao Dadi/ Nani ki recipe". The event was organised at Podar Jumbo kids, Vijayanagar Branch with children, fathers and grandmothers. They prepared nutritional healthy food, gave them unique names like Sprouts Train, Kidee Kaju Katli, Dry fruit lollipop, Coconut ladoo, smile sandwich, chatpata cucumber, crispy corn sticks etc. and enjoyed each other's recipes in the end. The experience was shared by fathers and it left them amazed. “First, cooking is not easy, but actually relaxing and healing,” Rakesh Sharma, father of Swara, said. “Cooking with your little daughter can give us some valuable insight for life, cooking and...

Over the weekend, schools celebrated Christmas in the campus as the winter vacations begin. The little blooming buds of Delhi International School (DIS) celebrated Christmas with gusto and reverence. Children were overjoyed when Santa came to their school grounds and cheered them up with sweets and candies. School mentor Inayat Russian Qureshi, ex-chairman, MP state Haj shared the significance of Christmas through the story of Jesus Christ and to inculcate the spirit of sharing. He blessed children with good wishes. School patron Liyakat Ali said, “Christmas brings cheer and love and we celebrate it with same fervour spreading the message of love and joy among the children.” School managing committee members Moir Qureshi and Kadir Qureshi quoted the importance of celebrations and acceptance of every religion. School Principal Manju Nautiyal wished Merry Christmas to the little children and conveyed message to spread love and peace in the society. “We must learn to respect human l...

Christmas is coming and the entire city especially Christian community is overjoyed for the upcoming festival. The preparations in all the churches are in full swing. Most churches are putting last touches to the crib for baby Jesus. What’s different this year? It is the decorations in churches. All the decoration and preparation in churches are being done keeping environment in mind. Revenant Chacko Thottumarickal SVD, bishop of Indore, said, “This year, we are celebrating ‘Green Christmas’ so we want to ensure that environment is not negatively affected by our celebrations.” He feels proud to be in Indore, which has won the award for being the cleanest city of India for three years in a row. “Everyone has understood the consequences of their actions, especially the use of one-time plastic,” Thottumarickal said. Hence, he has instructed the entire community to ensure that one-time plastic is not used in any form. “Even decorations should be used such that they can be recycled or ...

Not just giving them shelters, but homes, Indian Institute of Management Indore is perhaps the first in the country to give names and birthdays to all the 40 dogs living in a shelter in college campus. “It is not about giving them a place in our campus, but in our heart so we are trying to ensure their happiness and comfort with our little steps every year,” Himanshu Rai, IIM Indore director said. Every dog in the shelter would celebrate his or her birthday every year with the team of institute. Not just names, in fact, every student in the college can also pick out a dog and take care of it. “Students can take the dog out, and one can learn a lot about leadership by leading a dog,” Rai said. The shelter in the campus was build about four years back in the initiative for stray dogs. Prof Sneha Thapliyal, student Pooja Batra and public relation officer Ananya Mishra had headed the initiative bringing in dogs, which needed help. “When we connect with animals, we understand the...

Golden Jubliee batch of 1969 and Silver Jubilee batch of 1994 of Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science came back to their alma mater reliving their college days during the three-day alumni meet. The meet concluded on Saturday with an award ceremony of Das Gupta Award for best outstanding students and staff introduced this year onwards. Over 100 members attended the Alumini meet on 21st Dec.from morning to evening including Padhmashree Dr. DV Pathak Director Dr. RK Saxena informed that “SGSITS Alumini chapter has also started in Bombay, Pune, Gurgaon, Bhopal, Bangalore and Hyderabad and is also planned in abroad”.

When we talk about board exams a fear develops in the mind of students. They get nervous, anxious and some of them even feel depressed. To overcome this situation, student must relax and study strategically. Beating exam phobia students can score well in Mathematics examination with the following examination tips shared by Mathematics subject expert Shravan Singh Savner: The New Examination pattern for Mathematics Question paper consists of 4 sections of total 80 marks. Section A (20 Marks): It consists of MCQ (multiple choice questions), Fill in the blank, VSA (very short answer type questions) and one word or sentence type questions of 1 mark each. Section B (12 Marks): It consists of short answer type questions of 2 marks each. Section C (24 Marks): It consists of long answer type-I questions of 4 marks each. Section D (24 Marks): It consists of long answer type-II questions of 6 marks each. Mathematics Course Structure Unit No. Name of Unit         ...

The land where there is a love for food, especially variety of innovative food, is equally willing to share its love and care towards those, who cannot express their feelings. From providing food to birds to hosting paralysed dogs, Indoreans have left no stone un-turned to ensure safety and wellness of animals in the city. There are still struggles for these innocent beings in the fast growing and expanding city with occasional accidents, weather hazards and mishaps. However, there are large groups and animal lovers who are on their toes for rescue and recovering in such cases. In a bird’s eye view, we bring you this positive bite as ‘What Indore does for Animals?’ Bringing Birds back to the city If you have been in Indore for a while, you have definitely crossed Regal Square. Were you amazed by the flocks of birds enjoying their grand meal and chirping around? About 5 years back, the number of birds was going down with almost no sight of them in city areas like Regal square. Tak...

The city of food lovers is also the city of pet lovers with many households having the loyal friend as an essential part of their families. While many give homes to stray dogs by opening their homes and hearts, there is a large community that prefers international breed dogs. Identifying the most preferred breeds among Indoreans, the most expensive ones bought frequently by residents and the cost of hosting these majestic pets, we found out ‘Indore’s Pet Style’. Among the most popular breeds that are usually bought by masses, we found German shepherd, Labrador, Pomeranian, Beagles and Pugs. Experts Ajay Jainkar and Jayant Rathore helped us with the current pricing and trends of the breeds. Maintaining any of these dogs in economic budget also costs about Rs 6,000 per month at least. German Shepherd: Rescuer residing in Royal homes As a herding dog, German Shepherds are working dogs developed originally for herding sheep. Since that time however, because of their strength, intelli...

To educate consumers about the Consumer Protection Act 2019, an educative program where consumers can clear their doubts and get proper guidance will be organised on National Consumer Day, i.e. December 24. The program will be organised at Krishi Mandi Complex in Depalpur, as directed by state government. Chief guest and main speaker will be District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Indore 2 president Om Prakash Sharma and special guest will be MLA Vishal Patel. Special guest speaker will be District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Indore -1 Satyendra Joshi Indore. Quoting why we need consumer protection, Sharma said, “There are n number of products in the market which are injurious to the health of the consumer, adulteration, false weights, monopoly and unfair trade practice are some of the issues that need to be tackled and are to be addressed to protect the consumer against it.” He added that first step of consumer protection is consumer education. “Further, consumer griev...

Forest Department organised Anubhuti camp to enhance sensitivity in school children towards nature, forests and wild animals at Tincha Fall on Friday. Over 131 students with their teachers from schools in Tillore, Chikhli and Tincha area participated in the Camp. During the camp, retired forest officers Abhay Jain and MS Jain told the students about the nature, name, behaviour and utility of forests in the area. DFO Mohanlal Harit and SDO Sandeep Goutam talked about wild animals, birds and trees through park excursion and nature path tour. Ranger Suresh Barole Ranger introduced them to the ecosystem, forest soil, root system, components of the tree and the importance of wild animals in human life. Laxmi Goutam coordinated the camp.

Preparing students for the skills needed to survive in future, Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) Artificial Intelligence (AI) workshop was organised for schools of Madhya Pradesh at Choithram School Manik Bagh. Explaining the aim of the three day workshop, host school principal Rajesh Awasthi said, “It is essential to bring a change in the education system and prepare all the key stakeholders for becoming future-ready as its imperative to create sustained momentum.” About 36 students from various CBSE schools from all over the state attended the workshop. The resource persons were AI coaches Ambika Saxena and Akshay Chawla. During the workshop, students worked on applications of decision trees, machine learning and approaches of AI. Further, reinforcement learning and python programming interface jupyter notebook were explained. Students made programmes using different data types, statements and AI project cycle of python. Programming using packages, data visualizati...

Chemistry is everywhere in the world around you! It's in the food you eat, clothes you wear, water you drink, medicines, air, cleaners... you name it. Chemistry sometimes is called the "central science" because it connects other sciences to each other, such as biology, physics, geology, and environmental science. While attempting board examination for Chemistry, one should be prepared to remember basics as well as apply concepts. Chemistry subject expert KS Gaisha guides students on how to study and score well in the examination. Chemistry syllabus with marks distribution Physical Chemistry (23 marks): Solutions, Chemical Kinetics, Electrochemistry and Surface chemistry Inorganic Chemistry (19 marks): Principles of Isolation ‘p’ block, ‘d’ & ‘f’ block and coordination compounds Organic Chemistry (28 marks): Haloalkanes & Haloarenes, Alcohol, Phenol & Ethers, Aldehydes, Ketones & Carboxylic acids, Amines, Biomolecules, Polymers, Chemistry in Everyday life....