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Days after some students’ peaceful protest for reopening of Jamia Millia Islamia citing that many universities have opened their doors for students after Covid cases have decreased across India Jamia Millia Islamia posted an office order on its social media regarding its decision to reopen the university. It was in March 2020 when Jamia was closed following the outbreak of Covid in India. A two-page notice issued on February 14 carrying signature of Jamia Registrar Nazim Husain Jafri on Monday is online. “The university has limited seats in the boys and girls hostels and the hostel buildings are being either…
Electric autos to start plying soon in Delhi, 33% quota for women drivers Delhi will soon see thousands of electric autos plying on its city roads. The computerised draw of lots was held today for allotment of 4261 E-autos and the Transport Department will soon start the process of issuance of Letter of Intent (LOI) to all successful applicants. The Supreme Court in a landmark decision on 11th February, 2022 had allowed the Delhi Government to resume the process of registration of 4261 e-autos in the capital, said the government. The scheme was earlier halted due to a lawsuit filed…
DSEU opens campuses for students The Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University started offline classes on Monday, 14th February 2021 in all its 15 campuses across Delhi. The University kickstarted the pioneer batch of students in December 2021, admitting 5000+ students across 15 Full-Time Diploma, 4 Part-Time Diploma, 12 Lateral Entry Diploma, 11 Flagship Degree programs, and Bachelors of Computer Engineering and Post Graduate Programmes. “Today is the day all of us at the university have been looking forward to since day1. Earlier in December when we held an orientation for the first academic year at DSEU, we waited to see…
Under its newly designed CBCS Course: Communication Strategies for Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia, is taking help of national & international experts to train its students on the significance of media interventions in creating awareness on Human-Wildlife conflict. The course at MCRC is being conducted with the help of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Dr Mala Narang Reddy, noted social anthropologist will be teaching students through a workshop on 19th, Feb 2022, how they may address people’s perceptions and social dimensions of Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) and also facilitate gender-sensitive HWC conflict…
Work for building Shaheen Bagh Freedom Fighter Fountain in full swing Days after some BJP local leaders turned up at Shaheen Bagh to stop the work for Freedom Fighter Fountain at the spot claiming that it was a move to usurp government land by the AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan work for building the fountain is in full swing. MLA Khan’s supporters and AAP Councillor Wajid Khan had rubbished the allegation. The video of the report posted on the OT Facebook page on January 23 got 689K views with 312 comments and 5.7K likes. MLA Khan in a meeting in Zakir…
The Delhi government schools welcomed students of Nursery to Class 8 today after a gap of almost two years. To help students adjust in the school environment, Delhi Government’s Directorate of Education has asked all HoSs to focus on students’ social-emotional wellbeing in the first two weeks. Students will be encouraged to share their experiences freely and explore the new school environment. School closure for two years has widened the learning gaps among students, it had said. In such a situation, it is important that when they return back to school, teachers’ focus should be on supporting their social emotional…
Urgent missing appeal to find Okhla’s 12-year-old Shadab This is a 12-year-old Shadab Ansari, son of our house help and he has been missing for the last 5 days, wrote Syed Hassan Kazim on his timeline some four hours ago, sharing photo of the missing youth. “The FIR was filed yesterday in Jamia Nagar police station. Please share this post so that his distraught, wailing mother meets her son,” wrote Kazim, a journalist, who works with TOI and is a resident of Okhla.
Parvez Hashmi, Okhla-based leader, is planning to launch in daughter-in-law in MDC polls? With the 2022 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls approaching, political parties and local leaders have begun formulating strategies to prepare for the high-stakes contest. Although the official date of the MCD elections has yet to be announced, local leaders in Okhla have already launched their campaigns to win the hearts and minds of voters and secure party nominations. Among the many aspirants in Okhla, local buzz suggests that former Okhla MLA from the Congress, Parvez Hashmi, is considering fielding his daughter-in-law, Ishrat Jahan, as a candidate.…
Free medical check-up camp by ECM Free medical check-up camp was organised on Sunday by Earth Care Mission at J/76/29, Ashiana Complex, T.N-4, Abul Fazal Enclave. “All the ECM members were present on this occasion to make the medical camp a success. Azhar Alam, M Hashmi and Athar Alam Advocates and Dr Rehan Badar, Dr Arfin and Engg. Hashmi, Parvez Farooqui and Parvez Akhtar and Imam of Masjid Noor and others were present. “Local residents got benefit from the camps,” said Hashmi.
In view of Swachh Survekshan-2022, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) organised a zero waste function and it facilitated organisation of zero waste marriage function in Ashok Nagar’s Tihar Village in West Zone. Since it was published in the media, it has become the talk of Okhla where residents said they should also hold marriages function in eco-friendly way. ALSO READ Delhi Govt schools intensify preparations for upcoming April 26 board exams It is a very good move and should be encouraged in Okhla also, said one resident. Noushu said: “It is observed that a lot of wastage is done…