University Grants Commission (UGC) has reopened the application process for National Fellowship For Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD) for 2018-19 and 2019-20 on its official website.
Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the fellowship online at ugc.ac.in on or before June 19, 2020.
The commission provides the fellowship to students with disabilities to pursue their research in MPhil and Ph.D. programmes on behalf of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, under The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
As per the official notification, the NFPwD is provided to 200 candidates each year with up to 15 percent reservation for the students belonging to the Scheduled Caste and 7.5 percent for the students from Scheduled Tribe.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests against England in August followed by thee T20s with the games to be played closed doors. (FILE)
Pakistan is keen to tour England this summer but the cricket board does not plan to use the series as “leverage” to cut a deal for a reciprocal tour in 2022, PCB chief executive Wasim Khan said.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), which is estimated to lose as much as GBP 380 million if the entire season is wiped out due to the COVID-19pandemic, hopes to resume cricket by rescheduling the series postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, including the home series against Pakistan.
It seems to be an opportune moment for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to cut a deal for a return tour with England, who like several countries hasn’t toured Pakistan citing security concerns following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009.
“There is a lot of cricket to be played between now and 2022, I’ve had that question raised a few times; has there been a deal cut? Is something going to happen?” Khan said on Sky Sports’ ‘The Cricket Show’.
England and Pakistan’s boards are still trying to map out the logistics of tour. (FILE)
“But the simple fact is and it’s a genuine answer we need to get cricket back on again and now is probably not the time to try and leverage anything. Naturally things will take their course over the next two years,” he added.
Khan said Pakistan will have ample opportunities to prove teams like England and Australia that it is safe to travel to, adding that right now the focus is on trying to resume cricket, which has come to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’ve got a lot of home series between now and then, which hopefully will all go successfully, and we’ll give more confidence to the likes of Australia and England, who are due to tour in 2022.
“But this is about getting cricket back on again. The cricketers want to play and I think it’s important for the global game as well that we start to bring a level of normalcy to playing cricket again – whatever that may look like – over the next six to 12 months,” he added.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests against England in August followed by thee T20s with the games to be played closed doors.
“We need a 14-day quarantine period when we get to England and enough time to practice for the guys so they can be ready,” Khan said.
“That’s a bit of a challenge, so we’re looking at an extended squad. We’re looking at bringing around 25 players – more than normal. We are planning to get them together to train for the tour. We’re probably about a week away from that ,” he added.
Both country’s boards are still trying to map out the logistics of tour and Khan said the Pakistan’s players are looking forward to the series.
“We were really pleased with everything we heard from the ECB, in terms of all the provisions they are putting in place.”
“The players are chomping at the bit; we’re very much looking forward to touring,” he said. Khan stressed that though everyone wants the resumption of cricket, health and safety of the players is paramount
“The players trust that we are going to do what is right by them. We are not going to jeopardise their health. We all want cricket to be played but not at all costs.
According to the UK government guidelines anyone arriving from overseas will have to remain in quarantine for 14 days.
“We are trying to get to England early July so that we can get the quarantine done. If we can practice during that time then great, if not then it gives us just under three weeks to practice.”
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released an important notice regarding announcement of the new dates for SSC CHSL, junior engineer and SSC Stenographer grade C and D exams.
SSC has further postponed the announcement of revised dates for various exams including SSC CHSL 2019 tier 1, SSC JE and SSC Stenographer grade C and D and skill test for CHSL 2018 exam. SSC was to announce the revised dates for these exams after assessing the situation after May 3. However after the extension of lockdown till May 31, SSC has notified that a decision on the revised dates of these exams will be taken after accessing the situation on June 1.
The Commission will release the revised calendar if the situation is found to be better. Candidates are advised to visit the official website at ssc.nic.in for any updates.
“The Staff Selection Commission has reviewed the situation arising out of the Corona Virus Pandemic on 21.05.2020. It has been noted that the Government has extended the lockdown in the country till 31.05.2020. Keeping in view the above and in continuation to the information provided vide its Notices dated 19/03/2020, 16/04/2020, 24/04/2020 and 04.05.2020, the Commission has decided that the situation will be reviewed on 01.06.2020 before taking a decision regarding announcements of schedules of the examinations of the Commission. The candidates are advised to visit the website of the Commission at regular intervals for updates,” reads the notice.
SSC CHSL Tier 1 exam was originally scheduled to be conducted from March 16 to 27. SSC Junior Engineer exam was scheduled from March 30 to April 2. SSC Stenographer exam was to be held from May 5 to 7.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 22, 2020 11:07:12 am
Reserve Bank of India.
Shaktikanta Das, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday, extended the moratorium on loan repayments by three more months in view of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Addressing his third presser, the central bank governor also announced a 40 basis points (bps) cut to both the repo and reverse repo rates. the repo rate stands reduced at 4 per cent, while the reverse repo rate now stands at 3.35 per cent, Das said during his address.
Moratorium on term loans available till May 31, now extended by another three months till August 2020 @IndianExpress
According to sources, several banks, including Axis Bank, and NBFCs had demanded a loan restructuring scheme as moratorium alone is not sufficient to come out of the Covid crisis.
As part of its contingency plan in the wake of the coronaviruspandemic, the RBI, on March 27, had announced a three-month moratorium (March 1 to May 31) on loan and card repayments and slashed its main policy rate — Repo rate by 75 basis points and cash reserve ratio (CRR) of banks by 100 basis points to stabilize the financial markets and reduce the pain on borrowers hit by Covid-19pandemic.
Bihar Board 10th result 2020 is expected to be declared in the afternoon on Friday. Lakhs of students have been waiting for the BSEB 10th results. According to media reports, the BSEB matric result is likely to be declared on Friday at 1 pm. However, there is no official confirmation regarding this.
Over 15 lakh students have appeared for the BSEB 10th exam this year. Students have been waiting for their results for the last one week but the Bihar Board has not given any result declaration date till now. Earlier, BSEB chairman Anand Kishor had told HT that the board is trying to declare the results at the earliest. He had said that the Bihar Board 10th result will be declared after May 20 and anytime before the end of the month.
According to the original schedule, BSEB was to declare the Bihar board 10th results 2020 by the March-end or beginning of April. However, the result got delayed because of the coronavirus lockdown due to which evaluation work had to be left midway. The evaluation work of answersheet resumed on May 6 and it took around a week to wrap up the process. After feeding and compiling the scores of students in the computer, toppers’ list was prepared. The top 10 rank holders were interviewed on video call by a panel of experts constituted by BSEB. The board usually declares the result after the toppers verification is complete. According to reports, the toppers’ verification process has been completed and the board is expected to declare the results anytime soon.
Candidates should register themselves here on our HT result portal to get instant alert of the Bihar Board 10th result 2020 after they are declared.
After the Bihar Board matric result is declared, candidates should visit the official website at biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in or biharboard.ac.in. Then click on the result link flashing on the homepage that reads Bihar Board matric result 2020. Key in your login credentials like roll number, roll code and registration number and submit.Your result will be displayed on the screen.Download and take its print out.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday addressed his third press conference regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) related measures. The governor announced a cut in the repo rate by 40 basis points (bps) to 4 per cent, while the reverse repo rate was reduced simultaneously to 3.35 per cent.
Prior to this meeting, Das held two pressers on March 27 and April 17, where cut its repo rate to 4.4 per cent and reverse repo rate to 3.75 per cent.
In his address to the media, the central bank governor said that an off-cycle meeting of the monetary policy committee (MPC) was done for past three days. He said that the MPC voted 5:1 in favour of a rate cut.
Over 87,000 volunteers of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) reached out to over 8.68 lakh students through phone on May 11 and 12 amid the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus and discussed various challenges facing the education sector today.
ABVP said in a release that its 87,868 volunteers reached out to students and an opinion has emerged that various modes of examinations like “carry over exams, open-book exams, reports and assignments and continuous evaluation must be preferred over mass promotion”.
It said that during the outreach, students prominently raised examination- related issues.
The release said that issues with accessibility of the internet and lack of proper online infrastructure with universities to conduct exams resulted in students asking for options like “carry over examinations”.
ABVP said it believes that no option which is exclusionary and puts at a disadvantage even one single student must be adopted.
The release said that students also expressed their wish that subjects like disaster management and Yoga be included in courses, classrooms should be technically adept, a common policy for entrance examinations be agreed upon and relaxation provided in age limit for students to appear in various competitive examinations.
It said ABVP will submit a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a detailed discussion on these topics.
Nidhi Tripathi, national general secretary, ABVP, said that Parishad’s style of functioning “is one of constant, 365 days a year activity”.
“Continuing with the same our volunteers have tried to get to know the opinions of the student community on a wide scale.”
“We will submit memoranda to administrations at various levels based on the suggestions shared by students. Momentous changes are required to ensure the best for the student community and bold steps, at the very basic level, need to be taken to make sure that our education sector keeps up with the times,” Tripathi said.
She said the student community needs to take steps to prepare itself for major changes.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests against England in August followed by thee T20s with the games to be played closed doors. (FILE)
England and Pakistan’s boards are still trying to map out the logistics of tour. (FILE)
Reserve Bank of India.
RBi Governor Shaktikanta Das.