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The civil services preliminary examination, scheduled to be held on May 31, has been postponed due to the COVID-19-induced nationwide lockdown and the new date for the test will be decided later this month, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has said.   Union Public Service Commission Commission held a special meeting on May 4, 2020, to review the situation after the second phase of the nation-wide lockdown due to COVID-19. Taking notice of the extension of restrictions, the Commission decided that it will not be possible to resume examinations and interviews for the present. The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020, scheduled to be held on May 31, 2020 therefore stands deferred.   Since this examination also serves as the screening test for the Indian Forest Service Examination, the schedule for the Indian Forest Service  Examination is also deferred.  The situation will be reviewed again on May 20, 2020 and fresh dates for these examinations shall be  notified on th

Guidelines for Teachers, Parents and School Principals by NCERT INTRODUCTORY NOTE I ndia and the world are facing an enormous crisis due to COVID-19. India as a country is under lock down, while most of the cities and states in the world are under lock down too. Medical care professionals, security personnel and  people related to delivering essential services are working round the clock to tide over the crisis. Schools, Colleges and Universities have been closed. Students are confined to their homes, and so are teachers and parents. Teacher educators, teachers and parents need to find ways to deal with this unprecedented situation arising out of the lock down in order to engage students meaningfully through educational activities at home. While we are  putting in all efforts to flatten the epidemic curve, learning can continue at home too, and the learning curve of children must continue to move upwards.  How should this be done? The first thought would perhaps be homework or home ass

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It is a time to realise  what we are and  what we should be.  What are our real needs.  What are our greeds.  Do this world need us,  the Homo Sapiens.  Do we deserve this Earth,  the lonely planet.  Those who thought  We rule the world are struggling  for survival. Before us, the Sapiens,  or without us, there was,  there will be an incessant flow of life.