72-year-old JJP MLA Ishwar Singh gives exam for MA
Chandigarh: 72 years old JJP MLA Ishwar Singh, who is pursuing M.A. in Political Science from Kurukshetra University has given online exams for the first year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ishwar, whose last exam was on Saturday said, all exams went well. Earlier, he has done M.A. in Public Administration and M.A. in History. He has also done LLB and LLM. Interestingly, when Ishwar was elected to Haryana Vidhan Sabha for the first time in 1977, his qualification was only 10th pass. He has pursued graduation and post graduation courses during his political journey in the state.
Pandemic severely affected wildlife tourism
Kapurthala: Punjab Chief Conservator of Forests Basanta Rajkumar said that the COVID crisis had a deep impact on wildlife, and the wildlife tourism too has felt the impact of this pandemic. “While the world has come to a complete standstill, nature seems to be reclaiming her territory — wild animals near urban cityscapes are taking this opportunity to step beyond the comforts of their forested homes, global wildlife trade has been thrown into spotlight and wildlife tourism too has felt the impact of this pandemic,” said Rajkumar while addressing a webinar on ‘Impact of Corona Pandemic on Wildlife’ organized by Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala.
Himachal Min directs officers to distribute ration
Shimla: Himachal Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Rajinder Garg inspected the wholesale godown of Civil Supplies at Udaipur in Lahaul-Spiti district. He also checked the arrangements and quality of grains, pulses, oil and sugar etc. at the godown that have been stored for further distribution in 16 fair price shops of food and civil supplies. He directed the officers to distribute six months ration to the people of this tribal district outright and also to maintain the stock for emergency purposes.
Haryana Higher Edu Council holds 1 day webinar
Chandigarh: Haryana State Higher Education Council organised a one-day webinar on the topic ‘Innovations in Media Teaching’ under the chairmanship by Prof BK Kuthiala, chairperson of the Council. More than 100 persons from various institutes and media industry across the country, including professors, media professionals and students participated in the webinar. Kuthiala while commenting on the use of technology during COVID-19 said while the COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in the society, it has also taught us regarding the need of free-flow of communication network among the people. This communication can be improved through social media networking, he added.