Odisha government has said there will be no lockdown in the entire state for 12 days till September 14 in two phases to ensure smooth conduct of JEE and NEET exams. State government said that there will be no lockdown or shutdown in force from August 30 to September 7 in the first phase and from September 12 to 14 in the next phase.
 
The move is aimed at facilitating free movement of candidates and their guardians, examination personnel andstaff/re presentatives of the service providers for the smooth conduct of the exams. However, COVID-19 protocols will have to be strictly followed, it said.
 
The JEE is scheduled to be held between September 1 and 6, and the NEET on September 13.
 
Chief Secretary AK Tripathy has announced that the state government will provide free transport and accommodation to students appearing in the examinations, but they will have to register beforehand to avail this facility. He said 37,000 candidates are likely to sit for the examinations at 26 centres spread across seven towns, including Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that India has one of the lowest global COVID fatality rates. Chairing the 20th Meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 in New Delhi, he said, the country’s case fatality rate is at its lowest 1.81 per cent.

Dr Harsh Vardhan said, the recovery rate of COVID cases in the country has reached to 76.47 per cent. He said, only 0.29 per cent of cases are on ventilators, 1.93 per cent on ICU and only 2.88 per cent of cases are on oxygen.

The Minister informed the GoM that more than 338 lakhs of N-95 masks, nearly 135 lakh of PPEs and about 27 thousand ventilators have been provided by the centre to the States and Union Territories.

Health Minister instructed officials to develop Standard Operating Procedures for the Members of Parliament and the Legislative Assembly Sessions comprising COVID protocols and preventive measures. The GOM also expressed concern about the forthcoming festival seasons and advised everyone to adopt safe and COVID appropriate behaviour.

The Chairperson of the Empowered Group-I on Medical Emergency Management Plan Dr. Vinod K Paul apprised the GoM of the process of COVID vaccine development in India and around the world. He stated that 29 candidates, including two Indian ones, are in Clinical Trials.

Out of which six are in Phase-3. In India, Bharat Biotech’s vaccine candidate based on inactivated virus procured by ICMR is in Phase-2 trial along with Zydus Cadila’s candidate which is based on viral DNA. The Oxford vaccine candidate developed by Serum Institute of India is already in Phase-3 trial in Maharashtra and some other states. Dr. Paul also informed the GoM of the progress made by the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19.

During the meeting, External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Shipping Minister Mansukh Lal Mandaviya, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai were also present on the meeting.

The Home Ministry has issued new guidelines for opening up of more activities in areas outside the Containment Zones. In Unlock-4, which will come into effect from 1st of September, the process of phased re-opening of activities has been extended further.
 
Metro rail will be allowed to operate with effect from 7th September in a graded manner, by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Railways in consultation with Home Ministry. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in this regard will be issued by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
 
Social, academic, sports, entertainment, cultural, religious, political functions and other congregations will be permitted with a ceiling of 100 persons, from 21st of September. However, such limited gatherings can be held with mandatory wearing of face masks, social distancing, provision for thermal scanning and hand wash or sanitizer.  Open air theatres will be permitted to open with effect from 21st of September.
 
The Home Ministry said, after extensive consultation with States and Union Territories, it has been decided that schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions will continue to remain closed for students and regular class activity up to 30th September. Online or distance learning shall continue to be permitted and shall be encouraged.
 
Lockdown will continue to be implemented strictly in the Containment Zones till 30th of September. All activities shall be permitted outside Containment Zones, except cinema halls, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres excluding open air theatre and similar places and international air travel of passengers, except as permitted by Home Ministry.
 
There will be no restriction on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods. No separate permission or approval or e-permit will be required for such movements.
 
Home Ministry advised states not to impose any local lockdown outside Containment Zones.
 
National Directives for COVID-19 management shall continue to be followed throughout the country, with a view to ensure social distancing. Shops will need to maintain adequate physical distancing among customers. Home Ministry will monitor the effective implementation of National Directives.
 
Vulnerable persons, persons above 65 years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women and children below the age of 10 years, are advised to stay at home, except for meeting essential requirements and for health purposes.
 
The Ministry said that states and Union Territory governments may permit up to 50 per cent of teaching and non-teaching staff to be called to the schools at a time for online teaching or tele-counselling and related work.
 
Students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit their schools in areas outside the containment zones only on a voluntary basis for taking guidance from their teachers.
 
This will be subject to the written consent of their parents or guardians, according to the guidelines.
 
The Home Ministry said that states and Union Territory governments may permit up to 50 per cent of teaching and non-teaching staff to be called to the schools at a time for online teaching or tele-counselling and related work.
 
Students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit their schools in areas outside the containment zones only on a voluntary basis for taking guidance from their teachers.
 
This will be subject to the written consent of their parents or guardians.
 
Home Ministry said, the new guidelines, are based on feedback received from States and UTs, and extensive consultations held with related Central Ministries and Departments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the people in the country and abroad in the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio at 11 AM today. It will be the 68th episode of the monthly radio programme.
 
It will be broadcast on the entire network of AIR and Doordarshan and also on AIR News website https://eduindexnews.com/ and newsonair Mobile App. It will also be streamed live on the YouTube channels of AIR, DD News, PMO and Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
 
AIR will broadcast the programme in regional languages immediately after the Hindi broadcast. The regional language versions will be repeated at eight in the evening.

Nowadays AI and machine learning are the words you can find almost everywhere people are talking about it choosing it as a specialization.If you are one of those people who don’t know about then this blog will help you to now about it.

Humans use machines to make there work more efficient and faster but machines needs human intervention for working they cannot do all the work by themselves.So what if we start teaching machines to learn by themselves with the help of experience this is what machine learning do.

Its kinda interesting right! but how does it work and whats the connection between ml and AI ?. So let’s understand it Artificial Intelligence is a whole lot in itself, Humanoid robots are the final substance AI mostly tends to achieve and ML is the subset of AI. Ml is a total subject in itself so think how machine learns ? simple the same way we humans do with experience but in machine/computer this experience comes from data.The more data you give to your model the more it tends to learn.It starts working without human intervention.

I am sure you must be thinking that how come it will learn where to provide this data?.So there are algorithms on which your model will work.The type of data we select and make these algorithm work on the data to get the desired output. You must be thinking it is quite tough yes it is but it just require right amount of practice and effort to learn about this subject. There are lot of example of machine learning such as recommendation system when you search anything on amazon ,flip cart according to your searches it start recommending you several things, you start seeing ads on different platform this happens because of machine learning,it collects each and every data process it and start recommending you.Another example is weather forecasting the machine process the latest data and on the basis of some attributes it predict the possibilities.

I have tried to explain what actually is machine learning in the most simplest manner avoiding any technical terms i hope you like it.

Vocabulary is the most demand knowledge/skill that one should have but its not easy there are 1000 of words in English language.It is difficult to remember the meaning of words and when it comes to exams like cat,AM cat,co cubes ,jobs/placement everybody wants you to have good vocabulary,but the question is how to get that rich vocabulary.There are few things you can do in order to achieve that.

Focus on the root word there are a lot of word which can help you to figure out the meaning of another words.For eg- arium/ary refers to a place so words like aquarium -we all know the meaning of aqua that is water and arium means place so we can guess that it means a place where fish lives, library- place where books are kept. Another example could be Eu- good and the word euphoria means sense of goodness.so sometimes focus on the root words there meaning is somewhat similar.

Focus on suffixes and prefix there are a lot of prefixes and suffixes whose meaning you know and when they are added in particular words there meaning changes slightly not completely but slightly.For eg mis- bad/wrong here have a look mistake- error, misfit-not a suitable person

Try to read books and note down the word if you don’t know the meaning of the word, and if you don’t have time for reading books try randomly selecting the words from google revise them daily and slowly try to use them while writing and speaking hence improving your vocabulary.

Learning and revising is the key if you find a new word but don’t know it’s meaning try to find out the meaning of that particular word and try remembering it and using it in your very own way.English is an interesting language you just need to understand it, work on the mention above points you will find yourself improving.

Everybody loves gifts, and it becomes tricky when it comes on selecting one. Men loves gift and if you are planning to give something to your loved ones then this blog can be a great help to you.First thing to keep in mind that men mostly loves gift that can be useful to them.Try picking something that they can use on daily basis.

1 Perfumes – perfumes can be the best choice to give to your loved one, they will definitely love it. Whenever they will use perfume it will remind them about you.

2 wallet- This is most important and useful thing a men can have,all their important stuff belongs to their wallet.If you see your men is using same wallet from long time try gifting a new one.

3 Watch- This gift will make them absolutely happy,men loves watches i am pretty sure every men had a dream of owning a watch collection just like Dr Strange, try to gift them watch of their favorite brand if they do not prefer any particular brand then choose what will be the best for them according to their taste.

4 Sneakers- well i have seen many of boys/men who likes sneakers.Its like they just want more and more of the new and trendy collection gift them sneakers they will love it.

5 Beard Grooming kit- We all know how men are obsessed with their beard try gifting them a full beard grooming kit.There are lot of them available online at affordable prizes.

These are some ideas that i prefer,well the most important thing for men is your effort if you don’t want to gift them anything then try spending some time together plan a date and spend time with them.