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Lockdown 5.0 not really a lockdown: New MHA rules allow nearly all to reopen | Full guidelines: Lockdown 5.0 MHA new guidelines: The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued new guidelines for the fifth phase of lockdown which is slated to begin from Monday, June 1. HIGHLIGHTS: Ministry of Home Affairs has issued new guidelines for the fifth phase of lockdown All activities outside containment zones have been allowed to resume in a phased manner from June 1 International air travel, schools, gyms, cinema halls continue to remain shut.  The Ministry  of Home Affairs has issued new guidelines for the fifth phase of lockdown which is slated to begin from Monday, June 1. According to the new guidelines, all activities outside containment zones have been allowed to resume in a phased manner from June 1. The guidelines will come into effect from June 1 and will be effective till June 30. The current phase of re-opening, 'Unlock 1', will have an economic focus. All activities ...

Maharashta SSC exam: Geography marks based on average score in other exams: A similar rule will be applied in case of a vocational subject exam for differently-abled students, the state board informed. While the board has not yet announced the date for declaration of results, the assessment of answer sheets has begun, officials said. Days after keeping parents and students guessing over the marking scheme for the cancelled Secondary School Certificate (SSC) geography exam,  Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE)  on Wednesday announced its decision in support of giving average marks for the subject. The board stated that the marks would be given based on average marks received in other subjects of the examination, which would then be suitably converted for the cancelled exam. The SSC examination this year was scheduled to be held from March 3 to 23. The geography exam could not be conducted due to  Covid-19  outbreak and su...

Lockdown 4.O in Maharashtra: Lockdown extended across the state till 31 May Updated: 17 May 2020, The Uddhav government had decided to increase the lockdown in Maharashtra's hotspot areas just two days ago, but now the order has been issued for the entire state.  Extended lockdown period until 31 May Highlights : Maharashtra government extended lockdown across the state till 31 May. Lockdown 4.O across the state to prevent corona infection. Lockdown was increased in hotspot areas including Mumbai, now across the state. Maharashtra becomes second state to extend lockdown till May 31 after Punjab. Maharashtra , which is facing severe crisis of  Mumbai  Corona virus, the government has extended the lockdown period till May 31.  To prevent the spread of Covid-19, the CM  Uddhav Thackeray  -led government extended the lockdown  4.O  in Maharashtra till 31 May.  The lockdown was increased in hotspot areas just two days ago, but now th...

COVID-19: Indian Railways to cancel tickets for travel till June 30 on regular trains: Special trains to continue services, Railways to record destination address of passengers Migrant labourers from Punjab line up for tests at a railway station platform after arriving in their home town Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh, India, Thursday, May 14, 2020. Image Credit: AP New Delhi: The Indian Railways has decided to cancel all old bookings for regular trains scheduled till June 30 and provide full refund for it. However, the Shramik Special trains which started from May 1 and the special trains which started operations from May 12 will continue to run, an order from the railways said. The tickets, which are to be cancelled, were booked during the lockdown period when the railways was allowing bookings for journeys in June, PTI reported, Regular mail, express, passenger and suburban services of the railways had been suspended from March 25 due to the coronavirus lockdown. ...

Lockdown extended in Mumbai, Pune and other hotspots in Maharashtra until May 31: Report May 15, 2020 The state will implement Centre's guidelines that will be issued in the next two days for other areas. The Maharashtra government has decided to extend the lockdown in Mumbai, Pune and other COVID-19 hotspots until May 31, as per a   report  by Mumbai Mirror. Aurangabad, Solapur and Malegaon among other hotspots will also come under the extended lockdown as per the report. The state government is yet to issue any official announcement. The report also says that the state will implement Centre's guidelines that will be issued in the next two days in the other areas. The decision was arrived at in a meeting on Thursday morning that was attended by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar among other state cabinet ministers, claims the report. The move is likely a result of the worsening prevalence of Coronavirus cases in...

CBSE Board Class 10, 12 Exam HIGHLIGHTS: Exams from July 1, detailed schedule soon Updated: May 8, 2020 10:23:13 pm CBSE Board Class 10, 12 Exam Date 2020 LIVE Updates: The CBSE Class 12 remaining papers will be conducted from July 1 to 15. CBSE Board Class 12 Exam Date 2020 HIGHLIGHTS:  The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will hold pending exams for classes 10 and 12 from July 1 to July 15. This includes pending class 12 exams and class 10 exams from the riot-hit North East area. Further, the result for the class 12 boards will be announced before the JEE Advanced releases its merit list, a source had told  The Indian Express . The  board will conduct examinations on 29 subjects which are important for college admissions. For Class 12, the remaining papers include business studies, geography, Hindi (core), Hindi (elective), home science, sociology, computer science (old), computer science (new), information practice (old), information practice (new)...