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Why Indian Education cannot go online completely?

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"Lockdown is Disrupting a Generation's Education" By- Pratyush Kumar Shekhar      Email Id- shekharofficial311@gmail.com   Every child in India wishes at some point that their schools get shut for the foreseeable future and they get to languish at home. Another wish that closely follows is that exams get delayed, or better yet, canceled. With the coronavirus wreaking havoc across the world, these two express wishes of students have, in fact, come true. But not in the best of circumstances. Schools and colleges were among the first institutions to be shut when the pandemic was announced, even in India. However, these holidays are not as blissful as students thought they would be. Most schools have been shut since Mid-March to stop the spread of COVID-19. School and higher educational institutions have been shut down in several countries affected by Covid-19 to curb the spread of the infection. According to the UNESCO report , this has impacted more than 157 crore stu...

Can we make Self-Reliant India?

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"ATAM NIRBHAR BHARAT" By-Pratyush Kumar Shekhar       Email- shekharoffficial311@gmail.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday brought up the importance of local manufacturing and consumption of locally produced goods, stating that Indians need to become " VOCAL FOR LOCAL".  It doesn't matter if you or I support PM Modi's narrative and agendas or not but the idea, of self reliant India does make sense and is worth working towards. A self reliant India will create new employments, it will help in argumenting an upswing in GDP, it will aid the growth of Micro, Mini and small enterprises. There are many industries in our country that we need to promote but before that let's have a look at some industries which will be winner industry (those who will survive COVID-19) and some looser industries  (those who will take time of 2-3 years for growing again). 1.Winner Industries- E-Commerce Market Places Entertainment, Streaming & Gaming. Logistics & ...

Powerful Images During COVID-19

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"IMAGES THAT SPEAKS  LOUDER THAN WORDS" By- Pratyush Kumar Shekhar     Email- shekharofficial311@gmail.com The pen is mightier than the sword, or so they say. I don’t know how true that is, but I will say this: Pens are certainly a lot less intimidating. How about this next one? A picture is worth a thousand words. Ever wonder why that is? The first things that pop up in my mind are some of the more complex paintings and photographs that I saw during this pandemic . Why, I could write a thousand words about a single painting easily! So let's have a look at some of the most powerful images during this pandemic around the world. 1.New Banksy piece celebrates superhero health workers. The elusive artist has created a piece called Game Changer that has gone on display, nicely framed, in a corridor at Southampton general hospital.It shows a boy dressed in dungarees playing with a nurse superhero toy, with figures of Batman and Spider-Man discarded in a bin.The nurse,...