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CBSE will not take registration fees of students who lost parents due to Covid

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BSE has asked schools not to take late examination fees from students of Classes 10 and 12 whose parents died due to Covid-19.

CBSE released a letter saying, “CBSE vide letter No.CBSE/LOC/2021 dated 16.09.2021 has communicated to the schools that List of Candidates for Class X and XII Examination 2021-22 will start from 17.09.2021 and contiue till 30.09.2021 without late fees and thereafter, till 09.10.2021 with late fees.”

Further, the letter said, “The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the country adversely and keeping in view of its impact on students, CBSE, as a special measure for Academic Session 2021-22, has decided that neither the examination fees nor the registration fees will be charged by the Board from the students who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian/adoptive parents due to Covid-19 pandemic.

“Therefore, the schools, while submitting the LOC, will provide the details of these students after verifying the genuineness,” said the letter.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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