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Delhi High Court issues notice to Delhi Government on installation of CCTV in public schools

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Bhuvana Iyer – Mumbai Uncensored, 25th February 2022

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response from the Delhi Government on a plea seeking quashing of the Delhi Cabinet’s decision for installation of Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) inside classrooms of all public-aided schools in the national capital and consequent live-streaming of video footage emanating therefrom to public at large. 

The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice upon the Delhi Government and the private company which has been awarded the tender for the installation work, and slated the matter for hSubsequently, tenders were floated requesting proposal for supply, installation and commissioning of CCTV system in Delhi Government Schools, and in November 2019, the Heads of all public-aided schools in Delhi were directed to allow and permit the private company who was awarded the tender in respect thereof, to carry out the installation work of CCTV cameras in school premises.

The instant petition has been filed by Advocates Jai Anant Dehadrai, Sidharth Arora, Jaskaran Singh Chawla and Soujanya Ketharaj, on behalf of the Delhi Parents Association and Delhi Government School Teachers Association alleging that the impugned decision is in violation of the decision of the Apex Court in K.S Puttaswamy which guarantees individual privacy as fundamental right enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution.

 Relying on the decision of the Apex Court in the case of Indian Hotels & Restaurant Association wherein it was observed that installation of CCTV cameras in dance bars is violative of right to privacy, the petitioners have contended that

“the right to privacy of students, their teachers and the sensitivities of their parents must be tested on the same constitutional standard adopted in a case concerning the rights of dance-performers”

In light of the above, the plea seeks removal of CCTV cameras installed in public-aided schools in Delhi, in addition to destruction of the video data collected therefrom. Furthermore, the plea seeks for framing of regulations and management, processing, protection and storage of data collected from the CCTV cameras installed at permissible places in the school premises.

“The impugned decisions to disseminate video footage from CCTV cameras installed in classrooms, do not contemplate any mechanism to prevent secondary copes of the videos being made by people who will have access to the live stream, which would not only violate the “right to be forgotten” but may be misused for child pornography earing on March 30.

The Delhi Government in September 2017 convened a meeting wherein the decision for mandatory installation of CCTV cameras in the classrooms of Government schools was taken.

Another meeting of the Delhi Government was convened in December 2017, wherein it was resolved that the parents of children studying in public-aided schools would be provided with online access to the CCTV feed.

and similar ends,” the plea claimed.

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EuroKids launches Summer Club 2023 with unique themes

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EuroKids, India’s most trusted brand, has rolled out its annual ‘Summer Club’ program to engage children in fun-filled activities during the summer break. Every year EuroKids launches a summer club program to assist children in acquiring new habits and forming a daily routine during the holidays. The program will help students make new friends, explore new hobbies and settle well for the new academic year. The different activities and unique themes will help children build reading habits and be more social, adaptive, curious, and open towards learning new things. The EuroKids Summer Club this year will offer customised activities for different age groups, such as (2 to 4 years) and (4 to 6 years).

The Wanderers group (2 to 4 years) includes modules like ‘The Flying Carpet’ and ‘The Jungle Book’, with adventures to enhance children’s creativity, bravery and confidence. The Jungle Book teaches children about the various skills required to adapt and survive in all circumstances like Mowgli, the fearless character from the book.

The Discoverers group (4 to 6 years) has modules like ‘Readers Café’ and ‘Little Scientists’. The Readers Café’ focuses on inculcating the love for reading among young learners through reading and interactive discussions of stories to further their communication skills. The Little Scientists module is designed to ignite scientific interest among children through various exciting experiments packed with amazing crafts to keep them engrossed.  At the onset of the ‘Summer Club’, K V S Seshasai, CEO, Pre-K Division, Lighthouse Learning said, “We are excited to launch the Summer Club program this year with new stories and unique activities as we believe the children’s demands are changing as their developmental needs are also continuously evolving. The summer club program brings opportunities for kids to develop new skills, help them settle in for preschool education, and make them future-ready. With each module, we aim to ensure that every child experiences an enriched learning experience, learns something new every academic year, and kick-starts their learning journey with lots of zeal and enthusiasm. It will help them settle comfortably for the new academic year and acquire new skills.

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Career In Waste Management

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Kamaljeet Singh – Mumbai Uncensored, 6th June 2022

The world population is increasing day by day. Which has made things unmanaged and the demand for various daily used things is increasing too. However, this has made it necessary for humans to work on such things. Today’s human activities are not meeting the needs of the future generation. Therefore, to be sustainable and think for the future generation. Initiatives like waste management will keep the human on the earth to be sustainable enough. Career in waste management will help all those students and the job seekers. 

Careers in waste management or just waste management include both liquid and solid waste. Those are looking for an opportunity to work as a waste management professional or waste management officer. Therefore, they would need to have a good number of study certificates. Which will open doors for all professionals that want to work as a waste management officer.

What is waste management? 

Waste management is to put all those wasted things that are being produced by humans on a daily basis. This waste management includes several things such as food, plastic bottles, pollethins and various other things. Those are being used by us on a daily basis. However, all this and increasing the dumping ground areas in various metro cities like Delhi and other. This human waste is being transformed into an opportunity for entrepreneurs as a business and students as a career. Government bodies or think tanks have worked on this. There are various courses available that the government is providing to students.

This has no doubt that waste management has created an opportunity for professionals and blue collar people for a career. Career in waste management will bring together the transportation, staff for short out and decision makers.

What One Has To Do To Pursue A Career In Waste Management?

The person that wants to have his or her career in waste management. They have to have compulsory subjects in 11th and 12th. A student needs to have the following subjects: Science stream with Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, and English.ṣ

Process For Waste Management

The process for waste management includes mainly six steps. Then which will become worth using for particular things. Below is the process to make waste useful and save our planet from making it a dumping ground. 

Step 1: Waste

Step 2: Collection

Step 3: Segregation

Step 4: Transportation

Step 5: Treatment

Step 6: Disposal

So, these are the steps of waste management. This system has been adopted by a number of people in this profession of waste management system.

What Is E-Waste Management?

E-waste management is the waste of all electronic equipment. There are a plethora of such devices or daily used equipment. That we throw away such mobile phones, computers (motherboard) and other various things. All that is e-waste and devices like mobile phones have material like gold and silver. Which most individuals use to collect and make money from them. So, this is how waste management has become a great source or career in waste management.ṣ 

How One Will Get A Job In Waste Management?

To have a career in waste management one can choose to go in the following places. Career in waste management has a wider option nowadays. Because this has become the global need to transform tons of waste worth using or recycling the waste. 

  • He or she can choose to go into non-profit conservation projects by individuals.
  • They make their career in government companies. 
  • Industrial organisations. 
  • Choose consultancies for your career in waste management. 
  • There are several environmental agencies that are providing job opportunities.

These are some of places where career seekers in waste management can choose to go. Nevertheless, individuals choose to go for a startup in waste management. And for that we all have seen a plethora of stories. Those have changed the whole style to make the waste into various things.
Example: Last time we saw a story, where a company called Gjange used waste plastic and converted it into bricks. How great is the idea. And these are the initiatives that will save the planet from being dumping grounds and let the world meet sustainable goals.

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Geetanjali Shree wins the prestigious International Booker Prize 2022 for her Novel ‘The Tomb of Sand’

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Becomes the First Indian to achieve this Global Landmark.

Shobhit Chandola – Mumbai Uncensored, 31st May 2022

Who is the Overnight Global Sensation Geetanjali Shree?  Why the lack of praise from the Centre?

From the Longlist to the Shortlist, & from Shortlist to the Winner. This was nothing but the Upshot of the International Booker Prize 2022 whereby the Indian Author ‘Geetanjali Shree’ wrote history as her Novel – ‘Ret Samadhi’ (2018 ) translated in English by ‘Daisy Rockwell’ was awarded the prestigious award on 26th May,2022 at Guildhall, London (England ). In the Final run, the ‘Tomb of Sand’ was victorious over ‘The Books of Jacob’, a polish novel by ‘Olga Tokarczuk’. Both the winners are now entitled to £50,000 prize to be shared equally as author and translator respectively.

It can be hailed as a well deserved recognition to Geetanjali Shree as this indeed a big boost to the literary transitions in India.

Speaking on her achievement in the acceptance speech to the Press Trust of India, Geetanjali Shree said it to be the dream come true as she never thought, never dreamt of being Booker Prizeholder. The facts get more surreal as the Author’s work was published almost 4 years ago in 2018 but found immense recognition once the translator Daisy Rockwell made it go global with English. Geetanjali said –  “What a huge recognition. I am amazed, delighted, honoured and humbled.” She added that Behind her and this book lies a rich and flourishing literary tradition in Contemporary Hindi literature and other South asian languages whose works are yet to be recognized on a large scale.

About Geetanjali Shree

Geetanjali Shree aka Geetanjali Pandey is a Delhi based novelist and short story writer who primarily writes in Hindi & contributes to Hindi & Urdu Literature. An Alumni  of Delhi University & JNU, she has written 5 novels till now and is a promising Indian Liberal in the International writer’s Consortium. Her major works include ‘Humara Sheher us baras’, ‘Khali Jagah’, ‘Mai’ and ‘Ret Samadhi’. 

As a writer Geetanjali Shree offers the readers with the enigmatic yet flamboyant style of writing. One shall find the essence of Indian literature, characters’ depth, successional run of the rhythm in the language, a mix blend of modern storytelling with mythological narration and the use of sardonicism / political satire making her distinct from the others. (Now the word Others in her case is subject to all the global contemporaries after the Booker prize and isn’t confined to Indian Hindi novelists).

       About Ret Samadhi / Tomb of Sand ( English )

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Ret Samadhi is a family saga set in northern India about an 80-year-old woman who travels to Pakistan to confront the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of Partition. It re-evaluates what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman and a feminist.

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An extract from ‘Ret Samadhi’

The result is a book that is a genuine and humorous take on the destructive impact of the borders of the nations on the people mostly in terms of Religion & gender.

Why BJP’s Spiral of Silence on ‘Ret Samadhi’ ?

There is no denial that the Central Government is always ahead in terms of praising the distinguished Indians who bring laurels to the country. But then, why the Ret Samadhi by an Indian novelist that too written in Hindi (which is the language dearest to the BJP and is often on cards to be termed national language by their leaders) doesn’t find the space in the mentions of the NDA ministers social media handles. Well, the obvious reason here looks like the rebellious work with respect to the craft and language of Geetanjali ji. Maybe the Central protagonist- Chandra Prabha Devi love interest being Pakistani with the backdrop of Partition Or the short stories with themes of Communalism. It could also be the author’s essay on Swaraj, secularism,demolition and riots on Hindu Muslim context which stands against the ultra nationalist stand of the government as far as the author’s left centric beliefs are concerned. But the question arises why Hardeep Singh Puri ( Housing & Petroleum minister ) looks like the sole congratulator from the council of BJP. If the Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra has brought laurels in Sports at global level, so has Ms. Geetanjali Shree in literature. Then how come the government is prejudicial in nature. A simple recognition would be of no harm. Perhaps keeping aside the political stance for a while, it would be more unifying and pragmatic for the traditional diversity of the nation.

Up for More translated works of the Booker prize winning Novelist Geetanjali Pandey? Check out the clip below showcasing the Author’s translated books by @IndianNovelsCollective. 

Just to let our readers know that the International Booker Prize is the literary prize awarded every year to the single book of any other language translated into English & should not be confused with the Man Booker Prize which is awarded for Best Fictional Work written in English & published in the UK/Ireland. Arvind Adiga, Arundati Roy, Kiran Desai, Salman Rushdie & Kiran Desai are the Indian Authors felicitated with Man Booker Prize in  the past.

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