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Class 10 UP board exams scrapped, 90-min test for class 12 in July proposed

The UP Secondary Education Council cancelled board examinations for class 10 proposed to take a 90-minute test of each subject for class 12 in the second week of July, if possible

UP scraps class 10 exams; abridged version proposed for class 12 in July

The detailed examinations scheduled for class 12 board examinations will be announced soon, UP's Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma said

Time to gradually relax lockdown restrictions, says UP Health Minister

The Corona-19 lockdown was earlier extended in the state to May 31.

Death & journalism

The last 3 months have been the gravest period of national tragedy & there's definitely an undercount of Covid deaths. But doing that at a mass scale is tougher

8 people dead, 5 hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in Aligarh

Eight people died on Friday and five more are hospitalised after allegedly consuming spurious liquor supplied by a contracted vendor, police said here

Uttar Pradesh Covid update: Meerut reports 147 black fungus cases so far

As many as 147 cases of black fungus or Mucormycosis have been reported in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut so far.

Yogi Adityanath says UP in Covid 'safe zone', preparing for third wave

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the state has now moved into a Covid 'safe zone'

BJP's focus is UP polls instead of tackling Covid-19, claims Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena claimed the BJP was working on how to improve its image and win the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections due next year after it "did not do so well" in the panchayat polls there

A tangerine and orange comparison

UP has a transparent data generation process for reporting positive cases, writes Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary for Medical Education in the UP government

Priyanka seeks feedback from people to ask questions from Union govt

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will start a campaign from Wednesday, "Zimmedar Kaun" (Who is responsible) on the Covid pandemic. She has sought feedback and suggestions from the people.

Vaccination of 18-44 age group to begin across UP districts from June 1

The vaccination of people in the 18-44 age group against Covid-19 will be expanded to all district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh from June 1, a state government spokesperson said on Sunday

How Punjab's latest Muslim majority district will encourage Hindutva forces

The Amarinder government declared Malerkotla, where more than half the population is Muslim, the newest district of Punjab on Eid as a symbolic gesture to the community

UP's bid to keep expressway work in the fast lane amid Covid-19 crisis

Four expressway projects with an estimated outlay of Rs 80,000 crore are in different stages of development in the state

Focus on the pandemic, not the economy

The big lesson of the second wave is that India must stop trying to prioritise economic recovery over emergence from the pandemic - any such effort is destined to fail

India's 8 poorest states may spend 30% health budget on Covid vaccination

India's most socioeconomically backward states may have to spend as much as 30% of their health budgets to procure Covid-19 vaccines for their populations, an IndiaSpend analysis.

UP needs strong leadership to build back economy post-Covid: Akhilesh

Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday asked the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government to shed politics and make operational the health centres opened during his regime

Sugar stocks trading weak on subsidy squeeze may be an anomaly

The combined market capitalisation (m-cap) of the country's top 15 sugar manufacturers was down 2.8 per cent on average on Friday

Counting the dead

What sort of toll has the "second wave" and the government's incompetent response inflicted?

Covid-19 crisis: Deaths stalk villages but locals still in denial

The first of a 4-part series looks at the weak health infra, vaccine hesitancy in rural UP

Active Covid cases down in Uttar Pradesh by 62.5% since Apr 30: Official

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday said the number of active Covid-19 cases in the state has come down by over 62 per cent since its peak on April 30