According to the data released for the year 2023-2024, India has exported goods worth 16 billion U.S. dollars to China and imported goods worth 101 billion U.S. dollars, resulting in a trade deficit of 85 billion U.S. dollars with China. At the same time, discussions regarding Indo-China relations are taking place with great intensity.
Punjab plans to deploy around 18,000 teachers as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) for the revision of electoral rolls ahead of upcoming electoral processes. While officials say alternative arrangements will be made in schools, teacher groups have earlier warned that pulling educators out for election-related duties can disrupt classroom learning, especially in schools already facing staff shortages. Punjab plans to deploy around 18,000 teachers as BLOs for electoral roll revision. While the exercise is crucial for elections, does assigning teachers to such duties risk affecting classroom teaching in already understaffed schools ?
पंजाब में आगामी चुनावी प्रक्रिया से पहले मतदाता सूची के पुनरीक्षण के लिए करीब 18,000 शिक्षकों को बूथ लेवल ऑफिसर (BLO) के रूप में तैनात करने की योजना है। अधिकारियों का कहना है कि स्कूलों में वैकल्पिक व्यवस्था की जाएगी, लेकिन शिक्षक संगठनों का कहना है कि पहले भी चुनावी ड्यूटी के कारण कक्षाओं में पढ़ाई प्रभावित हुई है, खासकर उन स्कूलों में जहां पहले से ही स्टाफ की कमी है। पंजाब में मतदाता सूची के पुनरीक्षण के लिए लगभग 18,000 शिक्षकों को BLO के रूप में तैनात करने की योजना है। चुनावी प्रक्रिया के लिए यह जरूरी हो सकता है, लेकिन क्या इससे पहले से ही शिक्षकों की कमी झेल रहे स्कूलों में पढ़ाई प्रभावित होने का खतरा है ?
Punjab’s AAP Government has started repainting over 250 "kilometre-scheme" buses in blue and yellow, colours critics say resemble the party’s flag. After schools and hospitals were painted in similar shades, opposition leaders now accuse the Bhagwant Mann Government of using public resources for political branding, raising questions about the role of the transport department under Laljit Singh Bhullar. If Punjab’s buses are now turning blue and yellow like the ruling party’s colours, is the Bhagwant Mann Government improving transport or just repainting the state in AAP shades ?
