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Time of India
22-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
NMC schools start admissions for nursery, Class 1 for 2025-26
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has officially started the admission process for academic year 2025–26 at its schools, from nursery and Class 1. With an array of free facilities — including admission, uniforms, textbooks, and more — the initiative is drawing strong interest from parents across the city. NMC schools offer education in Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, and English mediums. In addition to traditional language mediums, 11 schools provide semi-English education, while 7 are fully English-medium. This multilingual approach ensures inclusive education for a wide demographic. The educational upliftment is being spearheaded under the leadership of NMC commissioner Abhijeet Chaudhari and additional commissioner Vaishnavi B. Their combined efforts contributed to significant improvements in academic outcomes, including a sharp rise in the number of students scoring over 90% in Class 10 and 12 board exams. Education officer Sadhana Sayam shared that these results reflect the growing academic strength of NMC schools. Several initiatives such as the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Model School, PM Shri Schools, Mission Navchetna, and the Smart City Project have transformed municipal schools into vibrant, well-equipped learning environments. Students receive free school uniforms, books, and other essential supplies from Class 1 to 8 under govt schemes. The benefits extend to Balwadi (preschool) and Classes 9 to 12. To further support female students and reduce dropout rates, NMC offers financial attendance incentive of Rs4,000 per year to girls with over 80% attendance. Additionally, students who travel long distances are provided free bicycles and bus passes. Currently, NMC operates 114 schools across the city, including primary, secondary, and junior colleges offering courses in arts, commerce, and science. The GM Banatwala English Medium School, which provides education from Nursery to Class 10, witnessed a surge in admissions due to its high standards. Students admitted for the 2025–26 session will receive their free uniforms and textbooks on the very first day of school. Preparations are in full swing to welcome new students with decorated classrooms, music, sweets, and flower bouquets. Education Officer Sayam confirmed that the first day will be celebrated to make students feel special and excited about school. Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has officially started the admission process for academic year 2025–26 at its schools, from nursery and Class 1. With an array of free facilities — including admission, uniforms, textbooks, and more — the initiative is drawing strong interest from parents across the city. NMC schools offer education in Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, and English mediums. In addition to traditional language mediums, 11 schools provide semi-English education, while 7 are fully English-medium. This multilingual approach ensures inclusive education for a wide demographic. The educational upliftment is being spearheaded under the leadership of NMC commissioner Abhijeet Chaudhari and additional commissioner Vaishnavi B. Their combined efforts contributed to significant improvements in academic outcomes, including a sharp rise in the number of students scoring over 90% in Class 10 and 12 board exams. Education officer Sadhana Sayam shared that these results reflect the growing academic strength of NMC schools. Several initiatives such as the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Model School, PM Shri Schools, Mission Navchetna, and the Smart City Project have transformed municipal schools into vibrant, well-equipped learning environments. Students receive free school uniforms, books, and other essential supplies from Class 1 to 8 under govt schemes. The benefits extend to Balwadi (preschool) and Classes 9 to 12. To further support female students and reduce dropout rates, NMC offers financial attendance incentive of Rs4,000 per year to girls with over 80% attendance. Additionally, students who travel long distances are provided free bicycles and bus passes. Currently, NMC operates 114 schools across the city, including primary, secondary, and junior colleges offering courses in arts, commerce, and science. The GM Banatwala English Medium School, which provides education from Nursery to Class 10, witnessed a surge in admissions due to its high standards. Students admitted for the 2025–26 session will receive their free uniforms and textbooks on the very first day of school. Preparations are in full swing to welcome new students with decorated classrooms, music, sweets, and flower bouquets. Education Officer Sayam confirmed that the first day will be celebrated to make students feel special and excited about school.
Irish Independent
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Cork woman recalls stories of babysitters, beers and broken knees as Choral Fest marks its 70th
A 164-page programme is available on the website which outlines the dozens of events, concerts, and competitions which are set to take place in venues all around the city. However, it wasn't always like this. Margot Nagle has been volunteering with the festival since 1962. The 83-year-old says it has taken some time for the event to become the polished international spectacle it is today. 'It's professional now,' Margot tells me, as the city prepares for its latest edition this coming weekend. 'The early days were very basic, sure, we were all learning, but they were good fun days too. 'I'm in the Ballincollig choir and we've been to festivals and they're good, but not a patch on our one down here. It's the friendships that you make there, but as well as that, it's the organisation, which really is top class. 'My father used to take me to the festival because he had a friend involved in it at the time, and I got absolutely hooked on it.' Ballincollig-native Nagle explains, on the eve of the festival. 'I joined a choir called 'The Cork City Choral Society' and we travelled abroad in '64, and because I had school French and German, I did the announcements on stage for the concerts that we used to give.' 'When we came back, Kevin Breen, who's Ger's father (current Chairman of the Festival's Board of Directors) rang me and said, 'we need you at the Choral festival.' And despite starting off as a programme seller at the festival, word quite literally went around about Margot's polyglot abilities, which led to an abrupt and unexpected promotion. 'Kevin took the programmes out of my hand, gave them to someone else and said, 'I need Margot on stage'. 'That was the start of it!' From on stage, Margot found her niche behind the curtain as the stage manager, organising choirs, trophies, helping the MC and putting out last-minute fires during the festival-highlight competitions, which took place at Cork's City Hall. As you can imagine, things didn't always go to plan. ADVERTISEMENT 'One year I fell going into the hall and had a bad pain in my knee, but I carried on anyway and got through the night. The next morning, I went to the hospital where they took a scan, only to tell me that I had broken my knee, and apparently, I was in shock, that's why I didn't feel the pain. I was just going mad as I was missing the rest of it! 'In those days, there were no mobile phones, no internet, and choirs used to practice in the Model School (now Cork District Court) across the way from City Hall. You'd be taking your life in your hands standing on the road and getting yourself and the choirs across and into the venue! 'One of the conductors refused to go on stage one year because the hem of her dress had come down, so I happened to have a pack of 'for-all-happenables' on the side of the stage, and there was a needle and thread! I told Dan Donovan, who was announcing on the night, to keep going on for another five minutes, while I tacked up the hem of her dress, before she finally went on! 'At one point, I was missing a male voice choir, only to finally find them in a pub. I quite literally walked them straight from the pub onto the stage! Another time I couldn't get a babysitter for my youngest baby, so I put him in a cot down the side of the stage for one of the programme sellers to mind him for the night! 'Later on, there would be a conductor who performed with her baby stuck on her back, so you could say I was ahead of my time on that one!' As the old adage goes, the show had to go on, no matter whether they were missing talent, volunteers, or even the prizes themselves. 'Another year, the trophies didn't come back on time,' Margot recalls, 'so we had to borrow some school rugby cup trophies to have something on the night! The choirs were presented with them, and then they were given straight back to us off-stage to make sure they weren't missing for the following year's school rugby cup finals!' Despite the chaos, Nagle says there's nowhere else she'd have rather been for the past 60 years, in the thick of a community which she says is full of friendly and helpful people. Trips around Europe and Ireland have ignited friendships that endure to this day, and get re-sparked every April, when choirs from all around descend on Cork. However, this year will be bittersweet for Margot, who lost her husband Gus a few weeks ago following a long battle with Parkinson's Disease, but memories of years of him joining her volunteering for her passion will no doubt come flooding back this May Bank Holiday weekend. 'Choirs are very friendly with each other; they have a great affinity with one another. I'm just looking forward to meeting the friends that I've made over the years. 'One of the choirs is the Portadown Male Voice Choir who we made great friends with, and we visited them a few years ago for their 60th anniversary. A few of them rang me the other day because they had heard about Gus, and they wanted to sympathise. 'Gus used help out in the festival club afterwards. He couldn't help out in the last few years, but I used to come home and fill him in with what was happening. 'Gussy was tone deaf; he couldn't sing at all, but he still loved it!'
Saba Yemen
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Inner Haima celebrates annual anniversary of Sarkha
Sana'a - Saba: The Imam Ali ibn Abi TalibSummer Model School in Bani al-Namri District, the Inner Haima District, Sana'a Governorate, organized a speech and cultural event to mark the anniversary of the Scream under the slogan "And prepare against them whatever you are able of power." The event's speeches highlighted the importance of commemorating this occasion, given its connotations that embody the values of loyalty to Allah, His Messenger, and the believers. They also paint a clear picture of the Quranic project championed by the martyred leader Sayyid Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi to rescue the Islamic nation from the state of humiliation it is experiencing due to its distancing from the Holy Quran and its submission to American hegemony and Zionist schemes. They emphasized that the cry in the face of the arrogant was intended to break the silence that has gripped the Islamic nation for a long time, rendering it a puppet in the hands of its enemies, obeying their orders and fulfilling their desires at the expense of the lives, wealth, and dignity of its people. They cited the case study of the Arab-Islamic stance toward the oppression of the people of Gaza, and the corresponding honorable positions, foremost among which is the Yemeni position in support of the Palestinian cause. The event, which was attended by a number of scholars and social figures, included chanting and poetry. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (Local)
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Lucky enough to die twice?' Singer G. Venugopal shuts down bizarre death rumor
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Renowned playback singer G. Venugopal has become the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax — and he's handling it in the most hilarious way possible. 'Looks like I've been lucky enough to 'die' for the second time' Taking to social media , the veteran singer addressed the absurd rumor circulating about his supposed death due to illness. In a witty and light-hearted post, G. Venugopal not only dismissed the false claim but also poked fun at the bizarre message that had apparently been doing the rounds online. Sharing a screenshot of the viral death announcement, Venugopal wrote, 'So, it looks like I've been lucky enough to 'die' for the second time within a year .' He explained that the rumor reached him just after he had returned from an adventurous trip in Kashmir with his wife. Singer G Venugopal's portrait in watercolour 'If you keep dying like this every now and then, what are we supposed to do, Da'?' 'This time, after completing trekking and snow-climbing in Sonmarg, Gulmarg, and Pahalgam in Kashmir, my wife and I returned to Srinagar. That's when this piece of 'news' was shared in my Model School friends' group with the title: 'If you keep dying like this every now and then, what are we supposed to do, da?'' he added. Clearly amused yet surprised by the spread of such misinformation, the singer ended his post with a dose of sarcasm and a rhetorical question: 'Now I'm wondering… should I hold a press conference to officially declare that I have no plans of dying anytime soon? — VG' Netizens react G. Venugopal's post was soon flooded with comments. One commented, 'There are many people among us who find comfort like this, mentally ill.' Another comment read, 'Nonsense, people, who are creating such wrong news? May God bless you with a very, very long life with your lovely family.' Another funny comment read, 'It's good to resurrect during Easter.'
