Covid: One tests +ve in Amritsar district

Amritsar: With one Covid-19 positive case on Tuesday, the district tally of cases increased to 47,430. The health authorities found four recovery cases taking the recovery count to 45,826. At present, the district has a total of six active cases. TNS

Confusion over DEO’s website

Amritsar: AAP national executive member Harinder Singh and Amritsar leader Vishal Joshi claimed that the official website of the District Education Office (DEO) remained suspended due to non-payment, causing inconvenience to more than 2,000 government, aided, and recognised schools, and 1,000 private schools in the district. The website www.deoseas r.org has been closed for the last few days. Meanwhile, refuting claims, Sushil Kumar Tuli, DEO, said the department uses two websites i.e. www.ssapunja b.org and www.e-Punjabsch ools.gov.in. “The other websites were made a few months ago as dummy websites as part of our efforts to digitise department’s functions. We do not have any separate official website for the district,” Tuli said. There are 2,000 affiliated government and there are about 1,000 private schools that receive necessary guidelines, circulars, notifications daily from the Education Department and government. While Tuli said no miscommunication has occurred, the representatives of aided schools say they were using the defunct websites for official information. TNS