Virus claims five more lives

Chandigarh, July 9

With 679 fresh cases, including 20 from Ambala cloth market, the number of Covid cases reached 19,369 today. Five deaths pushed the toll to 287.

One death each was reported from Gurugram, Faridabad, Palwal, Sirsa and Yamunanagar. A 63-year-old man from Dhauj village in Faridabad and a 65-year-old woman in Sirsa succumbed to the virus today.

Fresh cases were reported from Faridabad (182), Gurugram (151), Sonepat (85), Bhiwani (51), Rohtak (46), Ambala (34), Palwal and Karnal (24 each), Panipat (21), Jhajjar (16), Sirsa (14), Nuh (13), Jind (7), Fatehabad (5) and Panchkula, Yamunanagar and Kaithal (2 each).

Meanwhile, 404 patients were cured. — TNS

School board to reduce syllabus

• Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar said the Board of School Education, Haryana, would reduce the syllabus for Classes IX to XII for the 2020-21 academic session
• Gujjar said the schools remained closed during the lockdown imposed in the view of Covid pandemic, due to which holding of regular classes was impossible, though the state had made arrangements to impart online education
• "To reduce pressure on students, the state has decided to reduce the syllabus for the academic session 2020-21 in schools affiliated to the Board of School Education, Haryana, following the CBSE pattern,” he said
• Gujjar further said to reduce the syllabus, the state had instructed the board to set up a committee by coordinating with the SCERT, Gurugram, and present the proposal within a week after exploring all possibilities in this regard.
• He added the topics that had been taught online to Classes IX to XII should also be included in the syllabus to benefit the students

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