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February 9th, 2022

CBSE term-2 Board exams for Class

NEWS
10 & 12 from April 26, to be
conducted offline The CBSE on Wednesday
announced that term-2
Board exams for Class 10
and 12 will commence from
April 26. It further stated
that the examinations will
be conducted offline from
the allotted exam centres.
The date sheet of exams for
both the classes will be
released soon, the CBSE
said.
Pics show NASA training for Moon Pictures shared by
missions at the bottom of a 'very NASA show divers
dark swimming pool' getting ready for
missions to the
Moon "at the
bottom of a very
dark swimming
pool" in the
Neutral Buoyancy
Laboratory. "In
this lab is where astronauts train for spacewalks, and
soon, moonwalks," wrote NASA. The space agency
also explained the reason behind the training
programme in its Instagram post.
 UP Polls: Women Issues Take Centre Stage in Party Manifestos
With only a day left before the first phase of the seven-
phased assembly election in UP, most parties have released
their manifestos.
The two main parties in the Uttar Pradesh assembly
elections this time, BJP and the Samajwadi Party (SP),
released their election manifestos just hours before the
campaign for the first poll phase got over.
Both parties have promised not only free transport to
women but also free higher education as an attempt to woo
women.
A few hours after the BJP released its manifesto, “Lok
Kalyan Sankalp Patra,” the SP followed suit and released
their manifesto “Samajwadi Vachan Patra.”

Even the BJP has now assured students of 2 crore smartphones and tablets, a significant jump
from the 1 crore target during the Digishakti programme distribution.
The SP’s manifesto has promised 33% reservation for women in all government jobs, while the
Congress had earlier promised 50% reservation for women.
 Wordle: How a Simple Game of Letters Became Part of the New York
Times’ Business Plan
In just a few months, a simple five-letter puzzle has earned its
creator a seven-figure sum. The growth of Wordle, in which
players attempt to work out a mystery word, has been rapid.
At the start of November 2021, the online game was played by
just 90 people. And now this number stands at 2 million. It has
reached a level of popularity that made the New York Times value
it at over $1 million.
Part of the game’s value to users is its simplicity. It is quick to
play, easy to understand and provides a few moments of
stimulating distraction.

Marketing is essentially what the New York Times is doing by

taking ownership of Wordle from its inventor, Josh Wardle, using
the Wordle’s popularity to increase the size of the Times’ online
audience. This is what digital platforms refer to as “reach”.
The Orissa High Court is Leading the Way in Digitising the
Judiciary
The court's new Record Room Digitisation Centre, in
conjunction with e-reading devices installed in the
courtrooms, allow judges to read scanned and
bookmarked copies of case records with just a click of
the mouse.
The Orissa high court has set a new benchmark
for record digitisation, a process critical to
keeping courts running quickly and smoothly,
creating a ‘win-win’ situation for not only the
bar and bench, but also the public.
Though work on the digitisation of records
began in the high court in 2018, it gained
significant momentum after Justice S.
Muralidhar became its Chief Justice on January
4 last year. One of the pioneers of the concept
of paperless court back when he was a judge
of the Delhi high court, Justice Muralidhar gave
the digitisation initiative renewed vigour.
Jitendra Kumar Lenka, secretary of the Orissa
High Court Bar Association, is full of praise for
the initiative.
 Why Is the Centre Rushing To Amend India’s Wildlife and
Biodiversity Laws?
Late last year, the Indian government introduced
two Bills in Parliament with no public consultation.
The first proposed changes to the Biological Diversity
Act 2002, which regulates the use of biological
resources. The second was for changes to the Wildlife
Protection Act (WLPA) 1972, that concerns itself with
the protection of wild animals from trade, poaching
or other threats.

Howvever, it still requires extensive work on problem areas. The Bill empowers the government
to have arbitrary powers to declare species as ‘vermin’ (pests) and further also moots a
reduction in the role of State Wildlife Boards – bodies which are crucial in determining the fate of
large projects involving forests or protected areas in states. Finally, the Bill loosens provisions of
transporting elephants, which is likely to encourage illegal trade in wild elephants, India’s
national heritage animal. They are threatened animals that enjoy protection under the WLPA,
but due to their cultural, and sometimes economic, importance, this is the only wild animal
protected under the WLPA that can be kept in captivity.