Schools in West Bengal reopened for classes 8-12 with Covid-19 Protocols on Thursday. "Covid-19 situation in Bengal has improved. Schools will reopen on February 3 for classes 8 to 12. Colleges, universities, polytechnics and ITIs will also restart offline classes on the same day. We are not reopening primary schools right now," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on January 31.(ANI)
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Students of Delhi Public School (DPS), Kolkata watch a Covid-19 protocol animation video during a class as the West Bengal Government reopens schools for classes 8 to 12.(ANI)
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Students attend classes outdoors in the school premises as they maintain social distancing and following other Covid-19 protocols.(ANI)
Students of Scottish Church Collegiate School, Kolkata, West Bengal get fully sanitized with a sanitizer tunnel before entering the school premises, (HT Photo/Samir Jana)
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Speaking to news agency ANI, Ashmita Shah, a student, shared her experience of being away from school for two years and said that she missed the school environment the most. "When the lockdown was imposed, I was in 8th standards now I am in 10th standard. There is a mixed feeling but I am excited as I used to miss the school environment the most," she said.(HT Photo/Samir Jana)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
