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| Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026—celebrating exams as a festival of learning | | | | Omkar Dattatray
The Prime minister Narendra Modi’s unique interactive program with students, Pariksha Pe Charcha [PPC], was back with its 9th edition on Friday, 6th February at 10 am to discussed exam stress and celebrate examinations as an Utsav and an integral part of life. Examinations should not be taken as worrisome but as a mirror of life and should be regarded as inseparable part of the student’s life and as an enjoyment. There should be no examination stress, tension among the students writing the examination. Modi’s Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026 focused on stress -free exams, learning, and student well-being. It is a flagship student interaction program. The interactive program conti | |
| | | | The Final Goal of Life is not Exams | | | | Drs. Vijay Garg
In this day and age, exams are becoming the focus of life. It’s as if the whole decision of life success and failure has been reduced to a few hours of exams and some score lists. Children, parents and society—All unconsciously assume that exams are the ultimate goal of life. Whereas the truth is that tests are a stage of life, not an entire lifetime.
Tests are a means, not an end
The purpose of the tests is to assess an individual’s understanding, knowledge and preparation. They can’t measure how sensitive, creative, ethical or human a person is. History has shown that many people who have done great things in life, performed mediocre or failed the tests but achieve | |
| | | | Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop: Pride of India | | | | Er. Prabhat Kishore
The first railway in Asia ran from Shivaji Terminus (then Bori Bunder) to Thane in Mumbai on 16th April 1853 and 9 years later, on 8th February 1862, the foundation of Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop in Bihar was laid. This biggest railway workshop of Asia was established only 32 years after the beginning of first steam-powered railways in the world on 3rd May 1830 AD.
In fact, Jamalpur was very backward area in terms of basic requirements for a big factory such as raw material, water supply and transportation. There was neither a coal mine nearby, nor a store of iron or limestone etc. Its distance from Kolkata, the business center of the British Raj at that time, was | |
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