Workshop on cyber threats at Government Degree College, Paonta Sahib

A workshop on 'Cyber Threats: Safety and Security' was held at Government Degree College, Paonta Sahib. Sub Divisional Police Officer Bir Bahadur spoke on various aspects of cyber crime, including email hacking, spoofing, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, crime against property phishing, theft, crime against organisations, virus, cyber vandalism, child pornography and forgery. He also elaborated upon the procedure to be adopted if a person becomes a victim of cybercrime. Important helpline numbers were also shared with the participants.

Approve bill to regulate school fee

The Private Schools Parents' Forum has urged the government to approve the bill to regulate fee structure and cautioned that in case the government failed to take effective steps, the 'manch' would be forced to launch an agitation. The government had prepared the draft bill and sought suggestions and objections from stakeholders, but the bill was not introduced during the monsoon session of the Vidhan Sabha. Convener of the forum, Vijendra Mehra said the government had failed to rein in the private schools, who were increasing the fee at their will even during the pandemic. The students were being asked to pay annual charges, computer and smart classroom fee and miscellaneous charges, he said. Some of the schools included various charges in the tuition fee and the order of the government that the tuition fee should not be more than 50 per cent of the total fee was being violated, he alleged.

SFI gheraoes HPU dean, studies

The Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) campus unit of the Students Federation of India (SFI) gheraoed the dean of studies, in protest against the alleged scam in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) testing and breach of secrecy in results. Alleging that the university administration had spoiled the career of students by not maintaining secrecy in results of the final year students of graduate courses, the president and the secretary of campus unit said the results should be available on a single portal. The SFI had been opposing these actions of the university, but instead of rectifying the errors, the administration had registered cases against SFI activists, they said, demanded that the appointments made through outsourcing should be cancelled immediately.