World Blood Donor Day observed

World Blood Donor Day was observed by MCM DAV Senior Secondary School, Baghni (Nurpur), to thank blood donors for donating blood. To raise awareness about regular blood donation, students prepared posters and paintings on the theme “Save blood for all”. Some students also recorded their speeches to mark the day. Principal MR Rana lauded the efforts of the students.

Fancy dress competition held

Students of DAV Manali participated with fervour and zeal in an online fancy dress competition organised for classes I and II. In Class II, Rose and Lotus sections, Trisha, Navya, Divyansh Sharma, Veenuka and Satya Thakur bagged the top positions. In Class I from sections Lily and Rose, Shiven Saklani, Dazel Karpa and Sanvi got the top positions. Principal RS Rana appreciated the efforts of the children and encouraged them to continue participating actively in such events. He also congratulated the teachers concerned for coming up with such innovative ideas and executing them successively with the involvement of the students.

Staff crunch led to slip in ranking: VC

Experts say that Himachal Pradesh University's (HPU) decision to reverse to the annual system from semester system in 2018 could be one of the reasons for its slipping from 164th to 169th position in the NIRF ranking. However, university Vice Chancellor Prof Sikander Kumar said the ranking was based on data from 2016 to 2019 and in 2016-17, complete data was not uploaded, which reflected in the ranking. Besides, there was shortage of teaching and non-teaching staff. “We are working towards filling vacant posts of teachers and non-teaching employees and over 4,500 applications have been received for 354 teaching posts. The process was halted due to Covid as the experts have to come from other states. In addition, the university has advertised over 200 posts of non-teaching employees and the ranking will definitely improve next year,” he added.