Amish Devgan asks "if soldiers can serve country during COVID, why students can't write JEE, NEET?"
New Delhi: News Anchor and Managing Editor of News 18, Amish Devgan has received flak on Twitter over one of his tweets on the micro-blogging site.
In the tweet, Devgan made comparisons of soldiers and police officers with students. He questioned if 21-year-old youngsters can serve the country as soldiers and police officers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, why can’t the students write JEE, NEET examinations.
The tweet comes amidst the protests of students demanding the postponement of JEE NEET examinations, in the interest of safeguarding the health of students from across the country.
Several Twitter and other social media campaigns have been running from the past several weeks with students demanding the postponing of the exams.
The tweet by Devgan received flak on Twitter with several users slamming the News Anchor for his views on the issue.
21 साल का युवा सेना के जवान के तौर पर,
— Amish Devgan (@AMISHDEVGAN) August 26, 2020
पुलिसकर्मी के तौर पर
कोरोना के बीच देश सेवा में जुटा है
तो क्या 20-21 साल का युवा #JEENEET की परीक्षा नहीं दे सकता ?
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
