210 students in Udupi skip SSLC examination on first day; officials say nothing to do with Hijab row
Udupi: As many as 210 students in the Udupi district were reported absent on the first day of the SSLC examination which commenced on Monday. The examinations were held at 58 centres in the Udupi district.
According to the official data, 117 students at regular centres and 93 at private centres remained absent during the exam on Monday.
A senior government official confirmed to the reporters that despite confusion pertaining to the Hijab issue and the government orders regarding the rules and regulations, the students were unable to appear for the exam due to personal reasons and not due to the Hijab controversy.
He further added that a majority of the students who did not appear for the exams on Monday were those who had returned home to other parts of the state owing to the COVID Pandemic. “As we were not considering the attendance of the students this year, we did not leave out their name from the list,” he said.
In the 5 zones of the district, he said, “Including 13,666 fresher and 9 repeaters a total of 13675 students have registered for the exam, out of which 13550 fresher and 8 repeaters appeared for today’s exam. Thus, 117 candidates were absent including 116 fresher and a repeater.”
Reports said that no candidate wrote their exam from the COVID Care Centre today. However, in the special rooms arranged for the affected persons in respective examination centres, about 12 candidates were reported to have written their exams considering safety.
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Trump tells Fox News he's no longer sending Witkoff, Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks
Islamabad (AP): President Donald Trump says he told top US envoys not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, telling Fox News that "they can call us anytime they want.”
In a brief phone interview Saturday, Trump told Fox News that he told US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner “you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Trump also said of the US side “we have all the cards.”
His comments came after the White House said Friday that Witkoff and Kushner would be heading to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran.
