Twitter users in Karnataka demand cancellation of CET, final year, medical exam amidst COVID scare
#Postponekcet2020 #Cancelfinalyearexam #promotemedicalstudentstrending with over 60k tweets
Bengaluru: Twitter users in Karnataka on Thursday afternoon started a campaign demanding the postponing of the Common Entrance Test (CET) that is scheduled to be held later this month. The users also demanded that the final year University examinations and Medical University examinations also are canceled and the students should be promoted based on their previous records.
The users tweeted with hashtags #Postponekcet2020 #Cancelfinalyearexam #promotemedicalstudent while also tagging the Karnataka Minister for Higher Education and Dy.CM Dr. Ashwathnarayan and Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Suresh Kumar.
The hashtag #postponekcet was among the top trending topics in Karnataka with over 60k tweets at 5 pm, while other hashtags also garnered a notable number of tweets in the campaign.
The students in the state have repeatedly demanded cancellation of the final year examination ever since the University Grants Commission (UGC) issued guidelines to conduct the final year examination before the end of September.
Citing the COVID-19 pandemic the students have urged the government to consider canceling the examination to keep the best interest of the students and their health in mind.
Here are some of the tweets from the twitter campaign on Thursday:
NOTE: The claims made in the tweets embedded below or the ideas presented in them are those solely of the users. Vartha Bharati does not guarantee the authenticity of any of the claims or does not necessarily endorse the ideas, views posted by any of the users.
Talk about postponing KCET and COMEDK mate. We don't give a damn about all this crap so we know u don't care if people live or die of Covid. Kovid Care Centres it seems bc. Stfu and postpone them man. Are u f'd in the head? #postponekcet2020 #postponekcet #postponecomedk2020
— Yash (@yash11usa) July 16, 2020
After climbing to the 3rd position to be the most affected state in India, do you still want to take risks and conduct KCET?
— ImNotoriousGuy (@ImNotoriousGuy1) July 16, 2020
Think!#postponekcet2020
We, students are humans only. We too can get infected, if forced to go out for exam in this pandemic. who will take the responsibility of our lives?#postponekcet2020#cancelfinalyearexam #promotemedicalstudents @NSUIKarnataka @manjunathansui @PMadhwaraj@anvith_kateel
— NSUI Hosanagara (@HosanagaraNsui) July 16, 2020
What will you do if corona spreads bcoz of exams? You might say that it was very unfortunate & all necessary precautions were taken. You will move on. What about all the students who might get affected by the virus? #postponekcet2020#cancelfinalyearexam #promotemedicalstudents
— Nagesh Kariyappa (@Nagesh_nsui6) July 16, 2020
Our government wants to conduct the exam because they just want to get over it they don't want as a burden on them and they are doing so by risking 2L students lives.#postponecomedk #postponecet #postponekcet2020 @drashwathcn @BJP4Karnataka @nimmasuresh @CMofKarnataka
— Aditya Suryawanshi (@aditya156278) July 16, 2020
I hope @drashwathcn goes through the same amount of freaking frustration every student is going through each day. You're mental torturing all the students. You just don't know. But we do.#postponekarnatakaCET #postponekcet #postponekcet2020#postponecomedk https://t.co/YF2s2XukEL
— HUMERA (@humeraaa7) July 16, 2020
Situation is getting out of control day by day. It's a high risk for students,teachers and even to thr family. #postponekcet2020#cancelfinalyearexam #promotemedicalstudents @drashwathcn @BSYBJP
— Anvith kateel (@anvith_kateel) July 16, 2020
Sir please respond to kcet aspirants
— Divya Shashidhar (@eurythermal0) July 16, 2020
We want updates #postponekcet2020
We are asking for POSTPONEMENT NOT CANCELLATION
It's a humble request ,please do postpone KCET. My area is under seal down not only one but many areas are under seal down or self lock down , so how can we attend our exams??#postponekcet #postponekcet2020#cancelfinalyearexams #NoExamsUGC @drashwathcn
— Aishwarya (@Aishwar26926179) July 16, 2020
Due to increase in covid19 cases the national level exams i.e NEET and JEE has been postponed by looking into students safety so sir please look into it and it is dangerous to conduct exam during this crisis #postponekcet #postponekcet2020 @nimmasuresh @drashwathcn
— Kumara (@Kumara21956267) July 16, 2020
Please ministers understand the situation and postpone it.
— varun (@_Proud___indian) July 16, 2020
In FUTURE if one student infected means their families are not going to pay.
The one should pay the fees is you.@BSYBJP @nimmasuresh @drashwathcn @narendramodi #postponekcet2020 #postponecet2020 https://t.co/QAuRzTXFrf
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Woman, 2 sons found dead in Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): Three members of a family were found dead inside their home in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji on Friday, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, officials said.
Police said the incident came to light around 2.47 pm when a police team reached the premises to execute a court order related to possession of the property. When repeated knocks went unanswered, the staff used a duplicate key to open the door.
Inside, officers found Anuradha Kapoor (52) and her sons, Ashish Kapoor (32) and Chaitanya Kapoor (27), hanging from the ceiling, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Hemant Tiwari said in a statement. All three were declared dead.
A handwritten note was recovered from the room, suggesting the family had been struggling with depression.
"The handwritten note indicates emotional distress faced by the family due to which the family may have taken the extreme step," the officer said.
The bodies have been shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) mortuary for post-mortem and other legal formalities under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), police said.
Residents of the neighbourhood said they were shocked to learn about the deaths, adding that the family kept largely to themselves.
Pankaj Kashyap, a resident of Girinagar, said he learnt about the deaths while leaving for work. "I live and work here and was leaving for work when I saw many people standing outside and talking. That is how I got to know that three people had committed suicide. I also saw several police vehicles outside, but I do not know much beyond that," he said.
Baldev, another neighbour, said the family had been living in the newly constructed house for around two years. "We only knew that a mother and her two children lived there. They had moved into the newly built house around two years ago. We did not interact much with them. Today we heard that all three have committed suicide, and whatever we know is based on what people here are saying," he said.
Another neighbour, Ramesh Kumar, claimed the family had earlier attempted suicide.
"About fifteen to twenty days ago, the two sons in the family had attempted suicide and police and ambulances had come. That was when I first got to know who they were. I do not recognise them by face, but we saw the ambulances and police take the two sons that day. Today again we saw ambulances and police arriving, so everyone came out to see what had happened. I do not know how long they had been living here, but this is all we know," he said.
Police said they are examining the family's financial condition, social circumstances, and other factors that may have contributed to the incident. Further investigation is underway.
