The heat of Assembly elections is on. This was evident as Highlanders got the opportunity to be a part of the talk by Ms Ruchi Hajela- Media expert, Research Scholar, Oxford University. Focusing on the rampant scourge of fake news and information doing rounds in media, Ms Hajela presented her exhaustive survey “Political News & Information in Indian Elections: Analysis of the Pre-Election Period”
The survey uncovered ‘foul play’ by some political parties, where tampered pictures, photoshopped images, fake news and articles were being circulated to manipulate voters for their own political mileage.
Truly, a very relevant session in times when we as citizens must be aware of the authenticity of information floating around us.
Emotions ran high as parents watched their graduating wards making way for the new Head Boy, Head Girl, and the new student council. With reverb of oath filling the hall, flags, sashes and the beaming pride, the ceremony had all the makings of a mega celebration. And yes, the ‘must not miss’ presence of Chairman […]
An interesting session for teachers on ‘Idiomatic expressions for aspiring articulation’ was conducted by Ms. Kiran Mishra. Focusing on various hands-on activities on Idioms i.e. figurative language and creative writing, Ms Kiran Mishra transformed the workshop in an interactive session. She conducted various stimulating activities that included creating cheat sheets, making powerpoint presentations, creating dialogues […]
School Vice Chairperson Ms Monica Jajoo and Mr Sumit won the Silver medal in the Open pairs event at the Asia Pacific Bridge Championship held in Singapore where all teams from the Asia Pacific competed including Australia, Japan and New Zealand
