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Indians in Saudi Arabia appear for Grade 10 CBSE Board Exams

P A Hameed Padubidri, Riyadh
March 7, 2019

Riyadh, Mar 7: Students from several schools across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today appeared for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Grade10 board examinations.

The students from various schools in the Kingdom affiliated to CBSE appears for the class 10 board examination initially beginning (with third languages) on March 5, 2019. However, it is virtually seen beginning today, March 7.

International Indian School, Riyadh (IISR) has been set up as the exam center for all the Indian CBSE affiliated Schools in Riyadh.

The students are from various schools in different provinces of the Kingdom like Central province (Riyadh), Western province (Jeddah), Eastern province (Dammam-Khobar), Buraidah etc.

Admit Cards (hall tickets) with details of the students and roll numbers have been distributed to all the students in the schools as per the direction of the CBSE.

Today morning, main Quraish road and Hasan bin Ali Street in Riyadh on which IISR is situated, were seen with heavy traffics and crowd due to the examination.

Teachers, parents and guardians of the students who appear for the exam were seen taking their children to the exam center and giving them confidence and important tips.

The seat numbers for the students in the classes in IISR were listed on board put outside the exam center. The students seemed to have been in full of tensions and anxieties due to the exam pressures. Pre-board and mock exams were conducted earlier in various respective school to make the students prepared for the main board exams.

All the arrangements have been made in order for the smooth conduct of the examinations. Also, the strict instructions during the exams & guidelines have been disseminated to the students in order to prevent any malpractice that would occur.

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Bengaluru, Jan 19: Australia has conferred its highest civilian honour, the Order of Australia honour, on Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw for her contribution towards advancing the country's relationship with India.

Australia's High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu invested Mazumdar-Shaw as an Honorary Member within the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division at a ceremony in Bengaluru on Friday, the Australian High Commission said in a statement.

An alumnus of Federation University Australia, Mazumdar-Shaw is the founder of Biocon, one of India's largest bio-pharmaceutical companies.

She contributes immensely to promoting women in STEM through the joint research programmes developed between Biocon and Deakin University, Australia, as part of her deep and long-standing commitment to gender equality, the statement said.

Mazumdar-Shaw - an Australian Global Alumni Ambassador - is also recognised for her sustained and significant contribution to industry academia collaboration between Australia and India, it said.

The ceremony was attended by representatives from Indian and Australian business, the diplomatic corps, and family, friends and peers of Mazumdar-Shaw, the statement said.

Speaking at the event, Sidhu said, "Dr Mazumdar-Shaw is a tireless champion of the commercial, educational, and people-to-people links between our two countries, and this award recognises her commitment to progressing the Australia-India partnership."

Honorary appointments in the Order of Australia are made to foreign nationals who have made an outstanding contribution to Australia or humanity at large.

Mazumdar-Shaw is the fourth Indian citizen to be awarded Australia's highest civilian honour.

This follows the conferment of superstar batsman Sachin Tendulkar in 2012, Former Attorney General of India Soli Jehangir Sorabjee in 2006, and Mother Teresa of Kolkata (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) in 1982.

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