Corona updates 23 May 2020

6,654 Coronavirus Cases In 24 Hours, Biggest Single-Day Spike In India: 10 Points

New Delhi:

India recorded the biggest single-day jump in the number of coronavirus cases with 6,654 new patients in the last 24 hours that takes the total to 1,25,101 cases, the Union Health Ministry said today. The country has registered 3,720 deaths linked to COVID-19 so far. Of these, 137 patients died in the last 24 hours. A total of 51,784 patients have recovered in India. Nearly 25,000 cases have been reported in the last four days, government data shows, after restrictions were eased in most parts of the country as the fourth phase of the lockdown began. Globally, India is 13th on the list of affected countries.

Here are top 10 developments on coronavirus cases in India:

1. Over the last two months, India has increased its testing capacity by 100 times - from 1,000 tests per day in March to one lakh tests daily tests this month.
2. In terms of tests per million of its population, India, (around 2,000 per million), ranks behind Spain (around 65,000), the United States and Germany (both around 38,000) and France (around 21,000).
3. Maharashtra reported the highest number of cases in the last 24 hours with 2,940 new patients, followed by 784 cases in Tamil Nadu. Both the states are the worst hit in India by the pandemic. While Maharashtra has recorded over 44,000 cases so far, Tamil Nadu has reported over 14,000 patients.
4. Delhi recorded 660 new patients on Friday as the number of containment zones - where restrictions are in place to contain the illness - rose from 79 to 92 in a single day. The national capital has the fourth highest number of cases in the country (12,319).
5. Amid spurt in the number of cases, Tamil Nadu on Friday appealed to the centre to rethink its decision to resume flights from Monday.
6. On Thursday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said that passengers disembarking from short-haul domestic flights need not go into quarantine. Several states, including Karnataka, Kerala and Jammu and Kashmir, have now announced a mandatory quarantine for the passengers entering the state by planes.
7. Visa and travel restrictions imposed during the coronavirus lockdown have been relaxed for certain categories of Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) stranded abroad and wishing to return to India, the Home Ministry said on Friday afternoon.
8. Fewer than eight people per lakh of population in India have been infected, the Health Ministry said Wednesday, comparing it to the global average of 62 people per lakh. The government also said India's per lakh mortality rate (0.24) was better than the global average of 4.2 per lakh. It also pointed to a steady increase in recovery rate from 7.1 per cent in March to 40.31 per cent on Thursday.
9. Worldwide, more than 53 lakh people have been affected due to coronavirus, nearly 3,40,000 have died. Brazil overtook Russia Friday as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections worldwide behind the United States, which is the epicentre of the pandemic.
10. China on Saturday reported zero new coronavirus infections for the first time since it started reporting data in January. In December, coronavirus had originated in China's Wuhan city.

NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 12

Assessment 12

Quiz 12

1 point

“Additional Facilities created for improving the quality of learning experience in Laboratories” is relevant for

 Both Tier I and Tier II institutes

 Tier I institutes but not for Tier II institutes.

 Tier II institutes but not for Tier I institutes.

 Neither Tier I institutes nor for Tier II institutes.

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Tier II institutes but not for Tier I institutes.

1 point

Action Plans based on the results of evaluation need to be specified

 For all the POs and PSOs 

 Only for the POs and PSOs whose attainments are less than their corresponding targets

 For all the POs and for only those PSOs whose attainments are less than their corresponding targets

 Only for the POs whose attainments are less than their corresponding targets and for all the PSOs

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

For all the POs and PSOs 

1 point

The process for the validation of assessment instruments is never included in the Academic Audit.
The above statement is

 True

 False

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

False

1 point

The main objective of the Academic Audit is

 To help the department in improving the quality of its programs 

 To list the faults of the department

 To ensure compliance with the requirements of the NBA

 To help the Management to determine rewards / punishments for the department

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

To help the department in improving the quality of its programs 

1 point

Under sub-criterion 8.1, the marks awarded for each year of assessment is calculated as (5 × 20)/ FYSFR, subject to certain constraints. (FYFSR is the First-Year-Student-Faculty-Ratio.) FYSFR for 3 years are respectively 15, 20, and 30. The marks awarded correspondingly would be

 6.67, 5, 3.33

 5, 5, 3.33

 6.67, 5, 0

 5, 5, 0 

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

5, 5, 0 

1 point

The scope of the mentoring system

 Must be specific to the course work / Laboratory work

 Must be specific to professional guidance

 Must be specific to personal problems

 Can include all of the above and also other issues depending on how the institute develops the mentoring system

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Can include all of the above and also other issues depending on how the institute develops the mentoring system

1 point

Evaluation of faculty by students

 Is required only for the faculty on probation

 Is required only for the faculty with experience of less than five years

 Is required for all faculty members

 Is required only for the faculty with low scores in the earlier formal or informal surveys

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Is required for all faculty members

1 point

Demonstration of the utilization of delegated financial powers

 Can be explained informally. No documentary evidence is required

 Must be based on relevant documentary evidence of actual utilization

 Can be based on the presentation of a circular from the Principal delegating such powers

 Any of the above three alternatives is acceptable

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Must be based on relevant documentary evidence of actual utilization

1 point

Budget information must be made available for

 Current year only

 Two years

 Three years 

 Four Years

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Three years 

1 point

Delegation of financial powers

 Need not be implemented

 May be implemented informally

 Must be implemented formally, but documentary evidence of effective utilization of the powers need not be presented

 Must be implemented formally, and also documentary evidence of effective utilization of the powers must be presented

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1

Accepted Answers:

Must be implemented formally, and also documentary evidence of effective utilization of the powers must be presented

NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 11

Assignment 11

Quiz 11

1 point

Participants in the process used to identify extent of compliance of the curriculum for attaining POs & PSOs are

 Principal and Head of Department only

 Head of Department and Faculty only

 Head of Department only

 All internal and external stake holders 

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

All internal and external stake holders 

1 point

Program Articulation Matrix depicts the correlation between the courses and

 Program Outcomes only

 Program Specific Outcomes only

 Both Program Outcomes and Program Specific Outcomes

 With COs if it is a Tier II institute

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Both Program Outcomes and Program Specific Outcomes

1 point

Methodologies must be available

 To support weak students

 Encourage bright students

 Both To support weak students and Encourage bright students

 Are not required as per NBA, though these are desirable

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Both To support weak students and Encourage bright students

1 point

COs of any course, taken together

 Must necessarily address all the POs and all the PSOs

 May or may not address all the POs and all the PSOs

 Must necessarily address all the POs but may not necessarily address all the PSOs

 May not necessarily address all the POs but must necessarily address all the PSOs

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

May or may not address all the POs and all the PSOs

1 point

With reference to writing the COs, which of the following holds

 NBA requires the use of Original Bloom’s taxonomy

 NBA requires the use of Revised Bloom’s taxonomy

 NBA does not specify any taxonomy for writing COs, but Bloom’s Taxonomy (Original / Revised) is most commonly used in India

 NBA states explicitly that some Taxonomy must be followed

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

NBA does not specify any taxonomy for writing COs, but Bloom’s Taxonomy (Original / Revised) is most commonly used in India

1 point

When the actual attainment of a CO is equal to the set target level,

 The target must necessarily be raised for the next offering of the course

 The target must necessarily be the same for the next offering of the course

 The target may be raised or retained at same levels with an explanation of the rationale for retaining the same level

 The target may be raised, retained at same level, or even lowered

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

The target may be raised or retained at same levels with an explanation of the rationale for retaining the same level

1 point

One of the criteria for awarding NBA accreditation for 6 years is that the Student-Faculty Ratio is at least

 15 : 1 

 20 : 1

 25 : 1

 Student-Faculty Ratio is irrelevant for the award of accreditation for 6 years

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

15 : 1 

1 point

The number of available Professors is zero, and also the number of available Associate Professors is zero for a particular program. The marks awarded under Faculty Cadre Proportion for this program would be

 Zero if the program belongs to a Tier I institute but may be non-zero if the program belongs to a Tier II institute

 Zero if the program belongs to a Tier II institute but may be non-zero if the program belongs to a Tier I institute

 Zero whether the program belongs to a Tier I institute or a Tier II institute

 It depends on the number of available Assistant Professors, and this holds for both Tier I and Tier II institutes

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Zero whether the program belongs to a Tier I institute or a Tier II institute

1 point

In the sub-criterion on Faculty Retention, the term “Faculty Retention” means that the required Student-Faculty Ratio is retained during the period of assessment keeping CAYm2 as base year.
The above Statement is

 True

 False

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

False

1 point

For the sub-criterion on “Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning”, one of the evaluation guidelines is that the work

 Must have been presented in a conference

 Must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal

 Must be available for peer review and critique 

 Must have won an award

No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0

Accepted Answers:

Must be available for peer review and critique