Bhubaneswar, April 10 -- Bhubaneswar: Worried over the rising cases of Covid-19 in different States in the country, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a fresh advisory for higher educational institutions.

In a letter, UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain has asked the Vice-Chancellors of all Universities and Principals of all colleges across the country to focus on five-fold strategy to deal with the pandemic situation.

"As you are aware the UGC has been issuing regular advisories for the role to be played by Higher Education Community in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a cause of great worry that we are confronted with rising upward cases of COVID-19 throughout the country. To address this emerging crisis, it has been decide...