CBSE released a notification on Monday announcing a new scheme for 2021-22 wherein the academic year will be divided into two halves with approximately 50 per cent syllabus in each term. The first term exam will be held in November. The decision was taken to increase probability of having a board-conducted exam for Classes 10 and 12 at the end of the academic session. In the other story, the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, stepped down as Amazon's CEO after 27 years on Monday. The 57-year-old will remain executive chairman and the company's biggest shareholder, but his Instagram account shows he has plenty of other interests to occupy his time with. Watch News Today with Rajdeep Sardesai for more.
