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1. The Supreme Court on Tuesday approves of the scheme proposed by the CBSE and CISCE to calculate the marks for students of Class 12 this year since their regular exams have been cancelled due to Covid. Rejecting a plea by some parents and students who had sought an option of physical examination initially, a vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari called the education boards' proposals "fair and reasonable". 2. Veteran politician Sharad Pawar is "not hosting a third front meeting" today, it was clarified hours before what now appears to be a gathering of politicians and intellectuals to "debate current events". Those associated with the event were at pains this morning to clarify that the gathering has nothing to do with putting together a Third Front to fight Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP in the 2024 election. 3. There has been an inability to match up the numbers of vaccination with those on Monday than what we got to see on Tuesday.