{"id":5396,"date":"2020-08-19T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/?p=5396"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:13:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:13:39","slug":"calcutta-rescue-distributes-smartphones-to-the-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/2020\/08\/19\/calcutta-rescue-distributes-smartphones-to-the-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Calcutta Rescue distributes smartphones to the students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5396\" class=\"elementor elementor-5396\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b2e30 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b2e30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-987cbcc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"987cbcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9c116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa9c116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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It now looks likely that schools may not reopen until the end of the year making it even more important to get these students smartphones.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c2fc63 e-grid e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c2fc63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f614e55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f614e55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/phone-distribution-3-768x432-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5399 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/phone-distribution-3-768x432-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/phone-distribution-3-768x432-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/phone-distribution-3-768x432-1-640x360.jpeg 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; 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