A midday meal worker suffered burns as a pressure cooker exploded at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, here while the meal was being prepared on Thursday morning.Roop Ram, the head cook, has been admitted to the PGI after he received burns on his face. An official statement of the UT Education Department reads, […]
Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) organized an expert panel discussion on “Future of Artificial Intelligence in Education” at Plaksha University in Mohali today. AI is skill that must be incorporated in the school curricula to prepare them in understanding its potential impact as well as learning about the technology and technique, said Dr Shashank Tamaskar, PhD […]
The newly-formed ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government in Bihar on Wednesday comfortably won the motion of confidence amid a walkout staged by MLAs of the BJP — which has been stripped of power as a result of the recent political upheaval in the state.Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari ordered a headcount upon a request by Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said holistic health care has been a priority in the country in the past eight years as he inaugurated Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, in Mullanpur. The 300-bed hospital has been built in Mohali’s Mullanpur at a cost of over Rs 660 crore by Tata Memorial Centre, […]
Obesity should not be taken lightly. He says, “Obesity is a complex disease that can impact the individual’s physical, mental, and socio-economic well-being. The World Health Organization has termed the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes a ‘21st century epidemic’. The twin epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes are on the rise. Obesity is […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated a 2,600-bed private hospital here that is equipped with cutting-edge technology, including a centralised fully-automated laboratory, in what will be a major boost to health-care infrastructure in the National Capital Region (NCR). Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar were also present on the occasion. […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed on Wednesday that the BJP had approached four of its legislators in Delhi, asking them to switch sides and join the saffron party or else face “false cases, the CBI and the ED”. Addressing a press conference here, AAP’s national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said Ajay […]
The CBI on Wednesday morning started a search operation on the premises of several RJD leaders in Bihar in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam that took place when Lalu Prasad was the railway minister, officials said.The search operation comes on a day when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who parted ways with the BJP […]
Senior Congress leader and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday downplayed the speculative reports of him being the candidate for the next party president, saying he was “hearing this from the media”. On Tuesday, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi met Gehlot ahead of the announcement of its final schedule to elect a new party […]
Smart India Hackathon (SIH) is a nationwide initiative by Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell to provide students a platform to solve the pressing problems of the government, ministries, departments, industries and other organizations. SIH has been acclaimed as the world’s biggest open innovation model and it inculcates the culture of product innovation and problem-solving among […]