Written By: Dr Kiranjeet Kaur Coordinator, Chitkara University, Punjab Being an excellent source of nutrients, milk has always been considered as a “complete food” by itself and hence consumed regularly by infants, young children, adults as well as elderly. The milk is rich in calcium, phosphorus, B vitamins, potassium and vitamin D and an excellent […]
Thousands of protesters gathered in Canada’s capital on Saturday to protest vaccine mandates, masks and lockdowns. The sounds of honking horns echoed around Ottawa’s downtown core. A convoy of trucks and cars parked around Parliament Hill with some parking on the grounds of the National War Memorial before police asked them to move. “Parking on […]
Chandigarh on Sunday reported 441 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths in patients with co-morbidities. A positivity rate of 9.36 per cent was recorded as 4,713 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.The cumulative number of cases has reached 89,144 while the active cases are 3,452. As many as 805 patients were discharged including […]
With 75 per cent of all adults fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated fellow citizens for this “momentous feat” and said he is proud of all those who are making the vaccination drive a success.Tagging a tweet by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in which he stated that India has achieved its […]
Israel’s embattled cyber tech company NSO Group has denied wrongdoing as it called criticism of its sale of Pegasus spyware programme to non-democratic countries “hypocritical”, comparing the surveillance technology to military weapons systems being sold by others, amid mounting allegations that software was misused globally, including in Israel. An undeterred Chief Executive Officer of NSO […]
The Election Commission will meet on Monday to assess the COVID-19 situation in the five poll-going states and decide on whether to continue the ban on physical rallies. The Commission may also decide on whether fresh relaxations can be extended to political parties and candidates in holding physical campaigning events.Citing the rise in COVID-19 cases, […]
The Congress Sunday released its third list of eight candidates for the February 20 Punjab assembly polls, fielding Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from Bhadaur and Chamkaur Sahib seats. The Congress also fielded former Patiala mayor Vishnu Sharma from the Patiala assembly seats against its former leader Amarinder Singh.Sharma was once considered a close confidant […]
Renowned social worker and Padma Shri awardee Baba Iqbal Singh, in-charge of Kalgidhar Trust, died today at the age of 96 years at Baru Sahib in Sirmaur district. He had started his journey of service towards humanity following the footsteps of his mentor Sant Attar Singh Maharaj. He was also conferred with Shiromani Pant Rattan […]
With 2,35,532 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases increased to over 4.08 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.The death toll has climbed to 4,93,198 with 871 fatalities reported during the 24-hour period, the data updated at 8 am showed.The active cases […]