With the state’s Covid positivity rate sliding to 0.4%, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered lifting of weekend and night curfew, and allowed gatherings of 100 persons indoors and 200 outdoors from Monday, while directing the Punjab’s Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta to challan all political leaders violating the Covid rules […]
The deepest swimming pool in the world for diving has opened in Dubai. With a staggering depth of 196 feet (60 metres), the pool is part of the new Deep Dive Dubai tourist attraction in a city that already houses the world’s tallest building and the world’s largest mall. The buzz around the swimming pool […]
After a video had gone viral on social media that showed a large number of tourists bathing at Kempty Falls in Mussoorie, the district administration has imposed new norms. As per the new rules, only 50 tourists would be allowed to bathe at Kempty falls for maximum 30 minutes at a time. A check-post to […]
A day after the reboot of the Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term, a number of newly appointed ministers took charge of their assignments on Thursday. After the July 7 expansion, the Union ministry will now operate at 95% capacity, with just four positions vacant. Modi in his second innings, at a […]
As Denmark’s goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel was gearing up to save the kick from Harry Kane, an unmistakable green light flashed on his face. Many on social media have speculated it was an England fan in the stadium that was shining the laser in the goalie’s face, which has prompted an outcry. The incident occurred in […]
Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister and senior Congress leader Virbhadra Singh, 87, passed away in Shimla in the early hours of Thursday after a cardiac arrest. He was hospitalised at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla. Virbhadra Singh was shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of IGMC and was put on ventilator support on […]
Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar passed away at the age of 98 in Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital. He was taken to the hospital last Wednesday after he complained of breathlessness – it was the second time that he had been hospitalised in the same month. The funeral will be held at 5 pm today. “He passed away […]
The Chandigarh administration on Tuesday announced more relaxations in Covid restrictions. To avoid overcrowding, the administration has decided to open Sukhna Lake the whole day on Sundays. The decision was taken at a review meeting chaired by Chandigarh Administrator VP Singh Badnore. The restrictions on opening Sukhna Lake for only four hours in the morning […]
Ahead of the much-anticipated Union Cabinet reshuffle, eight states on Tuesday got new governors with President Ram Nath Kovind making new appointments. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was appointed as Governor of Himachal Pradesh while the Bandaru Dattatraya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Haryana. While four new governors have been […]
Soon after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced to conduct the board examinations twice for the academic session 2021-21, thousands of Class 12 students begun posting memes on Twitter. While some are angry with the current batch of Class 12, others just laughed at the CBSE’s two board exams plan. With continuing school […]