Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to make history at Euro Cup 2020 on Tuesday, making him the leading scorer in the Championship’s history with 11 goals in a men’s record fifth tournament appearance. At the age of 36, he beat the previous mark of nine set by France’s Michel Platini. All of Platini’s goals came […]
With the state’s Covid positivity rate coming down to 2%, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday announced easing of the restrictions, allowing restaurants and other eating joints, as well as cinemas and gyms to open at 50% capacity beginning Wednesday (June 16). He also announced increase in gathering of people, including for […]
Indian Railways has announced that it has extended the discount scheme on booking train tickets through Unified Payments Interface (UPI)/Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) at railway counters for another year till 12 June, 2022. The Indian Railways decided to give a 5% discount on the total value of basic fare which is subject to a […]
Gurugram is the most suitable city to live in during Covid-19 times, considering factors such as population density, open area ratio and hospital infrastructure, said a report by Square Yards titled “Suitability Index: The COVID Perspective”. The localities in Gurugram’s East zone such as sectors 52-56, 58, 40-44, 30, 24-27 are found to be the […]
Bhajouli village of Mohali district created a record on Monday with 100% coverage of its entire 18-plus population and leading the district in Covid vaccination with at least one dose. Bhajouli has a population of 536 people, out of which 356 people are over 18 and all eligible persons have been jabbed with at least […]
India’s first NRI service provider firm, ‘NRI Guardian’ was inaugurated at Sector 9 in Chandigarh on Monday by businessman Dr S P Singh Oberoi in the presence of Padma Bhushan S Tarlochan Singh, former Member of Parliament, Dr Prabhleen Singh and Dr CS Grewal. Acknowledging the challenges that the NRIs have to go through back […]
Magawa- the rat- is retiring after five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia. He’s directly responsible for saving the lives of untold numbers of men, women, and children. Magawa, who sniffed out hazardous, unexploded weapons of war in Cambodia, credited with leading his handlers to more than 100 buried explosive […]
For hard work and leading from the front in the battle against Covid-19, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Patiala Range, Vikram Jeet Duggal, was acknowledged with a Certificate of Commitment from the World Book Records, London, for serving the society during pandemic. Jasvir Singh Shinda, Adjudicator and Punjab Vice President World Book of Records, […]
A Mizoram man believed to have headed the world’s largest family died at Aizawl on Sunday. Ziona Chana, 76, suffered from diabetes and hypertension. Chana, a resident of Baktawng Tlangnuam village in Serchhip district of the small north-eastern state had 38 wives and 89 children and a large number of grandchildren “With a heavy heart, […]
Former Indian women volleyball team captain Nirmal Kaur, wife of Milkha Singh, died at a Mohali hospital due to complications related to Covid-19 infection she had contracted last month. She was 85 and is survived by her husband, three daughters: Mona Singh, Aleeza Grover, Sonia Sanwalka and son Jeev Milkha Singh. “We are deeply saddened […]