In the wake of the dip in the Covid-19 cases, the Chandigarh administration on Tuesday decided to provide relaxations in the Covid restrictions. After detailed discussion in the War Room, following decisions were taken by the Chandigarh administrator VP Singh Badnore: -The night curfew in the city will now be from 10pm to 5am. -All […]
A new variant of coronavirus B.1.1.28.2 has been detected in India through genome sequencing conducted by the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. The variant was isolated from nasal and throat swabs from international travellers from Brazil and the UK. The pathogenicity of the isolate was assessed in Syrian hamster model and compared with B.1 […]
Dr Charu Khosla, Assistant Dean, Office of International Affairs, Chitkara University, Punjab, won the prestigious Greenpreneur Award 2021 organised by FICCI in association with Punjab government for exemplary work in ‘Energy Management’. The Greenpreneur Awards 2021 were organised by Startup Punjab in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI FLO) Amritsar to honour Punjab’s […]
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new dinosaur species in Australia, Australotitan cooperensis, one of the largest found in the world, more than a decade after cattle farmers first uncovered bones of the animal. A Cooperensis, part of the titanosaur family, has finally been described 15 years after its bones were first uncovered. The […]
An unmanned aircraft successfully refuelled a US fighter jet in midair for the first time in history, officials said on Monday. A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet and a Boeing-made drone were briefly connected by a hose as the drone transferred jet fuel to the aircraft in the skies over the Midwest during Friday’s test flight. […]
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is inviting applications from interested candidates for a free online course called ‘Machine learning to Deep Learning: A journey for remote sensing data classification’. The course will be conducted through the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS). The programme coordinator is Dr Poonam S Tiwari, from the IIRS DLP team. […]
The All India Medical Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, began screening of children for the trial of Covaxin, India’s first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, among those aged between 2 and 18 started on Monday. The trial on children has already started at AIIMS Patna to see if the Bharat Biotech jab is suitable for […]
Adopting a graded approach to reopening, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday ordered extension of Covid restrictions in the state to June 15 with certain relaxations, including opening of shops till 6 pm and private offices to function at 50% strength. Night curfew will remain in force from 7pm to 6am on […]
In an effort to combat the pandemic and stabilise the healthcare infrastructure Trident Ltd on Monday handed over a total of 100 oxygen concentrators to Tej Partap Singh Phoolka, DC of Barnala, at Barnala to aid the government in the fight against Covid-19. Padma Shri recipient Rajinder Gupta, chairman of Trident Limited, said, “We believe in […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted around 32 domestic flights going from Chandigarh Airport to other cities. In summer, 44 domestic flights were to operate from Chandigarh instead of 35, but due to the continuous decline in the number of passengers due to Covid, only 12 flights are operational. Moreover, out of these 12 flights, one […]