Class 12 board exams will not take place this year for CBSE and CISCE students, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday after a high-level meeting. “Government of India has decided to cancel the Class XII CBSE Board Exams. After extensive consultations, we have taken a decision that is student-friendly, one that safeguards the health […]
A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday. The man, a resident of the city of Zhenjiang, was hospitalised on April 28 after developing a fever and other symptoms, […]
Appreciating Trident’s organizational culture, the 4.0 Leadership Summit & Awards 2021 during a recently held virtual event, awarded Trident Group with three prestigious awards – ‘Valuable Employer during COVID 19 Award 2021’, ‘Best Workplace for Women Award 2021’ and ‘Employer of Choice Award 2021’. The 4.0 Leadership Summit & Award 2021 was organized by Morpheus […]
Mohali administration on Tuesday decided to lift the restrictions of staggered rotation (odd-even pattern) of opening of shops. Mohali Deputy Commissioner (DC) Girish Dayalan announced that all shops can open till 5 pm on weekdays. However, proper Covid guidelines have to be followed in all the shops, he said. Also, the market welfare associations are […]
Tests on mixing doses of vaccines and the effectiveness of a single dose of Covishield will begin soon in the government’s new strategy at a time of shortage of Covid shots. All the vaccines currently authorised for use in India — Covishield, Covaxin and Russia’s Sputnik V — are two-dose vaccines. Sources say a study […]
The B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 variants of Covid-19, first identified in India have been named as ‘Kappa’ and ‘Delta’, respectively, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced. The organisation decided to refer to the most worrisome variants known as ‘variants of concern’ by letters in the Greek alphabet. “Today, @WHO announces new, easy-to-say labels for #SARSCoV2 Variants […]
Chandigarh administration on Monday provided certain relaxations in the Corona Curfew restrictions. In a war room meeting presided by UT administrator VP Singh Badnore, it was decided to continue the existing restrictions until 6am on June 9, 2021 with following modifications:- (a) All shops will be allowed to open from 9 am to 4pm. (b) […]
In the second wave of Covid pandemic, online frauds are increasing in Chandigarh wherein people are getting duped on the pretext of getting jobs in the country and abroad. Fraudsters are luring unemployed residents with attractive packages through social media sites and websites. Statistics show that in the last five months, 128 complaints have been […]
China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after a census data showed a steep decline in birth rates, state media reported, in a major policy shift to boost birthrate in the world’s most populous nation. For nearly 40 years, China enforced a controversial “one-child policy” – one of […]
Amid criticism over the ongoing construction work for the Central Vista redevelopment project, the Delhi High Court on Monday said it is an “essential national project”. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh dismissed a plea seeking a halt on the ongoing construction amid the pandemic, and fined the petitioner […]