Flights within the country are set to become costlier as the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has decided to raise the lower limit on domestic airfares from 13% to 16%, which will come into effect from June 1. As per an order by MoCA, “Fare for domestic travel less than 40 minutes of duration will […]
Toll collection on national highways is likely to fall by 25% to 30% in May as a fall out of the lockdown and restrictions imposed by several states to contain the spread of coronavirus, according to rating agency ICRA. In April too, toll collection fell by 10% over March. However, with fall in number of […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday upheld the Chandigarh administration’s law mandating private unaided schools to upload balance sheets on their websites, which would ensure transparency and aid in achieving the goal of preventing profiteering and charging of capitation fee. The Bench ruled, “Each institute has the freedom to fix its own fee […]
The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued the Tariff Orders containing tariff/charges for FY 2021-22 vide its orders on Friday. For the FY 2021-22, the Commission has determined ARR (after adjusting gap of previous years) of PSPCL as Rs 32,982.49 crore which includes ARR of Rs 1,331.71 crore for PSTCL to be recovered through […]
The Central Government on Friday extended the ban on international commercial flights till 30 June, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a circular. The ban on scheduled overseas flights was to end on 31 May after a 14-month gap. “In partial modification of circular dated 26-06-2020, the competent authority has further extended […]
Researchers from Vienna’s Austrian Academy of Sciences have grown a bundle of human stem cells into a tiny artificial “heart” the size of a sesame seed. The pulsating mass is the first self-organizing miniature organ to resemble the human heart, including a hollow chamber enclosed by a wall of cardiac-like tissue. Significantly, unlike previous versions […]
In his annual budget speech, Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur had said the state government was planning a policy that’ll allow controlled cultivation of cannabis or hemp in the state. This means the state wants to legalise commercial cultivation of the plant for non-recreational uses such as making medicines and fabrics. CM Jai Ram Thakur […]
As concern grows over the increasing number of mucormycosis cases, doctors have reported cases of another invasive fungal infection — aspergillosis — among Covid-positive patients as well as those who have recovered from the virus. Doctors attribute it to unregulated usage of steroids among patients infected with the novel coronavirus in the second wave. Mucormycosis […]
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced extension of the restrictions in the state till June 10, but also ordered certain relaxations in view of decline in the positivity and number of active Covid cases. He directed the resumption of elective surgeries in both government and private hospitals, as well restoration of […]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has once again claimed the position of the world’s richest person dethroning French luxury conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LMVH) boss Bernard Arnault on the Forbes Billionaires list. As per Forbes, Arnault on Monday had claimed the number one spot with a net worth of $186.4 billion beating Bezos whose net […]