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 […]
Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar announced that people, who have shops or houses on lease or rent from the municipalities for over 20 years, can become owners of the property by paying a price below the collector rate. He also said that for this, a scheme, which will be applicable for urban areas, […]
Hariman Sharma, a farmer from Himachal Pradesh, has developed an innovative self-pollinating apple variety that does not require long chilling hours for flowering and fruit setting. This cultivation has spread to plain, tropical, and subtropical areas in various parts of India, where the temperature is as high as 40 to 45ºC during summer. Hariman Sharma, […]
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 […]