Dogecoin, which started as a meme cryptocurrency back in 2013, recorded its highest ever value yet. The virtual currency, made popular by Tesla chief Elon Musk, soared more than 100% to hit an all-time high of $0.298 on Friday morning, according to cryptocurrency news and data provider Coin desk. A large number of Musk’s followers […]
With the surge in Covid-19 cases, the Chandigarh administration on Friday announced that there will be a weekend lockdown starting from 10pm on April 16 till 5am on April 19 (Monday). Following decisions were taken in a high-level War Room Meeting today: (1) All gymnasium and spa will remain closed till April 30. (2) The […]
A new assessment in the medical journal Lancet has found “consistent, strong evidence” that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, is predominantly transmitted through the air. Therefore, public health measures that fail to treat the virus as predominantly airborne leave people unprotected and allow the virus to spread, according to six experts from the UK, […]
Instagram is launching a small global test where users can choose whether to hide like counts on their own posts or other people’s posts. This move by the Facebook-owned social media company will give its users the freedom to choose what they prefer – ‘likes’ or ‘no likes’. According to the AFP report obtained by […]
Ramanand Sagar’s epic Ramayan has started airing on TV again, a year after the drama saw a rerun during the coronavirus-triggered nation-wide lockdown. It was first telecast on Doordarshan in 1987-1988. The 1987 classic is currently airing on Star Bharat every day at 7pm. Last year, Ramayan made a comeback on DD National after 33 […]
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh has introduced fresh reforms to reduce the regulatory burden on MSMEs through rationalisation, digitalisation and decriminalisation of the regulatory landscape, enabling entrepreneurs to focus on expanding their operations. “The reforms on removing imprisonment terms, building flexibility and reducing oversight in the labour rules, and pursuing a data driven […]
As many as 70% of the 60 samples sent by Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) for genome sequencing in March to National Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) turned positive for the UK variant of Covid-19. Among the 60 patients sampled, 45 were from Chandigarh. Detailing further about the inference, Prof Jagat Ram, […]
In a milestone law, New Zealand has become the first country to introduce a law that will require banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business, said minister for climate change James Shaw. “We simply cannot get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 unless the financial sector knows […]
The Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCB) has completed construction of two new automated air quality monitoring stations in Sector 22 and 53. According to UT administration officials, they will be inaugurated by the end of this month. Officials claim that this will improve the air quality of the city. Apart from these, the work of […]
Amid the continuing Covid surge, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced that all Class 5, 8 and 10 students be promoted to the next class, without taking any examination. Decision on Class 12 Punjab State Education Board (PSEB) exams, which have already been postponed, will be taken later, based on the […]