With the Olympics Games just 99 days away, a senior Japanese ruling party official has admitted that cancelling this year’s Olympic Games remains an option. Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said Japan might have to ‘give up’ on the Tokyo Olympics if rising coronavirus cases in the country made the event “impossible”, […]
The number of new Covid-19 cases in India hit a record daily high on Thursday with over 2 lakh infections, while the active cases surpassed the 14-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. India also reported 1,038 fresh Covid-related fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 1,73,123. India […]
Indian-origin Akanksha Arora, 34, is running run for the post of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General. She is the first person to declare her candidacy against incumbent Antonio Guterres, who is seeking a second five-year term beginning January 2022 as the chief of the world organisation. Akanksha Arora, who works as an audit coordinator for the […]
CBSE Board exams for Class 10 will not be held this year and the students will be promoted on the basis of an internal assessment, said Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Wednesday. The government has postponed Class 12 examinations which were scheduled for May. The situation will be reviewed on June 1 and revised […]
As many as 219 health workers of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) have been infected by Covid-19. Of these, nine doctors are admitted to the Covid Hospital while 210 health workers are placed in home isolation. According to the PGI administration, those infected include doctors from different departments, nursing officers, technical […]
Given the surge in Covid cases, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh has sought postponement of the Class 10 and 12 board exams, in order to allay the uncertainty among students and their parents. The CM has written to Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, pointing to the prevailing situation and stressing that “it would […]
Northern Regional Load Dispatch Centre (NRLDC), Delhi, has refused to provide additional power to Punjab citing technical reasons. NRLDC is the apex body that ensures integrated operation of the power system in the Northern Region. Due to this decision, power cuts in the region can increase by 25% this summer. There was no need to […]
Under the Punjab Government’s Ghar Ghar Rojgar Yojana, the School Education Department has started the recruitment process for 3,142 new posts. According to a spokesperson of the school education department, the process for recruitment of various posts has been started following the directions of Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla. Applications have been invited to fill […]
Punjabi entertainment industry is all set to witness a transformation in artist management with the launch of Niraa Talent, a talent management agency that focuses on North Indian talent to become pan-India stars. With its base in Mumbai and regional office in Chandigarh, the agency is founded by Rajit Kumra, a celebrated name for talent […]
The second wave of coronavirus infections and the measures to contain it can weaken the economic recovery in India, said credit rating agency Moody’s said on Tuesday. Saying that the second wave presents a risk to India’s growth forecast, Moody’s said the Indian economy is still likely to grow in double-digits in 2021. Moody’s expects […]