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Covid-19: No meals on domestic flights of less than 120 minutes duration

In view of surging Covid-19 cases in India, Ministry of Civil Aviation on Monday announced that no meal will be served on flights with a duration of 120 minutes to minimise the spread of infection. As per the amended existing standard operating procedure (SOP), no meals can be served in the domestic sectors flights wherein […]

Covid-19 vaccine
Health Trending Now

Centre approves Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V for restricted use

The government on Monday approved Sputnik V, the vaccine against Covid-19 developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Russia. This is the third vaccine to be approved by India after Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. This will boost India’s vaccination drive as more and more cases are being reported […]

Amarjit Singh Sidhu
Tricity

Amarjit Singh Sidhu is new Mohali mayor

Amarjit Singh Sidhu was elected mayor of the Mohali Municipal Corporation after the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected councillors at MC Bhawan in Mohali on Monday (April 12). Amrik Singh Somal has been elected senior deputy mayor and Kuljeet Bedi is the deputy mayor for the Mohali MC. Notably, mayor Amarjit Singh Sidhu is […]

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Tricity

Admission in government schools of Chandigarh starts today

The process for admissions to Classes 1 to 10 at the city’s 114 government schools has begun today (Monday). The Education Department issued the guidelines for admission after the declaration of results up to Class 8. The city has eight government primary schools, 13 middle schools, 53 high schools and 40 senior secondary schools. In […]

Sonu Sood
Regional

Sonu Sood appointed brand ambassador of Punjab Covid-19 vaccination programme

Sonu Sood has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador by the Punjab Government for its Covid vaccination programme. Chief Minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh made the announcement a day after meeting Sood, who called on him at his residence. “There is no one more ideally suited to inspire and influence people to take the vaccine. […]

Punjab
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Centre writes to Punjab: Says contact tracing not done properly, RTPCR testing decreasing

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to Punjab government after the central team visited the state to monitor the Covid-19 surge stating that contact tracing has not been done in many districts and RTPCR testing has also decreased. In the last 24 hours, 59 deaths and 3,116 new Covid cases were reported in Punjab. […]

CLS
Tricity

Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) invites entries for annual poetry writing competition

Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) has invited young and established poets to submit their poetic creations for the annual poetry writing competition. “There is a poet in everyone,” says CLS Chairperson Dr Sumita Misra, IAS, “and our every competition brings in an overwhelming response from our people.” One can submit the poem in any language, i.e. […]

ISRO
Regional Technology

ISRO invites applications for a free, four-day online certificate course

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is inviting applications for a free online course on Geographical Information System (GIS) for Supply Chain Management. GIS is a technology that is capable of capturing, storing, manipulating, visualising and analysing location-based data. The course is being offered as part of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s outreach program through […]

Satish Kaul
Regional

Veteran actor Satish Kaul passes away at 74 due to Covid complications

Veteran actor Satish Kaul, who had 300 Punjabi and Hindi films to his credit, passed away due to coronavirus-related complications on Saturday in Ludhiana. He was 74. The actor’s funeral will take place on Sunday. He was best known for his role in BR Chopra’s mythological series Mahabharat wherein he essayed the role of Lord […]

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Punjab Governor launches digitised land records in Chandigarh

VP Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab, inaugurated the Digitised Land Records of Revenue Department on Friday in presence of Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator. With this, the Records of Rights (RoR) of 23 out of 25 villages of Chandigarh will be made available online. Also, more than 35,000 shareholders can access, check and even […]