The third phase of the Covid vaccination drive started at 9am on Thursday at Government Medical Specialty Hospital, Sector 16. Meanwhile, vaccination started at 11am at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). However, admission at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, has been denied and both centres are being operated by the […]
The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said that until January 20, outbreaks of avian influenza have been confirmed in six states (Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab) for poultry birds and in ten states (Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan and Punjab) for crow/migratory/wild birds. […]
Punjab school education minister Vijay Inder Singla on Wednesday said that following the demand of parents, the state government has decided to reopen all schools for primary classes from January 27. He informed that as per the nod given by chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, students of class 3 and 4 will be allowed to […]
Punjab-Haryana High Court on Tuesday stayed the DC’s order of culling all the chickens in Panchkula, Barwala and Raipur Rani and destroying the poultry feed. While hearing the petition filed by Haryana Poultry Farm Association head Darshan Singh and Narinder Poultry Farm in High Court, Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu issued the notice to the state […]
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), a public sector enterprise, has announced recruitment for 368 vacancies. The advertisement was released in November 2020, but the last date for submission of applications has been revised to January 29, 2021. To apply, candidates must have a degree in Engineering, Science, or Business, but a Graduate Aptitude Test […]
Under the Smart City project, a special park will be constructed in the opposite the gurdwara in Sector 22, Chandigarh, for the differently abled children. The Smart City Department is going to issue its tender next week and the company will have to prepare the special park in 9 months. The tendering company will operate it […]
A Children’s Film Festival will be held in Chandigarh soon, wherein any child living in the city can participate. It will be screened at the plaza of Sector-17. The Children’s Film festival is being organised by Alliance Francaise, Sector-36. Manoj Parida, Advisor to the Administrator, gave the approval for it on Tuesday in a meeting […]
India will begin supply of Covid-19 vaccines being manufactured in the country to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles from Wednesday. Bhutan is the first country to receive India’s gift of Covishield vaccines manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, said sources. A consignment containing 1,50,000 doses of the vaccine have reached Thimphu. India […]
With a promise to ‘heal’ America, Joseph R Biden (Joe Biden) will take the oath to become the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. Joe Biden, who is known around the world for his stint as the vice-president during the Obama administration, will be the oldest person ever sworn in as president of […]
The government has decided to observe January 23 as ‘Parakram Diwas’ to commemorate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, said Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the first ‘Parakram Diwas’ programme in Kolkata on Bose’s 125th birth anniversary and inaugurate an exhibition on the grounds of National […]