A study by city-based CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTech), Chandigarh, has claimed that the novel Coronavirus can remain in the air for more than two hours. However, scientists say preventive measures such as wearing masks can help in containing its spread. The scientists collected more than 64 […]
Celebrity couple Kim Kardashian, Kanye West’s six-year-long marriage and an eight-year-long love story, is coming to an end as they have “no plans” to start living together any time soon. The 40-year-old reality star and entrepreneur continues to live in Los Angeles with their four children while rapper Kanye, 43, stays at his ranch in […]
The 63rd annual Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. The 63rd annual Grammy awards show will now be held on March 14, according to a statement from Grammy organisers. “The deteriorating Covid situation in […]
The School of International Biodesign (SiB) — jointly operated by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi — has invited online applications for a one-year fellowship ‘iFellowship’. SiB is an innovation programme implemented by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India at AIIMS, […]
The UT administration has imposed a ban on the sale and production of bottled correcting fluids as well as bottled thinners of any chemical composition, both for ink erasing purposes as well as nail polish removers till March 5. “In exercise of the powers vested with me under Section 144 of the Cr.P.C., do hereby […]
Fulfilling the promise of the Punjab Government to provide technical education in the mother tongue, books of 16 different trades of technical education have been translated into Punjabi and work is underway to translate books of other 25 different trades. At the same time, state government has sent a question bank of more than 25,000 […]
Haryana government is planning to set up four injury health benefit centres in the state for national and international players to help them recover from serious injuries. The process to develop the injury health benefit centres has been started in Rohtak. According to Minister of State for Sports, Sandeep Singh, the first injury health benefit […]
Heli-taxi service is expected to start from Hisar Airport to Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh in the first week of February. Moreover, air travel from Hisar to four other places, including Chandigarh, Jammu, Dehradun and Jaipur, is likely to start in the first week of April. Under the Regional Connectivity Scheme, approval for Heli-taxi service has been […]
Chandigarh tableau will not be seen on Rajpath, Delhi, this year on the occasion of Republic Day as all three tableaux created by the UT administration have been rejected by the central government. The administration has been trying to send its tableau in the Republic Day parade for the last five years. This year, the […]
After the confirmation of bird flu in the country, alert has been issued to the Forest and Wildlife Department of Chandigarh. Field employees have been told to inform the department immediately if any bird dies in the forest area. The Animal Husbandry Department has also been instructed to increase surveillance in its area and keep […]