Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, who had tested positive for Coronavirus after taking a trial dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’, was referred to Medanta Hospital, Gurugram, on Tuesday. Earlier, a team of doctors from Medanta had reached Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak, for the treatment of […]
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday confirmed that the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be attending India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2021 as the chief guest, adding that it is symbolic of a new era of India-UK ties. The minister said, “It would be in a way symbolic of a […]
Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all the state governments to provide necessary infrastructure, stationary, books, and other equipment to child care institutions for online classes within 30 days. A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao ordered that states should ensure that the required number of teachers are also made available to teach […]
A top Indian Navy official, Vice Admiral Srikant, passed away due to coronavirus-related complications at Base Hospital in the national capital on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. He was the Director-General of Project Seabird. The vice admiral, the Navy’s senior-most submariner, was due to retire on December 31. Expressing his condolences, Defence Minister […]
Due to the spread of Covid-19, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has decided not to organise the Chrysanthemum Show this year. This is the third time in 35 years that the Chrysanthemum Show has been cancelled. Started in 1985, this event is held in December every year. More than 250 varieties of the flower are displayed. […]
In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, Chandigarh on Monday imposed a ban on the operation of hookah bars in the Union Territory from December 14 to February 11, 2021. An order issued by District Magistrate Mandip Singh Brar stated that no hookah shall be served for smoke/consumption in hotels/restaurants/taverns/bars, etc. “Under Section 144, hookah bars […]
Panjab University (PU) will award the degrees of postgraduate students online from next year. PU has been engaged in this process since a long time. Its first trial has been successful as degrees have been awarded to PhD students. Around 10,000 students received online. For this purpose, the student was given an ID and a […]
Around 50 teachers will be recruited by Punjab Engineering College (PEC) (deemed to be university) and vacancies will be released in the last week of December. The recruitment process will start from January and continue till March. Applications will be shortlisted and candidates who pass the eligibility will be called for the interview. Only 20 […]
The Indian Railways, through its 21 Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs), is organising a recruitment drive in three phases starting from Tuesday for 1.4 lakh vacancies. According to the official release, the first phase of the recruitment exam will commence from December 15 till December 18, 2020, for isolated and ministerial categories. This will be followed […]
Google services have taken a hit as many users have taken up the issue on Twitter. Prominent services such as YouTube, Gmail and other Google platforms have stopped working for many users. There is no clarity regarding the same from Google. Several users took to social media on Monday afternoon around 5.30 pm to share […]