Amid the fourth round of discussion between the Centre and farmers over the Farm Bills at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhavan on Thursday, farmer unions decided to boycott government-served food and beverages. “We are not accepting food or tea offered by the government. We have brought our own food, we will eat that,” said a farmer […]
Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal became the first to return his Padma Vibhushan award in protest against the treatment of the protesting farmers by the Central government. The 92-year-old returned his Padma Vibhushan award — the second highest civilian honour of the country — that he received from the government in 2015. Incidentally, […]
School education minister Vijay Inder Singla said that soon Punjab government will convert 1,377 more schools into smart schools and ₹357 crore will be spent on their digitization. He informed that till now, 7,823 schools have been converted into smart schools and out of total 19,130 government schools in Punjab, 41% are smart schools. Singla […]
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Thursday announced on his Twitter handle that he will launch his political party in January next year, adding that he would announce the launch date on December 31. Assembly elections are due in Tamil Nadu next year. “We will surely win the assembly polls and give honest, transparent, corruption-free, spiritual politics […]
Uttarakhand‘s forest department has built a one-of-its-kind bridge across the two-lane Kaladhungi-Nainital highway called ‘Eco Bridge’ to help reptiles cross roads. The highway is the main route to Nainital and is used by a large number of vehicles, especially in the tourist season. The Eco Bridge is a 90-foot-long structure of bamboo, jute, and grass […]
Streaming giant Netflix announced to make its platform free for the December 5-6 weekend in India. Anyone in India can watch all the blockbuster films, series, award-winning documentaries and reality shows for two days, starting from 12 midnight on December 5. “We want to bring the most amazing stories from across the world to all […]
‘Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, the owner and CEO of the spice masala brand MDH (Mahashian Di Hatti), passed away on Thursday at the age of 98. http://mdhspices.com/mdh-mahashaya-ji/ Known as the ”The king of spices”, Dharampal Gulati, was undergoing treatment at Mata Chanan Devi Hospital in Delhi for the last three weeks. His condition deteriorated on Wednesday […]
The Punjab cabinet on Wednesday approved 100% tax exemption on Motor Vehicle (MV) tax till December 31, 2020, for all stage carriage, mini, and school buses effective from March 23, 2020, to support private transport operators amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The cabinet gave post-facto approval to the notification issued in June to exempt these vehicles […]
The Congress on Wednesday appointed BV Srinivas as the President of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC). “Hon’able Congress President has appointed Shri BV Srinivas, interim President, IYC as President of IYC with immediate effect,” a press release from the All India Congress Committee (AICC) issued by party leader KC Venugopal read. Pertinently, Srinivas B V […]
With the Covid vaccine in the final stages of operationalisation in India, chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced that he will take the first shot of the covid vaccine in Punjab, once it is cleared by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). He made the announcement at the virtual cabinet meeting. […]