The Punjab Language Department has announced Sahitya Ratna and Shiromani Awards for 18 different categories of literature and art. The awards were finalised in a meeting of the State Advisory Board chaired by Higher Education and Languages Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa at Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh. After the selection of the awards, Bajwa congratulated all […]
US Sikh scientist and Father of Fibre optics Dr Narinder Singh Kapany, 94, passed away on Friday. A great scientist and philanthropist, Dr Narinder Singh Kapany is among the 10 most renowned Sikhs in the world and earned the title of “Father of Fibre-Optics”. He was named one of the seven “Unsung Heroes” by Fortune […]
Dr BS Chavan, 59, Director of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32 here, passed away on Friday after prolonged illness. Dr Chavan, a noted psychiatrist, was diagnosed with advanced stage of cancer of the large intestine in 2019 and was undergoing treatment at GMCH-32. He was on ventilator support since last week. “His […]
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 […]