panjab university
Tricity

PU syndicate to discuss pending issues of students, teachers on Nov 23

Members of Panjab University have again been split into two factions over the syndicate meeting. Syndicate members have been demanding a forum on the pending issues of students and teachers, which has not been conducted since July. Angered by this, the syndicate members have themselves proposed a meeting on the official WhatsApp group on November […]

Sports

Wrestlers Bajrang Punia & Sangeeta Phogat to have 8 pheras in their wedding

India’s wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat, who were engaged last year, will get married on November 25. They were engaged in November last year and were planning to get married after the Tokyo Olympics. Punia said that it was his father’s dream that he should get married after winning a medal for the country […]

National

PM Modi, Bhutan PM jointly launch RuPay card Phase 2

Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi along with his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering on Friday launched RuPay card Phase-II that will allow Bhutanese card holders to access the RuPay network in India. PM Modi said that RuPay cards issued by the Bhutan National Bank can be used at ATMs for ₹1 lakh and for ₹20 lakh at […]

covid
Regional

Except one person, entire village in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul tests Covid-19 positive

Except one resident, all people of Thorang village in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul tested positive for coronavirus. Thorang village along the Manali-Leh highway has 42 residents as others have migrated to Kullu for winter. 52-year-old Bhushan Thakur was the only person found negative. The district has been one of the worst affected in terms of population […]

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Covid vaccine to be available by Feb 2021, will cost ₹1,000

Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India’s CEO Adar Poonawalla said the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine should be available for healthcare workers and elderly people by around February 2021 and by April for the general public. It will be priced at a maximum of ₹1,000 for two necessary doses for the public, depending on the final trial […]

Douglas Stuart
World

Scottish writer Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize

New York-based Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the prestigious 50,000-pound Booker Prize for his autobiographical debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’, beating Indian-origin author Avni Doshi’s ‘Burnt Sugar’. Shuggie Bain is a tale of love and alcoholism set in 1980s Glasgow and “destined to be a classic”. Stuart, 44, dedicated the book to his mother, who […]

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Obama’s newly-released memoir breaks sales record

Former US President Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land” has sold nearly 8,90,000 copies in the US and Canada in its first 24 hours of sale, according to the book’s publisher. Around 8, 87,000 units were sold in the US and Canada, which includes pre-order sales and first-day sales, cited Penguin Random House. The publisher […]

excise
Regional

Punjab excise dept releases helpline number 9875961126

General public can report complaints relating to excise crimes like smuggling of liquor, lahan, working stills, illegal liquor manufacturing units, etc, on Excise Department’s helpline number 9875961126. A spokesperson of the department said that any person can give information on this helpline number by voice call, SMS message or Whatsapp message. A total of 265 […]