The European Council for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, is conducting a free online course on the basics of quantum computing that can be taken by anybody who is interested to learn about the subject. A series of weekly lectures on the subject will be broadcast through webcast which started from November 6, 2020. […]
Six-year-old Arham Om Talsania from Ahmedabad has entered Guinness World Record as the World’s Youngest Computer Programmer by clearing the Python programming language. Talsania, who studies in Class 2, cleared the Microsoft certification exam at Pearson VUE test centre. “My father taught me coding and I started using tablets when I was 2 years old. […]
Haryana government has increased the price of sugarcane by ₹10 per quintal and now farmers will get ₹350 per quintal. “The rate of sugarcane is the highest in the country,” said chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday. He said that the government is taking every decision in the interest of farmers. The power […]
School Education and Public Works Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Monday handed over appointment letters to 83 employees on various posts on compassionate grounds. On the occasion, 2 master cadre and 2 elementary teacher training (ETT) teachers, 1 library restorer, 9 clerks and 69 class IV employees were also given appointment letters. The cabinet minister […]
As Covid 19 cases are rising again, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Monday warned that the prevailing low humidity promotes evaporation of viral particles and aerosol formations that can increase the airborne spread of the disease. “With the Covid 19 positive numbers consistently rising for the past one week, it is […]
For completing 51 years in the film industry, one of Amitabh Bachchan’s fans gifted him a special rangoli on the sets of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) 12 to commemorate the milestone. Bachchan made his big screen debut with Saat Hindustani in 1969. The actor took to Instagram to share a glimpse of this special gift […]
The final list of elected office bearers was declared by the Election Returning Officer. Ludhiana 7 Nov 2020: Officials of the Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA), an affiliate body of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), were elected unopposed on Friday. The elections of LDCA, which were being conducted after a gap of 17 years under […]
The change happened at Oxford following a petition with over 30,000 signatures After facing a lot of criticism, Oxford University Press (OUP) has changed the definition of the word ‘woman’. The change happened following a petition with over 30,000 signatures which claimed that the dictionary was sexist. The words ‘bitch’ and ‘bint’, are no longer […]
Application deadline for Executive MBA Programme is Jan 31, 2021 Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Amritsar, has invited applications for its two-year non-residential Executive MBA Programme (EMBA 2021-23). The Executive MBA programme intends to prepare working executives for advancing in their careers and transitioning smoothly into leadership roles. It also aims at equipping the entrepreneurs […]
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Monday, banned the sale and use of firecrackers till November 30 in places with ‘poor’ air quality across the country in the interest of public health and environment. The NGT said there will be a total ban against sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the NCR […]