The UT administration is building the main control room of the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) at Sector 43. A tender of ₹20.53 lakh has been passed for this. The control room will have a fire sensing system, networking and conferencing system. Though UT administration has implemented Intelligent Transport System (ITS) in buses, but the work […]
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday launched Mission Shat Pratishat (Mission 100%) for the year 2020-21 to empower schools to achieve 100% results despite the Covid crisis. He also virtually inaugurated 1,467 smart schools in the state and distributed 2,625 tablets to students in 372 primary government schools. Pointing to the challenges […]
Punjab Engineering College (PEC) will conduct the end-term examinations of first semester of the 2020-21 academic session from November 22. The exams will be conducted on campus and are optional for students. The students will be called in a staggered manner and 300 students will be able to attend the exam in one shift. If […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the 51st mission of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Saturday afternooon. The carrier was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 3.12pm. Earlier, the launch time was at 3.02pm. The carrier vehicle PSLV C49 will deliver 10 satellites in all with EOS-01 […]
Panjab University (PU) has extended the date of filling the examination form to November 27. Earlier, the date was November 10. Panjab University had collected examination fees from students last year, but the exams could not be conducted in May due to the Covid pandemic lockdown. They were conducted in September, but they were held […]
Now, women will have 50% share in the panchayat elections in Haryana. A new chapter was written in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Friday as a proposal to amend the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act was brought to the Assembly, which was passed by the members. Seats will be reserved for women and men on the […]
Panjab University (PU) has started planning to open the campus after getting orders from University Grants Commission (UGC) to open the varsity. For this purpose, a committee is deciding the manner to open the campus where all Covid guidelines can be followed. PU is expected to open in December. Till now, preparations were on to […]
Google Pay (formerly known as Tez and popularly called GPay) in India was spotted with a new colourful logo. Twitter user Sumanta Das spotted the new logo, which is currently live only for a select few users. The existing logo includes the ‘G’ and ‘Pay’. It is only the Google logo that is multi-coloured. The […]
Also, the day WhatsApp Pay entered the market, nodal agency for the retail payment systems came out with a rule that would impact big payment apps like Google Pay and PhonePe. In a press statement, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said that the no third-party app part of UPI payment system would be allowed […]
Chandigarh administration on Friday has imposed a ban on firecrackers under the Disaster Management Act. The UT Adviser Manoj Parida said that the ban has been imposed until further orders under the Disaster Management Act. Recently, the administration had put the issuance of temporary licences for selling crackers on hold despite holding a draw of […]