New Zealand has voted to legalise euthanasia in what campaigners call ‘a victory for compassion and kindness’. It will allow terminally ill people, with less than six months to live, the opportunity to choose assisted dying if approved by two doctors. “New Zealand has provisionally voted to legalise euthanasia but is on course to reject […]
New Air India flight from Chandigarh International Airport will fly from Chandigarh to Delhi from 14 November. A 70-seater ATR aircraft with flight number 9817/9818 will fly four days a week: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Chandigarh to Delhi and return from there. The departure time of this flight from Delhi will be at […]
Water sports, which were stopped earlier due to Covid-19 lockdown, have commenced at the Dal Lake in Srinagar, while maintaining safety precautions against the virus. Water-sports such as swimming, canoeing and kayaking are on in full swing at the world-famous lake. Moreover, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated Water Sports Centre under PMDP scheme at Nehru […]
Single-use plastic and polythene bags will be banned in Ambala from November 1, said the Secretary of Municipal Corporation, Ambala City. “Awareness is being created among people and announcements are also being made. Polythene and single-use plastic are lethal,” he said. “Single-use plastic and polythene are being banned from November 1. Shopkeepers are being requested […]
Prior to the release, makers renamed Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Laxmmi Bomb’ to ‘Laxmii’ on Thursday. Amid the backlash on the title, film critic and movie trade analyst Taran Adarsh confirmed that the title has been changed to ‘Laxmii’. “NEW DEVELOPMENT… #LaxmmiBomb title changed… New title: #Laxmii… Premieres 9 Nov 2020 on #DisneyPlusHotstarVIP… Stars #AkshayKumar and […]
The physical meeting of Chandigarh municipal Corporation was held on Thursday after a gap of seven months. Keeping the social distancing rules in view, the sitting arrangement was planned by maintaining a gap between all the councillors and transparent glasses were installed as a precautionary measure in municipal corporation meet. No media persons and general […]
Panjab University (PU) is going to open hostels for research scholars from November 1. Research scholars will be required to undergo a Covid test before coming to the varsity. Based on their report, they will be given place in hostels. Covid test done seven days ago will be valid. Guidelines for research scholars, employees and […]
After the approval of 80 electric buses from the central government, the Chandigarh administration has started the process to run those buses on the road. According to information received from the Transport Department, tender for 80 electric buses will be issued next week. On September 25, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar had sanctioned 670 e-buses for […]
In Haryana, schools will open from November 2 for students from Class 9 to 12. Students can come to the schools if they have the written approval of their parents and there no pressure will be put on them to attend the school. Digital learning will be encouraged and if the students want online classes […]
Former Gujarat chief minister (CM) and senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Keshubhai Patel died on Thursday. He was 92. Dr Akshay Kiledar of Sterling Hospital said that Keshubhai Patel had suffered from a cardiac arrest and was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state. “We tried to revive him but couldn’t after […]