As the number of Covid cases is decreasing in Chandigarh, the health department has changed its strategy for testing. Now, the emphasis will be laid on going to an area and investigate suspected patients. For this purpose, mobile covid 19 testing vans will start roaming in the city from Monday. The first mobile testing van […]
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand’s general election Saturday, and said she would use her mandate to rebuild an economy battered by the pandemic and tackle social inequality. “Over the next three years there is much work to do. We will build back better from the Covid crisis. We have […]
India ranked 94 out of 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and was in the ‘serious’ hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking. Last year, India ranked 102 out of 117 countries. In […]
Each year around this time, Ramleela is enacted all across the country during Navratri. This year, the pandemic has dampened the spirit of the festival. But you can read & listen to tales of Ramayana on your phone. IIT alumnus Bhuwan Arora, with the help of a team of 25 college students from across the […]
Though the Shardiya Navratri has begun, there will be no major celebrations or cultural events due to the Covid pandemic at Kalibari. Kalibari temple This year marks 50 years of the establishment of Maa Durga in Kalibari. There was a plan for a huge events, but they could not take place due to the infection. […]
Panjab University (PU) on Friday released standard operating procedures (SOP) for the research scholars attending the labs on the campus. It says that if any researcher is found to be breaking the rules, then their visit to the laboratory will be banned. Panjab University guidelines are: Researchers will have to provide consent of self and […]
The Urban Planning Department of UT Administration has designed the new DC office of the city and sent it for approval. The new DC office will be built on an empty 2-acre plot near Hotel Shivalikview in Sector-17. It will have seven storeys and will be as high as the UT Secretariat. Under the new […]
Just two months after India received its first batch of Rafale jet fighter from France, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to receive its second batch of the combat aircraft in November. Just two months after India received its first batch of Rafale fighter jets from France, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set […]
In view of closed OPDs, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has extended the time limit of tele-consultation facility for the patients of government hospitals. Starting Friday, patients will be able to register from 8am to 10.30am. Earlier, registration could be done from 8am to 9.30am. Also, OPD facility was closed due to […]