An exceptionally rare, “fancy vivid purple-pink internally flawless” World’s largest pink diamond from Russia will be sold at Sotheby’s auction on November 11. The 14.83-carat diamond, named “The Spirit of the Rose”, is the largest vivid purple-pink diamond to be ever offered at auction and it is estimated to be worth USD 23-38 million, according […]
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared results of compartment exams for class 10 on Monday. According to CBSE, the pass percentage for the exam was at 56.55%. Out of the total 1,46,604 students who appeared for the exam, 82,903 passed it. Last month, Supreme Court had asked CBSE to declare the compartment results as […]
The Nobel Prize 2020 in Economic Sciences was awarded to Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.” “This year’s Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have studied how auctions work. They have also used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and […]
Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot is all set to collaborate again with director Patty Jenkins for a historical drama scripted by Laeta Kalogridis on legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Paramount Pictures has won the rights to the project, reportedly beating out other suitors such as Apple, Universal, Warner Bros., and Netflix. Her casting in the film […]
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. He tweeted, “A few days ago, due to contact with a corona positive person, I was quarantined at my residence for the past one week, due to some symptoms of corona from last two days, I got a corona test done today, […]
Due to protests against agricultural bills, Railway administration has cancelled trains going to Punjab till October 14. This includes New Delhi-Haridwar-New Delhi Janshatabdi and other long distance trains. Senior Commercial Officer Hari Mohan said, “After the orders arrived on Sunday, six were cancelled and changes have been made in terms of destination station for 26 […]
To boost English communication skills of students from class 6 to 12 in government schools of Punjab, Education Department has come up with an initiative of forming English Booster Club (EBC). EBC will be launched today ie October 12 in government schools district level. In this, guided videos, listening tapes, sentences and phrases will be […]
In a first, eight beaches spread across five states and two union territories in India have been awarded the international ‘Blue Flag’ certification. The beaches are: Shivrajpur (Dwarka-Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod and Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Rushikonda (Andhra Pradesh), Golden (Puri-Odisha) and Radhanagar (Andaman and Nicobar Islands). Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar broke the news […]
Actress Vaani Kapoor is heading to Chandigarh to begin shooting for her next film, being directed by Abhishek Kapoor, who is known for movies like ‘Rock On!!’, ‘Kai Po Che’ and ‘Kedarnath’. This is the first time that she has been paired opposite Ayushmann Khurrana. It was learnt that the film is set to start […]
Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan reviewed the arrangements oxygen & other facilities and preparedness of the state to contain the Covid-19 on Saturday in view of upcoming festival season. She also took stock of ongoing paddy procurement operations and steps taken to curb stubble burning in the state. Mahajan asked the concerned departments to send […]