Popular video conferencing platform Zoom has added an authentication feature called Single Sign-On (SSO) to keep the classrooms secure amid the pandemic. Using SSO feature, users will be able to log in one time, under one set of credentials, to get access to all the applications, data, and services they need. Zoom already has an SSO […]
Cracking whip on fertilizer selling outlets, SAS Nagar Agriculture Department has suspended licenses of four dealers after alleged irregularities in distribution of urea in the district, said Deputy Commissioner (DC) Girish Dayalan. Under the Centre’s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) on fertilizers scheme, sale of fertilizers was mandated with the use of biometric identification of farmer […]
Panjab University will give the marksheet or degree to the final year students only after they submit the no dues certificate. This certificate will have to be taken from hostel and library department. The preparation for PU results is underway. Due to the Covid pandemic, PU conducted online exams according to the UGC guideline. Sources […]
Chandigarh reported 63 cases and two deaths on Friday, taking the total count to 12,985 and death toll to 185. There are 1,292 active cases in the city. Also, Chandigarh administration removed containment zone restrictions from parts of Sectors 7, 27, Ram Darbar and Mauli Jagran. In Mohali, 76 positive cases and one death were […]
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that the NEET result will be declared soon to prevent any further delay in the new session. It is one of the highest competitive exams which opens opportunities for students to get into medical colleges. The exam was conducted amid precautions on September 13 after Supreme Court rejected a […]
Restoring the pre-Covid system of preparing second reservation chart half-an-hour before departure time, from October 10 railway seats will be available even five minutes before the train leaves the station. Regular passenger train services were suspended in the wake of the pandemic. But the Indian Railways is restoring the pre-Covid practices in a staggered manner […]
Supreme Court Friday refused to either cancel the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020 or stay the counselling process. The apex court asked the five candidates, who were seeking quashing of the exam alleging technical glitches, to give their grievances within two days to the redressal committee. “We cannot stop the counselling”, the bench told […]
United Nations (UN) food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas. The announcement was made in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee. “The need for international solidarity and multilateral co-operation […]
Haryana government has waived of tax of private schools buses and maxi cabs from April to July, when the buses were not running during the pandemic. Chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal gave directions to the Transport Department in this regard, when the private school operators had met the CM. Tax has been collected from schools […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept key repo rate unchanged at 4% in its October policy review meeting in view of rising inflation and faint signs of economic growth amid gradual lifting of countrywide lockdown. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headed by RBI governor Shaktikanta Das, kept repo rate untouched; and […]