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 […]
First instalment of the 8.5% interest that Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) was going to pay to its subscribers for the financial year (FY) 2019-20, will likely be credited by Diwali and the second instalment of 0.35% will be credited by December. However, this is still under discussion. The board in September had decided to […]
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore launched the ‘e-consent service’ on Friday. This service will benefit the industries business units of the city and they will be able to apply online for the No Objection Certificate (NOC) of pollution. They will also receive its approval online and won’t need to visit the office. […]
Haryana government has banned presenting flower arrangement in government functions due to finance crunch being faced because of the pandemic. In a letter written by Under Secretary, Protocol, Chief Minister Haryana to all heads, it was stated that due to resource crunch being faced by the state exchequer because of prevailing COVID-19 pandemic Government has […]
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 […]