The Punjab school education department announced the dates for the State Level Talent Search Examination (Stage-1), which will be held on December 13, 2020. According to a spokesperson of the school education department, the director state council for education research and training (SCERT) has prepared a detailed blueprint for the Talent Search examination to be […]
Justice Rajiv Sharma of the Punjab and Haryana High Court retired on Wednesday. He was third senior most judge at the court. He was born in Shimla and completed his studies at Himachal Pradesh University. He enrolled as advocate in the year 1982 and was elevated as judge in Himachal Pradesh high court in 2007. […]
In Chandigarh, 127 cases and two deaths were reported on Wednesday, taking the total count to 12,820 and death toll to 179. There are 1,448 active cases in the city. Chandigarh administration reduced the Covid testing charges to ₹1,200 for RTPCR and ₹650 for Rapid Antigen testing. As many as 62 positive cases and one […]
Prince Khullar took the charge of senior vice chairman of Punjab Youth Development Board (PYDB) on Wednesday at Municipal Bhawan, Sector-35. Punjab Sports & Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi expressed hope that he will take full responsibility of his new assignment and serve the youth of the state diligently. Prince Khullar is also […]
Punjabi Chamber of Commerce (PCC) will launch Chandigarh Chapter on Thursday (October 8). This will be their fifth chapter in North India after Delhi, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar. Chandigarh chapter will be headed by Param Kalra, an entrepreneur, and Sukhwinder Singh Brar, a business leader and technology enthusiast. PCC founder and trustee Gurpreet Pasricha said, […]
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has commenced registration process for CBSE Board examinations 2021 for all schools under its aegis. The CBSE Board 2021 registration includes filling up the exam forms for students of classes 10 and 12 as well as registrations for students of Class 9 and 11. For classes 10 and 12, […]
Chandigarh, the first planned city of India, was formally inaugurated by India’s first president, Rajendra Prasad on this day at Rajendra Park, the area between the Secretariat and Punjab Engineering College. ‘The Governor and Council of Ministers of Punjab request the pleasure of the company of… on the occasion of the inauguration of the Capital […]
Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer A Doudna of the United States won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for developing the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping ‘scissors’. “Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This technology has had a revolutionary impact on […]
A delegation from France arrived in Chandigarh on Monday for a five-day tour to study the 24*7 water supply project of smart city. The delegation visited Kajauli Waterworks on Wednesday morning. They monitored the water supply system at Kajauli and then inspected the billing office at Sector-11. They also met the officials in the Municipal […]
Apple has sent invites for a ‘special Apple event’ on October 13, which is likely to be the launch event of iPhone 12. Generally, the Apple invites contain hints about what to expect, but this invite just shows a series of circles, and the words “Hi, Speed”. The virtual event will be beamed from the […]