The Punjab School Education Department has decided to bring subject of physical education and sports under the purview of Punjab Achievement Survey (PAS) and issued a date sheet in this regard. Disclosing this today, a spokesperson said that the department has included physical education and sports in the PAS like other subjects. According to the […]
American poet Louise Gluck won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. According to the 7-member Nobel Committee, the Prize was given to Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” Born in New York in 1943, Glück is a professor of English at Yale University. She made […]
Punjab Youth Development Board chairperson Sukhjinder Bindra inaugurated a drive-through Covid-19 testing facility and three special open-air testing centres in Mohali. The drive-through facility has come up at the sports stadium in Sector 78. “The drive-through testing is easy and hassle free facility started by Mohali Administration”, said Bindra after getting his Covid test done […]
Department of Education, Government of Punjab, has proposed the following guidelines for opening of schools from October 15 onwards. Students of only classes 9 to 12 will be allowed initially, with not more than 20 students per section. The final decision on these guidelines will be taken by Punjab government before October 15. The guidelines […]
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was the founder of the first Sikh Kingdom who paved way for a rule based on people’s welfare. These views were expressed by MLA Khanna Gurkirat Singh Kotli, who was the chief guest on the occasion of releasing a book chronicling the life and philosophy of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. The […]
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, […]