Chandigarh recorded 305 Covid cases and 3 three deaths on Friday, crossing the 7,000 mark with 7,292 case. The city has 2,606 active cases and 269 have been discharged. In Mohali, one person lost the battle to Covid-19 and 204 new cases were reported on Friday, taking the tally to 6060 and total deaths to […]
Facebook announced a new section on the site called ‘Facebook Campus’ which is dedicated specifically to students. According to the announcement, Facebook Campus will utilise new profiles, separate from the one users already have on the main platform. To create a Campus profile, students need to provide their college email address and graduation year. Facebook […]
The Central government on Friday released ₹6,195.08 crore to 14 states as the sixth equated monthly installment of the Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant (PDRDG) as recommended by the 15th Finance Commission. The 14 states that received funds are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand […]
Actor Kangana Ranaut on Friday sought Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi’s intervention and her asked to take note of the ‘treatment’ being meted out to her by the Maharashtra Government, in which her party is a coalition member. “Dear respected honourable Congress president Sonia Gandhi ji being a woman aren’t you anguished by the treatment […]
Actor Rhea Chakraborty’s bail was denied on Friday by a special court in Mumbai after her arrest over drugs charges linked to the probe by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) into the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. The bail pleas of her brother Showik Chakraborty and four other accused have also been rejected by the […]
India and China agreed to de-escalate border tensions and take steps to restore ‘peace and tranquility’ at a two-hour meeting of Indian and Chinese foreign ministers in Moscow on Thursday. The two nations reached a five-point consensus and were in consonance that the current border situation is not in their interests and that troops from […]
For smooth and transparent functioning of school education department, the Punjab government has simplified the procedure of issuance of accreditation /registration certificate to private schools and institutions. Under the leadership of Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla, Disclosing this, a spokesperson said the school education secretary Krishan Kumar has issued a letter in this […]
Each year on September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day is observed to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides and raise awareness on this topic. In 2003, the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) collaborated with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) to host the first ever […]
As part of the crackdown ordered by chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh against miscreants spreading false information about Covid, Punjab Police has got 38 Facebook, 49 Twitter and 21 YouTube accounts/links blocked by competent authorities. Disclosing this, director general of police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta said, “Punjab police’s Bureau of Investigations (BoI) had taken up […]
The five Rafale aircrafts which arrived on July 27 at Ambala Air Force Station have been inducted to the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) 17 Squadron ‘Golden Arrows’ on Thursday. Speaking during the ceremony, air chief marshal RKS Bhadauria, said, “The Rafale aircrafts along with the skill of the Rafale aircrafts will form a lethal combination […]