The Punjab government claimed on Monday that the Government of India has given in-principle approval on Monday for setting up a National Institute of Virology Centre for the north zone in Punjab. Chief minister (CM) Amarinder Singh had proposed the centre some weeks back in light of the Covid pandemic. At present, the National Institute […]
On Saturday, one death and 58 Covid cases were reported in Chandigarh, taking the Union Territory’s death toll to 24 and case tally to 1,426. Now, the city has 529 active cases. So far, 872 patients have recovered from the disease. In Mohali, the biggest spike was observed with 95 fresh cases. The developments took […]
Captain Dipak Vasant Sathe, pilot of the ill-fated Air India Express flight who had died when the aircraft skidded off the runway in Kerala on Friday night was an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Pune. Survivors said the aircraft’s captain helped save their lives as he used his presence of mind and averted […]
For better liaisoning between the students, unaided colleges, management and government; Joint Association of Colleges (JAC) comprising 13 different associations of Punjab had held elections for the first time. Educationists have been appointed as its office bearers. Chandigarh University chancellor S Satnam Singh Sandhu has been appointed as the chief patron, and Nursing Colleges Association […]
The Punjab government has announced additional restrictions on Saturday in cities of Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala to contain the spread of coronavirus during the unlock 3.0. As per the new advisory, the night curfew will continue from 9pm to 5am within municipal limits of these three cities for all non-essential activities. However, essential activities […]
Covid cases have breached the 2 million mark in India and is close to touching the 20 million mark globally. This infection has gripped the world and put everything to a halt. Since it’s a novel disease, researchers are still studying it. A study by King’s College, London, has found that though there is one […]
Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday morning met the family members of the hooch tragedy victims in Tarn Taran. He also announced an increase in the ex gratia relief from ₹2 lakh to ₹5 lakh. He was accompanied by Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, director general of police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta, chief principal […]
Twitter Inc on Thursday announced that it will start labelling accounts of key government officials, institutions and state-backed media accounts. “Election labels contain additional information about Twitter accounts for specified political candidates. The label appears on the profile page of the candidate’s Twitter account and on the Tweets sent and Retweeted by the candidate’s account. […]
Girish Chandra Murmu was appointed as the next Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Thursday, a day after abruptly resigning as the first Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir. He will be the 14th CAG of India. The current CAG, Rajiv Mehrishi, will complete his term on Friday. […]
In an order issued on Thursday, Panjab University has issued guidelines to teachers regarding the conduct of online classes. It mentioned that online teaching for all ongoing undergraduate and post graduate courses should commence from August 3. For new admissions, the online teaching would start from September 1, 2020. The notice mentioned that there would […]