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 […]
United States President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday banning all transactions with Chinese company ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and WeChat, within 45 days citing national security concerns. “The TikTok app may be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit the Chinese Communist Party, and the United States must take aggressive action […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left the repo rate unchanged at the existing 4% on Thursday, following a three-day meeting of its six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Addressing the media, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said, “An accommodative stance of the monetary policy will continue as long as necessary to revive growth and mitigate the […]
Fifty-four persons tested positive for coronavirus in Panchkula on Thursday, taking the toll to 816. These cases surfaced in Raipur Rani, Kalka, Pinjore, Nawannagar village and different sectors of Panchkula. There are 357 active cases in the district. As many as 456 persons have been discharged and the death toll is as three. A large […]
Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) Bhupinder Singh of Chandigarh Police, who has been sensitising people about coronavirus, tested positive on Thursday. Singh has been admitted to Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16. According to sources, the test was conducted on August 3 after he showed mild symptoms. He had been intensively campaigning in the […]
Mohali recorded 47 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the tally to 1,098 with 481 active cases. The cases were recorded from Kharar, Dera Bassi, Zirakpur, Nayagaon and Mohali. Dr Manjit Singh, Mohali civil surgeon, said, “All the patients have been admitted to the Covid care centre at Gian Sagar Hospital in Banur.” Mohali had […]
Girish Chandra Murmu, the first Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir, abruptly resigned as L-G on Wednesday. His resignation came exactly a year after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. According to sources, Murmu will likely be appointed as the new […]