Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in the country from the New Year. Addressing a virtual function, the Minister said that FASTag will be enforced from January 1, 2021. Enumerating its benefits, he said, it is useful for the commuters as they will not need to stop […]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday appointed former pacer Chetan Sharma as the chairman of the national men’s selection committee panel. The BCCI in a release stated that Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Madan Lal, Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulakshana Naik on Thursday met virtually to select three members of […]
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has extended the cutoff date of admissions for all engineering, diploma courses in Punjab to 31st December. This announcement was made by Dr MP Poonia, vice chairman, AICTE & professor, during the Shiksha Utthan Samvad organised by Federation of Self Financing Technical Institutions (FSFTI) & Punjab Unaided Colleges […]
The Delhi High Court has directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to ensure that adequate testing and follow up checking of people diagnosed with Covid-19 shall be done keeping in view the latest guidelines issued by the Centre regarding travelers arriving from the United Kingdom. Observing that many travelers had travelled to India from […]
The Kendrya Sanatan Dharam Sabha (KSDS) cancelled its jatha for Katas Raj cluster of temples in Pakistan via Attari land border due to delay in granting visa reports. They blamed the Centre for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. KSDS president Shiv Partap Bajaj alleged that the ministry of external affairs delayed in sending the […]
Acclaimed Malayalam poet and environmental activist Sugathakumari, 86, passed away Wednesday following Covid-19 complications at the Medical College Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. For the past one week, she had been hospitalised with severe pneumonia after testing positive for Covid-19 and was on ventilator support after her body stopped responding to medication. Doctors said she was suffering […]
In 2019, deaths caused due to air pollution cost India a GDP loss of 1.36% valued at $36.8 billion (approximately ₹360 crore), according to a study published in peer-reviewed medical journal Lancet on Tuesday. The paper highlighted that India is bearing massive losses to its GDP and productivity due to health impacts of air pollution. […]
Farmers agitating at Ghazipur border cleared one side of the road on Tuesday evening to facilitate the traffic. The road connecting Delhi with Uttar Pradesh was blocked completely by farmers in the morning. Additional District Magistrate, Ghaziabad, Shailendra Kumar Singh said, “We insisted the farmer leaders to open the Ghazipur road which was closed since […]
Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Tuesday affirmed that he will be sitting on hunger strike on December 23, on the occasion of National Kisaan Diwas in protest against the farm laws. Vijay Inder Singla tweeted, “On the occasion of #KisaanDiwas, I shall be sitting on a hunger strike in protest against @BJP4India […]
Agitating farmers on Tuesday blocked Delhi’s Ghazipur border completely, as the protest entered 27th day. “Ghazipur border has been closed for traffic from Delhi to Ghaziabad. It was already closed for traffic from Ghaziabad to Delhi. Traffic has been diverted from Nizammudin Khattha, Akshardham and Ghazipur Chowk for onward journey via Anand Vihar, Apsara, Bhopra, […]