Bar Council of India has released a new schedule for All India Bar Examination XV. The exam will be held on January 24, 2021. The exam was earlier scheduled to be conducted on August 16 this year, but the present pandemic-induced lockdown and the rise in the number of Covid cases had forced the Bar […]
Wing Commander (Retd) Dr Vijayalakshmi Ramanan, the first woman commissioned officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF), has died at the age of 96. Dr Vijayalakshmi Ramanan, a recipient of Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM), died peacefully due to old age ailments on Sunday evening. Born in February 1924, Vijayalakshmi, an obstetrician and gynaecologist by training, […]
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) Goa, Kharagpur, Madras and Palakkad are organising a 13-week online course on ‘High-Performance Computing’, which is open to all. The three-month course is open to anyone who has an interest in the subject and is scheduled to start in November 2020. For students from any institution, the course is priced […]
Paytm on Monday announced it will launch credit cards with cashback offers, and offer an all-round digital experience. To enable the process, Paytm will partner with leading banks. The company aims to issue two million credit cards in the next 12-18 months and capture at least 10% of the credit card market in India which […]
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has once again revised its academic calendar for the current academic session (2020-21) due to the pandemic. According to a notification released by AICTE, the new session for the engineering courses will begin from December 1 and the last date of admission to first year engineering courses […]
India ranked 94 out of 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and was in the ‘serious’ hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking. Last year, India ranked 102 out of 117 countries. In […]
Each year around this time, Ramleela is enacted all across the country during Navratri. This year, the pandemic has dampened the spirit of the festival. But you can read & listen to tales of Ramayana on your phone. IIT alumnus Bhuwan Arora, with the help of a team of 25 college students from across the […]
Just two months after India received its first batch of Rafale jet fighter from France, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to receive its second batch of the combat aircraft in November. Just two months after India received its first batch of Rafale fighter jets from France, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set […]
India has completely banned the import of air conditioners (ACs) with refrigerants, a move that comes in the midst of India’s campaign to be self-reliant by promoting domestic manufacturing of such goods. The ban is imposed on both window and split ACs with refrigerants. “Import policy of air conditioners with refrigerants under HS Codes 84151010 […]
Popular playback singer Kumar Sanu has tested positive for Covid-19. The singer has been in the news as his son Jaan is one of the contestants of the ongoing Bigg Boss 14. The announcement was made on the official Facebook page of the 62-year-old singer. “Unfortunately Sanuda has tested Corona positive, please pray for his […]