Indian students’ aspiration to study and work in Canada has become more of a possibility closer to their homes as Chitkara University, a leading private University near Chandigarh, has signed an ‘Academic Mentorship’ agreement with Trent University– Canada’s leading Public University near Toronto– in the faculty of Bachelor of Business Administration or BBA. Under this very […]
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is inviting applications from interested candidates for a free online course called ‘Machine learning to Deep Learning: A journey for remote sensing data classification’. The course will be conducted through the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS). The programme coordinator is Dr Poonam S Tiwari, from the IIRS DLP team. […]
Adopting a graded approach to reopening, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday ordered extension of Covid restrictions in the state to June 15 with certain relaxations, including opening of shops till 6 pm and private offices to function at 50% strength. Night curfew will remain in force from 7pm to 6am on […]
In an effort to combat the pandemic and stabilise the healthcare infrastructure Trident Ltd on Monday handed over a total of 100 oxygen concentrators to Tej Partap Singh Phoolka, DC of Barnala, at Barnala to aid the government in the fight against Covid-19. Padma Shri recipient Rajinder Gupta, chairman of Trident Limited, said, “We believe in […]
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank approved the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 for states and Union Territories (UTs) in which Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kerala got the highest grade (A++). Five states and Union territories scored more than 90% for the first time and reached Level-2 or Grade I++ in […]
Underlining the importance of trees on World Environment Day, Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday announced that 80 acres of ‘Oxi-van’ (a forest) will be created in Karnal district for people to visit. “We have announced many projects today. One of them is setting up of a forest called ‘Oxi-van’ which will […]
Facing criticism over alleged diversion of Covid vaccines to private hospitals at hefty margins, the Punjab government on Friday issued an order for taking back Covid vaccines from private hospitals with immediate effect. The Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that instruction of providing one-time limited vaccine doses to private hospitals has been withdrawn by […]
Punjab Government on Friday postponed the implementation of 6th Pay Commission report and extended the term of the Commission till August 31, 2021. Finance Minister Manpreet Badal had announced to implement the Pay Commission recommendation from July, 1, 2021. The decision of state government to extend the term has triggered wide spread resentment among the […]
The Haryana government has announced that the Haryana Board of Secondary Education (HBSE) Class 10 board exam results will declared by 15 June. According to Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal, the HBSE 10th board result 2021 will be declared by 15 June. Students are advised to keep an eye on official HBSE website bseh.org.in for […]
Punjab School Education and Public Works Minister Vijay Inder Singla released a list of best government schools for the session 2020-21 on the basis of overall grading. Singla said that the ranking of the schools has been divided into three categories; middle, high and senior secondary schools and top performing schools from each district would […]