CHANDIGARH/MOHALI:A two days National Seminar on the theme ‘Transition from School to Higher Education in the context of National Education Policy 2020’ was organized from September 21-22, 2020 by the Centre for Academic Leadership & Education Management (CALEM) Panjab University, Chandigarh under the aegis of PMMMNMTT, MHRD (GOI). About 280 participants from various Universities and Colleges around the country attended the seminar.

CHANDIGARH:As Covid cases in the state continue to surge, with peak projections suggesting further increase in the coming weeks, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered ramping up of facilities in the 13 districts with the maximum CFR and augmentation of medical oxygen supplies from within and outside the state to ensure that there is no shortfall of the same.

CHANDIGARH:Scaling up the state’s fight against Covid, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder on Tuesday launched the Corona Fateh Kits, which the state government will start distributing immediately to all Covid patients in isolation, whether at home or in hospitals.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab’s three Government Medical Colleges will participate in the Phase 3 trials of the COVAXIN being tested by Bharat Biotech Ltd in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) against the Covid pandemic.

CHANDIGARH:To give impetus to industry, the procedure for Startup registrations has been further simplified in the state.

CHANDIGARH: The Department of School Education has now decided to conduct online monitoring of funds.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:A city court on Tuesday dismissed a Kerala government plea to withdraw a 2015 case registered against six sitting legislators at that time on the charge of vandalism in the Assembly and directed them to personally appear in court on October 15.

JALANDHAR: In order to ensure free online coaching to the promising and deserving girls to prepare them for competitive exams under the ‘Beti Padhao-Beti Bachao’ campaign, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori on Monday inaugurated the course’s classes in the district administrative complex.

NEW DELHI:Pointing out that a nation's future depends on what its youths think today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said it was time for them to be future-ready and future-fit.

CHANDIGARH:First day of reopening of schools for students of Class 9 to 12 in
Chandigarh has been encouraging.

MUMBAI:  ASUS India, the Indian arm of Taiwanese IT major, on Monday forayed into the commercial PC market in India with launching "Expert Series" brand with 11 devices across laptops, desktops and All-in-Ones, targeting the key enterprise segments in the country.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The Kerala government on Monday said it had enhanced the allowance given to transgenders for sex-change surgeries and set aside Rs 50 lakh for the purpose.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Government has extended the deadline for applying for various scholarship schemes for the current academic session. The scholarships (2020-21) can be applied on the e-Punjab portal.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Government has decided to make physical education related activities compulsory for school children. This decision will be implemented after reopening of school following Covid-19.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The Customs, as part of its probe into the sensational Kerala gold smuggling case, on Monday questioned the driver and owner of the vehicle which transported a baggage consignment from the Air Cargo complex to the UAE Consulate here on March 4.

NEW DELHI: O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has hired 165 new faculty members in the academic session 2020-2021.
With the addition of these new faculty members, JGU has 725 full time faculty members across nine schools and three research and capacity building institutes.

SRINAGAR:Schools in Jammu and Kashmir will reopen on Monday for Classes 9 to 12, but the entire responsibility for the safety of the students will be on the parents.

SHIMLA:In a bid to provide tourism a leg-up and administering revenue generation a
booster dose, the state government has decided to take a number of initiatives to capitalize on
the inflow of tourists. 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has warned that as many as 20 million girls may never return to schools even after the global Covid-19 crisis is over, the media reported on Sunday.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Secretary Ms. Vini Mahajan today directed all the Deputy Commissioners, Commissioners of Police, Senior Superintendent of Police, Municipal Corporation Commissioners, Civil Surgeons and senior IAS officers of the state to redouble all efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

CHANDIGARH: Amid growing nationwide concerns of shortage of Medical Oxygen for COVID patients, Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Saturday asked Oxygen manufacturers in the state to ramp up production, while directing the concerned government departments to ensure 24X7 power availability and adequate supply of empty cylinders to ensure uninterrupted and seamless manufacturing.

CHANDIGARH: To bring more transparency and further strengthen the work of Goverment Medical College and Hospital, Patiala, Professor of Anatomy Department Dr. Rajan Singla has been appointed as Principal of the college, While Professor of Medicine Department Raminder Pal Singh Sibia has been selected as vice principal and Dr. Harnaam Singh Rekhi has been designated as Medical Superintendent of GMC Patiala.

CHANDIGARH: School education and public works minister Punjab Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Saturday, lashed out at the Modi government for deceiving people by passing three bills stating agriculture reforms as these bills will break the backbone of Punjab which is the food basket of India. The cabinet minister termed the bills anti-farmer and said that these bills would pose a major threat to the people connected agriculture, directly or indirectly. Mr. Singla said that to justify their move, BJP leaders were continuously distorting facts as per their political convenience.

CHANDIGARH: In compliance with the directives of Unlock 4.0, issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Punjab Government on Saturday allowed the opening of higher education institutions for Ph.D scholars and post graduate students of technical and professional programmes requiring laboratories and experimental works from September 21. However, schools, colleges and coaching centres will remain closed.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Government has set a target to provide a loan of Rs. 1127.75 lakh during the year 2020-2021 to uplift the economic standard of the backward class youth of the state.

NEW DELHI/ BEIJING:Justifying its internment camps for Uyghur Muslims, the Chinese Communist Party regime has admitted that it has subjected, on an average around 1.3 million people to re-education since 2014.

ISLAMABAD:At least 16 more educational institutions in Pakistan were closed in the last 24 hours due to non-compliance of health guidelines or standard operating procedures amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Friday.

NEW DELHI:Two viruses have taken over the world. One, a minuscule creature called Covid-19, has killed more than 8,00,000 people around the globe, but is slowing down and will most likely be eliminated in the coming months.

NEW DELHI:The Rajya Sabha on Friday passed two Bills -- the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

MUMBAI:India's deaf community has lauded the efforts of actor Ranveer Singh to make Indian Sign Language an official language.

BATHINDA: Central University of Punjab Bathinda (CUPB) becomes students top choice for quality higher education in India as more than 83000 applicants have applied for admissions through CUCET-2020 against 1267 seats offered by CUPB in its various 42 Post-Graduate & 35 Doctoral Programmes.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday approved waiver of fee for Change of Land Use (CLU) and several other charges for Satsang Bhawans established, or to be established in future, by Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) across the state.

CHANDIGARH:To ensure universal coverage of rural households with piped water connections, the Punjab government has decided to accord first priority to providing Functional House Tap Connections (FHTCs) in the remaining 17.59 lac households from the tied grants for water under 15th Finance Commission to meet its 2022 target of 100% piped water connectivity.

CHANDIGARH:To aggressively promote higher education in the state, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday decided to reduce the requirement of constructed area from 50,000 sq. mt. to 30,000 sq. mt. for multi-domain University, and from 20,000 sq. mt. to 15,000 sq. mt. for single-domain University.

ALIGARH:With the land lease given to the Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh having expired last year, the descendants of the Jat king, late Mahendra Pratap Singh (1886-1979), a freedom fighter and social reformer who donated land to various educational institutes, including the AMU, have demanded that the land be returned to them.