CHANDIGARH: Warriors of Chandigarh who fought against COVID 19 pandemic during its hey days are in high spirits. Spreading cheer all around is the news from the Glory of SKOCH Awards conferred in Online mode for "Order-of-Merit" at ZOOM platform on Monday. Around 500 participants across the country attended the function.

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday that the state government will give free tabs to 9.5 lakh students in government schools and madrasas to facilitate online education in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic.

CHANDIGARH: “Punjab Youth Development Board will initiate sports kits distribution to youth clubs soon.” It was disclosed by Chairperson of the Board Er. Sukhwinder Singh Bindra in a meeting held at District Administrative Complex Mohali.

PATIALA: Research Centre for Technology Development for Differently Abled Persons, Department of Computer Science, Punjabi University Patiala, to the best of the knowledge, being the first such centre in India is continuously working for the welfare of differently abled persons by developing software for making their lives better.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education and Public Works Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Thursday, lashed out at Shiromani Akali Dal leaders for politicizing the farmers protest and called out the hypocrisy of Parkash Singh Badal political opportunism. The cabinet minister said that Akali stalwart Parkash Singh Badal has not returned Padam Vibhushan with his own assent but it was the panic of losing political ground in Punjab which forced him to return the civilian award. He added that Badals, who had openly supported the new farm bills passed by Modi government, had suddenly taken U-turn over the issue fearing zeal of protesting farmers.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Languages Department has announced Sahitya Ratna and Shormani Awards for 18 different categories of Literature and Art. These awards were finalised in a meeting of the State Advisory Board chaired by the Punjab Higher Education and Languages Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa at Punjab Bhawan Chandigarh today.

NEW DELHI: Farmers marched down the roads of the national capital opposing the three agricultural laws seeking a guarantee and a legislation on the Minimum Support Price (MSP). However, the Union government says that such a demand is impractical.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has made it official that it is going to shut down Poly, its 3D platform, next year.
In an email sent to Poly users, Google said the service will completely shut down on June 30, 2021, and will stop accepting uploads on April 30, 2021.

HYDERABAD: Repolling got underway on Thursday in Old Malakpet division of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) amid tight security.
According to Telangana State Election Commission, polling in all 69 polling stations began at 7 a.m. and will continue till 6 p.m.

CHANDIGARH: Mohali which is rapidly developing into the next big IT hub in the State and the strong presence of IT giants such as Infosys, Software Technology Park of India (STPI), Quark city, Bestech Towers is a testimony to the city’s growing stature as a leading player in the IT sector at global level.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab cabinet on Wednesday approved 100 percent exemption from the Motor Vehicle tax for state stage carriage buses and buses of educational institutions/school/college buses till December 31, 2020, effective from March 23, to support private transport operators amid the Covid pandemic. The cabinet gave post-facto approval to the notification issued in June to exempt these vehicles from MV tax till May 19, 2020, and also okayed notification for further extension from May 20 to December 31, 2020.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved the establishment of a world-class university campus by the Amity Education Group in Mohali’s IT city, thus paving the way for the development of the area as a major educational hub.

CHANDIGARH: School education minister Punjab Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Tuesday, said that soon Punjab government is going to convert 1377 more schools into smart schools and Rs. 357.74 crore will be spent on the digitization of these schools.

LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government has brought down the rate of Covid-19 RT-PCR tests.

CHANDIGARH: Manjit Singh Nijjar, Coordinator in the UK and NRI of the Year for the NRI Affairs Department of the Punjab Government, met Pawan Dewan, Chairman of the Punjab Large Industrial Development Board, at his office in Udyog Bhawan. In addition to Nijjar,Harjinder Singh Chahal, the head of the Indian Overseas Congress, Germany, was also honoured by Dewan.

AYODHYA: In an unexpected development, Mahant Paramhans Das of Tapasvi Chhavni Ayodhya, has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind listing his seven demands.

NAWANSHAHR:A meeting of the presidium of Government Teachers' Union, Punjab was held under the chairmanship of state president Sukhwinder Singh Chahal. Disclosing this here today state general secretary Kuldeep Singh Daurka said that a contingent of the activists of Government Teachers' Union Punjab will leave Shambhu Border for Singhu Border in Delhi tomorrow at 4 pm to support the ongoing struggle of farmers against recently passed farm black laws.

NEW DELHI: Microsoft has revealed that Vietnamese government-backed hackers are deploying cryptocurrency-mining malware alongside their regular cyber-espionage toolkits.

BALRAMPUR (Uttar Pradesh): Three persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old journalist and his friend, who died in a fire in his house. The accused had used alcohol-based sanitizer to burn the house so that the murder could look like an accident.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Monday said that the state government has made all necessary arrangements to prevent possible second wave of COVID-19. She also urged the people to follow the safety norms strictly and "Mask hi Vaccine hai" is  the mantra to defeat the pandemic till such time a vaccine is available.

NEW YORK: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza have announced a plan to safely reopen school buildings for in-person classes with more rigorous testing protocols in place.

CHANDIGARH: Panjab University, Chandigarh, on the basis of  instructions of Director, Higher Education, Chandigarh Administration has issued guidelines for B.Ed Admissions for Colleges of Education ,situated in Chandigarh only and affiliated to Panjab University .  

AMRITSAR: A colourful religious procession `Nagar Kirtan’ was today organized by Khalsa educational institutions under Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) to mark the 551st Parkash Purab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The Covid-19 cast a long shadow over the march as the participation was cut down from 30,000 students to bare minimum merely by the management in the scaled down ceremony.

DUBLIN:  The Irish government has announced night that the current Level-5 or the highest Covid-19 restrictions will be lowered to Level-3 on December 1, with some special adjustments made for the upcoming Christmas holiday.

PATIALA:Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University is organizing International Webinar on the topic “Significance of open University System: Realization of the vision of Jagat Guru Nanak Dev ji” on 29th November, 2020 .

JAIPUR: Ahmed Patel is no more and his sudden demise has left a number of questions unanswered in Rajasthan politics.
The raging question being discussed by one and all in political circles is who will replace Patel in the 3-member committee formed to address the political crisis which erupted soon after the former deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot launched a rebellion against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in July.

ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan has joined the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO), a Saudi-led initiative, aimed at promoting digital cooperation among member states, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced.

SYDNEY:The Australian Museum in Sydney, which is the oldest one in the country, will reopen on Saturday after a A$57.5 million renovation, with free general admission to the public till June 30, 2021.

PATIALA: The Gian Sagar Hospital run by the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust is all set to welcome new students of the MBBS course as counselling for medical college admissions at the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences has been completed.

CHANDIGARH:The Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Mr. Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa today handed over appointment letters to four Social Education and Panchayat officers on compassionate grounds. Those who got appointment letters included Karanbir Singh, Prince Jindal and Monika Jindal, the fourth candidate Simrat Kaur was not present on the occasion and her appointment letter would be sent to her.

VIENTIANE:The dengue cases in Laos have reached 7,928 since January, along with 12 deaths, the Ministry of Health said.According to a report from Center of Information and Education for Health under Lao Ministry of Health on Thursday, the highest number of dengue patients were reported in Lao's capital Vientiane at 1,823.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore has accepted the resignation of Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala Dr. BS Ghuman.According to a spokesperson of Chief Minister’s Office Additional Chief Secretary Forests and Wildlife Ravneet Kaur has been given the charge of VC until further orders.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai on Thursday said he has tested positive for coronavirus infection. Rai suffered from corona-related symptoms after which he underwent a test which turned out to be positive. He is now in self-quarantine.

CHANDIGARH: Considering the prolonged demand of Mohali’s residents, State Government has approved the Nursing & Pharmacy Colleges under Dr. BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences in Mohali.