The Centre on Thursday said it has rescheduled the anti-polio drive to January 31 in view of the nationwide Covid vaccine rollout on January 16. The Polio National Immunisation Day, which was earlier scheduled for January 17, has been defered to “ensure that Covid management and vaccination services, as well ...
Read More »Covid: Serum receives purchase order from govt, vaccine to cost Rs 210 per dose
As the COVID-19 vaccination drive in India set to roll out soon, Serum Institute of India (SII) officials confirmed that it has received a purchase order for its vaccine Covishield from the central government. The Centre has placed purchase order with Serum Institute for 11 million doses of Covishield. “We ...
Read More »Free COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers; 30 crore people in India will be vaccinated in next few months: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Chief Ministers of all states ahead of the massive COVID-19 vaccination drive, which is scheduled to start from January 16. Before confirming that over 3 crore people will be vaccinated in the first phase, he announced that healthcare workers will be vaccinated free of ...
Read More »Punjab govt increases pension for freedom fighters
Punjab Government has decided to increase the freedom fighter pension from Rs 7,500 per month to Rs 9,400 per month from April 1, 2021. Declaring that the Punjab government is committed to the welfare of the freedom fighters of Punjab and their legal heirs, Punjab Cabinet Minister, Om Parkash Soni ...
Read More »J-K Students Association urges Punjab CM to roll-back offline mode of examination for IKGPTU students
Jammu and Kashmir Students Association wrote a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on 31st december urged him to cancel the offline mode of examination of IK Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU), concerns about the safety of students concerning the COVID-19 outbreak. In a Joint Statement by President ...
Read More »E-Learning : Motive and challenges
The global COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to new ways of conducting the teaching-learning process online. For some this has been a small move but for others, this is a completely new way of education. Most country have already launched e-learning in their schools. Many schools in India have also ...
Read More »Indian trial Covid-19 vaccine rollout in 4 states
The Central Government prepared an event for the roll out of the vaccine for Covid-19 across the country. A dry run has been planned in 4 states – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, and Punjab. Government of India has chosen Punjab to conduct the dry run for COVID19 vaccine at five ...
Read More »Fans Early Await release of Sachin’s Biopic
Scores of fans used to eagerly wait for the ‘Little Master’ to come out to bat when he was part of the Indian cricket team. Sachin Tendulkar may have retired, but his fan following hasn’t. The wait continues even today. This time, the wait is for his biopic; ‘Sachin: A ...
Read More »CBSE 12th Result Delayed; Delhi HC Directs CBSE to Retain Marks Moderation Policy
The long wait of scores of students just got longer. Students of Class 10th and Class 12th eagerly wait for the CBSE board results. Class 12th results were likely to be announced on today, May 24th, 2017. However, the latest verdict of the Delhi High Court directing the CBSE to ...
Read More »Post Demonetization 25% Increase in Tax Payers Base
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced Tuesday that the demonetization exercise initiated by the government in November 2016 has helped increase the number of tax payers in the country by 9.1 million people. The addition represents a 25% increase in the number of taxpayers as compared to last year. Moreover, ...
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