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25 Jun

CBSE : SC to give judgement on CBSE exams.

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Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE Board Exams 2020 have not been cancelled. In the matter heard at the Supreme Court today, the national board sought for more time to decide. The board is expected to decide by tomorrow evening. The matter for the CBSE remaining board exams has been adjourned for the time being and would be heard on June 25. Students and parents may please note - the exams have not been cancelled. While the petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, the CBSE Board has been asked for a solution i.e. how the exams would be…

25 Jun

Delhi Plans Sero-Survey Of 20,000 Tests Across Age Groups

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New Delhi: Amid rising coronavirus cases in the national capital, the serological survey planned to be undertaken in Delhi soon, will conduct 20,000 tests across all districts and age groups. According to an official order, the exercise to be taken up with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), will be held between June 27 and July 10. This is part of the new COVID-19 response plan prepared by the Delhi health department, as per the recommendations of the committee, headed by NITI Aayog member V K Paul. The committee comes under the Union Health Ministry. According to the order issued…

25 Jun

100 Deluxe Rooms As Covid Centres For Karnataka Ministers

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Bengaluru: At a time when citizens are having a difficult time finding a hospital bed for coronavirus treatment, a new order in Karnataka has become controversial. 100 rooms at a deluxe government guest house in Bengaluru, Kumara Krupa, have been set aside as a Covid Care centre for ministers, MLAs, MPs and top government officials. Rooms have been set aside in one wing of the Kumara Krupa Guesthouse for the "management" of ministers, Members of Parliament, Legislative Assembly and Council and senior officers above secretary rank, according to the state government order that has raised questions about preferential treatment for "VIPs".…

25 Jun

Private Sector Can Now Build Rockets

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New Delhi: The private sector will now be allowed to carry out space activities like building of rockets, satellites and providing launch services, ISRO chief K Sivan said today. He said the private sector can also be part of the inter-planetary missions of the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved participation of the private sector in the entire range of space activities, including planetary exploration missions. Dr Sivan, however, added that ISRO's activities are not going to reduce and it will continue to carry our space-based activities including advanced research and development, inter-planetary and human space flight…

24 Jun

India deploys T-90 Bhishma tank in Ladakh

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Amid ongoing border row with China following violent clashes in the Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India has deployed T-90 Bhishma tank, considered to be the world's most infallible tank in the world, in the eastern Ladakh region. Indian Army deployed T-90 Bhishma Tank earlier this month as part of its preparations to respond to any challenge posed by China. In the war-like situations, India has also given a clear message that the encroachment on the Sino-India border will no longer be tolerated. The deployment of T-90 Bhishma also conveyed India's hidden message of gaining an…

24 Jun

Woman killed while trying to save daughter from alleged molesters

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A 52-year-old woman in south Bengal’s Howrah was killed Tuesday night after she was pushed off the stairs when she tried to stop two men from molesting her college-going daughter, police said. Police have arrested the prime accused Kush Bera. He is the husband of a local Trinamool Congress panchayat leader and was known to the girl and her family. The girl used to call him ‘uncle’. Following the incident, two Bharatiya Janata Party MPs, Locket Chatterjee and Soumitra Khan rushed to the spot. Villagers also blocked the road. According to the complaint lodged by the girl’s father, she had…

24 Jun

Aarogya Setu App To Be Used With Special Technology For Surveillance

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Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday launched yet another dole scheme under which financial assistance of Rs 15,000 will be given to women of Kapu community in the age group of 45-60. The Kapu Nestham scheme is one of the pre-poll promises made by the chief minister. In a period of five years, they will be getting a total of Rs 75,000, an official statement said. About Rs 354 crore is distributed to over 2.36 lakh women having rice cards and belonging to Kapu, Balija, Telaga and Ontari communities. The amount is deposited as an unencumbered…

24 Jun

PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline extended

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Deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar cards has been extended. Now you can link your PAN card and Aadhaar card till March 31, 2021. The old deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar was June 30, 2020. Now, by March 31, 2021 all Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) in India will have to be linked with respective Aadhaar numbers. If any person fails to connect his PAN number with Aadhaar, his PAN card will become inoperative within a month. Persons with inoperative PAN cards will be considered equivalent to those who do not possess a PAN card. Such persons may also be fined…

24 Jun

Delhi Crosses 70,000 Coronavirus Cases

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New Delhi: Delhi reported 3,788 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, government data showed Wednesday evening, taking the total number of cases in the national capital to 70,390. Over the same 24 hours 64 deaths were linked to the infectious virus, taking the total number of deaths to 2,365. This translates to a mortality rate of 3.35 per cent, which is marginally higher than the national rate of 3.17 per cent. Data also showed that 2,124 people were discharged from hospitals after receiving treatment; the number of people to have fought of the virus has risen to 41,437. Delhi's…

24 Jun

Pakistani Man Breaks Into Dubai Villa

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Dubai: An Indian businessman and his wife were brutally murdered by a Pakistani man inside their villa in Dubai during a break-in and robbery bid, according to a media report. Hiren Adhiya and Vidhi Adhiya, both in their 40s, were killed inside their villa at the Arabian Ranches. Dubai Police arrested the Pakistani man in less than 24 hours, Gulf News reported on Tuesday. Brigadier Jamal Al Jallaf, Director of Criminal Investigation Department at Dubai Police, said the daughter of the couple called the Dubai Police command room to report the incident. "Patrols and forensic experts went to the two-floors villa.…