Ace director Mani Ratnam, who was admitted to a private hospital in the city where he underwent a test for Covid 19 on Tuesday, has tested negative.
CHENNAI: Ace director Mani Ratnam, who was admitted to a private hospital in the city where he underwent a test for Covid 19 on Tuesday, has tested negative.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has extended the PM CARES for Children Scheme till February 28, 2022. Earlier, the scheme was valid till December 31, 2021.

MOHALI: District Mohali today scripts history by administering first dose of COVID 19 Vaccination to twenty-six thousand people over and above its total adult population.

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said that children under the age of 12 could be eligible to receive a Covid 19 vaccine "soon", predicting that his government could green light the rollout for young Americans in the next few months.

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘biased attitude towards some states regarding the supply of Covid vaccines.

MUMBAI: Actress Amyra Dastur has a lot of gratitude and respect for her father Rohinton Dastur, a doctor by profession. The actress says she never saw her father, a surgeon in a South Mumbai hospital, complain about sleepless nights over the past one year.

MOHALI: Mohali is being developed as the Medical Hub in the state with government medical infrastructure being scaled up multi-fold, said Balbir Singh Sidhu, Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab while informing that Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has allotted 8.72 acres of land for the construction of New Civil Hospital in Mohali.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Government has launched a drive to eradicate tobacco use to save children and youth on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day.

NEW DELHI: Tech Mahindra on Monday announced its support to #OxygenForIndia, a volunteer-run organisation, to deploy 3,000 oxygen concentrators and 40,000 oxygen cylinders to help resolve the oxygen crisis in India.

CHANDIGARH: On the suggestion of Mr. Avinash Rai Khanna, Vice Chairperson Indian Red Cross, Punjab State Red Cross has started a “Tele helpline” in Collaboration with Strategic Institute for Public Health Education and Research (SIPHER) to provide counseling and guidance to the COVID 19 patients in home isolation.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisation (PFUCTO) has supported the ‘work from home’ demand of the PCCTU.

 NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday assured West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of all help to fight Covid in the state.

NEW DELHI: Even as the government school teachers have been assigned various jobs to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Delhi government is now giving "double trauma" to its teachers by sending them show cause notices for not reporting to work despite testing positive for coronavirus.

The Indian Premier League is finally back in India. The opening match of the season will be held in April in Chennai where last year’s champions, Mumbai Indians, will go against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The last day of the season is scheduled for May 30, 2021, in Ahmedabad.

GURUGRAM: The Haryana government's decision to reopen schools for classes 3 to 5 from February 24 has received a mixed response from the private schools in Gurugram.

MOHALI: Federation of Self Financing Technical Institution of India (FSFTI) & Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA) have urged Government to implement the AICTE recent notification including Punjab & other states.

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.

CHANDIGARH Haryana Health Department is happy to announce that no death due to COVID-19 has been reported today.

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: On completion of one year of Chairmanship of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), Election Commission of India today hosted an International Webinar on the Theme ‘‘Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting Elections during COVID-19 : Sharing Country Experiences’. It was an occasion for democracies world over to come together to share experiences of conducting elections during Covid19.

PATNA: The migration of labourers is turning out to be a poll issue for the opposition parties in Bihar. Tejashwi Yadav, leader of the opposition, has slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for being unable to create jobs in the state. As a result, workers who walked thousands of kilometres to reach their homes from other states during the lockdown are again heading towards states having more job opportunities.

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