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Submission of Life Certificate by Central Govt pensioners extended till Feb 28, 2021

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

The government has extended the period for submission of Life Certificate by Central Government pensioners till 28th February next year. Earlier, the government had extended the timeline for submission...

Business and Commerce

EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar to embark on 6-day Bahrain, UAE, Seychelles visit

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar will be undertaking a visit to Bahrain, UAE and Seychelles from today. During the six day visit, he will be meeting his counterparts...

States

All educational institutions closed in Himachal Pradesh till December 31

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

Himachal Pradesh government has decided to shut all education institutions in the state till December 31 in view of rising cases of COVID-19 including imposition of night curfew from...

Foreign Secretary briefs ambassadors of various countries on Pakistani terrorists’ plot to carry out attack in J&K

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla briefed a select group of Heads of Missions on the planned terrorist attack in Nagrota district in Jammu and the implications of the incident...

States

UP govt revises public gathering guidelines due to surge in covid cases

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

Uttar Pradesh government has revised its guidelines related to the public gathering due to the recent surge in the covid cases. Under the new norms, the state government restricted...

States

PIL seeking FIR against Mehbooba Mufti for Tricolour remark filed in Delhi High Court

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking registration of an FIR against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for her controversial statement regarding...

Business and Commerce

Should have 100 million doses by January, Serum Institute to media

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

India will be given first priority for the delivery of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine after its British developers claimed success following mass testing, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume...

Business and Commerce

Cabinet Secy chairs NCMC meeting to review status of impending cyclone in Bay of Bengal

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba today chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to review the status of impending cyclone with the Chief Secretaries of Andhra Pradesh,...

Health World

Frequent and rapid testing can eliminate COVID-19 spread within weeks: study

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

A new study published by the University of Colorado Boulder and Harvard University researchers claimed that frequent and rapid testing could eliminate Covid-19 spread within weeks. Researchers said that...

World

Indian-American Mala Adiga appointed policy director of First Lady Jill Biden

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed an Indian-American Mala Adiga, as the policy director of his wife Jill Biden, who will be the first lady. Adiga has served as...

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