Punjab

Gurveen Kaur Class 12 Stedent gets honor from Bharat Bhushan Ashu

Ludhiana, July 17, 2020 : Punjab Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister  Bharat Bhushan Ashu today honoured  Gurveen Kaur, a student of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, who has scored 99.8% in humanities in Class 12. She scored a perfect hundred in four subjects- English, Political Science, …

Delhi

Van Mahotsav-2020: Delhi govt has distributed 1.5 lakh saplings so far

NEW DELHI, July 17, 2020, In a scenario where the world was grappling with the harsh realities of the climate crises; the citizens and respective governments of Delhi had been commendably working against all odds to increase the green cover of Delhi for the last 27 years. In 2020, the …

Punjab

MAYANK FOUNDATION LENDS SUPPORT TO BUDDING PAINTER ARSHDEEP SINGH

FEROZEPUR, July 17, 2020: : Any talent, if it finds an opportunity, comes to the surface and the world is left with awe and amazement that even an ordinary person can possess a rich repertoire of an art. Such is the example of a 21-year lad Arshdeep Singh, who has …

Chandigarh, Exclusive, Health

States achieving the SDG target increase from 3 to 5

CHANDIGARH–Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan, speaking on the success achieved by India on the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), said, “Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of India has declined by 9 points in one year as per the Special Bulletin on MMR released by the Registrar General …

Punjab

15 more patients cured and discharged

Jalandhar, July 17, 2020: As many as 15 more patients including four from the local civil hospital, five from COVID Care Centre in Government Meritorious School was cured and discharged besides six completed their home isolation period on Thursday. The patients were undergoing treatment in civil hospital and COVID Care …

Sports

US athlete Kevin Castille accepts sanctiion for Anti Doping rule violation

Colorado Springs, Colo–USADA announced on Thursday that Kevin Castille, of Baton Rouge, La., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation. Castille, 48, tested positive for 19-norandrosterone (19-NA), the main urinary metabolite of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) and other 19-norsteroids, as …

CORONA, Exclusive, World

Dollar supported by virus fears, euro awaits word on stimulus

New Delhi, 17 July 2020- The dollar held onto gains against most currencies on Friday as worries that a resurgence in the coronavirus is starting to curb economic activity drew safe-haven flows into the U.S. currency. The euro was well supported by hopes that European officials will agree on fiscal …

CORONA, Exclusive

India tops a million coronavirus cases as pandemic hits villages

India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than one million coronavirus cases, behind only the United States and Brazil, as infections spread further out into the countryside and smaller towns. For India’s population of around 1.3 billion, experts say a million cases are still …