CURRENT AFFAIRS

• 25, Feb 2021

Odisha government is gearing up for the covid-19 vaccination of the elderly and persons with comorbidities from March 1, in accordance with the guidelines of the Centre. In a letter to the district collectors and municipal commissioners, it has asked to complete all preparation

• 23, Feb 2021

In Varanasi, two-day festival of flowers, vegetables and horticulture was organised in which many organisations, nurseries and government departments participated. Our correspondent reports that locals enjoyed the beautiful creation of cut flowers, ornamental and medicinal plants, fru

• 20, Feb 2021

The Gujarat high court yesterday upheld the civic polls schedule and rejected the plea filed by Congress leaders regarding separate dates of counting of votes for both the phases of civic polls. The bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice I J Vora said the high court did not

• 20, Feb 2021

More than 1,000 fingerprint scanners and proprietary software have been deployed at all police stations across Karnataka. Even though Bengaluru is known as the technology capital of the country, police in the Silicon Valley of India was using the archaic method of using ink for t

• 18, Feb 2021

The ruling Congress has clinched the Urban body polls in Punjab. Congress won the six Municipal Corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh Municipal Corporation today. The Congress won in Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Batala and Pathankot Muni

• 17, Feb 2021

CHITRADURGA: At 5 am every day, this 88-year-old president of Chikka Yammiganuru gram panchayat sets out to inspect the works in the village, listens to people’s problems, and then visits her arecanut grove.Fondly called ‘Ajji’ (grandma in Kannada), her main a

• 17, Feb 2021

The number of states successfully completing the Ease of Doing Business reforms has increased to 15. Finance Ministry has said that three more states - Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have completed Ease of Doing Business reforms. On receipt of recommendation from the Departmen

• 16, Feb 2021

All Degree colleges across Kashmir Division reopened yesterday after a gap of almost 11 months. The colleges reopened in the valley amid a staggered attendance at many institutions. These colleges were closed in March last year following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. With the pan

• 13, Feb 2021

Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur completed his maiden two-day visit to Hanle in Changthang region yesterday. Mr Mathur also visited Indian Astronomical Observatory located in Hanley. AIR correspondent reports that on his 2 Day visit to Anley, one of the last villages near the act

• 11, Feb 2021

The two day visit of full Election Commission to Tamil Nadu to review poll preparedness will conclude today. The Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora will address the media this morning. Meanwhile, all major parties have unanimously demanded that the election commission conduct the