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The Ministry of Education (MOE), along with the country’s National Testing Agency (NTA) is all set to conduct the highly anticipated JEE Main and NEET examinations in the first half of September. While JEE Main is to be held from 1st to 6th September, NEET is scheduled for 13th of September. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the examinations had been ...

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India had declared the list of 27 Sportsperson who will be conferred with Arjuna Award for 2020 and 5 awardees of Khel Ratna Award. In a first, the awards will be held virtually on 29 August, the National Sports Day, instead of the Rashtrapati Bhavan this year due to the COVID-19 ...

Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan, known as Chetan Chauhan in the cricket world, died due to COVID-19 complications today at the age of 73.  He was shifted from Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, Lucknow to the Medanta hospital, Gurugram earlier this week after his health deteriorated. Chauhan represented India in 40 Tests and will always be remembered for forging successful opening partnerships with ...

The construction of Katra (Jammu & Kashmir) – Delhi express road corridor has started. One of its kind, the mega project will be ready by 2023, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh confirmed on Wednesday (August 12). When the express road corridor will put into operation by authorities, the travel time will be reduced to around 6.5 hours from Katra to ...

Noted Urdu poet and Bollywood Lyricist Rahat Indori dies in Indore hospital today (11 Aug) due to cardiac arrest. He was tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted in hospital for treatment when he suffered two heart attacks. Rahat Quraishi was born on January 1, 1950 in Indore and popularly known as Rahat Indori. He was also a former professor ...

The submarine Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) was launched by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (August 10). The submarine cable connection was launched through video conferencing due to ongoing situation of COVID-19 pandemic. The PM said in a tweet, “Today, 10th August is a special day for my sisters and brothers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. At 10:30 this ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK) located near Raj Ghat, Delhi on Saturday (August 8). It will be an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission. The Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK) is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and it was first announced by the prime minister on April 10, 2017, on the occasion of ...

Ahead of the ground-breaking ceremony of the foundation stone-laying of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on Wednesday, the temple trust, Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra on Tuesday shared images of the proposed model of the grand temple. In a Twitter post, the Trust described the temple as “a unique example of Indian architecture”. Chandrakant Sompura, the architect of the grand temple, ...

The 13th edition of Indian Premier League, IPL 2020 is scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates from September 19 till November 10. IPL is the professional Twenty 20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament was originally scheduled to commence on 29 March 2020, but was suspended ...

Shakuntala Devi, the Vidya Balan starrer movie was released online yesterday (31 July). The film is about the life of Shakuntala Devi, who was popularly known as the Indian “Human Computer.”  The biographical comedy-drama film is written and directed by Anu Menon and produced by Sony Pictures Networks India and Vikram Malhotra under his banner Abundantia Entertainment. The film was ...