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 12% employees share and 12% employers share) for another three months New Delhi, July 8 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today has given its approval for extending the contribution both 12% employees’ share and 12% employers’ share under Employees Provident Fund, totaling 24% for another 3 months from June to August, 2020, …

PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 Posted On: 07 JUL 2020 6:24PM by PIB Delhi New Delhi, July 7 (Punjab Post Bureau) – (Contains Press releases concerning Covid-19, issued in last 24 hours, inputs from PIB Field Offices and Fact checks undertaken by PIB)

New Delhi, July 7 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a high level meeting here today to review the progress of various infrastructure projects under construction in border areas. The meeting was also attended by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and other senior officials of the Ministry.              The state of …

Recovered cases nearly 4.4 lakhs, exceed active cases by more than 1.8 lakh New Delhi, July 7 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The WHO Situation Report 168 dated 6thJuly, 2020 shows that India has one of the lowest cases of COVID-19 per million population. India’s cases per million population is 505.37 while the global average is at 1453.25. The Chile has witnessed …

Using combinations of antiviral and host-directed therapies New Delhi, July 7 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with Laxai Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad, has sought regulatory approval to undertake four-arm randomized controlled phase III clinical trial. The design principle of the study is to rationally combine and repurpose antivirals (viral-entry and replication …

New Delhi, July 7 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The Government of India, along with the State Governments, has been relentlessly working for prevention, containment, and management of COVID-19. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), joined hands with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to combat COVID-19 in the state. BSIP, …

Qatar Airways new Doha-Toronto flight will conveniently connect with Amritsar Amritsar, July 6 (Punjab Post Bureau) – FlyAmritsar Initiative (FAI) welcomed the start of Qatar Airways thrice weekly flights to Toronto from their hubat Hamad International Airport in Doha on July 4, 2020. In a press release from Canada, FlyAmritsar North America Convenor, Anantdeep Singh Dhillon said that amidst the …

Central efforts lead to Significant Jump in testing in Delhi while the Positivity Rate declines New Delhi, July 6 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The Union Government and the State/UT governments have made a joint coordinated effort to effectively manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.              As part of the coordinated efforts, the Union government …

PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 Posted On: 06 JUL 2020 6:18PM by PIB Delhi New Delhi, July 6 (Punjab Post Bureau) – (Contains Press releases concerning Covid-19, issued in last 24 hours, inputs from PIB Field Offices and Fact checks undertaken by PIB)  

New Delhi, July 6 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Ministry of Home Affairs, in a letter to Union Higher Education Secretary, today permitted conduct of examinations by Universities and Institutions.  The final Term Examinations are to be compulsorily conducted as per the UGC Guidelines on Examinations and Academic Calendar for the Universities; and as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) approved …