Day: October 4, 2020

UPSC declares results of civil services main exam

Civil service (prelims) test held, COVID-19 norms followed

11:06 pm October 4, 2020

Puducherry: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Sunday conducted the Civil Service Preliminary Examination 2020 in eight centres here with adherence to COVID-19 protocol. Out of the 2,908 candidates who chose the Union Territory as their centre of examination, 1,590 appeared for it in the forenoon while 1,582 sat for it in the afternoon, […]

Union Minister Jitendra Singh releases book on Assam’s heritage

11:02 pm October 4, 2020

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday released a coffee table book – ‘Discovering the Heritage of Assam’- with a foreword by Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. The voluminous book with pictures and photographs on glaze paper presents an absorbing compilation of heritage, faith, beliefs and traditions of different ethnic tribes and sub-tribes living in Assam, the largest […]

Scientists discover two new species of pipeworts in Western Ghats

10:56 pm October 4, 2020

New Delhi: Scientists from the Agharkar Research Institute in Pune have recently discovered two new species of pipeworts in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Karnataka, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said on Sunday. The species reported from Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra has been named Eriocaulon parvicephalum (due to its minute inflorescence size), and the other reported from […]

Navjot Sidhu attends Rahul Gandhi-led tractor rally in Pb’s Moga, slams Centre over farm laws

10:51 pm October 4, 2020

Moga: Punjab MLA and former state cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday attended a tractor rally led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi here to protest the Centre’s new farm laws. Gandhi arrived here on Sunday for holding tractor rallies across Punjab from October 4 to 6. The rallies, named ‘Kheti Bachao Yatra’, would cover more than 50 km in various districts and […]

Hathras case: Accused defended at meeting held at former BJP MLA’s residence

10:51 pm October 4, 2020

Lucknow: Scores of people held a meeting Sunday outside the house of a former BJP MLA in Hathras where they defended the accused in the alleged gangrape of a Dalit woman who later died, and demanded registration of an FIR against her family members. Heavy police force was deployed in the vicinity of the residence of former BJP MLA Rajvir Singh Pehalvan, located […]

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