The Directorate of Tourism, Jammu under the active guidance of Sarmad Hafeez, IAS, Secretary, Tourism Department, J&K organised bird watching and photography competition at Gharana Wetland on December 16, 2022. A group of over 100 participants was flagged off by Sunaina Sharma, JKAS, Joint Director Tourism, Jammu in presence ofContinue Reading
John Carmack, the consulting Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Meta-owned Oculus VR, is leaving the company, and complained later on social media that his internal post announcing resignation ‘got leaked to the press.’ To prevent the press from picking ‘few choice bits’ from the post, Carmack shared it on Facebook,Continue Reading
Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) has notified various Group B and Group C Specialist posts and Service posts under various departments. The application process will commence on December 31 and the last date for online registration is January 28 and the last date for the submission of the application formContinue Reading
The hillside of Rano Raraku volcano on Rapa Nui feels like a place that froze in time. Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai – the monolithic human figures carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Rapanui people — remained untouched until recently. Some are buried fromContinue Reading
Delhi in the 1950s. The novel opens at Connaught Place. The narrator, Madhusudan, has just got off a bus and is on his way to a coffee house. Someone calls out to him. An old friend, Harbans, whom he hasn’t seen in nine years. And that’s how simply one ofContinue Reading
The forty-eighth meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council began in New Delhi on Saturday morning, and is being chaired by Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “Union Finance Minister Smt. @nirmalasitharaman chairs the 48th meeting of the GST Council via virtual mode, in New Delhi, today. Along with theContinue Reading
The National Institute of Design has extended the deadline for submitting the NID Design Aptitude Test (DAT) 2023 application form from December 16 to December 22, 2022. Interested candidates who have not applied yet can apply online through the official website at admissions.nid.edu. The Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims willContinue Reading
Reuters | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, London British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will limit ticket sales for flights to London’s Heathrow Airport during planned strikes by border agents over Christmas and New Year’s Eve to reduce disruption, the airlines said on Friday. UK Border Force workers at several majorContinue Reading
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Punjab has released Punjab NEET UG 2022 Counselling schedule. The schedule has been released for mop up, stray round on the official site of BFUHS at neetug.bfuhscounseling.com. The last date to update the choices is till December 17, 2022. The processing of seat allotmentContinue Reading
Centre has slashed the windfall profit tax levied on domestically produced crude oil and on export of diesel and Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). The new tax rates are effective from Friday. Revised Windfall tax rates Levy on crude oil produced by domestic companies- ₹1,700 per tonne from ₹4,900. Tax onContinue Reading