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On 2 November, 2020, hundreds of nurses went on an indefinite strike over their pending salaries from August to October. The strike called by the Nurses Welfare Association (NWA) comes after the outfit wrote a letter to North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash over non-payment of salaries and said it will "begin an indefinite strike from 2 November". Doctors and nurses of Hindu Rao, Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Hospital, Girdhari Lal Maternity Hospital, and Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis — all run by the Delhi municipal corporations — have been protesting over non-payment of dues since March and have also been threatening to resign en masse. While the medical staff at hospitals run by the Govt of NCT of Delhi were quarantined in five-star hotels and doctors who lost their lives received compensation of no less than Rs one crore, the staff at MCD-run hospitals have been fighting for as little as their own salaries. The party in power in t

The 101st birth anniversary of Purushottam Laxman Deshpande — better known as Pu La Deshpande — has been marked with a Google Doodle designed by the noted Mumbai-based artist Sameer Kulavoor. The doodle depicts the writer, playwright, musician, composer, actor, director, and philanthropist at his harmonium, raising his free hand to underscore a note. "Being born and brought up in Mumbai/Maharashtra, one comes across Pu La Deshpande's name and works constantly in popular culture — music, writing, films, theatre, literature, and more. He was known to be a sharp observer of life, and one can see that in his literary work. There is a wildly popular Marathi song we were exposed to as kids in school called ' Naach re mora ' (Dance peacock, dance) — I learnt much later (to my surprise) that he composed the song!" Kulavoor was quoted as saying, about his inspiration for the Google Doodle. The reference to the song is woven into Kulavoor's illustration, and the art

With over 7,000 cases reported in 24 hours, Delhi overtook Maharashtra and Kerala as the largest contributor to the new coronavirus cases in the country, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. A total of 50,356 new coronavirus infections and 53,920 recoveries were recorded in the country in the 24 hours between 8 am on Friday and Saturday, the health ministry said. Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain said the National Capital was under the onslaught of a third wave of infections while Indian Medical Association attributed 13 percent of the increase in COVID-19 cases to air pollution and cautioned that N-95 masks and air purifiers may not be enough. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government announced that classes 9 to 12 of schools will reopen from 23 November. 77% new cases from 10 states, says Centre India's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 84,62,080, while the toll climbed to 1,25,562 with 577 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of people who have recu

Imphal:  Around 91.54 percent of total 1.35 lakh voters exercised their franchise in by-elections to four Assembly seats in Manipur on Saturday, amid tight security and strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocol, an Election Commission official said. Polling ended peacefully and the fate of total 11 candidates in Lilong and Wangjing-Tentha seats in Thoubal district, Saitu in Kangpokpi and Wangoi in Imphal West were sealed in EVMs in 203 polling stations, he said. Lilong reported the highest voter turnout at 93.29 percent, followed by Wangoi (91.19), Saitu (90.88) and Wangjing-Tentha (90.86), an EC report said. The by-elections were necessitated after Congress MLAs of the four seats resigned from the Assembly and quit the party. They have joined the BJP. The ruling BJP is contesting in three seats and supporting an independent candidate in Lilong seat, while the opposition Congress is in the fray in all four constituencies. The Wangoi seat will witness an interesting battle as the

Araria: The RJD candidate from Jokihat Assembly segment Sarfaraz Alam, who seeks to wrest the seat from his own brother now contesting on an AIMIM ticket, has been booked for violating Model Code of Conduct, a senior official said on Saturday. Instructions were issued to lodge an FIR against Alam after he was spotted at a polling station wearing a badge denoting lantern the RJDs poll symbol, said District Magistrate Prashant Kumar. However, Alam claimed it was an "oversight" and that he would "fully cooperate with any legal proceedings" that may arise out of the incident. Alam is the son of late Mohd Taslimuddin, a former Union minister who enjoyed tremendous following in the Kosi Seemanchal region of Bihar, which had earned him the epithet "Seemanchal Gandhi". Alam has represented Jokihat, a seat formerly represented by his father, four times — twice on the RJD's ticket and as many times for the JD(U). In a by-election held two years ago followi

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) will hold the LSAT 2021 in India over a period of two weeks starting from 10 May. According to a report in The Indian Express , the exam will be held online and students will be able to take the law entrance test from the confines of their homes. The decision has been taken due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The report adds that LSAT-India will be administered through an artifical intelligence-assisted remote proctoring to ensure that the exams are given with integrity. The exam will be divided into several days and slots, to accommodate a large number of test-takers. Candidates who are interested in the examination can register at discoverlaw.in/register-for-the-test . The report added that students who register prior to 15 January will have to pay a special early-bird price of Rs 3,499. Students who register post 15 January, will have to pay a sum of Rs 3,799. https://ift.tt/2Ii47qQ Speaking about the LSAT-India 2021 test with NDTV ,

The Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) has declared the UPSEE Round Two results for seat allotment on the official website of AKTU — upsee.nic.in . Students who are willing to take admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University can check the UPSEE phase two seat allotment result. Candidates will have to log in at the AKTU website with their UPSEE roll numbers and passwords to access the UPSEE Round Two seat allotment results. Those who have been shortlisted in phase two of the UPSEE allotment will be required to confirm their admission online and pay the fee. The seats have been allotted on the basis of ranks obtained, options entered during the online UPSEE counselling application and the availability of seats. Here's how to check the UPSEE Seat Allotment Round 2 Result: Step 1: Visit the AKTU website upsee.nic.in Step 2: On the home page, click ‘Allotment Result - Round 2’. This will take you to a new window.

An estimated 54.17 percent of the total 2.35 crore electors exercised their franchise till 5 pm in the 78 assembly seats of Bihar where polling is underway in the third and final phase of elections on Saturday. Provisional figures released on the Election Commission's voter turnout app show that the turnout in Kishanganj district was the highest at 59.99 percent till 5 pm while the lowest was in Vaishali, with 49.97 percent electors casting their votes. In Purnia, one person was reportedly shot by a bike-borne assailant near a polling booth when he was going to cast the ballot. The deceased, Beni Singh was the brother of Bittu Singh alias Aniket Singh, a youth RJD leader who has several cases against him and was arrested by STF in November of this year, as per  India Today . Locals and the victim's family created a ruckus after the incident, after which the police and other officials arrived at the spot to control the situation. Police was quoted by PTI as saying that the

An estimated 46 percent of the total 2.35 crore electors exercised their franchise till 3 pm in the 78 assembly seats of Bihar where polling is underway in the third and final phase of elections on Saturday. In Purnia, one person was reportedly killed after the police opened fire to disburse a crowd trying to disturb voting. The deceased, Beni Singh was the brother of Bittu Singh alias Aniket Singh, a youth RJD leader who has several cases against him and was arrested by STF in November of this year, as per  India Today . There has been no official statement on the cause behind his death. Meanwhile, Neeraj Kumar Jha, an independent candidate from Benipatti constituency, succumbed to COVID-19 today as the seat in Madhubani area continues to vote in the third and final phase of Assembly elections. Jha had been admitted at AIIMS Patna ten days ago after being infected by the coronavirus. People boycotted voting at 12 booths in Katihar in protest against barriers not being set up at t

17:32 (IST) Bihar Election 2020 LIVE Updates India Today - Axis My-India exit poll at 6 pm The exit polls will be key in deciphering early trends to project a winner — whether Nitish will be granted a fourth straight term in the Chief Minister's Office or whether the electorate are placing their faith in the "new wave" brought on by Tejashwi's leadership in the RJD. The India Today - Axis My-India exit poll will be live at 6 pm, as soon as the polling ends in the third and the final phase of the Bihar Assembly elections. Times Now C-Voter exit poll is also slated for 6 pm. 17:15 (IST) Bihar Election 2020 LIVE Updates Subhashini Yadav, Sunil Kumar among other key candidates Othe key candidates include wife and daughter-in-law respectively of recently deceased ministers Vinod Kumar Singh (BJP) and Kapil Deo Kamat (JDU), respectively, are in the fray from the late legislators' respective seats Pranpur and Babubarhi. Another keenly watched candidate is Sub

Sriharikota: India's PSLV-C49 carrying its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine customer satellites lifted off from the spaceport in Sriharikota on Saturday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49/EOS-01) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 3.12 pm at the end of a 26-hour countdown. The lift-off was originally scheduled for 3.02 pm, but was delayed by 10 minutes due to debris on the path of the vehicle, ISRO said. This is the first mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) this year. EOS-01 is intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The customer satellites are from Lithuania (1), Luxembourg (4) and USA (4). from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/2IdioFo Press Trust of India

Eighty-two-year-old Father Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, has filed an application before a special court, seeking that he be allowed to use a straw and sipper in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai, where he is currently lodged. Swamy was arrested from his home in Ranchi last month in connection with the violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January 2018. The accused, through his lawyer Kritika Agarwal, moved the plea before the special NIA court on Friday seeking straw and sipper in jail citing health issues. NDTV reported that the activist has been diagnosed with the Parkinson's disease. The special court judge DE Kothalikar has asked the national probe agency to file its reply on the matter on 26 November. NIA officials have said that investigations established that Swamy was actively involved in the activities of the CPI (Maoist). The NIA has also alleged that he was in contact with "conspirators" — Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, S

The final round of counselling for AP POLYCET 2020 will commence on 11 November, the Department of Technical Education (DTE) Andhra Pradesh, has released a notice informing candidates. Earlier, the round 1 seat allotment results of AP POLYCET 2020 was released on the official website. Candidates who had given the exam can check the notice on the official website appolycet.nic.in . According to the official notification of the Department of Technical Education of Government of Andhra Pradesh, the qualified and eligible candidates of AP POLYCET 2020 who had participated in the Phase-I Counseling have been informed to exercise their options afresh using their old password and Login ID for the leftover seats which are now available, and consequential vacancies that would be available in the process of allotment. The statement further added that candidates who have not attended for Certificate Verification earlier should get their certificates verified online/offline from designated hel

The Medical Counselling Committee on Saturday declared the final list for the first round of NEET counselling for admissions into MBBS and BDS undergraduate courses under the All India Quota. Candidates who had qualified the NEET 2020 exam for medical courses, and registered for admission under the All India Quota can check their seat allotment results on the official website mcc.nic.in . According to a report in Hindustan Times, the MCC, had on Friday, declared a provisional list of students eligible for NEET counselling. Candidates were asked to inform about any discrepancy in the result to the MCC via email by 8 pm of 6 November. According to a report in Times Now, the Medical Counselling Committee is conducting NEET Counselling 2020 only for the 15 percent All India Quota (AIQ) seats. NEET Counselling for admissions via state quota is being conducted by respective state authorities. During the counselling, candidates will need to get their documents verified for seat allotm

SSC CHSL exam 2020 notification has been released by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on its official website ssc.nic.in. As per the notification, the Commission will conduct SSC Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level exam 2020 in computer based test (CBT) mode from 12 to 27 April 2021. The recruitment exam is being conducted to fill vacant posts of lower division clerk (LDC)/ junior secretariat assistant (JSA), postal assistant (PA)/ sorting assistant (SA), data entry operator (DEO), and data entry operator Grade 'A'. The total number of vacancies is yet to be specified by the Commission. Candidates will have to submit application only in online mode at ssc.nic.in by 15 December 2020. The deadline to pay online application fee is 17 December 2020 up to 11:30 pm. According to a report by Hindustan Times , candidates will be required to pay application fee of Rs 100. Women, candidates belonging to SC/ ST, PwD categories and ex-servicemen are exempted from payment of fee.

IIFT MBA 2021: The online application window for the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) MBA programme has been opened at iift.nta.nic.in . NTA, which is the IIFT 2021 MBA administering body, will allow candidates to register online for the MBA IIFT 2021-23 academic programme till 20 December. According to reports , the IIFT MBA application process includes registration, filling the online IIFT MBA application form, uploading of scanned documents and paying the IIFT MBA examination fee. The exam authority has so far not given the date for release of admit cards for the entrance exam. The exam, however, is scheduled to be held on 24 January, reports said . Here's how to register for IIFT MBA 2021: Candidates need to first visit the official website iift.nta.nic.in and click on the IIFT application form 2021. Following the submission of basic details, they have to create IIFT MBA login IDs and re-login with the system-generated ID. After filling in personal and academic de

Maharashtra school education minister Varsha Gaikwad on Friday said that a proposal to reopen schools , which have been shut since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been sent to the state government. The Maharashtra government's proposal  pertains to Classes 9 to 12. Gaikwad reportedly said that the education ministry has proposed restarting classes in schools for Class 9, 10, 11 and 12 from 23 November. She added that they have also proposed that the exams of Class 10 and Class 12 should be conducted in May, instead of February or March. According to Gaikwad, holding exams in May becomes crucial because students hailing from rural areas will not be able to reach their examinations due to heavy monsoon between June, July and August. She added that since students have been unable to attend physical classes, her priority is to get them back to their classes before they sit for their board exams. In an interaction with The Times of India , the school education minister stated

The Delhi Police on Friday registered a case against YouTuber Gaurav Wasan for allegedly misappropriating funds received as a donation for the owner of ' Baba Ka Dhaba ' , an eatery in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar. Kanta Prasad (80), the owner of the eatery, had shot to fame after a video of him tearfully recounting the desperation of the months since the lockdown was shot by Wasan and shared widely across social media platforms recently. The case was registered against the YouTuber following a complaint lodged by Prasad on 31 October, nearly a month after the video went viral. In his complaint to police, Prasad alleged that Wasan "intentionally and deliberately shared only his and his family/friends bank details and mobile numbers with the donors and collected a huge amount of donation... without providing any information to the complainant". Wasan, however, denied the allegations. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said, "After we r

The University of Delhi (DU) will be releasing the fifth cut-off list on Saturday, 7 November on its official website at du.ac.in. This cut-off list will help students seeking admission in undergraduate (UG) courses offered under the university for the academic session 2020-21. According to a report by NDTV , the Delhi University's fifth cut-off list 2020 will be published individually by the affiliated colleges and a combined UG cut-off list for Science, Arts and Commerce programmes will be made available separately on the official website. Students can check if they made the cut in their desired course and college as the cut-off list will mention the category-wise and course-wise cut-off marks required for admission. The entire process is being conducted online to keep students off the campus in the pandemic stricken environment. The report added that the varsity will be allowing the students to take fresh admission against the fifth cut-off list even though they have already t

Bihar is preparing to vote in the final phase  of an election that is anyone's game, as the current BJP-JD(U) dispensation under Nitish Kumar faces an anti-incumbency sentiment and the main Opposition party, RJD, sees a resurgence. All parties have their hats in the ring with feverish campaigns and an array of star campaigners including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for the recently-formed Grand Secular Democratic Front. Exit polls predictions will begin on television channels soon after polls close at 6 pm on Saturday evening. The exit polls will be key in deciphering early trends to project a winner — whether Nitish will be granted a fourth straight term in the Chief Minister's Office or whether the electorate are placing their faith in the "new wave" brought on by Tejashwi's leadership in the RJD. However, it is important to note that w

06:53 (IST) Bihar phase 3 election voting latest updates Owaisi factor to overshadow NDA, Grand Alliance in Kosi Seemanchal All the Assembly segments spread across 19 districts fall in north Bihar. Areas falling north of the Ganges in the state are referred to as north Bihar in common parlance. Many of these fall in the Kosi-Seemanchal region where the contest between NDA and Grand Alliance will be held under the shadow of the Owaisi factor given the fact that the AIMIM has fielded candidates in many of the Muslim-dominated seats and the Hyderabad MP also carried out a hectic campaign in the state. The Kosi-Seemanchal region also happens to be the main area of influence for former MP Pappu Yadav, whose Jan Adhikar Party is determined to make its presence felt and prove a point to the RJD, PTI reported. Both draw their support from the state's most populous community — the Yadavs. 06:47 (IST) Bihar phase 3 election voting latest updates Voting in 78 seats to decide fate

Around 2.35 crore people are set to cast their vote in the third phase of the Bihar Assembly election tomorrow (7 November). So far, the first two phases of the election held on 28 October and 3 November saw a voter turnout of 55.69 percent and 53.51 percent, respectively. Seventy-eight Assembly constituencies are set to go to polls on Saturday. The combined voter turnout in the two phases was recorded at 53.79 percent on 3 November, the Commission said. The turnout was 55.35 percent in these constituencies in the 2015 Assembly polls, the EC added. "The electoral exercise going on in the country is by far the largest exercise in the world amid the pandemic... the voter turnout in the first phase has been exceptionally good. The voter turnout has further continued and the confidence level has been much more in this phase," EC Secretary General Umesh Sinha said, announcing the phase two turnout figures. RJD leader and grand alliance's chief ministerial face Tejashwi Y

Voters in 78 constituencies are set to exercise their franchise in the third and final phase of the Bihar Assembly polls tomorrow (7 November). All eyes are on the last phase as stakes are high for the ruling NDA and the Opposition's Grand Alliance led by an apparently resurgent RJD. About 2.34 crore voters, spread across 78 segments of the 243-strong Assembly, will decide the fate of 1,204 candidates, including the Assembly Speaker and 12 members of the state cabinet. Additionally, polling will also take place for the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat where a by-election has been necessitated by the death of sitting JD(U) MP Baidyanath Mahato. The JD(U)'s bid to retain the Parliamentary seat by fielding his son Sunil Kumar is facing the primary challenge from Congress candidate Pravesh Kumar Mishra, a journalist-turned-politician. Like Valmiki Nagar Parliamentary seat, all the Assembly segments spread across 19 districts fall in north Bihar. Areas falling north of the Ganges i

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued show cause notice to the Secretary of Maharashtra legislative Assembly asking him to explain in two weeks why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for his letter to journalist Arnab Goswami. In the letter, he purportedly cautioned him against disclosing house notice to the top court. The apex court, which also granted protection from arrest to the journalist in the Maharashtra Assembly breach of privilege motion case, took strong note of 13 October letter of the Assembly Aecretary and said he has prima facie committed its contempt. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde expressed anger when senior lawyer Harish Salve, appearing for Goswami, referred to the contents of the letter. The bench said it was "surprised" that the officer in question has written such a letter which stated that the Assembly proceedings were confidential and should not have been disclosed. "This is a serious matter and amounts