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New Delhi:  India's COVID-19 tally went past 69.06 lakh on Friday after 70,496 fresh infections were registered in the span of 24 hours while the number of active COVID-19 cases fell below 9 lakh after a month, said the Union health ministry. The total number of confirmed cases mounted to 69,06,151. The toll climbed to 1,06,490 with 964 more people succumbing to the viral infection, according to the latest data released by health ministry at 8 am. The total COVID-19 recoveries have surged to 59,06,069 pushing the recovery rate to 85.52 percent. While there are 8,93,592 active cases comprising 12.94 percent of the total caseload. The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.54 percent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August and 40 lakh on 5 September. It went past 50 lakh on 16 September and crossed 60 lakh on 28 September. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 8,46,34...

New Delhi : There will be no posters outside the houses of COVID-19 patients under home isolation in the national capital, official sources said on Thursday. They said the move is aimed at minimising the stigma resulting from the affixing of such posters at the front doors of such patients. "There will be no poster outside the houses of COVID-19 patients who are under home isolation," a source said. According to authorities, there are currently 12,890 COVID-19 patients under home isolation in Delhi. Those having mild symptoms or are asymptomatic are suggested to stay under home isolation under the Delhi government's policy. Until now, posters were affixed at the entrance of of their homes. On Thursday, Delhi's COVID-19 tally crossed the three-lakh mark with 2,726 fresh cases, while the toll due to the disease mounted to 5,653 with 37 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours. On Wednesday, the case tally stood at over 2.98 lakh with 2,871 fresh cases, while the de...

The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Assam, has declared the Polytechnic Admission Test (PAT) result 2020 on its official website  dteassamexam.in . According to a report by The Times of India , the Assam PAT 2020 result was announced at 2:30 pm on 7 October. The marks have been uploaded on the official website of the DTE Assam today (8 October). To check the score, candidates will be required to key in their Assam PAT 2020 roll number and date of birth on the official website. The Assam PAT 2020 was held on 3 October at various centres in the state. A report by Times Now said that the directorate will soon announce the date and time of uploading documents by the students for online counselling/ verification. Apart from the official website, the date and time will also be announced in local daily newspapers or channels. Candidates will be called for the counselling round in order of their merit in the Assam PAT 2020 exam. Steps to Check DTE Assam PAT result 2020...

The online registration process for State Bank of India (SBI) specialist officers (SO) recruitment 2020 will end on Thursday (8 October). Candidates can apply online in the careers’ section at the bank’s official website: sbi.co.in. According to a report in Hindustan Times , the recruitment drive is being carried out to fill 92 posts. The positions for which applications have been sought include manager, deputy manager, data trainer, data translator, senior consultant analyst, assistant general manager, data protection officer and risk specialist. Details of SBI SO recruitment 2020 vacancies: - 11 posts for deputy manager (security) (backlog) - 17 posts for deputy manager (security) (current) - 5 posts each for manager (retail products), two-years post-doctoral fellowship, deputy manager (system officer), risk specialist-sector (scale-III), risk specialist-sector (scale-II) - 1 post each for data trainer, data translator, senior consultant analyst, assistant general manager...

The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Assam, has declared the results of Polytechnic Admission Test (PAT) 2020 on its official website - dteassamexam.in . The Assam PAT 2020 result was announced at 2.30 pm on 7 October and marks were uploaded on the official website of the DTE Assam today ( 8 October ), according to The Times of India . To check the score, candidates will be required to enter their Assam PAT 2020 roll number and date of birth on the official website. The Assam PAT 2020 was held on 3 October at various centres in the state. The directorate will soon announce the date and time of uploading documents by the students for online counselling/verification, according to a report . Apart from the official website, the date and time will also be announced in local daily newspapers or channels. Candidates will be called for the counselling round in order of their merit in the Assam PAT 2020 exam. Steps to Check DTE Assam PAT result 2020 online: Step 1 : Log on ...

New Delhi: In a major relief to city restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delhi government said that these establishments will be allowed to operate round-the-clock and requirement of tourism licences will also be removed. The government also announced other measures such as initiating a process to abolish police licences and health trade licenses from local bodies for restaurants to end ''permit raj'' in the industry, according to a statement. The decisions were taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and it was attended by restaurant owners. The Delhi government said such steps will help the industry generate more employment through higher demand. This will set an example of the ''Delhi Model'' of ease of doing business, it said. "On the request of restaurateurs to allow 24x7 business, it was agreed that restaurants will be allowed to operate at all hours subject to the condition that they submit an undertaking t...

The Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) has released a notification for the UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) examination 2021 on its official website - upsc.gov.in . Candidates can apply for the exam by 27 October up to 6 pm. According to a report by Hindustan Times , the online application can be withdrawn between 4 and 10 November. The recruitment test is being conducted to fill a total of 40 vacancies out of which 16 posts are for Scientist ‘B’ (Hydrogeology) Group A, 15 for Chemist, Group A, 6 for Scientist ‘B’ (Geophysics) Group ‘A’, and 3 for Scientist ‘B’ (Chemical) Group ‘A’. UPSC in a notification said that the posts of geologist and geophysicist have been removed from the Combined Geo-Scientist Examination, 2021 since there is no vacancy for the positions. The Commission said two new services have been added to the exam. They are - Scientist-B (Geophysics), Group A and Scientist-B (Chemical), Group A and the post of Jr. Hydrogeologist (Scientist B) has been ...