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Submitted by publisher on 28 December 2020 The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Religious Affairs and Information, acting on the advice of the Ministry of Health, hereby informs that the return of students to school for the start of Hilary Term 2021, has been placed on hold. However, within the week commencing Jan. 4, 2021, officers of this Ministry will seek to engage managers, principals, teachers and other key personnel to discuss plans for the new t...

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan , in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives , has launched a survey of overseas Pakistanis to analyse the recent trends...

So why did AICTE not think of this? The fact is that such obduracy is routine for MHRD, and also the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Grants are made to individual faculty members and sometimes, institutions. The state departments, from education to industries, cannot convey their priorities or interests. Moreover, most of the open-ended funds are available at the Centre. For example, the annual funds with DST exceed Rs 4,000 crore while Maharashtra operates an S&T budget of about Rs...

Govt to Increase EOBI Pensions in 2021 The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, has announced that the Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) pensions will be increased to Rs. 10,000 next year. He stated this at a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, adding that “efforts are afoot to further increase the pension to Rs. 10,000”. The SAPM said that the government is sincere with pensioners as it h...

1597 Kapurthala, December 23 Pushpa Gujral Science City in association with the Himachal Pradesh State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, celebrated National Mathematics Week by organising online workshops. As many as 900 students from different schools of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab participated in various events. Kamlesh Kumar Pant, Principal Secretary, Environment, Science and Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh, was the chief guest. He said the Himachal Government was c...

Almost 70% Housing Societies in Pakistan are Illegal: Report More than 69% of the housing societies in Pakistan are illegal, Geo news has claimed based on official documents. According to details, 6,000 out of 8,767 housing societies in the country are not registered with relevant departments. ALSO READ These 6,000 illicit housing societies either exist on paper or their documents remain incomplete to date. Around 4,000 cases against 500 illegal housing societies for defrauding citizens of Rs. ...

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CHENNAI – Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan Dec. 21 promised freebies such as free computers with 100 mpbs speed internet connection to every household in the state and payments for their domestic work to women who are homemakers. He also ruled out any electoral alliance with the AIADMK and the DMK and added that in January an announcement will be made in this regard. Haasan said if there is an alliance with the Rajinikanth’s yet-to-be-launched party, then the chief ministerial can...

RTE Forum asks FM for extra Covid-19 package for safe, secure education By Counterview Representative. Dated: 12/22/2020 12:09:52 AM The civil rights group Right to Education (RTE) Forum has asked Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to “adequately enhance” public financing for universalization of school education, even as prioritizing education spending “by adopting and adhering to a clearly laid down financial roadmap.” In a submission, signed by Ambarish Rai, national convener,...

Money for stay-at-home women, high-speed internet, and ‘Ministry of Possibilities’ among the announcements Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan on Monday announced his party’s ambitious ‘Seven Point Governance and Economic Agenda’ that promises to create ‘Green Channel Government’ through which statutory certificates and documents to citizens are issued ‘without the citizens applying for it’ and ‘Online Homes’. The party press release said that it plans to provide each...