Family pension: Centre allows woman employees to nominate son, daughter

New Delhi, 29/1: In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday. Previously, family pension was granted to the spouse of a deceased government servant or pensioner, while other…

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Taiwan faces almost 1 million monthly cyber attacks from China

Taipei: Chinese hackers launch an average of 900,000 attacks on Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (LY) each month, Taipei Times reported citing legislature’s information technology (IT) department’s statement.The Legislative Yuan, is the highest legislative organ,whicb exercises legislative power on behalf of the people.Cheng Hui-pin, the head of the IT department, revealed this information in response to questions…

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Dharmendra Pradhan meets Union Min Bhupender Yadav, requests upgradation of Sambalpur Zoo

New Delhi: Union Education Minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan met Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav to raise key environmental concerns related to Odisha’s Sambalpur region. During the meeting, Pradhan urged the Centre to upgrade Sambalpur Zoo to the “Medium Zoo” category. This would pave the way for the inclusion of new wildlife species and the…

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Work with commitment to better the life of poor and disadvantaged – CM

Bhubaneswar, 6/12: People are at the centre of our democratic system. So your every thought and every action should be directed towards the betterment and welfare of the people of Odisha said Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik while addressing the ‘Nijukti Parba’ programme for the newly recruited Odisha Civil Services officers at the State Convention…

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Centre mulls roping in Air Force to transport NEET-UG examination papers to prevent leak

New Delhi, 27/5: The government is mulling to rope in defence forces, specifically the Air Force, to help transport question papers of the upcoming NEET-UG re-examinations on June 21 to avert paper leaks. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that all the wings of the government involved in the examination process are now working on…

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EC bars ex-Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao from campaigning for 48 hours over remarks on Congress

Hyderabad, 1/5: The Election Commission on Wednesday barred Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K Chandrashekar Rao from campaigning for 48 hours for his “objectionable” remarks against the Congress. The EC said his remarks at a press conference Sircilla on April 5 were violative of the provisions of the model code of conduct and its advisories….

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