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Preparing for UPSC Civil Services? Here's Your Weekly Digest for Current Affairs
If you are one of the aspirants, we got you covered. Every Saturday, we bring you major happenings from around the week:
Covid Vaccine: CDSCO Panel Recommends Emergency Use Authorisation for Serum Institute's Covovax
The WHO had on December 17 issued emergency use listing for Covovax, expanding the basket of jabs validated by the global health body against the viral disease.
Amit Shah Chairs High Level Meeting to Review Narcotics Coordination, Issues Direction to Curb Drug Menace
The minister reviewed the drugs abuse scenario and the mechanism to counter it in the country during the third apex-level meeting of the narcotics coordination mechanism NCORD
Uttar Pradesh Tops NITI Aayog's Health Index in Terms of Incremental Change
Uttar Pradesh ranked at the top in terms of incremental performance by registering the highest incremental change from the base year (2018-19) to reference year (2019-20).
Kerala Best State on Health Parameters, Uttar Pradesh Worst: NITI Aayog Rankings
Among smaller states, Mizoram emerged as the best performer in overall performance as well as incremental performance.
Over 41,000 Vacant Posts in Public Sector Banks, Most in SBI, PNB
According to this report, there are 8,05,986 sanctioned posts in different PSBs as on 1 December 2021 and of these, presently 41,177 posts are vacant.
Punjab Polls: BJP, Amarinder's Punjab Lok Congress, Dhindsa's SAD (Sanyukt) to Issue Joint Manifesto
Both Singh and Dhindsa, a Rajya Sabha MP, met with the BJP top brass, including president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at Shah's residence here to chalk out a strategy for the polls.
IBSAT 2021 Today: From Dress Code to Banned Items, Rules to Know Before Attempting Exam
The entrance exam will be held as an online computer-based test for applicants seeking admission to full-time MBA courses offered by various ICFAI Business Schools during the academic session 2022-24.
58% Indians Plan to Travel in Next 3 Months Despite Omicron Surge, Survey Finds
The survey by LocalCircles indicated that while such a large number of people have travel plans, only 18 per cent of citizens have made their bookings
UP Boards Exams 2022 in February, UPMSP Asks Schools to Hold Extra Classes to Complete Syllabus
UP Board 10th, 12th exams from February. Pre-boards in January. Over 52 lakh candidates register for boards.
Increasing Omicron Cases: Schools in These State Will Likely Close Again
Going by the last few years trend, schools are usually among the first places to get closed with spike in COVID cases, this year also many states are considering to do so.
Education Ministry Cautions Parents, Students Engaging with Ed-tech Firms
The advisory asks them to avoid using the automatic debit option for payment of subscription fee.
UP Govt Appoints Task Force to Upgrade ITI Courses, Launch New Training Programmes
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to discontinue the non-essential ITI courses and introduce new ones instead to cope up with the market demand.
Meghalaya Govt Organises Workshop to Review State's ECCE Curriculum
Age-wise curriculum with goals, competence, thematic integration, and group work was discussed during the workshop hosted at Asian Confluence, Laitumkhrah.
Year Ender 2021: Professors Most Searched Role by Job Seekers in 2021
In terms of the city, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Hyderabad continued to remain the top cities searched for jobs among the job-finders and jobseekers followed by Pune and Chennai.
XAT 2022 Admit Card Delayed, to be out Tomorrow
XAT 2022 admit card can be downloaded from December 24 onwards at xatonline.in. The exam is scheduled to be held on January 2.