Новости за 22.12.2016

A day after the Centre announced to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for undergraduate medical admissions (NEET-UG) in eight languages, the state government demanded inclusion of Odia as a medium in the overarching pre-medical entrance for admissions in medical colleges across the country.

A 6-year old child was sent to shelter home after his father aged 40, was found HIV positive on Wednesday. The father and son from West Bengal had recently come to Noida in search of a job.

In the wake of demonetisation, the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) under the ministry of electronics and information technology recently organised a training programme at various IT companies as well as in Dadha area in Bhubaneswar to teach people the usage of different cashless transactions.

Navnoor Kang, 38, head of portfolio strategy at the New York State Common Retirement Fund and Deborah Kelley, 58, a managing director of institutional fixed income sales at a New York-based broker-dealer, have been charged with participating in a "pay-for-play" bribery scam involving the NYSCRF.

The state government on Thursday launched the Biju Sishu Surakshya Yojana, a scheme to nurture the orphan and HIV-infected children residing in different child care institutions and orphanages.

Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) caught two persons with 7.400 kg of Charas smuggled from Nepal. Cost of recovered Charas was estimated as Rs 1.40 crores. Both arrested persons were sent to jail on Thursday.

This is the third case since 2011 when children have been taken away from their Indian-origin parents by the authorities on the grounds of abuse. In December 2012, an Indian couple was jailed on charges of ill treatment of their children. Later, they were were sent back to Hyderabad.

Keeping its promise of launching more bus routes for the newly launched city bus service, Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Thursday started its buses along two new routes. The city bus service aims to provide connectivity between the twin cities of Noida and Greater Noida as well as intra cities.

Scores of farmers staged a protest outside the residence of Rama Raman, Principal Secretary, Industries Uttar Pradesh and Chairman of Noida Authority on Thursday afternoon. Commuters had to face a harrowing time when protesting farmers blocked an entry point to Noida near Delhi, throwing traffic out of gear. To maintain order, traffic coming from Delhi and moving towards Delhi from Noida and Greater Noida had to be diverted by the traffic police for more than an hour.

Centre is working towards getting various women-centric schemes and policies implemented at various levels across states in India, Union minister of state for women and child development Krishna Raj said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi.

Arvind Kejriwal claimed the Narendra Modi government has demonetised Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes to “waive the bank loans of his rich businessmen friends that amount to lakhs of crores of rupees”.

Scores of farmers staged a protest outside the residence of Rama Raman, Principal Secretary, Industries Uttar Pradesh and Chairman of Noida Authority on Thursday afternoon.

The Income Tax (I-T) Department on Thursday seized at least Rs 2.35 crore in new currency denominations from a business establishment at Nagaon Barabazar in Assam's Nagaon district. The owners of the business establishment were being interrogated by I-T officials.

With demonetization having already reduced footfalls to restaurants and showrooms, Sector 18 market owners have today made a special appeal with the Noida Authority and the traffic police department that inward traffic from the Great India Place or from the Atta Market to the central hub of Sector 18 markets not be restricted during the festive week starting Christmas and especially on December 31.