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New Delhi: Union Cabinet led by PM Narendra Modi Wednesday approved a 3 per cent increase in dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for Central government employees and pensioners. The latest hike raises the DA or DR from 50 per cent to 53 per...

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday announced three Artificial Intelligence Centres of Excellence (CoEs) focused on healthcare, agriculture and sustainable cities. The CoEs will be led by top educational institutions, in consortium with industry partners and startups. "The three CoEs in AI-‘healthcare,...

New Delhi: More than 1.55 lakh candidates have applied for the Prime Minister Internship Scheme, sources said Sunday. The source added that the internships will begin December 2. The dedicated portal for the scheme went live for registration at 5pm October 12 and the target...

Chennai: Seeking to enhance employee productivity and motivate them to perform better, a structural steel design and detailing company, Team Detailing Solutions has gifted as many as 28 cars and 29 bikes to its employees. A variety of brand new cars ranging from Hyundai, Tata,...

New Delhi: Aiming to benefit around 10 million young people over the next five years, the registration process for the PM Internship Scheme began Saturday, with nearly 80,000 internship opportunities across 24 sectors available on the portal, according to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The registration...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi Tuesday assumed charge as the chairperson of the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) in Cuttack. Sarangi took on this new role a day after offering voluntary retirement from the Indian Police Service (IPS), having last served as the...

New Delhi: Riding on higher enrolments, which allows for upward fee revisions, and students scouting for new course offerings, schools and colleges are expected to report 12-14 per cent revenue growth this fiscal, according to a report Tuesday. The growth will be despite the high...

Bhubaneswar: Claiming widespread irregularities in the examinations -- for the posts of RI, ICDS Supervisors, ARI, Amin, and SFS, conducted by Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission’s (OSSSC) -- a large number of aspirants under the aegis of Students Against Corruption organised a major protest in...

New Delhi: The State Bank of India (SBI) intends to recruit about 10,000 new employees during the current financial year to meet its general banking requirement and foster its technical prowess. SBI Chairman C S Setty said that the country's biggest lender will recruit around...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government regularised the services of 9,200 junior teachers engaged in primary and upper primary schools under the ‘Samagra Shiksha’ scheme, according to an official document. The School and Mass Education Department communicated the decision to the Director of Elementary Education Saturday. As per...