Central Goverment News

The UPS was designed to bring together features of both the old pension plan and the current NPS, promising a steady pension like the old plan for central government employees.

Election Commission is seeking a major reform in amending the rules for candidates contesting polls. Poll panel suggested a hefty fine on the candidates vacating one of the constituencies and forcing a bypoll.

Centre also said that the government is changing the existing guidelines and aiming to minimise it with the "changing epidemiology of the Covid-19 virus globally." The Union Health Secretary also asked all the states and UTs to continue monitoring the trajectory of cases on a daily basis.

India is about to get a new COVID-19 vaccine developed by Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila. This development comes as a huge relief as the country is anticipating the possible third COVID-19 wave to affect the children primarily.

DoPT has sent Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a "memorandum" mentioning the charges and giving him 30 days to reply Bandyopadhyay has been warned of major penalty proceedings which allow the Central government to withhold pension or gratuity, or both, either in full or in part

The Supreme Court on Sunday issued a slew of directions to the Central and state governments on the COVID-19 situation. SC directed the Centre that no patient shall be denied hospitalisation or essential drugs in any State or Union Territory for lack of local residential or identity proof.

Some major government and private hospitals in Delhi received fresh stock of medical oxygen in the early hours of Wednesday. These oxygen tanks arrived at Delhi hospitals late on Tuesday (April 20).