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PSC exam date protest: Students call off stir after UPPSC announces new schedule

Prayagraj (UP), Nov 15 (PTI) Students called off their five-day stir on Friday, a day after the UPPSC agreed to their demand that the Provincial Civil Services Preliminary (PSC) examination should be held on a single day. The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) also announced on Thursday that it will form a committee on Review Officer (RO) and Assistant RO (ARO) exams to ensure transparency and fairness. The students had been agitating since November 11 to demand that the PSC and, RO and ARO preliminary exams be held on one single day. The UPPSC on Friday announced that the

PCS prelim exam to be held on Dec 22 in two shifts UPPSC

Prayagraj (UP), Nov 15 (PTI) The UPPSC (Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission) on Friday announced that the Provincial Civil Services (PCS) Preliminary Exam-2024 will be held on December 22 in two shifts. Giving this information, UPPSC Secretary Ashok Kumar said earlier the PCS Preliminary Examination was proposed for December 7 and December 8. Now it will be conducted on December 22 in two sessions — in the first session from 9.30 am to 11.30 am and in the second session from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. Since November 11, a large number of students have been agitating and demanding that

Type 2 diabetes risk slashed by 15% by consuming vitamin D

More than 212 million Indians are currently living with diabetes, with majority of living with diabetes suffering from type 2, according to alarming figures from recent Lancet report. The chronic condition, which results in excessively high blood sugar levels, is linked to the shocking thousands of heart attacks and strokes happen every week across the country. However, a UK recent research offers a glimmer of hope against this debilitating illness. The vitamin D was found to slash personal risk of diabetes by 15% in a study of individuals with ‘prediabetes’ – or elevated blood sugar levels. The US research team,

Govt to soon come up with new policy for senior citizens

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) The government will soon come up with a new policy for senior citizens, said Amit Yadav, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. He was addressing an event organised by The Association of Senior Living India (ASLI). The association will hold The 5th ASLI Ageing Fest, scheduled for December 6, 2024, in Bengaluru. Yadav said the ministry will come up with a new policy on senior citizens. He said it has already hold consultations with all stakeholders. The secretary highlighted the government’s decision to provide health coverage to all the senior citizens aged 70 years

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