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Five Day Work Week
The Sikkim government recently did away with its 5 days work week rule and the new changes are to come into effect from April 1st, 2020 onwards. 5 Days Week in Sikkim The Sikkim government had introduced the concept of 5 days week in 2019. Under this rule, the government servants had to work only ..
Topics: Effectiveness • Productivity • Sikkim • Time
The 2017 World Development Information Day (WDID)
The World Development Information Day (WDID) is observed every year on October 24 to draw the attention of the world to development problems and the necessity of strengthening international cooperation to solve them.
Topics: International development • Time • World Development Information Day
Eminent journalist Fareed Zakaria suspended for plagiarism
Well-known Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria suspended by Time Magazine and CNN as their columnist and show host after he confessed the charges of plagiarism. Zakaria was accused of writing copied text in his column the case for gun control in the August 20, 2012 issue of Time. Conservative website NewsBusters found much similarity b/w Zarkaria’s and those ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Topics: American writers • CNN • Fareed Zakaria • Jill Lepore • Konkani Muslims • Lepore • Plagiarism • Time • Writers • Zakariya
Nepal celebrates Janai Purnima festival
Nepal celebrated Janai Purnima festival. People celebrate this festival by getting their sacred thread –Janai sanctified by the Brahmin priests. People from different communities also tie yellow-red threads blessed by priests. The festival is celebrated in different ways by various communities. For the Newar Community the day is the beginning of the 9-day festival Gunhu ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Topics: Calendars • Months • Newar • Newar people • Purnima • Raksha Bandhan • Time