Monthly Archives: March 2020

‘Boot camp’ for women entrepreneurs held

ZIRO, Mar 16: Several local women participated in a 'women entrepreneurs boot camp' organized by NGO HOPE Foundation's branch office here in Lower Subansiri...

Draw of lots held

SEPPA, Mar 16: The ZPM seats of Lada, Bameng West, Sawa and Gyawepurang were picked in favour of women during the draw of lots...

Admins assess preparedness against Covid-19

YUPIA, Mar 16: Papum Pare Deputy Commissioner Pige Ligu convened an emergency meeting here on Monday to discuss the district's preparedness to tackle Covid-19. The...

Install CCTV cameras for safety: Felix

Interaction session under HAA held CHIMPU, Mar 16: Home Minister Bamang Felix urged the residents here to "install at least one CCTV camera facing towards...

Mopin celebration starts

ITANAGAR, Mar 16: Mopin celebration in Itanagar has started with the inauguration of the sports competitions by Capital SP Tumme Amo at the Mopin-Solung...

CM releases Bugun feature film

ITANAGAR, Mar 16: Chief Minister Pema Khandu released a Bugun feature film, titled Land of Bugun Liochichla, in a function at the civil secretariat...

Isn’t prevention better than cure?

It is disheartening to see that the government of Arunachal is still not taking major steps to contain the deadly global outbreak of Covid-19....

Social distancing with solidarity – A panacea to Covid-19

In the last week of February, 175 senior managers from around the world, including two from Italy, attended a conference held by Biogen, a...

APCCF’s diagnostic centre inaugurated

NAHARLAGUN, Mar 16: Registrar of Cooperative Societies (RCS), Tai Kaye, inaugurated the diagnostic centre established by the Arunachal Pradesh Consumer's Cooperative Federation (APCCF) Ltd...

What’s private about rioting?

By Poonam I Kaushish In this scary season of corona virus political UP is in the eye of the storm over its unprecedented move by...

Sher VKV shut down indefinitely; five booked to be produced in court, JJB

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Mar 15: Following the death of a Class 6 student on Friday, the authorities of the Sher VKV have suspended all classes...

Health dept issues advisory on avoiding, postponing mass gatherings

ITANAGAR, Mar 15: The health department has issued an advisory to the public to avoid or postpone mass gatherings, if possible. "In addition to hand...

DCs, DMOs take stock of Covid-19 isolation wards

NAHARLAGUN, Mar 15: Capital Complex Deputy Commissioner Komkar Dulom and his Papum Pare counterpart, Pige Ligu, along with DMOs, Drs Mandip Perme and Tasso...

Papum Pare maintains lead in State Olympic Games medal standing

ITANAGAR, Mar 15: Papum Pare has so far bagged 24 gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze medals in the 3rd State Olympic Games being...

VKV’S uncomfortable truth: Culture of violence and the murder of Ngurang Paro

Last month, amidst the religiously-driven incidents of bloodshed in Delhi's Northeast, I came across a video on Twitter about a nine-year-old Australian boy named...

A man on a noble mission

Very few people can manage to serve the society while they have their own struggles to deal with. However, such is the story of...

The flame of Olympics in our hearts

Monday Musing Producing homegrown Olympians has been a long-nurtured dream of the state. Talks and debates have been held about it over the past many...

Lohit police nab escaped convict

TEZU, Mar 15: Escaped convict Sophio Mepo alias Kalaiso Mepo was rearrested from Kharsang by a joint team of police from Tezu (Lohit) and...

Water purification unit inaugurated

SENUA, Mar 15: MLA Tanpho Wangnaw inaugurated a solar-powered smart water purification unit at Senua village in Longding district on Sunday. Situated on a hilltop,...

Thongchi’s award-winning book discussed during APLS sitting

ITANAGAR, Mar 15: Sahitya Akademi award winning novel, Silent Lips, Murmuring Hearts, authored by Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, was the 'book for discussion' during the...