Monthly Archives: March 2020

LDV DA issues advisories, 100 home quarantined

Roing, Mar 25: The LDV District Administration, Police and Medical Department has been working aptly hand-in-hand since the district started taking precautionary measures against...

Traders increase price

Roing, Mar 25: Despite orders from the DA to not increase the price of food items and other basic commodities, rates of vegetables and...

Changlang DA warns against black-marketing, exorbitant prices of essential items

CHANGLANG, Mar 25: The Changlang district administration has warned the shopkeepers who are indulging in black marketing and charging exorbitant prices of essential items...

Community level Longte celebration called off

NAHARLAGUN, Mar 25: The Central Longte Committee (CLC) has decided to call off the community level Longte celebration that falls on 15th April 2020...

RKM Hospital closes OPD

ITANAGAR, Mar 25: The Ramakrishna Mission Hospital here has issued a notice informing that the OPD will remain closed from 26 March to prevent...

Sidisow donates four lakh for coronavirus prevention

BHALUKPONG, Mar 25: Thrizino-Buragoan MLA Kumsi Sidisow contributed four lakhs to all four health centres of his assembly constituency to purchase medical equipment to...

DMO dismisses rumour

PASIGHAT, Mar 25: East Siang DMO Dr Kaling Dai has dismissed the rumour circulating in social media that a person , who returned from...

Extend financial year, says AACWA

ITANAGAR, Mar 25: The All Arunachal Contractor's Welfare Association (AACWA) has appealed to the state government to 'extend the financial year- 2019-20 in view...

Orgs appeal

ITANAGAR, Mar 25: Confederation of Service Association of Arunachal Pradesh (CoSAAP), Papum Pare district unit appealed to the people to stay home. While expressing gratitude...

Don’t harass journalists, IJU cautions police

NEW DELHI, Mar 25: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has expressed serious concern over reports of harassment and intimidation by police and security personnel...

Response to coronavirus can change global order

With hundreds of millions of people now isolating themselves around the world, the novel coronavirus pandemic has become a truly global event. While its...

Deadly nudge by Corona

Health & Economics By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The economy seems to be at a virtual standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, even though the death toll...

Govt’s lockdown order largely ignored

ITANAGAR, Mar 24: Many citizens of the state failed to adhere to the state government's direction to observe a mere weeklong lockdown in the...

TRIHMS receives fresh PPE stocks for on-duty docs, staff

Isolation ward needs to be shifted, funds placed: Libang Staff Reporter NAHARLAGUN, Mar 24: Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) Chief Medical Superintendent,...

MLAs, others donate for Covid-19 prevention

KHONSA, Mar 24: MLAs Wanglin Lowangdong, Wanglam Sawin and Chakat Aboh have donated a month's salary each, amounting to Rs 3.60 lakhs, to assist...

Health dept counsels self-quarantine, six samples collected, 4 suspected cases

Covid-19 pandemic Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Mar 24: The health department has asked all asymptomatic students who have returned to Arunachal to practice physical distancing by...

ICJR urges govt to make findings of APSSB scam probe public, APSCW clarifies stand

ITANAGAR, Mar 24: The APSSB candidates' Interim Committee for Justice and Reformation (ICJR) has demanded that the state government make public the findings of...

Villagers caution against ‘sericulture farming’ fraud

ROING, Mar 24: The residents of Bizari village in Dambuk circle of Lower Dibang Valley district have issued a caution against a fraud taking...

30 students stuck in Bangalore

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Mar 24: Some 30 students from Arunachal are stuck in Bangalore, Karnataka, following the closure of paid accommodation. Tenzin Yangkee, a college student,...

PM announces 21-day nationwide lockdown

NEW DELHI, Mar 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a complete lockdown across the country for 21 days from Tuesday midnight, asserting that...