Daily Archives: April 25, 2020

Arunachal still putting together a testing lab; identified quarantine centres without basic facilities

ITANAGAR, Apr 24: Arunachal, the only state in the Northeast region without a Covid-19 testing laboratory, is still putting one together. According to the health...

Confirmed Covid-19 cases up by a record; Govt says outbreak under control

NEW DELHI, Apr 24: Nationwide cases of confirmed coronavirus infections rose on Friday by over 1,750 - the maximum for a day - to...

Arunachal’s tourism industry hit hard by Covid-19

ITANAGAR, Apr 24: The state's tourism industry, one of the largest employment providers outside the government of Arunachal, has been totally wrecked after the...

Lockdown-affected lawyers to receive fin’l assistance

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Apr 24: The Bar Council of India (BCI) and the Bar Council of North East (Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal and Sikkim) have...

TCS opposes renaming of Subansiri bridge

DAPORIJO, Apr 24: The Tagin Cultural Society (TCS) has condemned the 23 BRTF for renaming the Bailey bridge over the Subansiri river in Upper...

Covid-19: Donations continue to pour in

ITANAGAR, Apr 24: Donations in support of the government and the frontline workers in the fight against Covid-19 in the state continue to pour...

APSCW reports crimes against women

ITANAGAR, Apr 24: The Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) said it has received reports of crimes against women from the capital complex...

NSCN (IM) OGWs apprehended

KHONSA, Apr 24: Troops of the Assam Rifles apprehended two overground workers (OGW) of the NSCN (IM) from near Lower Kollam village and Khonsa...

DC urged to set up temporary check gate

DAPORIJO, Apr 24: The public here in Upper Subansiri district have urged the deputy commissioner to set up a temporary check gate near Chikom...

Staffers of the sports & youth affairs (SYA) department and the water resources department (WRD), led by SYA & WRD Minister Mama Natung, on...

NGOs, individuals contribute to W/Siang admin

AALO, 24: Thirty-eight NGOs/groups and 85 individuals have so far contributed in cash, kind and voluntary services to the West Siang district administration to...

Nutritional supplementary food distributed

KANUBARI, Apr 24: Beneficiaries under the Integrated Child Development Scheme's supplementary nutrition programme were provided with nutritional supplementary foods by anganwadi workers and anganwadi...

Tawang DA advises donors to contribute to CMRF, PMCF

TAWANG, Apr 24: Several NGOs, individuals, organizations and market welfare secretaries of Tawang district are working selflessly in the fight against Covid-19, such as...

Moh Mol, Gumkum Gumpa greetings

ITANAGAR, Apr 24: Governor BD Mishra has conveyed greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Moh Mol festival of the...

Org contributes to health dept

DAPORIJO, Apr 24: The Leyu Welfare Society (LWS) has contributed 100 N95 masks, five PPE kits, 100 surgical masks, and 50 bottles of sanitizers...

Dept facilitating fish supply

NAMSAI, Apr 24: The fisheries department here, in collaboration with the district administration, is facilitating supply of local fishes to local outlets, as well...

Stop villainizing bats: Scientists and conservationists bust myths about bats and Covid-19

The world is currently battling a pandemic of unprecedented proportions, and bats have been prematurely implicated as the source of Covid-19. Recent social media posts...

More youths volunteer to assist police in Kharsang

KHARSANG, Apr 24: More youths have volunteered to assist the frontline workers in Kharsang administrative circle of Changlang district. Under the supervision of the police,...

NDRF carries out awareness progs

ITANAGAR, Apr 24: Two teams from the 12 Bn NDRF carried out awareness programmes on Covid-19 in Itanagar and Naharlagun on Friday. The teams also...

Remain alert

After the medical patients, the state government recently issued a notice informing that farmers, farm workers and farm officials stranded in the Itanagar capital...