Monthly Archives: June 2020

AAPSU says will impose lockdown if Covid-19 situation worsens

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jun 14: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) on Sunday reiterated its demand for a statewide lockdown, and warned of calling...

Maj Togum Rime promoted as lieutenant colonel

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jun 14: One more Arunachalee army officer, Major Togum Rime of the Assam Regiment, has been promoted to the rank of...

3 ULFA (I) operatives arrested

KHONSA, Jun 14: Three hardcore operatives of the ULFA (I) were apprehended from Tirap district in a joint operation by the police and the...

Is RT-PCR machine reliable?

Monday Musing Going by data from the Covid-19 bulletin, which is updated every evening by the directorate of health services, the reports from three districts...

NGO distributes masks, food at B’dewa gate

BANDERDEWA, Jun 14: Members of NGO Dream for United Arunachal (DUA) on Sunday visited the check gate here and expressed gratitude to the frontline...

Teen drowns in Pare river

DOIMUKH, Jun 14: A 17-year-old boy reportedly drowned in the Pare river near here on Saturday afternoon. According to a police source, the boy had...

DC advises villagers to adopt scientific agriculture

KHONSA, Jun 14: Tirap DC Bhanu Prabha advised the farmers of the district to adopt scientific agricultural practices to increase crop production. The DC on...

Dispel myths associated with blood donation: Libang

NAHARLAGUN, Jun 14: Health Minister Alo Libang said more people should come forward to voluntarily donate blood to meet the shortage of blood in...

Axone – A tale told wrong?

Someone said to me, “It has to be worth the wait.” This after the much-awaited film, Axone, was announced to be released digitally via...

Meeting on cluster farming held

SAGALEE, Jun 14: Local MLA Nabam Tuki convened a meeting at the ADC mini-secretariat here in Papum Pare district last Friday to discuss the...

IMC should redeem itself

Recently, garbage collection across the state capital was stopped for many days. Along the highway and in the colonies, heaps of garbage were seen...

Two-year slump predicted

India's $1 Trillion Loss By Shivaji Sarkar Heading towards a grave scenario, the Indian economy faces contraction in the current and possibly the next financial...

Community transmission of Covid-19 on in India: Experts

NEW DELHI, Jun 13: Amid a massive spurt in coronavirus cases in India, experts on Saturday came down hard on the Indian Council of...

Two recover from Covid-19, one positive reported from LDV

ITANAGAR, Jun 13: Two Covid-19 positive persons have recovered and been released from the Covid care centre (CCC) in Namsai district, taking the total...

Section 144 CrPC clamped in E/Siang

Correspondent PASIGHAT, Jun 13: In view of the increasing instances of Covid-19 positive cases being reported in East Siang, District Magistrate Kinny Singh on Friday...

Med team reaches out to remote villages

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jun 13: A medical team comprising Kamle District Reproductive & Child Health Officer (DRCHO) Dr Kapu Sopin, epidemiologist Dr Kapu Tapu, ANMs,...

Service disrupted as OPD flooded

NIRJULI, Jun 13: Regular outpatient department (OPD) service at the NERIST health unit (NHU) here in Papum Pare district has been disrupted due to...

Maj Tero Keyang promoted as lieutenant colonel

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jun 13: Arunachalee army officer, Major Tero Keyang of the Indian Army Corps of Signals, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant...

Importance of blood donation

Arunachal Pradesh, being a tribal state, had many myths and misconceptions attached to blood donation. One very popular and weird one was that if someone...

You and I can defeat Covid-19

Flights Of Fantasy After its detection in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, in just six months the virus has spread to all corners of the...