Daily Archives: August 19, 2020

Covid-19: State records highest single-day spike on Tue; colonies in Daporijo declared containment zones

ITANAGAR, Aug 18: Arunachal recorded the highest single-day spike of 133 Covid-19 positive cases on Tuesday, with Upper Subansiri recording 65 cases in Daporijo...

Lohit DRCHO suspended for alleged malpractice, CALSOM welcomes inquiries into cash-for-job scam

ITANAGAR, Aug 18: Lohit District Reproductive & Child Health Officer (DRCHO), Dr Siang Tamut has been placed under suspension with effect from Tuesday. The suspension...

Gumri Ringu appointed APSCPCR chairperson

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Aug 18: Gumri Ringu has been appointed as the chairperson of the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights...

Peace a prerequisite for development: TCLPeF

CHANGLANG, Aug 18: The Tirap Changlang Longding People's Forum (TCLPeF) said that its support for an early solution to the decades-old Indo-Naga political problem...

Youths seek communal peace over MAR issue

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Aug 18: A group of youths under the banner of the 'Nyishi for Pan Arunachal-Arunachal is One' appealed to all concerned to...

APUWJ issues ID cards to working journalists to stop misuse of press tag

ITANAGAR, Aug 18: The Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) on Tuesday distributed APUWJ-approved ID cards to the members of the state's press...

People of TCL have right to demand autonomy: ENNG

CHANGLANG, Aug 18: The Eastern Naga National Government (ENNG) in a press statement on Tuesday expressed objection to the recent remarks by some civil...

AIASUF launches helpdesk for students

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Aug 18: The All India Arunachal Students' Unions' Federation (AIASUF) has launched a free 'mega helpdesk' to counsel students - particularly those...

SP inspects convention centre for CBO, govt meeting

ITANAGAR, Aug 18: Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) SP Tumme Amo inspected the DK convention centre here on Tuesday to check the preparedness for the...

DMPAC serves ultimatum to NHPC over compensation issue

ROING, Aug 18: The Dibang Multipurpose Project Affected Committee (DMPAC) has served an ultimatum of 15 days to the NHPC Ltd to "solve the...

MLA calls for better academic performance

BOLENG, Aug 18: Pangin MLA Ojing Tasing urged the teachers and the education department officers of his constituency to be punctual and discharge their...

Bar assn disowns legal expert team

ITANAGAR, Aug 18: The Gauhati High Court Itanagar Permanent Bench Bar Association (GHCIPBBA) has expressed disapproval of the legal expert team, headed by Senior...

Television to the rescue

"Joyful learning is such an important aspect of education, but why isn't it happening these days?" asked a young teacher during online training. She looked...

Webinar on career prospects in psychology underway

RONO HILLS, Aug 18: A two-day national webinar on 'Promoting career prospects in the field of psychology', organized by the psychology department of Rajiv...

Weeklong GMB campaign ends

ITANAGAR, Aug 18: The weeklong behaviour change campaign, 'Gandagi mukt Bharat (GMB)', which had been launched on 8 August at Gandhi Darshan in New...

Parthenium Awareness Week observed

BANFERA, Aug 18: The Longding KVK observed the 15th Parthenium Awareness Week (16-22 August) at Banfera village on Tuesday with 21 farmers and rural...

A bright future for TRIHMS

In what could be termed a major declaration, the director of the Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Dr Moji Jini...

Needs to change course

Climate Change By Dhurjati Mukherjee Climate change leading to global warming and other attendant atmospheric problems has attracted headlines since a long time. Now, a recent...