Daily Archives: January 12, 2021

NGT chides Arunachal on illegal loggings; forest dept submits report without substantiating claims

ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has on its 6 January hearing said that state has merely proposed to stop illegal...

NHRC issues notice to defence secy seeking additional report on army atrocity on villagers...

ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a fresh notice directing the secretary of the Ministry of Defence to...

Empower people with disabilities: CM

ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: Chief Minister Pema Khandu stressed on the need for empowering the people with disabilities to build an inclusive society. He said this...

Mete-Mekong Festival of Adventure begins

YINGKIONG, 11 Jan: The first Mete-Mekong Festival of Adventure started on 9 January on the bank of river Siang at Kekrak near Yingkiong under...

Month-long active TB case-finding begins from Jullang jail

JULLANG, 11 Jan: With the target to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025, a month-long active case-finding activity for tuberculosis was launched at the district jail...

DAMS organizes awareness prog on Ayush system of medicines

NIRJULI, 11 Jan: The District Ayush Mission Society (DAMS), Itanagar-Capital Complex organized a public outreach programme at the health and wellness centre (HWC) here...

Loan mela under PM-SVA Nidhi launched

PASIGHAT, 11 Jan: A three-day mela to provide soft loans to the street vendors under Prime Minister Street Vendors Atmanirbhar (PM-SVA) Nidhi (scheme) was...

DC calls for concerted efforts to keep Ziro clean

ZIRO, 11 Jan: Lower Subansiri Deputy Commissioner Swetika Sachan called for concerted efforts from all the stakeholders to keep Ziro town clean. "The administration single-handedly...

Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's live interaction with all CMs on Coronavirus vaccine rollout in the country. (CM's...

Literary club meet

ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: The Din-Din Club, a literary club came together for its first meet here at the Eleazar English School on 10 January...

Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana for first-time EPF members

ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: The Government of India has launched the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY) for employees having Aadhar and those joining Employees' Provident...

Speaker lauds unique teaching-learning concept of Akshar Foundation-run school

GUWAHATI, 11 Jan: State Assembly Speaker PD Sona on Monday visited a school at Pamohi near Guwahati, Assam and commended the school managed by...

Hospitality and adventure training for locals of Lungla

TAWANG, 11 Jan: A six days hospitality and adventure training for locals of Lungla for sustenance in tourism got underway on Monday here in...

Balijan, Doimukh post wins in T20 Super League

KOLMA, 11 Jan: Balijan Cricket Association (BCA) beat Mengio Cricket Club (BCA) by eight wickets in the 11th match of the Papum Pare T20...

‘Society thrives on the commitment and oneness among members’

AALO, 11 Jan: "Any society can thrive and prosper on the basis of commitment and oneness among the members to make it more vibrant...

RKM distributes blankets to the needy

AALO, 11 Jan: The Rama Krishna Mission School here in West Siang district distributed 34 blankets to those in need at the school premises...

Farmers trained on oyster mushroom cultivation

PASIGHAT, 11 Jan: A daylong training programme on oyster mushroom cultivation was held for 137 female farmers from Boleng, Dosing, Lileng, Simang, Pareng and...

Prioritize frontliners for Covid-19 vaccine

After much waiting, the Coronavirus vaccine is set to roll out in India from 16 January onwards. The Government of India on Monday announced that...