Monthly Archives: June 2021

PTR employees on ‘no pay, no work’ strike

ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: Temporary employees of the Pakke tiger reserve (PTR), under the banner of the Pakke Tiger Reserve Workers Union, are on a...

Two more die of Covid-19

ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: The state reported two Covid deaths on Wednesday, taking the total number of lives claimed by the virus to 128. The two...

Assn demands reintroduction of forestry subject in APPSCCE optional paper

ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: Expressing anguish over the removal of forestry subject from the mains optional paper of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Combined Competitive...

GB sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife

KHONSA, 9 Jun: The district and sessions court here in Tirap district has sentenced one Harsingh Murah to life imprisonment with fine for murdering...

Pvt schools under duress because of pandemic 

ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: The Arunachal unit of the All Private School and Children Welfare Association (APSCWA) held a meeting recently to discuss various grievances...

All 45+ people of New Tupi village in Tirap take Covid-19 vaccine

NEW TUPI, 9 Jun: New Tupi village in Longo circle of Tirap district has become the first village in the district to achieve 100...

Daffodils of life

I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of...

Govt issues guidelines on Covid in children; suggests rational use of CT scan; Remdesivir...

NEW DELHI, 9 Jun: The government has come out with comprehensive guidelines for the management of Covid-19 among children in which Remdesivir has not...

Zoo closed

ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: The biological park (Itanagar zoo) will remain closed till further orders, according to zoo authorities. Biological Park Curator Raya Flago said that...

Union seeks clarification on Group C posts

LEMMI, 9 Jun: The All Pakke-Kessang District Students' Union has sought a written clarification from the Pakke-Kessang district administration within seven days on why...

Biological Diversity Day celebrated

ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: The Northeast regional centre of GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and the Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre jointly celebrated the...

Containment lifted

YUPIA, 9 Jun: Papum Pare DC Pige Ligu on Wednesday issued an order de-notifying Sagalee town as a micro-containment zone after the completion of...

Shift focus on inequities

SDGs &COVID-19 By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Life goes on as usual, and it has to - pandemic or lockdown - and NITI Ayoghasreleasedits...

The ethical society

Editor, A barrage of episodes recently unfolded in Arunachal, ranging from IRBn personnel indulging in drug peddling and unethical video streaming of inbound inmate Paras...

My Arunachal is smart

Editor, Ever since the capital was announced for smart city in 2017, I envisioned the best, but it seems that it has an adjoining blur...

APSSB should give age relaxation

Editor, The APSSB advertised a few posts for LDC on 10 May and UDC posts on 1 June, 2021. But unfortunately, it has not given...

Maintain the dignity of APSSB

Editor, I would like to offer my views on the recent clerk and other exam conducted by the APSSB. We are very thankful to the incumbent...

143 arrested on drug charges, HM says anguished by APP personnel’s involvement in drug...

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 8 Jun: The Arunachal Pradesh Police (APP) has so far registered 86 FIRs and arrested 143 people in the state in connection...

One Covid death on Tuesday, state’s toll at 126

ITANAGAR, 8 Jun: A 27-year-old female with comorbidity succumbed to Covid-19 on Monday night at the dedicated Covid hospital, taking the state's total death...

Food processing units installed in C’lang

CHANGLANG, 8 Jun: Four food processing units funded by the NERCORMP have been installed and tested in Changlang district. The units are the spice drying,...