Daily Archives: August 27, 2021

Credit-linked subsidy scheme for agri-horticulture sectors

The 'land of dawn-lit mountains', Arunachal Pradesh, is also known for its varied climatic zones - alpine in the north (border areas with China-Tibet),...

NRL partners with IWAI to transport heavy equipment through waterways

Guwahati, 26 Aug: State-run Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) on Thursday joined hands with IWAI for transportation of heavy equipment through waterways for its expansion...

Progs on food & nutrition for farmers held

KANUBARI, 26 Aug: Twenty-five men farmers and 26 women farmers of Kanubari circle participated in a training programme on 'Food and nutrition for farmers',...

Development and roads

Recently, an organization demanded that survey for a road passing through the Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR) under the East-West Industrial Corridor road be allowed...

Greatest blunder

Caste Census By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led a delegation of ten leaders from ruling and Opposition partiesto...

Choose your words carefully

Editor, Most of us might be familiar with the line, "Parai likhai karo, bara admi bano, rupiya kamao, phir aish karo" (study well, become a...

Reform APPSC

Editor, I would like to highlight that the current APPSCCE 2020 (mains) result is being delayed beyond the time limit while it was supposed to...

Maldives Signs Contract For Rolling Out Of India-Funded Mega Infra Project

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI): The Maldives on Thursday sealed a contract for the implementation of an India-funded connectivity project, billed as the largest...

Sexual intercourse between married couple not marital rape ‘even if by force’, says Chhattisgarh...

Bilaspur, Aug 26 (PTI): The Chhattisgarh High Court has discharged a 37-year-old man in a rape case filed against him by his wife after...

Afghanistan situation remains ‘critical’, committed to full evacuation of Indians, says Centre at all-party...

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI): The government is committed to "full evacuation" of Indians from Afghanistan, where the situation is "critical", External Affairs Minister...

Yahoo shuts down news sites, digital content in India due to new FDI rules;...

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI): Yahoo has shut down its news websites in India due to the new foreign direct investment (FDI) rules that...

Take care of yourself as Govt busy with sales: Rahul Gandhi to people as...

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday voiced concern over the rise in coronavirus cases in the country, and said...

Farmers’ national convention to mark 9 months of protest begins at Singhu border

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) The national convention by farmers to mark completion of nine months of their agitation against the three contentious farm...

Assam Cabinet decides to create 900 govt posts

Guwahati, Aug 26 (PTI) The Assam government on Thursday decided that it will create nearly 900 posts in Public Works and Public Health Engineering...

Nagaland distributes winter vegetable seeds to 170 villages

Kohima, Aug 26 (PTI) In a bid to overcome challenges arising out of COVID-19 and the drought-like situation in Nagaland, the horticulture department on...

Sitharaman to inaugurate projects, hold meetings with officials during two-day visit to Tripura

Agartala, Aug 26 (PTI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will arrive in Tripura on a two-day visit from Friday to inaugurate a slew of...

Mizoram’s COVID-positivity rate still over 9%

Aizawl, Aug 26 (PTI) Mizoram on Thursday reported 794 new COVID-19 cases and one more death, a Health Department official said. Among the new patients...

Six Indians in finals of Asian Youth boxing in Dubai

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Six Indian boxers advanced to the finals of the Asian Youth Championships in Dubai with two of them getting...

Afghanistan’s Tokyo Games Paralympians safely evacuated, says IPC

Tokyo, Aug 26 (PTI) Afghanistan's two para-athletes, who were forced to pull out of the Tokyo Paralympics because of Taliban's takeover of their country,...

Leeds striker Patrick Bamford receives first England call-up, Gareth Southgate opts to rest Mason...

Burton-on-Trent, Aug 26 (AFP): Leeds striker Patrick Bamford received his first call-up to the England squad for three World Cup qualifiers next month as...