Monthly Archives: August 2021

Over 4.05 cr Covid vaccine doses still available with states, UTs: Health Ministry

New Delhi, Aug 27 (PTI) More than 4.05 crore Covid vaccine doses are still available with states and Union Territories for inoculation, the Union...

India bringing people, holy scriptures from Afghanistan despite many challenges: PM

Amritsar, Aug 28 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that despite many challenges India is evacuating people from Afghanistan, asserting that if...

1,000 wellness centres under National Ayush Mission to be set up in NE states:...

Guwahati, Aug 28 (PTI) Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday announced that 1,000 health and wellness centres would be set up across northeastern states...

Some In Assam Police May Have Provoked Mob, Alleges Injured Meghalaya Cop

Shillong, Aug 28 (PTI): Meghalaya's Deputy Superintendent of Police Firoz Rahman, who was severely injured in a mob attack at the state's border with...

Cong MP writes to Jal Shakti min for early completion of Guwahati water supply...

Guwahati, Aug 28 (PTI) Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday wrote to Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Sekhawat, urging his intervention for early...

61 police officers from various NE states pass out of NEPA

Shillong, Aug 28 (PTI) A total of 61 police officers from various north east states passed out from the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA)...

Jadeja taken to hospital for precautionary scan for suspected knee injury

New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) Senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was on Saturday taken to a hospital in Leeds for precautionary scans to know the...

2 Afghan athletes arrive in Tokyo to compete in Paralympics Tokyo, Aug 28 (AP) Two athletes from Afghanistan have arrived in Tokyo to compete in...

India crumbled due to relentless pressure from England, first-innings collapse was bizarre: Kohli

Leeds, Aug 28 (PTI) India's meek surrender in the first innings of the third Test was "bizarre" for skipper Virat Kohli, who said they...

Taliban largely seal off Kabul airport as airlift winds down

Kabul, Aug 28 (AP) Taliban forces sealed off Kabul's airport Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation and most NATO nations flew out their...

US report on origins of COVID-19 ‘mendacious’, made for political purposes: China

Beijing, Aug 28 (PTI) China on Saturday termed as "mendacious" a report by the US intelligence community on the origins of COVID-19, saying it...

China, US hold first military-level talks under Biden’s presidency, discuss Afghan crisis

Beijing, Aug 28 (PTI) China and the US have held their first round of high-level military talks after President Joe Biden came to power...

US airstrike targets ISIS-K ‘planner’ in Afghanistan

Washington, Aug 28 (PTI) The US military has said that it carried out a drone strike in Afghanistan, killing an Islamic State "planner", a...

Risk of hospitalisations higher with Delta variant: UK study

London, Aug 28 (PTI) Those infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the UK have been found to be twice as likely to...

Myanmar says Rohingya minority will get COVID-19 vaccine

Bangkok, Aug 28 (AP) A spokesman for Myanmar's military-installed government said Friday that COVID-19 vaccines will be given to members of the country's persecuted...

US projects $3.12T budget deficit for this year, down $555B

Washington, Aug 28 (AP) The Biden administration is forecasting that this year's budget deficit will be 555 billion lower than it estimated back in...

Arunachal asked Assam to check if national park falls on disputed border: Felix

ITANAGAR, 27 Aug: The Arunachal government has asked the Assam forest department to check whether the newly notified Dehing-Patkai national park falls in the...

4 agencies constructing ambitious Trans-Arunachal Highway: CM

ITANAGAR, 27 Aug: The approximately 2,396-kilometre long Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH), which would connect 16 districts of Arunachal, is being constructed by four agencies, Chief...

Rains cause extensive damages in W/Siang

AALO, 27 Aug: Extensive damages have been reported from various parts of West Siang district owing to the incessant rains for the last two...

DC reviews projects’ implementation

ROING, 27 Aug: Lower Dibang Valley DC KN Damo reviewed the implementation of various state and centrally-sponsored schemes in the district during a district...