Monthly Archives: December 2021

Task force reviews flagship schemes under health dept in LDV

ROING, 22 Dec: The Lower Dibang Valley District Task Force on Immunisation (DTFI)  for 'Routine Immunisation, Covid-19 vaccination, Har Ghar Dastak' on Wednesday reviewed...

12 players to represent Arunachal in carrom tournament

ITANAGAR, 22 Dec: Twelve players, comprising six men and an equal number of women from Arunachal will participate in the 26th All India Federation...

Research consequences before pushing palm oil in Arunachal

The government of Arunachal Pradesh is selling the idea that palm oil cultivation is the next big thing for the development of the state...

Covid Bulletin Dec -22-2021

I-T refunds of over Rs 1.44 lakh cr issued so far this fiscal

New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI): Income tax refunds of over Rs 1.44 lakh crore have been issued to 1.38 crore taxpayers so far this...

RBI Governor for continued policy support to nurture economic revival: MPC minutes

New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI) RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das pitched for continued policy support to nurture revival in sectors especially those which are exposed to...

Investors richer by over Rs 6.56 lakh cr in two days of market rally

New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI): Investors’ wealth jumped by Rs 6,56,828.59 crore as stock markets continued the rally for a second day on Wednesday. The...

Sputnik V, Sputnik Light booster effective against Omicron: study

New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI): Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine and its one-shot version Sputnik Light booster demonstrates high virus-neutralising activity (VNA) against the highly-contagious Omicron...

India successfully tests new-generation ‘Pralay’ missile

New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI): India Wednesday successfully conducted the maiden flight test of the indigenously-developed, surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’ off the Odisha coast, the...

Engage organisation other than BRO to develop critical infrastructure in coastal areas: Parliamentary panel...

New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI) The defence ministry should engage an organisation other than the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to develop critical infrastructure in...

Assam Assembly passes amendment bill to levy tax on sleeper coaches

Guwahati, Dec 22 (PTI) The Assam Assembly on Wednesday passed The Assam Motor Vehicle Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2021,' paving the way for levy of...

PIL in Gauhati HC over fake encounters’

Guwahati, Dec 22 (PTI) A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Gauhati High Court by an advocate seeking an independent inquiry...

Ten lakh MT paddy procurement target in Assam in 2021-22 crop season: Himanta

Guwahati, Dec 22 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other agencies have been...

Tripura government to recruit 1,178 Panchayat Executive Officers

Agartala, Dec 22 (PTI) The Tripura government has decided to appoint 1,178 Panchayat Executive Officers, a group-C non-gazetted post and 35 Dental Medical Officers...

Home guards in Assam get lifer in murder case

Tezpur, (Assam) Dec 22 (PTI) Two home guards were on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment by a sessions court in Assam's Sonitpur district in a...

Talents need platform to nurture and excel at higher level: Anand Kumar

Agartala, Dec 22 (PTI) Mathematics educator Anand Kumar on Wednesday said that there was a growing need to make mathematics teaching and learning a...

Nagaland sends sample of COVID-19 positive foreign returnee for genome sequencing

Kohima, Dec 22 (PTI) The Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Department has sent the samples of a man who tested positive for COVID-19 on...

AHRC issues notice to IG Prisons over inmates’ human rights violations, poor living conditions...

Guwahati, Dec 22 (PTI) The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Wednesday issued a notice to the state Inspector General of Prisons to inquire into...

College student shot dead in Manipur

Imphal, Dec 22 (PTI) A 18-year-old college student was shot dead and his father received bullet injuries when unidentified gunmen fired at them in...

Passport office finds citizenship of Assam assembly poll candidate ‘doubtful’

Guwahati, Dec 22 (PTI) A peasant activist in Assam, who had also unsuccessfully fought as a candidate of a regional outfit in the last...