Monthly Archives: March 2022

West Indies and England draw another test on flat pitch

Bridgetown, 21 Mar: The West Indies and England drew a second straight Test in Barbados, leaving their series to be decided in the third...

Swiss Open: Sindhu, Srikanth look to find top form; exhausted Sen opts out

Basel, 21 Mar: All England Championships finalist Lakshya Sen will be missing in action but double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and World championships silver...

Numbers are part of journey not final destination: Ashwin

Mumbai, 21 Mar: Premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently became India's second highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, said he never ran after numbers in...

Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south

BEIJING, 21 Mar (AP) — A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in southern China on Monday, officials said, in...

India pursuing bilateral measures to achieve renewable energy expansion targets: UN chief Antonio Guterres

United Nations, Mar 21 (PTI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday said India is pursuing bilateral arrangements to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...

Saudi Arabia says it”s not responsible for high oil prices

Dubai, Mar 21 (AP) Saudi Arabia said Monday it won't bear any responsibility for any shortage in oil supplies to global markets after attacks...

China considering USD 2.5 bn in loan, trade credits for Lanka, says Chinese envoy

Colombo, Mar 21 (PTI) China is considering a USD 2.5 billion credit facility to Sri Lanka, Beijing's top diplomat in Colombo said on Monday,...

Egypt’s central bank raises interest rates, cites Ukraine

Cairo, Mar 21 (AP) Egypt's Central Bank raised its key interest rate on Monday for the first time since 2017, citing inflationary pressures triggered...

Ukraine says Russia shelled chemical plant

Kyiv, Mar 21 (AP) Ukraine's prosecutor general said a Russian shell struck a chemical plant outside the city of Sumy a little after 3...

Kuwait, among world’s hottest places, lags on climate action

Jahra (Kuwait), Mar 21 (AP) It was so hot in Kuwait last summer that birds dropped dead from the sky. Sea horses boiled to death...

Indian economist Jayati Ghosh named by UN to high-level advisory board on multilateralism

United Nations, Mar 21 (PTI) Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh has been appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to a new high-level advisory...

Police brutality in Mechukha PS, IHRO demands suspension of erring police personnel

ITANAGAR, 20 Mar: A complaint regarding police brutality has been lodged with the state unit of the International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) by the...

Arunachal bag 7 medals at national bench press, deadlift and powerlifting c’ship

ITANAGAR, 20 Mar: Arunachal bagged three gold, as many silver and one bronze medals at the National Bench Press, Deadlift and Powerlifting Championship, which...

Freight train service from Nlg likely to be operational soon

BORUM, 20 Mar: The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is likely to start its freight train service from the Naharlagun railway station soon. This was...

Karatekas bag 7 medals in national inter-varsity championship

NAHARLAGUN, 20 Mar: Arunachal won one gold, two silver and four bronze medals in the All India Inter-University Karate Championship, which was held in...

Workshop on destination mgmt & homestay hospitality held

ANINI, 20 Mar: Members of local communities, along with homestay operators and tour operators participated in a two-day training programme and workshop on 'Destination...

Geli Kamki wins ‘Arunachal Singing Star Season-1’

NAHARLAGUN, 20 Mar: The grand finale of the online state-level singing competition, 'Arunachal Singing Star Season-1', concluded at a city hotel here on 19...

FTI acting workshop underway

ITANAGAR, 20 Mar: The Film & Television Institute (FTI) here - an extension campus of the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata...

Symposium on Anglo-Adi (Abor) wars conducted

PASIGHAT, 20 Mar: Many intellectuals, historians and academicians participated in a symposium on the 'Anglo-Adi (Abor) wars', which was conducted in the CHF auditorium...

In defence of the RTI Act

Monday Musing Witnessing the short duration discussion initiated by Congress MLA Ninong Ering on the Right to Information (RTI) Act on day three of the...