Daily Archives: May 7, 2022

India and Italy agree to cooperate in areas of green hydrogen, biofuels, energy storage

New Delhi, May 6 (PTI) India and Italy on Friday called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and expressed concerns over the...

India and Qatar discuss issues relating to protection of labour rights

New Delhi, May 6 (PTI) Qatar has reaffirmed its commitment to the protection and promotion of rights of the Indian workforce in the country...

Mizoram to launch inter-state bus service to Tripura’s Jampui Hills from May 9

Aizawl, May 6 (PTI) Mizoram would launch an inter-state bus service with Tripura's Jampui Hills, predominantly inhabited by various Zo or Mizo kindred tribes,...

TPCC seeks Tripura CM’s resignation over law and order situation

Agartala, May 6 (PTI) Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on Friday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb alleging deterioration in the...

Assam CM assures help to elderly woman on son’s job issue

Guwahati, May 6 (PTI) A nonagenarian woman who was frantically trying to meet Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for apprising him of a...

Gauhati University must act as catalyst to fulfil objectives of NEP-2020: Governor

Guwahati, May 6 (PTI) Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi said on Friday that the Gauhati University should act as a catalyst to fulfil the objectives...

Better awareness needed to check cyber crimes: Officials

Guwahati, May 6 (PTI) A senior Assam government official on Friday stressed the need for better awareness and capacity building to thwart cyber crimes...

Fall in voluntary blood donation in Tripura

Agartala, May 6 (PTI) Blood collection through voluntary blood donation camps in Tripura has come down, an official said on Friday. Blood collection through voluntary...

Assam BJP, coalition partners meet on future govt schemes

Guwahati, May 6 (PTI) Ministers and legislators of the BJP-led ruling coalition in Assam have closeted in a brainstorming session at Kaziranga on Friday...

Steps to be taken for safety of Umiam bridge: Meghalaya CM

Shillong, May 6 (PTI) Steps will be taken to ensure the safety of the bridge over the Umiam dam, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K...

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home, then launches 53 satellites

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. , May 6 (AP) — SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday,...

Sri Lankan police use tear gas on protesters near Parliament

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka , May 6 (AP) — Sri Lankan police used tear gas and a water cannon on Friday to disperse student protesters...

Pakistan rejects Jammu & Kashmir Delimitation Commission report

Islamabad, May 6 (PTI) Pakistan's Foriegn Ministry has summoned India's Charge d'Affaires here and handed a demarche conveying Islamabad's categorical rejection of the Delimitation...

UN chief urges end to senseless and ruthless war in Ukraine

United Nations, May 6 (AP) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to unite and end the war in Ukraine, calling it senseless, ruthless and...

53 dead in China building collapse, search for trapped ends

Beijing, May 6 (AP) A building collapse one week ago in central China killed 53 people, state media reported Friday as the search of...

Growing African mangrove forests aim to combat climate woes

MOMBASA, Kenya, May 6 (AP) — In a bid to protect coastal communities from climate change and encourage investment, African nations are increasingly turning...

Russia says no nuclear intentions for Ukraine

Moscow, May 6 (AP) Russia has no intention of deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday, a day...

Cambodia hosts meeting on humanitarian assistance to Myanmar

Phnom Penh (Cambodia), May 6 (AP) Officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met Friday in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, in a new...

Indian dies while trying to scale Mt. Kanchenjunga in Nepal

Kathmandu, May 6 (PTI) A 52 year-old Indian climber died while ascending the peak of Mt Kanchenjunga in Nepal, according to the organiser of...

Virus found in pig heart used in human transplant

New York, May 6 (AP) Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered...