Daily Archives: May 21, 2022

Pegasus row: SC extends time for submitting probe report on use of spyware

New Delhi, 20 May: The Supreme Court Friday extended the time for submitting the report by the apex court-appointed technical and supervisory committees to...

Two govt employees in Assam caught taking bribe, arrested

Guwahati, May 20 (PTI) Two state government employees were arrested on Friday by sleuths of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption from Goalpara district on...

Meghalaya attracted investment projects worth Rs 56 cr in FY21: study

Shillong, May 20 (PTI) Meghalaya attracted new investment projects valued at Rs 56.36 crore in the 2020-21 financial year while the projects completed in...

Youths must engage responsibly on social media: Guwahati Police chief

Guwahati, May 20 (PTI) Guwahati Police Commissioner Harmeet Singh on Friday urged youth to engage responsibly on social media and only with its positive...

Judicial probe report into HNLC founder’s killing submitted

Shillong, May 20 (PTI) Justice (Rtd) T Vaiphei on Friday submitted a judicial inquiry report on the killing of a founding member of the...

Assam govt, IIT-G ink MoU for advanced healthcare institute

Guwahati, May 20 (PTI) The Assam government and IIT-Guwahati on Friday entered into an agreement to set up a state-of-the-art healthcare institute that will...

NEFSP exports GI agro products to Vietnam

Guwahati, May 20 (PTI) The North East Farms Sales Promotion (NEFSP), incubated at the Assam Startup hub here, has exported for the first time...

4-day leadership training programme for Meghalaya MLAs & ministers

Shillong, May 20 (PTI) Twenty eight legislators and three ministers of Meghalaya attended a four-day training programme on leadership and public policy at the...

EPFO adds 15.32 lakh net subscribers in March

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): Retirement fund body EPFO has added 15.32 lakh subscribers in March 2022, over 19 per cent more than 12.85...

‘Cold virus’ behind 100,000 child deaths globally in 2019: Lancet study

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): A common virus that usually causes cold-like symptoms was responsible for more than 100,000 deaths in children under the...

India to pitch for permanent solution to food stockholding at WTO meet next month

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) India will make a pitch for finding a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding for food security...

‘Serious issue of concern for all’: Congress on reports of China building second bridge...

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): The Congress on Friday questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on China reportedly creating infrastructure for its...

PM Modi’s mantra for BJP leaders: Fix goals for next 25 years, don’t fall...

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): Asserting that eight years of his government have been dedicated to good governance and social justice, Prime Minister Narendra...

India calls for urgent reform of global institutions to reflect contemporary global reality

Kingstown, May 20 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind has called for an urgent reform of global institutions, with the UN Security Council at its...

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 21 May (AP) — Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate...

US, S Korean leaders meet in face of N Korea nuclear threat

SEOUL, South Korea , 21 May (AP) — When the U.S. and South Korean leaders meet Saturday, North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile program,...

Biden opens Asia trip with global issues and tech on agenda

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea , 21 May (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday opened his Asia trip by highlighting the computer chip shortage that...

Pakistan PM proposes turning CPEC into ‘trilateral arrangement’, extending to Turkey

Karachi, May 20 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday proposed that the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) be turned into a "trilateral...

Japan welcomes new US Indo-Pacific economic initiative

Tokyo, May 20 (AP) Japan welcomes a new US economic initiative for the Indo-Pacific that President Joe Biden is expected to roll out during...

Finland halts natural gas imports from Russia

Copenhagen (Denmark), May 20 (AP) Finnish state-owned energy company Gasum says natural gas imports from Russia will be halted on Saturday, after the Finns...