Monthly Archives: May 2022

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...

MoEFCC again writes to GoAP over non-compliance with compensatory afforestation against SLHEP

ITANAGAR, 5 May: The ministry of environment, forest & climate change (MoEFCC) on 12 April wrote a reminder letter to the government of Arunachal...

CM assures to cancel out-of-turn promotion of engineers

ITANAGAR, 5 May: Admitting that out-of-turn promotions on officiating or ad hoc basis in most of the state government departments have been in practice,...

Sol Dodum vows to march to Delhi if demands not met

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 5 May: Activist Sol Dodum on Thursday vowed to march to New Delhi to press the government to fulfil his charter of...

Make SIT report on Oting killings public soon: FNR

ITANAGAR, 5 May: The Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) has demanded that the Nagaland government immediately act upon the SIT report it has already...

APSCW chairperson discusses issues relating to women, children with NCW

NEW DELHI, 5 May: Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) Chairperson Kenjum Pakam met National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma here...

DA seizes gambling items

ITANAGAR, 5 May: A team of the Itanagar Capital Region district administration, led by Itanagar EAC Takam Nicholas and EAC Tamo Dada, seized gambling...

DCM flags off Trans-Arunachal Drive

NAMPONG, 5 May: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Thursday flagged off a 'Trans-Arunachal Drive' car rally from Pangsau Pass near here in Changlang...

SAD camps organised

ITANAGAR, 5 May: The planning & investment department conducted Sarkar Aapke Dwar (SAD) camps through the district administrations in all the districts of the...

Drug dealer arrested, contraband seized

NAMSAI, 5 May: The anti-drug squad (ADS) of the Namsai police, comprising DSP (P) Kengo Dirchi, OC Inspector Tasi Yangi, and Inspector Tabin Padung...