Daily Archives: June 2, 2022

Scientist suffering from acute pancreatitis receives new lease of life after ECMO

New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) A 44-year-old patient, who was suffering from acute pancreatitis and had battled for survival even on "maximum ventilator support",...

Indian Navy to bid farewell to 2 frontline ships after over 3 decades of...

New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) The Indian Navy will decommission two of its frontline warships on Friday, marking an end to their glorious voyages...

Kashmiri Pandits being killed one by one in Valley, provide them adequate security: Kejriwal

New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Anguished over the "targeted" killing of many Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday...

AAMSU appeals to HC CJ for judicial inquiry into ‘extrajudicial’ killings in Assam

Guwahati, Jun1 (PTI) The All Assam Minorities Students' Union (AAMSU) has written to the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court appealing for a judicial...

Assam Police nabs fraudster for duping students for admission to medical courses

Guwahati, Jun 1 (PTI) The Assam Police on Wednesday said it has arrested a person from West Bengal's Siliguri for allegedly duping students by...

Junior engineer arrested for accepting bribe in Assam

Guwahati, Jun1 (PTI) A junior engineer in Assam's Director of Municipal Administration office here was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly taking a bribe from...

Need to increase screening for TB detection in Assam: Official

Guwahati, Jun 1 (PTI) Assam needs to urgently increase screening for diagnosis of tuberculosis cases and address the shortcomings that have been hindering conducting...

IIT Guwahati researchers develop tech to generate green energy from waste water

New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed a bio-electrochemical device called Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)...

Tripura gets first virtual court for traffic e-challan cases

Agartala, Jun 1 (PTI) The first virtual court for traffic e-challan cases in Tripura was inaugurated by the Chief Justice of High Court of...

Cong demands dismissal of Rio govt in Nagaland

Kohima, Jun 1 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday urged Nagaland Governor Jagdish Mukhi to dismiss the Neiphiu Rio-led all party United Democratic Alliance (UDA)...

Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere

OSUN, Nigeria, May 01 (AP) — As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox...

West promises Ukraine more, better arms to fend off Russia

KYIV, Ukraine , May 01 (AP) — The U.S. and Germany pledged to send Ukraine some of the most advanced weapons yet as Russian...

Shanghai starts coming back to life as COVID lockdown eases

SHANGHAI , May 01 (AP) — Traffic, pedestrians and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as China’s largest city began returning...

Death toll in Iran building collapse rises to 37

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates , May 01 (AP) — The death toll in a catastrophic collapse of a tower in southwestern Iran rose to...

WHO: COVID ‘getting worse, not better’ in North Korea

London, Jun 1 (AP) A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency assumes the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea...

4 killed, 14 injured as 6.1-magnitude earthquake causes extensive damage to China’s Sichuan province

Beijing/Chengdu, Jun 1 (PTI) At least four people were killed and 14 others injured when a powerful earthquake of 6.1-magnitude on Wednesday struck Ya'an...

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s key ally named suspect in May 9 violence, President appoints Commission of...

Colombo, Jun 1 (PTI) A former Sri Lankan minister and a key ally of former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was on Wednesday named a...

At least 11 dead, 33 missing after Agatha’s hit on Mexico

Mexico City, Jun 1 (AP) Hurricane Agatha left at least 11 people dead and 33 missing in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, where...

Imran Khan’s party urges UN to hold ‘independent and impartial’ probe into ‘state excesses’...

Islamabad, Jun 1 (PTI) In an unusual move, ousted prime minister Imran Khan-led opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Wednesday sought the UN's help...

Russia cuts off natural gas supply to Denmark, company says

Copenhagen (Denmark), Jun 1 (AP) Denmark's largest energy company said Russia cut off its gas supply on Wednesday because it refused to pay in...