Monthly Archives: August 2022

Neeraj figures in list of Diamond League Meeting competitors

New Delhi, 17 Aug: Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who pulled out of the recent Commonwealth Games due to a minor injury, figured...

I was out for 2 months but team hasn’t forgotten what I have done...

Harare, 17 Aug: Injuries haven't been kind to K L Rahul but, as he got ready to lead India in one more series, he...

Central Vista: Nod to seven proposals on fire safety for building projects

New Delhi, 17 Aug:The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has cleared seven proposals for fire safety system in buildings being constructed under the government's Central...

Cabinet approves interest subvention of 1.5% on short term agriculture loans up to Rs...

New Delhi, 17 Aug: With RBI hiking the lending rate, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday earmarked Rs 34,856 crore towards the interest subvention scheme...

US envoy, Novavax CEO, laud India’s role in battling Covid pandemic

Pune, 17 Aug: United States' Mission Chargé D'Affaires Patricia Lacina on Wednesday asserted that the long-standing relationship between her country and India in the...

Assamese people do not support separatist movements: CM

Guwahati, Aug 17 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday asserted that the people of the state consider themselves to be an...

Students’ body protests against CAA in Nagaland

Kohima, Aug 17 (PTI) The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) on Wednesday staged a sit-in-protest in Kohima, demanding the repeal of the Citizenship Amendment Act...

Centre to decide on regularisation of services of contractual employees: NEHU VC

Shillong, Aug 17 (PTI) More than two months after contractual employees of the North Eastern Hill University staged protests demanding regularisation of their services,...

Students’ groups protest against CAA in Meghalaya

Shillong, Aug 17 (PTI) Activists of the North East Students' Organisation (NESO) staged sit-in protests in Meghalaya on Wednesday, demanding the repeal of the...

Mizoram student body demands withdrawal of CAA, AFSPA

Aizawl, Aug 17 (PTI) Mizoram's apex student body Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) on Wednesday staged a demonstration in Aizawl demanding withdrawal of the Citizenship...

Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 17 (AP) — In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it’s nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment. More...

Ukrainians flee grim life in Russian-occupied Kherson

KYIV, Ukraine , Aug 17 (AP) — It was early one morning when life under Russian occupation became too much for Volodymyr Zhdanov: Rocket...

Crimea ‘sabotage’ highlights Russia’s woes in Ukraine war

KYIV, Ukraine , Aug 17 (AP) — A spate of explosions and a fire that was still burning Wednesday have turned Russian-annexed Crimea from...

Syria denies it is holding American journalist Austin Tice

DAMASCUS, Syria , Aug 17 (AP) — Syria denied on Wednesday it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe...

EU to host Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels amid tensions

BELGRADE, Serbia , Aug 17 (AP) — Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are holding high-level crisis talks on Thursday which the European Union mediators...

Taiwan, China hold opposing military drills amid tensions

HUALIEN, Taiwan , Aug 17 (AP) — Taiwan is staging military exercises to show its ability to resist Chinese pressure to accept Beijing’s political...

BJP leader Mishra appears before crime branch SP

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 16 Aug: The BJP's Arunachal Pradesh general secretary (organisation), Ananta Narayan Mishra, appeared before the crime branch SP on Tuesday to give...

Tough reforms on cards for better Arunachal: CM

ITANAGAR, 16 Aug: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday said that his government would undertake tough reforms and would not hesitate to take on...

CM flags off first consignment of vegetables from SHGs, women’s groups for army

ITANAGAR, 16 Aug: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday virtually flagged off the first consignment of vegetables from SHGs and women's groups for the...

Drone healthcare service trial launched in E/Kameng

SEPPA, 16 Aug: A trial to utilise drones to provide superior healthcare services to the rural communities in East Kameng district was launched on...