Monthly Archives: October 2022

Expert panel to prepare plan for restoration of polluted water bodies in Meghalaya

Shillong, Oct 14 (PTI) A 10-member expert committee headed by Meghalaya Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) B K Lyngwa will soon come up...

Militant arrested in Imphal: Police

Imphal, Oct 14 (PTI) An alleged militant was arrested in Imphal's Kwakeithel area on Friday, police said. Paikhomba Wahengbam, 30, was the founder of newly-formed...

Putin: Call-up of Russian reservists to finish in 2 weeks

KYIV, UKRAINE, Oct 14 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he expects a mobilization of army reservists he ordered to bolster his...

Xi’s power in China grows after unforeseen rise to dominance

BEIJING, Oct 14 (AP) — When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what kind of leader he would be. His low-key...

N. Korea fires missile, artillery shells, inflaming tensions

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 14 (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile and hundreds of artillery shells toward the sea Friday and flew...

2 Palestinians killed by Israel, belonged to armed groups

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank, Oct 14 (AP) — Israel’s military on Friday carried out an arrest raid in a refugee camp in the...

German health minister urges stepped-up COVID-19 measures

BERLIN, Oct 14 (AP) — Germany’s health minister on Friday urged the country’s 16 states to consider stepping up their measures against the coronavirus...

EU regulator recommends clearing Takeda’s dengue vaccine

LONDON, Oct 14 (AP) — The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended the authorization of a dengue vaccine made by the Japanese pharmaceutical Takeda...

Pink diamond sells for record $57.7M at Hong Kong auction

HONG KONG, Oct 14 (AP) — A pink diamond was sold for $57.7 million in Hong Kong on Oct. 7, setting a world record...

Rebels Plot To Replace UK PM Liz Truss With Rishi Sunak Amid UK Crisis:...

London, Oct 14 (PTI): Rebels on the backbenches of the UK's governing Conservative Party are said to be plotting to replace Liz Truss as...

Pak Finance Minister Heckled At US Airport, Called “Liar”, “Chor”

Washington, Oct 14 (PTI): Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was heckled by unidentified persons at the Dulles International Airport when he arrived in Washington...

UK’s Royal Mail Seeks 10,000 Job Cuts, Blames Industrial Action For Losses

London, Oct 14 (AFP): Britain's Royal Mail postal operator is seeking to axe up to 10,000 jobs, its parent company said Friday, blaming industrial...

Uncertainty looms over 2,000 mw SLHEP; Subansiri river triggers massive landslides in Gerukamukh

Correspondent GOGAMUKH, 13 Oct: A turbulent Subansiri river has triggered massive landslides at the 2,000 mw Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHEP). Torrential rain in the central...

DA declares cardamom cultivation in Namdapha NP illegal

CHANGLANG, 13 Oct: The Changlang district administration has declared cultivation of large cardamom in the Namdapha National Park (NP) illegal. In an executive order, DC...

Ibi Lollen among 45-member arm-wresting team for world championship

ITANAGAR, 13 Oct: Ibi Lollen of Arunachal Pradesh, representing India, left for Turkey on Thursday to participate in the World Arm Wrestling Championship to...

Chindang festival celebrated

TIPPI, 13 Oct: Chindang festival of the Sajolang community was celebrated with great enthusiasm here in West Kameng district on Thursday. Welcoming the participants, engineer...

Highway construction slows to 19.44 km per day during Apr-Sep

NEW DELHI, 13 Oct: The pace of national highway construction in the country has slowed to 19.44 kilometres per day during the first six...

Around 39% MNREGA card holders didn’t get single day of work in 2020-21: Survey

NEW DELHI, 13 Oct: Around 39 percent of all job card-holding households interested in working under the MNREGA scheme did not get a single...

Crowdfunding mantra to upkeep govt assets, says DC

ZIRO, 13 Oct: "Crowdfunding is the mantra to raise funds from likeminded benevolent citizens to undertake urgent repairs of the government's public utility properties...

69% decline in wildlife populations worldwide since 1970: WWF report

NEW DELHI, 13 Oct: Wildlife populations monitored across the globe have declined by a massive 69 percent between 1970 and 2018, according to the...