Daily Archives: December 15, 2022

Cervical cancer vaccine to be part of national immunisation programme in 2023

NEW DELHI, 14 Dec: India would be in a position to roll out the indigenously developed Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) against cervical cancer for...

India gets support on its proposed finance track priorities for 2023 at G20

Bengaluru, 14 Dec: The First G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting, under the Indian Presidency, saw broad support on the proposed priorities of...

It’s As Easy To Get Acid As Vegetables, Says Delhi Women’s Panel Chief

New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI): Acid is as easy to get as vegetables despite a ban on its retail sale, Delhi Commission for Women...

UK’s Suella Braverman Vows Action After “Terrible Tragedy” Of Migrant Deaths

London, Dec 14 (PTI): Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Wednesday pledged to work hard to destroy the business model of "people smugglers" after...

At UN, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar’s Veiled Attack On China And Pakistan

United Nations, Dec 14 (PTI): Multilateral platforms are being misused to justify and protect perpetrators of terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on...

Pre-Matric Scholarship Now Limited To Classes 9, 10 In Government Schools Under OBC Category

New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI): The pre-matric scholarship has now been limited to Class 9 and Class 10 in government schools only under the...

7th Assam Intl Agri-Horti Show to begin from Dec 17

Guwahati, Dec 14 (PTI) The 7th Assam International Agri-Horti Show 2022 will be held from December 17 to 19 in Guwahati, Agriculture Minister Atul...

Drugs worth Rs 39 crore seized in Assam, 3 arrested

Guwahati, Dec 14 (PTI) Drugs worth Rs 39 crore were seized from an ambulance here and another vehicle in Karimganj district in the early...

10.54 lakh more people to benefit from Assam’s poverty alleviation scheme

Guwahati, Dec 14 (PTI) The Assam government on Wednesday rolled out the second edition of 'Orunodoi', its flagship Rs 4,142-crore poverty alleviation scheme, by...

Assamese ‘Gamocha’ gets GI tag; state in jubilation

Guwahati, Dec 14 (PTI) 'Gamocha', a symbol of the culture and identity of Assam, has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the central...

TMC’s Saket Gokhale claims NPP did not file 2018 poll expenditure, moves Meghalaya HC

Shillong, Dec 14 (PTI) TMC national spokesperson Saket Gokhale on Wednesday moved the Meghalaya High Court seeking legal action against the ruling National People's...

Meghalaya govt inks MoU for FIRST Cancer Care’ project

Shillong, Dec 14 (PTI) The Meghalaya government on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a healthcare firm with expertise in telemedicine for...

AICC announces 7 committees for Tripura Assembly election

Agartala, Dec 14 (PTI) With Tripura Assembly elections due early next year, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Wednesday announced setting up of...

PM Modi to visit Tripura on Dec 18 to address rally

Agartala, Dec 14 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tripura on December 18 to address a public rally here ahead of the assembly...

Israeli military chief suggests Israel behind Syria strike

TEL AVIV, Israel , Dec 14 (AP) — Israel’s military chief of staff strongly suggested on Wednesday that Israel was behind a strike on...

Iraq’s military: 3 killed in explosion north of Baghdad

BAGHDAD , Dec 14 (AP) — Three members of the Iraqi security forces were killed in an explosion north of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraq’s...

FTX founder charged in scheme to defraud crypto investors

NEW YORK, Dec 14 (AP) — The U.S. government charged Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, with a host...

China won’t report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shift

BEIJING , Dec 14 (AP) — China said Wednesday it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they’ve become “impossible” to track with mass...

Australian police investigate extremist views of cop killers

BRISBANE, Australia , Dec 14 (AP) — Australian police are investigating the extremist views of three people who shot and killed two officers and...

Kyiv Says 64 Ukrainians, US Citizen Released In Prisoner Swap With Russia

Kyiv, Dec 14 (AFP): Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a US citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of...