Monthly Archives: December 2022

Ukraine PM urges more military aid to counter Russia attacks

KYIV, Ukraine , 12 Dec (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister is appealing for Patriot missile batteries and other high-tech air defense systems to counter...

EU chief calls for stricter ethics rules amid scandal

BRUSSELS , 12 Dec (AP)— The European Union’s top official said Monday that the allegations of corruption targeting a vice-president of the European Parliament...

3 children die after fall into icy lake; UK gripped by storm

LONDON , 12 Dec (AP) — Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth...

Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul

ISLAMABAD , 12 Dec (AP) — A hotel catering to foreign visitors in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul was attacked Monday and three of the...

UN: At least 3,774 children killed in Yemen’s civil war

CAIRO , 12 Dec (AP) — The United Nations said Thursday that at least 3,774 children have been killed in Yemen’s civil war between...

Palestinians: Israeli army kills teen girl in West Bank raid

RAMALLAH, West Bank , 12 Dec (AP) — A Palestinian hospital said Israeli forces killed a teenage girl during an army operation in the...

The NEEPCO's 600 mw run-of-the-river Kameng hydroelectric project in Bichom river has reduced the once mighty river to a stream. Fishes have disappeared, and...

Festering wounds of CAA protests keep citizenship issue alive in Assam

GUWAHATI, 11 Dec: Widespread protests in Assam after the enactment of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on this day three years ago have left...

RGU celebrates Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav; VC emphasises on local languages

RONO HILLS, 11 Dec: Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav, celebrating the birth anniversary of Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi, a multilingual poet and a freedom fighter of India,...

NERIST must have pan-India character: Guv

NIRJULI, 11 Dec: "The NERIST must have a pan-India character for taking the institution to excellent academic heights," said Governor BD Mishra, addressing the...

Arunachal tourism team takes part in HOT festival

ITANAGAR, 11 Dec: A 20-member delegation of Arunachal's tourism stakeholders, under the initiative of the state's tourism department, participated in the 5th edition of...

P/Pare to play CC in Tadar Tang football final

ITANAGAR, 11 Dec: Papum Pare will play against Capital Complex (CC) in the final match of the 19th Tadar Tang State Level Football Tournament...

Int’l Mountain Day celebrated with theme ‘Women move mountains’

ITANAGAR, 11 Dec: The Northeast Regional Centre (NERC) of the GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (GBPNIHE-NERC) celebrated the International Mountain Day on...

Dignity of labour should be taught in schools: DC

ZIRO, 11 Dec: Moral education and dignity of labour should be taught in schools, said Lower Subansiri DC Bamin Nime, addressing the valedictory function...

Leaving behind children with learning disabilities

Monday Musing My professor has been tutoring some schoolchildren between the ages of 6 and 14. Their families belong to the lower income group. One day,...

‘Jungle Warriors’: Fighting deforestation, protecting green heritage on Assam-Arunachal border

UMSAW, 11 Dec: Armed with seed bombs and saplings, the Assam Regiment of the Indian Army has been on the frontline in the fight...

Read aloud prog concludes

TEZU, 11 Dec: The two-month-long 'read aloud training (RASA)' programme, organised by the Bamboosa Library, in collaboration with the Denning College for Teacher Education...

Plogging drive organised

DAPORIJO, 11 Dec: A weeklong 'walkathon and plogging plastic-free campaign', organised by the Tagin Cultural Society (TCS), concluded here in Upper Subansiri district on...

Career counselling progs

KANUBARI, 11 Dec: The Rujen Students' Union (RSU) organised a series of 'education awareness and career counselling programmes' in all the villages in Kanubari...

Give more priority to road infrastructure

Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday announced some developmental activities to be taken up in some districts of the state. If the announcement becomes reality,...