Monthly Archives: January 2023

MEDP on candle-making concludes

JAIRAMPUR, 5 Jan: Thirty members of local SHGs underwent a 15-day training programme on candle-making, which concluded here in Changlang district on Thursday. Organised under...

Health camp organised

RUPA, 5 Jan: Around 300 civilians from Rupa village and adjoining areas were offered free medical treatment during a multispecialty medical camp organised by...

Loathsome but unavoidable

Personal Poll Attacks By Inder Jit (Released on 5 October 1999) Unlike top leaders of the BJP, the Congress and other parties, I am not upset by...

World will benefit if people of India & China work together for inner peace:...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 5 Jan: The Dalai Lama says the entire planet would benefit if China, historically a Buddhist country, were to follow the ancient Indian...

11 Omicron sub-variants found during testing of int’l travellers; all earlier reported in India:...

NEW DELHI, 5 Jan: Eleven Omicron sub-variants were found among the 124 international travellers who tested positive for Covid-19 between 24 December and 3...

President Murmu calls for more women officers in military engineer services

NEW DELHI, 5 Jan: Significant push is being given to women empowerment in the defence forces, whether in combat roles or medical services, President...

Afghan Taliban kill 8 in raids of IS hideouts in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, 5 Jan: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed eight Islamic State militants and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in...

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads

BEIJING, 5 Jan: Patients, mostly older people, laid on stretchers in hallways or took oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as a COVID-19 outbreak stretched...

Philippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops

MANILA, Philippines, 5 Jan: The Philippine national police chief said Thursday he has tendered his resignation to encourage nearly a thousand other ranking police...

Attackers wound 5 Pakistani policemen guarding polio workers

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 5 Jan: Attackers armed with guns and hand grenades ambushed a police van assigned to guard polio workers in northwestern Pakistan, wounding...

U.S. pledges $30m to Moldova hit hard by war in Ukraine

CHISINAU, Moldova, 5 Jan: The U.S. will provide $30 million in aid to Moldova to help the small country tackle an energy crisis and...

Flood-hit Pakistan to seek $16B at next week’s conference

ISLAMABAD, 5 Jan: With the United Nations at its side, Pakistan is expected to seek $16.3 billion in aid from the international community for...

Nagaland cabinet to appeal to ENPO to reconsider demand for separate state

KOHIMA, 4 Jan: The Nagaland cabinet decided to appeal to the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation (ENPO) to reconsider their demand for a separate state...

Fire affected vendors get temporary daily market sheds

NAHARLAGUN, 4 Jan: MLA Techi Kaso on Wednesday inaugurated temporary daily market sheds near Helipad ground here. In October last year, the oldest daily...

Tedir holds meeting with NCC for expansion in Arunachal

ITANAGAR, 4 Jan: Minister for education Taba Tedir held a meeting with Major General Gagan Deep, Additional Director General (ADG) NCC, Shillong here on...

China will interfere with Dalai Lama succession, prepared for democratic transition: Tibetan Sikyong

KOLKATA, 4 Jan: The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile Penpa Tsering claimed that China has been preparing for the last 15 years to interfere...

Cabinet approves Rs. 19,744-cr National Green Hydrogen Mission

NEW DELHI, 4 Jan: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission with an outlay of Rs. 19,744 crore with an...

Over 5.7 crore Indians affected by serious fungal diseases: Study

NEW DELHI, 4 Jan: Over 5.7 crore Indians are affected by serious fungal diseases, 10 per cent of which are from potentially deadly mold...

The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) team led by APCC president-cum-NECCC chairman Nabam Tuki called upon AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge along with other delegates...

Arunachal has huge potentials in agri-horti sectors: Moyong

PASIGHAT, 4 Jan: "Arunachal Pradesh has huge potentials in the agriculture, horticulture and allied sectors," said Pasighat East MLA Kaling Moyong during the inaugural...