Daily Archives: August 12, 2023

Science motivation programme

ITANAGAR, 11 Aug: The Naharlagun branch of the North East Institute of Science & Technology (NEIST) organised a 'Science motivation-cum-demonstration programme' for the students...

ICR Deputy Commissioner Talo Potom, on behalf of IMC Mayor Tame Phassang, hands over food baskets to 10 patients adopted by the mayor, at...

Govt should take locals into confidence before signing HEP MoAs

Just a day ahead of the signing of 13 memorandums of agreement (MoA) between the government of Arunachal Pradesh and four major central public...

‘Welfarism’must be thrust

Development Dynamics By Dr Oishee Mukherjee A recent news item in a national daily referred to a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah that Prime...

India advises its citizens to leave violence-hit Niger as soon as possible

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) India on Friday advised its nationals residing in violence-hit Niger to leave that country as soon as possible in...

Around 1,800 special guests including PM-KISAN beneficiaries to attend Independence Day celebration at Red...

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) The government has invited around 1,800 special guests, including beneficiaries of the PM-KISAN scheme, from across the country to...

For first time, marrying a woman after concealing identity to be crime under proposed...

New Delhi, 11 Aug: Marrying a woman by concealing identity or having intercourse under false promise of marriage, promotion and employment will be treated...

Assam delimitation: Opposition cries foul, CM says ‘some requests’ for changes met

Guwahati, 11 Aug: Opposition parties in Assam on Friday criticised the final report on delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies and termed it a...

Gauhati HC acquits ex-militants, others in terror funding case

Guwahati, 11 Aug: The Gauhati High Court on Friday acquitted all accused, including militants-turned-politicians Niranjan Hojai and Jewel Gorlosa as well as NCHAC former...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman calls for concerted global efforts to restructure debt for...

Mumbai, 11 Aug: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday, August 11, 2023 called for concerted global efforts led by rich nations to help...

China detains a military group worker suspected of spying for the CIA

TAIPEI, Taiwan, 11 Aug (AP) — China has detained a worker from a military industrial group on suspicion of spying for the CIA, national...

A rocket with a lunar landing craft blasts off on Russia’s first moon mission...

TALLINN, Estonia, 11 Aug (AP) — A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50...

Illinois Supreme Court plans to rule on semiautomatic weapons ban

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ,11 Aug (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court plans to issue an opinion Friday on a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban of...

Severe floods in China’s northern province killed 29 and caused tens of billions of...

BEIJING, 11 Aug (AP) — Severe floods in China’s northern province of Hebei brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri this month killed at least...

Jakarta is the world’s most polluted city. Blame the dry season and vehicles for...

JAKARTA, Indonesia, 11 Aug (AP) — The dry season and and motorized vehicles are the main causes of the air pollution in Jakarta, Indonesian...

Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots...

NICOSIA, Cyprus, 11 Aug (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency said Friday it was “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100...

Gunmen ambush a bus carrying Syrian soldiers, killing 20 in the country’s east

BEIRUT, 11 Aug (AP) — Gunmen have ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the country’s east, killing at least 20 and wounding others,...

China, Russia and Iran are engaged in foreign interference in New Zealand, intelligence agency...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 11 Aug (AP) — China, Iran and Russia are engaged in foreign interference in New Zealand, the nation’s domestic intelligence agency...