Monthly Archives: August 2023

TRIHMS: A beacon of hope

Monday Musing The Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), established in 2017, started the first academic session in 2018 with 50 students...

Cong prez Kharge forms new CWC

NEW DELHI, 20 Aug: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday reconstituted the party's top decision-making body - the Congress Working Committee (CWC) - with...

Forest officials trained in GIS tech

ITANAGAR, 20 Aug: A team of the state's forest department's Bhalukpong range mobile squad (western Arunachal circle) and the GIS cell of the PCCF...

Activities for students organised

KIYIT, 20 Aug: The Mebo education block, under the leadership of BRCC Opak Perme, conducted 'youth and eco club activities' for all the schools...

AKA to celebrate silver jubilee in Oct

ITANAGAR, 20 Aug: The Arunachal Karate Do Association has decided to organise the 25th AKA state-level Karate Do Championship-cum-Silver Jubilee Celebration-2023 at the...

Complete developmental works on time: Nalo

DAPORIJO, 20 Aug: Tourism Minister Nakap Nalo told the public and the contractors concerned that developmental works should be completed in order to ensure...

Sedition law: Old wine in new bottle

Sedition by any other name sounds equally draconian in its intent and scope of application. Though union Home Minister Amit Shah claimed in Parliament...

As BRICS beckons

India-China Talks By (Prof.) Dr D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn For Democratic Socialism) In the run-up to BRICS summit in South Africa to be held on August 22-24...

Lyles makes good, takes world title in 100 meters

BUDAPEST, Hungary, 20 Aug: Noah Lyles captured the 100-meter world championship Sunday, finishing in 9.83 seconds for a victory that reshuffled the deck for...

Suryakumar Yadav is one loose end Indian team needs to tie up before World...

New Delhi, 20 Aug: Terming Suryakumar Yadav ''a big temptation'', former India player Sanjay Manjrekar on Sunday said deciding on the prolific T20I batter's...

World Cup: Praggnanandhaa holds Caruana to draw in 2nd game; semifinal heads to tie-break

Baku (Azerbaijan), 20 Aug: Teenaged Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa drew the second game of the FIDE World Cup semifinal against American GM Fabiano Caruana...

IIT Madras developing smart training solutions to help Indian coaches, reduce dependence on foreign...

New Delhi, 20 Aug: With an aim to help Indian athletes win more medals starting with the Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian Institute of...

India’s Anahat Singh clinches gold in Asian Junior Squash

NEW DELHI, 20 Aug: India's Anahat Singh emerged victorious in the U-17 category, securing the gold medal in the Asian Junior Squash Individual Championships...

Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon, ending its bid to reach the lunar...

MOSCOW, 20 Aug: Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, the country’s Roscosmos space agency said Sunday. The...

Official says wildfire on Spain’s popular tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands, 20 Aug: Canary Islands regional President Fernando Clavijo said Sunday that police have confirmed that a wildfire raging...

Pakistan arrests opposition leader accused of exposing official secrets, harming national interest

ISLAMABAD, 20 Aug: Pakistan’s top investigation agency has arrested an opposition leader, who is a close aide of convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan,...

Bangladesh police clash with opposition activists ahead of elections, leaving hundreds injured

DHAKA,Bangladesh, 20 Aug: Police in northeastern Bangladesh used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who would oversee...

Zelenskyy vows retaliation for Chernihiv attack that killed seven people and wounded almost 150

KYIV, Ukraine, 20 Aug: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday vowed stern retaliation for a Russian missile strike in the center of the northern...

A bus hits a van and catches fire in Pakistan, killing 20 people and...

MULTAN, Pakistan, 20 Aug: A bus in Pakistan caught fire after hitting a van parked on the shoulder of an intercity highway in eastern...

Ladakhis concerned over grazing land ‘taken over by China’: Gandhi

LEH, 20 Aug: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion that not an inch of the land in...