Monthly Archives: August 2023

Australian Open: Prannoy, Rajawat to face off in semifinals; Sindhu, Srikanth out

Sydney, 4 Aug: Star shuttler PV Sindhu bowed out but HS Prannoy and young Priyanshu Rajawat notched up contrasting wins to set up an...

Indian women’s compound team wins historic gold in World Archery C’ships

Berlin, 4 Aug: The Indian women's compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur on Friday created history by winning the...

Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify

BEIJING, 4 Aug: Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream on Friday, prompting the evacuation of...

Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports

LONDON, 4 Aug: Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled...

Damage from clashes could delay start of school year in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian camp,...

BEIRUT, 4 Aug: Damage to the school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp from recent clashes between factions could delay the start of...

Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended...

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4 Aug: Serbia will ignore U.S. sanctions recently imposed on top Bosnian Serb officials for undermining a 1995 peace agreement that...

Lithuania declares more than 1,000 Belarusians and Russians to be national security risks

VILNIUS, Lithuania, 4 Aug: Lithuania declared more than a thousand citizens of Russia and Belarus living in the country to be threats to national...

APMC to act against quacks posing as doctors

ITANAGAR, 3 Aug: Following allegation of unauthorised practice of modern medicine, in violation of the Arunachal Pradesh Medical Council (APMC) Act, 2004, by certain...

SIC arrests teacher in Longding job scandal

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 3 Aug: Making significant progress in the investigating into the illegal appointment of 28 primary teachers (PRT) in Longding district, the Special...

GoAP signs MoUs with union edn ministry

ITANAGAR, 3 Aug: The Arunachal Pradesh government signed two memorandums of understanding (MoU) with the union education ministry, under the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha...

Society  urges govt to consider  erecting ‘Statue of Honesty’ to honour Gyamar Padang

ITANAGAR, 3 Aug: The Higya Welfare Society (HWS) has appealed to the state government to consider erecting a 'Statue of Honesty' in honour of...

Manipur HC orders status quo on mass burial site; 17 injured in violence

IMPHAL, 3 Aug: Hours before a planned mass burial of Kuki-Zomi people killed in Manipur's ethnic violence, the high court on Thursday ordered that...

Govt reaches out to opposition to break RS logjam

NEW DELHI, 3 Aug: The stalemate in Parliament over Manipur persisted on Thursday, even as union ministers Piyush Goyal and Pralhad Joshi reached out...

Arunachal urgently needs mass communication graduates in govt jobs

In the words of legendary investor Warren Buffet, "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it." These words hold...

Two arrested with drug

LONGDING, 3 Aug: The Longding police on Wednesday arrested a former army man, identified as Tingtun Wangjen, along with one Tingchai Apesam, from Kanubari...

Press & registration of periodicals bill passed

NEW DELHI, 3 Aug: The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed a bill that replaces the existing legislation which governs the registration of print and...

SP advocates collective approach against drug abuse

TAWANG, 3 Aug: Tawang SP DW Thungon urged the members and representatives of the bazaar welfare committee and the district students' union to "be...

DTFI stresses on counselling vaccine refusal cases

YUPIA/YINGKIONG, 3 Aug: The Papum Pare District Task Force for Immunisation (DTFI) during a meeting in Yupia on Wednesday stressed on counselling people who...

Assn seeks CM’s intervention for approval of VVP proposals

KOLORIANG, 3 Aug: Lamenting the recent decision of the chief secretary and the planning & investment principal secretary to drop all the proposals submitted...

Awareness prog on MMMD held

ZIRO, 3 Aug: An awareness programme for the upcoming 'Meri maati, mera desh' (MMMD) celebration, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, was...