Monthly Archives: August 2023

Heavy rains cause significant flooding in parts of West Virginia

CHESAPEAKE, 28 Aug: Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains that caused significant flooding in parts of West Virginia on Monday, authorities said. Gov. Jim Justice issued a...

Japan asks China to urge citizens to halt harassment after start of Fukushima...

Tokyo, 28 Aug: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked China on Monday to urge its citizens to halt acts of harassment, including crank calls...

Libya’s foreign minister suspended after meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat

Cairo, 28 Aug: One of Libya's rival prime ministers said Monday he has suspended his foreign minister a day after Israel revealed that its...

Sports fraternity hails Chopra gold

NEW DELHI, 28 Aug: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar led the sporting fraternity in applauding the country's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's gold medal-winning feat...

5 solar-powered cold storage units to be set up in Assam’s Bodo areas

Guwahati, Aug 28 (PTI) Five solar-powered cold storage units will be set up in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) areas in Assam with the...

Millions of people brought into financial mainstream: Modi on 9 years of PM Jan...

New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) On completion of nine years of PM Jan Dhan Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said through this...

PM Gati Shakti: 100 infra projects worth Rs 5.89 lakh crore recommended for approval...

New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) As many as 100 big ticket infrastructure projects of different ministries worth Rs 5.89 lakh crore have been recommended...

Flood situation in Assam turns grim, over 1.90 lakh affected, toll rises to 15

Guwahati, Aug 28 (PTI) The flood situation in Assam turned grim on Monday with over 1.90 lakh people affected by the deluge and one...

Heroin worth Rs 5 crore seized in Assam, 3 held

Tinsukia (Assam), Aug 28 (PTI) Three persons were arrested from Assam's Tinsukia district after heroin worth Rs 5 crore was seized from their possession,...

ISRO releases graph of temperature variation on lunar surface measured by Chandrayaan-3’s payload

BENGALURU, 27 Aug: ISRO on Sunday released a graph of the temperature variation on lunar surface with increase in depth measured by the ChaSTE...

IGP Mari Riba passes away

PASIGHAT, 27 Aug: Indian Police Service officer Mari Riba has passed away after suffering a stroke Sunday morning. Riba, who was posted as IGP (Central...

When we fail children-II

Monday Musing In 2021, several people booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were let off because the police failed to...

State’s Junior Judo team leaves for New Delhi

ITANAGAR, 27 Aug:  The state's junior judo team left here on Saturday for New Delhi to participate in the National Junior Judo Championships 2023...

Manipur violence: Inmates at relief camps cry to return home

GUWAHATI, 27 Aug: Restless victims of Manipur's three-month-long ethnic strife housed in cramped makeshift relief camps are demanding the state government solves the imbroglio...

BJP has made MP ‘laboratory’ for atrocities on Dalits, alleges Kharge

NEW DELHI, 27 Aug: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at the BJP over the reported killing of a Dalit man in...

Editors Guild voices concern over Karnataka govt decision to set up fact-check unit

NEW DELHI, 27 Aug:  The Editors Guild of India on Sunday voiced concern over the decision of the Karnataka government to set up a...

Cyber forensics training for police personnel

 ITANAGAR, 27 Aug: The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Kolkata in association with National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Itanagar...

Chandrayaan-3 living example of women power: PM Modi

NEW DELHI, 27 Aug:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Chandrayaan-3 is a living example of women power with several women scientists and...

Awareness prog on conservation and propagation of goat

DIRANG, 27 Aug: The ICAR Arunachal Pradesh Centre at Basar in collaboration with the animal husbandry, veterinary and dairy development department organized an awareness...

A monumental moment

The success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, the most complex lunar expedition riddled with multiple challenges, is a monumental moment for India's space research community...