Daily Archives: January 17, 2024

Tawang blanketed by the season's first snowfall on Tuesday afternoon, providing an exciting experience to tourists as well as the local residents. However, it...

Arunachal tops nat’l startup ranking

NEW DELHI, 16 Jan: The government of Arunachal Pradesh was adjudged the 'top performer state' at the prestigious States' Startup Ranking Awards in Category...

13,428 units blood collected, 11,622 units transfused in 2023

ITANAGAR, 16 Jan: A total of 13,428 units of blood were collected and 11,622 units of whole blood/packed red blood cells transfused across Arunachal...

Pratik Potom conferred Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously

ITANAGAR, 16 Jan: Pioneer educationist Pratik Potom was conferred with a Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously by the Potom community during a social gathering of...

Fmr LMCA secy Tanyo Tasang Gamdik passes away

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 16 Jan: Former land management & cultural affairs (LMCA) secretary Tanyo Tasang Gamdik passed away at Nigla Care Unit in Lekhi near...

Trg prog on EVM and VVPAT for political parties

ITANAGAR, 16 Jan: A hands-on 'training and sensitisation programme' on electronic voting machine (EVM) and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) for the representatives...

Honorariums of AWWs, AWHs to be raised

ITANAGAR, 16 Jan: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved "increasing a top-up of Rs 1,000, in addition to the present honorariums, to 6,225 anganwadi...

BJP has turned Ram temple consecration into political event: Gandhi

CHIEPHOBOZOU, 16 Jan: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the Ram temple consecration event in Ayodhya has been made into a "Narendra...

SC to hear on 22 Jan plea seeking implementation of women’s reservation bill

NEW DELHI, 16 Jan: The Supreme Court will hear on 22 January a plea of Congress leader Jaya Thakur that has sought immediate implementation...

Women are the backbone of society: MLA

RIGA, 16 Jan: Pangin-Boleng MLA Ojing Tasing termed women "the backbone of the society," and emphasised their pivotal role in "social building." He said this...

Editors Guild terms draft broadcast bill ‘intrusive’

NEW DELHI, 16 Jan: The Editors Guild of India (EGI) has said that the draft Broadcast Services (Regulation) Bill circulated by the government is...

Coordination meetings on SLAC held

ITANAGAR/YUPIA, 16 Jan: Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) District Leprosy Officer (DLO) Dr Dominic Lokham said that the nationwide Sparsh leprosy awareness campaign (SLAC), under...

Army gifts blankets, heaters to villagers

JANG, 16 Jan: The Indian Army gifted blankets to villagers, traditional jackets to the gaon burahs, and cushion chairs and kerosene heaters to the...

DNGC’s ethnographic fieldwork in Lapnan village concludes

ITANAGAR, 16 Jan: Students of the anthropology department of Dera Natung Govt College (DNGC) here completed their ethnographic fieldwork in Lapnan village in Tirap...

WEF meeting begins amid concerns over conflicts, climate change

DAVOS, 16 Jan: The World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting began here on Monday evening with an opening concert dedicated to the Sahara desert...

2 held for killing of Moreh SDPO

IMPHAL, 16 Jan: Two persons were arrested for allegedly being involved in the killing of a sub-divisional police officer at Moreh in Manipur's Tengnoupal...

Apex bodies, churches urge Naga groups to come together for Naga solution

KOHIMA, 16 Jan: Naga apex bodies and churches have urged the NSCN (IM) and the Naga National Political Groups (NNPG) to come together and...

Startup India has become vehicle to garner publicity for PM: Kharge

NEW DELHI, 16 Jan: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday alleged that the Narendra Modi government is only drum-beating about the National Startup Day,...

Women’s empowerment essential for India to become a developed nation: Murmu

TURA, 16 Jan: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that empowerment of women in social, economic, political, and spiritual spheres is essential for the...

World yet not fully prepared for future pandemics: Gates Foundation prez

Barun Jha DAVOS, 16 Jan: Praising India and other countries for contributing to a global pandemic fund, a top official of the Bill and Melinda...