Monthly Archives: August 2024

Apatani farming: Preserving environment and cultural legacy

In Ziro Valley, in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, the Apatani tribe practices a unique farming method that combines rice, fish, and millets....

Olympics double gold medallist and hero of 1962 war, Lt Col Haripal Kaushik

Flights Of Fantasy Can an Olympics gold medallist be a war hero also? One such rarest of rare combination is Lieutenant Colonel Haripal Kaushik. He...

APCTA unit provides financial assistance to Pareng fire victims

PASIGHAT, 10 Aug: A team from the Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC) unit of the Arunachal Pradesh College Teachers' Association (APCTA) visited Pareng village in...

11th Ziro Butterfly Meet in Oct

PANGE, 10 Aug: The 11th edition of the Ziro Butterfly Meet (ZBM) will be organised on the occasion of the National Wildlife Week at...

Cong slams govt over trade deficit with China

NEW DELHI, 10 Aug: The Congress on Saturday hit out at the Centre over the issue of trade deficit with China and said that...

Free cancer screening camp held

PASIGHAT, 10 Aug: Forty adult females were screened for cervical cancer during a free cancer screening camp held at the first referral unit (FRU)...

Social service conducted

SILLUK, 10 Aug: The Silluk football team, in collaboration with Swachh Silluk Abhiyan, participated in social service activities in Silluk village in East Siang...

Swadeshi Jagaran Manch prog

ITANAGAR, 10 Aug: The Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya (VKV) here organised a Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) event on Friday. VKV Principal A Krishnan highlighted the objectives...

I-Day boycott call

ITANAGAR, 10 Aug: The NSCN/GPRN (Yung Aung) in a joint statement with the ULFA (I) on Saturday issued a call for boycotting the Independence...

Career counselling prog on defence services

KHONSA, 10 Aug: The Tirap district administration, in collaboration with the Khonsa battalion of the Assam Rifles (AR), organised a career counselling programme, focusing...

APDA unit extends support to KMG, plants trees

PASIGHAT, 10 Aug: Members of the Arunachal Pradesh Doctors' Association's (APDA) East Siang district unit on Saturday planted more than 100 saplings along the...

Maize sheller demo and distribution prog

TAWANG, 10 Aug: Almora (Uttarakhand)-based Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan (VPKA), in collaboration with the Tawang KVK, organised a 'demonstration and distribution of maize sheller'...

Be like a tree (Poem)

--- Anand M Mishra, VKV Jairampur. Life's journey is like the play of sun and rain, Sometimes storms will come, sometimes flowers will play. Whether a storm comes...

The Heart of a Mother (Poem)

--- Kalyan Kumar Dutta, VKV Kharsang. Mother means compassion a tender healing touch Mother means power, strength that means so much. Mother means a shadow, where safety always...

Drawing

--- Ayush Sharma, Cl-III, VKV Itanagar.

Allegation of nepotism in selection of asst prof in TRIHMS

ITANAGAR, 9 Aug: A complaint has been lodged with the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) here, alleging "corrupt practice in the recruitment of an assistant...

SC refuses to postpone NEET-PG

NEW DELHI, 9 Aug: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to postpone the NEET-PG scheduled for 11 August, saying that it can't put the...

CM inaugurates water supply system at TRIHMS

ITANAGAR, 9 Aug: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday inaugurated a 19 lakh litre per day capacity water supply system for Naharlagun-based Tomo Riba...

Org expresses concern over tribal Muslim youth forum

ITANAGAR, 9 Aug: The Arunachal Indigenous Youth Force (AIYF) on Friday expressed concern over the recently dissolved All Arunachal Pradesh Tribal Muslim Youths' Forum...

ASF seeks introducing sociology in govt institutes

DOIMUKH, 9 Aug: Following a meeting it held recently, the Arunachal Sociological Forum (ASF) highlighted the importance of introducing sociology as a subject in...