The Indian Navy will soon issue a tender worth around Rs 50,000 crores to build six new advanced conventional submarines with the Defence Ministry clearing a proposal for the same at the Defence Acquisition Council meeting on Friday. “The Defence Acquisition Council meeting attended by functionaries cleared the project and the Navy will soon issue […]

Stating that today India is showing the way to the world in the field of sustainable development and clean energy and is accelerating the development of other countries, playing the role of a major engine in the development of the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasised that India’s goals should be in line […]

Member Health NITI Aayog Dr VK Paul on Friday said India has overtaken the United States in terms of the number of people who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “As per the data, the number of people who have received at least one dose of vaccine in India is 17.2 crore. We […]

All four tiger reserves of Assam have received accreditation by the National Committee of Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CATS) for maintaining a high standard of conservation, an official release said on Friday. The accreditation has been given to Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri and Orang tiger reserves. The CATS assessment has been conducted by the National Tiger […]

In yet another successful crusade against smuggling activities, the Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles, under the aegis of Headquarters Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), recovered foreign origin cigarettes in Chhungte area of Mizoram on Friday. Based on specific information, a joint team of Assam Rifles and the Customs Preventive Force carried out the […]

Many student unions and organisations have started a ‘Twitter storm’ demanding a mandatory chapter on the north-eastern states of India in the NCERT curriculum. According to Lingdam Kame, president of All Arunachal Student Union of Chandigarh, this step has been taken to raise the issue of racial discrimination faced by people from the Northeast. Over […]

The Indian Olympic Association launched the official kits for the Indian contingent that will participate in the Games to be held from July 23-August 8, 2021 in Tokyo. Union minister for sports and youth affairs Kiren Rijiju unveiled the official kit for Team India at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the presence of IOA President, […]

The US Department of State on Thursday (local time) said that the increased manufacturing capacity of COVID-19 vaccines in India has the potential to be a ‘game changer’ well beyond the country’s borders, which is why an arrangement to provide support to India and increase its manufacturing capabilities was reached. The US is set to […]

Assam Police on Friday apprehended three notorious criminals in an encounter that took place at Bala Mugkuchi in Nalbari district on Friday wee hours. The criminals who sustained bullet injuries were involved in cattle smuggling, drugs trade and other criminal activities. The operation was jointly carried out by Nalbari and Ghagrapar police stations. The arrested […]

Under pressure from the opposition, the Meghalaya government on Friday agreed to examine the demand for an enquiry into instances of illegal coal mining in the state despite a ban in place. Even after 3 days, there is still no trace of the trapped laborers in the tragedy-hit coal mine in the Sutnga area of […]