Assam recorded a dip in new COVID-19 cases, as 5,657 people tested positive for Coronavirus on Wednesday. The fresh cases have been detected out of 63,956 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. Out of the figures, a total of 1,456 cases have been registered in Kamrup Metro alone. With the latest tally, the positivity […]

Amid the reports of shortage of Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine, the Centre on Wednesday said it will double the current production capacity of COVAXIN by May-June and then increase it to nearly six to seven folds by July-August. The government of India said the COVAXIN production is expected to reach nearly 10 crore doses per […]

The Arunachal Pradesh government on Wednesday released an amount of Rs 2685.34 lakh as stipend and scholarships for ‘payment of stipend and book grants for the academic session 2021-22’. Taking to Twitter, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said the funds have been released on the instruction of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu. “On the direction […]

India’s total active caseload of COVID-19 dipped to 37,04,099 on Wednesday and now comprises 15.87 per cent of the country’s total positive cases, said the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. According to the ministry, a net decline of 11,122 cases is recorded in the active caseload in the last 24 hours. This is the second […]

India’s Olympic-bound boxers Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Command Hospital in Pune on Wednesday. The ongoing elite women national camp at the Army Sports Institute in Pune, is scheduled to go on till July 31 and is being conducted for the Olympic qualified pugilists. Six-time […]

There seems to be no let up in crimes against women even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. A sanitation worker employed in a private nursing home in Assam’s Cachar district was allegedly gang-raped by three persons while she was returning home from work following a night shift on the wee hours of Sunday. […]

Security forces in Arunachal Pradesh have apprehended a Self Styled cadre of NSCN-IM during a joint operation in Changlang district. Based on input regarding movement of NSCN-IM operatives in the area, the joint team of Assam Rifles and Arunachal Pradesh police launched a special operation at Therimkan village in Nampong circle on May 9. The […]

The Israeli Army on Wednesday said over 1,050 rockets and mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel since the violence broke out on Monday evening. Israel defence forces (IDF) Spokesperson Hidai Zilberman said the Iron Dome air defence system had an interception rate between 85 and 90 per cent of rockets heading […]

Amid surge in COVID-19 cases, the Assam government on Wednesday issued a fresh set of guidelines imposing more restrictions from May 13. According to the fresh set of SOPs, curfew timings has been extended. Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah and DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta listed the fresh Standard Operating Procedures that will come into effect from […]

Veteran journalist and eminent litterateur Homen Borgohain passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 89. As per reports, Borgohain complained of severe illness last night. However, his condition deteriorated further, following which he was rushed to the hospital. He breathed his last today at 6:58 AM at GNRC hospital in Dispur. Borgohain had also tested […]