Rupsi Airport in Assam’s Dhubri district is poised to be operational from Saturday with a trial flight conducted on the Guwahati-Rupsi-Guwahati route by Flybig Airlines, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said on Thursday. The trial run was completed timely and safely on Wednesday with extended support from the Assam Government and concerned agencies, […]

The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday informed that COVID-19 supplies received from the global community have effectively been allocated to the states and Union Territories including 1764 Oxygen Concentrators, 1760 Oxygen Cylinders, seven Oxygen Generation Plants, 450 ventilators, over 1.35 lakh Remdesivir vials and 1.20 lakh Favipiravir strips. According to a statement issued by the […]

Sprinter Hima Das took her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday. The international athlete shared a photo of herself getting vaccinated on Twitter and urged everyone to get vaccinated. “Got first dose of Covid Vaccination. Get yourself vaccinated,” Hima Das wrote in a tweet. The Dhing Express was recently appointed as deputy superintendent of […]

As Meghalaya witnesses a steady rise in COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday inspected the site of the proposed cryogenic oxygen plant which will be set up at Baljek in West Khasi Hills. Once installed, the oxygen generation plant will cater to the oxygen requirements of five districts in West Khasi Hills and […]

The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) has merged with the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or TIPRA headed by Tripura’s royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Deb Barman. The merger was announced by INPT chief BK Hrangkhawl and Pradyot Deb Barman in a joint press conference at the Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala on Thursday. Addressing mediapersons, Pradyot Deb […]

Union Minister V Muraleedharan’s car was attacked in West Bengal’s Panchkhudi on Thursday. The Minister took to Twitter to allege that the attack was perpetrated by Trinamool Congress (TMC) goons. “TMC goons attacked my convoy in West Midnapore, broken windows, attacked personal staff. Cutting short my trip,” tweeted Muraleedharan. https://twitter.com/VMBJP/status/1390209778798923778?s=20 In visuals, a group of […]

Assam on Thursday received one lakh more doses of Covishield vaccines for all those above the age group of 45 years. With this the total vaccine stock in the State has gone up to 3,25,470. Taking to Twitter, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed, “Pleased to share that we have received 1 lakh more doses […]

Manipur government has declared all accredited working journalists as frontline workers. The state will vaccinate the scribes against COVID-19 on priority. Chief Minister N Biren Singh stated that the effort of the journalists to disseminate news and risk they are exposed to is no less than other frontline workers. The chief minister further said that in […]

Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Matang Sinh passed away on Thursday morning due to COVID-19 complications. He was 58 years old. Matang Sinh breathed his last at a hospital in Delhi. Sinh had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 22. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam in 1992 and served as Union Minister […]

The Ministry of Railways on Wednesday said that the Indian Railways has so far delivered approximately 2,067 metric tonnes (MT) of liquid medical oxygen in 137 tankers across the country. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Railways, as many as 34 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far. It is Indian […]