Boxing Federation of India’s (BFI) Executive-Director Raj Kumar Sacheti who was suffering from Covid-19, has passed away. Along with being BFI Executive-Director, Sacheti was IOA’s Associate Joint-Secretary and Meghalaya National Games GTCC Chairman. “Deeply saddened to hear about the sudden demise of IOA Associate Joint Secretary and Meghalaya National Games GTCC Chairman, BFI Executive Director […]

In view of the COVID-19 situation, the Sikkim government has imposed a 10-day lockdown starting May 6. The notification issued by State Home Department informs, “The average test positivity for COVID 19 cases in the State has been more than 20% in the last ten days, owing to which, it is felt that there is […]

In view of the current COVID-19 situation in Assam, the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) postponed higher secondary final examinations, scheduled to be held from May 11. Meanwhile, the Matric and High madrassa examinations has also been postponed indefinitely. Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA) has postponed the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examinations […]

Israel will send life-saving equipment to India, including individual oxygen generators to help the country address the difficult situation with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. “India is one of Israel’s closest and most important friends. We stand with India, particularly during these difficult times India is experiencing, […]

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates announced the decision to end their marriage after 27 years, saying “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives”. Bill and Melinda said in a joint statement which was shared by the Microsoft co-founder […]

The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday, in an emergency meeting unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate effect. The BCCI does not want to compromise on the safety of the players, support staff, and the other participants involved in organising […]

India registered a slight dip in COVID-19 cases as it registered 3,57,229 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, informed the union health ministry on Tuesday morning. With this, the cumulative count of the cases has gone up to 2,02,82,833. The daily spike had reached its peak of over four lakh cases on May […]

Assam reported 29 more deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, while the number of positive cases rose to 4,489. This is the highest number of confirmed Coronavirus cases registered in a single-day this year. The fresh cases have been detected out of 55,939 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Kamrup (M) alone has registered 1,645 […]

Jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi became the first Assamese to win an election without hitting the campaign trail, as he clinched the Sibsagar constituency, defeating his nearest rival Surabhi Rajkonwari of the BJP by a decisive 11,875 votes. The founder of the newly floated Raijor Dal – arrested in December 2019 over sedition charges – […]

An additional 60 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses will be received by the states/union territories in the next three days, the central government informed on Monday. In a media release, the health ministry said the government of India has so far provided nearly 16.54 crore vaccine doses (16,54,93,410) to states/union territories free of cost. Of this, […]