In a big boost to the Sports infrastructure in the state, Sikkim Governor Ganga Prasad today inaugurated the Bhaichung Bhutia Stadium in Namchi. The Governor was also accompanied by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and other cabinet ministers at the inauguration event. The stadium is named after the face of Indian football and legend, Bhaichung […]

A Kashmiri girl studying in Class 7 scripted history when she became the first one from her state to represent India and win a gold medal in the World Kickboxing Championship, in the under 14 category, held in Cairo from October 22-24. Tajmul Islam studying in Bandipora’s Army Goodwill School defeated Argentina’s Lalina in the […]

100 undergraduates and 30 engineering postgraduates students of IIT Guwahati and IIT Madras students have been awarded fellowships under the ‘Samsung Innovation Campus’. Around 130 Scholarships have been given so far to students of various engineering disciplines of both the IITs. Samsung India’s fellowship program aims to encourage research, innovation and technology for social good. […]

Imagine an Indian bearded man wearing a saree in its all regalia and flaunting it in the streets of India. Forget the stares & the furor it would create, there is a definite possibility would perhaps make the Prime Time news in the media. Pushpak Sen, from Kolkata has done what has just been described, […]

Locals at Seppa in Arunachal Pradesh woke up to sights dead fishes floating at the Kameng river at Seppa today. People swarmed the river banks to collect the dead fishes, some of them later heading to the local market to sell them. Eyewitnesses reports say that the river suddenly changed colour on the night of […]

As many as 7 branches of a private bank called KBZ, were blown up in explosions in Myanmar’s Mandalay. The blasts come amid growing concerns that the country’s private banks have begun to cooperate with the junta, which has been pressuring them to disclose information about customers in a bid to track down financing of […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s made an announcement that he’s changing his company’s name to Meta Platforms Inc. In explaining the rebrand, Zuckerberg said the name Facebook doesn’t encompass everything the company does anymore. Zuckerberg has described it as a “virtual environment” something we can go inside of — instead of just looking at on a […]

A documentary on the legendary British singer-songwriter Freddie Mercury, the frontman of the rock band Queen, is all set to be broadcasted , featuring interviews with the band members. 30 years after Mercury died in November 1991 from complications of AIDS, the 90-minute documentary will tell the story of the final chapter of the Queen […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is travelling to Rome, Italy and Glasgow, UK, to attend the 16th G-20 Summit and the World Leaders’ Summit of COP-26 till the 2nd of November. He will pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his first day of arrival in Rome and will also call on Pope Francis in the Vatican […]

Benjamin Daimary has created history. He is India’s First Gay actor to have won a National Award for his debut film. He was awarded the jury special mention at the 67th National Film Awards. This award came as no surprise, since his portrayal of Jahnu, a transgender, in Prakash Deka’s Assamese film Jonaki Poruwa (Fireflies) was […]