Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday virtually flagged off the first consignment of Nano Urea, developed by Indian Farmers’ Fertilizers Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) at the Chief Minister’s office. It may be noted that IFFCO has developed nano urea for the first time in the world which is going to substitute a major portion […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded the efforts of Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, Mirabai Chanu for promoting and supporting the spirit of “My Handloom My Pride”. Taking to Twitter PM Modi said the handloom sector will keep contributing to the building of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. “The last few years have seen a renewed interest […]

Neeraj Chopra has won Gold in the men’s javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first Indian athlete to win Gold ever in the games. Chopra topped the Men’s javelin throw scoreboard with a throw of 87.58 metres. This is the first gold medal in athletics for India after a span of 100 […]

Wrestler Bajrang Punia on Saturday defeated Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov to win the bronze medal in men’s freestyle 65 kg category at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Punia won the sixth medal for India at the Games this year, and the fourth bronze for the nation. India has equalled its tally of six medals recorded at the […]

The Ministry of Health said on Saturday that more than 51.66 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far, through all sources and a further 55,52,070 doses are in the pipeline. Out of the 51,66,13,680 doses, over 2.29 crore balance and unutilised Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the […]

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has announced a cash reward of Rs 75 lakh and a suitable state government job for Shanglakpam Nilakanta Sharma, a member of the Indian men’s hockey team that bagged the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. On Thursday, Biren Singh spoke to Nilakanta over the phone and assured […]

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Thursday said that the COVID-19 pandemic has been highly disruptive and challenging and it pulled down the state’s economy to the tune of Rs 1,013.11 crore during 2020-21. He said this while making the concluding remarks in the state assembly on the discussion on urgent public importance pertaining to […]

More than 136 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are expected to be available till the end of this year, informed the Centre. For the next four months, India’s vaccine programme will be accelerated by the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. The note titled “Covid-19 Public Health Response Pro-active, Pre-emptive and Graded […]

The second round of talks to resolve the long pending Assam-Meghalaya border dispute concluded on a positive note. The discussions revolved around the issue of the boundary dispute in the 12 areas along the Assam-Meghalaya border. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma on Friday held crucial deliberations in Guwahati […]

The Indian women’s hockey team on Friday broke down during a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he praised them for their performance at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. The Indian team lost to Great Britain in a tight contest for the bronze medal on Friday. Despite giving a fierce fight, India lost 3-4 […]