In a first, a modern air-conditioned fish retail outlet was inaugurated by the Assam forest, environment and fisheries minister Parimal Suklabaidya on Thursday at the premises of Fisheries Development Department in Assam’s Barak Valley. Taking to Twitter after the inauguration, Suklabaidya wrote, “Inaugurated the first of it’s kind premium fish retail outlet ‘Macher Majlish’ in […]

Security forces along with district administration on Thursday carried out an anti-poppy drive at four separate locations in Manipur’s Churachandpur district and destroyed over 80 acres of illegal poppy plantations. The drive was conducted at four locations, namely Bungsang, Saronphai, New Dampi and Geljang. The joint team comprising of Police, District Administration, Assam Rifles and […]

The Sikkim government has asked all schools in the state to introduce 11 vernaculars in their curriculum from the next academic session for students to pick one as second language, an education department official said. As of now, students in state-run schools are given Bhutia, Nepali, Lepcha and Limbu as options for second language, and […]

The elections to the Garo Hills District Council (GHADC) will be held on April 9, 2021, the Meghalaya Cabinet announced on Thursday. During a briefing, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong informed that publication of draft electoral roll will be on Feb 4, and counting will be held on April 14. The last date for filing […]

Calling for India to play a major role in global vaccination campaign, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday termed the vaccine production capacity of India as the “best asset” that the world has today. Addressing reporters here, the UN chief said, “I know that in India there is a very high level of production […]

Tripura is all set to get its first road made of plastic waste by the end of this month, almost two years after Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb asked the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) to construct a road using plastic waste materials. In July 2018, during a review meeting, Chief Minister Biplab Deb had asked […]

India will vaccinate 300 million people including the elderly and those with co-morbidities against COVID-19 in the next few months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. Addressing the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Davos Dialogue on via video conferencing, the Prime Minister said there are two ‘Made in India’ vaccines against coronavirus and many more vaccines will […]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly underwent a second round of angioplasty on Thursday and two stents were inserted in coronary arteries. Speaking to ANI, sources close to the former India skipper confirmed that he underwent a successful angioplasty. “Two stents have been fitted and the angioplasty is successful,” the source […]

Nagaland Chief Secretary Temjen Toy breathed his last at 4 pm on Thursday after a long battle with cancer. He passed away at his residence in Kohima and was 57 years old. He was suffering from lung cancer and has been undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital. Toy, who took charge as the Nagaland chief secretary […]

Government college teachers in Manipur under the banner of Federation of Govt College Teacher Association or FEGOCTA staged a sit-in-protest at NG College Lamphel in Imphal West on Thursday demanding issue of order for implementation of the 7th University Grants Commission (UGC) and Regulations 2018. The protesting teachers have also sought immediate intervention from Chief […]