As many as 4,54,049 people have been vaccinated till early Tuesday morning as India’s active COVID-19 cases came down to 2 lakhs amid the ongoing vaccination drive in the country. At the Health Ministry’s press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, “4,54,049 people have been vaccinated till now. The active cases are around 2 […]

With an aim to promote tourism in the state, the government of Sikkim is all set to organise a mega promotion event titled ‘Visit Sikkim 2022’. This was announced by Chief Minister PS Tamang on Monday while addressing the inaugural function of “Capacity Building Training for Tourism Stakeholders of Sikkim”. The event, held at Chintan […]

For the first time in the history of Assamese cinema, ‘Porichoy’, a movie directed by Rajiv Borthakur and produced by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma under the banner of Prideeast Entertainments Pvt Ltd has bagged three awards in the 13th Jaipur International Film Festival 2021. In the 13th edition of the JIFF, the film has bagged awards […]

India overcame unimaginable odds to defeat Australia in the fourth Test and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. With this classic victory, the Ajinkya Rahane-led team has moved to the top of the ICC World Test Championship standings. India now has 430 points while New Zealand, holding the second spot, has 420 points on the table. Sitting […]

A total of 38 Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft and four helicopters of the Indian Army will participate in the flypast at the Republic Day parade on January 26 this year. The Public Relation Officer (PRO) of IAF on Monday said, “A total of 42 aircraft including 15 fighters, five transport aircraft, 17 helicopters and […]

In a bid to popularise science communication among the masses, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday laid the foundation stone for Science City at Tepesia in the outskirts of Guwahati. The Science City would be built at a total expenditure of Rs. 184 crore covering an area of 250 bighas of land and roads, […]

The central government on Monday informed that avian influenza (AI) has been confirmed in five states for poultry birds and in nine states for crow, migratory and wild birds till January 18. Further, bird flu has been confirmed in samples of dead heron from Tis Hazari, New Delhi and in crow from Red Fort and […]

The fortress has been breached. It took 32 years and two months, but the unthinkable has been achieved as an injury-ravaged young Indian team beat Australia by three wickets against all odds in the final Test of the series at The Gabba on Tuesday to take the series 2-1. Rishabh ‘nerves of steel’ Pant will […]

India reported the lowest number of daily coronavirus infections in over seven months with 10,064 new cases, which took the caseload to 1,05,81,837, while recoveries have surged to 1,02,28,753, according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The country’s death toll increased to 1,52,556 as 137 fatalities, the lowest in around eight months, were […]

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora along with Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar arrived here at Guwahati on Monday on a three-day-long programme to review the poll preparedness for the upcoming Assembly elections in the State. After their arrival, the Election Commission (EC) held a discussion with Nitin Khade, CEO, Assam and the Police […]