Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced a contribution of USD 1 million to the COVID-19 ASEAN Response Fund at the 17th ASEAN-India Summit, which was held virtually. In his address to leaders from the 10 ASEAN countries, PM Modi also highlighted India’s response and broader support to the international community and welcomed the association’s […]

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congres leader Rahul Gandhi find a place in the new memoir by former US President Barack Obama. While he calls Manmohan Singh as ‘having a kind of impassive integrity,’ he describes Rahul Gandhi as one who is ‘eager to impress’ but ‘lacked either the aptitude or the passion’ to […]

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered a CID probe into the death case of journalist Parag Bhuyan, who was hit by a vehicle on Wednesday night near his residence in Tinsukia’s Kakopathar. The senior journalist later succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a private nursing home in Dibrugarh. “Taking note of various […]

US President-elect Joe Biden has narrowly won Arizona, capturing the state’s 11 electoral votes and strengthening his Electoral College margin, while President Donald Trump has not yet conceded defeat in the presidential elections, reported New York Times. The Arizona victory brings Biden to 290 electoral votes, 20 more than required to clinch the White House. […]

With 44,878 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India’s total cases surged to 87,28,795, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Friday. With 547 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll has mounted to 1,28,668. The total number of active cases in the country stands […]

The iron bailey bridge laid across the Irang river along NH-37 has snapped yet again, barely a week after it was restored after the old bridge had collapsed last week. According to reports, the new Irang Bridge at Taubam village under Noney district which was undergoing reconstruction collapsed at around 11:15 AM on Wednesday but […]

As part of the disengagement proposals being discussed between India and China, the two sides would dismantle any new structures that have come up during the ongoing standoff since April-May this year in the Pangong lake area. There would also be no patrolling activity by either side between the Finger 4 and Finger 8 as […]

Panchayat and municipal elections will be held simultaneously in Arunachal Pradesh on December 22 after a delay of over two years, election officials said on Thursday. The elections got delayed due to the amendment of existing acts and rules for the conversion of the three-tier panchayat system in the state to a two-tier one and […]

All four newly elected candidates, including the lone independent in the recently concluded Manipur Assembly elections, were sworn in as the new MLAs of their respective ACs on Thursday. The oath was administered by Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly Y Khemchand at his chamber in the presence of Manipur CM N Biren Singh, Minister […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a new job creation scheme by giving subsidy to those establishments that make new hires. The subsidy would be to cover for retirement fund contributions by employees as well as employers for two years, she said. Employees’ contribution (12 per cent of wages) and employer’s contribution (12 per […]