A biography on renowned social worker and current Chairman of the State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA), Assam, Dipok Kumar Barthakur was released in presence of an august gathering at Taj Vivanta in Guwahati on Monday. Authored by veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Northeast Live, Wasbir Hussain, the book titled ‘Dipok Kumar Barthakur – Right […]

The COVID-19 tally in Mizoram rose to 4,655 on Tuesday as 36 more people tested positive for the infection. 32 fresh cases have been reported in Aizawl district, three in Lawngtlai and one in Champhai 16 of the new patients had returned from other states, while two had come from Myanmar. The state now has […]

The Government of India’s plan to restart the schedule of international flights this summer is unlikely as various countries have started banning international flights in the wake of rising COVID cases. The latest among these is Bangladesh that has announced a ban on all its international flights, to and from Bangladesh, from April 14 to […]

The Sikkim government on Monday notified new measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. All shops except medical, ration and vegetable vendors in market areas will remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays till 30th April in the state. During this period, the normal weekly scheduled closure will also remain suspended. For tourists carrying RT-PCR test reports […]

Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra was on Monday appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner. He replaces Sunil Arora who has retired. Chandra, the senior-most Election Commissioner, will assume charge as CEC on Tuesday. President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday appointed Chandra as 24th CEC on Monday. Chandra was appointed as an Election Commissioner on February […]

Russia’s Sputnik V got approval from the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA), making it the third Covid-19 vaccine to get clearance in India. According to sources, the SEC approved Dr Reddy’s application for EUA to Sputnik V. The decision comes after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)’s SEC met today […]

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who was among the early voters on Monday, hoped for a good voter turnout in the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) polls. Conrad Sangma cast his vote at a polling station in West Garo Hills. Speaking to the mediapersons, Sangma said that he is expecting more voter’s turnout this […]

Union Youth Affair and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said that fitness is the solution to all physical and mental problems and added that let’s maintain a better body to feel great. Taking to Twitter Rijiju shared a video of him running uphill and captioned the post, “#FitIndiaMovement today morning in Srinagar running uphill at an […]

India reported over 1.60 lakh new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. With the country reporting 1,68,912 new COVID-19 cases, the total number of COVID cases has gone up to 1,35,27,717. In the last 24 hours, 904 COVID-related deaths were reported in the country. This takes the COVID […]

Assam’s coronavirus cases surged to 2,20,310 on Sunday as 352 more people tested positive for the infection while one new fatality pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 1,118, the National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said. With the state witnessing the second wave of coronavirus infections, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa […]