US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) finally conceded defeat in the presidential elections held in November and said that a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20. “Now Congress has certified the election results, a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20. My focus now turns to ensure a smooth, orderly, […]

Hours before the eighth round of formal talks between the Centre and the farmers’ groups agitating against three recent farm laws, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhury hoped that a resolution will come out of Friday’s meeting. The eighth round of talks between three Union ministers — Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal and […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday (January 7) became the richest person in the world, surpassing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who had held the title since 2017. The net worth of Musk is more than USD 185 billion, up from USD 27 billion in early 2020, according to a report by CNBC. January 7’s increase […]

US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Indian-origin Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States making her the first woman of colour to serve in this role. Gupta becomes the latest addition to Biden’s team that features Indian Americans such as former US surgeon general Vivek Murthy. “A former Acting Assistant Attorney […]

The total number of people who tested positive for the new UK strain of the Coronavirus reached 75 on Thursday, the special surveillance report issued by the central government said. As per the report, a total of 4,858 people have been traced who traveled between India and the UK after the cases of infection by […]

The Election Commission of India Director General Dharmendra Sharma will be visiting Assam on January 11 and 12 to review preparedness for the assembly polls, an official release said on Thursday. Sharma will hold meetings with the senior officers and superintendents of police of 20 districts at Dibrugarh on January 11. He will also meet officials of […]

India has reported 18,139 new cases of COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the national COVID-19 case tally to 1,04,13,417 on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). These include 20,539 people who have recovered from the deadly infection and 234 people who succumbed in the last 24 […]

Irrfan Khan’s son Babil, wife Sutapa Sikdar and a host of Bollywood celebrities on Thursday remembered the late star on his 55th birth anniversary, almost a year after the actor lost his battle with a rare form of cancer. Khan, one of India’s finest and most versatile actors with acclaimed performances in films such as […]

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said that the ravaging wildfire in Dzukou valley is likely to be under control on the Manipur side in a day or two. Speaking exclusively to Northeast Live Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain, the Chief Minister stated that most of the fire has been doused. However, the wildfire still […]

David Thingchum Sangtam was sworn in as a member of the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) at Dr Imkongliba Hall, Raj Bhavan in Kohima on Thursday. Governor of Nagaland RN Ravi administered the oath of secrecy to the member of NPSC. A host of legislators led by minister planning and coordination, land revenue and parliamentary […]