Dhing express and star sprinter Hima Das has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2021. As per sources, Hima Das has been selected to take part in 400-metres relay race in the event. Hima holds the current Indian national record in 400 metres clocking 50.79 seconds at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is […]

The Indian national flag was installed at the United National Security Council (UNSC) stakeout on Monday as India has started its tenure at the UN body for the eighth time as a non-permanent member. “As India assumes the membership of the Security Council for the eighth time, it is an honour for me as the […]

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday handed over fixed deposit certificates of Rs four lakh each to 52 United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants, who had surrendered in 2019, of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo and Sivasagar district. The Chief Minister handed over the certificates while inaugurating the newly constructed building of Makum Police Station […]

Twenty more persons have tested positive for the mutant coronavirus variant detected in the United Kingdom, the Hindustan Times reported on Tuesday, citing the health ministry. With this, the total number of people infected with the new virus strain has reached 58. The results are based on the genome sequencing of positive samples released by the […]

Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech against COVID-19 in collaboration with ICMR, is 200 percent safe, company’s Chairman and Managing Director Dr Krishna Ella has said and noted that it has shown less than 10 percent adverse reaction in trials so far. “Covaxin has shown less than 10 percent adverse reactions, while others […]

Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters continued operations to douse the wildfire in Dzukou valley near Kohima on Monday. As many as four Mi-17 choppers were deployed to carry out Bambi Bucket operations as fire-fighting operations entered Day 7 in the valley. A combined team consisting of 59 NDRF personnel, 35 SDRF personnel, 32 personnel of […]

Bharat Biotech, which has been accorded Emergency Use Authorisation from the drug regulator for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, on Monday said they are setting up four vaccine manufacturing facilities with a combined capacity of 700 million doses per annum. Denying allegations that the city-based vaccine maker lacks data of Covaxin, Krishna Ella, chairman of Bharat […]

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Monday inaugurated the Assam Rifles Public School as a Khelo India Sports School in Laitkor, Shillong. Rijiju also unveiled the synthetic football ground at SAI training centre at NEHU campus Shillong. 100 students, 50 boys and an equal number of girls will be selected by […]

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly is stable and the angioplasty on the two other coronary blockages will be done at an ‘immediate later stage’, the nine-member medical board of the Woodlands Hospital said on Monday. “The medical records and clinical condition of Sourav Ganguly were reviewed by the board […]

In a joint operation with police the security forces unearthed a large cache of weapons and ammunition from Nungnag village located in Nungba Sub Division of Tamenglong district in Manipur on Sunday, Ministry of Defence, Shillong informed. The recoveries were handed over to Imphal West police station for investigation. “In a Jt Ops with Police, […]