Considering the steep rise in COVID-19 positive cases in Manipur, chief minister N Biren Singh on Monday inaugurated a 300-bed Covid Care facility at the Trade Expo Centre in Imphal West’s LamboiKhongnangkhong, in presence of deputy chief minister Y Joykumar and health minister L Jayantakumar. Taking to Twitter, CM Biren Singh tweeted, “Inaugurated and operationalised […]

Assam Police has registered a total of 1,701 COVID-19 cases till August 2, stated GP Singh, additional director general of police (ADGP) for law and order in a tweet. Singh mentioned that so far 1,202 police personnel have recovered from the infection and 349 have rejoined duty. GP Singh tweeted, “August 2nd 2020 – @assampolice […]

India has crossed the 2 crore mark of COVID-19 testing across the country after 3,81,027 samples were tested on Sunday. A total of 2,02,02,858 samples for COVID-19 were tested across the country as of Sunday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today. “The total number of COVID-19 samples tested up to August 02 […]

India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 18 lakh mark with 52,972 positive cases and 771 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The total COVID-19 cases stand at 18,03,696 including 5,79,357 active cases, 11,86,203 cured/discharged/migrated and 38,135 deaths,” said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. As per the data provided by the […]

More than 56 lakh people have been affected by the floods, which have wreaked havoc across 30 districts of Assam, according to a daily status report on Sunday. According to the report, the total number of 56,89,584 people have been affected in 30 districts of Assam since May 22 and 109 people have lost their […]

Assam continues to make rapid strides in its war against COVID19 making significant advancement in testing and recovery of patients while at the same time registering the lowest mortality rates among all the States. While the mortality rate in Assam has been just 0.24% — lowest among all the States excluding smaller States — Health […]

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been discharged from Nanavati hospital after testing negative for COVID-19. He was admitted to the hospital on July 11 after being tested positive. His son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and grand-daughter Aaradhya had also tested positive. “My father, thankfully, has tested negative on his latest Covid-19 test and has been […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah have tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. He is currently being admitted to the hospital. The Home Minister took to Twitter to reveal he has tested positive for coronavirus. “My health is fine, but I am being admitted to the hospital on the advice of the doctors,” Shah tweeted. “I […]

Inter-district travel in Assam will be allowed on Mondays and Tuesdays every week, stated chief secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna in an order issued on Sunday. “Inter-district movement of people is allowed on Monday and Tuesday only. No separate permission/approval/e-permit will be required for inter-district movement,” the order stated. However, the 12-hour night curfew from 6 […]

In a historic announcement, one that is likely to have a monumental impact in bettering educational facilities in tea gardens in Assam, the education department will construct 119 high schools in as many tea estates. Construction work of 119 high schools will begin on Oct 2 at a whopping budget of Rs 142.5 crore – […]