As a cancer surgeon, I would focus on things pertaining to my field wherein Meghalaya can grow by a change in behaviour. Meghalaya, in its golden jubilee year, has the dubious distinction of topping the country in the proportion of cancers caused by tobacco, with 70.4% of cancers in men and 46.5% of cancers in […]
India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) , the nation’s government-run computer emergency response team, in April, quietly released a new set of rules for reporting internet security breaches, and by the look of it, they’re pretty unpopular! What’s infosec? Answer: Procedures or measures used to protect electronic data from unauthorized access or use. Opposition is […]
Search-and-rescue officials in Nepal have located the crash site of a plane carrying 22 people that went missing on Sunday (May 29).An army spokesman posted a photo of the crash site on Twitter. It showed the shattered plane on a mountainside strewn with debris, including what appeared to be a wing of the plane displaying […]
ITANAGAR: Member of State of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Rinchen Lhamo told local media that the members of Chakma community of Arunachal Pradesh who have voter cards can avail the benefits of every scheme for minorities, be it Central or State. Lhamo told the reporters that her effort will be to create more […]
Guwahati: Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Buddhists and Jains will be eligible for a certification that will state that they are bona fide minorities resident in Assam. The Assam Government on Sunday announced that minority communities in Assam will be given minority certification, according to local newspapers. Cabinet Minister Keshab Mahanta said that the government has […]
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Sunday (29 May) withdrew an advisory issued by the Aadhaar agency which cautioned people to not share a photocopy of the document with entities such as hotels and cinema halls owing to the possibility of “misuse”. On Friday, UDAI conceded that your unique Aadhar card can be […]
Care and protection of Mother Earth and finding our spiritual connections in harmony with Nature was the theme of a special foundation and mentoring session conducted by undergraduate students in Bihar, India. The students from the MassCom department of St. Xavier’s College of Management and Technology joined hundreds of institutions across the world in a […]
With hundreds of stranded youngsters arriving across Indian borders from the Russian-Ukraine conflict zone, a sizeable number of Bihar’s sons and daughters are also in the mix. On Sunday, the families of 97 Bihar students expressed their happiness as they greeted the returnees at the Jayprakash Narain International Airport in Patna, Bihar’s capital. . Earlier […]
The world is at war once again! The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues unabated – with the fear of going nuclear ! Several of the world’s democracies are with Ukraine; some big names, like China, are with Russia. India is a fence- sitter (like some others)– who blow hot and blow cold, as per their […]
A group of scientists from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that even if nations try to control emissions now, the total global warming temperature is destined to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius in next two decades. India and several counties are battling deadly floods and landslides after heavy monsoon rains like never before. This is […]
Students from the Northeast caught up in the Russian-Ukraine conflict are being rescued and flown back to their homes. As per media reports, 13 youngsters from Assam, 11 from Meghalaya, and four from Tripura are back on Indian soil. A report from Agartala says four Tripura students out of 32 reached India and 13 others […]
Today, March 2, is Ash Wednesday. The beginning of the 40 day season of prayer and fasting within the Church. On this day, churches of all denominations in India have asked that people offer prayers for people caught in the war in Ukraine. Prayers are being offered up in homes and in churches all over […]
