Guwahati: Assam Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) and Singapore-headquartered firm Surbana Jurong have signed a Letter of Intent in the city on Monday in presence of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the southeast Asian city nation’s minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Sarma stated in his speech that signing of the agreement would add a new strength…
New Delhi. ISRO successfully launched PSLV C-53 with three satellites from Singapore. PSLV C-53 was launched from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. PSLV C-53 launched three satellites into orbit. The PSLV rocket, carrying the 365 kg DS-EO as its primary passenger and the 155 kg NeuSAR and the…
Coincidently, Swamiji wrote a poem ‘To the Fourth of July’ in English on 4 July 1898! Though it was written on the anniversary of the United States’ independence, it is said that the poem reflects a passionate utterance of his powerful longing for freedom Swami Vivekananda attained Mahasamadhi on July 4, 1902, fulfilling the prophecies…
Guwahati: A year long celebration of 100 years of sports journalism in Assam begins coinciding the day while the first ever news related to a football competition was published in Asomiya (a weekly news magazine mentored by Chandra Kumar Agarwala) on 1 July 1923. Assam Sports Journalists Association (ASJA), which is affiliated to Sports Journalists…
Guwahati: A year long celebration of 100 years of sports journalism in Assam begins coinciding the day while the first ever news related to a football competition was published in Asomiya (a weekly news magazine mentored by Chandra Kumar Agarwala) on 1 July 1923. Assam Sports Journalists Association (ASJA), which is affiliated to Sports Journalists…
Guwahati: As the Eid al-Adha is approaching (9 to 12 July 2022), the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), a statutory body of the Union government in New Delhi has issued a new advisory to all States and union territories urging authorities to stop the illegal treatment of animals during the religious festival. People for…
Guwahati: Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi recently honoured artist Hem Chandra Goswami of Chamaguri Satra at Raj Bhavan in Guwahati for his wonderful work and contribution towards the enrichment of traditional, ceremonial and ritualistic mask making (mukha-shilpa) that has earned national & international recognition and patronage. “I was really impressed with his expertise in making masks….
Guwahati: Unlike the Brahmaputra valley, the Barak localities are still facing the flood furies and many parts of Silchar continue to be inundated till Tuesday. State minister Jayanta Mallabaruah visited the headquarter of Cachar district and reviewed the flood situation in the Barak valley. According to the State disaster management authority, most of the rivers…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while visiting Silchar just after a gap of two days to monitor the flood situation in the Barak valley on Sunday, declared that arrangements have been made to send one thousand litres of kerosene, adequate volume of vegetables and also animal medicines from Guwahati to the flood affected…
Bharat readies to welcome a tribal President If one believes in the simple mathematical calculation and minimum political honesty by public representatives in the Indian Parliament and State legislative assemblies, the largest democracy on Earth is expecting a lady tribal President in New Delhi. As Draupadi Murmu, a simple Janjati family woman turned a teacher…
