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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

COVID-19: Over 67,000 home quarantined in Assam

11:58 pm April 7, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam government on Tuesday said it has home quarantined 67,209 persons to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. A total of 77,954 persons who returned from COVID-19 affected countries and states in India have been identified so far, the Health and Family Welfare Department said in its bulletin. “Out of them, 10,745 people […]

Health Ministry issues advisory for healthcare workers

Nurses face racial taunts linked to coronavirus in Assam

12:06 am April 7, 2020

Guwahati: At least three nurses hailing from a Northeastern state neighbouring Assam have faced racial taunts linked to novel coronavirus on the streets of Guwahati while they were returning from a private hospital where they work. The abusers probably mistook the nurses with mongoloid features for nationals of China from where COVID-19 had spread worldwide. […]

IAF airlifted essential supplies to Assam, UP, J&K, Ladakh in last 2 days: Defence Ministry

10:58 pm April 3, 2020

New Delhi: Amid the 21-day lockdown imposed to combat coronavirus, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has airlifted essential medical supplies and commodities from its nodal points such as Delhi to states such as Assam and Uttar Pradesh and Union territories like Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Defence Ministry said on Friday. “During the last […]

Coronavirus: 32 states, UTs under complete lockdown

4:15 pm March 24, 2020

New Delhi: A total of 32 states and Union territories have declared complete lockdown so far covering 560 districts, in a bid to contain the coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Tuesday. Three other states and UTs have imposed lockdown in certain areas in their territories, covering 58 districts, and one union territory has imposed […]

Vaccination drive: Jab and job go hand in hand for doctors

400 quarantined in Assam for coming in contact with US tourist who tested positive for COVID-19

11:40 pm March 8, 2020

Guwahati: At least 400 people in Assam have been quarantined after they came in contact with an American tourist who tested positive for the new coronavirus in Bhutan after travelling through the state recently, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday. In a series of tweets, Sarma said tests for five persons have been […]