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Over 64,000 tourists have visited Kaziranga since Oct 21

3:39 pm January 2, 2021

Guwahati: More than 64,000 tourists have visited the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, famed for the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, since it reopened on October 21, an official said. The park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site, usually remains closed between June and September because of the annual floods and reopens in November. The park’s Field Director P […]

Schools re-opened with adherence to COVID-19 norms

Schools reopen in Kerala, Karnataka, Assam amid strict COVID-19 regulations

10:59 pm January 1, 2021

Bengaluru: Corridors rang out with the chatter of students meeting up with their friends and teachers after long, anxious months on Friday as schools in Kerala, Karnataka and Assam reopened with strict COVID-19 regulations, including masks, thermal screening, hand hygiene and social distancing. Though many students attended school with letters of consent from their parents, […]

Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination in all states, UTs on January 2

5:39 pm December 31, 2020

New Delhi : A dry run for COVID-19 vaccination will be conducted by all state and union territory administrations on January 2 to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges, the Centre said on Thursday. The activity is proposed to be conducted in all state capitals in at least 3 […]

BJP gains new grounds in 2020 but farmers protest poses challenge

5:30 pm December 31, 2020

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s call to convert ‘aapda’ (crisis) into ‘avsar’ (opportunity) paid the BJP rich dividends in a year when the COVID-19 convulsed the society and the economy as a mix of the ruling dispensation’s welfare measures, organisational might and ideological drive saw the saffron party gain new territories in 2020. Governments in […]

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

2020: A year of raging pandemic, gas spill, floods, massive protests for Assam

12:26 pm December 31, 2020

Guwahati: Assam had little luck escaping the ravages of COVID-19 in a year filled with myriad developments for the northeastern state from aggressive protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and birth of new political parties to a major industrial disaster. Assam’s tryst with the killer virus happened on March 31, when a returnee from outside […]