The illegal rat hole mining of coal in Meghalaya and Assam has emerged as the main culprit of the October 7 disaster at the Kopili Hydro Electric Plant at Umrangso since the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) authorities had detected high percentage of acid in the water of
Year: 2019
Assam’s Rakhi Sarma bagged bronze at the World Masters Power-lifting Championship 2019 held in South Africa on October 12. She won bronze in the 350 kg category.
National carrier Air India (AI) on Tuesday became the first airline in the world to use a TaxiBot on an Airbus A320 aircraft operating a commercial flight with passengers onboard. A TaxiBot or a Taxiing Robot is a pilot-controlled semi-robotic towbar-less aircraft tractor used as an alternate taxiing equipment. It
To honour and mark the importance of India’s 11th President APJ Abdul Kalam, in 2010 the United Nations declared his birthday on 15 October to be celebrated as World Students Day. Before being fondly remembered as the “People’s President”, Kalam’s legacy will be fragmented without noting his role as a
In a first, 30-year-old Pranjal Patil on Monday become the country’s first visually challenged woman IAS officer to take charge as the Assistant Collector of Ernakulam district of Kerala. On the historic occasion, Patil was received at the Collectorate by Senior Superintendent of police and some other senior government officials.