Washington: Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 18 astronauts, half of them women, who have been selected by NASA for its ambitious manned mission to the Moon and beyond. The modern lunar exploration programme will land the first woman and next man on the Moon
Month: December 2020
Imphal: In the bid to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has inaugurated a 100-bedded ‘dedicated COVID block’ at the state run Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal. This comes amid a rising number of coronavirus cases in the state. According to the
Guwahati: Assam’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 1,000 with one more person succumbing to the disease, while 127 new infections pushed the coronavirus caseload to 2,14,432 Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. The new death case was reported from Kamrup Metropolitan district, he said. “Sad to share the
Kolkata: Bengali actress Arya Banerjee who acted in several Bollywood films such as critically acclaimed ‘The Dirty Picture’ was found dead at her south Kolkata residence on Friday, police said. The police broke open the door of her third-floor apartment and found that the body of the 33-year-old woman was
Guwahati: Jailed Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader Akhil Gogoi on Friday once again called upon the people of Assam to come forward and continue their fight against the draconian Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). Speaking to the media during his visit to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati, the