India said on Wednesday it has found around 40 cases of the Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible, and advised states to increase testing. Below is what we know about the variant. What is Delta Plus? The variant, called “Delta Plus” in India, was first reported in
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The Meghalaya government on Friday decided to allow 15 per cent of local taxis to operate in Shillong from June 28, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said. The taxi operators will, however, have to display their COVID-19 vaccination certificates on their vehicles. The decision was taken at a review meeting during
More than three weeks after an illegal coal pit in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia district was flooded trapping five miners, rescuers on Friday fished out another body from the 152-metre-deep mine, an official said. This is the third body to be pulled out from the rat- hole mine at Umpleng which
A doctor of a private hospital in Assam”s Dibrugarh district was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a female colleague, police said. In a complaint filed at Borbori police station, a woman doctor working at the same medical establishment alleged that her colleague raped her in an inebriated state on
NRI entrepreneur Vedanta Baruah has become the first Assamese to receive the UAE”s 10-year Golden Visa, which is mostly reserved for prominent global personalities. Baruah, who hails from Dibrugarh district of Assam, was granted the special visa in the investor category by the Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE.