Shillong: Meghalaya has achieved a milestone in school education by moving out of the lowest grade in the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for the first time since the framework was introduced by the Union ministry of education.According to the PGI 2.0 report (2025-26), the state improved its overall score from 448 in 2024-25 to…
Guwahati: The Assam govt has expanded its flagship higher education incentive programme by notifying the Mukhya Mantrir Nijut Babu Aasoni for economically weaker male students and revising the Nijut Moina Aasoni guidelines to widen coverage for girls and rationalise overlapping benefits.Two office memorandums issued by the higher education department lay down the operational framework for…
IMPHAL: Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, chief minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, home minister Govindas Konthoujam and senior security officials, including DGP Mukesh Singh, paid tributes to two Assam Rifles personnel killed in an ambush in Ukhrul district, at a wreath-laying ceremony held at Imphal airport on Wednesday.The slain personnel were identified as warrant officer Balwant…
Guwahati: Researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed an eco-friendly method to remove lead from contaminated water using cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, a move they said could offer a sustainable option to improve water quality.According to the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), 20% to 30% of groundwater samples tested across major Indian cities exceed…
Agartala: The IMD has forecast significant rainfall across Tripura over the next three days as active monsoon systems influence eastern and northeastern India.The IMD issued an orange warning for West Tripura, Khowai, Dhalai and Gomati for the day, forecasting heavy to very heavy rain at some places. A yellow warning is in place for the…
Agartala: The additional sessions court in North Tripura sentenced a Jammu & Kashmir resident to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment in a drug trafficking case.The convict, identified as Manjoor Ahamed Chachi, was also fined Rs 1.5 lakh. Failure to pay the fine will result in an additional six months of rigorous imprisonment in connection with…
Guwahati: The BRICS countries adopted the Guwahati Declaration, solidifying their shared commitment to fighting illegal drug trafficking and related transnational organised crime. At the close of their two-day meeting here on Tuesday, the heads of anti-drug agencies of the BRICS nations signed this joint declaration to boost the exchange of real-time intelligence, information and successful…
Deputy Commissioner of Police Traffic (right), Jayanta Sarathi Borah Swapneel Paul Kamrup (Metro) District Commissioner (left) Guwahati: The upper deck roadway of the old Saraighat rail-cum-road bridge will remain closed to vehicular traffic for two months from July 13 to allow Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) to carry out major repair work.Kamrup (Metro) district commissioner Swapneel…
Guwahati: Assam has completed screening nearly 47 lakh people as part of its ambitious programme to screen 1.24 crore residents for cancer, minister Ashok Singhal informed the Assembly on Tuesday.During the discussion on cancer cases in the state, AGP MLA Prakash Chandra Das expressed concern over the alleged widespread use of chemicals and pesticides, resulting…
Assam has got its first-ever digital bird repository, a platform dedicated to documenting the state’s rich avian diversity. Guwahati: Assam has got its first-ever digital bird repository, a platform dedicated to documenting the state’s rich avian diversity.The initiative, ‘Pokkhi’, developed by wildlife photographer Chirantanu Saikia and PhD scholar at Tezpur University Abhilash Gayan, features detailed…
