Business Desk: Cyrus Mistry, the former chairman of the Tata Group passes away on a tragic road accident on Saturday. According to reports, Mistry was travelling in a car and was enroute to Mumbai from Ahmedabad when the tragedy took place. The accident reportedly took place in the afternoon when his Mercedes car hit a […]
By Dayananda Pathak Dr Prabin Chandra Das, a noted folklorist of national standing, besides being a professor of Folklore, Gauhati University, has breathed his last today at 1PM on 4th September 2022. Dr Das, hailing from Assam’s Hajo, had a brilliant career all through. He was initially a lecturer in Saint Edmunds College, Shillong. Subsequently, […]
Sports Desk: Serena Williams on Friday played her last grand slam match after failing to advance to the next round of the ongoing US Open. After giving her best in the three hour long third round match, Williams was finally defeated by Australian Ajla Tomljanovic with a score of 5-7, 7-6(4), 1-6. Serana made a […]
Global Desk: World’s largest democracy and second most populated country India has a surged ahead of the UK to become the fifth largest economy of the world. According to a report from the Bloomberg India surpassed the UK during the final three months of 2021 when the world was just beginning to recover from the […]
Global Desk: The Vice President of Argentina Cristiana Kirchner survived an attempted murder after a gunman fired a loaded gun towards her on Thursday. However, was fortunate enough, as the attacker could not harm on any part of the body. To go with the reports, Cristiana Kirchner had a close shave with the bullet as […]
Global Desk: Already imprisoned democratic leader and Nobel Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to another three years behind the bars by a court in the military ruled Myanmar. According to reports from the international media, she has been convicted of corruption in the form of electoral scam during the national elections […]
India: Reports from the media say that Congress leader Shashi Tharoor might be throwing his hat in the ring for the upcoming presidential elections of the crisis hit Congress party, although he is yet to take a final decision. In an article in the Malayalam daily newspaper ‘Mathrubhumi’, Tharoor vouched for a free and fair […]
Entertainment Desk: American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is likely to release her new music album titled ‘Midnights’ soon. Swift stated this while receiving the video of the year award at the VMA awards which were held in the United States. Taking on to Twitter, the popular singer said that the album is scheduled for an October […]
Guwahati: Kanak Sen Deka, the senior- most journalist of Assam, and Editor-in-Chief of the Agradoot group of newspapers in Assamese, published from Guwahati, Assam, will receive the Media Award under the Lifetime Achievement Award in Mumbai on 21st August 2022 in the prestigious name of the veteran journalist and freedom-fighter, Bapurao Lele. Two other […]
India: Union Minister and former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal along with the former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa have been inducted in the parliamentary board of the ruling Bharatya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday. Both the leaders were included by the party president JP Nadda while revamping the parliamentary board. At the same time, […]
India: Jagdeep Dhankhar took oath as the new Vice President of India in New Delhi on Thursday. His oath ceremony took place in a ceremonial manner in the presence of the President Draupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and other cabinet ministers and members of the opposition. Dhankhar has […]
India: Nitish Kumar has sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state of Bihar for the sixth time on Wednesday. Nitish Kumar and his party Janata Dal United (JDU) formed the new state government in alliance with the former opponent and Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Jana Dal (RJD) and other parties of the Mahagagathbandhan alliance […]
Global Desk: Donald Trump’s property situated in Florida was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday. According to media reports, his Mar-a-Lago estate was raided in suspicion of the presence of classified government files which the FBI and the Justice Department believes that the former president brought with him after the end […]
Sports Desk: Indian men’s hockey team finished with a silver medal at the final match of the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. India received a heavy defeat in front of the mighty Australian team with seven goals to nil in the gold medal match. This is the third time the Indian men’s hockey […]
Sports Desk: India’s Sharath Kamal Achanta have grabbed the gold medal at the men’s singles table tennis on the final day of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sharath Kamal defeated England’s Liam Pitchford by winning three sets to one. 40-years-old Achanta have achieved the single’s gold glory after 16 years at the Commonwealth Games. In […]
Global Desk: Indian origin Rishi Sunak has hit out at China during his poll campaign for the new Prime Minister of United Kingdom and the leader of the Conservative party. On Monday, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer said that China is the biggest danger to the security and safety of the nation and the […]
India: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has stated that India has become a strong and confident nation that is capable of giving a befitting reply to ‘anyone who casts an evil eye.’ Singh stated this while addressing at an event in Jammu to mark the victory of Indian armed forces in the Kargil War. The […]
India: The monkeypox virus has reached India! According to reports from the media, the first case of the virus has been identified in a 34-year-old man from New Delhi on Sunday. He is a resident of West District with no recent history of foreign travel. Although, a report says that he recently returned from a […]
India: Draupadi Murmu has been elected as the 15th President of India. Murmu was chosen for the constitutional post through the votes of the elected representatives of the nation. In the presidential election where MLAs and MPs from all the states and union territories in India casted their votes, Murmu secured the majority and defeated […]
Global Desk: President Joe Biden tested corona virus positive. This was announced in an official press release by the Press Secretary to the President Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday. According to the statement, President Biden is experiencing mild symptoms for the virus and doing well. He has started taking Paxlovid and will continue fulfilling his duties […]
India: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have declared the results of 10th and 12th standard exams held across India. The educational board announced the results on its official websites cbseresults.nic.in, results.cbse.nic.in on Friday. Additionally, results are also available in other government portals like results.gov.in and others. According to reports 2093978 students sat for […]
National Desk: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday in relation to a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper. According to reports, Gandhi arrived with her daughter Priyanka Gandhi in the office of the investigative body in New Delhi, after which she was interrogated for around three […]
Guwahati: A book on Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, on the completion of his one eventful year as the Chief Minister of Assam is released by Dr Ronoj Pegu, the Education Minister of Assam, at Janata Bhavan in a conference room. The book release function was chaired by Dr Dayananda Pathak, noted writer and educationist. Minister […]
Global Desk: Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected as the new acting president of the financially torn Sri Lanka. Wickremesinghe was elected by its members of parliament on Wednesday after the former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the county following the robust anti-government protests and occupation of his official residence. According to reports, Ranil Wickremesinghe defeated his […]
Sports Desk: Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan is the new Wimbledon champion. On Saturday, she defeated Ons Jabeur, who is a professional tennis player from Tunisia. After losing the first set by three games to six Rybakina made a remarkable comeback in the final two sets and outplayed Jabeur by six games to two in both […]
Global Desk: Amidst the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, thousands of anti-government agitators in the country stormed inside the official residence of the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday. As reported by the local media of Sri Lanka, the mob of protesters bombarded inside the President’s residence. They were carrying Sri Lankan flags and chanting […]
Global Desk: Rishi Sunak is set to run for the new Prime Minister of Britain and the leader of the Conservative Party. Sunak is an Indian origin politician who served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the present government. He officially announced his decision through his social media accounts on Friday where he posted […]