Новости за 17.02.2021

In a major investment boost, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday virtually inaugurated five industrial projects and performed ground breaking of 17 more projects worth Rs 13,311 crore which will create employment opportunities for 10,677 people.

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday inaugurated the new radiation oncology block at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital’s (GMCH) Cancer Hospital eqipped with Tomotherapy facility.

The IMD has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers with lightning at several places in the state till Friday.

The Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) has advised students appearing in the High School Certificate (HSC) exam to study for 14 hours a day, avoid junk food and exercise regularly for a fitter mind and body.

Mizoram excise and narcotics department officials and the Assam Rifles personnel, in a joint operation, seized 306.1 grams of heroin worth around Rs 8.05 lakh at Zokhawthar village in Champhai district in the past 24 hours.

The special investigation team (SIT), which has been probing the alleged rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl in Nayagarh, has found some independent witnesses against the 17-year-old accused.

With the assembly elections round the corner, the daily wage of tea garden workers’ has become a major political issue for all parties.

Frontier state Arunachal Pradesh has emerged as the state with the best Covid recovery rate in the country, touching nearly 99.56%, said the Union health ministry on Tuesday.

The Assam government has decided to regularise jobs of 1,606 contractual workers of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation in three phases. Guwahati development department minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya will start the process by giving out appointment letters to 500 contractual employees on Wednesday.

The dream to own a $100 billion company that would revolutionise drone technology in India, spurred young technocrat Anant Mittal to drop out of IIT-Guwahati and set up a start-up with a team of young entrepreneurs.

The dates for Assam elections are expected to be announced soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah make their last official visits to the state before the model code of conduct sets in.

Hardeep Singh Dibdiba, grandfather of young farmer Navreet Singh who was killed during tractor parade in Delhi on January 26, has urged the farm union leaders to strongly raise the issue of violence inflicted on farmers by the Delhi Police, of which his grandson became a victim.