Новости за 29.12.2021

The announcement by around 20 farm groups to make a political front in Punjab has only added to the already prevailing political fluidity in the state. If, earlier it was the infighting within Congress, which continues to send out signals of disunity, that added to this fluidity, now farm groups have done it.

The city on Tuesday recorded its lowest maximum temperature following light, intermittent rain in the afternoon, with the mercury plunging to 16 degrees Celsius, four notches below the normal.

The British-era bungalow on a hillock that used to be the 17th century military office of the Ahom rulers but now converted into a heritage centre depicting life along the Brahmaputra in modern times, has become a major attraction for visitors with over 300 footfall being recorded every day.

Silchar will get an international airport soon as various formalities related to the project have been completed, local MP Rajdeep Roy said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the completed section of Kanpur Metro Rail and when he boarded the Metro train at IIT Kanpur station and became the first passenger of the service.

Educating children in Garo medium schools in Assam bordering Meghalaya was a big problem some time back because teachers here were not qualified in Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET), a recognition that was made mandatory for teaching in schools a decade back. But all that has changed now, thanks to the initiative of an educator, who helped train local Goro-speaking youths and 13 out of 33 of them cleared the TET exam conducted by the state government in October. The youths can now take up teaching assignments in government Garo-medium schools.

In a bid to achieve zero-accident goal during the December 31 celebrations and bring down overall mishaps in the state, transport minister Chandra Mohan Patowary flagged off nine highly advanced Traffic Interceptor Vehicles (TIV)s at Assam Administrative Staff College here on Tuesday.

Government and private schools with about 100 to 200 students will be turned into Covid vaccination centres for children in Assam as the state health department is gearing up to vaccinate children between 15 and 18 years of age from January 3.

The Assam Power Distribution Company Limits (APDCL) has petitioned the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC) for an upward revision of retail tariff for 2022-23 to meet its requirement of Rs 8367.68 crore, which would hit hard the household consumers, who form 93% of the company’s consumer base.

After announcing that it would have a scheduled caste (SC) chief minister in Punjab, BJP is now sounding hesitant on the subject.

Twenty-eight new Covid cases were reported from Gautam Budh Nagar on Tuesday, the highest since June 7 when 34 cases were registered.

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai earned big relief on Tuesday with two central leaders rejecting any leadership change and stating that he will complete his tenure in the post.