Month: February 2020

By A O News Service ITANAGAR, Feb 29: Arunachal Pradesh, with 83,743 sqkm geographical area, tops the list of North East states which have been constantly losing their traditional bamboo covering areas, according to data of ‘India State of Forest Report, 2019’. The NE region boasts of wide diversity of bamboo species offering unique opportunities for the people to flourish economically, the report said. India has total 136 bamboo species in different states. Arunachal, tops the list of bamboo varieties with 41 species, has lost huge size of its traditional…

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From Our Correspondent PASIGHAT, Feb 28: People of Rumgong sub-division of East Siang district under the banner of 32nd Rumgong Development Committee (32nd RDC) staged peaceful dharna in front of Rumgong PWD EE office on Friday demanding action against EE allegedly for remaining absent since long. The 32nd RDC,  in a representation to PWD secretary, sought immediate action against the EE for his prolonged absence from office and doing his official duties from his Pasighat residence, around 100-km away from his office. Accusing him of negligence to duty that affected development activities of…

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Paklu (1st L) By A O News Service ITANAGAR, Feb 28: Noted woman arm-wrestler of Arunachal Pradesh Paklu Taipodia was conferred with Brand Leadership Award (Woman Leadership Award)-2019 by World Marketing Congress (WMC) founder Dr R L Bhatia and CMO Asia executive director Dr Alok Pandit during at a glittering function at Guwahati on Wednesday last. Paklu in Sports Person (Fitness Model) category was among six awardees. This award, instituted by CMO Asia (a premium forum for elite marketers, brand custodians, advertising & creative honchos) and Dr Sarita Shanakar Excellent…

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RONO HILLS, Feb 28: The Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) has tremendous potentiality for growth, said UGC’s three-member pre-National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) team after completing their two-day mission on Friday. The team – Assam University’s Prof. Niranjan Roy and Dibrugarh University’s Prof. Ajanta Borgohain Rajkonwar (members) -, while expressing their satisfaction saying the lone central varsity of the state has bright scope to get top grad accreditation. They stressed on uploading instant data validation and verifications in RGU website and hold student satisfaction survey soon. They suggested for concentrating on strengths,…

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ITANAGAR, Feb 29: Home, Inter State Border Affairs, RD, PR& Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bamang Felix also called on Governor Brig. (Retd) B.D. Mishra at Raj Bhavan here on Friday when they discussed law and order, police restructuring, inter-state and other security related matters. Dr Mishra stressed on proper training, empowerment, motivation and deployment of police constables to ensure a safe, secure, and peaceful Arunachal. Calling for transparent recruitment and their cross postings in police station, he said their posting to home police stations should rare situation, not a routine. Expressing…

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By Pradeep Kumar NIRJULI, Feb 27: The North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology (NERIST) has inked a MoU with the GoI to set up an incubation & innovation centre (IIC) soon in tune with its desire that common masses should avail fruits of scientific development, said its director Prof H S Yadav. He was address the inaugural session of two-day disaster management training, a collaborative initiative of NERIST, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM),   which begun here on Thursday and lauded 12th…

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