UPSC-2019 results out | NE highest rank (57) holder Yashni, wishes to serve Arunachal Pradesh

Kudos to trend setter: DyCM, NIT, well-wishers By Pradeep Kumar NAHARLAGUN, Aug 05: Yashni Nagrajan, daughter of engineer Thangavel Nagrajan and his wife Sushila, who cracked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Service Examination-2019 by securing 57th rank, desires to serve Arunachal Pradesh first for which she had opted for AGMUT cadre. The Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram & other Union Territories (AGMUT) is an IAS cadre envisioning posting mostly to the above named states and UTs, but Yashni’s desire reflected her attachment to the land  where she was born…

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Artificial lake formed in Tibet | MoHA alerts DCs on possible breach

ITANAGAR, Aug 05: State disaster management director Atul Tayeng, in a letter to Siang, Upper Siang, East Siang and West Siang deputy commissioners has alerted them about formation of an artificial lake on Yigong Tso River in Tibet. Enclosing a study report on “possible breach of that above lake” received from NERC, DM Division of Union MoHA, the letter said: The study mentions that the lake formed is more than 200-km away from Indian border and concludes that in case of a breach, the computed peak flood of 823 mVs…

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Arunachal COVID-19 tally 1855 with 65 new cases

By A O News Service NAHARLAGUN, Aug 05: Arunachal Pradesh COVID-19 positive tally surged to 1790 with 32 fresh cases reported Wednesday  – ICR-10 (7 are detected at Banderdewa check gate, 2 are reported fromRKMH, Itanagar & 1 is detected from Dokum colony, Nlg tested by RDT-Ag); Changlang-19 (13 are returnees, 5 are CPMF personnel & 1 from Jairampur tested by (RDT-Ag(10) & RT-PCR(9)); East Siang-12 (11 are primary contacts of positive case detected earlier CPMF personnal returnee from Assam tested by RDT-Ag); Lohit-8 (All are CPMF personnel detected by RDT-Ag in QF); East…

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Test-trace-treat formula adopted to contain COVID-19 spread: CM

ITANAGAR, Aug 05: The Arunachal Pradesh government has adopted the 3T formula of testing, tracing and treating to contain the spread of COVID-19 which has not entered community transmission stage till now, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said here on Wednesday. Most of the cases in the northeastern state have been through local transmission, the chief minister told a press conference here. “Our health workers and all frontline workers are working day and night to contain the pandemic and significantly state’s recovery rate has risen to 61.7%,” Khandu said. He added that…

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Lokhande urges entrepreneurs to move beyond Govt sector

ITANAGAR, Aug 05: “It is time to move beyond government sectors,” planning commissioner Prashant Lokhande and take  exhorted state’s all young entrepreneurs to start something of their own as the GoAP would  be offering handholding support  to guide them in right direction. He was addressing a webinar on ‘How to avail bank loan’, organized by planning department in collaboration with SBI under Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, which aimed at assisting those entrepreneurs facing hurdles in getting Capital Investment. After explaining in detail procedures and formalities of availing bank loan, SBI Dibrugarh branch AGM…

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1962 – The war that was in Tama Chung Chung sector – III

Sub: Case for belated posthumous gallantry award of Param Vir Chakra to No 13710603W Hav Shere Thapa of 2 JAK RIF for exemplary valour of the highest order and supreme sacrifice on 18 November 1962 for saving Subansiri Sector of NEFA (Arunachal Pradesh) from saving from Chinese Army offensive during war with China in 1962 By Col Amar Patil, BSM, (Retd) Introduction: In 1962, 2 JAK RIF was deployed for defence of Subansiri sector of NEFA (Arunachal Pradesh) consisting of present Upper and Lower Subansiri districts. That time there was…

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GoAP indecisive, accuses APCC

ITANAGAR, Aug 05: Accusing Pema Khandu-led BJP government for failing in extending support to families which suffered losses due to natural calamities, APCC vice president Techi Tegi Tara alleged that despite loss of human lives and properties chief minister has been insensitive in handling crisis despite being head of the state. Questioning his indecisiveness, Tara, in a release, claimed that state farmers, particularly in Mengio, Parang and Silsango have suffered heavy losses due to damages to cash crop, including large size cardamom. Thus, the APCC urged the GoAP assess the losses and grant early…

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Governor reviews air security 

ITANAGAR, Aug 05: Governor Brig. (Retd) B.D. Mishra, while  chairing a review meeting of Indian Air Force with Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Eastern Air Command AOC-in-C air marshal RD Mathur at Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday, discussed about security scenario and humanitarian services of IAF. While Dr Mishra stressed on giving top priority to safety and security of the people, nut he and the CM lauded the IAF for its humanitarian services during emergencies. Moreover, Vijoynagar and remote power stations in Hotspring and Rocham in Anjaw district are linked…

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Ayodhya Ram Mandir | Transpired humanity and edging conflict

By Jishma S Nair In traditional history, Ayodhya was the early capital of kingdom of Kosala, though in Buddhist times (6th–5th century BCE) Shravasti became the kingdom’s chief city. Scholars generally agree that Ayodhya is identical with the town of Saketa, where the Buddha is said to have resided for a time. Its later importance as a Buddhist centre can be gauged from the statement of Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian in the 5th century CE that there were 100 monasteries there (although he cited 100, Faxian probably did not mean that exact number, just that there were many…

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