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The Meghalaya government on Tuesday lifted several restrictions to ease the State out of its COVID-19 pandemic restriction.  Meghalaya had imposed several restrictions after the country went into a lockdown following the outbreak of the pandemic last year.  It however lifted some of the restrictions in the last Winter after the state witnessed a decline on COVID-19 infection.   Several restrictions still continue like the getting a mandatory COVID-19 test for visitors into the State and the night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am.  After a review meeting on COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that one of…

Fazl Ali College (FAC), Mokokchung conducted two-day workshop on “intellectual property rights” through online-offline blended mode from January 28 to 29 at FAC, organised in collaboration with Patent Information Centre (PIC), Nagaland State Science and Technology Council, Department of Science and Technology, Nagaland. A press release by FAC information and publicity cell stated that, resource persons from CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat and PIC, Assam Science and Technology & Environmental Council, along with the PIC, Nagaland Science and Technology Council deliberated on various topics covering the theme.  Director, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) Sriperumbudur, Tamil Naidu, prof. Dr. Sibnath Deb…

A 24-year-old student was allegedly killed by some BSF jawans in a village in Tripura along the India-Bangladesh border over suspicion that he was a cattle smuggler, police said. A senior police official said that Jasim Mia was killed by the BSF troopers in the wee hours on Monday at Debipur village under Belonia sub-division in southern Tripura. A BSF official said that their troopers fired in self defence as Jasim had attacked them with a sharp-edged weapon. The BSF is yet to obtain further details about the incident. Senior BSF officials have rushed to the spot and are investigating…

The opposition Congress in Manipur on Monday staged a protest against incessant hike in fuel prices at the gate of Imphal oil depot. Leaders of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) Manipur unit, Manipur Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (MPYCC), members of Seva Dal of the MPCC and others took part in the protest that displayed various anti-BJP government slogans. Leaders taking part in the protest attacked the BJP government at the Centre for allegedly engaging in “extortion from the people” and “profiteering” at a time of COVID-19 crisis. During the protest, they displayed placards with anti-BJP government slogans like “Down…

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday said that the State Government has embarked upon itself the responsibility to upscale educational facilities from elementary level.  “In the current financial year, we will renovate at least 200 LP schools in the State. For each LP schools we have allocated Rs. 40 lakh for the renovation. In a phase wise manner, we will cover around 800 schools in the next three years,” Sangma said at the inauguration of the newly constructed building of Garobadha Secondary School and Rangsakona Higher Secondary School in South West Garo Hills district. Both the new buildings…