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23 Jul

Sonowal attends VC of State Olympic Association

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today distributed annual grants-in-aid to District Sports Associations and State Sports Associations affiliated to Assam Olympic Association (AOA) through a video conference at Brahmaputra State Guest House.Notably, an amount of Rs 34,800 each was distributed to 25 district sports associations and Rs. 72,752 each was distributed to 29 state sports associations today.Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Sonowal, who is also the President of AOA, said that Assam was going through a very difficult phase with COVID-19 pandemic, flood, erosion, storm, landslide, Baghjan oil well fire incident etc. He urged the sports associations to slowly revive…

22 Jul

Sero-survey in Delhi

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A day after the findings of a sero-surveillance in Delhi showed 23.48% of the people in the national capital had exposure to COVID-19, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said such study will be conducted every month to formulate better policies for tackling the novel coronavirus. He said on Wednesday that A fresh sero-survey will be conducted in the national capital from August 1-5. "The results of the sero-survey conducted from June 27-July 10 came out yesterday, and it shows that nearly one-fourth of people had developed antibodies, meaning they had got infected and recovered. Most of these people who were sampled did…

22 Jul

Google Pay app does not need RBI authorisation

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Google India Digital Services Pvt Ltd has told the Delhi High Court that its Google Pay app does not require RBI authorisation as it is not a payment system operator but a third-party application provider. The PSO authorised by the Reserve Bank of India is the National Payment Corporation of India which is the owner and operator of the entire unified payment interface network. The affidavit was filed in response to a PIL which has alleged that Google''s mobile payment app, Google Pay or GPay in short, was facilitating financial transactions without the requisite authorisation from RBI. Google said it…

22 Jul

Massive explosion at Baghjan oil field

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A massive explosion has been reported from one of the Oil India wells in Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district. The explosion happened when an operation was underway to douse the fire that has been raging at the Baghjan oil field for 56 days now. Oil India Limited's spokesperson Tridip Hazarika said that three foreign experts who were near well number-5 at the time of the explosion have suffered injuries. They have been rushed to Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh. The three men from Singapore based firm Alert Disaster Control Anthony Steven Reynolds, Doug Dallas and Craig Neil Duncan, are…

22 Jul

Gold prices cross an all time high

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The gold prices crossed the mark of Rs 50,000 for the first time ever on Wednesday. It’s 1 per cent taking the absolute price to Rs 50,010 per 10gram. It's not just the gold, but silver too, that is recording an exponential price growth due to increased investment in precious metals during the pandemic. silver futures rose to Rs 61,130 per kg, recording a surge of 6.6 per cent. As for the precious metal trade in the international market, the spot gold prices reached its nine year highest, at $1865.81 per ounce, an increase of 1.3 per cent as compare…

22 Jul

OnePlus Nord is the company’s cheapest phone in 2020, launches at Rs 24,999; Buds at Rs 4,990.

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OnePlus has launched its ‘affordable’ Nord smartphone via an AR launch event on July 21, Tuesday. The OnePlus Nord starts at Rs 24,999 for the base 6GB RAM/64GB variant, which will be made available in September. The 8GB RAM/128GB storage and 12GB RAM/256GB storage variants priced at Rs 27,999 and Rs 29,999, respectively, will be made available starting August 4 via Amazon and company’s own website. OnePlus Nord will be available on nord.oneplus.com beginning August 4 in Europe and India. Fifty North American users will have a chance to experience the OnePlus Nord through a limited beta program. Prior to…

22 Jul

Piaggio’s Vespa Facelift Range

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Piaggio India had unveiled two new offerings at Auto Expo 2020 in Greater Noida at the starting of the year and recently commenced the pre-booking of Vespa VXL, SXL Facelift 2020 models with 125 cc and 150 cc BS6 engines. Now, the company launched these two new offerings in the market - the iconic Vespa VXL, SXL Facelift 2020 Range and the sporty new Aprilia Storm with disc brake and digital cluster. Customers can book their choice of new Vespa among the range of models showcased online on Vespa’s e-commerce platform and book the new Aprilia Storm scooter on the…

22 Jul

Forest Department is working in full spirit to protect the wildlife in Kaziranga: Shri Parimal Suklabaidya

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As Assam is dealing with the floods so is Kaziranga, the state forest department is working in full spirit in order to protect the wildlife in the National Park, said Shri Parimal Suklabaidya, Minister of Environment and Forest, Government of Assam while speaking in a Webinar organized by Press Information Bureau, Guwahati today. The minister was talking about how Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve is battling floods and also about Government’s initiatives in this regard. The topic of the webinar was “Rescue Operation of Wildlife in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve during floods”.In order to tackle the rise…

22 Jul

Hyundai Venue iMT & New ‘Sport Trim’ Launched In India.

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Monsoons in Guwahati have a unique feel, especially en route to Shillong. Cloud-draped sky on the backdrop and driving around the twisties, Hyundai Motor India introduced us to the Venue SUV in May last year.The sub-compact SUV, aimed to take a potshot at the popular Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, came with multiple powertrains, several feel-good features, which were in themselves segment-defining. A year down the line, Hyundai Venue has carved a following, clocking over one lakh sales in the period. The 62 per cent of Venue customers have preferred the petrol variants of the smallest SUV in Hyundai’s line-up. Prices…

22 Jul

US govt orders up to 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccines

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The US government has ordered Pfizer Inc and German biotech firm BioNTech SE to to produce and deliver 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate for $1.95 billion. Pfizer will deliver the doses if the covid vaccine receives emergency use authorization or licensure from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after completing demonstration of safety and efficacy in a large Phase 3 clinical trial. The vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has shown promise in early-stage small studies in humans.