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04/09/2021

04/09/2021

04/09/2021

: Lungi has updated into a new version for Today's youth.

09/05/2021

HOW TO MANAGE MILDER AT HOME👇

1⃣ Only have medicines a doctor prescribes.
📍 Do not self-medicate. Home concoctions like garlic, camphor and carom seed (ajwain) bundles cannot improve oxygen levels.

2⃣ Take paracetamol (500mg) every 4 to 6 hours if you have a high temperature, aches or pains.
📍 Do not have more than 4 doses maximum within a 24-hour period.

3⃣ Stay hydrated (drink water) and eat nutritious meals even if you are unable to taste. There is no food known to treat or cure COVID-19 but eating healthy will help your body recover.

4⃣ Do tepid sponging using tap water. Do not use cold water.

09/05/2021

AS SOON AS YOU FEEL UNWELL👇

Stay calm. Remember that most people recover from and do not require hospitalization.

1⃣Self-isolate. Do not wait to get tested or receive results.

2⃣Check your oxygen levels every 6 hours or more frequently if your breaths are too fast. Check it once and then again after a six-minute walk.
📍 Seek emergency care if oxygen level on the oximeter shows less than 94%.

3⃣Monitor your temperature every 6 hours. Do it more frequently if you have a fever.
📍 Seek emergency care if fever of more than 101F (38C) persists for 3 days.

4⃣Seek emergency medical care in any of these cases:
📍 Shortness of breath worsens
📍 Lips or face turn blue-ish
📍 Feeling of disorientation increases
📍 Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
📍 Slurred speech / seizures
📍 Unable to wake up or stay awake

04/04/2021

At least 22 security personnel were killed, 32 injured and one jawan was reportedly missing in a four-hour-long encounter with Maoist that took place on Saturday afternoon near Jonaguda village which falls under Jagargunda police station area (in Sukma).

At least 22 security personnel were killed, 32 injured and one jawan was reportedly missing in a four-hour-long encounter with Maoist that took place on Saturday afternoon near Jonaguda village which falls under Jagargunda police station area (in Sukma).

31/03/2021

The Income Tax (I-T) department has extended the last date for linking the Aadhaar number with PAN (Permanent Account Number) from March 31, 2021 to June 30, 2021, in order to provide relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Keeping in view the difficulties faced by the taxpayers, the Central Government has issued notification today extending the last date for the intimation of Aadhaar number and linking thereof with PAN to 30th June, 2021," the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement.

Earlier, the government had notified that the deadline for linking the two identification cards was March 31.

30/03/2021

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Mondpredicted heavy rainfall in the Northeastern part of the country. The weather body has even issued an orange alert for the region till Wednesday.

The IMD alert is in place for Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura following a prediction of "intense wet spell" over Northeast India until April 2.

Under the influence of strong lower level southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal, fairly widespread to widespread rain with thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places are very likely over Northeast India during March 29-April 2 with maximum activity on March 30-31, the IMD said.

Isolated heavy rainfall on March 29 and April 1 and isolated heavy to very heavy rains on March 30 and 31 are very likely over south Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, the weather department said.

29/03/2021

In a tragic incident, a 12-year-old boy died after his mobile battery exploded on his face. The incident happened when he was testing the battery power after charging it with a 'jadoo' charger. The class 6 student, identified as Monu, died on the spot when the battery exploded on his face leading to severe facial injuries.

Monu had put his mobile battery into a 'jadoo' charger. An hour later, he decided to check the power by touching it and the battery exploded immediately, ripping his face.
Hearing the blast, the family members rushed to his room and found him lying in a pool of blood. He was immediately taken to the primary health centre in Matwar where he was declared dead by doctors. Later, Monu was cremated without his family informing the police.

In a similar incident in 2019, a man died in Netavalgarh Pachhli village in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, after a phone kept in his pocket while he was sleeping exploded.

Source: india.com

28/03/2021

India saw 62,714 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,19,71,624, while the daily deaths crossed the 300-mark for the first time in 2021, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on March 28.

Registering a steady increase for the 18th day in row, active cases have increased to 4,86,310 comprising 4.06% of the total infections. The recovery rate has further dropped to 94.58%, the data stated.

The 62,714 new cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, the highest since October 16, 2020, while the death toll increased to 1,61,552 with 312 daily new fatalities, the highest in around three months, the data updated at 8 a.m. showed.

The daily death toll of 312 is the highest since December 25, 2020 when 336 new deaths were reported.

27/03/2021

26/03/2021

All private as well as public banks, will remain closed from March 27-29 on account of the fourth Saturday and Holi. March 28 is a Sunday which is a usual bank holiday. On March 31 services will remain suspended on account of the last financial day of the year. April 1 is the closing day on which bank employees work but branches are inaccessible to customers and therefore no normal operations. In Patna, banks will remain closed on March 30 as well; as per the RBI calendar. Banks in Patna get a two-day Holi break. This means that bank branches in Patna will remain shut for four consecutive days.

Between March 27 and April 4, normal operations will continue on March 30 and April 4.

List Of Bank Holidays
March 27, 2021: Fourth Saturday
March 28, 2021: Sunday
March 29, 2021: Holi
March 31, 2021: Last day of financial year
April 1, 2021- Bank closing of accounts
April 2, 2021- Good Friday
April 4, 2021 - Sunday

25/03/2021

A new and highly infectious strain of coronavirus that may render vaccines less effective has been detected in India, the health ministry said on Wednesday, complicating the country’s battle to contain the second wave of infections.

This strain has two mutations and can cause sickness in spite of the immunity developed by natural infection or vaccines. It is in addition to the UK, South African and Brazilian variants already circulating in 18 states of India.

“The analysis of samples from Maharashtra has revealed that compared to December 2020, there has been an increase in the fraction of samples with the E484Q and L452R mutations. Such mutations confer immune escape and increased infectivity," the health ministry said.

“A total of 771 variants have been found from more than 10,000 samples being subject to genome sequencing. The variants have been found in 18 states and Union territories, including 62 cases of mutant variant in Maharashtra. A total of 736 cases of UK strain, 34 South Africa strain and one Brazil variant have been traced so far in the country," said Sujeet Kumar Singh, director, National Centre for Disease Control.

24/03/2021

Amidst rising cases of coronavirus in the country, the Centre has expressed its concern regarding public celebrations of upcoming festivals like Holi, Shab-e-Barat, and Easter. In a letter written to the chief secretaries and administrators of States and Union Territories, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has advised them to consider imposing restrictions on public gatherings.

In a letter, Health Ministry Additional Secretary Arti Ahuja said that the battle against COVID-19 is at a critical juncture, with the rising number of cases and deaths being reported in many states and UTs in the recent past.

Union Health Additional Secretary Arti Ahuja wrote, "In view of upcoming festivals like Holi, Shab-e-Barat, Bihu, Easter and Eid-ul-Fitr etc, it is strongly advised that states may consider imposing local restrictions in public observation of these festivals and limit or do away with mass gatherings."

23/03/2021

Everyone above 45 years of age will be able to get the Covid-19 vaccine from April 1, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Tuesday.

While announcing the government's decision, Javadekar appealed to all eligible people to get themselves registered to get inoculated with the coronavirus vaccines. The Union Minister assured the nation that there is no shortage of COVID vaccine doses in the country.

The Union Cabinet's decision to allow people above 45 years of age to get vaccinated comes days after Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi held a meeting with several chief ministers over the rising cases of coronavirus in the country.

22/03/2021

Cachar District Administration made Padma Shri Awardee Dr Ravi Kannan Director Of Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre as the Cachar District icon of the voter awareness campaign.

21/03/2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday made a big announcement while releasing the West Bengal poll manifesto.

Shah said that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be implemented in the state in the first Cabinet.

He also said that refugees staying there for 70 years will be given citizenship, and also each refugee family will be provided Rs 10,000 per year for five years.

20/03/2021

The Government of Assam, through an order issued on March 19, made wearing of face masks compulsory.

The Government of Assam, in exercise of the power conferred under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, has framed the Assam COVID- 19 Regulations, 2020 for prevention and containment COVID-19.

"Whereas the government has taken several measures from time to time to appropriately deal with the COVID-19 situation, the Government of India has made wearing of face cover compulsory in all public places as part of the national directives for COVID-19 management," states the order.

Whereas it is noted that some persons are not complying with directions for use of face cover. Therefore, the Health & Family Welfare Department, in exercise of powers conferred under the said Regulations, has directed that the following measures will be complied by the general population within the State of Assam, in order to safeguard human life and health:

1. All persons moving for whatsoever purpose and under whatever reason/authority in public places like street, hospital, office, market, etc must compulsorily wear a 3-ply mask or cloth mask. In absence of a mask, a gomocha or any other traditionally woven cloth in at least two layers that completely cover the mouth and nose can also be used.

2. No person/official will attend any meeting/gathering without wearing masks.

3. Any person moving around in a personal/ official/ public vehicle must be wearing masks compulsory.

4. Any person working at any site/ office/ workplace must wear masks.

5. Masks used by one person shall not be used by any other person.

Continuation In Comment Section

19/03/2021

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam on Thursday, March 18 expelled 15 of its leaders from their primary membership announced Rajdeep Roy (General Secretary, BJP Assam) in a statement.

The reason behind their expulsion from the party is that the candidates, including former deputy speaker Dilip Kumar Paul, filed their nomination as Independent candidates after being denied tickets from the BJP.

General Secretary Rajdeep Roy said that state party President Ranjeet Kumar Dass approved action against the 15 leaders with immediate effect under Article 25 (9) of the party's constitution for engaging in anti-party activities.

The list of the 15 members includes: Dilip Kumar Paul (Silchar), Rao Gajendra Singh (Naoboicha), Priyanka Neog (Sabua), Lakheswar Moran (Dum Duma), Tarun Sahu (Dhekiajuli), Thoiba Singh (Lakhipur), Ashish Haldar (Sonai), Khitish Ranjan Paul (Hailakandi), Seema Engipi (Baithalangso),Hemant Adhikari (Barkhala), Debojit Moran (Dum Duma), Rajesh Kisan ((Dum Duma), Dilip De (Diphu).

18/03/2021

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18/03/2021

Himanta Biswa Sarma Promised To Increase The Amount of Arunudoi Scheme From ₹830 To ₹3000 Per Month.

18/03/2021

Himanta Biswa Sarma while addressing the rally today at Bhatgram, Karimganj said that BJP will give 1 lakh government jobs to the youths of Assam before March 2022.

18/03/2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addressing Public Meeting in Bhatgram, Karimganj

17/03/2021

Illegal items from all over the state have been seized by the Assam Election Commission. These items include liquor worth Rs.17.82 crore, gold and silver ornaments worth Rs.2.82 crore, narcotics worth Rs.27.13 crore and unaccounted money worth Rs.12.17 crore. This was confirmed by the Chief Electoral Officer.

Since the election announcement, illegal activities have increased in the state. Illicit items are being procured by the police, excise, Income Tax Department, Narcotics Control Bureau and various other surveillance teams.

16/03/2021

A devastating fire broke out near Bharat Petroleum Fuel station (New) at Dakhin Krishnapur right near by-pass junction.Fire engines have been deployed.

MLA Aminul Haque Laskar reached the spot and advised people to avoid travelling by this road.

15/03/2021

Karimganj Boy Nripendra Das Rides Bicycle All The Way To Mumbai To Meet Sonu Sood

Nripendra Das of Karimganj district has started on a journey on a bicycle to spread the awareness on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan across the country. Along with that, he has planned to aware people about rapes and achieve the goal of a R**e Free India.

He is a resident of Fakua (near Son Beel).

Nripendra told The Barak Herald that it was part of his All India Bicycle Ride to spread the awareness on Swacch Bharat and R**e Free India.

He had represented India at an international summit (on environment issues) in Bali, Indonesia in 2019.

15/03/2021

Tamil Nadu's CA Bhavani Devi has become the first ever Indian fencer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The sabre fencer secured a spot in the World Cup in Hungary after the hosts lost in the quarterfinals of the team event, allowing South Korea to progress to the semi-final.

Bhavani Devi qualifies through the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) Method.

Two individual spots were up for grabs for the Asia and Oceania region based on the World Rankings as of April 5, 2021. She is ranked 45th and occupies one of the two available slots based on the ranking.

The 27-year-old's qualification will be confirmed when the rankings are made official on the aforementioned date.

The eight-time national champion had failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics.

However, she stepped up efforts to secure qualification for the Tokyo games and continued to train in Italy under coach Nicola Zanotti before the COVID-19-induced shutdown halted the qualification process.

14/03/2021

World's Longest Rangoli In Cachar

Cachar District Administration all set to enter World Record for creating longest rangoli on voter awareness at Borkhola LAC.

The Deputy Commissioner of Cachar Keerthi Jalli, IAS herself participated in creating the rangoli which is being created from Dolu to Hatichera a stretch of 8 kilometer.

13/03/2021

80 Candidates Fills Nominations For 7 Seats in Cachar.

19 Candidates from LA 9 Silchar ; 14 from LA 10 Sonai; 9 from LA 11 Dholai; 8 from LA 12 Udharbond; 7 from LA 13 Lakhipur; 16 from LA 15 Katigorah & 7 from LA 14 Borkhola.