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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today took part in the 10th foundation day programme of Karunadhara Trust in the city as the chief guest and announced that the State Government would provide appropriate lands to the Trust in Guwahati for setting up shelter homes for Divyangs. Speaking at the programme, the Chief Minister underlined the need to think for the society and asserted that every citizen must take up the responsibility along with the government to provide social and economic security to the Divyangs so that they could live a life of dignity.
Arunachal Pradesh government has come up with 24×7 State control room at the State Surveillance Unit to improve surveillance on coronavirus. Two Indians stuck in a luxury cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan due to coronavirus outbreak have tested positive for coronavirus. The Diamond Princess cruise ship that has been kept in quarantine at anchor off the coast of Yokohama in Japan has 132 crew members and 6 passengers who are Indian nationals. There are 3711 persons on-board.
Policeman Ratul Gogoi won hearts after a video of him distributing pens to students appearing for the AHSEC Class 12 examination surfaced on social media. The cop from Sivsagar is seen greeting the students and giving them a pen before the exams. Assam police has announced a sum of Rs 10,000 to the cop for his kind gesture.
22 BJP party leaders from Nagaland have joined Naga People’s Front (NPF) party on Wednesday. The main reason for leaving BJP happens to be Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), according to reports. NPF’s party president Shurhozelie Liezietsu has welcomed the move and said that in the coming days more people from BJP will join NPF. Former BJP leader, Mukibur Rahman had said that the members were upset with CAA as they did not see Inner Line Permit (ILP) as a protection against CAA. “The ILP is not going to stop them from entering to our state,” he said.
The Rubber Board after 23-years of multi-locational field trials in the north-eastern States and West Bengal released a new cold and disease tolerant hybrid rubber clone –RRII 429 – to improve the commercial cultivation of natural rubber in the Northeast. A top official of Rubber Board said that based on 23-years of multi-locational field trials in North Bengal (West Bengal), Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura, the Board has evolved the new cold and disease tolerant hybrid rubber clone –RRII 429 – to expand the ongoing natural rubber cultivation in the north-eastern States and increase the production and productivity.
The Supreme Court has directed all political parties to upload details of criminal history of candidates on their website. Details of criminal cases against election candidates and the reasons why a political party had selected them should be mentioned on websites, social media and vernacular medium newspapers within 48 hours of selection. Details should be provided to Election Commission within 72 hours. “The reason to select candidates should be based on merit and not winnability. Winnability can’t be the only justification,” the apex court said. In case of any void of information then the EC could initiate contempt of court proceedings.
An adorable picture of a child, all dressed up in a sweater, topi and muffler, sporting an Arvind Kejriwal moustache, to resemble the Delhi Chief Minister has been widely circulated through social media. The one-year-old child identified as Avyaan Tomar has been invited by AAP to attend Kejriwal’s swearing-in ceremony on February 16.The huge public ceremony on February 16 will take place at Ramlila Maidan.