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Delta variant detected in Manipur; AYUSH-64 launched18 of 20 samples tested confirm Delta : CM

603 new cases, 12 deaths reported

Despite Covid restrictions fitting tributes paid to Jun 18 martyrs

One held for ‘scripting anti-vaccine campaign’

No death at Kamjong in second wave so far : MLA
State Delta variant detected in Manipur; AYUSH-64 launched18 of 20 samples tested confirm Delta : CM
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Delta variant detected in Manipur; AYUSH-64 launched18 of 20 samples tested confirm Delta : CM

Imphal, Jun 18 (DIPR) Chief Minister N Biren today announced that the new Covid variant, the Delta variant has been detected in the State with 18 of the 20 samples sent to a laboratory at Hyderabad confirming this. Twenty samples were sent for testing to know the variant of the virus, of which 18 samples came out to be of the new variant called Delta variant.The Chief Minister said this while launching AYUSH-64, a polyherbal formulation, at a simple programme organized by the Directorate of AYUSH, Governmen

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State 603 new cases, 12 deaths reported
State

603 new cases, 12 deaths reported

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Jun 18 : Even as the State Government officially announced that the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Manipur, the State reported 603 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours.In a statement, the COVID-19 Control Room said that the Delta variant was detected in 18 cases in the State and added that due epidemiological measures have been taken up. The importance of sticking to Covid Appropriate Behaviour was also stressed.After a l

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State Despite Covid restrictions fitting tributes paid to Jun 18 martyrs
State

Despite Covid restrictions fitting tributes paid to Jun 18 martyrs

By Our Staff ReporterImphal, Jun 18: Though Covid guidelines have restricted large gatherings, befitting tributes, nonetheless, were paid to the 18 people who sacrificed their lives to protect the territorial integrity of Manipur by the families of the martyrs and CSO leaders at Kekrupat on the occasion of 20th The Great June Uprising - Unity Day.It may be mentioned that on this day in 2001 people from different corners of Manipur took to the streets and torched a number of offices protesting the Bangkok De

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State One held for ‘scripting anti-vaccine campaign’
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One held for ‘scripting anti-vaccine campaign’

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Jun 18 :  Chief Judicial Magistrate Imphal West today remanded 41 year old Khoisnam Shantikumar to five days police custody for allegedly uploading a video on social media undermining the efforts of the Government and the Health Department to curb COVID-19 spread.The accused Khoisam Shantikumar, s/o Jilla of Lairenjam Awang Leikai (Mekola) was produced before the Court by a team of Imphal Police Station through video conference under different section of IPC and section 3 o

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General Articles JUN. 18, 2021

Rescuing MSMEs from their death bed

Lakshmana Venkat KuchiGraded and cautious opening up of the country, after over two months of intense and widespread second covid-19 wave across the country has left a trail of destruction of the economy, is sure a welcome development.But caution has to b

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1 Hr 29 Min ago
General Articles
General Articles JUN. 18, 2021

CBSE Class 12 marking schemeGood for students who have consistently performed well in exams

Dr Chandrachur SinghThe final proposal on the evaluation model as proposed by CBSE gives 40 per cent weightage to Class 12 examinations (internal assessments, pre-boards and half-yearly combined) and 60 per cent weightage to historical data—in a 30:

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1 Hr 30 Min ago
General Articles
General Articles JUN. 18, 2021

How to combat desertification and drought

Ranjan K BaruahContd from previous issue Everyone has a role to play because everyone has a stake in the future.It is a global issue, with serious implications worldwide for biodiversity, eco-safety, poverty eradication, socio-economic stability and

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1 Hr 31 Min ago
Sangai Digest
Sangai Digest
Sangai Digest OCT. 12, 2019

86 Bn CRPF dedicates passenger waiting shed at Kangpokpi

86 Bn CRPF dedicated a passenger waiting shed at K Senam, Sehjang, Kangpokpi district under its Civic Action

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616 Days 0 Hr ago
Sangai Digest
Sangai Digest OCT. 12, 2019

State Level Mera Houchongba to begin today

IMPHAL, Oct 11: State level Mera Houchongba will be observed from October 12-13 at Kangla, said the organising

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616 Days 0 Hr ago
Sangai Digest
Sangai Digest OCT. 12, 2019

Nemcha Kipgen attends 1st India International Cooperatives Trade Fair 2019

New Delhi, Oct 11: Minister of Social Welfare and Cooperation Nemcha Kipgen graced the inaugural ceremony of the

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616 Days 0 Hr ago
Editorial
CBSE, CISCE laying down the benchmarkStress on consistency
18Jun

CBSE, CISCE laying down the benchmarkStress on consistency

Extraordinary time calls for extraordinary measures to cope with the time and it is along this line that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council of Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) have gone ahead and announced their a
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Brief News
State

Surgery for Mucormycosis conducted

Forest Minister visits Jiribam district

Donates to RIMS

New SPs for IE, IW named

Roads sanitised

Diaspora Speak

Listing of Masood Azhar as global terrorist by UN will be ‘properly resolved’: China

North Korea warns of ‘undesired’ outcome if no change in US nuclear stance

US army veteran plots terror attack as revenge for New Zealand shootings, arrested

Islamic State alert sounded in Bangladesh, India

‘Value of vaccination’ – Theme of World Veterinary Day, 2019

World News
World
World JUN. 01, 2021

'Scientists silenced and disappeared'

LONDON, May 31 A new study, quoted by ANI, has found that Chinese scientists created the virus in a lab in Wuhan, then tried to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved naturally from bats.The novel c

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World
World MAY. 31, 2021

Prices of goods and services soar under military ruleMyanmar folks face cash shortage

NAYPYITAW, May 30Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar due to the February 1 military coup, people are facing a shortage of cash and rising prices of goods and services as they are withdrawing their savings from banks out of concern for the future.Four months into military rule since a February 1 military coup that ousted the civilian Government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, and with a weakening local currency, the junta has yet to rein in the economic woes precipitated by the power grab, reported Kyod

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19 Days 0 Hr ago
World
World MAY. 30, 2021

Vietnam detects hybrid of COVID-19 variants from India and UK

HANOI, May 29 Vietnam Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said on Saturday (May 29) the country has detected a new variant of the coronavirus, a mix of the COVID-19 variants from India and the United Kingdom that spreads quickly by air, online newspaper VnExpress reported.After successfully containing coronavirus for most of last year, Vietnam is now battling an outbreak that is spreading more quickly. Nearly 3,600 people have been infected in 31 of its 63 cities and provinces since late April, accounting for

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National News
India
India JUN. 18, 2021

Rule of land supreme, not your policy: Parliamentary panel on information technology to Twitter

PTINew Delhi, Jun 18 :  Amid a tussle between the Union government and Twitter over the new IT rules, members of a parliamentary panel on Friday strongly objected to Twitter India officials’ observations that they abide by their policy and cate

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1 Hr 36 Min ago
India
India JUN. 18, 2021

CBSE, CISCE submit class 12 assessment formula to Supreme Court Results of Class XII to be declared by July 31

NEW DELHI, Jun 17 The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Thursday submitted the assessment system for Class 12 students in the Supreme Court and said the results will be de

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India
India JUN. 16, 2021

India reports 62,224 new Covid cases

NEW DELHI, Jun 16Continuing the rapid fall in new cases, India reported over 62,000 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total caseload to over 2.96 crore. After more than 2,500 deaths in the same period, the death toll in

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2 Days 1 Hr ago
State News
State
State JUN. 19, 2021

Delta variant detected in Manipur; AYUSH-64 launched18 of 20 samples tested confirm Delta : CM

Imphal, Jun 18 (DIPR) Chief Minister N Biren today announced that the new Covid variant, the Delta variant has been detected in the State with 18 of the 20 samples sent to a laboratory at Hyderabad confirming this. Twenty samples were sent for testing to know the variant of the virus, of which 18 samples came out to be of the new variant called Delta variant.The Chief Minister said this while launching AYUSH-64, a polyherbal formulation, at a simple programme organized by the Directorate of AYUSH, Governmen

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42 Min ago
State
State JUN. 19, 2021

603 new cases, 12 deaths reported

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Jun 18 : Even as the State Government officially announced that the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Manipur, the State reported 603 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours.In a statement, the COVID-19 Control Room said that the Delta variant was detected in 18 cases in the State and added that due epidemiological measures have been taken up. The importance of sticking to Covid Appropriate Behaviour was also stressed.After a l

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45 Min ago
State
State JUN. 19, 2021

Despite Covid restrictions fitting tributes paid to Jun 18 martyrs

By Our Staff ReporterImphal, Jun 18: Though Covid guidelines have restricted large gatherings, befitting tributes, nonetheless, were paid to the 18 people who sacrificed their lives to protect the territorial integrity of Manipur by the families of the martyrs and CSO leaders at Kekrupat on the occasion of 20th The Great June Uprising - Unity Day.It may be mentioned that on this day in 2001 people from different corners of Manipur took to the streets and torched a number of offices protesting the Bangkok De

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47 Min ago
State
State JUN. 19, 2021

One held for ‘scripting anti-vaccine campaign’

By Our Staff ReporterIMPHAL, Jun 18 :  Chief Judicial Magistrate Imphal West today remanded 41 year old Khoisnam Shantikumar to five days police custody for allegedly uploading a video on social media undermining the efforts of the Government and the Health Department to curb COVID-19 spread.The accused Khoisam Shantikumar, s/o Jilla of Lairenjam Awang Leikai (Mekola) was produced before the Court by a team of Imphal Police Station through video conference under different section of IPC and section 3 o

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49 Min ago
Sports News
Nilakanta Sharma makes it to 16-member Indian men's hockey squad for Tokyo Olympics Sports

Sports

Nilakanta Sharma makes it to 16-member Indian men's hockey squad for Tokyo Olympics

BENGALURU, Jun 18India on Friday named 10 Olympic debutants in its 16-member men's hockey squad for the Tokyo Games.Amit Rohidas, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay are the 10 players who will make their Olympic debut in Tokyo. The squad includes six seasoned campaigners - goalkeeper Sreejesh; midfielder Manpreet; defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, and Surender Kumar; and forward Mandeep Singh. Thes

19 Jun, 2021

CM, hockey assns greet Nilakanta, Sushila Sports

Sports

CM, hockey assns greet Nilakanta, Sushila

IMPHAL, Jun 18Manipur's Nilakanta was named among the Indian National Men's hockey team for the Tokyo Games a day after Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam made it to the women's squad.Manipur Hockey, in a press release congratulated both of the players for making t

19 Jun, 2021

CM, hockey assns greet Nilakanta, Sushila Sports

Sports

CM, hockey assns greet Nilakanta, Sushila

IMPHAL, Jun 18Manipur's Nilakanta was named among the Indian National Men's hockey team for the Tokyo Games a day after Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam made it to the women's squad.Manipur Hockey, in a press release congratulated both of the players for making t

19 Jun, 2021

Sushila Chanu among 16-member women's hockey squad for Tokyo Olympics Sports

Sports

Sushila Chanu among 16-member women's hockey squad for Tokyo Olympics

MUMBAI, Jun 17Hockey India, on Thursday, announced a 16-member India women's hockey squad for the Tokyo Olympics, which begins next month.The squad strikes the perfect balance between continuity from the Rio Olympics 2016, and adopting a fresh approach for Tokyo. Eight experienced veterans have been named in the squad, while eight new players have been handed the chance to make their Olympic debut for Team India.The final squad includes Rani, Savita, Deep Grace Ekka, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Nikki

18 Jun, 2021

Sushila Chanu among 16-member women's hockey squad for Tokyo Olympics Sports

Sports

Sushila Chanu among 16-member women's hockey squad for Tokyo Olympics

MUMBAI, Jun 17Hockey India, on Thursday, announced a 16-member India women's hockey squad for the Tokyo Olympics, which begins next month.The squad strikes the perfect balance between continuity from the Rio Olympics 2016, and adopting a fresh approach for Tokyo. Eight experienced veterans have been named in the squad, while eight new players have been handed the chance to make their Olympic debut for Team India.The final squad includes Rani, Savita, Deep Grace Ekka, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Nikki

18 Jun, 2021

Manipur Hockey greets Sushila Sports

Sports

Manipur Hockey greets Sushila

IMPHAL, Jun 17Manipur Hockey has expressed profound happiness over the selection of Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam in the  National women hockey team for Tokyo Games 2020.Manipur Hockey general secretary, in a press statement also congratulated all the oth

18 Jun, 2021

Manipur Hockey greets Sushila Sports

Sports

Manipur Hockey greets Sushila

IMPHAL, Jun 17Manipur Hockey has expressed profound happiness over the selection of Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam in the  National women hockey team for Tokyo Games 2020.Manipur Hockey general secretary, in a press statement also congratulated all the oth

18 Jun, 2021

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NSCN factions deny demanding share of Covid fund

Over 5,000 Children infected by CovidMeghalaya to set up 3 paediatric hospitals

Assam cancels class 10, 12 State board exams

Smuggling bid foiled, goods worth Rs 39 lakh seized in Meghalaya

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