User Rating:  / 0

It was a dream come true for the BJP leader, who had aimed for the post long ago. Himanta Biswa Sarma Sarma, who is also the convenor of the North East Democratic Alliance, became the Chief Minister for the first time and was officially sworn-in as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam administered the oath by Governor JagdishMukhi on 10 May. The newly-elected Chief Minister began his day by offering prayers at DoulGobinda Temple and Kamakhya Temple and sought the blessings of the people of his constituency Jalukbari.

User Rating:  / 0

The political Kurukshetra to re-elect the legislative assemblies in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is just over.

Since these five regions have five different linguistic, social and political ecosystem, the results of the elections assumes massive significance in the backdrop of assembly elections next year in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.

Among them, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Prades, Uttarakhand are ruled currently by the BJP. In Manipur, it is a BJP-led coalition government. Punjab is ruled by Congress.

User Rating:  / 0

Burma (Myanmar) has been offline since 1st April, as the Junta (Burmese military) continues to crackdown on the anti-coup protesters, raising fears that the ongoing violence in the troubled southeast country, nicknamed as ‘land of Jade’ is likely to worsen.

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), a non-profit human rights group based in Mae Sot, Thailand, reports that a total of 730 people have been killed by the Junta and 3152 detained till 17 April, since the 1 February military coup that deposed civilian government, headed by noble laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

User Rating:  / 0

Has the Central government remained indifferent to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic situation that is rocking the nation now? The lurking suspicion is prevailing in the minds of the people as an atmosphere had been created till December last year that the deadly disease that made an inroad into the entire world last year, courtesy China, was controlled with precision, especially in India. The government realised the dastardly effect and its catastrophe when the crisis escalated and reached an alarming proportion from February this year.

However, the problem cropped up when the Union Health Minister cautioned the patients not to visit the hospitals, as the oxygen was available in plenty. The patients, however, much to their chagrin and discomfiture found out the shortage of oxygen and drugs like remdesivir.