THE SHILLONG TIMES-LATEST SHILLONG NEWS, TODAYS SHILLONG NEWSMEGHALAYANATIONALINTERNATIONALEDITORIALCOVID-19REGIONAL SHILLONG, May 26: The active COVID-19 tally has breached the 8,000-mark in Meghalaya with 846 fresh cases reported on Wednesday. The recovery rate has also picked up with the state recording more than 700 recoveries for the second day on the trot. With 10 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the tally has now gone up to 512. SHILLONG TIMES EPAPER- SHILLONG TIMES NEWSPAPER Shillong Times ePaper- Shillong Times online,Newspaper, Shillong Times edition, Breaking News , Latest News , News Paper WOMAN DIES AFTER CHILDBIRTH AT DANGAR PHC, NEGLIGENCE SHILLONG, June 6: In a tragic incident, a 28-year-old woman died shortly after childbirth on June 3 at the Dangar primary health centre under Mawsynram C&RD Block, in an alleged case of negligence on the part of the doctor and nurses. Mawsynram MLA, Himalaya M Shangpliang shared details of the incident on Sunday and asked FIRE BREAKS OUT IN MATA VAISHNO DEVI SHRINE COMPLEX Jammu, June 8 (IANS) A fire broke out at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine complex in Katra on Tuesday in which one building of the complex was completely gutted, though no casualty occurred during the blaze. Police sources said the fire broke out at the Kalika Bhavan building in the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine complex, which has been brought under

control.

SLOT-BOOKING FOR VACCINATION TODAY IN STATE SHILLONG, May 22: The booking of slots in Meghalaya for COVID-19 vaccination in the age group of 18-44 years will once again be available on Sunday from 12 noon onwards. The slots can be booked at www.cowin.gov.in. It may be mentioned that people earlier were faced with hurdles while booking the slot on the website FREE CEMENT TO MARTYRS’ KIN SHILLONG, June 4: The Confederation of Ex Paramilitary Forces Welfare Association appreciated the initiative by Shree Cement named ‘Project Naman’, which will provide free cement to the families of martyrs of the BSF for construction of houses. The agreement SOP/MoU was signed between the company and the BSF on May 28. The scheme is

for

POST-POLL VIOLENCE IN BENGAL The aftershocks of the high-voltage West Bengal assembly elections are beginning to be felt—and in unimaginable ways. Twelve persons were killed in the violence from rival sides and worse could follow. It’s a pity that the election frenzy has not subsided even after the results have been declared and that at a time when Covid19 THE SHILLONG TIMES-LATEST SHILLONG NEWS, TODAYS SHILLONG NEWSMEGHALAYANATIONALINTERNATIONALEDITORIALCOVID-19REGIONAL SHILLONG, May 26: The active COVID-19 tally has breached the 8,000-mark in Meghalaya with 846 fresh cases reported on Wednesday. The recovery rate has also picked up with the state recording more than 700 recoveries for the second day on the trot. With 10 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the tally has now gone up to 512. SHILLONG TIMES EPAPER- SHILLONG TIMES NEWSPAPER Shillong Times ePaper- Shillong Times online,Newspaper, Shillong Times edition, Breaking News , Latest News , News Paper WOMAN DIES AFTER CHILDBIRTH AT DANGAR PHC, NEGLIGENCE SHILLONG, June 6: In a tragic incident, a 28-year-old woman died shortly after childbirth on June 3 at the Dangar primary health centre under Mawsynram C&RD Block, in an alleged case of negligence on the part of the doctor and nurses. Mawsynram MLA, Himalaya M Shangpliang shared details of the incident on Sunday and asked FIRE BREAKS OUT IN MATA VAISHNO DEVI SHRINE COMPLEX Jammu, June 8 (IANS) A fire broke out at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine complex in Katra on Tuesday in which one building of the complex was completely gutted, though no casualty occurred during the blaze. Police sources said the fire broke out at the Kalika Bhavan building in the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine complex, which has been brought under

control.

SLOT-BOOKING FOR VACCINATION TODAY IN STATE SHILLONG, May 22: The booking of slots in Meghalaya for COVID-19 vaccination in the age group of 18-44 years will once again be available on Sunday from 12 noon onwards. The slots can be booked at www.cowin.gov.in. It may be mentioned that people earlier were faced with hurdles while booking the slot on the website FREE CEMENT TO MARTYRS’ KIN SHILLONG, June 4: The Confederation of Ex Paramilitary Forces Welfare Association appreciated the initiative by Shree Cement named ‘Project Naman’, which will provide free cement to the families of martyrs of the BSF for construction of houses. The agreement SOP/MoU was signed between the company and the BSF on May 28. The scheme is

for

POST-POLL VIOLENCE IN BENGAL The aftershocks of the high-voltage West Bengal assembly elections are beginning to be felt—and in unimaginable ways. Twelve persons were killed in the violence from rival sides and worse could follow. It’s a pity that the election frenzy has not subsided even after the results have been declared and that at a time when Covid19 FRESH CASES BELOW 400-MARK AFTER 31 DAYS SHILLONG, June 8: The COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya continued its downward slide with the daily caseload coming down below the 400-mark after 31 days. The active tally has also come down below the 5,000-mark after 22 days. The state recorded 379 fresh cases while 773 recoveries on the day brought the active tally down to COWIN HACK AN DATA LEAK IS BASELESS: GOVT 7 hours ago · NEW DELHI, June 12: The central government on Saturday once again made it clear that there were baseless claims about alleged hacking of India’s vaccine registration portal CoWIN, and data leak. Chairman of the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (EGVAC) R.S. Sharma has clarified that “the claims of so-called hackers on the

dark web,

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STATE GOVT MAY STEP IN AS MEECL LOAN GUARANTOR SHILLONG, June 8: Facing a barrage of criticisms over the likely outsourcing of two MeECL distribution circles, the state government on Tuesday said it is examining the feasibility of proposing itself as the guarantor of the Rs 1,345-crore Atmanirbhar loan to the MeECL. “The Finance Department is examining the matter and we will take a CHINESE NATIONAL HELD ALONG B’DESH BORDER 1 day ago · Kolkata, June 10: A 35-year-old Chinese man was apprehended by the BSF from along the India-Bangladesh international border in West Bengal on Thursday, with the paramilitary force saying security agencies are probing if he was working for an intelligence agency of the neighbouring country, officials said. Han Junwe is a resident of China’s Hubei province. NPP KEEPS TURA BJP MDC GUESSING IN GHADC, SAYS NO DECISION 1 day ago · TURA, June 11 th: In what can be termed an “equivalent retaliation” for the recent spate over formation of a new Executive Committee in the GHADC, in which the Tura BJP MDC had played hard ball, the ruling alliance has taken Bernard Marak’s support to it with a pinch of salt, preferring to keep him guessing and waiting.. On Friday, a day after the Tura BJP MDC extended his hand of SUICIDE CAR BOMBING KILLS 3 AFGHAN SOLDIERS 1 day ago · Kabul, June 10 : Three Afghan soldiers and an assailant were killed on Thursday in a suicide car bombing in Baghlan province, a local army source confirmed. The assailant tried to carry out a car bombing against an army base in Bagh-e-Shamal locality of provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri city early Thursday, Abdul Hadi Nazari from the army’s 217th Pamir Corps told Xinhua news agency. ENSURED EVERYONE GOT A GAME TOURS: DRAVID 21 hours ago · NEW DELHI, June 11: Widely credited for creating India’s talent pool at the under-19 and A level, former captain and NCA Director Rahul Dravid says during his stint as coach with these teams, he made sure that every cricketer who toured got a game unlike his playing days. Dravid will be TURA DON BOSCO COLLEGE AMONG TWO FROM MEGHALAYA TO RECEIVE TURA, June 9: Don Bosco College of Tura has done it once again! Known across the region for its education and green campaign encouraging the younger generation for a “Cleaner and Greener Ernvironment” the College has been selected for the “One District One Green Champion” award by the Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural

Education under

PAYING THE PRICE FOR VACCINE HESITANCY For two whole months from mid April to May the people of Meghalaya were told how many Covid deaths per day have occurred and which districts the deceased belong to. While the numbers are disturbing they don’t reveal the story behind the numbers. Now an analysis has been carried out by the Indian Institute of THE SHILLONG TIMES-LATEST SHILLONG NEWS, TODAYS SHILLONG NEWSMEGHALAYANATIONALINTERNATIONALEDITORIALCOVID-19REGIONAL MEGHALAYA. SHILLONG, May 26: The active COVID-19 tally has breached the 8,000-mark in Meghalaya with 846 fresh cases reported on Wednesday. The recovery rate has also picked up with the state recording more than 700 recoveries for the second day on the trot. With 10 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the tally has now gone

up to 512.

THE EMOTIONAL COST OF COVID-19 51 minutes ago · Our societies place great importance on conceiving and giving birth to a child. It is a societal norm that adults, especially married couples, start a family and hence, there is mounting pressure when complications in the process arise. Infertility is a condition of the reproductive system that is characterised by the

inability to bear a

WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT COVID SPREAD 53 minutes ago · Transmission of the virus behind Covid-19 varies seasonally, but warmer conditions are not enough to prevent its spread, shows a new research. The study, led by Imperial College London researchers, showed that temperature and population density are the most important factors determining how easily the virus spreads, but only in the absence of mobility-restricting measures, SHILLONG TIMES EPAPER- SHILLONG TIMES NEWSPAPER Shillong Times ePaper- Shillong Times online,Newspaper, Shillong Times edition, Breaking News , Latest News , News Paper COVAXIN'S PHASE 3 TRIALS RESULTS LIKELY NEXT MONTH 59 minutes ago · Hyderabad, June 10 : The results of third phase trials of India’s first indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin are expected to be released next month. Covaxin manufacturer Bharat Biotech said its service provider, IQVIA, has started final statistical analysis. Raches Ella, who leads the Covid-19 projects at Bharat Biotech, tweeted that after submitting efficacy and ISRAELI STRIKES KILL 11 MILITARY PERSONNEL IN SYRIA Damascus, June 10 : Israeli strikes targeting areas in central and southern Syria overnight killed 11 military personnel, a war monitor reported. An officer was among the victims as the strikes on Wednesday targeted a scientific research centre and other military positions in Homs province and the countryside of the capital Damascus, reports

Xinhua mews agency.

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY THERAPY SAFE FOR TRANSPLANT PATIENTS 51 minutes ago · A day after Delhi-based Sir Gangaram Hospital claimed that monoclonal antibody can be a game changer with its better hold on the deadly Covid pandemic, a study led by Mayo Clinic said that treating transplant patients infected with mild to moderate Covid-19 with monoclonal antibodies is safe and helps prevent serious illness. The study is COWIN NOT HACKED, 15 CR INDIANS' DATA SAFE: RESEARCHER 30 minutes ago · New Delhi, June 10 : After reports surfaced that India’s vaccine registration portal CoWIN has been hacked and database of 15 crore people is up for sale, Indian cyber security researchers said that the website behind this is itself fake and is a Bitcoin scam. A hacker group that goes by the name of “Dark Leak Market” claimed, via a tweet, that they have the database of about

15 crore

TN CM STALIN EXTENDS LOCKDOWN FOR ONE MORE WEEK TN CM Stalin extends lockdown for one more week. Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday announced the extension of lockdown by another week till June 14 with some relaxations. The current lockdown comes to an end on June 7. In a statement issued here Stalin said the existing permissible activity will be allowed. BIDEN-PUTIN SUMMIT TO TAKE PLACE IN LAKESIDE VILLA Geneva, June 10 : The much-awaited summit between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place in a stately villa overlooking Lake Geneva on June 16, the Swiss Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. The statement confirmed preparations that had been visible for some time as police and the armed forces blocked access to the park on Tuesday, reports THE SHILLONG TIMES-LATEST SHILLONG NEWS, TODAYS SHILLONG NEWSMEGHALAYANATIONALINTERNATIONALEDITORIALCOVID-19REGIONAL MEGHALAYA. SHILLONG, May 26: The active COVID-19 tally has breached the 8,000-mark in Meghalaya with 846 fresh cases reported on Wednesday. The recovery rate has also picked up with the state recording more than 700 recoveries for the second day on the trot. With 10 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the tally has now gone

up to 512.

THE EMOTIONAL COST OF COVID-19 51 minutes ago · Our societies place great importance on conceiving and giving birth to a child. It is a societal norm that adults, especially married couples, start a family and hence, there is mounting pressure when complications in the process arise. Infertility is a condition of the reproductive system that is characterised by the

inability to bear a

WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT COVID SPREAD 53 minutes ago · Transmission of the virus behind Covid-19 varies seasonally, but warmer conditions are not enough to prevent its spread, shows a new research. The study, led by Imperial College London researchers, showed that temperature and population density are the most important factors determining how easily the virus spreads, but only in the absence of mobility-restricting measures, SHILLONG TIMES EPAPER- SHILLONG TIMES NEWSPAPER Shillong Times ePaper- Shillong Times online,Newspaper, Shillong Times edition, Breaking News , Latest News , News Paper COVAXIN'S PHASE 3 TRIALS RESULTS LIKELY NEXT MONTH 59 minutes ago · Hyderabad, June 10 : The results of third phase trials of India’s first indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin are expected to be released next month. Covaxin manufacturer Bharat Biotech said its service provider, IQVIA, has started final statistical analysis. Raches Ella, who leads the Covid-19 projects at Bharat Biotech, tweeted that after submitting efficacy and ISRAELI STRIKES KILL 11 MILITARY PERSONNEL IN SYRIA Damascus, June 10 : Israeli strikes targeting areas in central and southern Syria overnight killed 11 military personnel, a war monitor reported. An officer was among the victims as the strikes on Wednesday targeted a scientific research centre and other military positions in Homs province and the countryside of the capital Damascus, reports

Xinhua mews agency.

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY THERAPY SAFE FOR TRANSPLANT PATIENTS 51 minutes ago · A day after Delhi-based Sir Gangaram Hospital claimed that monoclonal antibody can be a game changer with its better hold on the deadly Covid pandemic, a study led by Mayo Clinic said that treating transplant patients infected with mild to moderate Covid-19 with monoclonal antibodies is safe and helps prevent serious illness. The study is COWIN NOT HACKED, 15 CR INDIANS' DATA SAFE: RESEARCHER 30 minutes ago · New Delhi, June 10 : After reports surfaced that India’s vaccine registration portal CoWIN has been hacked and database of 15 crore people is up for sale, Indian cyber security researchers said that the website behind this is itself fake and is a Bitcoin scam. A hacker group that goes by the name of “Dark Leak Market” claimed, via a tweet, that they have the database of about

15 crore

TN CM STALIN EXTENDS LOCKDOWN FOR ONE MORE WEEK TN CM Stalin extends lockdown for one more week. Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday announced the extension of lockdown by another week till June 14 with some relaxations. The current lockdown comes to an end on June 7. In a statement issued here Stalin said the existing permissible activity will be allowed. BIDEN-PUTIN SUMMIT TO TAKE PLACE IN LAKESIDE VILLA Geneva, June 10 : The much-awaited summit between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place in a stately villa overlooking Lake Geneva on June 16, the Swiss Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. The statement confirmed preparations that had been visible for some time as police and the armed forces blocked access to the park on Tuesday, reports THE EMOTIONAL COST OF COVID-19 51 minutes ago · Our societies place great importance on conceiving and giving birth to a child. It is a societal norm that adults, especially married couples, start a family and hence, there is mounting pressure when complications in the process arise. Infertility is a condition of the reproductive system that is characterised by the

inability to bear a

COVAXIN'S PHASE 3 TRIALS RESULTS LIKELY NEXT MONTH 59 minutes ago · Hyderabad, June 10 : The results of third phase trials of India’s first indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin are expected to be released next month. Covaxin manufacturer Bharat Biotech said its service provider, IQVIA, has started final statistical analysis. Raches Ella, who leads the Covid-19 projects at Bharat Biotech, tweeted that after submitting efficacy and ISRAELI STRIKES KILL 11 MILITARY PERSONNEL IN SYRIA Damascus, June 10 : Israeli strikes targeting areas in central and southern Syria overnight killed 11 military personnel, a war monitor reported. An officer was among the victims as the strikes on Wednesday targeted a scientific research centre and other military positions in Homs province and the countryside of the capital Damascus, reports

Xinhua mews agency.

COWIN NOT HACKED, 15 CR INDIANS' DATA SAFE: RESEARCHER 30 minutes ago · New Delhi, June 10 : After reports surfaced that India’s vaccine registration portal CoWIN has been hacked and database of 15 crore people is up for sale, Indian cyber security researchers said that the website behind this is itself fake and is a Bitcoin scam. A hacker group that goes by the name of “Dark Leak Market” claimed, via a tweet, that they have the database of about

15 crore

WARMER TEMPERATURES NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT COVID SPREAD 53 minutes ago · Transmission of the virus behind Covid-19 varies seasonally, but warmer conditions are not enough to prevent its spread, shows a new research. The study, led by Imperial College London researchers, showed that temperature and population density are the most important factors determining how easily the virus spreads, but only in the absence of mobility-restricting measures, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY THERAPY SAFE FOR TRANSPLANT PATIENTS 51 minutes ago · A day after Delhi-based Sir Gangaram Hospital claimed that monoclonal antibody can be a game changer with its better hold on the deadly Covid pandemic, a study led by Mayo Clinic said that treating transplant patients infected with mild to moderate Covid-19 with monoclonal antibodies is safe and helps prevent serious

illness.

SUICIDE CAR BOMBING KILLS 3 AFGHAN SOLDIERS Kabul, June 10 : Three Afghan soldiers and an assailant were killed on Thursday in a suicide car bombing in Baghlan province, a local army source confirmed. The assailant tried to carry out a car bombing against an army base in Bagh-e-Shamal locality of provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri city early Thursday, Abdul Hadi Nazari from the army’s 217th Pamir Corps told Xinhua news agency. SUU KYI CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION: STATE MEDIA Nay Pyi Taw, June 10 : Myanmar’s ousted de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with corruption, the state media reported on Thursday. The Anti-Corruption Commission in Myanmar found evidence that the 75-year-old committed “corruption using her rank”, dpa news agency quoted the state-affiliated daily, Global New Light of Myanmar as saying in HEK CONFIRMS MUTATED UK VARIANT INFECTION IN EKH SHILLONG, June 2: Health Minister, AL Hek has revealed that several cases of the UK variant of COVID-19, renamed as Alpha, have been confirmed in the state. A senior health official said that they had received the test report on the genome sequencing of coronavirus in Meghalaya to study mutations from the National Centre for BIDEN-PUTIN SUMMIT TO TAKE PLACE IN LAKESIDE VILLA Geneva, June 10 : The much-awaited summit between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place in a stately villa overlooking Lake Geneva on June 16, the Swiss Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. The statement confirmed preparations that had been visible for some time as police and the armed forces blocked access to the park on Tuesday, reports THE SHILLONG TIMES-LATEST SHILLONG NEWS, TODAYS SHILLONG NEWSMEGHALAYANATIONALINTERNATIONALEDITORIALCOVID-19REGIONAL MEGHALAYA. SHILLONG, May 26: The active COVID-19 tally has breached the 8,000-mark in Meghalaya with 846 fresh cases reported on Wednesday. The recovery rate has also picked up with the state recording more than 700 recoveries for the second day on the trot. With 10 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the tally has now gone

up to 512.

COVID MORE LIKELY TO SPREAD INDOORS THROUGH MASKLESS 3 hours ago · NEW YORK, June 9: Speaking without masks in confined spaces poses the greatest risk of spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, to others, according to a study. The study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine describes how different sized respiratory droplets emitted while speaking span a continuum of sizes

and can carry

SHILLONG TIMES EPAPER- SHILLONG TIMES NEWSPAPER Shillong Times ePaper- Shillong Times online,Newspaper, Shillong Times edition, Breaking News , Latest News , News Paper LT GEN MANOJ PANDE TO TAKE CHARGE OF EASTERN ARMY COMMAND New Delhi, May 31: Lt Gen Manoj Pande will on Tuesday take charge as the new commander of the operationally crucial Eastern Army Command that takes care of guarding the LAC with China in the Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh sectors. In another important appointment, Lt General Ajai Singh will take charge as the 16th Commander-in-Chief MINE OWNER, EMPLOYEE HELD IN ANDHRA LIMESTONE QUARRY Kadapa, May 10 : The Andhra Pradesh police have arrested two persons in connection with the massive explosions that rocked a limestone quarry in Kadapa district. Speaking to the media on Monday, district Superintendent of Police, Anburajan, said that one of the mine owners, Nageswar Reddy, and a worker named Raghunatha Reddy have been arrested 6 CHOLERA CASES REPORTED IN DRC AFTER VOLCANO ERUPTION 6 cholera cases reported in DRC after volcano eruption. Reykjanes Peninsula: Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Monday, March 29, 2021. Iceland's latest volcano eruption is still attracting crowds of people hoping to get close to the gentle lava flows. AP/PTI (AP03_30_2021_000217A) SHILLONG UNDER TOTAL LOCKDOWN Mawlonghut Mawkhar point Laitumkhrah point Dhankheti point. Continue

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THE SHILLONG TIMES-LATEST SHILLONG NEWS, TODAYS SHILLONG NEWSMEGHALAYANATIONALINTERNATIONALEDITORIALCOVID-19REGIONAL MEGHALAYA. SHILLONG, May 26: The active COVID-19 tally has breached the 8,000-mark in Meghalaya with 846 fresh cases reported on Wednesday. The recovery rate has also picked up with the state recording more than 700 recoveries for the second day on the trot. With 10 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the tally has now gone

up to 512.

COVID MORE LIKELY TO SPREAD INDOORS THROUGH MASKLESS 3 hours ago · NEW YORK, June 9: Speaking without masks in confined spaces poses the greatest risk of spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, to others, according to a study. The study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine describes how different sized respiratory droplets emitted while speaking span a continuum of sizes

and can carry

SHILLONG TIMES EPAPER- SHILLONG TIMES NEWSPAPER Shillong Times ePaper- Shillong Times online,Newspaper, Shillong Times edition, Breaking News , Latest News , News Paper LT GEN MANOJ PANDE TO TAKE CHARGE OF EASTERN ARMY COMMAND New Delhi, May 31: Lt Gen Manoj Pande will on Tuesday take charge as the new commander of the operationally crucial Eastern Army Command that takes care of guarding the LAC with China in the Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh sectors. In another important appointment, Lt General Ajai Singh will take charge as the 16th Commander-in-Chief MINE OWNER, EMPLOYEE HELD IN ANDHRA LIMESTONE QUARRY Kadapa, May 10 : The Andhra Pradesh police have arrested two persons in connection with the massive explosions that rocked a limestone quarry in Kadapa district. Speaking to the media on Monday, district Superintendent of Police, Anburajan, said that one of the mine owners, Nageswar Reddy, and a worker named Raghunatha Reddy have been arrested 6 CHOLERA CASES REPORTED IN DRC AFTER VOLCANO ERUPTION 6 cholera cases reported in DRC after volcano eruption. Reykjanes Peninsula: Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Monday, March 29, 2021. Iceland's latest volcano eruption is still attracting crowds of people hoping to get close to the gentle lava flows. AP/PTI (AP03_30_2021_000217A) SHILLONG UNDER TOTAL LOCKDOWN Mawlonghut Mawkhar point Laitumkhrah point Dhankheti point. Continue

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A PANDEMIC OF CHANGE? 9 hours ago · By Munmun Majumdar “The solution of present-day problems lie in the re-establishment of a harmonious relationship between man and nature. To keep this relationship permanent we will have to digest the definition of real development: development is synonymous with culture. When we sublimate nature in a way that we achieve peace, happiness, prosperity and, ultimately, COVID MORE LIKELY TO SPREAD INDOORS THROUGH MASKLESS 3 hours ago · NEW YORK, June 9: Speaking without masks in confined spaces poses the greatest risk of spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, to others, according to a study. The study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine describes how different sized respiratory droplets emitted while speaking span a continuum of sizes and can carry different amounts of virus. FRESH CASES BELOW 400-MARK AFTER 31 DAYS 8 hours ago · SHILLONG, June 8: The COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya continued its downward slide with the daily caseload coming down below the 400-mark after 31 days. The active tally has also come down below the 5,000-mark after 22 days. The state recorded 379 fresh cases while 773 recoveries on the day brought the active tally down to KOHLI, WILLIAMSON SET TO RENEW CAPTAINCY RIVALRY 1 day ago · LONDON, June 7: Fierce rivals on the pitch and close friends off it, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson thinks it would be “quite cool” to walk out for toss alongside his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship final starting June 18 in Southampton. Both Kohli and Williamson are looking

for

RAPE-ACCUSED MLA GETS ANTICIPATORY BAIL 8 hours ago · SHILLONG, June 8: Rape-accused North Tura MLA, Thomas Sangma has secured an interim bail from the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge here on Wednesday as the complainant decided to stand her ground despite pressure being put on her. The Court has granted interim relief with conditions that the MLA should

not abscond or

MEGHALAYA ARCHIVES

Record 755 cured, death toll above 500. By Our Reporter May 26, 2021. SHILLONG, May 25: Meghalaya on Wednesday recorded its biggest single-day recovery of 755 even as 19 deaths took the death toll past the 500-mark. The state also recorded 957 fresh cases taking that active tally to 7,971. The death toll has. ON ILLEGAL COAL MINING & MEECL ISSUE 9 hours ago · Editor, As concerned citizens we are all anxious on the problems besetting the state one after another and the coal mine disaster had added another item in the cup of miseries of the state. People of all ages and vocations have aired their opinions, some critical of Government policy while some have offered their considered SCHOOL EDUCATION: M’LAYA WORST PERFORMER IN INDIA 8 hours ago · New Delhi, June 8: The Northeastern states including Meghalaya, once boasting of high literacy rate, are now among the worst performers in school education, a report prepared by the Centre, says. Five NE states – Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh – are among the worst performers as per the latest Performance Grading Index. ZENITH GRILLS REGIONAL PARTIES OVER STAND ON GRAFT ISSUES 8 hours ago · SHILLONG, June 8: Congress Spokesperson and Rangsakona MLA, Zenith Sangma, has criticised the regional parties supporting the MDA Government while questioning their stand on the ‘corruption’ issue concerning the state, particularly the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL). “Are they really serious? Or are they just playing to the gallery?” the Rangsakona MLA said in a ASSAM CABINET DECIDES TO REIN IN OVERLOADED COAL TRUCKS 8 hours ago · GUWAHATI, June 8: In a decision that is likely to impact the lucrative coal trade in Meghalaya, the Assam Cabinet on Tuesday took a key decision to curtail overloading by transporters of coal trucks passing through Assam by mandatorily checking the weight of the coal-laden trucks at Digorkhal near the Meghalaya-Assam border and Srirampur (Assam-West

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KHLIEHRIAT, June 5: In continuation of the rescue operation taken yesterday, the rescue teams of NDRF and SDRF arrived at the incident site to commence the operation at around 09:15 AM and the team verified the level of the water before resuming the dewatering process and found that the level of the water recedes to about 20 feet from the level of the previous day but could not ascertain whether the receding is due to pumping or natural seepage of the water as there was no rains yesterday. Around midday water pumps… OVER 300 SAPLINGS PLANTED IN @ND MLP BATTALION CAMPUS

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TURA, June 5: On the occasion of World Environment Day (WED) more than 300 tree saplings of different varieties were planted in the 2nd MLP Battalion campus, Goeragre and the surrounding areas. The planting drive was also in continuation of the ongoing Police - Public relation initiative, tree saplings were also planted at Bethany Society, Tebronggre, WGH by the personnel of 2nd MLP Bn. LOCKDOWN EXTENDED BY A WEEK IN EKH

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SHILLONG, June 4: There is no respite from the lockdown in East Khasi Hills as the state Cabinet has decided to further extend it by a week. The lockdown, first imposed on May 5, was supposed to get over at 5 am of June 7. It will now continue till 5 am of June 14. Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma said the Cabinet made the decision since the state cannot lower its guard against COVID-19 although the cases have come down in the recent past. “It is a tough decision but I urge people to cooperate with us, so we can bring… GOVT PLANS MANUAL TO TACKLE THIRD WAVE

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Jun 5, 2021

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SHILLONG, June 4: The state government is coming up with a COVID manual to tackle the third wave as and when it strikes. Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said the state has started preparing such a manual for the anticipated third wave. “We need to monitor things at the micro level during the pandemic and the manual would indicate when the government should activate the Corona Care Centres, energise the volunteers and impose lockdowns,” he told reporters on Friday. The Health Department has been asked to come up with a… FAMILIES AWAIT BODIES FOR A DECENT BURIAL

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Jun 5, 2021

MEGHALAYA

KHLIEHRIAT, June 4: As rescuers race against time to pump water out of the 500-ft deep mine in an apparently losing battle to pull out the trapped miners, their families have given up all hopes of seeing them alive and have only one request on their lips: “Do whatever you can to pull out the bodies of our loved ones so that we may give them a decent burial.” The Shillong Times was able to reach out to two families whose kin are among those ill-fated miners who descended into the pit on that fateful Sunday. Anwarul Islam… CASE FATALITY RATE SURGES

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Jun 5, 2021

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SHILLONG, June 4: COVID-19 fatalities are refusing to slow down in Meghalaya with the state registering 18 new deaths on Friday, pushing the case fatality rate up to 1.7%. However, there was also an increase in the number of recoveries which brought the active tally further down to 6,110. The state recorded 584 fresh cases on Friday whereas 808 patients recuperated from the disease. With 18 new deaths which include nine in East Khasi Hills, four in West Jaintia Hills, two in West Garo Hills and one each in South West Garo… LEGAL HURDLES TO RETRACTING ‘RAPE’ FIR

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SHILLONG, June 4: With the sensational charge of rape registered against North Tura MLA Thomas Sangma under Section 376(n) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, and indications that the complainant was under pressure to withdraw the FIR, the situation is likely to get complicated for the legislator as an out of the court settlement is no longer viable, a leading legal practitioner said on Friday. Speaking about the complainant, who is caught between pursuing the case and withdrawing the complaint, the lawyer is of the…

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