Government-accelerated development initiatives in North East had transformed the 'Look East policy' into the 'Act East Policy, leading to all-round developments in the northeast region, enabling all the states to improve trade with South East Asian Nations, said India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday.

New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday reviewed operational preparedness along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) during his two-day visit to the country's easternmost Army formations.

Itanagar Feb 24 PTI Arunachal Pradeshs COVID-19 tally rose to 64372 on Thursday as 31 more people tested positive for the infection a senior health official said Twenty-four new cases were registered in Namsai four in Lower Subansiri and one each in Kamle and Lohit and the Capital Complex region The death toll remained unchanged at 296 as no fresh fatality was recorded State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said Arunachal Pradesh now has 239 active cases while 63837 people have recovered from the disease so far including 38 on Wednesday he said The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients marginally improved to 9917 per cent from 9916 per cent on the previous day Namsai district has the highest number of active cases at 42 followed by 36 in the Capital Complex region and 21 in Dibang Valley The state has thus far tested over 1262 lakh samples for COVID-19 including 990 on Wednesday Jampa said adding that the positivity rate dipped to 313 per cent from 477 per cent on the previous day State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said that 1631 lakh people been vaccinated so far At least 78535 beneficiaries in the 15-18 years age group have been vaccinated and 22631 senior citizens have received the booster jab thus far PTI UPL ACD ACD

Itanagar Feb 22 PTI Arunachal Pradesh recorded more single-day COVID-19 recoveries than fresh cases as 69 people recuperated from the disease while 34 fresh infections pushed the tally to 64313 a senior health department official said here on Tuesday A total of 63750 people have recovered from COVID-19 so far he said The COVID-19 death toll in the frontier state remained at 296 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa said Of the 34 fresh cases six each were reported from Lower Dibang Valley Longding and Namsai three each from Capital Complex Region Lower Subansiri and West Kameng two each from Lohit and Lower Dibang Valley and one each from Tawang Tirap and Upper Siang district respectively the official said Arunachal Pradesh currently has 267 active COVID-19 cases the official said The COVID-19 recovery rate marginally improved to 9912 per cent from 9907 per cent the previous day The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 42 followed by West Kameng 33 Namsai 28 Tawang 26 and Dibang Valley 23 A total of 1260532 samples have been tested for the infection in the state so far including 803 on Monday Jampa said adding that the positivity ratio further dipped to 423 per cent from 456 per cent the previous day State Immunisation Officer SSO Dr Dimong Padung said 1627598 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine so far PTI UPL RG RG

Itanagar Feb 20 PTI Twenty-six more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh pushing the tally in the state to 64270 a senior health official said here on Sunday Of the 26 fresh cases 5 were registered at Lower Subansiri four each from West Kameng Namsai and Lohit two from Longding and one each from Anjaw Dibang Valley Kamle Leparada Lower Dibang Valley Tirap and Capital Complex Region the official said The COVID-19 death toll in the northeastern state remained at 296 as no new fatality was reported in the last 24 hours State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa said As many as 63652 people have recuperated from the disease so far including 55 on Saturday the SSO said Arunachal Pradesh currently has 322 active COVID-19 cases the official said The COVID-19 recovery rate marginally improved to 9904 per cent from 9899 per cent the previous day The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active COVID-19 cases at 59 followed by West Kameng 35 Tawang 32 Lower Subansiri 28 and Namsai 26 A total of 1259532 samples have been tested for the infection in the state so far including 758 on Saturday Jampa said adding that the positivity ratio further dipped to 34 per cent from 561 per cent the previous day State Immunisation Officer SSO Dr Dimong Padung said as many as 1623402 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine so far PTI UPL RG RG

Itanagar Feb 19 PTI Arunachal Pradeshs COVID-19 tally rose to 64244 after 44 more people tested positive for the infection a senior health official said here on SaturdayThe COVID-19 death toll climbed to 296 after a woman succumbed to the disease on Thursday State Surveillance Officer SSO Dr Lobsang Jampa saidOf the 44 fresh cases 14 were registered at Tawang five each from West Kameng and Namsai four from Longding three each from Upper Siang and Capital Complex Region two each from Lohit and Lower Subansiri while Upper Subansiri Lower Siang Leparada East Siang Changlang and Papumpare reported one new case each the official saidAs many as 63597 people have recuperated from the disease so far including 53 on Friday the SSO saidArunachal Pradesh currently has 351 active COVID-19 cases the official saidThe COVID-19 recovery rate marginally improved to 9899 per cent from 9898 per cent the previous dayThe Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active COVID-19 cases at 62 followed by Lower Subansiri at 38 West Kameng and Tawang at 32 each Dibang Valley 27 and Namsai 26A total of 1258774 samples have been tested for the infection in the state so far including 783 on Friday Jampa said adding that the positivity ratio further increased to 561 per cent from 428 per cent the previous dayState Immunisation Officer SSO Dr Dimong Padung said as many as 1620908 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine so far PTI UPL RG RG

New Delhi Sep 24 PTI Six people were evacuated by the Indian Army after they were injured in a lightning strike while on a hunting trip in Dibang Valley of Arunachal PradeshTwo helicopters were used to evacuate the locals the Army saidSix locals on a hunting trip in the far reaches of Dibang Valley were struck by lightning on night of September 21 and they suffered critical burn injuries the Army said in a statementIt said the Dao Division under the aegis of Spear Corps promptly provided immediate first aid to the victims and evacuated themTwo army helicopters were mobilised which evacuated the victims to Dinjan where they were provided critical medical aid it said PTI MPB NSD NSD

Itanagar Arunachal Pradeshs COVID-19 tally rose to 51919 as 120 more people tested positive for the virus while one fresh fatality pushed the death toll to 255 a senior health department official said here on FridayArunachal Pradesh currently has 1564 active COVID-19 cases as 50100 people have recovered from the disease including 240 patients on Thursday Jampa saidThe Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 388 followed by Papumpare 155 Lower Subansiri 150 Upper Siang 93 and West Kameng with 89 casesAltogether 1019409 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far including 3709 on Thursday Jampa saidMeanwhile State Immunisation Officer SSO Dr Dimong Padung said that a total of 922875 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccine doses so far in the state