Washington DC [US], May 4 (ANI): The wait is finally over as Tom Cruise's long-delayed 'Top Gun: Maverick' is about to hit the theatres later this month. However, days ahead of the release, an old interview of Cruise has surfaced where he labelled the making of follow-up to his classic 'Top Gun' as "irresponsible".

Dispur (Assam) [India], March 22 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that his government is firm in its avowed goal of providing one lakh government jobs to people of the state. He further said that he held a meeting with the Recruitment Commission.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Chennai-based SIMS (SRM Institutes for Medical Science) Hospitals, Vadapalani, one of the leading super speciality quaternary care hospitals in Tamil Nadu, in a rare kind of clinical scenario, saved the life of a 9-year-old boy from a rare, but aggressively fatal bacterial infection, Necrotising Fasciitis.

Guwahati Dec 24 PTI The Assam government on Friday announced it will set up an investment holding company to pump in money into oil gas and fertilizer entities and manage those stakes At a meeting of the state cabinet it was decided to harness the benefit of certain investments in the oil and gas sector Cabinet decided to set up an investment holding company to hold and manage the portfolio of investment in oil gas fertilizer etc companies an official communique said The decision will propel growth in the crucial energy sector and add to the revenue stream of the government it added The cabinet also approved the implementation of a Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme RDSS in Assam with an investment outlay of Rs 872708 crore The RDSS will include construction of a high-voltage distribution system aerial bunched cables new sub-stations and lines bifurcation of feeders and reconstruction of existing lines among others Besides the cabinet gave its nod to payment of Rs 137 crore for tariff subsidy to the Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd APDCL The government also waived a total of Rs 1097 crore unpaid interest on loans to the Assam Power Generation Corp Ltd APGCL and the Assam Electricity Grid Corp Ltd AEGCL To make the power utility companies profit-making the cabinet decided to convert the government loans and grants to AEGCL and APGCL into equity and waive the loan interests It mentioned that Rs 1286 crore is in the form of loans and Rs 3280 crore is the grant to these two state-run entities The cabinet also sanctioned Rs 13064 crore towards interest subvention for state government employees to build houses under Apon Ghar scheme Besides in recognition of their services towards women and children welfare the cabinet approved a one-time terminal benefit to anganwadi workers at the time of retirement on their attaining 60 years In recognition of their contribution to the nation the Assam cabinet approved to provide two per cent reservation in Grade-III and IV posts for ex-servicemen Out of this reservation 25 per cent will be for disabled ex-servicemen and family of deceased soldiers while the remaining 75 per cent will be kept for all other ex-servicemen The cabinet also approved the requirement for residential status certificate or domicile certificate for candidates selected for various posts in Assam Police However SC ST and OBC candidates have been excluded from giving such residence proof certificates PTI TR HDA

Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 24 (ANI): Assam Assembly on Thursday passed Assam Direct Recruitment Commission for Analogous Posts in Class-III and Class-IV Bill, 2021.

Guwahati Dec 23 PTI Assam Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to constitute a direct recruitment commission for Class III and IV posts in different government departments and establishments Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the body will be created on an experimental basis to appoint one lakh youths as per BJPs election promise If we are successful in the exercise and there is not a single complaint then we can make it a permanent Staff Selection Commission type institution he said to suggestions from the opposition bench The Assam Direct Recruitment Commissions for Analogous Posts in Class-III and Class-IV Bill 2021 seeks to regulate the process of direct recruitment to the said posts which have similar eligibility requirements by holding a common selection test Sarma said that the exercise will help in expediting the recruitment process and also save costs for the government The Bill which was tabled on Monday and passed unanimously on Thursday will provide respite to aspiring candidates from applying and appearing in different recruitment tests for similar posts under various departments As per the Bill two state-level Direct Recruitment Commissions will be notified for recruitment in all technical and non-technical posts of both the classes except certain posts or categories of posts that may be excluded from its purview by the government The Commissions will conduct any part or the whole of the recruitment process themselves or through any other institution or agency as deemed to be competent with the approval of the government My attempt is that our youths have faith in the recruitment process Entire recruitment will be done by a university or the Board of Secondary Education Assam No private agency will be involved in the process Sarma said PTI TR KK KK KK

Guwahati Dec 17 PTI The Assam Cabinet on Friday decided to amend a bill to allow transportation of cattle from one district to another though it will not be allowed in districts having an international border It was decided at the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma that the Cattle Protection Bill 2021 will be amended in the forthcoming winter session of the assembly Irrigation and Urban Development Minister Ashok Singhal saidThe decision was taken following reports that people are facing difficulty in transporting cattle from one district to another Singhal told reporters after the meeting The Cabinet also decided to set up four new forensic laboratories by April 22 2022 and give temporary appointments to 14 scientific officers and 11 junior scientific officers against vacant posts in the Directorate of Forensic Sciences Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said The ministers also approved recruitment in 1391 Grade III and IV posts in the panchayat and rural development department while the posts of joint director and deputy director would be re-designated as joint commissioner and assistant commissioner respectively he said It was also decided to engage guest faculty in elementary and secondary government provincialised and other government institutions with a service term for an academic year and they can be engaged from alumni associations NGOs and other local organisations The scheme for engagement of consultants in 27 districts under the Integrated Land Record Management ILRM will be also revamped as decided by the Cabinet Mahanta said The Council of Ministers also decided that the licenses issued to retailers will be valid for three years instead of the prevailing one year The number of representatives from the All Assam Students Union AASU would be increased to three from the existing one in the trust set up for the welfare of Assam agitation victims and their families the Cabinet decidedThe Cabinet also decided to amend the Assam Police Act 2007 to make certain changes in the functioning of the State Level Police Accountability Commission PTI DG NN NN

Singapore, October 23 (ANI): Singapore on Saturday eased travel restrictions caused due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed entry of travellers from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to visit the nation.

Lucknow Oct 21 PTI The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday announced a 25 per cent hike in the nutritious diet allowance for policemen and a Rs 2000 annual grant to meet the cost of recharging mobile phone SIM cards The announcement was made by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the Police Commemoration Day when he also paid tributes to the police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty Adityanath also said the kin of all policemen who died of COVID-19 while discharging their duty are being given an ex gratia of Rs 50 lakh each A sum of Rs 37 lakh has been paid so far to the families of policemen who died of Covid a UP government statement said Police personnel up to the rank of inspectors are presently being paid nutritious diet allowances between Rs 1200 and Rs 1600 depending upon their rank ranging from constable and other grade IV employees to inspectors the statement said The chief minister also asked the Police Department to provide mobile phones and their SIM cards to policemen engaged in field duty and often needed to rush to the crime scene and said such policemen will be given a SIM card allowance of Rs 2000 every year the statement said The chief minister also exhorted policemen to discharge their duty with honesty and devotion to instil a sense of security among people the statement said He said a total of 23075 police personnel have been promoted to various non-gazetted posts and a proposal has been sent to the Police Recruitment and Promotion Board to recruit 829 sub-inspectors and 26744 constables more Adityanath said his government is working under a policy of zero tolerance towards crime and criminals As a result 151 criminals were killed in encounters and 3473 were injured between March 20 2017 and October 10 2021 In this action 13 police personnel displayed valour and attained martyrdom and 1198 police personnel were injured he said PTI ABN RAX RAX

Pennsylvania [US], September 20 (ANI): According to the results of an international, randomized phase III clinical trial led by UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, immunotherapy called pembrolizumab reduced cancer recurrence after surgery in patients with stage IIb and IIc melanoma.