Mortal remains of Havildar Biresh Sinha, who died along with four other jawans in an Indian army chopper crash incident in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang district, reached his native village in Ratabari in Assam's Karimganj district.

Tezpur (Assam) [India], October 22 (ANI): With the recovery of the fifth and last body, the search and rescue mission in the October 21 helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh has concluded, Army spokesperson said on Saturday.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 22 (ANI): A court of inquiry constituted to probe the October 21 crash of the army helicopter, with five personnel onboard, in Arunachal Pradesh will focus on the 'May Day' call received by Air Traffic Control (ATC) suggesting a technical or mechanical failure on the chopper, officials said.

New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): Aiming to undertake oil palm plantation across 38,000 hectares in Arunachal Pradesh, Patanjali Foods will on Wednesday lay the foundation stone for setting up of a mill in the state's East Siang district.

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

Itanagar Aug 23 PTI Forty-nine more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh pushing the total caseload in the northeastern state to 52214 a senior health department official said here on Monday The COVID-19 death toll in the frontier state increased to 259 as two more persons including a woman succumbed to the infection in the past two days the official said The Capital Complex Region recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 14 followed by West Kameng Leparada Papumpare and Anjaw with five cases each four from Lower Subansiri two each from Changlang Lohit Lower Siang and West Siang and one each from East Kameng Shi-Yomi and Pakke Kessang district respectively the SSO said Of the fresh cases 44 were detected through rapid antigen test and 5 through RT-PCR method the official said Arunachal Pradesh currently has 1260 active COVID-19 cases while 50695 patients have recovered from the disease including 169 people on Sunday Jampa said The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state now is 9709 per cent while the active percentage stands at 241 and the positivity rate at 204 per cent the official said The Capital Complex Region - comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas - has the highest number of active cases at 302 followed by Lower Subansiri 129 Papumpare 105 West Kameng 103 and Upper Siang with 72 cases Altogether 1029898 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far including 2396 on Sunday Jampa said Meanwhile State Immunisation Officer SIO Dr Dimong Padung said that a total of 928980 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccine doses so far in the state PTI UPL RG RG

Itanagar Forty-nine more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh pushing the total caseload in the northeastern state to 52214 a senior health department official said here on MondayOf the fresh cases 44 were detected through rapid antigen test and 5 through RT-PCR method the official saidArunachal Pradesh currently has 1260 active COVID-19 cases while 50695 patients have recovered from the disease including 169 people on Sunday Jampa saidThe Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 302 followed by Lower Subansiri 129 Papumpare 105 West Kameng 103 and Upper Siang with 72 casesAltogether 1029898 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far including 2396 on Sunday Jampa said

Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh reported 125 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the virus tally in the northeastern state to 52044 a senior health department official said here on SaturdayThe Capital Complex Region recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 37 followed by Lower Subansiri 23 West Siang 9 East Siang and West Kameng at eight each and six each from Lohit and Changlang the SSO saidFresh cases each were also reported from Anjaw Lower Siang Upper Siang Leparada Lower Dibang Valley Kamle Namsai Tirap Upper Subansiri and Tawang districts the official saidADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOWArunachal Pradesh currently has 1470 active COVID-19 cases while 50317 patients have recuperated from the disease including 217 patients on Friday Jampa saidAltogether 1023100 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far including 3691 on Friday Jampa said