Mid-day News Nuggets

1. IIT Guwahati and NESAC forge ties to develop NorthEast India

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati is all set to offer internship programmes, joint degree programmes, short-term training programmes, student exchange programmes and joint projects, in collaboration with the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC). 

2. Manipur: Journalists file complaint against protestors for setting aflame local newspaper 

The All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU) and Editors Guild Manipur (EGM) have filed a police complaint against a group of people who allegedly burnt copies of a local daily in Imphal East district.

3. Meghalaya Congress MLA urges state govt to upgrade Mawsynram C & RD Block

Congress MLA of Mawsynram Himalaya M. Shangpliang has urged the state government to upgrade Mawsynram Community & Rural Development Block to Mawsynram Civil Sub-Division which has been a long pending demand.

4. Meghalaya CM interacts with farmers in NGH; to facilitate sale of agriculture products

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday interacted with farmers producer groups at Mendipathar in North Garo Hills.