Morning News Nuggets
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu received the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine at Khandro Dowa Zangmo hospital in Tawang on Tuesday.
2. Assam cops nab COVID-infected criminal, co-accused from Meghalaya Gofur, fled from police custody when he was being taken to the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital here after testing positive for coronavirusGofur, fled from police custody when he was being taken to the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital here after testing positive for coronavirus
3. Manipur: Security personnel arrest three drug peddlers from Tengnoupal district
The persons were identified as Thongkhopao Baite (24), M. Thangkhokai Haokip (30) and Seiminlal Lhungdim (27) who were involved in running a drug racket.
4. Meghalaya: Health officials stress on intensive & extensive COVID vaccination drive
The health official informed that currently, Meghalaya has 80,000 doses of COVID vaccines which can last for 10 days.
5. Mizoram: ZPM seeks Centre’s intervention for installation of RT-PCR machine
Mizoram currently has only one RT-PCR machine installed at Zoram Medical College in Aizawl.
6. Fear of lockdown: Nagaland denizens speak on COVID situation
The Nagaland government has not decided on imposing another lockdown at present, though new COVID restrictions were issued to curb the spread of the virus.
7. Forest fire breaks out in Sikkim’s South District
Locals claimed the fire had spread rapidly by the time firefighters arrived.
8. Tripura: JRBT to hold competitive examinations as scheduled
The Board stated that all the candidates living outside the state should provide the negative report of the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test.
