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STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI: The Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers Association (AREIDA) had informed that the combination of shallow depth, short distance from the epicentre and high magnitude of Wednesday's quake has generated highly destructive seismic forces on the buildings in the State. "The impact of the earthquake was definitely in the heavy and devastating category. We have extensively surveyed the earthquake damage and find that these are primarily non-structural damage like wall cracks and the load-bearing RCC frame has performed well in all the buildings inspected. Wall...

CoWIN crash hits vaccination registration for 18+ Registration for the third phase of Covid vaccination starting May 1 could not take off on time on Wednesday   |  29 April 2021 2:57 AM GMT NEW DELHI: Registration for the third phase of Covid vaccination starting May 1 could not take off on time on Wednesday, as the server of the government's dedicated vaccination website — CoWIN — crashed soon after the registration process got underway. In the third phase of vaccination drive, everyone above the age of 18 will be eligible to get inoculated against Covid-19. The government had annou...

'Citing own robust system, India turns down UN supply-chain help' India has turned down the UN’s offer of assistance from its integrated supply chain saying that it has its own “robust” system to manage the logistics of getting material for the dealing with the COVID-19 surge, according to a UN spokesperson.   |  29 April 2021 2:46 AM GMT UNITED NATIONS: India has turned down the UN's offer of assistance from its integrated supply chain saying that it has its own "robust" system to manage the logistics of getting material for the dealing with the COVID-19 surge, according to a UN spo...

Fraudster arrested by Bhangagarh Police for duping a woman on pretext of marriage The Bhangagarh Police on Tuesday night arrested a fraudster for duping a woman on the pretext of marriage. STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI: The Bhangagarh Police on Tuesday night arrested a fraudster for duping a woman on the pretext of marriage. The accused, Jitu Roy alias Dharmeswar Roy (38) is a resident of Baihata Chariali and he was arrested after a case was lodged by the victim woman, who is a resident of Sixmile here. According to a police source, Roy duped the victim woman's mother to the tune of Rs 4 lakh. He ...

Single dose of AstraZeneca & Pfizer cut 50% of COVID infection A single dose of a Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus disease can reduce transmission by up to 50 percent, finds a study.   |  29 April 2021 2:51 AM GMT LONDON: A single dose of a Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus disease can reduce transmission by up to 50 percent, finds a study. The study led by UK's Public Health England (PHE) showed that people who took the first dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines – and who became infected three weeks later – were between 38 per cent and 49 ...