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  Days after Bollywood actor  kangana  Ranaut   drew ire with her "depression is a consequence of drug abuse remark, Delhi's well-known mental health institute, VIMHANS, called her out on her misleading tweet. A few days ago, Kangana took a sly jibe at actor Deepika Padukone, who has always been vocal about her own battles with depression, and said that mental health disorders are usually caused due to drug abuse. "Repeat after me, depression is a consequence of drug abuse. So-called high society rich star children who claim to be classy and have a good upbringing ask their manager, MAAL HAI KYA?" she wrote on Twitter No, Kangana, drug abuse is not the sole reason behind depression. Depression is a health disorder, pretty much like other ailments that may be afflicting you, like fever or even stomach ache. It is not, and we cannot reiterate this enough, just sadness. In fact, that is one of the many symptoms of the condition. The World Health Organisation d...

  1 shot dead in Dimapur Dimapur, September 22: One person was shot dead in the wee hours Tuesday near IMC Hall. The body was discovered by the residents in the morning with blood stains all over, near a godown. When contacted, PRO Police, Relo T Aye said the dead body of a person shot dead was found near the roadside in the IMC Hall area. As per initial investigation, it is known that the deceased with bullet injuries is from Dhemaji district of Assam and we are investigating it thoroughly, he said. When asked about the motive behind the killing of a non Naga, Relo Aye said, “We are investigating the matter and till so far the motive is unknown and only after investigation we will come to know it.” Meanwhile, according to a driving license, the deceased has been identified as Jiten Gogoi. Further details awaited till the time of filing this report. (Page News Service) Source:Nagaland page

COVID-19: India records over 1 lakh single-day recoveries for first time, fresh cases dip below 76k   New Delhi, September 22: India reported over 1 lakh coronavirus recoveries in a single-day for the first time, improving the recovery rate to 80.86%, while fresh cases also dropped below 76,000 after two weeks, according to the Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The data updated at 8 am showed that during the past 24 hours, 1,01,468 COVID-19 patients recuperated, while 75,809 new cases were recorded, pushing the overall figures to 55,62,663 infections and 44,97,867 recoveries. Also, 1,053 patients died during the period, taking the cumulative death figures to 88,935, the data showed, reporting a COVID-19 case fatality rate of 1.60%. There are 9,75,861 active coronavirus cases in the country, which make 17.54% of the total caseload, the data stated. India’s single-day coronavirus cases had dipped below 76,000 on September 8 also, when 75,809 cases were reported. India’s COVID-...

  Trump aims to use UN address to send strong message to China Washington, September 22:  President Donald Trump, who prefers speaking to boisterous crowds, is set to give a prerecorded address to the UN General Assembly as he grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, chilly relations between the US and China and ongoing threats from North Korea and Iran all during a heated campaign for reelection. Trump told reporters Monday that he’d have a strong message for China, where the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, but he didn’t elaborate ahead of the Tuesday address. Earlier in his administration, Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at his Florida club, but now the two leaders are exchanging angry words over trade. The administration has been slamming the Chinese Communist Party for its handling of COVID-19, election meddling, espionage in the United States and influence peddling across the world. Trump is not popular at the United Nations and his speech this year comes ...

  Colleges to remain closed in Nagaland Kohima, September 20: Even as Nagaland Government in consonance with Union Ministry order has permitted partial reopening of schools for classes 9 to 12 as part of the Unlock-4 process from today, the higher and technical educational institutes will take more time to reopen. Nagaland Chief Secretary Temjen Toy on September 18 had issued an order allowing the partial reopening of Class 9 to 12 on voluntary basis for taking guidance from their teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The order had also permitted reopening of the skill or entrepreneurship training institutions or centres and the preventive measures required to be taken for containing spread of COVID-19 in these institutions/centres. Sources said though partial reopening of schools for classes 9 to 12 started today, many schools remain shut while those open also didn’t have students as parents were also unwilling to send pupils due to COVID scare. Meanwhile, interacting with m...

 LS passes Bill making Aadhaar mandatory for NGOs to receive foreign funds The Indian parliament building is pictured on the opening day of the parliament session in New Delhi, India, June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/Files INDIA   22nd September 2020 NEW Delhi, September 22 (IANS): The Lok Sabha on Monday unanimously passed a Bill making Aadhaar mandatory for registration of organisations receiving foreign funds and to give the government powers to stop utilisation of foreign funds by an organisation through a "summary enquiry". The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020, which seeks amendment to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, proposes to include "public servants" in the prohibited category and decrease administrative expenses through foreign funds by an organisation to 20 per cent from 50 per cent earlier.   The Bill was introduced in the House on Sunday. Speaking for the passage of the Bill on behalf of Union Home Minister Amit ...

 4.4 magnitude earthquake hits Assam By NE NOW NEWS September 22, 2020 7:53 am* A mild intensity earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale shook Assam in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The quake struck at 1.28 am at a depth of 10 km on latitude 26. 346 degree North and longitude 91.338 degree East with its epicentre at north-west of Hajo in Kamrup district of the state, MET officials said. As the quake lasted only a few seconds and occurred in the midnight many people were not aware about it. There was no report of any damage due to the earthquake.