Free insurance policies to students for dengue
Students of nine schools of Kamrup district received free insurance policy of Rs 20,000 for dengue under the collaboration of a social-based organisation Drishtee and CAFE India under the Behtar India
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Programmes on climate change
GUWAHATI, May 31
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Garo oranges get UNESCO recognition
Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in Garo Hills district of Meghalaya has been added to Unesco
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NREGA fund misappropriation in Darrang
DALGAON, May 29
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Call for amending Forest and Wildlife Act
There is an urgent need for an amendment to the Forest and the Wildlife Act of India for the safety of the endangered forests and wildlife of Assam. Wild animals belonging to various species including their habitats have been decreasing for which problems like global warming, various unseen diseases etc are confronting mankind as serious threats.
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Conservation group for publication of findings on NHPC project
The conservationist group, Green Heritage of North Lakhimpur, has demanded publication of the specialists
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Japanese encephalitis vaccination drive ends in Lakhimpur
Japanese encephalitis vaccination campaign in Lakhimpur district concluded after achieving 95.44 per cent of the target. The campaign, which kicked off in Lakhimpur early this month, was extended in which 3, 15, 495 children between the age group of 1 to 15 years were vaccinated throughout the district in 1,522 centres.
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Call to focus on tobacco hazards in medical textbooks
Dr Bhaben Choudhury, an eminent ENT specialist and researcher on tobacco and health problems, has said that during the past 20 years, numerous epidemiological, clinical, pathological and experimental studies have shown that tobacco is related to disability diseases, leading to various health problems.
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Nagaland all set to prepare HDR at district level
Nagaland is all set to prepare its first district level human development reports (HDR) since it becomes mandatory for each State to review millennium development goal set by UNDP.
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New village for flood-hit displaced families
A new village named New Maria Basti created within Doomdooma revenue circle in Tinsukia district to rehabilitate the displaced families of Maria Basti, Bakjan Gutibari by Seva Kendra was formally inaugurated by Joseph Aind, the Bishop of Dibrugarh in presence of Durga Bhumij, MLA on Tuesday.