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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Centre mulls H1N1 virus test lab at Dibrugarh
NEW DELHI, May 5
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Rapid response team to combat swine flu
The State Government has constituted a State Rapid Response Team (SRRT) to combat the threat of influenza A (H1N1) infection, commonly known as swine influenza. Additional Director of the State Health Services Dr Girish Doley has been appointed nodal officer of the SRRT.
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Forest project on gibbons in sanctuary go awry
The only wildlife sanctuary in India named after a non-human primate, the Hoolock Gibbon, the Gibbon Sanctuary was going to adopt a project to connect both sides of the forest separated by the railway line to cross by the Hoolock Gibbons. But the experiment is now not working to the expectation of the forest department.
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10-day vaccination campaign begins
A 10-day Japanese Encephalitis vaccination campaign got underway today in Kamrup district. R S Jain, Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup officially declared the campaign open at a ceremony held at Majirgaon LP School under Azara block PHC. Nearly 200 students along with their parents attended the inaugural function held under the chairmanship of BEEO Rani, according to a press release here.
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PETA wants chicken statue at busy spot
In observance of the International Chicken Respect Day, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), to install a statue of a chicken in a busy part of the city to pay respect to the billions of chickens which are killed for food.
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Animal activists attempt to stop train foiled
GUWAHATI, May 4
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Villagers seek return of ancestral land from Lafarge
About 55 villagers from Shella are fighting desperately to get back their ancestral land from cement giant Lafarge after these villagers claimed they were tricked by agents to sell their land.
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Rhino horns stored in State treasuries decaying
Some horns of rhinos, which died from old age or were killed by other animals, and collected by the Forest Department and preserved in the treasuries, are now in a state of decomposition.
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KNP earns more than Rs 1.12-cr from tourist arrivals in 2008-09
DERGAON - The flow of tourists to Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a World Heritage Site, has been increasing every year. The revenue earned from the tourists in the last financial year has also registered an increase. A sum of Rs 1,12,20,698 has been collected in 2008-2009 as revenue against an amount of Rs 87,34,185 collected in 2007-2008. The total increase has been to the tune of Rs 24,86,513.