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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Zoo brings out booklet on State primates
Taking a novel step towards conservation education the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden has come up with a new publication Primates of Assam. The booklet that contains details of nine primates found in different habitats of the State has been prepared by Narayan Mahanta, the Zoo DFO.
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Call to frame plan to check tobacco abuse
Noted expert on tobacco control, Dr Prakash C Gupta today focused on tobacco consumption in the Indian context and underlined the need for a rethink in control strategies. Delivering the Dr KC Borooah Foundation day oration at the Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute, Gupta remarked that the tobacco problem in India is unique, because it implies a vast array of smoking and smokeless tobacco products.
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Rural healthcare in Tripura faces challenge
Despite efforts to improve healthcare facilities in rural areas, communicable diseases like meningitis, malaria and diarrhoea continue to haunt the tribal hamlets of Tripura.
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Environment awareness campaign held
Early Birds, a wildlife conservation and animal welfare NGO, organised a daylong programme on environment awareness campaign at Kajolichaki near Chandrapur under the National Environment Awareness Campaign-2008-09 recently.
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Women repair village road in protest
PATACHARKUCHI, April 3
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Authorities cool to adverse effects of drain de-silting
GUWAHATI, April 3
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Orchid Festival blooms in Sikkim
Sikkim is blooming these days with on-going orchid flower festival 2009
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Loopholes in city drain cleaning exercise resented
Rainwater inundating the roads is a regular feature in Guwahati, particularly in its central parts, during the rainy season. The Guwahatians hence lay more stress on keeping the city drains clean to make them able to carry the discharge of the rainy days. But the ongoing drain cleaning exercise undertaken by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has been resented by most of the city residents.