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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RTI Act yet to be popular in State
The State Government's role vis-
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Food for thought (Editorial)
Even as the world faces an unprecedented shortage in items of staple food and the consequent rise in global prices, President George W Bush has brewed up another storm in a tea-cup by holding India responsible. According to his logic, growing prosperity amongst the Indian middle-class has led to demand on its part for better food, causing prices to sky-rocket. The latest Bushism is just a take-off from what his Secretary of State had asserted earlier.
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Merger, outsourcing on power agenda
The State Power Department has prepared a Cabinet Memorandum proposing amalgamation of its three distribution companies into one and outsourcing some functions in a select number of urban and rural electrical circles. Stating this at a press conference here this afternoon, Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi said that the re-bundling of the distribution companies would of course be done by setting some benchmark for quality improvement, while outsourcing was proposed as a pilot project.
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OIL mobile health care service
DULIAJAN: Extending the ongoing mobile health care service of Oil India Limited, the company has signed an MoU with St Luke's Hospital of Tinsukia on April 25 at the
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Nature conservation to be theme for Rabindra Jayanti celebrations
Issues like conservation of nature and the impact of global warming are all set to take the centrestage in Guwahati during the celebration of Rabindra Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore. For, Vivekananda Kalyan Kendra and Nature's Beckon, a biodiversity conservation NGO have joined hands to spread theme of nature conservations during the celebration on May 8. With Northeast too gearing up to mark the day, the two organizations have urged people to take a pledge on the day and work for the conservation of nature.
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Workshop on biodiversity at Duni
Abhinava Arohan Gosthi, a leading NGO of Duni organised a day-long workshop on preservation of biodiversity at Bherua High School on April 26. The NGO organised the workshop under the programme of
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BIEO to probe PDS scam
The Bureau of Investigation of Economic Offences (BIEO) of the Assam Police has formally registered a case on irregularities committed by a number of cooperative societies in distribution of PDS items and formal investigation into the matter is on. Police sources said that even Government officials might find themselves in trouble after the completion of the investigation of the case.
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Priority to research (Editorial)
The development of two high-yielding varieties of Boro rice by scientists of Assam Agricultural University (AAU) is heartening for the State's beleaguered agriculture sector. Recurring damages by floods apart, a noticeable decline in productivity of paddy has emerged as a disturbing trend in recent years. With the entire country going through a phase of food shortage, it is only through enhanced productivity that we can hope to meet the challenge. For achieving this, it is imperative that agricultural research is accorded top priority.
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Nagaland's annual plan fixed at Rs 1,200 cr
Planning Commission yesterday fixed Nagaland's annual plan size for 2008 -09 at Rs 1,200 crore, including an additional Central assistance of Rs 150 crore for its special projects. The plan size was fixed at a meeting between State Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia at a meeting here, according to an official release.