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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NGO resents Manipur Minister's statement on dam
Union Minister of Heavy Industries Santosh Mohan Dev's recent statement at Silchar over commencement of construction of the Tipaimukh Multipurpose Project has come in for severe criticism from the
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Darjeeling water crisis on
The Darjeeling Hills are in the throes of an acute water crisis with the advent of summer and as no solution is in sight people are demanding lasting steps by the authorities to tackle the situation.
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Bid to regularise pre-1980 settlements
The Assam State Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution to regularise the pre-October 24, 1980 settlements of the indigenous peoples of the State in the reserved forests of Doyang and Gohpur, among
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Call to shelve NE mega dam projects
Urging the Centre to shelve its plan of turning the North-east into the country's
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Water scarcity following drying of Puthimari river bed
Ancient human civilizations all over the world generally began on the fertile banks of great rivers. People have been living on river banks since time immemorial. Even though massive floods have
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Kaldia river threatens Helona
Helona, a rural business centre situated in the southern part of Bajali sub-division in Patacharruchi in Assam is facing serious threat from the erosion by river Kaldia. Every summer, the river
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Renowned orange cultivation of Mariani in dire straits
The renowned orange cultivation of Mariani (Nagazanka), Assam, which also finds mention in traditional Bihu songs is now on the verge of extinction due to want of modernised methods of cultivation as
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Population growth, urbanisation main pollutants
About 80% of population in Meghalaya was caused not by industrialisation but by rapid population growth and fast urbanisation, a report of the State Pollution Control Board has said. The report,
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Fluoride, arsenic high in 4 districts
Fluoride and arsenic contamination in sources of drinking water has become a cause of serious concern for Assam, admitted the Minister for Public Health Engineering (PHE), Dinesh Prasad Goala in the