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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Construction work of Barak sanctuary from December
The construction works of Assam State's biggest wildlife sanctuary in Barak Valley will start from December next. The Forest department sources informed that the total land area of the proposed
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Symposium on environment, biodiversity conservation
A symposium under the auspices of Hojai branch of Zoological Society of Assam was held on Hojai College premises recently on environment vis-a-vis biodiversity conservation. Dr JC Kalita, general
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Lower Subansiri project lacks flood moderation
The Power Ministry has admitted that the dam of the Lower Subansiri Hydro-Power project in Assam would be a low one of 116 metre from the riverbed and there would be no significant flood moderation
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Effects of quake felt in parts of State
The magnitude of the earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale originating from the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia today, was felt to be 8 on the Richter scale in the eastern and southern parts
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190 farmers, 54 SHGs in Azara get credit cards
Altogether 190 farmers and 54 self-help groups (SHGs) under the Dharapur agriculture circle were distributed credit cards at a meeting held on Thursday on Rani Chapari on the north bank of the river
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Birds in danger
Though a green hotspot with an enviable diversity of flora and fauna, including birds (820 of the country's 1,200 species are found in Assam), the avian population of the State is being pushed to the
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Tusker menace grips northern belt of Baksa dist
Man-elephant conflict is not an unfamiliar phenomenon in Assam. Like other forest or border areas of the State such conflicts are very common in the northern belt of Baksa district bordering Bhutan.
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Bamboo technology
India's bamboo resource happens to be the second largest in the world and, what is more important to note, is that the north-eastern region alone commands over more than 60 per cent of the country's
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Flood waters submerge Kaziranga
Along with other parts of Assam State, the flood situation has worsened in Golaghat district. According to information, the flood waters have submerged Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and the northern
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Discussion on interlinking of rivers
A discussion on interlinking of rivers is being organised by Asom Prakalpa at the Vivekananda Kendra auditorium, Guwahati on December 28. The keynote address of the discussion will be delivered by an