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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Protection of vacant hill land can halt erosion
Immediate steps to protect the vacant land in the hills surrounding Guwahati city is one of the main recommendations given by the experts, who participated in a seminar organised by the Soil
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Massive plunder of forests in Dhubri district on
Like elsewhere the forest resources of Dhubri district of Assam are also being slaughtered by greedy smugglers. The roads once beautified by straight lines of green trees bearing a barren look owing
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Sustainability development still a distant dream
Application of the real concept of sustainable development in Northeast India is still a far-fetched reality due to presence of dominating vulnerability factors. These factors are enhancing the risks
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Pollution from paper mill
In the seventies when the government decided to establish a paper mil in Assam, there was a fight between the people of then Nagaon and Darrang districts regarding the location of the paper mill. But
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Prospects of tending herbal gardens underlined
With the North-east in general and Assam in particular being richly endowed by mother nature with medicinal trees, shrubs and herbs, the viability of commercially developing and exploiting herbal
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Problem of fluoride in drinking water
In recent years in many regions of the world fluoride related health hazard is becoming a major environmental concern. Fluoride is considered to be beneficial for human health if its intake through
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HC orders forest dept. to return seized circus animals
The Guwahati High Court has ordered the Assam State Forest Department to restore the 17 seized animals and birds that included eight lions, two elephants and one tiger, back to the Kohinoor Circus
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Canadian scientists to help Mizoram in fighting famine
Two Canadian scientists specialising in rodents and agriculture are in Mizoram to prepare the Government and the people against the specter of the cyclic 'Mautam Famine' projected for the year 2007.
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Training programme on beel fisheries management
A training programme on 'Beel fisheries management has been organized by the Northeastern regional centre of the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI) at its centre in Assam. A total of
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Conference on eco-friendly methods of NE communities
The North East is home to a rich assembly of cultures, eco-friendly traditional technologies and enduring social institutions. These have been shaped and nurtured by many tribal and non-tribal social