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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Exotic wildlife of Guwahati remains unstudied
Guwahati, the capital of Assam and the gateway to the North-east, is probably the only city in the world which is home to a wide range of exotic wildlife, some of which are globally-endangered
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Ecological study by Eco-Club
The Eco-Club of Swahid Mukunda Kakati High School, Halem organised a study tour recently in the form of a picnic in the interior places of Arunachal Pradesh. A day-long camp was organised at the bank
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NABARD announces agriclinic & agribusiness schemes
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) will soon launch its agriclinic and agribusiness centre scheme with an aim to strengthen the transfer of technology for generating
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150 m children in developing world malnourished: UNICEF
About 150 million children in the developing world are still malnourished, there are still 120 million primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in schools, some 6,000 young people become
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CWC scraps 15 State flood control projects
In what could land Assam Government in an embarassing position, Central Water Commission (CWC) has scrapped 15 flood control projects of Assam because of non-response of the State Government for over
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Water contamination hits Cherrapunjee
As if water crisis on the wettest place on earth was not enough, Cherrapunjee is now afflicted with severe water contamination as well. A report prepared by two local NGOs Khasi Indigenous People's
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Rs 1.19 cr for State's wildlife sanctuaries
Worried over the shrinking forest cover and growing incidents of elephant depredation, the Centre has released Rs 1.19 crore for the Assam state forest department. The fund has been released in order
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Setback to proposed Joydehing sanctuary
The proposed Joydehing wildlife sanctuary, which is yet to be notified by the Government despite a public assurance by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi himself more than a year ago, now faces another
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Handique moots ways to curb man-elephant conflict
Putting his weight behind the comprehensive Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2002, the Jorhat area MP Bijoy Krishna Handique offered a few suggestions before the chairman of the Upper House in
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Palashbari fishermen: Struggling for survival
Socially untouchable in the past, the fishing community included as Scheduled Caste in the Indian Constitution along with the other 15 backward castes of Assam given their poor socio-economic