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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PCBA closure notice to Cachar Paper Mill
The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) has issued a virtual closure notice to the Cachar Paper Mill, Panchgram, in Hailakandi district for its failure to comply with pollution control
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Rs 40-cr drainage project to ease water logging in city
Alarmed by the worsening water logging problem faced by Guwahati city, the Assam Government today submitted a Rs 40 crore drainage project to the Railway ministry proposing to construct a cross
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Special strategy to fight malaria in State
A three-member team of experts from National Malaria Eradiacation Programme(NMEP) left the State today after a two-day long whirl-wind visit to malaria affected areas in Nalbari, Nagaon and Golaghat
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Viral fever takes epidemic form in Karbi Anglong areas
Malaria and viral fever has taken an epidemic form in several parts of Karbi Anglong district and so far claimed 80 lives including children and
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Sonai-Rupai sanctuary in grip of encroachers
In an apparent bid to increase the Bodo population at the proposed Bodoland area on the north bank of the Brahmaputra in Sonitpur district Bodo persons are once again daily flocking from Kokrajhar
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Viral fever takes epidemic form in Patidarrang
Viral fever has taken an epidemic form in several villages of paridarrang mouza. Reports of the disease spreading to new areas have been pouring in every day due to the alleged failure of the Health
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'Arunachal flood issue taken up with China'
Union Minister for Water Resources Arjun Charan Sethi on Friday assured the flood-affected people of Arunachal Pradesh that the External Affairs Ministry had taken up the issue of flash floods with
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Jhum cultivation leading to loss of forest cover
The slash and burn of shifting(jhum) cultivation has led to alarming denudation of mountain ranges in the eastern part of Nagaland bordering Myanmar, according to Governor D P
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Smriti bans scheme launched in Sikkim
Sikkim joined the rest of the world in observing Environment Day by launching an afforestation scheme of memorial forests or smriti bans to develop stretches of barren and degraded land into
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Environmentalist warns disaster for Brahmaputra basin people
On the eve of World Environment Day, an alarm has been sounded to the humanity by a noted environmentalist and a Geographer of international repute.Dr Goswami, who is presently the Professor and Head