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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Mizo seismologist warns of quake disaster in Aizawl
US-based seismologist Lalliana Mualchin warned of a Gujarat-like disaster in Aizawl in the event of a high intensity quake in Mizoram, which falls in the highest seismic-risk zone in north-eastern
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Rhinos facing threat of extinction
A growing demand for rhino horn in West Asia and its barter for horn by the North East militants are pushing the Indian one-horned rhinoceros to the brink of extinction, said a Traffic India report.
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Chicken pox claims 20 lives in Nagaland dist
The communicable disease that claimed lives of at least 20 children at a border village in Nagaland's remote district had been brought under control, the district administration and Assam Rifles
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Will orang survive?
Orang National Park is now waging a battle for survival. The reason behind this situation is the unabated poaching and encroachment into forest land, coupled with a lackadiasical attitude of the
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Meghalaya to ban plastic bags
Shillongites may soon have to carry shopping bags to the market as the Meghalaya Government has decided to ban plastic bags. The decision came in the wake of pressures from various NGOs and local
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Concern over deforestation in Assam-Arunachal border
Of late, the large-scale deforestation and encroachment in the forest areas of Sonitpur district has been a matter of great
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Arunachal elephant population on the rise
Elephant census which has started in Arunachal Pradesh will be completed by March 20, official sources said. The population of elephants has gone up in the State considerably. Out of an estimated
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Concern over killing of Sangai deer
Though killing or trapping of the world famous sangai brow-antlered deer is banned inside the Keibul Lamjao National Park, the only floating wildlife sanctuary in the world, illegal hunting of the
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WHO provides Rs 1-crore aid
In an effort to combat the dreaded disease AIDS in Mizoram the WHO has provided Rs 1 crore as assistance through the National AIDS Control Organisation, New
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- Action plea against illegal trade on wildlife
A meeting was held to discuss the ways to curb the illgal trade on wildlife and poaching of wild animals at the Guwahati Planetarium on March 23. This was the first orientation cum network-meeting in