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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'80 pc Guwahatians will have TB in next 10 yrs'
Eighty per cent of the total population of Guwahati city will be suffering from tuberculosis (TB) in the next 10 years if the present trend of consumption of unhygienic meat and milk is allowed to
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NE's first biodiversity parks commissioned
With the commissioning of the two village forest councils within the Joypur rainforests in the Dibrugarh district of Assam today, the region's first two bio-diversity parks have seen the light of the
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Concern over illegal felling of trees despite SC ban order
Grave concern has been expressed over the large-scale illegal felling of trees and wanton destruction of evergreen forests and transportation of logs/timber in broad day-light from Kachugaon,
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Action plan to contain fluoride poisoning
The Assam state government in association with the UNICEF has drawn up an action plan to conduct a detailed survey following detection of fluoride in several water resources of the
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Elephant menace in Panidihing area causing serious problems
Elephant population in Sivasagar district in Assam, according to the last census, has risen to about 45. This increase in elephant population in the district is due to migration from neighbouring
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Health card launched by Sikkim institute
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Services (SMIMS) today launched a health card scheme offering some free and a few discounted services with a view to give specialised health care services to the
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Eviction in city forest areas resumes
The Forest Department with cooperation from the district administration and police, today resumed the eviction drive in the Batahghuli forest area in the outskirts of Assam from early this morning
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229 houses demolished in Kalapahar area
In continuing with its eviction drive, the Assam State Forest Department demolished 229 houses in the South Kalapahar Reserve Forest (RF) area of Guwahati city today and freed 37 hectares of land
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Malaria claims 44 lives in State
Early rainfall this resulted in early outbreak of malaria in Assam and according to official records alone, altogether 44 persons have died of malaria in different parts of the State, of which 19
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Herbal garden complex to come up in Bongaigaon
A herbal garden, a unique project of its kind with several components has been launched in Birjhora Mahavidyalaya campus which will provide a scope of research and out of stereo type of college