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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Chirag - Ripu reserve forest to elephant reserve
The rich biodiversity and the famous virgin forest of Kokrajhar district in Assam had been wiped. Sri Bist, director of Project Elephant, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India, said that
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Declare flood a national problem
Setting aside their party differences, leaders of different political parties today participated in a demonstration organized by the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) at the Judges' Field to demand
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'Dynamic monsoon, high water-yield causing flood in Assam'
The single most important cause for the annual scourge of floods in Assam is the extremely dynamic monsoon regime vis-
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State forests disappearing: Bordoloi
State Forest Minister Pradyut Bordoloi today admitted that Assam State has not been able to prevent deforestation of forest land and encroachment of forest areas. This is despite the fact that laws
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High-level Indian team to visit China
Intrigued by the flash floods that hit Arunachal Pradesh and Assam last monsoon, the Ministry of Water Resources is dispatching a high-level official team to China to ascertain the cause of the
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Tripura set to ban animals dissections in schools
Bowing to the pressure of animal rights groups, the Tripura Board of Secondary Education is set to stop animal dissections in the Central and its affiliated schools from the next academic year. The
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Maternal mortality rate highest in Assam
Assam in comparison to other States of India has the highest maternal mortality rate (MMR) and if proper health care measures are not implemented soon, it will pose a serious health hazard, said Dr
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Use of banned DDT to control malaria evokes concern
With the increase in the incidence of malaria in Assam, the authorities are resorting to spraying DDT in affected areas to control mosquitoes. DDT being a banned drug, the authorities are in a tight
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Assam records 18.85 pc decadal growth of population since'91
According to the recently released Provisional Population Totals, the population of Assam as on March 1, 2001, stands at 26,638,407 which is 2.59 per cent of the total population of India. Of these
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Malaria posing serious threat: Dr Barman
Outbreak of malaria has posed a serious threat in different parts of the State, particularly in the Tamulpur area of Nalbari district bordering Bhutan and according to official records alone, the