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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Illegal logs being transported by trains
Rapid deforestation of reserve forests neighbouring Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh foothills and of Orang, Balipara, Hugrajuly and Rowta is going on without any hindrance flying in the face of the ban
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Foreign aid for State wildlife protection
Worried over the depletion of forest coverage and disappearance of species, several foreign agencies have come forward to extend financial assistance to the State. The US Fish and Wildlife Service of
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Malaria death toll in jalah goes up to 7
In northern part of Bajali sub-division of Barpeta district, malaria assumed a serious turn. More than seven persons died of malaria till now. The villages lying on the Bhutan foothills have been
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Toxic gases causing pollution in and around Namrup
Emission of toxic gases from the gas-based industries here have led to large scale pollution in Namrup township and its adjoining rural areas. Namrup which houses three major gas-based industries
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India, neighbours to share information
All the countries concerned should work together, with support from major international scientific and financial institutions, to build a frame work for the development of regional flood information
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Rs 40 lakh sanctioned for bird sanctuary in Sikkim
Sikkim government has sanctioned Rs 40 lakh for developing a bird sanctuary near the ruins of the State's erstwhile King's palace at Rabdantse in West
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Dust pollution posing serious health hazard in city
The people of Guwahati are regularly exposed to serious health hazards because of severe dust pollution and the disease like conjunctivitis, asthma, sinus problems have become common among the
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Farm Forestry Scheme of NPM inaugurated
As part of its endeavour to create awareness of conservation of biodiversity, the Nagaon Paper Mill (NPM), an unit of Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd, Jagiroad, is all set to implement the Farm
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Involvement of timber mafia in illegal tree-felling alleged
Even as tension prevailed in the Runikhata area in Kokrajhar district in Assam after killing of 10 persons in Lungs-hung forest on June 3 last, a team of mediapersons from Kokrajhar visited the spot
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' Vit-A overdose can' t be fatal '
The cause of death of children in different parts of Assam still shrouded in mystery as noted eye specialist Dr LC Dutta has asserted that overdose of Vitamin A cannot be