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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Marginal increase in birth rate in city
Between 15 and 16 thousand births and about four thousand deaths were registered in Guwahati city every year in the past few years. The registration showed marginal increase in the past three years
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Coffee cultivation in NE dwindling
Way back in the 1990s, there were at least 10,000 hectare of land under coffee cultivation in the North East. Today it is just aout 3,000
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Tiger population in Namdapha increases
The tiger population in Namdapha Tiger Reserve of Arunachal Pradesh has increased marginally from 57 in 1997 to 60 according to a census carried out
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Rs 135 cr for Assam under population project
Assam has been sanctioned rs 135.62 crore for the World Bank assisted Ninth India Population Project revised by the Union Cabinet here today, the Cabinet spokesman and Union Minsiter for Information
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Bio-mass degradation in Sikkim sanctuary
Environment experts have expressed grave concern over the degradation of bio-mass in Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary, the home of critically endangered Shapi and other Himalayan wildlife of very cold
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New rice pest destroying crops in several districts
For the farmers of Assam, problems do not seem to end. After rice hispa, they are facing a threat from a pest-Brown plant hopper. Several bighas of summer paddy have been infested by the pest in
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About 30 leopards living in periphery of city
Literally driven to a corne due to the thoughtless and uncontrolled human encroachmient into their habitat, more and more wild animals are being forced to intrude into the popuylated areas of the
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Floods hit 1428 villages
Altogether 4,82,220 people of 1,428 villages in thirteen districts of Assam have been affected by the current wave of flood, even as due to the sharp decrease in rainfall water levels of most of the
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58 AIDS cases recorded in Nagaland
Nagaland has so far recorded 58 cases of AIDS, out of which 15 people have died from the dreaded disease, a senior doctor of Naga Hospital here said on
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Over 3 lakh people hit by floods
The overall flood situtation in Assam remains grim as over 3.28 lakh people of eight districts of the State have been affected so