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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Kaziranga staff alerted as flood menace begins
Wildlife personnel have been put on maximum alert, in Kaziranga National Park even as swirling flood water of Brahmaputra and its tributaries has inundated large areas of the sanctuary towards its
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Rise in rhino population
Rhino population has increased in the wild life sanctuaries of Assam as per a report of the State Forest Departmetn, an official release
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WWF aid for anti-poaching facilities at Namdapha
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature-India(WWF-India) has presented Rs 22.17 lakh contribution cheque to Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukutr Mithi for tightening the anti-poaching facilities at the
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Sikkim govt to spend 5% of Budget in forest sector
Sikkim government has released a State policy on forest, environment and land use with a promsie to spend five per cent of the state's total plan outlay in this
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Orang wildlife sanctuary in grip of encroachers
The Rajiv Gandhi Wild Life Sanctuary popularly known as the Orang Sanctuary established in 1915 in Sonitpur and Darrang districts and home of the famous one-horned Asiatic rhino after the Kazirange
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Coconut fibre to be used for erosion control in NE hills
Coconut fibre which is yet to find its commercial application in north-eastern region, will soon be used to protect the hills slopes in the region from soil erosion.The Coir Board in its action plan
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Manipur districts face risk of malaria outbreak
The people living in the interior parts of Churachandpur and Tamenglong districts of the State are facing the risk of widespread malaria epidemic in the absence of proper surveillance activities by
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100 pc Central aid to combat malaria in NE
The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, NT Shanmugam today ruled out introduction of the World Bank funded Enhanced Malaria Control Programme in the North East region, on the ground that the
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Severe erosion grips Kaziranga
satellite data: Kaziranga National Park, the home of Indian one-horned rhinoceros, has undergone severe erosion due to recurring annual floods. Post-flood data acquired by Indian remote sensing
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Financial crisis hits Pollution Control Board
At a time when a global concern has been expressed over the growing environmental pollution on the earth, the State Pollution Control Board(PCB) has been facing acute financial hardship and it is