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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Rally against role of State govt, dist councils today
A state-level public rally called in Shillong tomorrow by the timber lobby is expected to target the State government and the autonomous district councils in Meghalaya for their alleged failure to
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Protecting Tragopan - the State bird of Nagaland
The CEE North East will carryout an extensive survey of the critically endangered Blyth's Tragopan, which is found only in Nagaland in collaboration with the Environment Society of Nagaland, a
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Pasaria turning into a model agri village
Pasaria, 30 kms away from Guwahati has witnessed lot agricultural activities. Farmers of the locality have started modern cultivation by giving up their old traditional method.The State agriculture
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Noise pollution posing threat in city
Along with the other pollution related problems, Assam State Capital is now being threatened by the menace of noise pollution. A recent study conducted by the State Pollution Control Board has found
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World Bank air for fish production
The Government of Assam has implemented a Rs 567 crore Assam Rural Infrastructure and Agriculture Service Project(ARIASP) for the improvement of the rearing of fish fingerling to ensure the highest
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783 sq km of NE forest cover depleted in three years
The spectre of mass depletion of forest cover looms large over the north eastern region. According to official reports in the past three years, the dense forest cover and the open forest cover had
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Rhino number at Orang declining
According to the census report of 1999, there are presently about 46 rhinos as against nearly 100 as on '91 census report at Orang National Park named Rajiv Gandhi National Park now. This means that
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NGOs operating for conservation of wildlife
In the Assam State NGOs WWF-India, Aranya Nature Club, Early Birds, Nature's Bacon Society, Blue Cross and Rhino Foundation are operating for the conservation and protection of wildlife and
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Myanmarese tribals posing threat
Poaching, encroachments and felling of trees by people belonging to a particular tribal group of Myanmarese origin coupled with meagre staff have threatened wildlife population in Arunachal Pradesh's
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Floods render 15,000 hectares of land unproductive
Latest estimate done through staellite imagery and ground truth checking showd that an area of 14,879 hectares have been rendered unproductive in the flood ravaged Dhemaji district by sand deposition