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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Several villages submerged in Manipur floods
Several villages as well as thousands of hectares of paddy fields in Thoubal district have been inundated by flood waters following torrential rains for the past two days in the valley areas of the
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Epidemic in Nagaland a highly exaggerated one
Nagaland Health Department has asserted that the recent outbreak of epidemic in the State was "highly exaggerated" further compounding the situation and dubbed the spread of contagious diseases as
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No blood cancer link with oil refineries
Living close to an oil refinery does not increase a person's risk of developing cancer of the blood or lymph glands, British scientists said. "There is no evidence of association between residence
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Spurious mineral water flooding markets
The bottled mineral water that we use to keep intestinal infections may not prove to be safe always. For, a lot of bottles containing spurious mineral water have by now flooded the market in
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Field director of Namdhapa Tiger Project honoured
The National Afforestation and Eco-development Board has honoured Sri D N Singh, field director of Namdhapa Tiger Project in Arunachal Pradesh with the 'Mahavriksha Puraskar' for preserving the
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650 have died of communicable diseases in Nagaland sicne mid-June
All together six hundred and fifty people have died of communicable diseases in two Nagaland districts since mid-June, official sources said. Malaria, viral fever, hepatitis, typhoid and
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Pilot project to reduce infant mortality rate launched
A pilot project to reduce the maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rate has been launched in four districts of the State by the Assam branch of Indian Council of Child Welfare (ICCW). The
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Minimising man-elephant conflict through bamboo cultivation
Union Forest and Environment Minister, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu's priority for bamboo cultivation in North-east could go a long way in minimising the man-elephant conflict in the region. Unsustainable
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Joydihing sanctuary campaign gains momentum
The campaign to declare the three reserve forests of Joypur, Dirak and Upper Dihing as the Joydihing wildlife sanctuary has received a boost with several international and national bodies lending
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Mon health authroties scamper for aid as diseases assume epidemic form
The civil surgeon of Nagaland's Mon district has sent an SOS to the State governemnt and the health department to rush medical teams with sufficient medicines for combating the communicable viral