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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Infant mortality rate high in Barpeta
Much publicised solgan 'Health for all by 2000' appears to be a figment of imagination as 136.8 per cent infant mortality rate have been recorded per thousand birth under Mandia block in Barpeta
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Gastro-enteritis hits Rani area
A large number of people have been suffering from Gastro-enteritis in several villages in the entire Rani area of Assam since the last two weeks. It is learnt that about one hundred people have been
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Destruction of habitats leading to elephant menace
A herd of wild elephants has been causing extensive damage to paddy fields and human habitations over the last one month, in Tengapani, Lakshipathar, Kachamari, Borbari, Garbasti, Tingraisgaon and
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Acid rains threaten NE
The North-Eastern region is going to be affected by acid rains because of the high coal-based industrial activities in the neighbouring States of West Bengal and Bihar, according to a study. A
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Fishermen poison Brahmaputra
Unscrupulous fishermen of Tinsukia poisoned the Brahmaputra river inside the Dibru Saikhowa biosphere reserve on Tuesday to catch fish.Apart from killing a large quantity of fish, the poisoned waters
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PCBA white paper on pollution in city
The preliminary White Paper on Pollution in Guwahati with Action Points was prepared by the State Pollution Control Board(PCBA) jointly with the Society for Research, Development and
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Diarrhoea takes epidemic form at Sontoli
Diarrhoea has taken an epidemic turn in the char areas namely Kismat Kathmi, Niz Kathmi, Chamaria Pam, Goroimari char, Putirpar, Dekasang, Mahtoli, Bezarsuti, Panikhaiti of Sontoli mouza under Boko
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Nagaland grabs 30000 hec of Assam forest land
The Border Area Development Minister, Sri Binod Gowala informed that Nagaland had encroached upon about 30,000 hectares of land out of the total 85,000 hectares covering the four reserved forests of
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Pollution levels in Brahmaputra rising alarmingly
The Brahmaputra, which is regarded to be the life line and revered as a holy river by most of the people of the State, will get itself degraded to the state of the Ganga, in matters of pollution,
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Arunachal encroaches over 6400 hectares of Assam land
The Forest Minister, Sri Nagern Sarma today informed the State Assembly that the neighbouring State Arunachal Pradesh has encroached more than 6400 hectares of forest land of Assam in the districts